History DeconstructedTrope / AnimeAndManga

** BastardBoyfriend - BeautyIsBad: Souma's sexualised abuse of Masataka comes from him believing that [[spoiler: it's only through sex that he can actually express his feelings towards the first person who has NEVER taken advantage of him. ''By force'', if it's needed]]. When he realises that this is NOT how to treat someone you're in love with... Souma simply '''splinters''' [[spoiler: and tries to commit suicide in his utter despair]]. Not to mention, his extremely hot looks [[spoiler: are a good part of the reason he was badly abused in his past as well]] -- which is what shaped his horrifyingly fucked up view of love and sexuality in the first place.

** There's also the deconstruction of SelflessWish, since it's something of a theme in the series that ''there is no such thing''. Everyone who makes a wish for someone else's happiness is also unconsciously hoping that it will also benefit themselves, even if only indirectly — a fact which Mami [[spoiler:(wishes for herself to be saved, later she laments that she could have used the wish to save her parents as well)]], Sayaka [[spoiler:(wants to be loved by the IllBoy she uses her wish for, a fact that Mami herself points out)]], Kyoko [[spoiler:(wants to save herself and her family from destitution)]], Homura [[spoiler:(wants to be the one who rescues Madoka from death)]] and presumably others all fall afoul of. Also, because hope and despair balance out to zero, [[spoiler:seeing the chance for that selfish expectation slipping away with the equivalent rising happiness already given to someone else sends a MagicalGirl deeper into despair.]] At the end, [[spoiler:this is either reconstructed (Madoka's TRULY selfless wish becomes the most powerful force ever to exist, because she manages to learn from the examples of the other three and knows exactly what she wants -- a better world for everyone, even if she has to be erased out of their memories to do so) or played completely straight (her wish was actually ''more selfish than anyone else's'' and that's why it worked: wishing to be able to do something with her own two hands meant she actually got the benefit of the hope generated by her own wish, causing a LogicBomb.]]

* ''LightNovel/BanishedFromTheHerosParty'': The FantasyCharacterClasses which are common in fantasy stories are shown here in a much darker light. People are given Divine Blessings upon their birth. They can't really choose what class will be bestowed on them and must live with regardless of what they want personally. There are some lucky people who like their blessings but for other people whose blessings don't match their personalities, such wanting to be a guard but having a class called "Bar Brawler", a.k.a. people who causes ruckus in the bars for sake of it and frequently get guards called ''on'' them, or didn't really want the whole thing to begin with, such as [[spoiler:Ruti and her Blessing of the Hero]]. It could be a detrimental issue for a person's whole life. Classes also frequently have impulses that come with them that can affect their day-to-day lives. Tisse's Assasin class make her wants to kill anything, and Rit's Spirit Scout make her want to save people and makes her crave freedom. As for other people, some of them will try to justify making their whole reason for living following their assigned roles, others be damned.

** The idea of a RomanticTwoGirlFriendship is also deconstructed. Sayaka's old girlfriend Chie Yuzuki saw their relationship as a temporary thing, whereas Sayaka saw Chie as her FirstLove. Sayaka doesn't take it well when Chie suddenly dumps her, saying that they're getting too old for such a thing, and when Chie later says that she hopes that Sayaka's back to "normal"- in other words, heterosexuality, since the trope reflects the Japanese belief that homosexuality is a phase in adolescence. The only reason Sayaka is willing to put the relationship behind her is because she no longer loves Chie.

* ''Manga/ASilentVoice'' deconstructs AllergicToRoutine and ItAmusedMe. As a child, Shoya always sought a life free of boredom and was actually afraid of the thought of having nothing to do. Sadly, he chose to fight it off with no concern for the consequences either to himself or the people around him, such as by ruthlessly tormenting Shoko, [[BullyingTheDisabled a deaf girl]], to levels just barely avoiding BullyBrutality; when Shoko transfers schools as a result, his entire class uses him as TheScapegoat and subjects him to the exact same cruel bullying, with the ApatheticTeacher telling him point-blank he [[LaserGuidedKarma deserves it]] for what he did.

* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'', as one of the LongRunners, features more than one deconstructed trope in its cases. A good example is what Gosho Aoyama did with RescueRomance, when [[spoiler: a guy who hopelessly crushes on Ran, Sonoko and Shinichi's sempai Asami drugs her when they go karaoke singing and then uses a trick to set the karaoke parlor in fire when Asami is completely alone and defenseless in there, hoping to rescue her and finally make her fall for him. In the end, not only Ran is the one who really rescues Asami, but Conan (through Kogoro) reveals his gambit to everyone, and in the anime he VERY harshly and bluntly calls him out on his selfishness.]]

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* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
** Vegeta's '''entire character development''' is a deconstruction of DefeatMeansFriendship, CantCatchUp, AlwaysSomeoneBetter and AlwaysSecondBest. It was the fact that not only was he defeated by a 'low-class warrior' such as Goku but the fact that in his eyes his life was spared as if he was a child that fueled his great resentment, anger and bitterness towards Goku and his friends and his desire to become stronger than Goku. When Goku eventually came back for the first time in seven years in the Buu Arc, the realization that [[CantCatchUp Goku was still far ahead of him in terms of strength]] hit Vegeta ''very'' hard and lead to him [[DealWithTheDevil willingly letting Babidi control him]] as the resentment, anger and bitterness he felt towards Goku since their first battle many years ago officially boiled over to point where he pulled a FaceHeelTurn and then [[spoiler: killed over 200 people]] to prove that he didn't care about anything other than keeping up with Goku and was willing to go to great lengths for a rematch [[MotiveRant to reclaim the pride and honor he felt Goku had robbed him of by sparing his life in their first battle]]. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero The battle also led to the resurrection of a five million year old demon, who would later wreak absolute havoc throughout the universe.]] [[HonorBeforeReason Of course, both of them already knew that was a potential consequence of them fighting each other.]] Goku accused Vegeta's reasoning for placing his one-sided rivalry with Goku over anything else, including his family, as nothing but lies, Vegeta initially denied Goku's accusations but later admitted Goku was right. However, he later revealed that he ''was'' genuinely [[RedemptionDemotion angry and frustrated about how mundane his life had become because of the influence of Goku and his friends]], [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold but had become fond of his family over time and eventually came to care and love them]] to the point where he thought that Earth may have actually become a nice place to live.
** Vegeta also deconstructs TrainingFromHell. After the Frieza Saga, he puts himself through torturous training sessions that sometimes end with him being hospitalized. Despite all his hard work, he can't surpass Goku, who doesn't train as hard as Vegeta. In ''[[Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF Resurrection 'F']]'', Whis explains to Vegeta that the reason he can't reach his full potential is because he trains ''too'' hard and doesn't let himself properly rest.
*** This was already explained by Goku himself to Gohan during the Hyperbolic Time Chamber in the Cell Saga. In a father-son bonding moment, Goku explains to Gohan the importance of resting and pacing oneself when training, and that simply abusing your body won't let you really reach the level you want.
** Frieza deconstructs more than one trope:
*** {{Determinator}}[=/=]VillainousValor: While his will to live and continue to fight Goku even after losing most of his limbs is quite admirable, it's also presented as his FatalFlaw, as his inability to swallow his pride and KnowWhenToFoldEm leads not only to his downfall on Namek, but also his death, both times.
*** HardWorkHardlyWorks[=/=]WorldsStrongestMan[=/=]SmugSuper: As revealed in ''Resurrection 'F''', Frieza was ''born'' as powerful as he is, didn't have to train a day in his life to become the most powerful being in the universe, and ''refused'' to train, believing he outclasses everyone else and always will. Because he doesn't train, Frieza never learned to control his full power, has no endurance for a prolonged fight with someone equal in power to him, and once simply crushing his foes with raw power proves ineffective, he has no response aside from simple {{Rage Quit}}ting.
*** He also provides a deconstruction of CruelMercy. On multiple occasions, Goku chooses to spare Frieza because he believes that he's NotWorthKilling, and that letting him live with his [[BreakTheHaughty pride torn to shreds]] is a FateWorseThanDeath. And ''every single time'' Goku does so, Frieza just keeps trying to kill him or blow up the planet they're standing on; in ''Resurrection F'' and the subsequent ''[[Anime/DragonBallSuper Super]]'' adaptation, he successfully blows up the Earth and kills nearly everyone on the planet before Whis [[ResetButton rewinds time]] to prevent it. When it comes down to it, Frieza is too dangerous to be kept alive for ''any'' reason and is the type of foe who ''needs'' to be killed.
** The Buu Saga provides a deconstruction of FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse. Majin Buu kills because he has [[PsychopathicManchild the mind of a child]] and [[ObliviouslyEvil doesn't know any better]], and it's all he knows, which is why he continues his rampage even without [[EvilSorcerer Babidi]] to order him around. While Goku is [[SympathyForTheDevil somewhat sympathetic]], Piccolo rebukes it, declaring outright that one's background does ''not'' excuse acts of evil. He's soon proven wrong when ''[[FakeUltimateHero Hercule]]'', of all people, ultimately manages to end up befriending Buu because of Buu's child-like nature and very nearly manages to convince him to stop his killing ways. This means that if the Z-Fighters had taken the time to try and explain things to Buu instead of trying to deal with him the same way they did with every other enemy they fought beforehand, they very likely could have avoided a ''lot'' of bloodshed.
** [[FusionDance Gotenks]] deconstructs TheChosenOne, IdiotHero, and SmugSuper. He was created specifically to defeat Majin Buu, and Piccolo outright declares him the warrior destined to do so... but sadly, Gotenks is an immature, egotistical fool who's far more concerned with showboating and looking cool and is virtually incapable of taking things seriously even when lives are at stake, which just keeps making the situation worse; in this order, he gets himself and Piccolo trapped in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, enables Buu to escape and eat all of his loved ones, and gets himself absorbed by Buu, allowing Buu to beat Gohan senseless. Come ''Super'', the rest of the Z-Fighters [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten have yet to forget this]], and unanimously agree that Gotenks can't be trusted or relied on for anything, especially not something as high-stakes as the [[DeadlyGame Tournament of Power]]. In the end, Gotenks' particular personality makes him very much ''not'' cut out for being a hero, and he shows that trying to forcibly create an all-powerful savior [[ThePoorlyChosenOne will not always be successful]].
** Goku has three deconstruction points:
*** A major part of ''Dragon Ball Z'' seems dedicated to deconstructing his, and by extension the Saiyan race's, BloodKnight tendencies. It starts with the moment when Goku convinces Krillin to spare Vegeta, pretty much just because he wants to fight Vegeta again someday. Then, when he's fighting Frieza, he lets the AxCrazy [[TheCaligula Space-Caligula]] power up to 100% of his full power, because he wants to defeat the WorldsStrongestMan at his best, and when King Kai fixes to have everyone on Namek relocated to Earth, he demands that he and Frieza be left on Namek, a planet that is minutes away from blowing up, because he wants to see the battle through to its end. Come the Android saga, Bulma suggest that they locate and kill Dr. Gero before he can unleash the Androids upon the world, only to be rebutted by everyone who feasibly ''could'' kill him wanting to fight his Androids, which a man from the future has already revealed will kill them all. The QED comes during Gohan's fight against Cell where Goku's inability to understand that Gohan ''isn't'' a BloodKnight, he's a MartialPacifist, results in him giving Cell a senzu bean, allowing a homicidal monster to beat the tar out of Goku's own terrified son. It's not until Piccolo screams [[WhatTheHellHero straight into Goku's face]] that, from Gohan's POV, his father just threw him to the wolves, ''after'' making sure that the wolves were at their deadliest, because he cared more about the struggle between his son and said wolves being good and fair than his own flesh and blood's well-being, that Goku finally realizes that [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone his nature has led him to mess up big time.]]
*** His status as TheAce is deconstructed starting from the Android/Cell Saga. Because he is so good and so powerful his friends and family [[CrutchCharacter tend to depend on him too much to solve the current problem]]. They also become noticeably deflated and pessimistic when he isn't around and Gohan firmly believes that he can never surpass his father, despite Goku showing him otherwise. Goku's death in Trunks' timeline was one of the many reasons things got so bad and Bulma invented the Time Machine mostly to save him, firmly believing that he could something to stop the androids. Vegeta eventually [[OvershadowedByAwesome got so sick of being overshadowed by Goku]] that he sold his soul for power and unleashed Majin Buu upon the world. Goku himself has realized that his loved ones are far too dependent on him; he knows that one day, he will be dead for good, and if his loved ones don't stop relying on him so much, then no one will be able to counter the next big threat to Earth.
*** The end of the Kid Buu fight deconstructs HumbleHero. [[TheGreatestStoryNeverTold Because Goku always saves the world from the shadows]]. no one, outside a few, know of his deeds. So when Goku begs the world for energy to power the Spirit Bomb that will kill Majin Buu, only the people who intimately know him listen. Everyone else blows him off like Vegeta. It takes Mr. Satan, the resident FakeUltimateHero, to yell at the people of Earth before they're willing to help since Mr. Satan, not Goku, is known as the world's savior.
** The TV special ''Anime/DragonBallZTheHistoryOfTrunks'' deconstructs ''[[DeconstructorFleet many]]'' tropes:
*** Trunks and Gohan's {{Determinator}} personality attributes are deconstructed six ways to Sunday. The many years of battling the Androids takes a physical and mental toll on both Trunks and Gohan. The fact they flat out ''refuse'' to stay in hiding for more than even a day and keep themselves safe and instead ''constantly'' fight the Androids creates no progress in actually defeating them. Hell, Gohan eventually loses an arm and becomes disadvantaged in battle and Trunks gets driven to near depression over the fact that they're constantly battling to save humanity and ''always'' losing.
*** DyingMomentOfAwesome: Gohan's attempts at invoking this trope did ''nothing'' to change the plot. Even when Trunks becomes a Super Saiyan as a result of his death, Trunks is still no match for the Androids. Gohan's death is even ''more'' meaningless in the manga version of the story as Trunks was already a Super Saiyan by the time Gohan died. And just to add insult to injury, in the manga version of the story its strongly implied that only Android 17 had fought and [[CurbStompBattle curbstomped]] Gohan on his own as supposed him taking on both Android 17 and 18 at the same time and putting up a reasonable fight. So Trunks and humanity as a whole gained nothing from Gohan's supposedly epic and poignant final stand.
*** HeroicSacrifice: Gohan knocks out Trunks to prevent him from taking on the the Androids with himself and risk dying. But because he goes alone it makes it even ''easier'' for the Androids to kill Gohan, and he wasn't exactly putting up much a fight prior to confronting the Androids alone. And because Gohan dies, it only make the job of defeating the Androids an even ''more'' impossible task. And with no one to train Trunks anymore, it take years before Trunks before he feels strong enough through his own self training methods to take on the Androids again... [[ShootTheShaggyDog and he still loses and very badly.]]
*** HeroicSecondWind: Gohan tried to take on the Androids just after recently nearly dying ''and'' losing an arm?! [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome He's overwhelmed by the Androids and dies very horribly.]]
*** HeroicResolve: Trunks and Gohan never learned how to stay down even with the odds stacked against him. This ultimately proves to be their greatest flaw and eventually leads to Gohan being murdered, leaving humanity even more defenseless and Trunks spending several days in the hospital in critical condition.
*** LastStand: Gohan doesn't kill the either of the Androids before he dies and because he doesn't humanity is in an even ''more'' hopeless situation as the only one who is lest to defend Earth and humanity from extinction is Trunks. And he wasn't anywhere near as strong as Gohan was, let alone as strong as the Androids. So in a nutshell, Gohan's LastStand only made things ''worse''.
** ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'' deconstructs two tropes of its own:
*** AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Goku faces and battles Beerus, the God of Destruction. Despite gaining the powers of a Super Saiyan God, he can't beat Beerus. Even worse, Beerus is just one of ''twelve gods'' and his servant Whis is ''stronger than Beerus''. Goku is hit with the CantCatchUp trope that hit all of his friends with his own power.
*** PowerOfFriendship: Goku obtains the Super Saiyan God form through the power of five other Saiyans, but privately admits to Beerus that he ''hates'' it -- one of Goku's defining traits is that there are certain things he wants to handle or accomplish on his own and Super Saiyan God was something that he could never do without the help of others, which frustrates him.
** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' joins in on the fun:
*** CantCatchUp: Because of how stupidly powerful Goku and Vegeta have become, many of the warriors have opted to slack off and take a mentality of "We'll just wait until Goku and/or Vegeta shows up and kicks their ass." This hurts them big time once Frieza returns for the ''Resurrection [='F'=]'' storyline, especially with Gohan, who has foregone training to take care of his family. When Piccolo is killed at the hands of a sadistic Frieza, it's because Gohan could barely reach Super Saiyan. Once Piccolo's revived, Gohan asks Piccolo to retrain him. In the Future Trunks Saga, when Trunks learns that Vegeta and Goku have obtained Super Saiyan Blue, he lets his guard down and decides that everything will be okay because they're there. However, Vegeta gives him a WhatTheHellHero over this, telling him that they're not always going to be there.
*** ThePowerOfLove: During the Universe Survival Arc, we're introduced to Universe 2, whose entire stick ''is'' this trope, especially with its big heroines, the Kamikaze Fireballs/Maiden Squadron and its leader Ribrianne. However, as the fight goes on, we learn that Ribrianne's views of love is terribly skewed and hypocritical as Ribrianne believes that [[EvilCannotComprehendGood Evil Cannot Comprehend Love]]. This is exemplified when Ribrianne is grossed out at the fact that Android 18 and Krillin start acting mushy around each other and can't comprehend why 18 would like someone like him. This is what ultimately defeats her.

** In [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} the anime]]:

* The first book/arc of ''LightNovel/TheTwelveKingdoms'' plays an awful lot like a cynical writer watched one too many bad TrappedInAnotherWorld series and thought, "Okay, what would ''really'' happen if you threw an insecure teenage girl into a war-torn fantasy world?" The result is what seems to be the anti-''Manga/FushigiYuugi'', where the hostile, alien environment drives the heroine into a nervous breakdown even ''before'' she learns that everyone expects her to lead a nation.

** NeverMyFault: Kyo always wanted to blame Yuki for all his problems, particularly him being excluded from the Zodiac, his mother's suicide [[spoiler:and Kyo choosing not to save Kyoko for fear of his curse becoming public, because thinking of himself as the victim of a bad guy made him feel better about himself. Given he had been [[TheScapegoat blamed by literally everyone]] for things completely beyond his control, like his own existence, for his entire life, it was more of a coping mechanism to keep from mentally falling apart. Towards the end of the series, Kyo acknowledges how unfair and self-serving this way of thinking was and learns to accept responsibility for his own actions.

** AGodAmI: Akito has let her status as God of the Zodiac go to her head, believing she's automatically entitled to do and have whatever she wants, most notably the undivided attention of the Zodiac members, and throwing destructive temper tantrums the instant she doesn't get her way. It's later revealed that Akito clings to her title so heavily because she [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex believes]] she doesn't have any self-worth beyond it.

* ImplausibleHairColor does NOT go unnoticed in ''Manga/FruitsBasket''. Although some of the [[EasternZodiac Members of the Zodiac]] have dark brown or black hair, a lot of them have hair ranging from red/orange to blonde, and a few even have grey or white hair (corresponding to their [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting animal forms]]). It's constantly noted by other characters, with most adults suspecting that they dye their hair. It's even worse with other students - ''all'' of the Juunishi with such unusual hair colors ([[ButNotTooForeign except Momiji]]) got teased, or even bullied for it, as kids. Most of them were able to cope, but poor [[CuteMute Kisa]] was traumatized by it.

** [[FusionDance Gotenks]] deconstructs TheChosenOne, IdiotHero, and SmugSuper. He was created specifically to defeat Majin Buu, and Piccolo outright declares him the warrior destined to do so... but sadly, Gotenks is an immature, egotistical fool who's far more concerned with showboating and looking cool and is virtually incapable of taking things seriously even when lives are at stake, which just keeps making the situation worse; in this order, he gets himself and Piccolo trapped in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, enables Buu to escape and eat all of his loved ones, and gets himself absorbed by Buu, allowing Buu to beat Gohan senseless. Come ''Super'', the rest of the Z-Fighters [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten have yet to forget this]], and unanimously agree that Gotenks can't be trusted or relied on for anything, especially not something as high-stakes as the [[DeadlyGame Tournament of Power]]. In the end, Gotenks' particular personality makes him very much ''not'' cut out for being a hero, and that trying to forcibly create an all-powerful savior will not always be successful.

*** The end of the Kid Buu fight deconstructs HumbleHero. [[TheGreatestStoryNeverTold Because Goku always save the world from the shadows]] no one, outside a few, know of his deeds. So Goku when begs the world for energy to power the Spirit Bomb that will kill Majin Buu, only the people who intimately knows him listens. Everyone else blows him off like Vegeta. It takes Mr. Satan, the resident FakeUltimateHero, to yell at the people of Earth before they're willing to help since Mr. Satan, not Goku, is known as the world's savior.

*** LastStand: Gohan doesn't kill the either of the Androids before he dies and because he doesn't humanity is in an even ''more'' hopeless situation as the only one who is lest to defend Earth and humanity from extinction is Trunks. And he wasn't nowhere near as strong as Gohan was. let alone as strong as the Androids. So in a nutshell, Gohan's LastStand only made things ''worse''.

*** CantCatchUp: Because of how stupidly powerful Goku and Vegeta have become, many of the warriors have opted to slack off and take a mentality of "We'll just wait until Goku and/or Vegeta shows up and kicks their ass." This hurts them big time once Frieza returns for the ''Resurrection [='F'=]'' storyline, especially with Gohan, who has foregone training to take care of his family. When Piccolo is killed at the hands of a sadistic Frieza, it's because Gohan could barely breach Super Saiyan. Once Piccolo's revived, Gohan asks Piccolo to retrain him. In the Future Trunks Saga, when Trunks learns that Vegeta and Goku have obtained Super Saiyan Blue, he lets his guard down and decides that everything will be okay because they're there. However, Vegeta gives him a WhatTheHellHero over this, telling him that they're not always going to be there.

* ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' deconstructs UnwantedHarem, as it shows how some of the girls that are in UnrequitedLove with Tsukune (who [[OfficialCouple has already chosen Moka]] [[spoiler: aka both of them]]) have more realistic, non-comedic, non-IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy reactions to them getting together, rather than a typical use of the trope. [[HornyDevils Kurumu]] in particular has had a few heartbreaking scenes, especially when we learn that [[spoiler: she (like other heartbroken succubi) can potentially fall victim to DeathByDespair]].

* ''VisualNovel/RoboticsNotes'' deconstructs a lot of SuperRobot tropes by showing [[RealityEnsues how these would work out in real life]] - despite being in a society TwentyMinutesInTheFuture, the cast has to go through a lot of hoops (getting the school's permission to build the robot, getting sponsors and collecting money to help pay for parts, picking designs, calculating measurements, etc) to build one, and even then, the first robot [[spoiler: broke down due to it using rather dated parts and was old in itself]] and the second one [[spoiler:Was only a skeleton and whose building process was hampered due to [[FromBadToWorse several unfortunate events]]]]
* ''Anime/AldnoahZero'' deconstructs the concept of a SuperRobot and the incredibly-powerful superweapons generally associated with them. Most Martian Kataphrakts have a single, overwhelmingly powerful ability that's sufficient to take on an entire army, but it also leads to them being [[CripplingOverspecialization cripplingly overspecialized]] towards [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer one type of tactic]]. Additionally, the show takes care to use [[ShownTheirWork real-world science]] to explain how these abilities could theoretically be possible, which [[RealityEnsues imposes its own limitations]]. In the end, despite their impressive appearance, a SuperRobot can still be taken down by superior tactics from a small squad of weaker [[MechaMooks grunt-unit]] pilots.

*** HeroicSecondWind: Gohan tried to take on the Androids just after recently nearly dying ''and'' losing an arm?! [[RealityEnsues He's overwhelmed by the Androids and dies very horribly.]]

* ''Manga/WorldTrigger'' serves as a DeconstructorFleet of numerous Shonen tropes. There is no EleventhHourSuperpower or HeroicResolve that works to the protagonist's advantage: Osamu Mikumo starts out with the training equipment Border gave him, and his only "upgrade" is in the form of getting the exact same equipment everyone else already has. It's because of this that he has to work hard to prove himself useful in a world where [[RealityEnsues everyone is working just as hard as he is.]]

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''

* The 3rd OVA to ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' is a deconstruction of the tropes IJustWantToBeSpecial and IJustWantToBeLoved. So many [[{{Fangirl}} fangirls]] were expressing their desires to be sucked into the Universe of the Four Gods and get a fairy-tale ending with one of the {{Bishounen}} that the creator decided to deconstruct such a girl into a JerkSue that's meant to symbolize human weakness [[LoveMakesYouCrazy in matters of the heart.]]

* ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent''. Oh, ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent''. Firstly, it deconstructs Japan's love of [[{{UsefulNotes/Kawaisa}} cute things and youthfulness]] by showing how crazy people can get over an adorable mascot [[spoiler:that's potentially an adorable EldritchAbomination]]. And then it seems to deconstruct a Characterization Trope with every episode. To wit:

* ''Anime/ShinkonGattaiGodannar'' deconstructs {{Tsundere}} again, but taking a different approach than Taiga and Helga examples above and below - instead of showing the reason for such behavior, it shows the ''consequences''. Shizuru Fujimura notes that this was exactly how she was treating Goh Saruwatari, pushing him away, so before she could finally come to terms with her own feelings and accept the fact she loves him... he married another woman, Anna Aoi.

* ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'' deconstructs most HeroicFantasy tropes until only a pile of gibs remains. For example:

** BastardBoyfriend - BeautyIsBad: Souma's sexualised abuse of Masataka comes from him believing that [[spoiler: it's only through sex that he can aftually express his feelings towards the first person who has NEVER taken advantage of him. ''By force'', if it's needed]]. When he realises that this is NOT how to treat someone you're in love with... Souma simply '''splinters''' [[spoiler: and tries to commit suicide in his utter despair]]. Not to mention, his extremely hot looks [[spoiler: are a good part of the reason he was badly abused in his past as well]] -- which is what shaped his horrifyingly fucked up view of love and sexuality in the first place.

* ''Manga/KotouraSan'' shows how far {{Telepathy}} can [[BreakTheCutie ruin someone emotionally]]. The show throws in PowerIncontinence of the always-on type, and [[BrokenBird Haruka Kotoura]] has no awareness of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatemae Tatemae]] concept since she can't differentiate between speech and thought. [[HowWeGotHere Growing up]], people slowly began to realize her {{Telepathy}} since [[InnocentlyInsensitive she would always repeat their thoughts out loud]] with a [[CuriosityIsACrapshoot curious]], [[CheerfulChild cheerful smile]] on her face. [[RageBreakingPoint Eventually infuriated]] [[note]](The {{FlashBack}} at this point [[DeliberatelyMonochrome gradually layers in more gray and grit as it goes on]].)[[/note]], ''her entire school'' soon [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer casts her away]] as a [[TheCassandra compulsive liar]], a [[MindOverManners mental invader]], and especially [[BerserkButton her most hated insult]]: '''[[YouMonster a monster]]'''. [[FromBadToWorse Worse]], [[spoiler: her parents divorce and blame it on Haruka for revealing their affairs. Shortly after that, her mother Kumiko (herself a rather troubled individual) ''[[IHaveNoSon snaps and disowns Haruka]]'' '''[[DespairEventHorizon right in front of her face]]''' since she cannot hack it]]! Since then, [[BrokenBird Haruka]] [[ItsAllMyFault constantly blames herself for everything that goes wrong around her]] which is a habit that continues well into [[PresentDay her teen years]]. Oh, and this is only the [[DownerBeginning first 10 minutes of the show]].

* ''LightNovel/{{Haganai}}'' features a ''massive'' deconstruction of [[spoiler: ChildhoodFriendRomance.]] [[spoiler: Due to her NoSocialSkills, Yozora Mikazuki had assumed that her position as Kodaka Hasegawa's ChildhoodFriend pretty much granted her the biggest chance to become his love interest. Therefore she put all her hopes on how she was the "First Girl" in his life and held on the idea that he'd love her back no matter what, constantly telling herself that her love rival, Sena Kashiwazaki, had no chance to win him over, despite all her merits or even all her actual love for him.]] This turns out to not be true: not only [[spoiler: Yozora [[FreakOut is badly shaken]] when she realises that [[WrongGenreSavvy this isn't how real life works]] ]], but it turns out that [[spoiler: ''Sena'' is the actual childhood friend of Kodaka, since he met her ''before he met Yozora''. And it looks like ''they're in an ArrangedMarriage'', too!]] Understandably, [[spoiler: poor Yozora [[HeroicBSOD takes neither discovery well]].]]

* ''Manga/BloomIntoYou''

* ''LightNovel/RedoOfHealer''

* The Powers of [[ThePowerOfLove Love]] and [[ThePowerOfFriendship Friendship]] are examined and deconstructed in ''Anime/MaiHiME'', in that the abilities of the titular {{Magical Girl}}s (almost all HighSchool-aged) are literally powered by their emotional connections with their friends and family. Many of the characters have trouble with (or are otherwise afraid of) openly admitting their feelings for the ones most important to them. This causes a lot of hardship in the second half, when [[spoiler:they're tricked into fighting one another to protect the lives of their loved ones ''and'' for the sake of SavingTheWorld from a monster that wants to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt end it all]]]]. LoveHurts, indeed.

* ''LightNovel/MaoyuuMaouYuusha'':

* ''LightNovel/BokuWaTomodachiGaSukunai'' features a ''massive'' deconstruction of [[spoiler: ChildhoodFriendRomance.]] [[spoiler: Due to her NoSocialSkills, Yozora Mikazuki had assumed that her position as Kodaka Hasegawa's ChildhoodFriend pretty much granted her the biggest chance to become his love interest. Therefore she put all her hopes on how she was the "First Girl" in his life and held on the idea that he'd love her back no matter what, constantly telling herself that her love rival, Sena Kashiwazaki, had no chance to win him over, despite all her merits or even all her actual love for him.]] This turns out to not be true: not only [[spoiler: Yozora [[FreakOut is badly shaken]] when she realises that [[WrongGenreSavvy this isn't how real life works]] ]], but it turns out that [[spoiler: ''Sena'' is the actual childhood friend of Kodaka, since he met her ''before he met Yozora''. And it looks like ''they're in an ArrangedMarriage'', too!]] Understandably, [[spoiler: poor Yozora [[HeroicBSOD takes neither discovery well]].]]

* ''Manga/{{Citrus}}'' gives a very realistic portrayal of [[NotBloodSiblings stepsister]] [[BrotherSisterIncest romance]]:
** Mei and Yuzu didn't meet until their mid-to-late teens, so they're not bound by the Westermark effect
** They deal with all the conflicting drama of young love, with added angst from the fact that they're legal relatives.
** They still manage to earn their happy ending.

* ''Aki Sora'' also takes on BigBrotherAttraction (albeit inverted and gender-flipped), BrotherSisterIncest and {{Twincest}}:

* ''Aki Sora'' also takes on BigBrotherAttraction (albeit gender-flipped), BrotherSisterIncest and {{Twincest}}: