History DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale / AnimeAndManga

* One of main reasons for people dropping ''Anime/YourLieInApril'' (as pointed out in one [[http://randomc.net/2014/11/07/shigatsu-wa-kimi-uso-05/ anime review site]] that skipped reviewing between Episodes 6-11) is because its [[HeroicBSOD traumatic]] main character, Kousei, is prone to abuse such as being kicked, slapped, or having stuff thrown at him by the girls, Tsubaki and Kaori. [[spoiler: In the end, one of them (Kaori) apologizes to him via her posthumous letter for being mean and hitting him all the time.]]

-->3. It can't be helped even if you get hit

* ''Amano Megumi wa Suki Darake!'': [[RuleOfSexy Megumi keeps accidentally exposing herself to her childhood friend (and love interest) Maa-kun]]. And she inevitably slaps him when he tries to warn her about it, even though it's almost always ''her'' fault. She never suffers any consequences or criticism for it, or decides to wear a longer skirt. [[note]]The one time she did wear culottes, they were so short Manabu could see her panties anyway when he climbed up a ladder behind her.[[/note]]

* Inverting this was one of the main points behind ''Amazing Nurse Nanako''. In his very first scene, Dr. Kyouji Ogami explains an operation to Nanako that he intends to put her through. Towards the end of the scene, Nanako clings to his leg, before he stomps her twice in the face and leaves. And that's just the ''first'' of their interactions; [[BadBoss Ogami is not a nice man. At all.]]

* In ''Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx'', when the villains (who appear as old men) use children as cannon fodder, it's a [[DarkSecret shocking]] sign of their moral bankruptcy. When Zero Two does the same thing, it's played for {{Fanservice}} and romantic angst. She strangles Hiro ''because she loves him'', you see. And then they get married and live happily ever after.

** Keitaro gets horribly abused by every female he encounters. Just about every other scene ends with Keitaro getting hit by one of the girls, either unfairly or for no reason, sometimes forcing him into seeing flesh just so they can abuse him. And ''he'' blames ''himself'' for this. Naturally, it's PlayedForLaughs. This is so intense and continuous it's enough to scare a good number of readers away immediately; people who know about the series often joke, "If anything turns you off about it, it'll be this."

** Jiraiya had six ribs and both arms and legs broken as well as several ruptured organs for trying to peep on Tsunade. And he counted it as one of 2 moments where he nearly died. Now imagine that with the genders flipped. [[SarcasmMode Ha, ha! Hilarious!]]

** In ''Anime/{{Boruto}}'' there's a scene where Ino gets pissed at her husband Sai and so decides ''to beat the shit out of him'', though Sai dodges every blow, and when her son Injojin tries to intervene Ino just yells at him. While they do simmer down there's no getting past the fact were roles reversed people would most certainly consider Sai an abusive JerkAss.

** The [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombified]] Victoria Cindry treats Dr. Hogback rather poorly, such as making him eat his meals directly off the table becuase of her personal hatred of plates or casually spouting threats of violence, all portrayed comedically. When the story wants to highlight how despicable Hogback is, Cindry suddenly becomes completely obedient as he smacks her around and orders her to lick the floor. While his general practice of reanimating corpses as servants is put in a negative light, there was never any other zombie who the protagonists took such offense to her servitude.
** Cleverly subverted in Punk Hazard as due to a FreakyFridayFlip Nami finds herself in Franky’s body and Sanji is in her body ([[ManIFeelLikeAWoman and loving it]]). Nami goes for the usual PervertRevengeMode but the problems are 1) while Sanji’s body [[MadeOfIron can take abuse]], [[SquishyWizard her body can’t]] and 2) she’s currently in Franky’s powerful {{Cyborg}} body which results in Nami nearly breaking her own skull and killing Sanji. It was extra shocking for rest of the crew who were unaware of the body swap, and were seeing Franky bringing his massive metal fist down on Nami’s head.

** Jessie commonly hits her teammates James when she feels he is incompetent, and a similar situation for her treatment of her male (humanoid) Pokemon Meowth. Meowth has gotten away with slashing both of their faces, though.

** Misty being a FieryRedhead would be very quick to hurt Ash and Brock in PlayedForLaughs fashion, she even gives Ash an unnecessary slap on the face in her first appearance. This was edited out of the 4kids version which may be one of the few times it was a sound decision on their part.

** ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' uses this so much that for early '90s anime fans it was considered the Queen of this trope. The series is notorious for how the [[BelligerentSexualTension interactions]] between Ranma Saotome and Akane Tendo many times boiled down to "Ranma says something insulting, purposefully or accidentally, and Akane gives him a MegatonPunch, [[ATwinkleInTheSky boots him (through the roof need be) into LEO]], [[ArmorPiercingSlap slaps him]], hammers him over the head with a random object or otherwise physically abuses him in response". Making it worse is that Akane often starts the exchange of insults, but still hits Ranma for retorting.
** And in ''Manga/InuYasha'', she largely dispenses with {{Megaton Punch}}es, and presents instead a simple scenario: a half-demon, wearing a cursed necklace which allows their master to force to the ground the one who wears it with a single word and as the series goes on this ability is often used for even minor transgressions. No points for guessing that it's a male half-demon, a female who controls the collar that frequently uses it over romantic angst, and that it is played for comedy. It gets to the point where [[SayMyName Kagome shouting Inuyasha's name]] is enough to send shivers down his spine. Meanwhile, Inuyasha is treated as in the wrong for such minor offenses as not thanking Kagome for making lunch or not intuiting the feelings that she passive-aggresively refuses to ever tell him.

** While Rukia does hit Ichigo a few times (mostly at the beginning of the series [[BerserkButton in response to him criticizing her drawings]]), their first physical interaction was Ichigo kicking ''her'' in the back when she initially doesn't realize that Ichigo [[YouCanSeeMe can see her]], and after rescuing her from her execution, he proceeds to toss her down the several-stories-high execution stand for Renji to catch her. Both of these are played as comedy.

* ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' sees the title character get abused quite often by love interest Kagome, whose frequent cries of "Osuwari!/Sit, boy!" send Inuyasha {{Face Plant}}ing into the ground thanks to a cursed necklace. It gets to the point where [[SayMyName Kagome shouting Inuyasha's name]] is enough to send shivers down his spine, and all of it is played for laughs. Meanwhile, Inuyasha is treated as in the wrong for such minor offenses as not thanking Kagome for making lunch or not intuiting the feelings that she passive-aggresively refuses to ever tell him.

** And in ''Manga/InuYasha'', she largely dispenses with {{Megaton Punch}}es, and presents instead a simple scenario: a half-demon, wearing a cursed necklace which allows their master to force to the ground the one who wears it with a single word and as the series goes on this ability is often used for even minor transgressions. No points for guessing that it's a male half-demon, a female who controls the collar that frequently uses it over romantic angst, and that it is played for comedy.

* ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' sees the title character get abused quite often by love interest Kagome, whose frequent cries of "Osuwari!/Sit, boy!" send Inuyasha {{Face Plant}}ing into the ground thanks to a cursed necklace. It gets to the point where [[SayMyName Kagome shouting Inuyasha's name]] is enough to send shivers down his spine, and all of it is played for laughs. Meanwhile, Inuyasha is treated as in the wrong for such minor offenses as not thanking Kagome for making lunch.

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':

** Also seen in the anime where much of the {{Filler}} arcs contain Sakura knocking around [[TheHero Naruto]] for no clearly defined reason for comedic purposes, though she's not as bad in the manga.

*** Kishimoto eventually acknowledged that her habit of hitting Naruto is unpleasant.

*** Also in ''Boruto'' anime Sarada occasionally beats up the titular character much like her mother did to Naruto, the anime really does find female on male abuse hilarious.
* Generally played straight in ''Manga/OnePiece'' as Nami seems to have free reign to beat up her male friends whenever they annoy her (even mildly), but also occasionally subverted. [[FemmeFatale Kalifa]] taking advantage of [[ChivalrousPervert Sanji's]] WouldntHitAGirl tendencies in battle via kicking him the [[GroinAttack groin]] and brutally beating him is painted as being dishonorable on her part. Also, though he never hits Nami back (likely since she only ever hits him in "comical" situations), [[TheHero Luffy]] was depicted as justified after punching Vivi (who's also a close friend) in the face when she suddenly [[ArmorPiercingSlap slapped him]] ''hard'' during what was otherwise a civil argument.

** The other girls often abuse this trope as well, such as Himeji and especially Minami towards Akihisa. While its always PlayedForLaughs, some of their actions fall into DudeNotFunny, such as when Minami breaks Akihisa's back because he didn't say "I love you" correctly to her. Granted, he's an IronButtMonkey and just walks it off, but if the roles were reversed, he'd probably be thrown in jail and the key be thrown away.

* Largely averted in ''Manga/FairyTail''. There are several times (more so early in the series) where Erza dealing corporal punishment to Natsu and Gray is portrayed as comedic, but it's only after repeatedly challenging and getting beaten up by her that the two are afraid of her. Natsu unintentionally hits Erza twice during the Sun Village arc (with Gray the first time), and its played for comedy. In the aftermath of the Edolas arc, a sleeping Natsu punches Lucy through the roof while fighting in his dreams, and that too is PlayedForLaughs.

* ''LightNovel/KazeNoStigma'' - Averted. [[{{Tsundere}} Ayano]] often tries to slap or burn the more powerful [[TheStoic Kazuma]] but he usually blocks it. In fact, its almost genderflipped in that while Kazuma never hits Ayano, he is able to tease her, be a [[JerkAss jerk]] to her, or incite her jealousy with impunity. It is '''HILARIOUS''' to watch.

* Jiro from ''LightNovel/MayoChiki'' is forcefully beaten up by his sister for "wrestling practice" every morning, and as a result develops gynophobia similarly to Yukinari from Manga/GirlsBravo from it. He's also attacked regularly by Subaru as well, yet its entirely PlayedForLaughs, and no one seems to mention anything about it.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Katsuki Bakugou's mother smacks and berates him in front of his teachers, and even calls him weak for [[spoiler:''getting kidnapped'']].

* Played with in ''Anime/MawaruPenguindrum''. *** beats up / slaps Shouma around at the beginning and it's PlayedForLaughs as well as a {{Tsundere}} trait. {{Averted}} later as CharacterDevelopment ''and'' CerebusSyndrome kick in and she stops doing so.

** Kirie brutally beats up her best friend, Yukinari, for things [[NotWhatItLooksLike that aren't his fault]] at several points during the series. But [[JerkSue no one ever calls her out on it]], or even tries to stop her. Though she lets up on him in season 2 and begins to act more like a real friend towards him.

** After Guts joins the Band of Hawk his LoveInterest Casca has free reign to smack him around, almost always PlayedForLaughs and Guts [[WouldntHitAGirl never returns the favour]]. Sometimes it's justifiable, like when Guts was knocked unconscious by Wyald, Casca slapping him is fine, but at other times isn't; e.g when Casca was [[IntimateHealing ordered to sleep naked]] with a feverish and wounded Guts, she takes her anger out on him when he wakes up which is very unfair since it wasn’t Guts’s fault that she was put in that position. More than a few fans also got angry at Casca for punching Guts again when he was already wounded by Zodd and just wanted to talk to Griffith, and didn’t forgive her until her CharacterDevelopment kicked in.

** After Guts joins the Band of Hawk his LoveInterest Casca has free reign to smack him around, almost always PlayedForLaughs and Guts [[WouldntHitAGirl never returns the favour]]. Sometimes it’a justifiable like when Guts was knocked unconscious by Wyald Casca slapping him is fine, but at other times isn't e.g when Casca was [[IntimateHealing ordered to sleep naked]] with a feverish and wounded Guts, she takes her anger out on him when he wakes up which is very unfair since it wasn’t Guts’s fault that she was put in that position. More than a few fans also got angry at Casca for punching Guts again when he was already wounded by Zodd and just wanted to talk to Griffith, and didn’t forgive her until her CharacterDevelopment kicked in.
*** Kudos to the ''Anime/BerserkTheGoldenAgeArc'' movies as they manage to justify Casca’s initial physical violence towards Guts as he ruthlessly killed her horse when they met and as a FriendToAllLivingThings Casca was well within in her rights to be angry at that.
*** Subverted with Casca’s early verbal abuse towards Guts as he made it clear ''[[BerserkButton he wouldn’t put up with it]]'', and grabbed her accusing hand in a threatening manner causing a Casca to have OhCrap moment before Griffith separated them.

** Schierke gets away with hurting Isidro frequently due to it being PlayedForLaughs.

** Played straight with Schierke and Isidro, as former gets away with hurting the latter frequently due to it being PlayedForLaughs.

** Played straight with Schierke and Isidro, as former gets away with hurting the latter frequently due it being PlayedForLaughs.

** After Guts joins the Band of Hawk his LoveInterest Casca has free reign to smack him around, almost always PlayedForLaughs and Guts [[WouldntHitAGirl never returns the favour]]. Sometimes it’a justifiable like when Guts was knocked unconscious by Wyald Casca slapping him is fine, but at other times e.g when Casca was [[IntimateHealing ordered to sleep naked]] with a feverish and wounded Guts, she takes her anger out on him when he wakes up which is unfair since it wasn’t Guts’s fault that she was put in that position. More than a few fans also got angry at Casca for punching Guts again when he was already wounded by Zodd and just wanted to talk to Griffith, and didn’t forgive her until her CharacterDevelopment kicked in.

*** Kudos to the ''Anime/BerserkTheGoldenAgeArc'' movies as they manage to justify Casca’s initial physical violence towards Guts as he ruthlessly killed her horse when they met and as a FriendToAllLivingThings Casca was well in her rights to be angry at that.

*** Also in the same arc Chopper is horrified when the zombie Inuppe (whose ironically brought to life [[WouldntHitAGirl by Sanji’s shadow]]) kicks Robin down while she’s trying to restrain Jigoro. Really this should just be expected in a battle but the anime actually treats it like a KickTheDog moment. Though maybe it’s exactly because it’s ''Sanji’s shadow'' that’s it’s so jarring.

* Largely [[AvertedTrope averted]] in ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'', where there are plenty of formidable female combatants on both sides of the conflict. Played straight (and often [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs]]) with Touka and Kaneki; when they reunite in the sequel, one of the first things she does is punch him so hard he loses consciousness, and she happily says that that makes her feel a lot better. Their first explicitly romantic interaction is when Touka seduces him while he's emotionally vulnerable and has just confided in her about missing Hide, right after she admits that she's [[TheBabyTrap looking for a way to keep him at her side]]. While her plan works, when he suspects something's up and visits her, she panics and physically hurls him out of her room in front of his shocked subordinates. Kaneki has more than one monologue where he believes the people he loves always hurt him, and it's strongly implied that Touka reminds him of his physically abusive mother. Still, they end up married with a child.

* Played with in ''Anime/MawaruPenguindrum''. Ringo beats up / slaps Shouma around at the beginning and it's PlayedForLaughs as well as a {{Tsundere}} trait. {{Averted}} later as CharacterDevelopment ''and'' CerebusSyndrome kick in and she stops doing so.

* ''{{LightNovel/Toradora}}'': Taiga regularly assaults Ryuuji for comedy. It ameliorates somewhat as the series goes on. Also happens with Taiga and her father.
* In ''Anime/{{Trigun}}'' Meryl hurting Vash is completely PlayedForLaughs even when he wasn’t doing anything wrong and she’s just annoyed at his silliness. Subverted when Milly gives Vash a ArmourPiercingSlap in one episode as she had just seen him seemly gun some innocent kids down in cold blood which does justify her violent reaction. Also Milly is normally a GentleGiant who unlike Meryl never hurts anyone.

* ''Manga/{{Tsugumomo}}'' plays the this trope up to eleven. Kiriha has no problem with beating Kazuya to a bloody pulp on a seemingly regular bases and he also gets beaten up by other female characters such as Chisato and Sunao although much less compared to Kiriha. Other male characters such as Shiro, Osamu and Kotetsu received abuse from other female characters.

* ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'': Yuzu Hiragi regularly hitting [[HotBlooded her father Shuzo Hiragi]] and [[TheHero her friend Yuya Sakaki]] whenever she perceives them doing something stupid [[PaperFanOfDoom with a fan]]? Considered hilarious and part of what makes her a strong female protagonist in the eyes of the fans. Doesn't help that sparkles fly in the fan's wake and [[AmusingInjuries their reactions to being hit are meant to be comical]].

** Cleverly subverted in Punk Hazard as due to a FreakyFridayFlip Nami finds herself in Franky’s body and Sanji is in her body (and loving it). Nami goes for the usual PervertRevengeMode but the problems are 1) while Sanji’s body [[MadeOfIron can take abuse]], [[SquishyWizard her body can’t]] and 2) she’s currently in Franky’s powerful {{Cyborg}} body which results in Nami nearly breaking her own skull and killing Sanji. It was extra shocking for rest of the crew who were unaware of the body swap, and were seeing Franky bringing his massive metal fist down on Nami’s head.

** Misty being a FieryRedhead would be very quick to hurt Ash and Brock in PlayedForLaughs, even giving Ash an unnecessary slap on the face in her first appearance. This was edited out of the 4kids version which may be one of the few times it was a sound decision on their part.

** Also seen in the anime where much of the {{Filler}} arcs contain [[TheScrappy Sakura]] knocking around [[TheHero Naruto]] for no clearly defined reason for comedic purposes, though she's not as bad in the manga.

* ''LightNovel/Toradora'': Taiga regularly assaults Ryuuji for comedy. It ameliorates somewhat as the series goes on. Also happens with Taiga and her father.

** Also seen in the anime where much of the {{Filler}} arcs contain [[TheScrappy Sakura]] knocking around [[TheHero Naruto]] for no clearly defined reason for comedic purposes. This is part of what led to her vocal {{Hatedom}} within the fanbase, though she's not as bad in the manga. When her poor reception eventually turned her into a CreatorsPest, Kishimoto would end up acknowledging that her habit of hitting Naruto is unpleasant.

* Inverted ''and how'' in ''Manga/AhoGirl'' where Yoshiko gets punched and is subjected to other physical punishments by her would-be boyfriend Akuru every time she says or does something stupid. And since Yoshiko is a complete idiot, this happens ''a lot!!''

** In the original ''Manga/DragonBall'', Bulma and Yamcha's relationship is like this. Sometimes, Bulma would hit Yamcha when she accuses him of flirting with other women.