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* Light Yagami, the VillainProtagonist of ''Manga/DeathNote'', is a hero whose fall is the inciting incident. After finding the Note and realizing he can use it to kill people, he decides to [[AGodAmI become a god]] who can purge the world of criminals... [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist and anyone who stands in his way]]. [[SlowlySlippingIntoEvil He becomes enamored with the thrill of hunting down police officers trying to capture him]], and eventually his '[[FalseUtopia utopia]]' becomes a world where ''not'' putting all your work effort into exploiting, gaslighting, and otherwise abusing others is 'criminal'. Despite all this, the arc where he loses his memories indicates that [[AmnesiacsAreInnocent he really was an idealistic, well-meaning person]] (if still a malignant narcissist who could have been cured) before he found the Note, and he proved that absolute power really ''does'' corrupt absolutely.

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* [[Characters/DeathNoteLightYagami Light Yagami, Yagami]], the VillainProtagonist of ''Manga/DeathNote'', is a hero whose fall is the inciting incident. After finding the Note and realizing he can use it to kill people, he decides to [[AGodAmI become a god]] who can purge the world of criminals... [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist and anyone who stands in his way]]. [[SlowlySlippingIntoEvil He becomes enamored with the thrill of hunting down police officers trying to capture him]], and eventually his '[[FalseUtopia utopia]]' becomes a world where ''not'' putting all your work effort into exploiting, gaslighting, and otherwise abusing others is 'criminal'. Despite all this, the arc where he loses his memories indicates that [[AmnesiacsAreInnocent he really was an idealistic, well-meaning person]] (if still a malignant narcissist who could have been cured) before he found the Note, and he proved that absolute power really ''does'' corrupt absolutely.
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* Suzaku from ''Anime/CodeGeass'' was the poster boy for what an Eleven can become in Britannian society. When Princess Euphie dies, he turns into the [[KnightTemplar White Grim Reaper]]. That said, he was already an AntiVillain in deep denial over what he was ''really'' doing working for TheEmpire, but that is the point he started to cross multiple moral lines in pursuit of his goals.
** {{Averted|Trope}} for Lelouch, who chose to be a DarkMessiah Type-4 AntiHero the moment he could do anything (i.e., the moment C.C. gave him Geass). [[spoiler:It's played straight after [[LaResistance the Black Knights']] [[TheMutiny betrayal]], which coerces him into [[TheUnfettered abandoning]] [[MoralityChain his morality]] [[ZeroApprovalGambit and]] [[TakeOverTheWorld taking over]] [[TheEmpire his father's empire]] followed by becoming an EvilOverlord. That said, it was partly {{Invoked|Trope}} for the sake of uniting people in hatred against him and behind the new "Zero" as an IdealHero of Justice necessary to push the world into an era of peace.]]

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* [[Characters/CodeGeassSuzakuKururugi Suzaku Kururugi]] from ''Anime/CodeGeass'' was the poster boy for what an Eleven can become in Britannian society. When Princess Euphie dies, he turns into the [[KnightTemplar White Grim Reaper]]. That said, he was already an AntiVillain in deep denial over what he was ''really'' doing working for TheEmpire, but that is the point he started to cross multiple moral lines in pursuit of his goals.
** {{Averted|Trope}} for Lelouch, [[Characters/CodeGeassLelouchLamperouge Lelouch Lamperouge]], who chose to be a DarkMessiah Type-4 AntiHero the moment he could do anything (i.e., the moment C.C. gave him Geass). [[spoiler:It's played straight after [[LaResistance the Black Knights']] [[TheMutiny betrayal]], which coerces him into [[TheUnfettered abandoning]] [[MoralityChain his morality]] [[ZeroApprovalGambit and]] [[TakeOverTheWorld taking over]] [[TheEmpire his father's empire]] followed by becoming an EvilOverlord. That said, it was partly {{Invoked|Trope}} for the sake of uniting people in hatred against him and behind the new "Zero" as an IdealHero of Justice necessary to push the world into an era of peace.]]
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* Light Yagami, the VillainProtagonist of ''Manga/DeathNote'', is a hero whose fall is the inciting incident. After finding the Note and realizing he can use it to kill people, he decides to purge the world of criminals... [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist and anyone who stands in his way]]. He's stooped low enough to kill a police officer simply for ''disagreeing with him'' by the second episode of the anime, and he only [[AGodAmI gets worse from there]]. Despite all this, the arc where he loses his memories indicates that [[AmnesiacsAreInnocent he really was an idealistic, well-meaning person]] before he found the Note, and he proved that absolute power really ''does'' corrupt absolutely.
* Lady Flair in the ''Anime/DirtyPairFlash'' universe, a Former WWWA agent and predecessor to the Current Lovely Angels who after a mission goes bad and felt betrayed went on to become an assassin , but makes an heroic sacrifice after realizing the truth of what happened.
* The BigBad of ''Manga/{{Drifters}}'' is heavily implied to be this. Well, he's actually implied to be [[spoiler:Jesus Christ]] turned OmnicidalManiac. Plus, some of the Offscouring can qualify -- Joan of Arc becoming a [[KillItWithFire homicidal pyromaniac]] after being burned at the stake, for example.

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* Light Yagami, the VillainProtagonist of ''Manga/DeathNote'', is a hero whose fall is the inciting incident. After finding the Note and realizing he can use it to kill people, he decides to [[AGodAmI become a god]] who can purge the world of criminals... [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist and anyone who stands in his way]]. He's stooped low enough to kill a [[SlowlySlippingIntoEvil He becomes enamored with the thrill of hunting down police officer simply for ''disagreeing with him'' by the second episode of the anime, officers trying to capture him]], and he only [[AGodAmI gets worse from there]]. eventually his '[[FalseUtopia utopia]]' becomes a world where ''not'' putting all your work effort into exploiting, gaslighting, and otherwise abusing others is 'criminal'. Despite all this, the arc where he loses his memories indicates that [[AmnesiacsAreInnocent he really was an idealistic, well-meaning person]] (if still a malignant narcissist who could have been cured) before he found the Note, and he proved that absolute power really ''does'' corrupt absolutely.
* Lady Flair in the ''Anime/DirtyPairFlash'' universe, a Former WWWA agent and predecessor to the Current Lovely Angels who after a mission goes bad and felt betrayed went on to become an assassin , assassin, but makes an heroic sacrifice after realizing the truth of what happened.
* The BigBad of ''Manga/{{Drifters}}'' is heavily implied to be this. Well, he's actually implied to be [[spoiler:Jesus Christ]] turned OmnicidalManiac. Plus, some of the Offscouring can qualify -- - Joan of Arc becoming a [[KillItWithFire homicidal pyromaniac]] after being burned at the stake, for example.



** Jellal, before his [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashing]], was a legitimately heroic young boy, being the leader of the child slaves inside the Tower of Heaven and willingly risking his life to save Erza from torture and accepting it in turn. After Ultear corrupted him, he became the very antithesis of his original self, manipulative and self-serving so that he could revive the supposedly-dead [[GreaterScopeVillain Zeref]]. Even worse, Zeref wasn't even dead, so his plan wouldn't have succeeded even if he did win. After he finally breaks his brainwashing, he's horrified to realize what he's done and most of the world sees him as a horrible terrorist.
** After [[HeelFaceTurn having his alignment changed]] by the effects of Nirvana, it emerged that Hot-Eye of the Oracion-Seis was one of these. He originally just wanted to raise enough money to fund a search for his lost brother, Wally, but seemed to have gotten corrupted by his teammates somewhere along the line, though they themselves (sans Brain) [[TragicVillain were just as innocent, being fellow slaves of the Tower of Heaven alongside him]]. After all is said and done, he calmly accepts incarceration for his deeds while he was a villain, after finding out that the Fairy Tail guild members had met Wally not too long ago, and declares himself happy with the knowledge that he's alive and well.
** Hades was once a noble SociallyAwkwardHero named Precht, who was best friends with [[BigGood Guild master Mavis]] and was so heroic that he was chosen as her successor of the great wizard guild that would become Fairy Tail. Sadly, he would grow into a FauxAffablyEvil SmugSuper determined to find the DarkMessiah [[GreaterScopeVillain Zeref]] after the death of his beloved friend, becoming a monster in the eyes of his old team members for [[HeWhoFightsMonsters becoming everything he fought against.]] He was the one who was behind Jellal's own fall, for starters.
** Supposedly, [[spoiler: Gray]] was destined to grow into a villain some time down the line in a BadFuture. [[spoiler:In the present, the closest he comes is being TheMole for a group of evil cultists]].

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** Jellal, before his [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashing]], was a legitimately heroic young boy, being the leader of the child slaves inside the Tower of Heaven and willingly risking his life to save Erza from torture and accepting it in turn. After Ultear corrupted him, he became the very antithesis of his original self, manipulative and self-serving so that he could revive the supposedly-dead [[GreaterScopeVillain Zeref]]. Even worse, Zeref wasn't even dead, ''was still alive'', so his plan wouldn't have succeeded even if all the people he did win.sacrificed were for nothing. After he finally breaks his brainwashing, he's horrified to realize what he's done and most of the world sees him as a horrible terrorist.
** After [[HeelFaceTurn having his alignment changed]] by the effects of Nirvana, it emerged that Hot-Eye of the Oracion-Seis was one of these. He originally just wanted to raise enough money to fund a search for his lost brother, Wally, but seemed to have gotten was corrupted by his teammates somewhere along the line, though they themselves (sans Brain) [[TragicVillain were just as innocent, being fellow slaves decades of the Tower collecting oodles of Heaven alongside him]].money with a bad crowd. After all is said and done, he calmly accepts incarceration for his deeds while he was a villain, after finding out that the Fairy Tail guild members had met Wally not too long ago, and declares himself happy with the knowledge that he's alive and well.
** Hades was once a noble SociallyAwkwardHero named Precht, who was best friends with [[BigGood Guild master Mavis]] and was so heroic that he was chosen as her successor of the great wizard guild that would become Fairy Tail. Sadly, he would grow into a FauxAffablyEvil SmugSuper determined to find the DarkMessiah [[GreaterScopeVillain Zeref]] after the death of his beloved friend, becoming a monster in the eyes of his old team members for [[HeWhoFightsMonsters becoming everything he fought against.]] He was the one who was behind orchestrated Jellal's own fall, for starters.
** Supposedly, [[spoiler: Gray]] [[spoiler:Gray]] was destined to grow into a villain some time down the line in a BadFuture. [[spoiler:In the present, the closest he comes is being TheMole for a group of evil cultists]].



* [[ColdSniper Lady Nagant]] from ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' was once a Pro-Hero working directly for the Hero Commission, but was branded a villain and imprisoned in Tartarus after killing another hero. [[spoiler: Officially, anyway. In actuality Nagant was being used by the Commission as an assassin, killing off potential villains and dissidents before they had a chance to act on such impulses. Lady Nagant did this without question for a little while, but her doubts and guilt grew unbearable until one day she asked the Director of the Commission to put an end to the killings. The Director refused and threatened Lady Nagant if she backed out, leading to her shooting him dead and being branded a villain.]]

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* [[ColdSniper Lady Nagant]] from ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' was once a Pro-Hero working directly for the Hero Commission, but was branded a villain and imprisoned in Tartarus after killing another hero. [[spoiler: Officially, [[spoiler:Officially, anyway. In actuality Nagant was being used by the Commission as an assassin, [[AntiHero killing off potential villains and dissidents before they had a chance to act on such impulses.impulses]]. Lady Nagant did this without question for a little while, but her doubts and guilt grew unbearable until one day she asked the Director of the Commission to put an end to the killings. The Director refused and threatened Lady Nagant if Nagant. [[AntiVillain This convinced her to shoot him first]], and she backed out, leading to her shooting him dead and being was branded a villain.villain for 'unprovoked' murder.]]
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* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** Supplemental material explains that Baroque's Works agent Daz Bones aka "Mr. 1" wished to become a superhero (and still wishes to, as shown in Baroque Works' mini-adventure), but ended up becoming a corrupted mercenary.
** Ashura Doji of Wano Country was once one of Oden's beloved retainers who turned his back on the Kozuki clan and returned to his bandit life shortly after his master's death. Thankfully, in the end he joins back the Akazaya Nine and helps during the Onigashima war.
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* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': [[spoiler:Eren Yeager]], once the Marley arc comes along, is far from the idealistic young boy that he used to be. After learning that [[spoiler:humanity is alive and well outside of Paradis Island, but that those people ''hate'' them and seek to kill them all]], he has become a ruthless, manipulative young man who is willing to do ''anything'' to [[spoiler:protect the people of his island from those that want to kill them]] -- even if doing this means [[spoiler:committing out and out ''genocide'' via unleashing the Wall Titans upon the world]].
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* ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'': Before the series began, Suguru Geto was once one of the strongest Jujutsu sorcerers of his generation. Unlike his fellow special-grade sorcerers, who were either more concerned with big-picture problems that left little room for aiding the everyday person (Yuki Tsukumo) or just having a good time while showing off how powerful he was (Satoru Gojo), Geto was primarily concerned with protecting the powerless non-sorcerer population. A very tragic series of events ([[spoiler: Namely Riko Amani and Haibara's deaths, several cases of non-sorcerers displaying FantasticRacism against Sorcerers, the feeling that the only reward he will ever get from protecting non-sorcerers is the deaths of his friends and comrades, and realizing that [[TheHeartless Curses]] would cease to exist if all non-sorcerers died]]) leads to Geto snapping and deciding to create a world of only sorcerers, necessitating the genocide of all regular humans, turning him into the villain seen in the present.
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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': [[spoiler:Ginjo]] was the first human to become a Substitute Shinigami, years before Ichigo did, and in that function he presumably helped protect the World of the Living by hunting down Hollows and helping the souls of the dead move on to Soul Society. Then one day his allegiance to the Shinigami fell apart after a plot by [[spoiler:Tokinada]] ended with the death of several of [[spoiler:Ginjo]]'s Fullbringer friends, leading him to think that [[EtTuBrute Soul Society had betrayed him]] and the Gotei 13 to think he had gone rogue. After going into hiding, [[spoiler:Ginjo]] [[FaceHeelTurn would spend the next few years plotting his revenge]], only to ultimately die at the hands of Ichigo. While Ichigo influences [[spoiler:Ginjo]] enough that he seemingly abandons revenge and later [[BackForTheFinale assists Ichigo shortly before the final battle]] with [[GreaterScopeVillain Yhwach]], it's not until he learns about [[spoiler:Tokinada]]'s role in his falling out of grace and subsequently [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge helps fight him]] during the ''[[Literature/BleachCantFearYourOwnWorld Can't Fear Your Own World]]'' novel that he truly [[HeelFaceTurn redeems himself]] and starts to move on with his life (well, afterlife).

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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': [[spoiler:Ginjo]] [[spoiler:Kugo Ginjo]] was the first human to become a Substitute Shinigami, years before Ichigo did, and in that function he presumably helped protect the World of the Living by hunting down Hollows and helping the souls of the dead move on to Soul Society. Then one day his allegiance to the Shinigami fell apart after a plot by [[spoiler:Tokinada]] ended with the death of several of [[spoiler:Ginjo]]'s Fullbringer friends, leading him to think that [[EtTuBrute Soul Society had betrayed him]] and the Gotei 13 to think he had gone rogue. After going into hiding, [[spoiler:Ginjo]] [[FaceHeelTurn would spend the next few years plotting his revenge]], only to ultimately die at the hands of Ichigo. While Ichigo influences [[spoiler:Ginjo]] enough that he seemingly abandons revenge and later [[BackForTheFinale assists Ichigo shortly before the final battle]] with [[GreaterScopeVillain Yhwach]], it's not until he learns about [[spoiler:Tokinada]]'s role in his falling out of grace and subsequently [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge helps fight him]] during the ''[[Literature/BleachCantFearYourOwnWorld Can't Fear Your Own World]]'' novel that he truly [[HeelFaceTurn redeems himself]] and starts to move on with his life (well, afterlife).
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* ''Manga/NoLongerAllowedInAnotherWorld'': Kaoru was originally [[UnSorcerer an otherworlder without a divine gift]], but under Elton's tutelage, became Blau Kingdom's most talented knight. After Elton, in a fit of jealousy when he replaced him as the Queen's personal guard, sends him on an UriahGambit, Kaoru would survive the event and go on to become the Fallen Angel of Vanity.

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