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** Present Mic is a big goofy DJ styled hero who, despite his sometimes annoying LargeHamAnnouncer tendencies, is otherwise a genuine NiceGuy. He's best friends with the gloomy Aizawa and generally supportive of the kids at UA. However, all that cheerful irreverence masks an ''unflinching'' brutal streak, most notably when it comes to people who hurt his friends. When Aizawa is brutally beaten in the [=USJ=] arc, he sees the result and calmly steps forward and unleashes a sound loud enough to level half the building and wreck the villains still on the scene. When he finds out that [[spoiler:Dr. Ujiko was the traitor and had been harvesting kids for their quirks for at ''least'' fifteen years, including Mic's best friend Shirakumo and that Aizawa had also been targeted for harvesting]], Mic flies completely off the handle and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown lays into the culprit with his bare hands. He also threatens to *liquefy* the culprits with his quirk and *make a stew* with their organs.]].

** Present Mic is a big goofy DJ styled hero who, despite his sometimes annoying LargeHamAnnouncer tendencies, is otherwise a genuine NiceGuy. He's best friends with the gloomy Aizawa and generally supportive of the kids at UA. However, all that cheerful irreverence masks an ''unflinching'' brutal streak, most notably when it comes to people who hurt his friends. When Aizawa is brutally beaten in the [=USJ=] arc, he sees the result and calmly steps forward and unleashes a sound loud enough to level half the building and wreck the villains still on the scene. When he finds out that [[spoiler:Dr. Ujiko was the traitor and had been harvesting kids for their quirks for at ''least'' fifteen years, including Mic's best friend Shirakumo and that Aizawa had also been targeted for harvesting]], Mic flies completely off the handle and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown lays into the culprit with his bare hands. He also threatens to ''liquefy'' the culprits and “make a stew” with their organs.]].

** Present Mic is a big goofy DJ styled hero who, despite his sometimes annoying LargeHamAnnouncer tendencies, is otherwise a genuine NiceGuy. He's best friends with the gloomy Aizawa and generally supportive of the kids at UA. However, all that cheerful irreverence masks an ''unflinching'' brutal streak, most notably when it comes to people who hurt his friends. When Aizawa is brutally beaten in the [=USJ=] arc, he sees the result and calmly steps forward and unleashes a sound loud enough to level half the building and wreck the villains still on the scene. When he finds out that [[spoiler:Dr. Ujiko was the traitor and had been harvesting kids for their quirks for at ''least'' fifteen years, including Mic's best friend Shirakumo and that Aizawa had also been targeted for harvesting]], Mic flies completely off the handle and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown lays into the culprit with his bare hands]].

** Present Mic is a big goofy DJ styled hero who, despite his sometimes annoying LargeHamAnnouncer tendencies, is otherwise a genuine NiceGuy. He's best friends with the gloomy Aizawa and generally supportive of the kids at UA. However, all that cheerful irreverence masks an ''unflinching'' brutal streak, most notably when it comes to people who hurt his friends. When he finds out that [[spoiler:Dr. Ujiko was the traitor and had been harvesting kids for their quirks for at ''least'' fifteen years, including Mic's best friend Shirakumo and that Aizawa had also been targeted for harvesting]], Mic flies completely off the handle and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown lays into the culprit with his bare hands]].

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'':

* Celty Sturluson is -- underneath her fearsome reputation as the [[HeadlessHorseman Headless Rider]] of Ikebukuro -- easily the most sympathetic and benevolent figure in ''{{LightNovel/Durarara}}''. Nonetheless, her fearsomeness is fully justified whenever she's dealing with lowly street thugs.

* Toale from ''LightNovel/TheLegendOfTheLegendaryHeroes'' is one of the sweetest people you'll ever meet, especially in a world full of [[AntiHero Anti-Heroes]] and [[SociopathicHero Sociopathic Heroes]]. Don't think for a moment, however, that he doesn't understand war or that sometimes, you have to be harsh to get things done.

* The nation of Jura Tempest in ''LightNovel/ThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsASlime'' is built around kindness and understanding. That said, if you launch an attack on their nation, they will retaliate by wiping you out down to the last man.

** PresentMic is a big goofy DJ styled hero who, despite his sometimes annoying LargeHamAnnouncer tendencies, is otherwise a genuine NiceGuy. He's best friends with the gloomy Aizawa and generally supportive of the kids at UA. However, all that cheerful irreverence masks an ''unflinching'' brutal streak, most notably when it comes to people who hurt his friends. When he finds out that [[spoiler:Dr. Ujiko was the traitor and had been harvesting kids for their quirks for at ''least'' fifteen years, including Mic's best friend Shirakumo and that Aizawa had also been targeted for harvesting]], Mic flies completely off the handle and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown lays into the culprit with his bare hands]].

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Izuku Midoriya is a gentle-hearted soul to all his friends and anyone who is in need of help or comfort. That kindness doesn’t extend to villains however, and he won’t pull punches with them. He’ll stop at nothing until a villain is down on the ground, especially if they intend to [[FriendToAllChildren harm a child.]]

** Kurama is very friendly and kind-hearted, but as Hiei once stated, "He's even more cutthroat than I am when it comes to battle." One of the [[TranquilFury most chilling ways]] they showed this was when he had a demon who threatened his mother under his power and begging for his life.

** Aladdin is a very sweet and friendly boy who goes out of his way to help others and detests war but hurting his friends or innocent people will cause him to deliver a beatdown and even then he will not kill you.
** Sinbad cares for the people of his country deeply and treats everyone with respect. However anyone associated with Al-Thamen will be mercilessly annihilated and he will resort to any measures to protect his country.

** Muu is friendly to everyone he meets by default but anyone who threatens Scheherazade or Reim should be prepared to face him first.
** Ugo was initially presented as a protector and friend of Aladdin but when Judar was about to seriously injure Aladdin, Ugo stepped in and destroyed him with raw physical power. In an earlier episode when Aladdin rushed to save Kou;s princess, he was ambushed by renegade Kou empire soldiers. Ugo completely obliterates them about 30 of them [[DynamicEntry upon arrival,]] [[note]]All that was left of them were rocks covered with blood.[[/note]] Aladdin either does not notice this or [[WhatMeasureIsAMook does not care.]]

** Perhaps the best example is Kakashi Hatake. He is kind and laid back with his students and colleagues yet is capable of instantly becoming a pragmatic, efficient, and ruthless fighter should you be an enemy of his nation or worse yet if you try to harm his comrades or loved ones.
** Kakashi's childhood friend Might Guy is a prime example as well. On the surface he is an overly energetic and naive fitness/martial arts fanatic who constantly calls upon the power and goodness of youth. Yet he is shown on several occasions to be a warrior of near equal skill to Kakashi and willing to fight to the death to defend his allies. In later arcs he [[spoiler: Sacrifices himself by fighting Madara to the death, after the latter had essentially become a physical god, in order to buy time for Naruto and the reinforcements to get to the battlefield to save his allies]]
** Choji Akimichi also qualifies. He is one of the more laid back and personable people in the entire series, and has a rather strong moral compass, but he is still a Konoha shinobi and is willing to die defending his comrades. In the Sasuke Retrival Arc he [[spoiler: volunteers to stay behind to block Jirobo's persuit of Team Shikamaru, and not only manages to defy the odds and win the fight but absolutely destroys Jirobo when the latter insults Shikamaru, becoming the first member of Naruto's generation to kill an opponent outright]].

* The main crew of Manga/SnowWhiteAndSevenDwarfs are either made up of those falling on the AntiHero end of the spectrum or characters who are this. They're great and honestly nice people, and Takeru in particular averts WhatMeasureIsAMook, but that still doesn't mean that he won't blow you up if you attack his friends.

* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', Tanjiro Kamado, the series protagonist, is an extremely sweet and kind person who goes through great lengths in order to make friends and make others become friendly with each other; that said he is not a total pacifist, if Tanjiro sees a situation where someone is being blatantly bullied or flat out abused, he gets violent pretty quick towards the aggressor without any remorse. When it comes to his actual demon slaying gig, Tanjiro has never refused to kill a demon with blood in their hands, but Tanjiro will offer a last minute of empathy towards the felled demon, if the creature expresses real regret for their actions, and pitiful nature as a human devouring monster.

* Arslan in ''Anime/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan'' is often seen by others as being a weakling due to his effeminate appearance, naivete and compassion for others. However, he is a capable fighter by his own right and he is fiercely dedicated to his friends, including outright threatening someone for the first time because they had placed Daryun in danger.