History HeartbrokenBadass / AnimeAndManga

** Suzaku Kururugi after [[spoiler:Euphemia's death]].

** A different kind of badass, but Lelouch after [[spoiler:Shirley is killed]].

** Kallen, after Lelouch's death, is seen sulking and missing him in both her character song and character poem.

* A platonic version of it, but Mana/Cure Heart of ''Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure'' is pretty torn up when Regina suffers from BrainwashedAndCrazy. It takes Cure Ace showing up, snatching away her TransformationTrinket and getting her to remember what she's fighting for to get her head back into the game.

* Shizuo Heiwajima of ''{{LightNovel/Durarara}}'' learned the hard way that [[PrecociousCrush schoolboy crushes]] and [[HairTriggerTemper uncontrollable rage disorders]] [[http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/ww262/CapZiggy/hescrewedup.jpg do not mix]]. In his words, "[[{{Understatement}} I screwed up.]]"

* Issei Hyoudou in ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'' turns out to be this when it's revealed that [[spoiler:his heart was still broken when his ex-girlfriend killed him on his first date with her back in volume 1. It took him 6 months (9 volumes in RealLife) to even be able to move on and confess to Rias.]]

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Captain-class Uryuu is considered a novice by his RetiredBadass father Ryuuken, whose RefusalOfTheCall has alienated his idealistic son. It's heavily implied that Ryuuken is trying to protect Uryuu's life from dangerous family secrets. [[spoiler:Uryuu mysteriously survived the [[TheEmperor Quincy King's]] instigation of ThePurge which wiped out all other "impure" Quincies, including his mother, grandmother and father's cousin. Both the [[DespairEventHorizon loss]] and continued threat to Uryuu has dictated Ryuuken's behaviour ever since.]]

* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' multiverse loves this, with DisposableWoman and TheLostLenore at play. The trend was originated long ago since Matilda Ajan and Lalah Sune's deaths in the original ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''

* Issei Hyoudou in ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'' when it's revealed that [[spoiler: his heart was still broken when his ex-girlfriend killed him on his first date with her back in volume 1. It took him 6 months (9 volumes in RealLife) to even be able to move on and confess to Rias.]]

* All the women Manga/BlackJack’s even come close to loving at this point have been already married, enveloped in their careers or [[spoiler:more or less turned into a man]].
* ''{{Manga/Bleach}}'': Captain-class Uryuu is considered a novice by his RetiredBadass father Ryuuken, whose RefusalOfTheCall has alienated his idealistic son. It's heavily implied that Ryuuken is trying to protect Uryuu's life from dangerous family secrets. [[spoiler:Uryuu mysteriously survived the [[TheEmperor Quincy King's]] instigation of ThePurge which wiped out all other "impure" Quincies, including his mother, grandmother and father's cousin. Both the [[DespairEventHorizon loss]] and continued threat to Uryuu has dictated Ryuuken's behaviour ever since.]]

** Suzaku Kururugi after [[spoiler:Euphemia’s death]].

* Spike from ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' is pretty much a perfect example of this trope. He loses his love Julia, spends a large part of the series searching for her in vain, and [[spoiler: is finally reunited with her in the finale... just in time for her to be shot.]] This leads to an epic StormingTheCastle moment [[spoiler: which results in an uncertain fate for Spike, with a pretty large chance that he's dead.]]
* [[BrokenAce Izuru Kamukura]] from ''Anime/DanganRonpa3'' maintains [[TheStoic a completely bored and apathetic expression]] for most of his appearances, finding the world to be dull...until the BigBad [[spoiler:murders his LoveInterest Chiaki via a very extensive ColdBloodedTorture]]. Walking in and finding [[spoiler:her barely-alive body]] and then [[spoiler:watching her pass away]] [[NotSoStoic pushes him]] to tears for the first and only time in the franchise, and sets him on his eventual path to a HeelFaceTurn. Years later he's shown to [[spoiler:still carry around Chiaki's hairpin]].
** [[KnightTemplar Kyosuke Munakata]] doesn't fair much better, either. Between [[spoiler:learning his girlfriend was TheMole ''after'' discovering her dead body, and then losing his best friend [[NeverGotToSayGoodbye without ever getting the chance to make up with him]]]], after TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, leaves him a broken man at the end of the series, setting off to [[WalkingTheEarth wander in loneliness]].

* ''Manga/ShonanJunaiGumi'' has both badass protagonists undergo heartbreak, at different times.
** Ryuji lets out a BigWhy with ManlyTears when [[spoiler:Ayumi]] leaves him, and spends the next few chapters in a funk, only really getting over her when he meets Nagisa.
** Eikichi is shaken up when [[spoiler:Misato]] [[UnsettlingGenderReveal reveals she's transgender]], but he still showed up to the train station, implying he would have run away with her. When she doesn't show, he's heartbroken, but much more stoic about it than Ryuji was.

* ''Manga/ShinMazingerZero'': Badass HumongousMecha AcePilot ''[[Anime/MazingerZ Kouji Kabuto]]'' was completely heartbroken and devastated when he saw Sayaka getting murdered in a Time Loop.

* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' the most notable example is when Ash's Grovyle fell in love but was rejected; he had a HeroicBSOD just after. FromBadToWorse, as he evolved into Sceptile immediately afterward, and the shock of rejection made him unable to use his attacks!

** Mewtwo wins here by being both the strongest character by far, and the angstiest by even farther. He can switch between telekinetically throwing the strongest pokemon around like rag dolls and whining about clones not being accepted by people in the blink of an eye.

* ''Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket'': The first time we actually get to see Jigen have a life, she turns out to be a BitchInSheepsClothing ([[spoiler: using Jigen to get rid of Lupin]]). Jigen gets over it pretty quickly though.

* ''Manga/LandOfTheLustrous'': Phos is devastated by her failure [[spoiler: to save Antarc]] starting to suffer from a [[SanitySlippage Sanity slippage]], vivid hallucinations and overall becoming grimmer. It all comes to a tragic head upon [[spoiler: meeting Cairgorn, a fellow gem with a striking resemblance to the late Antarc.]]
** Yellow has outlived so many of her partners that she now can't stand the idea of forming attachments and constantly pushes Zericon towards Bortz, who is arguably better at keeping her partners safe.
* Kenshiro is heartbroken when Yuria fails to recognize him when he faces Shin in ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''. [[spoiler:Subverted, in that it wasn't Yuria at all, it was a doll that looked like her...]]
* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' the most notable example is when Ash's Grovyle fell in love but was rejected; he had a HeroicBSOD just after. FromBadToWorse, as he evolved into Sceptile immediately afterward, and the shock of rejection made him unable to use his attacks!
** The Team Rocket trio's Meowth in "Go West, Young Meowth". (Note that he's not usually particularly badass, but he did wear a BadassLongcoat in that episode.) Meowzy rejected him even before she hooked up with the Persian Meowth had just fought.
** Mewtwo wins here by being both the strongest character by far, and the angstiest by even farther. He can switch between telekinetically throwing the strongest pokemon around like rag dolls and whining about clones not being accepted by people in the blink of an eye.
* ''Anime/NowAndThenHereAndThere'' has Elamba, the leader of the Zari-Bars resistance opposing Hellywood. When we meet the guy, he seems to just be a brash, hot-tempered musclehead hungry for a fight, to the point even the other villagers don't really like him. He and his crew have launched multiple assassination attempts on [[TheCaligula King]] [[BigBad Hamdo]], usually ending in casualties. Shu is furious that Elamba is putting his people at risk and calls him out for it, but Elamba tells him ''why'' he's so obsessed,[[TearJerker and it's truly gut-wrenching.]] [[spoiler:He watched his family and friends be slaughtered by Hellywood soldiers, with his sister being taken as a slave. When he set out to rescue her, he discovered her animal eaten corpse in the desert.]] The scars of his past have never stopped haunting him, and fighting for freedom against the evil nation is all that motivates him anymore.
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'':
** Simon, after he sees Kamina kiss Yoko. [[BrightSlap He snaps out of it thanks to blunt impact from Kamina]]. [[spoiler:Though he winds up becoming this again after Nia's death]].
** Yoko herself, due to [[spoiler:Kamina dying shortly afterwards]]. Much later, history repeats itself with [[spoiler:Kittan]], but at least she has a little forewarning there. The ending of the show implies that [[spoiler:she became so scared of romance as a result, [[TheMourningAfter she stayed single for the rest of her days]].]]

* ''Anime/YuGiOh'' has [[spoiler: Yami, after Yugi's soul is taken ]] in the second half of season 4 (Atlantis/Doma arc)
* ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' has Jack Atlas falling in love with Carly, which leads to problems when [[spoiler: she is killed and revived as a Dark Signer, one of the people Jack is meant to fight against. And then she dies in his arms. And gets better.]].
* Seiji from ''Manga/MidoriDays,'' though it's played for laughs. He's so badass that girls are terrified of him, leading to him getting rejected over and over.
* Guts from ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'' fits this ''big time''. The romance that he had with Casca was cut tragically short by Griffith's actions during the Eclipse, which served to drive her completely insane. Casca's unfortunate condition has completely deprived Guts of the affection he wants from her so badly. And even worse, ever since [[spoiler:[[SuperpoweredEvilSide his personal Beast]] [[NearRapeExperience almost got him to rape her]]]], she wants nothing to do with him anymore, which only further frustrates him. Even after Casca regains her sanity [[FindTheCure in Elfheim]] and she does love him the same as before, her TraumaInducedAmnesia still keeps the two apart.
* ''Anime/LupinIIIRedJacket'': The first time we actually get to see Jigen have a life, she turns out to be a BitchInSheepsClothing ([[spoiler: using Jigen to get rid of Lupin]]). Jigen gets over it pretty quickly though.
* Shizuo Heiwajima of ''{{LightNovel/Durarara}}'' learned the hard way that [[PrecociousCrush schoolboy crushes]] and [[HairTriggerTemper uncontrollable rage disorders]] [[http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/ww262/CapZiggy/hescrewedup.jpg do not mix]]. In his words, "[[{{Understatement}} I screwed up.]]"

* The entire Uchiha clan from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' is this due to [[ThePowerOfLove how]] [[ThePowerOfHate their]] [[MagicalEye Sharingan]] [[LoveMakesYouEvil works]], but Sasuke takes the worst of it.
* [[Manga/RurouniKenshin Kenshin ]] in the first OVA. Especially the fact that [[spoiler:he inadvertently killed Tomoe.]]
* In ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', Homura [[spoiler:was originally a {{Moe}} ShrinkingViolet with [[FriendlessBackground no friends]]. Then she met [[LesYay Madoka]], who [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe showed her kindness]] and became her OnlyFriend. So, when Madoka ultimately ended up dying to defeat Walpurgis, Homura became a MagicalGirl to turn back time and protect her. The more times she is forced to turn back time, the more determined she becomes that Madoka not die this time, and the more badass she is]].
* Issei Hyoudou in ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'' when it's revealed that [[spoiler: his heart was still broken when his ex-girlfriend killed him on his first date with her back in volume 1. It took him 6 months (9 volumes in RealLife) to even be able to move on and confess to Rias.]]
* D-Boy in ''Anime/TekkamanBlade'' essentialy slowly become this throughout the story, [[spoiler:after losing his whole family member and friends, losing his little sister, experienced getting called as a monster, and losing his family for the second time because he had to kill them all, and the moment that breaks him was when he discovered that he actualy can save all of them, had he know how to. At the end of the series, he decided that [[ThatManIsDead his old self is dead]] and killed the last surviving member of his family who has become the leader of the Radam at that point. The end of the series shown him unable to talk or move. Thankfully, he got better in the sequel.]]

* ''{{Manga/Bleach}}'': Captain-class Uryuu is considered a novice by his RetiredBadass father Ryuuken, whose RefusalOfTheCall has alienated his idealistic son. It's heavily implied that Ryuuken is trying to protect Uryuu's life from dangerous family secrets. [[spoiler:Uryuu mysteriously survived the [[TheEmperor Quincy King's]] instigation of ThePurge which wiped out all other "impure" Quincies, including his mother, grandmother and father's cousin. Both the [[DespairEventHorizon loss]] and continued threat to Uryuu has dictated Ryuuken's behaviour ever since.]]
* A platonic version of it, but Mana/Cure Heart of ''Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure'' is pretty torn up when Regina suffers from BrainwashedAndCrazy. It takes Cure Ace showing up, snatching away her TransformationTrinket and getting her to remember what she's fighting for to get her head back into the game.

* [[BrokenAce Izuru Kamukura]] from ''Anime/DanganRonpa3'' maintains [[TheStoic a completely bored and apathetic expression]] for most of his appearances, finding the world to be dull...until the BigBad [[spoiler:murders his LoveInterest Chiaki via a very extensive ColdBloodedTorture]]. Walking in and finding [[spoiler:her barely-alive body]] and then [[spoiler:watching her pass away]] [[NotSoStoic pushes him]] to tears for the first and only time in the franchise, and sets him on his eventual path to a HeelFaceTurn. Years later he's shown to [[spoiler:still carry around Chiaki's hairpin]].
** [[KnightTemplar Kyosuke Munakata]] doesn't fair much better, either. Between [[spoiler:learning his girlfriend was TheMole ''after'' discovering her dead body, and then losing his best friend [[NeverGotToSayGoodbye without ever getting the chance to make up with him]]]], after TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, leaves him a broken man at the end of the series, setting off to [[WalkingTheEarth wander in loneliness]].

* ''Anime/NowAndThenHereAndThere'' has Elamba, the leader of the Zari-Bars resistance opposing Hellywood. When we meet the guy, he seems to just be a brash, hot-tempered musclehead hungry for a fight, to the point even the other villagers don't really like him. He and his crew have launched multiple assassination attempts on [[TheCaligula King]] [[BigBad Hamdo]], usually ending in casualties. Shu is furious that Elamba is putting his people at risk and calls him out for it, but Elamba tells him ''why'' he's so obsessed,{[TearJerker and it's truly gut-wrenching.]] [[spoiler:He watched his family and friends be slaughtered by Hellywood soldiers, with his sister being taken as a slave. When he set out to rescue her, he discovered her animal eaten corpse in the desert.]] The scars of his past have never stopped haunting him, and fighting for freedom against the evil nation is all that motivates him anymore.

* Barnaby Brooks Jr. from ''Anime/TigerAndBunny''. He saw his parents murdered in front of his eyes, believed throughout his life that Jake Martinez was responsible for the murder of his parents [[spoiler:even though he wasn't. And then later on, his nanny that has been taking care him since his parents death was killed off and ended up fighting his close colleague thinking he was responsible for the murder of his nanny. And on top of that, he later finds out that the grandfather type figure that he sees as his role model since his parents' death was responsible for his parents' deaths, his nanny's deaths, and pulling the strings in regards to Ouroboros.]] This guy really can't take a break in his life.

* Guts from ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'' fits this ''big time''. The romance that he had with Casca was cut tragically short by Griffith's actions during the Eclipse, which served to drive her completely insane. Casca's unfortunate condition has completely deprived Guts of the affection he wants from her so badly. And even worse, ever since [[spoiler:[[SuperpoweredEvilSide his personal Beast]] [[NearRapeExperience almost got him to rape her]]]], she wants nothing to do with him anymore, which only further frustrates him. Still, this might change if the [[FindTheCure quest to Elfhelm]] is successful. In the meantime, all that Guts really has left to hang onto are [[TearJerker the memories from the old days.]]

* ''Manga/HousekiNoKuni'': Phos is devastated by her failure [[spoiler: to save Antarc]] starting to suffer from a [[SanitySlippage Sanity slippage]], vivid hallucinations and overall becoming grimmer. It all comes to a tragic head when she [[spoiler: meets Cairgorn, a fellow gem with a striking resemblance to the late Antarc.]]