History JerkassHasAPoint / AnimeAndManga

** At the beginning of the Arrancar Arc when Ulquiorra reports back to Aizen on his findings in the Human World, Grimmjow points out [[PragmaticVillainy it's a mistake to let Ichigo live.]] He's proven to be right, [[spoiler: since this ultimately costs Ulquiorra his life and leads to Aizen's defeat.]]

*** During the Egghead Arc, [[spoiler:[[HonoraryTrueCompanion Vivi]] is reported missing while attending Reverie, leading Luffy to demand that they immediately set course for her home country of Alabasta (a trip that would take them months off course) or possibly even to Mary Geoise where she was last seen (a trip that would be downright suicidal due to it being the capital of the World Government). Zoro has to be the voice of reason and point out that that she wouldn't be at either of those locations, and even if she was she's strong enough to take care of herself. He even cites a similar case where Luffy happily let his older brother Ace go off on a dangerous quest and only got involved when it became clear that there was an immediate risk of death.]]

* In ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan',' the hero known as Sweet Mask is notable for being extremely concerned about the reputation of A and S-class Heroes, showing very little sympathy for the ones who got put in the hospital by the Deep Sea King right before he states this. He's completely right about the reputations, as A and S-class Heroes have an enormous mediatic exposure that makes them important role models and [[HopeBringer a good reason to not despair even in the presence of the worst monsters]] -- and his point is apparently shared by Saitama, who, after easily taking out the Deep Sea King, claims he could do so only because the other heroes weakened him first and the monster was pretty much running on fumes so the public would continue respect them; and silently proven by Watchdog Man, who lives in a city whose inhabitants fear no monster attack because they ''know'' any monster attack will be swiftly dealt with and adore him for this. That and the Hero Association, humanity's main and last line of defense against monster attacks, is a non-profit organization that depends on donations from the people to work, and if the people lose faith in their highest-ranked heroes then said donations would dry up and leave humanity defenseless.

* In Anime/{{Aggretsuko}}, Retsuko's mother is extremely overbearing and hypocritical about getting Retsuko to go on dates and find a match, especially since she shunned matchmakers herself when she was Retsuko's age. However, she does have a point when she bluntly tells Retsuko she needs to stop treating men like sushi on a conveyor belt and assuming they will always wait for her to get over her insecurities because they'll move on and find someone else, which is exactly what happens when Retsuko meets Shirota -- Retsuko, despite liking him, [[MinorFlawMajorBreakup finds excuses not to see him again due to her indecisiveness.]] Later on, she has a low moment and brings up Shirota and her mother tells Retsuko that [[TheOneThatGotAway he's already dating another woman]], leaving Retsuko crushed by the news.

** Theodora is a cleric crusader who strongly believes in TheNeedsOfTheMany. As such, she prioritizes Ruti's role as Hero over her personal happiness. She opposes Ruti's desire to [[spoiler:cease fulfilling her role as the Hero because she resents what her Blessing has done to her]], regarding the sacrifice one single girl in exchange for the whole rest of the world a reasonable price to pay. Despite this, she isn't exactly wrong when she tells Ruti, Rit, and Gideon that, in making this decision, they are basically [[spoiler:leaving the world at the mercy of the Demon Lord]].

* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', contrary to his other Hashira colleagues who eventually accept Nezuko as a good demon, Sanemi remains firmly unshaken with his beliefs that all demons are evil and must be exterminated; as much of a jerk Sanemi is about it, he nor anyone else really had any solid proof that a demon could ever be good before Nezuko appeared, and as the series develops it is consistently shown Nezuko is an extremely odd case where no character could even tell exactly why she remained good beyond the hypnotic measures Urokodaki placed on her and the extreme bond she has with Tanjiro; the other two good demons: Tamayo and Yushiro are also outliers, Yushiro is the only demon made without Muzan’s involvement, being a direct creation of Tamayo, and Tamayo became good because [[spoiler:Yoriichi broke Muzan’s curse on her, opening the way for Tamayo to decide her own destiny]].

*** For starters, as blunt and cruel as it is, he makes a damn good point when he tells Rose that she needs to get up and move on, rather than spending her entire life chasing the futile dream of bringing her boyfriend BackFromTheDead. Late in the manga[=/=]Brotherhood anime, Rose recounts her encounter with Ed to Winry, who's appalled at how insensitive Ed was, but Rose replies that [[CruelToBeKind this was Ed's way of being kind to her.]]

*** Similar to the above, Ed and Al meet Miles, an Amestrian military officer who's part Ishbalan, and Miles says that Amestrians killed his grandfather and many of his people. Ed fires back that not only did Scar kill Winry's parents, but the Ishbalans destroyed much of the countryside(this is the cover story for how Ed got his ArtificialLimbs), showing that while the Amestrians committed atrocities, so too did the Ishbalans. Miles is amused by Ed's BrutalHonesty and [[DontYouDarePityMe appreciates that Ed isn't showing him pity.]]

** During Koala's time with the Sun Pirates, Arlong, who was an unpleasant racist at the time and eventually became a pirate warlord who oppressed Nami's home town and killed her adoptive mother, states that even if they bring her home and she tells everyone how good they were to her, her parents and village will still hate fishmen. He was right.
* In ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' the hero known as Sweet Mask is notable for being extremely concerned about the reputation of A and S-class Heroes, showing very little sympathy for the ones who got put in the hospital by the Deep Sea King right before he states this. He's completely right about the reputations, as A and S-class Heroes have an enormous mediatic exposure that makes them important role models and [[HopeBringer a good reason to not despair even in the presence of the worst monsters]]-and his point is apparently shared by Saitama, who, after easily taking out the Deep Sea King, claims he could do so only because the other heroes weakened him first and the monster was pretty much running on fumes so the public would continue respect them, and silently proven by Watchdog Man, that live in a city whose inhabitants fear no monster attack because they ''know'' any monster attack will be swiftly dealt with and adore him for this. That and the Hero Association, humanity's main and last line of defense against monster attacks, is a non-profit organization that depends on donations from the people to work, and if the people lose faith in their highest-ranked heroes then said donations would dry up and leave humanity defenseless.

* In ''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'', Motoyasu [[WhatTheHellHero calls out Naofumi for owning a slave]], despite treating Raphtalia well and having to rely on her due to his own weakness. Months later Naofumi admits to himself that for a modern Japanese citizen Motoyasu's reaction was entirely justified, Naofumi was just too bitter to see it.

* In ''Manga/ASilentVoice''