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* '''Reconstructed''': [[HonorBeforeReason Hiro doesn't care.]] He just knows Ichigo [[WeHelpTheHelpless isn't enough of a bad person to actually deserve that sort of fate.]]
* '''Played For Drama''': Hiro tries to save Ichigo, who refuses to let him [[IWillOnlySlowYouDown because he doesn't see himself as worth the time or effort,]] [[FaceDeathWithDignity and lets himself fall]].



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'''Basic Trope''': A hero saves an unlikable person to showcase their selflessness.
* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Hiro]] rescues his {{Jerkass}} rival, Ichigo, from falling off of a building.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** SaveTheVillain
** Hiro saves a magnitude of unrepentant jerks from a collapsing building.
* '''Downplayed''': Hiro helps his grouchy neighbor from falling off the stairs.
* '''Justified''':
** Hiro has a [[ChronicHeroSyndrome strong desire to help others]], even if some are assholes.
** Even if Ichigo was a jerk, Hiro considers it immoral to leave him to suffer a horrible fate he wouldn't wish on anyone.
** Hiro is a firm believer of [[TurnTheOtherCheek turning the other cheek]].
* '''Inverted''':
** Ichigo, a jerk, goes on to rescue Hiro.
** VillainousRescue.
* '''Subverted''': It were to appear that Hiro was coming to save Ichigo, but he went the opposite direction, leaving him to fall off the cliff.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...only for Hiro to save Ichigo at the very last minute.
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* '''Averted''': Hiro saves those who deserve it.
* '''Enforced''': "Having Hero save Ichigo will show the audience how much of a pure hero he is."
* '''Lampshaded''': "After how much of a jerk I've been, you're rescuing me?"
* '''Invoked''': Hiro's mentor [[SecretTestOfCharacter tests him]] to prove his heroism by having him save Ichigo.
* '''Exploited''': [[EntitledBastard Ichigo]] expects Hiro to always save anyone matter how bad they are and wants him to save him just so he can return abusing him for his ego and amusement.
* '''Defied''':
** "[[RefuseToRescueTheDisliked Screw you, Ichigo! Go to hell!]]"
** Ichigo refuses to be rescued by Hiro.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Ichigo [[UngratefulBastard continues to treat Hiro like crap after saving him.]]
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