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* A villainous example from ''Manga/SaintSeiya'': after being overwhelmed by Hyoga's Aurora Thunder Attack, Black Swan, knowing that [[ItOnlyWorksOnce Athena's Saints can easily defeat a move they've already seen]], burns his Cosmo to teleport his master Ikki a memory of the attack (contained in the swan emblem of his helmet that he ripped off in the anime, or [[EyeScream his own eye]] that [[RatedMForManly he ripped off himself just for this purpose]]), also blowing himself up to mask his move with an attempt to take out Hyoga.
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* A villainous example from ''Manga/SaintSeiya'': after being overwhelmed by Hyoga's Aurora Thunder Attack, Black Swan, knowing that [[ItOnlyWorksOnce Athena's Saints can easily defeat a move they've already seen]], burns his Cosmo to teleport his master Ikki a memory of the attack (contained in the swan emblem of his helmet that he ripped off in the anime, or [[EyeScream his own eye]] that [[RatedMForManly he ripped off himself just for this purpose]]), purpose), also blowing himself up to mask his move with an attempt to take out Hyoga.
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* ''Manga/DeathNote''. L has a house of successors that would be alerted immediately in the case of his death. Two of them take up his fight against Kira. [[DividedWeFall They don't get along.]]
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* ''Manga/DeathNote''. ''Manga/DeathNote'': L has a house of successors that would be alerted immediately in the case of his death. Two of them take up his fight against Kira. [[DividedWeFall They don't get along.]]
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* ''Anime/{{Kirby|Right Back At Ya}}'' anime: After one fight against a particularly powerful demon beast leaves Meta Knight in a coma that can only be cured if the demon dies, Kirby naturally grabs his sword and heads off to fight it.
* The ''Anime/{{Lensman}}'' anime opens with a Lensman crash landing in front of the hero and passing his Lens along before he dies.
* The ''Anime/{{Lensman}}'' anime opens with a Lensman crash landing in front of the hero and passing his Lens along before he dies.
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* ''Anime/{{Kirby|Right Back At Ya}}'' anime: ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'': After one fight against a particularly powerful demon beast leaves Meta Knight in a coma that can only be cured if the demon dies, Kirby naturally grabs his sword and heads off to fight it.
* The''Anime/{{Lensman}}'' ''Literature/{{Lensman}}'' anime opens with a Lensman crash landing in front of the hero and passing his Lens along before he dies.
* The
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* ''Anime/{{Kirby|Right Back At Ya}}'' anime: where one fight against a particularly powerful demon beast leaves Meta Knight in a coma that can only be cured if the demon dies. Naturally, Kirby grabs his sword and heads off to fight it.
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* ''Anime/{{Kirby|Right Back At Ya}}'' anime: where After one fight against a particularly powerful demon beast leaves Meta Knight in a coma that can only be cured if the demon dies. Naturally, dies, Kirby naturally grabs his sword and heads off to fight it.
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* In ''Manga/FairyTail'', [[spoiler:Silver Fullbuster grants his Devil Slayer Magic to his son Gray, who vows to finish Silver's goal to kill the demon E.N.D.]].
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* A villainous example occurs in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun'' with [[spoiler:President Funny Valentine]]. If mortally wounded, he uses his Stand to go to a parallel universe, find his counterpart, and pass along his Stand and his quest, before dying. The counterpart then returns to the root universe and carries on as usual as the original [[spoiler:Funny Valentine]]. There are a few hints along the story to indicate this has happened multiple times before it's actually shown to the reader.
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* A villainous example occurs in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun'' ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun'' with [[spoiler:President Funny Valentine]]. If mortally wounded, he uses his Stand to go to a parallel universe, find his counterpart, and pass along his Stand and his quest, before dying. The counterpart then returns to the root universe and carries on as usual as the original [[spoiler:Funny Valentine]]. There are a few hints along the story to indicate this has happened multiple times before it's actually shown to the reader.
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Times where someone [[TakeUpMySword takes up another's quest/legacy after their death]] in {{Anime}} and {{Manga}}.
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Times where someone [[TakeUpMySword takes up another's quest/legacy quest, mission or legacy after their death]] in {{Anime}} and {{Manga}}.
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Be aware that this trope is naturally prone to '''SPOILERS'''.
Times where someone [[TakeUpMySword takes up another's quest/legacy after their death]] in {{Anime}} and {{Manga}}.
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* Strongly implied to be [[spoiler:Meg]]'s eventual destiny in ''Anime/BurstAngel'', after [[spoiler:her partner Jo's apparent death and the destruction of RAPT]].
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'' ends with an interesting literal and metaphorical variation: [[spoiler:Lelouch passes the Zero identity to Suzaku specifically so that he can become a hero by killing Lelouch per his plan to achieve world peace, using Lelouch's own goofy pink sword to do the deed]], leading to a BittersweetEnding.
* In ''Manga/CorpsePrincess'' [[spoiler:When Keisei dies and Ouri takes his place as a contracted priest]].
* ''Manga/DeathNote''. L has a house of successors that would be alerted immediately in the case of his death. Two of them take up his fight against Kira. [[DividedWeFall They don't get along.]]
* In Chapter 160 of ''Manga/DrStone'', [[spoiler:Senku's grave injury thanks to a sniper leads him to pass the mantle of head scientist to Chrome. Though given the chance he will recover, this is a DownplayedTrope]].
* This is arguably the character arc of Son Gohan throughout ''Anime/DragonBallZ''; the entire series builds up his enormous potential as a fighter and learning to control it, which cultivates in becoming the first one to truly ascend past the Super Saiyan level and completely outclass his father, TheHero of the series to that point. After the BigBad is defeated, Goku chooses to stay dead and leaves the safety of Earth to Gohan.
* In ''Manga/FairyTail'', [[spoiler:Silver Fullbuster grants his Devil Slayer Magic to his son Gray, who vows to finish Silver's goal to kill the demon E.N.D.]].
* ''Anime/HeartCatchPrettyCure'' plays this oddly - the CallToAdventure dream Tsubomi, Erika, and Itsuki get implies Cure Moonlight died. Tsubomi even gets Moonlight's Kokoro Perfume. That's not the case - Moonlight is still alive, back in her civilian identity as Yuri and suffering from a very bitter TenMinuteRetirement.
* A villainous example occurs in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun'' with [[spoiler:President Funny Valentine]]. If mortally wounded, he uses his Stand to go to a parallel universe, find his counterpart, and pass along his Stand and his quest, before dying. The counterpart then returns to the root universe and carries on as usual as the original [[spoiler:Funny Valentine]]. There are a few hints along the story to indicate this has happened multiple times before it's actually shown to the reader.
* ''Anime/{{Kirby|Right Back At Ya}}'' anime: where one fight against a particularly powerful demon beast leaves Meta Knight in a coma that can only be cured if the demon dies. Naturally, Kirby grabs his sword and heads off to fight it.
* The ''Anime/{{Lensman}}'' anime opens with a Lensman crash landing in front of the hero and passing his Lens along before he dies.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' has [[spoiler:Lyle Dylandy take up his brother Neil's position as Lockon Stratos in the second season]].
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': "One For All" is a power that, unique among Quirks, can be passed down to someone else who the current bearer deems worthy. Izuku Midoriya receives it from his predecessor All Might, who received it from his predecessor Nana Shimura; they are not examples of this trope, instead being just PassingTheTorch. However, everyone before them were examples. What inevitably happened was that the current bearer was horrifically injured in combat, and they had to pass the power on to whoever happened to be close by at the time. Nana was the first one who was able to pass it on peacefully (though she was still killed later, rather than being able to retire).
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** After the death of [[spoiler:Sarutobi Asuma]], Shikamaru inherits their weapon, [[spoiler:his chakra-enhancing blades]]. He then uses them to avenge the fallen by [[spoiler:taking down Asuma's killer]].
** A villainous example is [[spoiler:Madara passing his identity and plan on to Obito]]. Although this turns out more to be ''lending'' the sword, [[spoiler:since Madara planned to eventually be revived from the dead to finish it, potentially sacrificing Obito in the process. Obito wasn't very keen on that]].
* A villainous example from ''Manga/SaintSeiya'': after being overwhelmed by Hyoga's Aurora Thunder Attack, Black Swan, knowing that [[ItOnlyWorksOnce Athena's Saints can easily defeat a move they've already seen]], burns his Cosmo to teleport his master Ikki a memory of the attack (contained in the swan emblem of his helmet that he ripped off in the anime, or [[EyeScream his own eye]] that [[RatedMForManly he ripped off himself just for this purpose]]), also blowing himself up to mask his move with an attempt to take out Hyoga.
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'':
** Simon [[spoiler:takes up Kamina's place in the Gurren Brigade after his death]].
** The ending has [[spoiler:humanity taking the task of preventing the Spiral Nemesis from the Anti-Spiral after killing them]].
* In ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', Crow's duel disk and duel runner were originally owned by [[spoiler:his late hero, Robert Pearson]].
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Be aware that this trope is naturally prone to '''SPOILERS'''.
Times where someone [[TakeUpMySword takes up another's quest/legacy after their death]] in {{Anime}} and {{Manga}}.
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* Strongly implied to be [[spoiler:Meg]]'s eventual destiny in ''Anime/BurstAngel'', after [[spoiler:her partner Jo's apparent death and the destruction of RAPT]].
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'' ends with an interesting literal and metaphorical variation: [[spoiler:Lelouch passes the Zero identity to Suzaku specifically so that he can become a hero by killing Lelouch per his plan to achieve world peace, using Lelouch's own goofy pink sword to do the deed]], leading to a BittersweetEnding.
* In ''Manga/CorpsePrincess'' [[spoiler:When Keisei dies and Ouri takes his place as a contracted priest]].
* ''Manga/DeathNote''. L has a house of successors that would be alerted immediately in the case of his death. Two of them take up his fight against Kira. [[DividedWeFall They don't get along.]]
* In Chapter 160 of ''Manga/DrStone'', [[spoiler:Senku's grave injury thanks to a sniper leads him to pass the mantle of head scientist to Chrome. Though given the chance he will recover, this is a DownplayedTrope]].
* This is arguably the character arc of Son Gohan throughout ''Anime/DragonBallZ''; the entire series builds up his enormous potential as a fighter and learning to control it, which cultivates in becoming the first one to truly ascend past the Super Saiyan level and completely outclass his father, TheHero of the series to that point. After the BigBad is defeated, Goku chooses to stay dead and leaves the safety of Earth to Gohan.
* In ''Manga/FairyTail'', [[spoiler:Silver Fullbuster grants his Devil Slayer Magic to his son Gray, who vows to finish Silver's goal to kill the demon E.N.D.]].
* ''Anime/HeartCatchPrettyCure'' plays this oddly - the CallToAdventure dream Tsubomi, Erika, and Itsuki get implies Cure Moonlight died. Tsubomi even gets Moonlight's Kokoro Perfume. That's not the case - Moonlight is still alive, back in her civilian identity as Yuri and suffering from a very bitter TenMinuteRetirement.
* A villainous example occurs in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun'' with [[spoiler:President Funny Valentine]]. If mortally wounded, he uses his Stand to go to a parallel universe, find his counterpart, and pass along his Stand and his quest, before dying. The counterpart then returns to the root universe and carries on as usual as the original [[spoiler:Funny Valentine]]. There are a few hints along the story to indicate this has happened multiple times before it's actually shown to the reader.
* ''Anime/{{Kirby|Right Back At Ya}}'' anime: where one fight against a particularly powerful demon beast leaves Meta Knight in a coma that can only be cured if the demon dies. Naturally, Kirby grabs his sword and heads off to fight it.
* The ''Anime/{{Lensman}}'' anime opens with a Lensman crash landing in front of the hero and passing his Lens along before he dies.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' has [[spoiler:Lyle Dylandy take up his brother Neil's position as Lockon Stratos in the second season]].
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': "One For All" is a power that, unique among Quirks, can be passed down to someone else who the current bearer deems worthy. Izuku Midoriya receives it from his predecessor All Might, who received it from his predecessor Nana Shimura; they are not examples of this trope, instead being just PassingTheTorch. However, everyone before them were examples. What inevitably happened was that the current bearer was horrifically injured in combat, and they had to pass the power on to whoever happened to be close by at the time. Nana was the first one who was able to pass it on peacefully (though she was still killed later, rather than being able to retire).
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** After the death of [[spoiler:Sarutobi Asuma]], Shikamaru inherits their weapon, [[spoiler:his chakra-enhancing blades]]. He then uses them to avenge the fallen by [[spoiler:taking down Asuma's killer]].
** A villainous example is [[spoiler:Madara passing his identity and plan on to Obito]]. Although this turns out more to be ''lending'' the sword, [[spoiler:since Madara planned to eventually be revived from the dead to finish it, potentially sacrificing Obito in the process. Obito wasn't very keen on that]].
* A villainous example from ''Manga/SaintSeiya'': after being overwhelmed by Hyoga's Aurora Thunder Attack, Black Swan, knowing that [[ItOnlyWorksOnce Athena's Saints can easily defeat a move they've already seen]], burns his Cosmo to teleport his master Ikki a memory of the attack (contained in the swan emblem of his helmet that he ripped off in the anime, or [[EyeScream his own eye]] that [[RatedMForManly he ripped off himself just for this purpose]]), also blowing himself up to mask his move with an attempt to take out Hyoga.
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'':
** Simon [[spoiler:takes up Kamina's place in the Gurren Brigade after his death]].
** The ending has [[spoiler:humanity taking the task of preventing the Spiral Nemesis from the Anti-Spiral after killing them]].
* In ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', Crow's duel disk and duel runner were originally owned by [[spoiler:his late hero, Robert Pearson]].
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