History UnexplainedRecovery / AnimeAndManga

* To a lesser extent, Gauron in the first season finale of ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' True, he had a [[AppliedPhlebotinum Lambda Driver]], but surviving three hundred kilograms of high explosive point-blank when his AS self-destructs? That's a bit much. Though he had other instances of miraculous survival such as when a young Sōsuke shot him '''IN THE HEAD''' (he explained that he had a titanium plate inside due to a previous "accident") or when Sōsuke blew him away with a cannon round; Gauron's AS is decapitated... yet a short time later, it is unscathed, only shut down due to overheating. This was repeated again in their next engagement: the Codarl blown to pieces yet minutes later being miraculously repaired for no apparent reason and its pilot being uninjured.

** The earliest example of this is Tao Pai-Pai, who gets killed when Goku kicks his own grenade back at him, with the resulting explosion leaving no trace of Tao behind. 75 Chapters and two TimeSkip[=s=] later, Tao appears again to enact his revenge after being [[WeCanRebuildHim revived as a cyborg]]. No explanation for this is given, outside of saying it took a lot of time and, in the anime dub, a lot of money.
** [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]] when it comes to Frieza. The end of the Namek arc has him annihilated by Goku, [[NeverFoundTheBody leaving just a crater behind]], and soon after the planet itself explodes. In the next Chapter, however, Frieza's body is found [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace floating in space]], and he's reconstructed into a cyborg. The unexplained part is how Frieza survived the explosion of Namek, something which he was worried about earlier in the arc.[[note]]When he threw the attack intended for planet Namek, he held back out of fear of destroying the planet outright, something which Goku calls him out on.[[/note]]

** The second time Ulquiorra puts a hole in Ichigo's chest, he's taken right to the brink of death and Orihime's healing ability mysteriously can't help him. Even more mysteriously, his [[DeclarationofProtection need to protect her]] (the reason why he came to Hueco Mundo) drives him back to his feet as a fully-fledged hollow creature that promptly thrashes Ulquiorra to within an inch of life. And if that wasn't mysterious enough, the hollow powers suddenly leave Ichigo, leaving him fully healed. Fans have debated for years whether or not he actually died during that fight and what explanation could cover him coming back to full health when even the healer whose powers literally break the rules of the universe couldn't heal him. Not only that, but the characters that witnessed it were themselves thoroughly confused by what happened, making it a simultaneous example of an in-universe and fandom-observed one.

*** Played straight with Mwu La Flaga, a natural, who shows up in [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny the sequel]], after his mobile suit is quite clearly vaporized by the Dominion's Lohengrin in the original series. Although this seems to fall more under RetCon as the movie editions of SEED remove Mwu's shattered helmet from Strike's wreckage. The writers most likely intended him to die at the time, only deciding to bring him back later during Destiny's production.
*** Kira gets another one in [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny the sequel]] where he manages to survive his nuclear reaction exploding literally underneath him. Somehow. They later try to HandWave this by saying Kira turned off the reactor before it exploded. Nevermind the fact that it was exploding in the first place because a gigantic energy sword had been shoved in it and there was in fact a nuclear explosion (complete with mushroom cloud after the fact). Yeah there are a LOT of reasons [[[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny this series]] wasn't well-liked.[[note]]Though some fans have pointed out that a breached nuclear reactor physically can't actually explode in that manner, and the blast could be more plausibly explained the fact that an {{antimatter}} cannon was fired into the ocean nearby, at roughly the same time Shinn impaled Kira's nuclear reactor with his sword.[[/note]]

%%* A constant source of humor in ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo''.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': The second time Ulquiorra puts a hole in Ichigo's chest, he's taken right to the brink of death and Orihime's healing ability mysteriously can't help him. Even more mysteriously, his [[DeclarationofProtection need to protect her]] (the reason why he came to Hueco Mundo) drives him back to his feet as a fully-fledged hollow creature that promptly thrashes Ulquiorra to within an inch of life. And if that wasn't mysterious enough, the hollow powers suddenly leave Ichigo, leaving him fully healed. Fans have debated for years whether or not he actually died during that fight and what explanation could cover him coming back to full health when even the healer whose powers literally break the rules of the universe couldn't heal him. Not only that, but the characters that witnessed it were themselves thoroughly confused by what happened, making it a simultaneous example of an in-universe and fandom-observed one.

* The [[NationsAsPeople personified nations]] in ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' seem to need little to no recovery time from injuries. At one point, Russia jumps out of a plane without a parachute. We're told that he broke his bones, but we never see him in any kind of cast. During one of the Christmas events, Switzerland [[GoryDiscretionShot shot France in the head]]. He was back on his feet in moments with no visible wound.

* ''Anime/CrossAnge'' seems to kill off Tusk and Momoka at the conclusion of one episode, with both being shot and caught in massive explosions. The following episode, Tusk finds and comforts a grieving Ange who initially refuses to believe that he's alive. Later on, he takes her to reunite with an equally-fine Momoka. Absolutely no explanation for their survival is given, with the characters comically bitching about this in the OnTheNext. Tusk was even ''wearing'' a suicide vest and still didn't have a scratch.

* In ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', most of the cast is killed. Then it's revealed they were [[DeathIsCheap trapped in another dimension]] instead. That's not the problem. One of the characters literally suffers ''heart failure'' before dying and fading away. He doesn't return when the others do. Instead, he inexplicably washes up on the beach about ten episodes later, with no explanation on how he's alive despite having had a fatal heart attack.

* ''Manga/FairyTail'': Jellal was hit through god knows how many stories of a tower by a superpowered Natsu and exposed to dangerous levels of Etherion magic (the most powerful type of magic in the world). When he comes back he's in some sort of coma/trance as a result, but is otherwise completely unscratched. And a few chapters later he's up and kicking butt again.

*** Episode 15 has a nurse explain that Coordinators can survive injuries that would kill normal humans. Or maybe that whole "[[FanNickname Jesus Yamato]]" thing wasn't so far off after all...

* The ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime is specially guilty of this and does it all the time in different ways:

** When one gets down to it, though, the anime is actually following the game's logic. After a Pokemom faints, a Pokemon Center easily restores them to full health. Therefore, it's easily explainable.

** The earliest example of this is Tao Pai-Pai, who gets killed when Goku kicks his own grenade back at him, with an explosion leaving no trace of Tao behind. 75 Chapters and two TimeSkip[=s=] later, Tao appears again to enact his revenge after being [[WeCanRebuildHim revived as a cyborg]]. No explanation for this is given, outside of saying it took a lot of time and, in the anime dub, a lot of money.

* in ''Anime/TenchiUniverse'', Ryoko is grievously wounded by Kagato, but still decides to help rescue Ayeka by dropping Tenchi, Azaka and Kamedake at the Royal Palace. The last thing we see is her passed out and bleeding, with only Ryo-Ohki at her side. She shows up in the finale, no worse for the wear and resuming her quest to capture Tenchi's heart (with Ayeka and the others on their way).

* Ryoko in ''Anime/TenchiUniverse'' has this. After she's grievously wounded by Kagato, she decides to help Tenchi rescue Ayeka by dropping him, Azaka and Kamedake at the Royal Palace, but then disappears, the last thing we see is her passing out (and presumably dying) with only Ryo-Ohki at her side. She shows up in the finale, no worse for the wear and ready to resume her quest to capture Tenchi's heart, knowing Ayeka's (and everyone else) is coming back, too.

*** Played straight with Mwu La Flaga, a natural, who shows up in Destiny, after his mobile suit is quite clearly vaporized by the Dominion's Lohengrin. Although this seems to fall more under RetCon as the movie editions of SEED remove Mwu's shattered helmet from Strike's wreckage. The writers most likely intended him to die at the time, only deciding to bring him back later during Destiny's production.
*** Kira gets another one in [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny the sequel]] where he manages to survive his nuclear reaction exploding literally underneath him. Somehow. They later try to HandWave this by saying Kira turned off the reactor before it exploded. Nevermind the fact that it was exploding in the first place because a gigantic energy sword had been shoved in it and there was in fact a nuclear explosion (complete with mushroom cloud after the fact). Yeah there are a LOT of reasons this series isn't well-liked.[[note]]Though some fans have pointed out that a breached nuclear reactor physically can't actually explode in that manner, and the blast could be more plausibly explained the fact that an {{antimatter}} cannon was fired into the ocean nearby, at roughly the same time Shinn impaled Kira's nuclear reactor with his sword.[[/note]]

** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed,'' Kira is supposedly "killed" when his rival's MS self-destructs. His crew finds his MS, the cockpit scorched and no body. A few episodes later, he is found, relatively unhurt considering the INSIDE of his MS was burnt to a nice crisp. The manga side story, Astray tried to HandWave it by having its main character find Kira and bring him to get medical attention... but it doesn't explain how in god's name Kira survived the attack that should have killed him initially.

* The [[NationsAsPeople personified nations]] in ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' seem to need little to no recovery time from injuries. At one point, Russia jumps out of a plane without a parachute. We're told that he broke his bones, but we never see him in any kind of cast. During one of the Christmas events, Switzerland [[GoryDiscretionShot shot France in the head]]. He was back on his feet in moments with no visible wound.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'':
** Asuna and Negi on a FloatingContinent, when [[GameBreaker Jack Rakan]] introduces himself by poking Asuna in the boob. Asuna punches him off the island, he falls screaming to his death...and then he appears behind them, none the worse for wear.
--->'''Rakan:''' Just kidding! That's quite a punch you've got there, little lady.
** Later, [[spoiler: he got ''erased from existence''. Not once, but ''twice''... and he manages to come back again and again.]]
--->'''Chisame:''' [[spoiler:B-but you were taken down by Fate, and disappeared ...!]]\\
'''Rakan:''' [[spoiler:I came back [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v36/c331/11.html with my fighting spirit!]]]]\\
'''Chisame:''' [[spoiler:''Seriously?!'']]
* In ''Manga/MaiHime'', the main character explodes taking out an orbital laser in ''outer space.'' They see the fiery ashes of apparently her and her [[{{mon}} CHILD]] from the explosion coming down. But...the next day, she comes into class, only vaguely curious as to why everyone is so sad. There's [[WMG/MaiHime much speculation]] on this. The [[FinalBattle series finale]] has some of this going on, too, although (dramatic cheat or not) it's at least plausible under the rules of the series.

** Used to great effect in the ''Vento Aureo'' a.k.a ''Golden Wind'' arc. Bruno goes to confront Diavolo and is suddenly impaled from behind by his Stand, King Crimson, and looks to have died. But somehow manages to live through it without a scratch on him to which he figures his stand managed to deflect the blow. [[spoiler: However it's later found out that that the attack really did kill him. But Bruno's strong will combined with his Stand powers allowed him to come back to life as something of a zombie to finish his mission. Once they finally manage to defeat Diavolo, Bruno passes on.]]

* Manga/ExcelSaga's Hyatt could well be the TropeCodifier, in that she is seen to be so frail that the slightest thing will ''actually kill her'', but that they do so repeatedly throughout the series, with her reviving inexplicably again shortly afterward. She usually dies at least once per chapter/episode, and sometimes multiple times [[RuleOfFunny depending on the situation]], but is never KilledOffForReal.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** The main characters frequently suffer vicious injuries in the series, including losing chunks of flesh, breaking bones, and spraying HighPressureBlood from injuries that by all accounts should have [[CareerEndingInjury ended their adventure right there]] if not outright killed them. Yet, aside from plot-relevant injuries that keep them out of the game for awhile (such as Kakyoin being temporarily hospitalized from having his [[EyeScream eyes slashed]]), the heroes are often back to full strength without comment by their next scene, or by the next episode at the latest. In later parts, there tends to be at least one character with some kind of healing power to HandWave the problem.
*** Mocked in an episode of ''WebAnimation/SoThisIsBasically'', which was barely an exaggeration.[[note]]Characters have survived being shot in the head a few times, most infamously Avdol. The explanation was that it actually grazed him, when it clearly hit him dead-on.[[/note]]
--->"Don't worry, [[ImOkay I'm okay!]] That bullet only hit me in the head, after passing through [[KickTheDog several dogs!]]"
** Used to great effect in the ''Vento Aureo'' a.k.a ''Golden Wind'' arc. Bruno goes to confront Diavolo and is suddenly impaled from behind by his Stand, King Crimson, and looks to have died. But somehow manages to live through it without a scratch on him to which he figures his stand managed to deflect the blow. [[spoiler: However it's later found out that that the attack really did kill him. But Bruno's strong will combined with his Stand powers allowed him to come back to life as something of a zombie to finish his mission. Once they finally manage to defeat Diavolo, Bruno passes on.]]
* In the anime film ''Anime/EurekaSevenGoodNightSleepTightYoungLovers'', Renton suffered a gunshot wound in his abdomen and bleeding profusely while trying to escape with Eureka from Holland's pursuit. He eventually succumbs to his wound and lost conscious. After he woke up in a beach, he found his bullet wound healed without any blood stain on his shirt as well.