History UnintentionallyUnsympathetic / AnimeAndManga

* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'': [[DecoyProtagonist Shinn Asuka]] was supposed to be a TragicHero whose anger issues from his tragic past -- and manipulations by the main villain -- caused him to [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis become his own antithesis]] and descend into villainy himself. The one thing that was supposed to show he was still sympathetic was his romance with Lunamaria Hawke. But their get-together only happened after he seemingly killed Lunamaria's sister Meyrin, and her then LoveInterest, Athrun Zala. Despite the fact that Shinn regretted and apologized to her for what he did -- [[IDidWhatIHadToDo but he still thought what he did was necessary]] -- and this was [[ProtagonistJourneyToVillain the turning point for his character]], it only came off as an example of how screwed-up they were as opposed to showing a redeeming side to either of them. Not helping matters is the fact that Shinn nearly ''kills'' Luna in the FinalBattle -- a result of him being [[RevengeBeforeReason blinded by anger]] when she tried to stop him from fighting Athrun -- which was supposed to be [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone when he realized his wrongdoing and stopped his vehement train of action]]. Obviously, this didn't work out due to the rushed ending, leaving no time for him to do or express anything meaningful over it. Instead, his role in the story ended when Athrun would save Luna from Shinn's wrath by [[CurbStompBattle kicking his ass and demolishing his Gundam]]. This was [[AuthorsSavingThrow somewhat fixed in the Special Editions]] where the extended ending shows [[TheAtoner he's attempting to make up for his actions]]. But it's only in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ'', which revised his character and story, [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap that he's considered redeemed]].

** Mai (member of the Pilaf gang from the original ''Manga/DragonBall'') from ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' is seemingly supposed to be viewed as a cute LoveInterest for Kid Trunks. However she can come off as unsympathetic considering she's a grown woman in a child's body, and flirts (like with a flirtatious wink) with a child who's unaware of the truth (which is essentially rape by deception, realistically). Eventually dating the child, largely because it keeps a roof over the heads of the Pilaf Gang, and gives them food, and potential access to gadgets and the dragon balls. Made worse in the future timeline where the manga reveals she, and her comrades used up Shenron's last wish on the selfish desire for her, and her comrades to have young bodies again, preventing Future Gohan from wishing any of those killed back as shortly after Piccolo was killed causing the Dragon Balls to disappear. It also helps that if [[DoubleStandard the genders were reversed in this scenario]], people will be horrified and there would be many complaints about this aspect of the show.

** The way Utakata's master Harusame tries to extract the Tailed Beast from his disciple in an anime-only {{Filler}} is supposed to be seen as good intentions to the point that upon realizing this, Utakata eventually rebuilt the pedestal with him after accidentally killing him. The problem is, extracting the Bijuu from a Jinchuuriki will also directly kill the host, and with no indication of Utakata having trouble with his Bijuu, nor even knowing why his master does it in the first place against his will, it comes off as Harusame crossing the MoralEventHorizon with Utakata having every right to defy his master and killing him sounds more like a KickTheSonOfABitch than what is supposed to be.

* In "Anime/GingaDensetsuWeed", Weed is supposed to be right in exiling Jerome [[Main/WhatTheHellHero after the latter killed the Doberman assassin brothers, Lector and Thunder.]] However, Jerome killed Lector and Thunder because they had been trying to kill Weed, and they were never going to give up until they succeeded. Therefore, Jerome was trying to protect Weed, and Weed comes off, to some, as an ungrateful brat who would happily let a dangerous enemy live, all for the sake of the moral high ground.
** Also, later on in the series, Weed is not shown to have any problem with Tesshin and Hiro committing far worse acts of violence (the former giving Genba brain damage, the latter castrating Kamakiri); both of which were arguably under far less justified circumstances.

** Meruem, the ArcVillain of the Chimera Ant Arc. He has something of a god complex, believes that genocide is the answer for humanity's atrocities, and abducts several gaming prodigies to test his own intellect and kills the losers. One of said prodigies is a blind girl named Komugi, who becomes a MoralityPet to him and [[spoiler: eventually falls in love with her]]. Meruem's relationship with Komugi is supposed to be treated as his redeemable quality, but with the way he treated her, it bordered on StockholmSyndrome. Not helping matters is that after [[spoiler: he contracts radiation poisoning, rather than let Komugi leave with her life, he decides to play Gungi with her one last time]]. While he does warn her that his condition is contagious, [[spoiler: he makes no effort to stop her when she refuses to leave]].

* ''Manga.MagicalGirlSite'':

** Fans also have a bone to pick with Misato. While it's true that Asuka is a handful to deal with and she too is dealing with plenty of emotional issues of her own, her refusals to keep Asuka in line and prevent her from further tormenting and abusing Shinji not only comes across as unprofessional but just pure child-negligence. Her own advice to Asuka to be herself more was also a huge mistake as she only encouraged Asuka to be even more abusive and more of a jerk then usual.
** The episode "Rei III" has Ritsuko Akagi become this due to [[spoiler:snapping and destroying everything linked to Rei, specifically the Dummy Plug for EVA-00 and the tank containing Rei's clones, while Rei herself was fighting one of the more dangerous Angels]].

** Much like Asuka, fans also have a bone to pick with Misato. While it's true that Asuka is a handful to deal with and she too is dealing with plenty of emotional issues of her own, her refusals to keep Asuka in line and prevent her from further tormenting and abusing Shinji not only comes across as unprofessional but just pure child-negligence. Her own advice to Asuka to be herself more was also a huge mistake as she only encouraged Asuka to be even more abusive and more of a jerk then usual.

** Much like Asuka, for the fans also have a bone to pick with Misato. While it's true that Asuka is a handful to deal with and she too is dealing with plenty of emotional issues of her own, her refusals to keep Asuka in line and prevent her from further tormenting and abusing Shinji not only comes across as unprofessional but just pure child-negligence.

** Much like Asuka, for the fans that don't find him TheWoobie, Shinji is this in spades. While he has plenty of good reasons to be an emotional wreck, his detractors can't help but find his fixation on his terrible circumstances to be over-the-top to the point of coming off as hysterical {{wangst}}. As a result, they wish they could make him shut up and grow a spine.