Line #31 DesignatedHero/AnimeAndManga


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6	* As noted by writer Bamboo Dong (on both of her articles on [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com.au/the-stream/2012-08-07#arh The Stream]], and [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com.au/shelf-life/2013-12-16#arh Shelf Life]]), Akatsuki of ''Anime/AestheticaOfARogueHero'' is this, to the point where she felt uncomfortable watching it, and on its original stream, dropped it after four episodes. Akatsuki constantly forces women to wear demeaning clothing, disrobes them, humiliates them, like forcing them to [[PottyFailure wet themselves]], and constantly gropes them, all while the show attempts to justify it, and tries to show why he should be rewarded for it. (“He means no harm!”, “It’s not rape because she’s asleep!” etc.)
7	* ''Anime/AttackerYou'': Some of You's interactions with her adoptive brother Sunny make her come across as a BigSisterBully instead of a CoolBigSis showing ToughLove, especially the scene where she likely traumatizes him by letting him dangle out of their apartment window.
8	* Most of Class F from ''Literature/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts''. Minami is a violent {{Tsundere}}, Yuuji is a slacker, Kouta is a future sex offender, and Himeji devolves into Minami 2.0. The whole cast really, mainly because this show runs on ComedicSociopathy. Whether it's the {{Yandere}} Shoko or the [[BrotherSisterIncest Brocon]] Akira, practically every sympathetic character has serious personality flaws to the point where they qualify under this trope.
9	* ''Anime/BlueGender'': [[spoiler:[[MotherNature Gaia]] is supposed to be the BigGood who wants to protect the planet from the destruction that {{humans\|AreTheRealMonsters}} have brought... except Gaia decides to do this by creating a race of BigCreepyCrawlies to destroy modern civilization and kill scores of people, out of the belief that [[ScienceIsBad technology]] and {{overpopulation\|Crisis}} are what is ruining the environment. The humans are basically supposed to be seen as the villains for ''[[BlamingTheVictim defending themselves]]''. Not only that, but when humans actually try to make things better by building a SpaceStation to ease the strain on the planet, Gaia responds by corrupting two of their best soldiers and having them massacre nearly everyone inside, then afterwards drives the rest of them insane and blows up the colony.]]
10	* ''Anime/CannonBusters'': Philly the Kid is an unlikable JerkAss, who the story tries to make sympathetic by portraying him as having a DarkAndTroubledPast, but in practice, he merely comes across as unpleasant and peripheral to the plot at hand. [[spoiler:When he actually confronts the man he wants revenge against, he fails miserably, but doesn't seem any more torn up about it than usual]]. As a result, it's very hard to get invested in anything he does or his desire for revenge.
11	* This is one of the reasons why ''Anime/ChargemanKen'' has become a {{meme}}. Ken is always treated as a perfect superhero by the narrative, yet he kills people without caring if they are human or the enemy aliens. Most infamously an innocent professor had an explosive device planted on him by aliens against his will, Ken responded by taking him into his ship and using the poor scientist as a torpedo.
12	* ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'': The [=DigiDestined=], unlike in the original series, edge themselves towards this trope. Despite the digimon rampage going on, they'd all rather spend their time focusing on teenage angst and mundane activities like telling scary stories or going to the hot springs. Their [[ForgottenFallenFriend treatment of the 02 kids]] only solidifies their image as this, prominently when they actively cheered on when they destroy Imperialdramon. It's only at the end of Confession that they finally start acting like heroes, and even then it's only to find their missing digimon partners after the reboot, making them come off as [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centred jerks]] who only act heroic if the problem directly concerns them.
13	* ''Anime/DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersWhoLeaptThroughTime'': Tagiru makes it clear that he's in it just to become a superstar, and so does Gumdramon at times. Even when Earth is in danger of being destroyed after Quartzmon merges with it to allow [=DigiQuartz=] to rapidly expand and take over it, they're ''still'' more concerned about becoming superstars than the fact that, you know...'''everyone and everything they know and love is being assimilated into Quartzmon!'''
14	* ''Anime/DominionTankPolice'':
15	** There really is little quantitative difference between the cops and the crooks. Both prefer to drive large, destructive vehicles, and both cause massive amounts of collateral damage to life and property; one side merely has the advantage of legal sanction for their acts, while the other's motives are purely mercenary. This is most clearly lampshaded in the sequel series, wherein Anna and Uni are allowed to make a HeelFaceTurn without the least change to their personalities; they've reformed because they're tired of being chased by the police and have realized that ''being'' cops would allow them to continue blowing stuff up, but also provide a steady source of income.
16	** In the first OVA, there is an exchange between squad leader Brenten and Lovelock that illustrates this mentality perfectly. Brenten, probably the next most gung-ho member of the squad besides Leona, and most definitely a dyed in the wool veteran of the squad, suggests to Lovelock that they should quit the force right then, and go off and become criminals, for the action, the money, and the lack of regulations that plague them as Tank Police. From the tone of voice, it's clear that he's saying this in a half joking, half not manner, suggesting that if Lovelock had agreed to this, they would have actually left for a life of crime right then. When Lovelock declines, Brenten immediately recants everything he said, and nothing more is ever said of it again. ''Dominion'' is not a serious series, and the fact that the so-called "heroes" are just as bad as the "bad guys" (and sometimes ''worse'') is part of the joke.
17	* The protagonists from ''Manga/DragonPink''. The only good character is a put-upon CatGirl SexSlave. In one scene they encounter a group of "Slave Knights", skeleton warriors who defend themselves by keeping a naked girl hostage in their torso as a human shield. The protagonists try to get around them for a while, then the Barbarian just chops one of the knights in half, [[ShootTheHostage including the hostage]]. It really says something when the ''monster'' is shocked by their callous behavior, but the elf simply says, "Sorry, It's either you or us!", and blows the rest away.
18	* ''Manga/{{Drifters}}'' has this in a real bad way. If not for the fact that the enemies they fight are even worse, protagonist Shimazu, Oda, and Nasu would definitely be the bad guys. Within three volumes of their introduction, they've turned the formerly peaceful elves into their own vicious, revenge-focused personal army.
19	* ''Anime/EarwigAndTheWitch'': Erica is at best a manipulative, selfish child. Bella Yaga's the only character we see who's worse, but at least she gets some sort of comeuppance. Erica ends the film having all but enslaved Bella Yaga and the Mandrake.
20	* ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'':
21	** Louise herself. She abuses Saito and treats him like dirt for the slightest to stupidest reasons non-stop to the point where she may as well punish him for breathing. She is rude, obnoxious and unpleasant to other females usually out of jealousy and arrogance, and she is ''never'' punished for her actions. Yet we're still expected to root for her for some reason.
22	** Saito also counts after his attempted rape of Louise because of all the factors which insist that it's not really his fault such as Louise [[MasterOfTheMixedMessage sending mixed signals]] or his familiar runes influencing his actions.
23	* ''Manga/FirstLoveMonster'': Chiaki comes off as unnecessarily mean at best, scummy at worst – constantly mocking and belittling a shy and insecure guy for no real reason, encouraging another teenager to prey on an elementary schooler who's implied to still be grieving for his late mother, and making the LovingBully argument in light of Atsushi's abusive behavior towards the aforementioned teenager.
24	* ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'''s Mayo Sakaki. A ClingyJealousGirl and walking factory of KickTheDog and ShootTheDog moments. The writer ''expects us to sympathize with her'', despite everything she pulls, and is even ''thanked'' by the people she spent all of ''Eikouden'' mind controlling or trying to kill. She'd be a VillainProtagonist except that the author insists she's just an ordinary, lovesick girl who didn't understand the circumstances she was in.
25	* ''Anime/GenmaWars'': Loof and Gin. Despite the viewer being supposed to sympathize with them and their tragic backstories, they commit many horrific acts that makes them almost as bad as the Genma. For example, Loof (the nicer and more noble twin, mind you) ''rapes his love interest'' upon seeing her for the first time.
26	* Haruo in ''Anime/GodzillaMonsterPlanet''. He puts his own selfish and self-centered need for avenging his parents after they were indirectly killed by Godzilla ahead of his responsibility for the lives and well-being of the hundreds, if not thousands, of people he is in charge of. Rather than settling on the part of the planet least inhabited by monsters, he chooses to bring the fight to Godzilla and foolishly puts everyone in danger. Dozens of lives are lost before [[spoiler:Godzilla Fillius is killed by Haruo, only for the REAL Godzilla to show up and slaughter everyone else with almost no effort.]]
27	* ''Literature/{{Gokudo}}'' plays with this. From the beginning, the title character is an unlikable ass who uses anything thrown his way to cheat and steal, but everyone always tells him he's the hero of the land. After the first few episodes, he's tricked into killing the BigBad. Eventually, he uses his Genie to stop being the Designated Hero and sends the world back InHarmsWay because he finds the happy evilless world exceptionally boring.
28	* In ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'', Nagi, despite all her qualities, is liked by almost everyone and receives many supporters during her rivalry with Ruka. In fact, she brags that as the main heroine of the manga, everything should go according her way. Ayumu even lampshades this in chapter 394 by comparing the poor but hardworking Ruka to Nagi and the former has the proper qualities as a heroine.
29	* ''Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead'': Takashi can sometimes come across as this as he can be extremely abrasive at times. This is best shown by his jealousy against Hisashi even after his death to the point where he shouts at Rei for bringing him up even though he's only been dead for a couple of hours and Rei even grabs his sleeve so he calms down. That being said he's still mostly a well-intentioned and good-natured guy, who puts his life at risk for others, even saving Alice who was a complete stranger at that point.
30	* Youko from ''Literature/{{Inukami}}''. As WebVideo/TheCartoonHero pointed out, she's possessive, tries to [[KillItWithFire murder Keita with fire]], mooches off of him, strips him in public, and uses dirty tactics to win fights (like [[MoralEventHorizon removing an elementary school girl's panties to distract her]]).
31	* ''Manga/KarateShoukoushiKohinataMinoru'':
32	** Mutou at first. He assaults and badly injures the judo club captain [[BloodKnight just for the hell of it]], and it's reported that he's been carrying out similar attacks on other students and even teachers at the university. And during the masked rapist incident, Mutou only wants to catch the guy [[SkewedPriorities because of him ruining Mutou's reputation, rather than due to the guy being a rapist]] (although this mentality is shared by the rest of the club, except Ibuki). Once this arc is over, [[SubvertedTrope he has less of these moments]].
33	** Pedro. The guy's an unrepentant rapist (or at least one who's [[KarmaHoudini never paid seriously for his crimes]]), has attempted to sexually assault Minoru three times, deludes himself into thinking that Minoru's being a {{Tsundere}} towards him, and later has the gall to consider Nana, a girl who has been Minoru's best friend for years and stuck with him through thick and thin, [[{{Hypocrite}} a "depraved stalker woman"]].
34	* ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion'': Kimba/Leo does a whole lot of very unheroic and appalling things in the 60s serials that the audience is meant to side with him on because he's the main character. There are many, many examples, but two of the most appalling ones (both from the sequel series) include abusing his newborn son and abandoning him in the jungle to fend for himself and needlessly turning a conflict between a hunter and a group of leopards into a horrible bloodbath for practically no reason. He even gets called out on such actions several times in-universe by other characters, but the show doesn't go any further than treating him like an ultimately good leader and father who just needs to "learn more".
35	* ''Manga/MaidSama'' has Takumi Usui, who is presented as a ChivalrousPervert by the narration, which makes him a rare exception to Misaki's dislike of men, yet much of his behavior towards [[{{Tsundere}} Misaki]] is outright sexual harassment. [[{{Hypocrite}} Behavior that he stops other people from engaging in, but indulges in himself.]] Such as in episode 16, [[CrazyJealousGuy where he gives her a hickey so that she'd be to embarrassed to wear her bikini, because he wanted to be the only one to see her wearing it.]] Then in episode 17, he selfishly signs up to the volleyball tournament against Misaki and Aoi (to whom winning the tournament was vitally important, as he would win the freedom to dress however he wanted), just because he didn't want Misaki to be crowned beach princess without him as King.
36	* Kio Asuno of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE'' is a rare instance of this trope with a ''nice'' character. He was initially sympathetic, being a ChildSoldier raised by his vengeful grandpa to see Vagan as inhuman monsters before meeting with them and sympathizing. When Kio decided to stop killing, however, he also stopped even ''defending'' himself in battle. His wingmates told him repeatedly this put ''them'' in danger as well as himself, and every enemy he spoke to told him to shut up, but Kio ignored this and continued doing the same exact thing every battle. He also bartered away the Gundam's secrets to the BigBad, which destroyed his side's major advantage. Nevertheless, the show sided completely with his point-of-view as though there was no middle ground between genocide and SuicidalPacifism.
37	* ''Anime/MomotarosDivineSeaWarriors'': The villains are the British Empire, who are shown as bad for taking over the pacific islands. The "heroes" are the Japanese Empire, who are trying to do the exact same thing.
38	* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'':
39	** Mineta Minoru is a perverted hero in training who lacks any of the traits that the rest of Class 1-A is praised for having; he isn't altruistic, selfless, kind, courageous, heroic, charismatic or anything of the sort, and his reason to try to become a hero is so he can be seen as cool and get girls, not to mention his beyond inappropriate treatment of his female peers. Despite these traits, he keeps being lumped together with the rest of the class as a great hero to be and is treated as one of the good guys. Eventually, he starts showing some heroic qualities, but by that point, many fans considered it too little, too late.
40	** Aizawa is seen as this by his detractors. He's a {{deconstruction}} of the SinkOrSwimMentor, but a lot of people see his methods as either ineffective or downright cruel. He is willing to expel entire classes, and has done so before, should they not meet his standards, and would have done the same to Midoriya had he not impressed Aizawa at the last minute. While it's later revealed that [[spoiler:the expulsions were temporary, they still go into the student's permanent record]]. He repeatedly uses "rational falsehoods" to get the students to work harder, but it in turn just scares the crap out of them. He's so incredibly militant about stomping down on all hope or love for the job for the sake of trying to adapt his class to the harshness of Hero life (read: it may get them killed and "sometimes you can't save them all") that when other teachers arrive the kids [[VisualPun look like zombies]], [[TheBore so dour he's made them]]. He tends to miss important details regarding the behavior of his students or punish them when he does notice.[[labelnote:*]]Including: failing to notice Iida signed up to intern in Hosu, where Stain was last sighted (especially considering that someone who made it to the semifinals of the sports festival could have gotten a more prestigious hero agency than Manual's); thinking Midoriya and Bakugo would become FireForgedFriends by facing All Might only for their relationship to remain volatile and All Might almost crippling them; failing to notice Bakugo suffered issues from being kidnapped and being made to take a test that replicated the Kamino incident leading to his fight with Midoriya, then punishing both of them for the fight.[[/labelnote]] He also perpetuates the controversial aspect of Hero Society by threatening to punish the students for acting without licenses, [[spoiler:namely by saying he'd have expelled the entire class outside of Bakugo, Jiro, and Hagakure for either attempting to rescue Bakugo themselves or [[AccompliceByInaction for knowing about the attempt and not stopping them.]]]] Many end up seeing him as both a horrible teacher ''and'' a KnightTemplar RulesLawyer in the process. He even mentions that Vlad King, the homeroom teacher for Class 1-B, is a far better teacher than him, as Class 1-B's teamwork is on par with Class 1-A's despite the former's relative lack of life-or-death experience.
41	* The title character from ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' also qualifies. She's moody, distrustful, bad-tempered, and suspicious about ''everything''. But she's also the sort of person who has never socialized with anyone before except animals. As such, she is unable to recognize how she feels about anyone. As a result of Jean's love, however, she is gradually transformed by the end of the show and [[spoiler:uses the Blue Water's power to resurrect the latter when he is killed by Gargoyle]].
42	* Emporio Ivankov from ''Manga/OnePiece'' is presented as a heroic flag-bearer of freedom from the tyrannical World Government. And he is that...but he also has a nasty habit of spontaneously giving out gender reassignment to people [[ForcedTransformation who do not want it]]. In real life, this would be considered a form of sexual assault.
43	* Kirino Kousuka from ''Literature/{{Oreimo}}'' treats her brother Kyousuke like crap, forces him to lie, expects him to bow down to her every command, [[BoomerangBigot treats the people who share an interest in the same thing as her like dirt]] (because she didn't want her other friends to find out she was an otaku), and [[BrotherSisterIncest wants to screw her brother]]. Meanwhile, [[spoiler:Minami]] is supposed to be the manipulative, sociopathic {{Yandere}} BigBad for... [[DesignatedVillain trying to warn Kyousuke against hooking up with her]], being understandably disgusted with incest, and trying to split them apart (and win his heart instead) [[StrawmanHasAPoint for his own good]].
44	* ''Manga/ParallelSailorMoon'': The Parallel Inners treat Kousagi like crap, abandoning her whenever they can, making her carry their shopping bags, exploiting her fear of cats and making it very clear they don't like her. They even insult their mothers, Ami's daughter flat-out calling them losers.
45	* ''Manga/PetShopOfHorrors'': For a given value of "hero". D's attempts at teaching people a lesson might be justified as LaserGuidedKarma... except he's also been known to get innocents killed as well, such as that fiasco with the rabbits. Leon has certainly called him out for this, saying that his pets are dangerous.
46	* ''Manga/PleaseSaveMyEarth'': Rin both before and after his memories of Shion awaken. He starts as a bratty kid that bullies Alice when she babysits him, to the point that she hits a RageBreakingPoint and smacks him, which leads to his near-fatal accident. When Shion's memories arise and he realizes Alice is Mokuren, he does all he can to awaken her while lying that he's Shukaido and starts manipulating everyone to destroy the moon base, ostensibly to protect the Earth from it. While Shukaido giving him the vaccine so he would live while his friends died is a What the Hell, Hero? moment for Shukaido, Shukaido's reasons were righteous fury that Shion allegedly raped Mokuren and pressured her into an engagement. Shion doesn't deny that he "violated" Mokuren just because he could. Why is the audience supposed to be rooting for this guy again?
47	* ''Anime/RedoOfHealer'': The audience is meant to sympathize with Keyaru because he was enslaved by people seen as heroes, then raped and tortured for years while used as little more than an object. When he frees himself, he proceeds to... enslave everyone he can, raping and torturing his enemies, and overall doing the exact same things that were done to him, if not worse. While most of his victims are his original tormentors, not all of them are, and even when he's not explicitly raping and torturing he's engaging in a lot of QuestionableConsent tricks and use of drugs to influence people. It's little wonder that many who watch or read ''Redo of Healer'' near-universally consider this guy a VillainProtagonist.
48	* Naofumi in the beginning of ''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero''. He may have gotten a raw deal, he may have had to make some grey choices in order to survive, but the way he trains Raphtalia in the early days of their relationship would make him a villain if he wasn't the main character. Especially since the main reason he purchased her wasn't due to her being all he could afford but more so that he could have a surrogate to take out his anger against Myne on, even hoping she gets hurt in the course of his ownership of her. There's also the fact that by purchasing Raphtalia, he's essentially doing the exact same thing the king did to him, being forced to fight against one's own will. Only when Naofumi learns the kind of hell that Raphtalia has gone through before he met her through the [[PastExperienceNightmare bad dreams]] she's having does he start treating her like an actual ally rather than a slave and starts maturing into an AntiHero.
49	* ''Literature/TheSagaOfTanyaTheEvil'': Anson's hatred of Tanya in particular is actually rather unjustified. He is ultimately [[RightForTheWrongReasons right, but for the wrong reasons]] - yes, Tanya is a nasty person, but Anson hates her for killing his men - while the two of them are in the middle of a war, furthermore, Anson's country was the one that started the war, and Anson's unit was the one to attack Tanya, not the opposite, so she could not have been more justified in defending herself. However, if not more heroic, Anson is undoubtedly more human than Tanya is, as his rage at the deaths of so many comrades to this one seemingly unstoppable mage is, while perhaps not justifiable, at least understandable, and certainly easier for most viewers to identify with than Tanya's cold and calculated mind that views humans as resources and tools, kills foes with dispassion at best (or sadistic glee at worst), and coldly dismisses Anson's actions as illogical.
50	* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune can come off as this. They occasionally play the RichBitch card, act condescending to the other Guardians (including Pluto and Saturn made worse by the fact they DID kill them later in the series, and if it was part of a plan that would get them revived in the end, they did not ask for their consent before enacting this plan), are not team players, and tried to kill Sailor Moon at the end of S. And if this was an act to test Usagi's powers, they were unnecessarily nasty.
51	* Meliodas from ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins,'' who regularly gropes the female lead. The most infuriating example was in the first episode when [[DudeShesLikeInAComa he groped her while she was unconscious]] and didn't get in trouble for it. On a later occasion, he creates clones of himself with his EmpathicWeapon and has all of them grope her, even after she explicitly says the word "No." That being said, he does get reprimanded, and on some occasions his ass beaten, when he gropes her.
52	** There is also the fact that he [[spoiler:began the holy war in the first place and broke the armistice between the demon and Goddess while at it. While his reason was [[PowerOfLove sympathetic]], the fallout was so extreme that he is a legitimate target. One of the aforementioned Goddesses themselves said that his sin was so grievous that if the truth came out, no one could forgive him]].
53	* ''Manga/SgtFrog'': While the Keronians are [[HarmlessVillain not really saints themselves]], and while Natsumi's beatings of Keroro are mostly justified, she even beats the crap out of him when he's [[UnwantedAssistance trying to help]].
54	* ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'': [[spoiler:The Snake of the Festival and/or Snake Yuji]] is a rare antagonist example- he is clearly intended to be a HeroAntagonist who has the noble goal of [[spoiler:wanting to create a world where Flame Haze, Crimson Denizens, and Humans can life in harmony]]. But the things he does in pursuit of this goal are rather hard-to-swallow: sacrificing millions of innocent lives, human and denizen alike, in the war, [[spoiler:driving Margery to the DespairEventHorizon]], and outright [[spoiler:[[AndNowYouMustMarryMe kidnapping Shana]] [[{{Yandere}} to become his bride]] and almost ''[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raping her]]'', all while leaving his other love interests Kazumi and Hecate in the dust]]. Needless to say, some people view [[spoiler:him [[TheBadGuyWins winning]] and reconciling with Shana]] as a prime example of EasilyForgiven.
55	* ''Manga/ShamanKingFlowers'': Hao. While he's criticized by previous Shaman Kings for his actions, he's still meant to come off as the BigGood of the series and the protagonists are fighting to let him keep his position as Shaman King despite him being completely unrepentant for his actions in the original series. That being said, the main cast isn't exactly respectful of him.
56	* ''Anime/StrangeDawn'': Yuko. Sure, she saves the chibi protagonists once or twice and has one PetTheDog moment, but throughout the rest of the plot, she spends a majority of the time being a selfish, rude and apathetic {{Jerkass}} caring more about getting back to her world and finding a fresh pair of underwear than the lives of the chibi characters, as well as being an UngratefulBitch towards them, even when they're trying to help her with things such as finding food for her and Eri, and very rarely does anything remotely heroic, making it very hard to root for her.
57	* Hentai creator Tohru Nishimaki does this by default with his male protagonists as they're ''supposed'' to be {{Trickster Mentor}}s helping their love interests getting over their issues, but ValuesDissonance aside they come off as rapists that're easily forgiven and in the case of ''Blue Eyes,'' which is supposed to be set in the real world (besides the giant boobs,) the [[CunningLinguist protagonist]] is shot dead at point-blank range, [[AssPull realizes]] [[EleventhHourSuperpower it was a premonition,]] [[ArtisticLicenseMartialArts knocks out the blackmailer/intended killer with a kick,]] [[DressingAsTheEnemy impersonates him,]] then forces his de facto/potential mother-in-law to have sex with him and reveals himself afterwards to which she only gives an "oh you" response since they've had sex before and will again.
58	* Amano Jaku from the manga version of ''Manga/{{Urotsukidoji}}'' is a hedonistic, callous, selfish and sociopathic jerkass who only cares about having sex with any woman he sees and feels zero regard for anyone around him. The only "heroic" thing he actually does is saving a baby from being ran over by a truck, though this is only before he heartlessly tosses the baby into the river calling it a waste of time and saying that he hates babies and old people. Thankfully his anime counterpart is much more heroic with a majority of his nasty traits from the manga being left out completely.
59	** Buju from ''Urotsukidoji III'' manages to be even ''worse'' than Amano's manga counterpart. He is a vile, nasty, perverted and unlikable psychopath who has no qualms about murdering families (including babies) and raping women and likes getting drunk in his spare time. Even after his supposed "redemption", he's still pretty much the same as he was in the beginning. For example in ''Urotsukidoji IV'', instead of saving a female character from being raped by a demon, he chooses to watch instead as he says he enjoys seeing women getting raped. The only thing that prevents him from being absolutely irredeemable is his love and protection for his adoptive daughter, Himi. Though it still doesn't make up for his despicable personality.
60	* Kaname from ''Manga/VampireKnight'' is presented as an antagonistic character throughout the entire story, but it hits full force when he disappears about halfway through without giving a reason and starts murdering and manipulating other vampires who are in turn presented as victims. Towards the ending however, it's suddenly revealed that he didn't really kill his first victim, which somehow, makes him innocent and heroic for having "merely wanted to push people away", and everything else he did is more or less forgotten about - including having murdered the family of one of the other protagonists.
61	** Yuki Cross herself never chooses which one out of two boys (one of which is mentioned above, Kaname and is [[BrotherSisterIncest her brother]]) to pick, [[spoiler:even to the point she has both of their kids]], and tells Zero that she loves him but belongs to her brother.
62	* Kaori Miyazono's actions throughout ''Anime/YourLieInApril'' are largely built around serving her own dreams and aspirations with little regard for those who stand in her way, or even why they stand in her way. Not only does she force Kousei into returning into the world of music despite his very evident trauma revolving ''around'' music (and his unresolved familial issues), she [[spoiler: ''lies'' to him by never once admitting that she crushed on him, all the way to her death]], saddling him with a whole 'nother round of emotional trauma. It's downright ''amazing'' Kousei was able to survive the rest of the series with her strangling his neck all the while.

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