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  • Assassination Classroom: In the manga, the God-of-Death apparently kills Lovro, only for him to show up alive later with zero explanation. The anime answers this by explaining that the God-of-Death deliberately left Lovro alive so he could spread his reputation. It also helps that his supposed killing of Red Eye only for the assassin to turn out to have survived as well was left out of the adaptation. The changes to both events, for anime viewers at least, kept the character from suffering the same Badass Decay that the readers felt once his Story Arc was done with.
  • Cyborg 009 was originally intended to end at the Yomi arc, with the apparent deaths of 002 and 009. This would end the manga at Volume 15 (or Volume 10 in the USA release, which is where Tokyopop did in fact end things). Fan revolt and the popularity of the series convinced Ishinomori to resume the manga soon enough, and he threw in a retcon stating that 001 managed to teleport the two to safety before they could die (they still wound up comatose and having to be rebuilt, but were alive).
  • The Dangers in My Heart: While the first season was well received and universally seen as a great adaptation, some fans of the manga expressed disappointment at how little of the Bonus Material was adapted. As the fandom tends to agree, a lot of the Bonus Material is just as important in the development of the story as the main chapters. Then came an announcement on October 2023 that some of the missing extra material would be adapted into a spin-off called "Twi-Yaba".
  • Dragon Ball:
    • Dragon Ball Z Kai:
      • For FUNimation, a point of contention for many fans is that the English dub of Dragon Ball Z is very polarizing. This series gave the company another crack at it and it shows.
    • The French dub is more faithful, as the dubbing team acknowledged that the dub of DBZ was a mistake.note 
      • The Latin American Spanish dub of the first 98 episodes had a very negative reception due to the censorship and, most importantly, the fact that none of the voice actors who dubbed the main characters was in the dub. In The Final Chapters, where possible, all characters are dubbed by their original voice actors, and those that didn't (either by retirement or death) get the voice actors that reprise them in Super. The negative reception mellowed out after this, but how the dub was before The Final Chapters can be seen as Never Live It Down to some.
      • The series in general helps with much of the Archive Panic that ensues for latecomers who attempt to watch the original DBZ, due to the latter's length and large amounts of filler.
      • The Final Chapters is one, as some people were wondering why Toei didn't have the Buu Saga cut down too. Unfortunately, while it's perfectly watchable, it has aspects that make it feel half-hearted on Toei's part.
  • Dragon Ball Super has even more of these the Dragon Ball franchise:
    • The infamous animation of Episode 5 was fixed for the DVD release.
    • Goku gets a few of these:
      • In Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F', Goku gets a laser through the heart while still in his Super Saiyan Blue form, which is attributed to him letting down his guard, which rubbed some fans the wrong way despite it being foreshadowed. In Super, Goku powers down to normal and was talking down to Frieza before this happens, making it more apparent that he dropped his guard. Also, whereas Goku got shot frontally in the movie, he gets shot In the Back in Super.
      • One of the major complaints about Goku's character from Z was how he doesn't work to support his family and freeloads off of the Ox-King and later Mr. Satan. In Super, not only does Goku receive a ton of money from Mr. Satan because he saved the world from Majin Buu, but he also works as a farmer in his downtime, and is very good at it. Goku also spends a lot of time with Goten, including taking him to work and even training, addressing the concern that Goku is an neglectful parent.
    • Gohan also has his fair share of saving throws:
      • In the manga, Gohan gets brushed off and Goku gets irritated at him prioritizing his conference over the tournament. In the anime, Gohan tries to join but can't because his conference is on the same day as the tournament and Goku is much more understanding. Note that Gohan actually takes a bit of time to actively consider his options (showing that he did not turn down Goku's offer lightly) and apologizes to his father for the inconvenience, which helps considerably.
      • Episodes 73 and 74 focused on the Great Saiyaman, giving Gohan his first character-centered episodes in the series with Goku only making a cameo. These episodes also showed that Videl retained her feisty personality from Z, but is simply more mature when dealing with people who annoy her. Also in Episode 75, Gohan gave Goku a spectacular sparring match when they're both Super Saiyans, showing that Gohan had gotten stronger since the Resurrection 'F' Saga.
      • Gohan finally regaining his Ultimate form and addressing the Fatal Flaw that got him absorbed by Super Buu all the way back in Dragon Ball Z. After training with Piccolo, he's on the level of Super Saiyan Blue Goku. There are many veteran fans who say they cried at this scene at having the true Gohan back!
      • On that end, Gohan in the anime gets knocked out by Frieza as he held Dyspo off, but in the manga goes out in a double knockout against the Potara fusion Kefla, though having done so completely on his own.
    • The manga attempts to give Vegeta one when he loses to Hit. In the anime, Hit just straight up beats Vegeta without himself landing a single blow. The same happened in the manga, however, it's revealed a chapter later that Super Saiyan Blue suffers a 90% decrease in power when one transforms twice too close together. Meaning, Vegeta lost 90% of his overall power because he transformed in front of Cabba and then transformed again to fight Hit. Goku even says that Vegeta could have beat Hit if he didn't waste time with Cabba. While this does give an excuse for it, it also hands him the Idiot Ball for not realizing that Super Saiyan Blue had such a horrible weakness, especially since Goku and even Whis knew about it.
    • In the Resurrection "F" arc, Frieza and his forces are less of an Anti-Climax Boss compared to the movie. Ginyu gives Gohan and the others more of a challenge than Shisami note  and Golden Frieza spends the majority of his fight overwhelming Goku and beating the tar out of him before his energy drops. Frieza also doesn't have a full-blown breakdown until he loses to Vegeta, whereas the movie he was losing it after Goku beat back his final form and he then broke down completely after his golden form's stamina failed. He also manages to have a small victory in killing Piccolo and causing Gohan to have a mental breakdown, even if it was reversed by the end of the saga and his actions got Gohan wanting to train again.
    • A number of English speakers find the name of the Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan to be Narmy. In the manga, Whis addresses this concern by suggesting the much more manageable (yet still pretty descriptive) name of Super Saiyan Blue, something the anime also did as well. Most people now don't even call the form by its original name, only calling it Super Saiyan Blue.
    • A number regarding the Future Trunks Saga:
      • For the Supreme Kais, one of the major criticisms about them was how they allowed beings like Frieza to terrorized the universe for decades when they could have easily stopped him. This sentiment is shared by Zamasu, who thinks the gods are being sinful for allowing evil to flourish. Gowasu explains that the Supreme Kais are not allowed to interfere with mortal affairs and such things are left up to the Gods of Destruction, who are apathetic at best towards mortals.
      • For many fans, Kid Trunks got a lot of much-needed development in the Future Trunks Saga, growing from the Spoiled Brat he was in the Buu Saga.
      • For those who felt Goku was getting too much spotlight: the fact it's Future Trunks who is the first one to deal any meaningful damage to Black and gets the new form. He even got to slice Fusion Zamasu in half.
      • Sub-wise, Goku Black retains his name in the official subs due to the fans believing by the time Funimation does gain the license for the anime, his name would be changed to "Dark Goku" (which would've made it narmy when they simply call him "Black") while all the dub terminology is used. Even more so with the reveal that the Funimation dub wouldn't change the name at all; he's still called Goku Black and simply Black.
      • After the dub came out, Goku Black sounds just like normal Goku and speaks with an American accent, compared to Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 and Dragon Ball Fighter Z where he sounded like a chain-smoker and had a British accent out of nowhere in his Rose form. Chris Sabat stated this is intentional, since before they could dub the episode, both he and Sean Schemmel had no idea what his character was supposed to sound like in Xenoverse 2.
    • Episodes 71 and 72 gave Goten some character growth like him not liking Gohan's Great Saiyaman outfit anymore, not wanting to be treated as a child, and wanting to avenge his father's death at Hit's hands.
    • It seems like the writers have finally listened to fan complaints of the lack of any female Super Saiyans, with the Universe Survival Saga introducing what appears to be a female Legendary Super Saiyan of Universe 6. Later it's revealed it's actually TWO female Super Saiyans introduced.
    • A common complaint levied towards Z is how most of the cast Can't Catch Up, and how the Saiyan characters are the only good guys OP enough to take on each Arc Villain (and, even then, eventually it's only Goku due to Gohan being a martial artist example of Brilliant, but Lazy). That said, this series has episodes that focus on various characters outside of the main two kicking ass in their own ways (like Yamcha being The Ace during a baseball match between Universe 7 & 6, as well as Gohan fighting a Kaiju as The Great Saiyaman).
    • Another common complaint is that Android 18 and Videl suffer from Stay in the Kitchen after getting married. With a two-parter having Videl display a badass personality even without fighting, and with 18 participating in the Universe Survival Tournament, this may quell things. The Battle of Gods arc also has 18 take the initiative (though never managing to land a punch), with Krillin saying it's his job to keep an eye on Marron if something bad happens to her, since she's much stronger than he is.
    • One of the biggest criticisms of the Resurrection 'F' Saga was how standalone it was compared to the rest of the series. Outside of Whis training Goku and Vegeta and them gaining their Super Saiyan Blue forms, the entire saga could be skipped without missing anything important. This has been fixed with Frieza joining the U7 team for the for Tournament of Power, replacing Buu, and Goku's new powerup, the Ultra Instinct, which is a result of Whis' lessons.
    • Talking about Frieza, his Transformation Sequence in Episode 94 is perceived by many fans to be an apology for the lackluster animation in the shows second arc. It helps that it is Awesome Art incarnate.
    • The entire Tournament of Power saga appears to be this for Android 17 after the infamous Super 17 Saga from GT pretty much destroyed his character. While Super does limelight other characters, Lapis/17 has the most focus as well as Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, and Frieza, and in the end, he's the one who won the tournament as he became the last warrior standing, and manages to save the multiverse by wish, and sail around the world with his family on a luxury cruise ship. Suffice to say, Lapis/17 truly earned his happy ending with his character restored.
  • Fairy Tail: The anime sheds more light on Acnologia's backstory, after Mashima lamented that he was underdeveloped.
  • Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest, a sequel which Mashima hadn't originally intended to write, provides closure to some plot points left hanging in the original series:
    • Fans were disappointed that the original series ended before Lucy could fulfill her promise to find Aquarius' key, and her leaving on the Century Quest with her team made it dubious whether or not that would happen. The sequel rectifies this by not only making this reunion her primary motivation for committing to the quest, but also dropping hints that it will occur in this series.
    • Sorano/Angel has happily reunited with Yukino and made the most of her time with her sister as a member of Saber Tooth in the sequel, appeasing fans who felt let down by the sisters' rather stifled reunion in the original series.
    • A number of fans were irritated by the series ultimately doing Maybe Ever Afters with most of the primary romances, instead of offering conclusive answers. The sequel fortunately provides less ambiguity on the status of a number of the relationships.
    • The "Beta Heaven" scene in Chapter 37 helped address two huge concerns readers have had with the main series and the sequel itself:
      • Although it's generally ambiguous whether or not it's All Just a Dream, the scene confirms that Zeref and Mavis—who seemingly appeared in the final chapter without any memories of their past lives—are indeed dead as far as we know them, and may or may not be communing with Natsu from wherever their souls have gone. It also shows that they've discovered August to be their son, something Natsu had no pre-established knowledge of (discounting the possibility of Natsu picking up on August's scent when they met and subconsciously connecting the dots, which went wholly unaddressed in the main manga), and are now happily raising him alongside a younger version of Larcade, who died craving and being denied Zeref's fatherly love. The scene also acknowledges that Zeref doesn't feel he deserves to have his sins forgotten, and is certain he's someplace where he's being judged, with Natsu's heart serving as more of a place of respite from his torment than anything.
      • Many readers have complained of Natsu undergoing Flanderization in the sequel, with his forgetfulness, oblivious perversion, and general idiocy getting cranked up to eleven. Chapter 37 helped mitigate a lot of that when he has a Near-Death Experience and breaks down in a rare display of Tender Tears upon discovering that Igneel and everyone he and his friends know who died—even Zeref and other enemies—are a part of his Personalized Afterlife, revealing that he's still as much of an All-Loving Hero deep down as he always was, which is an aspect of his character that's hardly ever focused on. This also addresses concerns of Natsu being unsympathetic towards Zeref in the main manga by showing that, despite some lingering hostility on Natsu's part, he's still willing to accept Zeref as his brother.
    • Amidst complaints of being a wasted character in the original manga, it came as a welcome surprise to fans that Irene survived her suicide by copying her consciousness onto Wendy before her death, giving her the chance to return.
    • One of the complaints about the series' premise was that, for all his Dragon hunting, Acnologia somehow missed the existence of five dragons all as strong as him. As the series introduces each dragon however, reasonable justifications are given for why he couldn't find them: Mercphobia specifically refrained from using his powers in favor of remaining in a human form; Aldoron largely slumbered so as to regain his power after losing to Acnologia, said power kept restrained via five orbs on his body, and only actually moved his body a little bit each day; and Selene is a Dimension Traveler, capable of leaving Earth-land and traveling to other worlds, namely Elentir and Edolas.
    • One of the most common criticisms of the Alvarez Empire arc when it was supposed to be the Grand Finale of the series was that Natsu being END ended up not being of much consequence, with him not turning into it until near the end, then reverting back a short while later after an off screen fight with Dimaria then a short fight against Gray, and afterwards it being fully removed from him, making it overall a short period of time, with some feeling it ended up being They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot, especially since it ended up not really factoring into his fight with Zeref and eliminated the dilemma of a possible Mutual Kill. In the Water Dragon arc, a power up caused Natsu to lose control of his Dragon Force and gave him an appearance similar to END, and he almost vaporized the water dragon with the implication that he would have destroyed more after that had he not been stopped with a Cooldown Hug from Lucy, thus bringing the concept of Natsu losing control of himself back into play with the potential of more exploration of the idea, especially with Lucy narrating that it was the first time "his flames" scared her. Even Dogramag during the Labyrinth Arc alludes to this by stating Natsu's scent is that of a dragon or even demon, not a human.
    • Lucy has a great deal more to do in this series to show off her growth as a mage and as a fighter, along with developing more self-confidence, whereas in the original series she was often sidelined or Overshadowed by Awesome.
    • God Serena was considered by many to be the epitome of Too Cool to Live and They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character, infamously getting one-shotted by Acnologia (understandable at least to fully establish Acnologia's threat level) and Gildarts while not even getting to show off all eight of his Dragon Slayer Magics or to fully show off his credentials in a fight. Here, he's back and gets to reestablish his threat level by utterly crushing Gajeel in a battle while finally showing off all his elements.
  • Food Wars!: The fifth season of the anime did a lot of damage control in order to mitigate the more controversial and negatively-received parts of the Le Cuisiner Noir arc. Some examples include:
    • It removes the controversial manga scene where Asahi kidnaps Erina in order to get her to agree to challenge him at BLUE. The scene is instead changed to him and the Noirs confronting her at her home and issuing the challenge to her. The anime also cuts out the scenes of Asahi constantly publicly humiliating Soma after his loss.
    • In regards to Joichiro and Asahi, while the manga doesn't make it clear whether Joichiro actually abandoned Asahi or not, the anime does show Joichiro offering to bring Asahi back to Japan, but the latter explicitly refuses the offer.
    • It also gives Megumi an outright victory over Soma, Takumi, and the rest of the school in an anime-original tournament to determine who goes to the BLUE, finally putting the crowner on her Character Development with the long-awaited win she never got in the manga.
    • It reveals Soma's mother much earlier than the manga does, having Soma recall her during the course of the BLUE Tournament and serving as a source of inspiration for him.
    • In contrast to the highly controversial manga ending, the series finale of the anime actually depicts the final match between Soma and Erina, making Erina's victory feel less like an Ass Pull. In addition, it expands upon what the rest of the Council of Ten Masters were up to during the BLUE Tournament. Finally, the last segment of the episode has Erina acknowledging her feelings for Soma, giving the shipping wars a little more closure.
  • Genshiken: The Madarame Harem Arc ended with no real winner, making many fans upset that a two-year-long build-up essentially amounted to nothing and possibly even dismissed the development of another character. By the penultimate chapter, several of the characters rag on Madarame before Saki and Kousaka join them to settle the decisions once and for all while calling out his reasoning, telling him to go with Sue.
  • Granblue Fantasy had some criticism for not including Djeeta among the main cast, if not the protagonist outright. Then towards the end of the season, Djeeta is revealed to have an episode all her own, to many fans' delight.
  • Gundam Build Divers Re:RISE made a lot of improvements over its predecessor, Gundam Build Divers:
    • The story behind the EL-Divers is heavily fleshed out throughout the series, creating a much more nuanced history behind them that makes them more interesting and worth enjoying. This also lends weight to the previous series' morality problems concerning Sarah
    • Speaking of Sarah, Episodes 19 and 20 explain a lot about what Sarah did in the previous series and why GBN reacted the way it did.
    • Unlike the original series, which had tons of characters that prevented any meaningful Character Development outside of Ayame, this series gave our heroes plenty of episode time to grow up as characters and give viewers a reason for rooting for them.
    • Build Divers' only Big Bad, Tsukasa Shiba, is shown to be a petty villain who only hates the world because it's not the game he played. Alus, Re:RISE's Big Bad, is heavily nuanced and more of a Tragic Villain as he's an A.I. Is a Crapshoot-type character who really can't stop his programming. The heroes understand this, but they need to stop him to save their friends.
    • Near the end of Build Divers, Nanami Nanase buys up two Gunpla with the plan to build one for Sarah to pilot in. However, the episode immediately after that kickstarts Sarah's entire plot and Nanami is put Out of Focus and we never see her with a Gunpla at all. The final episode of Re:RISE rectifies that by giving her a Zakorello-based Powered Armor and kicks a hefty amount of ass.
  • High School D×D: After the anime adaptation's third season changed a number of events in a chaotic and Plot Hole filled manner, the author went so far as to write an "EX Novel" that establishes that the changed events of the third season were the result of an Arc Villain attempting to go back in time and undo his own defeat. The timeline is then corrected by the main character's future children. When a fourth season of the anime was announced, they were quick to assure fans that the changed events of the third season would be ignored, and the fourth will be sticking to the novels' plotline.
  • Hot Gimmick: After the outcry when it was revealed that Hatsumi decided to stay by Ryoki's side despite his abuse, Hot Gimmick S was released soon after in which Hatsumi actually thinks twice about it, breaks up with Ryoki and goes to Shinogu.
  • A lot of readers of Kaguya-sama: Love Is War were annoyed by the reveal that Kaguya's desired career path was to become a photographer since while it made perfect sense for her character, there wasn't any build-up to said reveal beyond a couple lines of dialogue over a hundred chapters prior. Spin-off series We Want to Talk About Kaguya addressed these issues by devoting several chapters to laying the groundwork for her decision while also finally giving her some interactions with Karen and Erika (who had spent most of the story's timeline simply admiring her from afar).
  • Lady Jewelpet got flak for drastically reducing the screentime of the titular Jewelpets in favor of humans. The next season, Jewelpet: Magical Change, was pet-focused. This trope also helped vindicate the latter season.
  • In Mobile Suit Gundam there is a series of episodes where the White Base is in enemy territory on Earth, they need to pass through North and Central America to reach Jaburo. During this time they run low on spare parts and their mobile suits end up in really bad disrepair. Fans have often asked whey they didn't start salvaging some of the many Zeon suits that Amuro periodically destroyed to use as backups (especially since Ryu Jose and Hayato are stuck piloting the Guntank, which is basically a cap-ship's cannon on treads). When the story was retold in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin the Guntank was eventually replaced with a salvaged and modified Zaku which Kai Shiden piloted until they reached Jaburo.
  • In The Mute Girl and Her New Friend, Mashiro, a girl with aphonia who communicates by writing on a sketch pad, runs into a problem when she tries to order in the cafeteria, and the cafeteria worker yells at her for "drawing" in line, rendering her unable to order or explain the situation. Mashiro's friend Kokosaki solves the problem by reading Mashiro's mind and ordering for her, but readers wondered why the cafeteria staff hadn't been told about Mashiro's aphonia. Several chapters later, Kokosaki confronts her homeroom teacher about not telling the staff about Mashiro, and calls her "a terrible teacher." The teacher's internal monologue reveals that this was a misguided attempt to try to treat Mashiro like everyone else (although Mashiro doesn't hold it against her), and resolves to become a better teacher. As a bonus, the chapter also shows why no one thought to use sign language — the teacher tries to sign "Good Morning" to Mashiro, but then kicks herself for assuming that Mashiro knew how until Mashiro signs "Good Morning" back in response.
  • My Hero Academia: One of the biggest criticisms of season 5 was how it Adapted Out important moments from the Meta Liberation Army arc, most notably the League raiding a mansion belonging to an anti-heteromorphic Quirk Cult, the poor state the League was in at the start of the arc, and Spinner confronting Shigaraki. Though there are still important moments from the arc that remain unadapted, Season 6 adapted the aforementioned content in the form of a flashback in its 13th episode. While fans are still frustrated over how those parts were not adapted in the right order, they are relieved they at least got adapted after all and find it a decent attempt at damage control.
  • Naruto:
    • Fans claimed Sasuke was a ridiculously Easily Forgiven Karma Houdini at the end of the manga, so Shippuden Episode 479 added a shot of Sasuke sitting in prison while blindfolded and heavily restrained, while Sixth Hokage Kakashi jumps through hoops to try and get him released.
    • Many fans found it odd that Naruto never talked to Hinata about how she confessed her love for him, even after they began to have significant moments together in the Fourth Shinobi World War Arc. The Last: Naruto the Movie, a canonical Interquel set between the last two chapters of the manga, reveals that Naruto does not understand the concept of romantic love, thinking that Hinata's love for him was like his love of ramen. Considering Naruto never had the unconditional affection that most people had with their families due to being both an orphan and the village pariah for most of his childhood, and by extension he never had anyone to teach him the differences between The Four Loves, his inability to understand romantic love actually makes a lot of sense.
    • Many fans complained how the final villain of Naruto, Kaguya Otsutsuki, appeared out of nowhere in the final manga chapters and had little characterization beyond making her a Generic Doomsday Villain. The Shippuuden anime added a couple of episodes in which her backstory got expanded, she was given a more sympathetic portrayal as a Well-Intentioned Extremist, and her master plan during Naruto was revealed to play a big part on the Myth Arc of the sequel series Boruto.
    • A small complaint leveled towards Boruto: Naruto the Movie was that, after the final battle, the issues Boruto had with his dad, Naruto, just don't really get addressed, as once they return to Konoha, the movie ends. In the anime adaptation on the Boruto movie, after the battle with Momoshiki, Naruto takes some time off to spend with his family; and to make up for respectively missing and ruining Boruto and Himawari's birthdays, Naruto (the real one and not a shadow clone) brings a birthday cake for both of his children and Naruto, Hinata, Boruto and Himawari have a nice birthday party together. For many, it makes Naruto look better as a parent, while also providing a satisfying resolution to the arc.
    • Boruto's victory over Momoshiki in the movie, while good, was seen by some as being a waste since Boruto's victory came across as it simply being a victory handed to him because he's the main character. Plus, Naruto and Sasuke aren't given a reason for why they don't defeat him. In the anime, Naruto and Sasuke do overpower Monoshiki, but both are too exhausted to defeat him, so Boruto steps up to defeat him since the other Kage are also unable to do anything. The anime also makes Boruto actually have to fight Momoshiki, instead of casually one-shotting like he did in the movie, showing that Boruto, while significantly weaker than everyone there, is a capable ninja.
    • Several fans complained how Sasuke expressed little regret for his actions during Naruto (like his infamous and memetic apology "Yeah, sorry."). The Time Travel arc in Boruto had several scenes in which Sasuke gets confronted about his past by Boruto, and he admits to have lost his way back then and truly expresses regret for his actions and how much he hurt both Naruto and Sakura.
  • In the original series of Neon Genesis Evangelion, some people complained about how Shinji behaved during the Bardiel incident, where the parasitic angel took over Unit-03 and turned it against NERV, holding its pilot hostage. While it was understandable that Shinji would be reluctant to destroy Unit-03 completely as Gendo was ordering him to, he refused to even try to defend himself against the possessed Eva, even when it had its hands around Unit-01's throat and was about to kill him. Obviously this wouldn't help the hostage either, and Shinji is being so fearful that it didn't seem that unreasonable when Gendo activated the Dummy Plug system instead. When it came time for the same scene in Rebuild of Evangelion, Shinji does grab Unit-03's arms by the wrists and force them away from Unit-01's neck, so Bardiel grows a second pair of arms from the back of its shoulders and overpowers him. He's still not willing to go all-out to save himself (especially as he knows it's Asuka inside the Eva this time), but he doesn't seem quite so childish and it makes Gendo's use of the Dummy Plug more of the Kick the Dog moment it was intended to be.
  • Pokémon: The Series:
  • In the Yuri, Dark Fantasy series Roll Over and Die, Milkit is a former slave who was never taught self defense nor magic, so it was understandable she would need protection. However, over the course of the first three volumes, Flum has needed to come to Milkit's rescue multiple times within a relatively short time period. At the end of the third Volume, Flum is the one whose life is in danger, and Milkit proves her loyalty to Flum by risking her life to save Flum's and manages to succeed.
  • In Saki, one criticism of the Side B semifinals is that all four teams tended to stay in the same positions for much of the round, particularly Rinkai's overwhelming lead and Usuzan being dead last and in danger of going bust for a fair portion of the match. The captain match, however, seems to address this by having things get shaken up a bit, to the point at which Usuzan briefly gets to second place.
  • Shattered Angels: For those who watched Destiny of the Shrine Maiden and did not approve of the Romanticized Abuse plotline between Chikane and Himeko, both Kaon and Himiko were retooled to be tragic but unambiguously goodhearted despite their circumstances, and neither let the ensuing drama compromise their partnership.
  • Many fans had started to disapprove of the incredible over-the-top antics and Monster of the Week aspects of Tenchi in Tokyo, especially since all signs pointed to it being a sequel to Tenchi Universe (Tenchi says it's been two years since they all got together and when Noboyuki mentions Achika, the young, schoolgirl version from Tenchi Muyo in Love appears). Episodes 13 and 14 later revealed that it was firmly an AU.
  • One of the more common reader/viewer complaints with the original World's End Harem is the Uncertain Audience: it essentially tried to be both a raunchy borderline-hentai sex comedy and a serious dystopian science fiction story at the same time, and accomplished this by using two different main characters with mostly unrelated storylines (at least until until they finally merged in a Halfway Plot Switch). The result was that the "Truman Show" Plot centered on Shota Doi arguably distracted from the main Myth Arc with Reito Mizuhara, although who distracted from whom is a matter of opinion. The Dark Fantasy Spin-Off World's End Harem: Fantasia is much more focused and incorporates (even heavier) ecchi content into a single main character's Myth Arc, serving as an example of why sometimes Harem Genre Tropes Are Not Bad.
  • Yuki Yuna is a Hero: The ending of The Great Full Bloom Chapter addresses the rushed nature of the ending of Hero Chapter by adding some additional scenes of the Heroes and Taisha and showcasing the contributions of Mebuki and the Sentinels during the final battle while also exploring the world following the final battle, both in the immediate aftermath and in a Time Skip epilogue.

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