History AssholeVictim / VisualNovels

*** Peko Pekoyama, a weird example because Peko is generally a sweet person if a little distant, however she died as a result of [[BatterUp brutally]] murdering [[NiceGirl Mahiru]] [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth Koizumi]], [[DesecratingtheDead using her lifeless corpse as a doorstopper]] and framing Mahiru's best friend [[JerkassWithAHeartOfGold Hiyoko]] Saionji, in a completely idiotic and misguided attempt to save her young master Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu. Her murder of Mahiru was utterly ruthless and in the end completely senseless since Fuyuhiko rejected her plan to allow him to escape. However, Peko was a victim of a tool mindset as a result of her yakuza upbringing and was genuinely remorseful over Mahiru's murder, she's ripped to pieces by Monokuma after wishing her classmates well and then saving Fuyuhiko who she loved.

** ''The Missing Heir'': Akira Ayashiro murdered his own great aunt and attempted to kill the protagonist when he was looking into her murder. This ensures he had it coming when Kanda bludgeoned him to death with the top portion of Kiku's tombstone.
** ''The Girl Who Stands Behind'':

* ''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta'' has Yosuke Suzumi as a [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]] example. [[spoiler:Before Saya altered his brain to give him the [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness same condition as Fuminori]], he seemed to be a nice and normal family man, showing concern for Fuminori and offering to clean his house[[note]]Though Fuminori thinks this is only because he fears it will affect his perfect image of his house[[/note]]. You might even feel sorry for him when his condition causes him to unknowingly kill his wife and child under the belief they were hostile aliens. However, any genuine kindness he may have had once is completely gone by the time the insane Yosuke meets Saya personally, being willing to rape what he thinks is a defenseless human girl, thus leaving the reader unlikely to sympathize with him when Fuminori kills him.]]

*** The other victim of the case, Tenko Chabashira may at first appear to be this due to constantly hating on the boys unfairly (for example she knocks out Shuichi out cold during their first free time event) and her borderline StalkerWithACrush nature when it comes to Himiko Yumeno which the girl doesn't appear to be into... that is, until her death when we find out she was a near complete subversion and was trying to get Himiko to get out of her shell, (albeit not for the purist reasons at first) and the killer who arranged her death is far less sympathetic. It's also shown further in her free time events past the first and even right before her death, buy good luck finding people who not only like her but [[BaseBreakingCharacter a lot]].

*** In Shuichi's backstory, he earned the title of Ultimate Detective by solving a murder case nobody else could figure out. When the culprit was arrested, he gave Shuichi a [[DeathGlare look of pure hatred]] that was permanently seared into his mind. He later learned that the culprit had killed the victim to avenge a relative who had been DrivenToSuicide because of the victim's abusive behavior. This caused Shuichi to feel a tremendous amount of guilt for "siding with" the victim by exposing the truth, and he gained a fear of exposing the truth, considering himself a pathetic detective, and started to wear a hat at all times because he couldn't look people in the eye anymore.

*** Hiyoko Saionji, a ''massive'' brat who treated her classmates like garbage (especially [[ShrinkingViolet Tsumiki]]) and had a habit of abusing small animals. If you dislike her then it's hard to feel bad for her, even though she never attempted murder herself(despite having perfectly good reason to kill Fuyuhiko) and just walked in on a murder already underway, leading her to be killed [[HeKnowsTooMuch to be silenced]]. On the other hand, she ''did'' just witness her best friend get murdered and was trying to better herself prior to her own death and even many who aren't a fan of Hiyoko are saddened by the fact that she never really got a chance to become a better person, not to mention the fact that she was in the wrong place because she wanted to honour her dead friend. Unlike most asshole victims, it wasn't Hiyoko's bad features that got her killed, it was her HiddenHeartOfGold.
*** From "Twilight Syndrome", a [[ShowWithinAShow game inside the video game]] that was based on actual events in the characters' lives, the victim, Fuyuhiko's sister Natsumi Kuzuryu, had been bullying Girl D (Mahiru), expecting to get away with it [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections because of her powerful parents]]. Girl D's close friend, Girl E (Sato) confronted the victim, and in a fit of rage, strangled her until she fell unconsciousness, then killed her in order to prevent any possible problems that might arise if she came to.

* Shinji Matou in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''. Considering that this is the guy who has been abusing and [[BrotherSisterIncest raping his sister Sakura]] for years, [[VillainousDemotivator treats his Servant Rider like a dog]] [[UngratefulBastard even when she remains unflinchingly loyal to him]], and tried to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape Rin when she was tied up and unable to resist]], no one is exactly shedding any tears for him when he's killed by Illya in the Fate route. Or when Gilgamesh [[FateWorseThanDeath turns him into the Holy Grail]] in the UBW route, a process he barely survives due to [[SaveTheVillain the heroes saving him]]. Or in Heaven’s Feel when he’s stabbed through the chest [[TheDogBitesBack by the very sister he was again attempting to rape]], even if this proves to be her StartOfDarkness.
** And if you wanted his anime counterpart dead too, don't worry. That happens, too.
** [[EvilOldFolks Shinji’s grandfather]], Zouken, also gets this when being brutally killed by fellow villains Kirei Kotomine and Dark Sakura. Since he’s the one who [[AbusiveParents made Shinji who he is and treated his own son like shit]] [[ForTheEvulz for fun]], no one shed any tears for him.
** YMMV in regards to Tokiomi Tohsaka in the prequel, ''Literature/FateZero''. Because he is only allowed a single successor(his elder daughter Rin) he decides to give his younger daughter Sakura to the Matous so both his children can become mages, and is thus responsible for all the hell she is put through. He even tells Kariya that he'd be fine with Rin and Sakura fighting each other in the next Grail War. At best, he is a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter, but if he knew...

* ''VisualNovel/ShinraiBrokenBeyondDespair'' has this apply for both of the murder victims.
** Hiro Shiratake's actions kick off the entire plot. He's a highly [[AttentionWhore arrogant]] and [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered]] {{Jerkass}} who wants an impressive girlfriend, so he becomes attracted to the seemingly wealthy Runa after helping her when she has a bike accident. Unfortunately for Runa, he realizes that her family is actually poor, so he dumps her and moves on to Momoko, who'd recently impressed the school with her concert. His relationship with Momoko ends up being less than happy, as he grows tired of her ClingyJealousGirl nature (brought on by her trust issues), and doesn't care for her, eventually asking out her best friend, Kamen. Kamen refuses him because she's a lesbian and she hates him, but he continues to send her messages on her phone. When Momoko reads those messages, she concludes that Hiro is cheating on her with Kamen, and plots [[MurderSuicide to kill him and herself]] [[ThanatosGambit so that she can]] [[FrameUp frame Kamen for the murders]]. Once the truth is revealed, ''no one'' mourns his death, with even Runa being forced to admit that Hiro never loved her.
** Kotoba Gaikoku, who can die if the right choices aren't made, also counts. His perverted antics don't win him many friends, but what really puts him into this category was that [[StalkerWithACrush he was stalking Momoko]]. Momoko chose him as the third accomplice in her murder plan(which she'd claimed was a prank), alongside her primary targets, Hiro and Kamen (whom she intended to kill and frame for murder, respectively), because he'd be easy to manipulate. It's also suggested that since [[HeKnowsTooMuch Kotoba would have to be disposed of]] in order to prevent anyone from corroborating Kamen's story, Momoko chose him because she wouldn't feel bad about killing him. Even Kotoba's best friend Taiko admits that he deserves much of what he gets, and after learning the full extent of his stalking, Taiko stops trying to defend Kotoba. In the revised version of the ending in which Kotoba lives, Taiko calls Kotoba's actions unforgivable.
* ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'':
** One of the Screaming Author's victims was the very man who brutalised their body and killed them. As their other victim was unintended, it makes it easier to feel pity on them and their horrible circumstances.
** The Killer Peach's victims were all part of a club that was embezzling money out of their company, and one of them was a peeping tom with photos taken non-consensually of his female co-workers. Moreover, when she discovered that their president was responsible for covering up a department store fire that killed twenty people, they brutally murdered her and hid the body. Suffice to say, Akira has no sympathy for what they went through at her hands.
* In ''VisualNovel/MurderByNumbers2020'', Dick Stanford was a terrible person and abusive to his co-worker Kathleen, and Blake was cheating on his wife.

** Genjiro Kaneda, the murder victim in the second case of ''The Girl Who Stands Behind'', is described by the investigator at the police agency as a “master con-artist”, swindling peoples’ livelihoods and (in the case of Uchida) forcing them to declare bankruptcy if they can’t pay him back. His body is left with multiple, savage stab wounds, signifying the murderer’s genuine hatred for the man.
** While some people feel sorry for them, nobody mourns [[spoiler:Goro Kaneda]] after they are murdered.

** Kotoba Gaikoku, who can die if the right choices aren't made, also counts. His perverted antics don't win him many friends, but what really puts him into this category was that [[StalkerWithACrush he was stalking Momoko]]. Momoko chose him as the third accomplice in her murder plan(which she'd claimed was a prank), alongside her primary targets, Hiro and Kamen (whom she intended to kill and frame for murder, respectively), because he'd be easy to manipulate. It's also suggested that since [[HeKnowsTooMuch Kotoba would have to be disposed of]] in order to prevent anyone from corroborating Kamen's story, Momoko chose him because she wouldn't feel bad about killing him. Even Kotoba's best friend Taiko admits that he deserves much of what he gets, and after learning the full extent of his stalking, Taiko stops trying to defend Kotoba.

* ''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta'' has Yosuke Suzumi as a [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]] example. [[spoiler:Before Saya altered his brain to give him the [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness same condition as Fuminori]], he seemed to be a nice and normal family man, showing concern for Fuminori and offering to clean his house[[note]]Though Fuminori thinks this is only because he fears it will affect his perfect image of his house[[/note]]. You might even feel sorry for him when his condition causes him to unknowingly kill his wife and child under the belief they were hostile aliens. However, whatever kindness he had once is completely gone by the time the insane Yosuke meets Saya personally, being willing to rape what he thinks is a defenseless human girl, thus leaving the reader unlikely to sympathize with him when Fuminori kills him.]]

*** While some people feel sorry for them, nobody mourns [[spoiler:Goro Kaneda]] after they are murdered.

*** While Angie Yonaga is a cheery and friendly young woman, she also ended up leading a cult that ended up ruling the school with an iron fist, even if her motives for the cult were pure, her behaviour is so passive aggressive and repressive that many weren't exactly torn up when her reign over the school came to an abrupt end as a result of running into Korekiyo at the wrong place at the wrong time. That being said Angie for all her flaws was still ultimately a moral person who just wanted to stop the killing game.

*** Miu Iruma is TheFriendNobodyLikes due to her constant insulting of others and abrasive behaviour, and several students admitted to the fact that they probably wouldn't have been friends with her even if they hadn't met in a killing game. In addition, had she not been the victim of Chapter Four, she would have killed Kokichi and framed Kaito for the murder, possibly leading the other students to their deaths, though she did have [[TheNeedsOfTheMany altruistic reasons]] for attempting to murder Kokichi. Lampshaded when Tsumugi, who'd felt bad about Miu's death despite disliking her, says she's no longer sure what to think (although given later revelations about Tsumugi, the entire thing seems to be a lie).
*** Miu wanted to kill Kokichi because he was the ''one'' student liked less than her, due to his TheGadfly nature and habit of continually lying his ass off. He only gets less liked when he gets [[GentleGiant Gonta]] killed by manipulating him into killing Miu, though his reputation is somewhat redeemed after his own death, where it's proven he was GoodAllAlong.

*** The other victim of the case, Tenko Chabashira may at first appear to be this due to constantly hating on the boys unfairly (for example she knockdown Shuichi out cold during their first free time event) and her borderline StalkerWithACrush nature when it comes to Himiko Yumeno which the girl doesn't appear to be into... that is, until her death when we find out she was a near complete subversion and was trying to get Himiko to get out of her shell, (albeit not for the purist reasons at first) and the killer who arranged her death is far less sympathetic.

** YMMV in regards to Tokiomi Tohsaka in the prequel, ''Anime/FateZero''. Because he is only allowed a single successor(his elder daughter Rin) he decides to give his younger daughter Sakura to the Matous so both his children can become mages, and is thus responsible for all the hell she is put through. He even tells Kariya that he'd be fine with Rin and Sakura fighting each other in the next Grail War. At best, he is a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter, but if he knew...

** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' has a couple of these
*** Monokid is the first of the Monokubs to be destroyed, courtesy of Monodam shoving him into the line of fire during Kaede's execution in Chapter 1. As an unrepentant hellraiser who was loud and obnoxious to everyone, it's safe to say that he won't be missed by anyone
*** Miu Iruma is TheFriendNobodyLikes due to her constant [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil verbally and sexually abusing]] and heckling of others and [[MockingTheMourner abrasive behaviour]], and several students admitted to the fact that they probably wouldn't have been friends with her even if they hadn't met in a killing game. In addition, had she not been the victim of Chapter Four, she would have killed Kokichi and framed Kaito for the murder, possibly leading the other students to their deaths.
*** Miu wanted to kill Kokichi because he was the ''one'' student liked less than her, due to his Jerkass nature and habit of continually lying his ass off. He only gets less liked when he gets [[GentleGiant Gonta]] killed by manipulating him into killing Miu, though his reputation is somewhat redeemed after his own death, where it's proven he was GoodAllAlong. But regardless, the survivors did not show any sympathy to Kokichi after his death due to his constant Jerkassery, Gaslighting, and [[MockingTheMourner Heckling the deceased]].

*** Miu wanted to kill Kokichi because he was the ''one'' student liked less than her, due to his TheGadfly nature and habit of continually lying his ass off. He only gets less liked when he gets [[GentleGiant Gonta]] killed by manipulating him into killing Miu, though his reputation is somewhat redeemed after his own death, where it's proven he was GoodAllAlong. But regardless, the survivors did not show any sympathy to Kokichi after his death due to his constant Jerkassery, Gaslighting, and [[MockingTheMourner Heckling the deceased]].

*** Miu Iruma is TheFriendNobodyLikes due to her constant [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil verbally and sexually abusing]] and heckling of others and [[[[MockingTheMourner abrasive behaviour]], and several students admitted to the fact that they probably wouldn't have been friends with her even if they hadn't met in a killing game. In addition, had she not been the victim of Chapter Four, she would have killed Kokichi and framed Kaito for the murder, possibly leading the other students to their deaths.

*** Miu Iruma is TheFriendNobodyLikes due to her constant insulting of others and abrasive behaviour, and several students admitted to the fact that they probably wouldn't have been friends with her even if they hadn't met in a killing game. In addition, had she not been the victim of Chapter Four, she would have killed Kokichi and framed Kaito for the murder, possibly leading the other students to their deaths, though she did have [[TheNeedsOfTheMany altruistic reasons]] for attempting to murder Kokichi. Lampshaded when Tsumugi, who'd felt bad about Miu's death despite disliking her, says she's no longer sure what to think (although given later revelations about Tsumugi, the entire thing seems to be a lie).
*** Miu wanted to kill Kokichi because he was the ''one'' student liked less than her, due to his TheGadfly nature and habit of continually lying his ass off. He only gets less liked when he gets [[GentleGiant Gonta]] killed by manipulating him into killing Miu, though his reputation is somewhat redeemed after his own death, where it's proven he was GoodAllAlong. But regardless, the survivors did not show any sympathy to Kokichi after his death due to his constant Jerkassery and Gaslighting to them.

*** Monokid is the first of the Monokubs to be destroyed, courtesy of Monodam shoving him into the line of fire during Kaede's execution in Chapter 1. As an unrepentant hellraiser who was loud and obnoxious to everyone, it's safe to say that he won't be missed by anyone.
*** For some, Angie Yonaga is this, while Angie is certainly a cheery and friendly young woman, she also ended up leading a cult that ended up ruling the school with an iron fist, even if her motives for the cult were pure, her behaviour is so passive aggressive and repressive that many weren't exactly torn up when her reign over the school came to an abrupt end as a result of running into Korekiyo at the wrong place at the wrong time. That being said Angie for all her flaws was still ultimately a moral person who just wanted to stop the killing game

*** Miu wanted to kill Kokichi because he was the ''one'' student liked less than her, due to his TheGadfly nature and habit of continually lying his ass off. He only gets less liked when he gets [[GentleGiant Gonta]] killed by manipulating him into killing Miu, though his reputation is somewhat redeemed after his own death, where it's proven he was GoodAllAlong.

*** Hiyoko Saionji, a ''massive'' brat who treated her classmates like garbage (especially [[ShrinkingViolet Tsumiki]]) and had a habit of abusing small animals. It's hard to feel bad for her, even though she never attempted murder herself and just walked in on a murder already underway, leading her to be killed [[HeKnowsTooMuch to be silenced]]. On the other hand, she ''did'' just witness her best friend get murdered and was trying to better herself prior to her own death.

*** Miu Iruma is TheFriendNobodyLikes, and several students admitted to the fact that they probably wouldn't have been friends with her even if they hadn't met in a killing game. In addition, had she not been the victim of Chapter Four, she would have killed Kokichi and framed Kaito for the murder, possibly leading the other students to their deaths, though she did have [[TheNeedsOfTheMany altruistic reasons]] for attempting to murder Kokichi. Lampshaded when Tsumugi, who'd felt bad about Miu's death despite disliking her, says she's no longer sure what to think (although given later revelations about Tsumugi, the entire thing seems to be a lie).

*** Miu wanted to kill Kokichi because he was the ''one'' student liked less than her, due to his TheGadfly nature and habit of continually lying his ass off. He only gets less liked when he gets [[GentleGiant Gonta]] killed by manipulating him into killing Miu, though his reputation is somewhat redeemed after his own death, where it's proven he was GoodAllAlong.

* ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'':

*** Zig-zagged with Sayaka Maizono. On the one hand, she manipulates her old schoolmate Makoto into swapping rooms with her as part of a plot to kill Leon Kuwata and pin the crime on Makoto, which ends with Leon killing her. On the other hand, she did so because she was genuinely scared and worried for her friends and fellow idols and wanted to graduate(not knowing that everyone besides her would die), was implied to have lacked the resolve to see her killing through, and writes a DyingClue that helps exonerate Makoto. Furthermore, while Sayaka attacked first with the intent to kill, Leon goes out of his way to break into the bathroom where she's hiding and kill her after she is unable to fight back. All this [[EstablishingSeriesMoment goes to show how complex and morally gray many of the cast members are in this series.]]
*** Hifumi Yamada. In addition to his perversion and other less than flattering personality traits, he collaborated with Celestia Ludenberg on a plan to kill two people- one each- and graduate together, leading the others to die. Hifumi killed Kiyotaka Ishimaru, and while he did so believing that Kiyotaka had sexually assaulted Celeste and intended on killing Hifumi, he comes off as rather gullible, especially when he doesn't realize that Celeste would want to kill him to wrap up loose ends.

*** Hiyoko Saionji, a ''massive'' brat who treated her classmates like garbage (especially [[ShrinkingViolet Tsumiki]]) and had a habit of abusing small animals. It's hard to feel bad for her, even though she never attempted murder herself and just walked in on a murder already underway, leading her to be killed [[HeKnowsTooMuch to be silenced]].
*** From "Twilight Syndrome", a [[ShowWithinAShow game inside the video game]] that was based on actual events in the characters' lives, the victim, Fuyuhiko's sister Natsumi Kuzuryu, had been bullying Girl D (Mahiru), expecting to get away with it [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections because of her powerful parents]]. Girl D's close friend, Girl E (Sato) confronted the victim, and in a fit of rage, strangled her until she fell unconsciousness, then killed her in order to prevent any possible problems that might arise if she came to.

*** Miu Iruma is a big bitch who always [[KicktheDog abuses her classmates]], and several students admitted to the fact that they probably wouldn't have been friends with her even if they hadn't met in a killing game. In addition, had she not been the victim of Chapter Four, she would have killed Kokichi and framed Kaito for the murder, possibly leading the other students to their deaths, though she did have [[TheNeedsOfTheMany altruistic reasons]] for attempting to murder Kokichi. Lampshaded when Tsumugi, who'd felt bad about Miu's death despite disliking her, says she's no longer sure what to think (although given later revelations about Tsumugi, the entire thing seems to be a lie).
** Even after Kaito reveals Kokichi's plans to fool the mastermind, nobody felt bad for Kokichi, because of his constant gas-lightning, causing Gonta's death, making class trials even harder, and his [[KicktheDog Kick the Dog]] moments.

*** Miu Iruma is TheFriendNobodyLikes, and several students admitted to the fact that they probably wouldn't have been friends with her even if they hadn't met in a killing game. In addition, had she not been the victim of Chapter Four, she would have killed Kokichi and framed Kaito for the murder, possibly leading the other students to their deaths, though she did have [[TheNeedsOfTheMany altruistic reasons]] for attempting to murder Kokichi. Lampshaded when Tsumugi, who'd felt bad about Miu's death despite disliking her, says she's no longer sure what to think (although given later revelations about Tsumugi, the entire thing seems to be a lie).

*** The surviving students even admitted to not feeling any remorse for Kokichi's death, given how he constantly lies, gaslights his classmates, makes racial slurs to Keebo, and manipulated Gonta into killing Miu.

* Dennis from ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'' starts out being portrayed as a HollywoodNerd, and then racks of a string of offenses which include catfishing, stalking, sexual harassment, blackmail, and hacking into government computers. In the end, Dr. Mosely/Zeta shoots him in the head.

** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' had Hifumi Yamada. In addition to his perversion and other less than flattering personality traits, he collaborated with Celestia Ludenberg on a plan to kill two people- one each- and graduate together, leading the others to die. Hifumi killed Kiyotaka Ishimaru, and while he did so believing that Kiyotaka had sexually assaulted Celeste and intended on killing Hifumi, he comes off as rather gullible, especially when he doesn't realize that Celeste would want to kill him to wrap up loose ends.

** Kotoba, who can die if the right choices aren't made, also counts. His perverted antics don't win him many friends, but what really puts him into this category was that [[StalkerWithACrush he was stalking Momoko]]. Momoko chose him as the third accomplice in her murder plan(which she'd claimed was a prank), alongside her primary targets, Hiro and Kamen (whom she intended to kill and frame for murder, respectively), because he'd be easy to manipulate. It's also suggested that since [[HeKnowsTooMuch Kotoba would have to be disposed of]] in order to prevent anyone from corroborating Kamen's story, Momoko chose him because she wouldn't feel bad about killing him. Even Kotoba's best friend Taiko admits that he deserves much of what he gets, and after learning the full extent of his stalking, he stops trying to defend Kotoba.