History Main / ThePoorlyChosenOne

* Inverted in 'LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsA VillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom''. In the ''Fortune Lover 2'' arc, we learn that [[spoiler:in said sequel, Katarina Claes is supposed to wield the Dark Covenant and spread evil with a Dark Familiar -Cerberus- by her side as the Chosen Champion Of Darkness]]. By this point in the series, [[spoiler:the real Katarina has firmly established herself in the opposite different alignment from that, and would be more likely to kiss the Chosen Champion of Light -Maria, who holds the Light Covenant- than to menace her.

* In the Fortune Hunter 2 arc of My Next Life As A Villainess; All Routes Lead To Doom we learn that Katerina Class is supposed to wield the Book Of Darkness and spread Evil with a Dark Familiar by her side as the Chosen Champion Of Darkness. By this point in the series Katerina has firmly established herself as being of different alignment from that and would be more likely to kiss the Chosen Champion of Light then to menace her.

A SubTrope of UnfitForGreatness. May overlap with ThreadOfProphecySevered.

* In the Fortune Hunter 2 arc of My Next Life As A Villainess; All Routes Lead To Doom we learn that Katerina Class is supposed to wield the Book Of Darkness and spread Evil with a Dark Familiar by her side as the Chosen Champion Of Darkness. By this point in the series Katerina has firmly established herself as being of different alignment from that and would be more likely to kiss the Choosen Champion of Light then to menace her.

* ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'': King Knight is this in his prequel story "King Of Cards." Lauded as a hero who will save the land by the people he meets, they somehow miss the fact that at his core, King Knight is a vain brute whose only goal is to become a king. Naturally, the moment the opportunity presents itself via the Enchantress's offer, King Knight kicks all his allies and admirers to the proverbial curb, helping to kick off the conquest of the valley.

* ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'': King Knight is this in his prequel story "King Of Cards." Lauded as a hero by the people he meets who will save the land, they somehow miss the fact that at his core King Knight is a vain brute whose only goal is to become a king. Naturally the moment the opportunity presents itself via the Enchantress's offer, King Knight kicks all his allies and admirers to the proverbial curb, helping to kick off the conquest of the valley.

* Discussed in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia''. According to various people, there were many Chosen Ones before Colette, but they died at some point in their journeys. [[spoiler:And even the Chosen Ones who succeeded in their pilgrimages ultimately failed in their actual goal -- bringing peace to everything -- [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption because their messiah of order went insane millennia ago and uses their efforts to bring suffering to another world]], [[ViciousCycle who then perform their own pilgrimages to alleviate their world's suffering by forking it back]]. Soon after, the Chosen Ones are used as test subjects for body-swapping, but none have succeeded. Collette is the final test subject and is successfully possessed against her will by her goddess, only to lose cohesion mere moments later, but only because her goddess ''made'' her fail at becoming a meat puppet so she could succeed at becoming the sidekick of the messiah of freedom.]]

* In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' saga, Anakin Skywalker, believed to be the Chosen One, falls to the Dark Side, turns into a Sith and becomes Darth Vader. It's ultimately subverted when years later, he's redeemed by his son and kills Emperor Palpatine, ending the Sith and bringing balance to the Force at last. [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation Though it can also be argued]] that by eliminating the Jedi and Sith of old and making way for new organizations to take their places, it was never really a subversion in the first.

* In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' saga, Anakin Skywalker, believed to be the Chosen One, falls to the Dark Side, turns into a Sith and becomes Darth Vader. It's ultimately subverted when years later, he's redeemed by his son and kills Emperor Palpatine, ending the Sith and bringing balance to the Force at last.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'': Megamind randomly chooses Hal Stewart, a lazy and unmotivated {{Manchild}}, to be Metro Man's successor. Unfortunately, Hal only wants to be a hero to impress his crush, Roxanne, and when that doesn't work out, he decides to use his powers for evil instead, [[YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood which Megamind calls him out on]].

* In ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'', Ren, Itsuki, Motoyasu and Naofumi are [[TrappedInAnotherWorld brought to the Fantasyland of Melromarc as the Four Cardinal Heroes]], them being the Sword, Bow, Spear and Shield Heroes respectively. Ren, Itsuki and Motoyasu are handed everything they could ever need and are treated with reverence (the Three Heroes Church even believing them to be gods) while Naofumi is [[HeroWithBadPublicity treated like a devil]] by virtue of being the Shield Hero and [[FalseRapeAccusation falsely accused of rape]] by Princess Malty ForTheEvulz. As time goes on however, it is proven that while Naofumi proves to be a competent and compassionate (albeit [[JadeColoredGlasses cynical]]) hero who slowly wins over the people, Ren, Itsuki and Motoyasu's clashing egos and tendency to treat the world like it's a game lead to their [[NiceJobBreakingItHero idiot heroics only making things worse]]. It got to the point that the church that worshiped the Heroes of the Sword, Spear, and Bow elects to brand them as "fake" and kill them all simply because of their incompetence. [[spoiler: Finally, their decision to release a powerful monster just to prove a point and then failing to defeat it and causing a disaster of epic proportions which then utterly '''destroyed''' what little faith people had left in them.]] The reason Naofumi surpasses them is that the ritual which summoned the Heroes interfered with the ability of the Weapons to choose an ideal wielder. The Shield was able to choose the perfect match while the other Weapons had to make due with lesser wielders.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' [[RevengeFic salt fic]] ''FanFic/LadyBugOut'':
** Adrien. While chosen in hopes of granting the LonelyRichKid some freedom, he proceeds to treat protecting Paris as just a game, more focused on joking around and flirting with his partner. What's worse, he convinces himself that since the Black Cat and Ladybug are a matched set, he and Ladybug are meant to be together, acting [[EntitledToHaveYou entitled to her affection]] and insisting that YouCantFightFate. This ultimately leads to him [[spoiler:getting stripped of the ring]] after being repeatedly called out on his bad behavior.
** To a lesser extent, Rena Rouge, Carapace and Queen Bee. Though decent temporary bearers for their respective Miraculouses, their actions ''outside'' of their superhero identities call their trustworthiness into question; thus, three others are chosen as their ''permanent'' bearers. Alya's particularly upset to learn this.
* Adrien is also this in ''Fanfic/LeaveForMendeleiev'' for the same reason. He's [[SkewedPriorities more concerned with]] [[SecretChaser figuring out Ladybug's]] SecretIdentity despite being repeatedly warned against it, because he feels [[EntitledToHaveYou entitled to her and everything about her]]. He also firmly believes that since his partner's [[WorldHealingWave Miraculous Cure]] [[ResetButton repairs the damage done by akumas]], there's no real reason for him to take fighting them ''seriously''. He also [[EvilIsPetty pettily abuses his kwami]] for scolding him about his misbehavior, and is prone to trying to guilt-trip others into doing what he wants by acting like he's '[[HolierThanThou taking the high road]]' and [[DisappointedInYou disappointed by their behavior]].

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* Happens routinely in ''Literature/TheTwelveKingdoms''. Each of the titular kingdoms is rules by an immortal god-king/queen, [[TheChooserOfTheOne chosen by a Kirin]]. Unfortunately, despite the inherently virtuous Kirin always having the best intentions, they DO screw up sometimes, and puts someone on the throne who'll crack under the pressure, turn into a vicious tyrant, or let the kingdom decay while wallowing in base hedonism. Worse, this world runs by FisherKing rules - a poor king leads to natural disasters, droughts and floods, and even monster-invasions. The series starts when the Kirin Keiki tracks down an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent from ''our'' world to be the new Queen of Kei - after his ''previous'' choice ended very, very badly. Considering this track-record, a lot of the kingdom's people are rather worried about this apparent [[TheChosenZero Chosen Zero]]... [[spoiler:If the enthrownment had gone as planned, they would have been correct. It's only a lot of hardship driven character development that made her someone who had a chance to rule sucessfully.]]
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Jiraiya was told as a young man that someday he would mentor a child of prophecy who would either save the world or destroy it. At first, Jiraiya thought it would be Nagato, a war orphan from the Land of Rain who possessed the [[MagicalEye Rinnegan]], a power once wielded by the legendary Sage of Six Paths, and despite the boy's initial fear of his own powers he matured during his training with the help of his fellow students/orphans/friends Yahiko and Konan. Unfortunately, after their training concluded and they parted, Jiraiya lost hope when he learned they all died during their attempts to reform their country. [[spoiler:In reality, only Yahiko died, but something in Konan and Nagato definitely died with him and Nagato became a DarkMessiah as a result]]. Later, he believed it would be Minato, who despite having no bloodline jutsu was TheAce and became the youngest Hokage of the Hidden Leaf...only for him to make a HeroicSacrifice to stop the Nine-Tailed Fox. Ironically, the ''actual'' chosen one, Naruto, was the one Jiraiya had no thought of it being [[spoiler:until shortly before his own death at the hands of Nagato]].

* In ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'', Ren, Itsuki, Motoyasu and Naofumi are [[TrappedInAnotherWorld brought to the Fantasyland of Melromarc as the Four Cardinal Heroes]], them being the Sword, Bow, Spear and Shield Heroes respectively. Ren, Itsuki and Motoyasu are handed everything they could ever need and are treated with reverence (the Three Heroes Church even believing them to be gods) while Naofumi is [[HeroWithBadPublicity treated like a devil]] by virtue of being the Shield Hero and [[FalseRapeAccusation falsely accused of rape]] by Princess Malty ForTheEvulz. As time goes on however, it is proven that while Naofumi proves to be a competent and compassionate (albeit [[JadeColoredGlasses cynical]]) hero who slowly wins over the people, Ren, Itsuki and Motoyasu's clashing egos and tendency to treat the world like it's a game lead to their [[NiceJobBreakingItHero idiot heroics only making things worse]]. It got to the point that the church that worshiped the Heroes of the Sword, Spear, and Bow elects to brand them as "fake" and kill them all simply because of their incompetence. [[spoiler: Finally, their decision to release a powerful monster just to prove a point and then failing to defeat it and causing a disaster of epic proportions which then utterly '''destroyed''' what little faith people had left in them.]] The reason Naofumi surpasses them is that the ritual which summoned the Heroes interfered with the ability of the Weapons to choose an ideal wielder. The Shield was able to choose the perfect match while the other Weapons had to make due with lesser wielders.

* In Creator/ChinaMieville's novel ''Literature/UnLunDun'', the Chosen One gets seriously injured in her first confrontation with the forces of evil, and the character who was meant to be PluckyComicRelief has to save the day.

* Played with Priestess in ''LightNovel/GoblinSlayer'': [[spoiler:{{Top God}}dess Illusion had favored Priestess, but the latter loses her status to no fault of her own, but rather [[KillerGameMaster Illusion being horrible at dice rolls]]. This explains [[TotalPartyKill the disastrous results]] of the Greenhorn Team at the start of the series; however, Priestess is spared [[BigDamnHeroes due to the timely arrival of the titular Goblin Slayer]], which altered her fate, as Illusion had essentially given up on Priestess. In later volumes, Priestess' new ability "[[MySignificantSenseIsTingling Revelation]]" is implied to be a gift previously bestowed upon her by Illusion when she was the goddess' favorite]].
* Alendi from ''Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy'' was supposed to give up the power at the Well of Ascension according to prophecy, but he instead chose to take the power for himself and become the [[EvilOverlord Lord Ruler.]] [[spoiler: At least, that's what we're led to believe. The Lord Ruler was actually Alendi's attendant Rashek who killed him before he could reach the well. We later learn that Alendi was only chosen in the first place because of Ruin's manipulation of the prophecy - and Rashek prevented him from inadvertently dooming the world.]]
* ''[[Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar:]] '' ''Literature/TheRiseOfKyoshi '': The previous Avatar, Kuruk, died at only thirty-three, which left a power vacuum. Jianzhu and Kelsang (Kuruk's earthbending and airbending teachers, respectively) desperately set out to look for his reincarnation only to run into trouble. The Earth Avatar is normally found by using geomancy to keep cutting the land in half to wind up on the Avatar’s door step. Since Kyoshi’s parents were outlaws, this method didn’t work, because when they got to where she was, she was gone. Then they try the Air Nomad method of having the kids play with past Avatar’s toys. She steals one when they come to her village, so they have to try another way. One day, Kuruk’s friends Jianzhu and Kelsang happen upon a kid named Yun hustling adults at pai sho using Kuruk’s odd strategy. They acknowledge that this is shaky evidence, but they're so desperate to find the Avatar and calm the global situation that they declare Yun the Avatar. It’s not until a couple of years later when he’s not able to bend the other elements and Kyoshi starts showing signs of being the Avatar that they realize they picked the wrong kid. [[spoiler:Yun was not happy ''at all'' when he found out the truth and he went on a murderous rampage that was only stopped by his death.]]

* The immortal swordsman Deker from ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' spends centures as a wanderer seeking the "ultimate duel" where a chosen opponent will finally end his life. He forms a rivalry with Jayden, the Red Ranger, assuming the ranger's leader is his fated opponent; At the end of the series, however, Deker survives a prolonged duel against Jayden, only to be killed by [[spoiler:Kevin, the Blue Ranger]].

* In the ''Superteam Handbook'' for TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds, Claire Diamante learned at age 13 that she was the [[ReallyRoyaltyReveal hidden heir]] to a mystic realm and its prophesied champion. She set off to save her people - only to discover that [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome a 13-year-old wasn't the best choice to lead an army or navigate court politics]], especially against her [[TheUsurper very experienced uncle]]. Claire lost, her kingdom was destroyed, and she returned to Earth a [[HeroicBSOD traumatized runaway]] who has only recently [[ResignedToTheCall answered the call]] to again become a hero.

* Discussed in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia''. According to various people, there were many Chosen Ones before Colette, but they died at some point in their journeys. [[spoiler:And even the Chosen Ones who succeeded in their pilgrimages ultimately failed in their actual goal - bringing peace to everything - [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption because their messiah of order went insane millenia ago and uses their efforts to bring suffering to another world]], [[ViciousCycle who then perform their own pilgrimages to alleviate their world's suffering by forking it back]]. Soon after, the Chosen Ones are used as test subjects for body-swapping, but none have succeeded. Collette is the final test subject and is successfully possessed against her will by her goddess, only to lose cohesion mere moments later, but only because her goddess ''made'' her fail at becoming a meat puppet so she could succeed at becoming the sidekick of the messiah of freedom.]]
* During the main quest in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'', the PlayerCharacter visits the Cave of the Nerevarine, where they can meet the shades of several Dunmer who previously attempted to fulfill the Nerevarine Prophecy, but failed and died. (It's implied that there isn't one true [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]] Nerevarine, but that [[MultipleChoiceChosen anyone who fits the initial criteria]] could ''become'' the Nerevarine. These people fit the initial criteria, but died before they could fulfill the prophecy.)
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' reveals the [[SpaceElves asari race]] were this to the [[{{Precursors}} Protheans]], who gave them their advantages over the other races thanks to genetic engineering and [[spoiler:a Prothean Beacon]], believing they would use it to lead the galaxy to oppose the Reapers. Instead, [[WeHaveBecomeComplacent they became complacent]] with merely [[spoiler:using the Beacons knowledge to maintain their superiority, keeping it secret until the Reapers have overrun their homeworld]], by which time [[TheUnchosenOne humanity was leading the war effort]].

* ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'': King Knight is this in his prequel story "King Of Cards." Lauded as a hero by the people he meets who will save the land, they somehow miss the fact that at his core King Knight is a vain brute whose only goal is to become a king. Naturally the moment the opportunity presents itself via the Enchantress's offer, King Knight kicks all his allies and admirers to the proverbial curb, helping to kick off the conquest of the valley.
* All over the backstory of ''VideoGame/TheLastSovereign'' where the whole concept of TheChosenOne gets [[{{Deconstruction}} the living crap kicked out of it]]. The game starts off with you controlling Kai, the chosen of the Goddess Ivala and his companions, Altina the elven sorceress and Simon the grizzled old veteran on their quest to save the world from the Incubus King. 10 minutes in [[DecoyProtagonist Kai gets killed]] and Altina captured, because the ''actual'' protagonist of the game is Simon. Turns out Simon has been futilely escorting ''[[TheChosenMany dozens]]'' of the little losers over the past few years, none of which have been worth a damn (at least one of which died after ''running off a cliff'' in his first battle) and he's getting tired of it. It doesn't help that while the "blessing of the Goddess" grants those who receive it a considerable boost in combat effectiveness, it also causes [[ItsAllAboutMe increased selfishness]], [[ExtremeOmnisexual drastically enhanced libido]] and [[TooDumbToLive severely reduced mental capacity]], not helped by the fact that for some reason the goddess tends to favour [[{{Jerkass}} nasty little self-centered shits]] to start with. When the next level 1 brat who gets assigned to him takes sexual advantage of one of their new companions and rudely brushes Simon off when he tries to stop him, Simon [[RageBreakingPoint has had enough]] and kills the wannabe-hero himself, [[TheUnchosenOne deciding to take the fate of the world into his own hands]].

* In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' saga, Anakin Skywalker, believed to be the Chosen One, falls to the Dark Side, turns into a Sith and becomes Darth Vader. It's ultimately subverted when years later, he's redeemed by his son and kills Palpatine, bringing balance to the Force at last.

* In ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'', Ren, Itsuki, Motoyasu and Naofumi are [[TrappedInAnotherWorld brought to the Fantasyland of Melromarc as the Four Cardinal Heroes]], them being the Sword, Bow, Spear and Shield Heroes respectively. Ren, Itsuki and Motoyasu are handed everything they could ever need and are treated with reverence (the Three Heroes Church even believing them to be gods) while Naofumi is [[HeroWithBadPublicity treated like a devil]] by virtue of being the Shield Hero and [[FalseRapeAccusation falsely accused of rape]] by Princess Malty ForTheEvulz. As time goes on however, it is proven that while Naofumi proves to be a competent and compassionate (albeit [[JadeColoredGlasses cynical]]) hero who slowly wins over the people, Ren, Itsuki and Motoyasu's clashing egos and tendency to treat the world like it's a game lead to their [[NiceJobBreakingItHero idiot heroics only making things worse]]. It got to the point that the church that worshiped the Heroes of the Sword, Spear, and Bow elects to brand them as "fake" and kill them all simply because of their incompetence. [[spoiler: Finally, their decision to release a powerful monster just to prove a point and then failing to defeat it and causing a disaster of epic proportions which then utterly '''destroyed''' what little faith people had left in them.]]

* In ''Fanfic/LeaveForMendeleiev'', Adrien Agreste is [[SkewedPriorities more concerned with]] [[SecretChaser figuring out Ladybug's]] SecretIdentity despite being repeatedly warned against it, because he feels [[EntitledToHaveYou entitled to her and everything about her]]. He also firmly believes that since his partner's [[WorldHealingWave Miraculous Cure]] [[ResetButton repairs the damage done by akumas]], there's no real reason for him to take fighting them ''seriously''. He also [[EvilIsPetty pettily abuses his kwami]] for scolding him about his misbehavior, and is prone to trying to guilt-trip others into doing what he wants by acting like he's '[[HolierThanThou taking the high road]]' and [[DisappointedInYou disappointed by their behavior]].

* The ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' fan comic ''Webcomic/ScarletLady'' revolves around [[AlphaBitch Chloe Bourgeois]] stealing the earrings that would have turned Marinette into Ladybug from her handbag shortly after [[TheChooserOfTheOne Master Fu]] snuck them there (thinking that they belonged to Marinette, were some kind of heirloom or at least expensive, [[EvilIsPetty and looking to annoy her yet again with this theft]]) and putting them on, becoming "Scarlet Lady". Chloe then goes on to make the blood of everybody else in the cast boil through her [[ItsAllAboutMe immense vanity, pettiness]] and [[FakeUltimateHero incompetence]], [[VetinariJobSecurity but because she is literally]] TheOnlyOne who can purify the Akuma, [[VetinariJobSecurity there is absolutely nothing else anybody can do but grit their teeth and deal with her]]. Master Fu, for his part, after finding out the colossal screw-up that is happening, [[NeverMyFault briefly refuses to admit fault]], but later notes that finding out who intercepted the earrings is on his to-do list.

* ''[[Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar:]] '' ''Literature/TheRiseOfKyoshi '': The previous Avatar, Kuruk, died at only thirty-three, which left a power vacuum. Jianzhu and Kelsang (Kuruk's earthbending and airbending teachers, respectively) desperately set out to look for his reincarnation only to run into trouble. The Earth Avatar is normally found by using geomancy to keep cutting the land in half to wind up on the Avatar’s door step. Since Kyoshi’s parents were outlaws, this method didn’t work, because when they got to where she was, she was gone. Then they try the Air Nomad method of having the kids play with past Avatar’s toys. She steals one when they come to her village, so they have to try another way. One day, Kuruk’s friends Jianzhu and Kelsang happen upon a kid named Yun hustling adults at pai sho using Kuruk’s odd strategy. They acknowledge that this is shaky evidence, but they're so desperate to find the Avatar and calm the global situation that they declare Yun the Avatar. It’s not until a couple of years later when he’s not able to bend the other elements and Kyoshi starts showing signs of being the Avatar that they realize they picked the wrong kid.

** Draal is shown to be this in "[[Recap/TrollhuntersS2E11Unbecoming Unbecoming]]" in an alternate timeline where he became the Trollhunter instead of Jim. While Draal is a tough fighter, he lacks the circle of friends to support him like Jim does, [[spoiler:which results in Draal being captured and subsequently killed by the villains as Gunmar and his armies invade Arcadia, the world defenseless without its Trollhunter]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'': Megamind randomly chooses Hal Stewart, a lazy and unmotivated {{Manchild}}, to be Metro Man's successor. Unfortunately, Hal only wants to be a hero to impress Roxanne, the woman he has a crush on, and when that doesn't work out, he decides to use his powers for evil instead [[YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood which Megamind calls him out on]].

* Tai Lung in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda''. His mentor Shifu let the pride he felt for his adoptive son blind him to both Tai Lung's [[StartOfDarkness growing personal issues]] and the possibility that he may not be cut out for the title of Dragon Warrior. As a result, Lung grew up thinking he was entitled to the role and when he was rejected, he... [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge didn't take it well]]. [[spoiler: The big twist is that ''because'' he was such an accomplished and confident martial artist the actual benefits of the title would have been worthless to him anyway; Shifu had badly misunderstood what it meant.]]

* This happens in the ''[[Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar]] '' universe tie in novel, ''Literature/TheRiseOfKyoshi ''. The previous Avatar, Kuruk, died at only thirty-three which leaves a power vacuum. His friends desperately set out to look for his reincarnation only to run into trouble. Normally the Earth Avatar is found by using geomancy to keep cutting the land in half to wind up on the Avatar’s door step. Since Kyoshi’s parents were outlaws, this method didn’t work because when they got to where she was, she was gone. Then they try the Air Nomad method of having the kids play with past Avatar’s toys. She steals one when they come to her village so they have to try another way. One day, Kuruk’s friends Jianzhu and Kelsang happen upon a kid named Yun hustling adults at pai sho using Kuruk’s odd strategy. They acknowledge that this shaky evidence but are so desperate to find the Avatar and calm the global situation that they declare Yun the Avatar. It’s not until a couple of years later when he’s not able to bend the other elements and Kyoshi starts showing signs of being the Avatar that they realized they picked the wrong kid.

* Happens routinely in ''LightNovel/TheTwelveKingdoms''. Each of the titular kingdoms is rules by an immortal god-king/queen, [[TheChooserOfTheOne chosen by a Kirin]]. Unfortunately, despite the inherently virtuous Kirin always having the best intentions, they DO screw up sometimes, and puts someone on the throne who'll crack under the pressue, turn into a vicious tyrant, or let the kingdom decay while wallowing in base hedonism. Worse, this world runs by FisherKing rules - a poor king leads to natural disasters, droughts and floods, and even monster-invasions. The series starts when the Kirin Keiki tracks down an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent from ''our'' world to be the new Queen of Kei - after his ''previous'' choice ended very, very badly. Considering this track-record, a lot of the kingdom's people are rather worried about this apparent [[TheChosenZero Chosen Zero]]... [[spoiler:If the enthrownment had gone as planned, they would have been correct. It's only a lot of hardship driven character development that made her someone who had a chance to rule sucessfully.]]