History ReasonableAuthorityFigure / AnimeAndManga

** After Vesta incriminates Rimuru and Kaijin, King Gazel Dwargo preisdes over the trial until he can't be bothered to pretend that [[KangarooCourt the whole thing isn't a sham]]. He then allows Rimuru and Kaijin to go free and [[WhatTheHellHero calls out Vesta for his own shortsightedness]]. Later, he formally establishes an alliance with Tempest after realizing how powerful a nation it was going to become and frequently offers advice to Rimuru over how to be a proper ruler, both before and after [[spoiler:Rimuru becomes a True Demon Lord]].

** Hamaguchi is in charge at Big Falcon, while he's concerned with stopping the Boazanian invasion force, he also keeps his pilot's circumstances and feelings in mind, like allowing Ippei to have his horse at the base and console the Go brothers over the loss of Kentaro.

* ''Anime/MischievousTwinsTheTalesOfStClares'': Miss Leopold is willing to make exceptions and provide aid to students that deserve it, such as Hillary (who's father suffered financial hardships) and Catherine (who stole, but had good intentions in the end).

* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'': Some militaries don't outright attack wild Digimon and observe them as long as the Digimon do nothing hostile. Special mention goes to the officer leading the Chinese army, who acknowledges that the strange creatures are intelligent and is willing to communicate with them, letting them pass through the country border, knowing that they won't cause any more trouble.

* Captains Kyoraku and Ukitake from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' are this. Unlike the Head Captain Yamamoto (who follows Central 46 orders to the letter, and embodies blind obedience to tradition above all else), these two will take the time to listen to progressive mindsets from their subordinates and non-combatants, give a fair audience to the accused, and even [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight defy tradition and law]] when the situation calls for it. Byakuya also becomes a variation of this after Ichigo helps him resolve an issue he had with two conflicting vows that was the reason he had been compelled to support Rukia's execution despite not wanting her to die. Captain Hitsugaya counts as well, since he realizes that something is amiss, and eventually sets out to find the Central 46 and stop the execution rather than see the Seireitei fall into chaos.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'':
** Pretty much everyone in Judgment and Antiskill are this in the anime of ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' and ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun''. In ''Railgun'' it's not so surprising that Kuroko and Uiharu from Judgment (and by extension, their mentor) are reasonable authority figures since they're in the main cast, but Aiho and Tsuzuri from Antiskill count even for ''Railgun''. They're not major characters, and they'll stop the characters from doing things they shouldn't be, but when push comes to shove, they'll even [[spoiler:ignore orders from the conspiracy in order to act as TheCavalry]]. Antiskill in general, while often incapable of doing their job without the heroes, are savvy enough to help keep things clear for them, trusting that the middle and high schoolers will take care of things.

* Mr. Colbert from ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'', eager to commit treason in order to help his students.

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': When Akira first brings in a strange relic from the Kuzusuhara Ruins, he's outraged that Nojima, the clerk at the relic exchange office, only gives him 300 aurum for it: barely enough for a meal. Even after Akira is tempted to pull a gun on him, Nojima tells him that his anger is understandable and to come back tomorrow after the relic is fully appraised. When Akira does return, the clerk hands him 200,000 aurum for the relic along with the relic he just brought in. Given the number of shady figures in the office the first time, it's implied that Nojima purposefully withheld payment to protect Akira from those who would mug or kill him for the money.

* Pretty much everyone in Judgment and Antiskill are this in the anime of ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' and ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun''. In ''Railgun'' it's not so surprising that Kuroko and Uiharu from Judgment (and by extension, their mentor) are reasonable authority figures since they're in the main cast, but Aiho and Tsuzuri from Antiskill count even for ''Railgun''. They're not major characters, and they'll stop the characters from doing things they shouldn't be, but when push comes to shove, they'll even [[spoiler:ignore orders from the conspiracy in order to act as TheCavalry]]. Antiskill in general, while often incapable of doing their job without the heroes, are savvy enough to help keep things clear for them, trusting that the middle and high schoolers will take care of things.

** Though exactly how "reasonable" it is to automatically believe and trust in all of [[PersonOfMassDestruction Sousuke's]] [[ComedicSociopathy actions]] is debatable, ''especially'' among the other students.
*** In the light novels, it turns out he's actually figured out that Sousuke is a soldier for Mithril, so that could potentially have something to do with it.

*** Keiichi's father, Ichiro Maebara (who only really consistently appears in the manga) is this, to a much lesser extent than the above. He fully supports Keiichi's efforts in Satoko, regardless the fallout his family faces; on the other hand, he also makes sure to let Keiichi know that he should not resort to violence to save his friend and instead handle it the right way.

* The Time-Space Administration Bureau at the start of ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' is a surprisingly understanding and helpful instance of TheFederation. They're perfectly willing to cooperate with the heroine even though she's JustAKid (it helps that Midchilda apparently lacks age of majority or child labor laws) and are quite understanding of the franchise's numerous [[AntiVillain Anti-Villains]]. Lindy Harlaown is by far the most representative of this...some of the higher-ups, less so. Nanoha's {{Muggle}} parents are also quite understanding and helpful, for a MagicalGirl's parents.

* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' has Konoemon Konoe, the principal of Mahora. All he needs is his granddaughter, a lesbian [[WingedHumanoid half demon]] {{Samurai}}, and a [[WeaselMascot talking ermine]] to show up with a message from a ten-year-old that said ten-year-old's supergenius Chinese descendant from the future is going to use an army of robots to break TheMasquerade, and he sends out for a huge shipment of weapons from the Magic World, and helps organize the [[{{Muggle}} student body]] into a RedshirtArmy.
** It helps that he's at least an amateur [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]] himself, and, being a mage in a RuleOfCool universe, has probably seen weirder in his day.

*** Smoker and Tashigi get to show just how much they are this trope during the Punk Hazard arc. Tashigi is even willing to ''beg'' Trafalgar Law, a pirate, to free her not for herself, but as she tells Smoker, because they cannot go help their comrades or the kidnapped children if they remain in chains. They then direct the rest of the Marines to work with the Straw Hats to evacuate the children before Caesar's gas kills them all.

** The Third Hokage is later on shown to be a deconstruction or subversion; He was ''too'' reasonable. A lot of problems in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'''s world are the result of [[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil Orochimaru]] and [[PoisonousFriend Danzo]] being allowed to do as they pleased, and they all could have been stopped had the Third learned to put his foot down.

* In ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'', Maine warms up to David fairly quickly once he proves himself as an edgerunner in Episode 3. He gives him a fair cut of the eddies as well as a month's supply of immunosuppressants for his Sandevistan. He also becomes a valuable mentor to help David learn the ropes and [[ShipperOnDeck even encourages him to pursue his romantic interest in Lucy]].

* ''Manga/OnePiece'' has former Fleet Admiral Sengoku. You'd think that, being in charge of the [[LawfulEvil Navy]], he would be one of the most evil characters in the series -- but he genuinely puts the safety of the world first. His superiors in the World Government, as well as his successor, on the other hand...
** [[spoiler:Former]] [[AnIcePerson Admiral Aokiji]] and [[ThePatriarch Vice Admiral Garp]] are also examples. They're harsh on pirates but will go out of their way to protect civilians. Likewise for Vice-Admiral Smoker and Captain Tashigi, Captain Coby, and even more so with the brief character Commander Ripper from the Captain Morgan arc... really, despite the fact that many Marines are LawfulEvil, there are some LawfulGood ones as well.