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* Rider/Iskander from FateZero is a fairly extreme example. Rider is honorable, kind, fair, and his ultimate ability [[ThePowerOfFriendship is powered by friendship]] but his goal is to start World War III so he can conquer the planet. The only character more traditionally heroic is Saber (King Arthur) and the only character more traditionally evil is Angra Mainyu (All The Evils of the World).
** The main human protagonist, Kiritsugu Emiya qualifies for sure. While Kiritsugu wants to use the grail to achieve world peace, is a loving father, and genuinely loves his wife, he knows WarIsHell and has no qualms doing shady or outright cruel things to win. He does have his limits though and he will not kill a innocent civilian, but he also has no qualms capturing someone's fiance, sibling, or blowing up a building to win.
** The main human protagonist, Kiritsugu Emiya qualifies for sure. While Kiritsugu wants to use the grail to achieve world peace, is a loving father, and genuinely loves his wife, he knows WarIsHell and has no qualms doing shady or outright cruel things to win. He does have his limits though and he will not kill a innocent civilian, but he also has no qualms capturing someone's fiance, sibling, or blowing up a building to win.
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* Rider/Iskander from FateZero is a fairly extreme example. Rider is honorable, kind, fair, and his ultimate ability [[ThePowerOfFriendship is powered by friendship]] but his goal is to start World War III so he can conquer the planet. The only character more traditionally heroic is Saber (King Arthur) and the only character more traditionally evil is Angra Mainyu (All The Evils of the World).
**The main human protagonist, protagonist from FateZero, Kiritsugu Emiya qualifies for sure. While Kiritsugu wants to use the grail to achieve world peace, is a loving father, and genuinely loves his wife, he knows WarIsHell and has no qualms doing shady or outright cruel things to win. He does have his limits though and he will not kill a innocent civilian, but he also has no qualms capturing someone's fiance, sibling, or blowing up a building to win.
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* Rider/Iskander from FateZero is a fairly extreme example. Rider is honorable, kind, fair, and his ultimate ability [[ThePowerOfFriendship is powered by friendship]] but his goal is to start World War III and he can conquer the planet. The only character more traditionally heroic is Saber (King Arthur) and the only character more traditionally evil is Angra Mainyu (All The Evils of the World).
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* Rider/Iskander from FateZero is a fairly extreme example. Rider is honorable, kind, fair, and his ultimate ability [[ThePowerOfFriendship is powered by friendship]] but his goal is to start World War III and so he can conquer the planet. The only character more traditionally heroic is Saber (King Arthur) and the only character more traditionally evil is Angra Mainyu (All The Evils of the World).
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*** Adding to that, Yuma was only saved from either dying of an abuse-induced heart attack or becoming [[MagicalGirl one more slave]] to Kyubey in ''Extra Story'' because Oriko had no visions of Kreimhild Gretchen in that timeline, which removes any reason to hunt down Madoka.
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*** [[spoiler: Adding to that, Yuma was only saved from either dying of an abuse-induced heart attack or becoming [[MagicalGirl one more slave]] to Kyubey in ''Extra Story'' because Oriko had no visions of Kreimhild Gretchen in that timeline, which removes any reason to hunt down Madoka.]]
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* Though a fairly brutal WellIntentionedExtremist, Oriko Mikuni of ''Manga/PuellaMagiOrikoMagica'' gets by far the most focus and development of any character, is involved in a conflict where GreyAndGreyMorality is the order of the day, and eventually [[spoiler:wins]]. She's considered the villain due largely to being a CanonForeigner who opposes [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica the original characters]]. Spinoff ''Symmetry Diamond'' [[PetTheDog drops the "Villain" part]].
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* Though a fairly brutal WellIntentionedExtremist, Oriko Mikuni of ''Manga/PuellaMagiOrikoMagica'' gets by far the most focus and development of any character, is involved in a conflict where GreyAndGreyMorality is the order of the day, and eventually [[spoiler:wins]]. She's considered the villain due largely to being a CanonForeigner who opposes [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica the original characters]]. Spinoff ''Symmetry Diamond'' ''Extra Story'' [[PetTheDog drops the "Villain" part]].
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** The main human protagonist, Kiritsugu Emiya qualifies for sure. While Kiritsugu wants to use the grail to achieve world peace, is a loving father, and genuinely loves his wife, he knows WarIsHell and has no qualms doing shady or outright cruel things to win. He does have his limits though and he will not kill a innocent civilian, but he also has no qualms capturing someone's fiance, sibling, or blowing up a building to win.
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* Rider/Iskander from FateZero is a fairly extreme example. Rider is honorable, kind, fair, and his ultimate ability [[ThePowerOfFriendship is powered by friendship]] but his goal is to start World War III and he can conquer the planet. The only character more traditionally heroic is Saber (King Arthur) and the only character more traditionally evil is Angra Mainyu (All The Evils of the World).
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* Aur from ''LightNovel/MaouNoHajimekata'' is a cold and nefarious man, he made a point in his introduction that he absolutely loathes humanity and will do whatever it takes to make them bend over to his will through all kinds of evil Aur plans for them, throughout the series we see he wasn’t joking, he goes on to enact genocide, enslave human settlements, rape women to submission until they start liking it.
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* Light Yagami in ''Manga/DeathNote'', who kills people for his KnightTemplar dreams of a better world [[AGodAmI and godhood]]. He ''consistently'' sees himself as a WellIntentionedExtremist, and is either ignorant or apathetic to the fact that he's crossing {{Moral Event Horizon}}s. During his MotiveRant at the end, he still legitimately seems to believe that he's doing the right thing. He is a purer example of this trope than most, as he is explicitly the BigBad of his series (something backed up by WordOfGod) and it ends with his defeat as he is on the verge of WorldDomination, although this hasn't stopped him [[MisaimedFandom having many RealLife fans who think he was in the right.]]
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* Light Yagami in ''Manga/DeathNote'', who kills people for his KnightTemplar dreams of a better world [[AGodAmI and godhood]]. He ''consistently'' sees himself as a WellIntentionedExtremist, and is either ignorant or apathetic to the fact that he's crossing {{Moral Event Horizon}}s. During his MotiveRant at the end, he still legitimately seems to believe that he's doing the right thing. He Light is a purer example of this trope than most, as he is explicitly the BigBad of his series (something backed up by WordOfGod) rather than a NominalHero fighting a greater menace, and it ends with his defeat as he is on the verge of WorldDomination, although this hasn't stopped him [[MisaimedFandom having many RealLife fans who think he was in the right.]]
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* Light Yagami in ''Manga/DeathNote'', who kills people for his KnightTemplar dreams of a better world [[AGodAmI and godhood]]. He ''consistently'' sees himself as a WellIntentionedExtremist, and is either ignorant or apathetic to the fact that he's crossing {{Moral Event Horizon}}s. [[spoiler:During During his MotiveRant, MotiveRant at the end, he still legitimately seems to believe that he's doing the right thing]].thing. He is a purer example of this trope than most, as he is explicitly the BigBad of his series (something backed up by WordOfGod) and it ends with his defeat as he is on the verge of WorldDomination, although this hasn't stopped him [[MisaimedFandom having many RealLife fans who think he was in the right.]]
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* Though a fairly brutal WellIntentionedExtremist, Oriko Mikuni of ''Manga/PuellaMagiOrikoMagica'' gets by far the most focus and development of any character, is involved in a conflict where GreyAndGreyMorality is the order of the day, and eventually [[spoiler:wins]]. She's considered the villain due largely to being a CanonForeigner who opposes [[PuellaMagiMadokaMagica the original characters]]. Spinoff ''Symmetry Diamond'' [[PetTheDog drops the "Villain" part]].
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* Though a fairly brutal WellIntentionedExtremist, Oriko Mikuni of ''Manga/PuellaMagiOrikoMagica'' gets by far the most focus and development of any character, is involved in a conflict where GreyAndGreyMorality is the order of the day, and eventually [[spoiler:wins]]. She's considered the villain due largely to being a CanonForeigner who opposes [[PuellaMagiMadokaMagica [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica the original characters]]. Spinoff ''Symmetry Diamond'' [[PetTheDog drops the "Villain" part]].
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* ''Anime/MichikoToHatchin'' is about a woman who breaks out of jail and kidnaps the daughter of her old lover so she can lead them to him. Michiko and Hana develop a strong familial bond over the story but she still took her from her ([[AbusiveParents abusive]]) foster parents and is on the run.
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* Momonga/Ainz Ooal Gown from ''LightNovel/Overlord'', upon finding himself in the New World, falls into the role quite naturally, having become his MMO alter-ego - an {{undead}}, {{sorcerous|overlord}} EvilOverlord overseeing a dungeon filled with powerful, human-hating, mostly-evil monsters. His AffablyEvil NobleDemon tendencies help keep audience sympathy, as do the fact that his worse acts tend to be aimed at people rather more despicable than him, and that a DealWithTheDevil with him is usually not only mutually beneficial, but he's also [[IGaveMyWord very serious about keeping his end of the bargain]].
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* Momonga/Ainz Ooal Gown from ''LightNovel/Overlord'', ''LightNovel/{{Overlord}}'', upon finding himself in the New World, falls into the role quite naturally, having become his MMO alter-ego - an {{undead}}, {{sorcerous|overlord}} EvilOverlord overseeing a dungeon filled with powerful, human-hating, mostly-evil monsters. His AffablyEvil NobleDemon tendencies help keep audience sympathy, as do the fact that his worse acts tend to be aimed at people rather more despicable than him, and that a DealWithTheDevil with him is usually not only mutually beneficial, but he's also [[IGaveMyWord very serious about keeping his end of the bargain]].
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* Momonga/Ainz Ooal Gown from ''Light Novel/Overlord'', upon finding himself in the New World, falls into the role quite naturally, having become his MMO alter-ego - an {{undead}}, {{sorcerous|overlord}} EvilOverlord overseeing a dungeon filled with powerful, human-hating, mostly-evil monsters. His AffablyEvil NobleDemon tendencies help keep audience sympathy, as do the fact that his worse acts tend to be aimed at people rather more despicable than him, and that a DealWithTheDevil with him is usually not only mutually beneficial, but he's also [[IGaveMyWord very serious about keeping his end of the bargain]].
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* Momonga/Ainz Ooal Gown from ''Light Novel/Overlord'', ''LightNovel/Overlord'', upon finding himself in the New World, falls into the role quite naturally, having become his MMO alter-ego - an {{undead}}, {{sorcerous|overlord}} EvilOverlord overseeing a dungeon filled with powerful, human-hating, mostly-evil monsters. His AffablyEvil NobleDemon tendencies help keep audience sympathy, as do the fact that his worse acts tend to be aimed at people rather more despicable than him, and that a DealWithTheDevil with him is usually not only mutually beneficial, but he's also [[IGaveMyWord very serious about keeping his end of the bargain]].
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* Momonga/Ainz Ooal Gown from ''LightNovel/Overlord'', upon finding himself in the New World, falls into the role quite naturally, having become his MMO alter-ego - an {{undead}}, {{sorcerous|overlord}} EvilOverlord overseeing a dungeon filled with powerful, human-hating, mostly-evil monsters. His AffablyEvil NobleDemon tendencies help keep audience sympathy, as do the fact that his worse acts tend to be aimed at people rather more despicable than him, and that a DealWithTheDevil with him is usually not only mutually beneficial, but he's also [[IGaveMyWord very serious about keeping his end of the bargain]].
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* Momonga/Ainz Ooal Gown from ''LightNovel/Overlord'', ''Light Novel/Overlord'', upon finding himself in the New World, falls into the role quite naturally, having become his MMO alter-ego - an {{undead}}, {{sorcerous|overlord}} EvilOverlord overseeing a dungeon filled with powerful, human-hating, mostly-evil monsters. His AffablyEvil NobleDemon tendencies help keep audience sympathy, as do the fact that his worse acts tend to be aimed at people rather more despicable than him, and that a DealWithTheDevil with him is usually not only mutually beneficial, but he's also [[IGaveMyWord very serious about keeping his end of the bargain]].
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* The very end of LightNovel/{{Katanagatari}} shows that [[spoiler:Togame]] ''always'' intended to sacrifice people, swords, friends, even her own feelings in a mindless pursuit for revenge. Period, end of story. She still genuinely loves Shichika, and she has [[DarkAndTroubledPast a very good reason for her behavior]], but she never managed to let go of her desire for RevengeBeforeReason, to the point where she often goes against her very nature in order to achieve it.
* ''Manga/MiraiNikki'' is interesting as the true protagonist is reasonably moral (though not truly heroic), but all of his allies seem to have rather questionable morals. One is a terrorist who thinks nothing of blowing up a school while it's occupied, while his closest ally and potential girlfriend is [[{{Yandere}} dangerous]]. [[spoiler: Over the course of the series, he does eventually become more immoral and becomes [[StartOfDarkness as nutty as his girlfriend]]. Many characters call him out on his villainous behaviour as he gets worse and worse.]]
* ''Manga/MiraiNikki'' is interesting as the true protagonist is reasonably moral (though not truly heroic), but all of his allies seem to have rather questionable morals. One is a terrorist who thinks nothing of blowing up a school while it's occupied, while his closest ally and potential girlfriend is [[{{Yandere}} dangerous]]. [[spoiler: Over the course of the series, he does eventually become more immoral and becomes [[StartOfDarkness as nutty as his girlfriend]]. Many characters call him out on his villainous behaviour as he gets worse and worse.]]
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* The very end of LightNovel/{{Katanagatari}} ''LightNovel/{{Katanagatari}}'' shows that [[spoiler:Togame]] ''always'' intended to sacrifice people, swords, friends, even her own feelings in a mindless pursuit for revenge. Period, end of story. She still genuinely loves Shichika, and she has [[DarkAndTroubledPast a very good reason for her behavior]], but she never managed to let go of her desire for RevengeBeforeReason, to the point where she often goes against her very nature in order to achieve it.
*''Manga/MiraiNikki'' ''Manga/FutureDiary'' is interesting as the true protagonist is reasonably moral (though not truly heroic), but all of his allies seem to have rather questionable morals. One is a terrorist who thinks nothing of blowing up a school while it's occupied, while his closest ally and potential girlfriend is [[{{Yandere}} dangerous]]. [[spoiler: Over the course of the series, he does eventually become more immoral and becomes [[StartOfDarkness as nutty as his girlfriend]]. Many characters call him out on his villainous behaviour as he gets worse and worse.]]
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* ''GundamSEED Stargazer'' does this with the pilot of the Strike Noir, Sven Cal Vayan. He is the character with the most focus and the only one that (due to the length of the story) got any degree of backstory. He's also shown to be extremely cold, more than willing to gun down entire crowds of refugees on the off-chance that one is a terrorist, and shows no trace of remorse or grief when a wingman gets killed. He does eventually get better, but not before getting into a ChainedHeat situation with the HeroAntagonist of the series and the pilot of the Stargazer.
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* ''GundamSEED Stargazer'' ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDCE73Stargazer'' does this with the pilot of the Strike Noir, Sven Cal Vayan. He is the character with the most focus and the only one that (due to the length of the story) got any degree of backstory. He's also shown to be extremely cold, more than willing to gun down entire crowds of refugees on the off-chance that one is a terrorist, and shows no trace of remorse or grief when a wingman gets killed. He does eventually get better, but not before getting into a ChainedHeat situation with the HeroAntagonist of the series and the pilot of the Stargazer.
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* ''MyBrideIsAMermaid:'' It's quite easy to forget that Sun and the rest of her family are Yakuza, albeit Yakuza [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything who aren't seen doing any villainy aside from trying to ruin Nagasumi's life]].
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* ''MyBrideIsAMermaid:'' ''Manga/MyBrideIsAMermaid:'' It's quite easy to forget that Sun and the rest of her family are Yakuza, albeit Yakuza [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything who aren't seen doing any villainy aside from trying to ruin Nagasumi's life]].
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* Two of the protagonists in ''Anime/ZankyouNoTerror'' are terrorists who are planting bombs all over Tokyo. [[spoiler: Granted they aren't trying to actually kill anyone .]]
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* Two of the protagonists in ''Anime/ZankyouNoTerror'' ''Anime/TerrorInResonance'' are terrorists who are planting bombs all over Tokyo. [[spoiler: Granted [[spoiler:Granted they aren't trying to actually kill anyone .]]
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* Afro from ''Anime/AfroSamurai'' embodies this trope; while he is always motivated by [[InspectorJavert some narrow view of "justice,"]] nearly every interaction he has with other characters [[spoiler:including his own conscience]] makes it exceedingly clear that he is flat-out in the wrong when it comes to his [[SociopathicHero killing sprees]], which only serve to [[spoiler:further throw off the balance of an already CrapsackWorld.]]
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* Afro from ''Anime/AfroSamurai'' practically embodies this trope; while he is always motivated by [[InspectorJavert some narrow view of "justice,"]] nearly every interaction he has with other characters [[spoiler:including his own conscience]] makes it exceedingly clear that he is flat-out in the wrong when it comes to his [[SociopathicHero killing sprees]], which only serve to [[spoiler:further throw off the balance of an already CrapsackWorld.]]
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* Afro from ''Anime/AfroSamurai'' embodies this trope; while he is always motivated by [[InspectorJavert some narrow view of "justice"]], "justice,"]] nearly every interaction he has with other characters [[spoiler:including his own conscience]] makes it exceedingly clear that he is flat-out in the wrong when it comes to his [[SociopathicHero killing sprees]], which only serve to further [[spoiler:further throw off the balance of an already CrapsackWorld. CrapsackWorld.]]
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* In ''{{Canaan}}'' the main character Canaan is a gun-for-hire that kills mercilessly, [[spoiler:even when her innocent soul mate Maria lays witness to her line of work]]. Albeit her cold personality is softened in Maria's presence.
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* Mayo Sasaki in ''Manga/FushigiYuugi: Eikoden''. While she's not truly ''evil'', she is [[JerkAss extremely selfish and unsympathetic]], and her obsession with stealing Miaka's beloved husband Taka/Tamahome, coupled with her irresponsible behavior, causes a lot of trouble for the warriors of Suzaku.
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* Mayo Sasaki in ''Manga/FushigiYuugi: Eikoden''. While she's not truly ''evil'', she is [[JerkAss [[{{Jerkass}} extremely selfish and unsympathetic]], and her obsession with stealing Miaka's beloved husband Taka/Tamahome, coupled with her irresponsible behavior, causes a lot of trouble for the warriors of Suzaku.
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* Light Yagami in ''Manga/DeathNote'', who kills people for his KnightTemplar dreams of a better world [[AGodAmI and godhood]]. He ''consistently'' sees himself as a WellIntentionedExtremist, and doesn't seem to realise that he's crossing {{Moral Event Horizon}}s. [[spoiler:During his MotiveRant, he still legitimately seems to believe that he's doing the right thing]].
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* Light Yagami in ''Manga/DeathNote'', who kills people for his KnightTemplar dreams of a better world [[AGodAmI and godhood]]. He ''consistently'' sees himself as a WellIntentionedExtremist, and doesn't seem is either ignorant or apathetic to realise the fact that he's crossing {{Moral Event Horizon}}s. [[spoiler:During his MotiveRant, he still legitimately seems to believe that he's doing the right thing]].
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wait, that\'s not even the correct use of this trope. Jerkass =/= villain
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* HaruhiSuzumiya is the main villainess of her series and she really shows it with her evil, sadistic face and overall malevolence.
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* The main protagonists in the WWII [[BlackComedy comedy]] ''HetaliaAxisPowers'' are [[ThoseWackyNazis Germany]], [[UsefulNotes/FascistItaly Italy]], and [[UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan Japan]].
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* The main protagonists in the WWII [[BlackComedy comedy]] ''HetaliaAxisPowers'' ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' are [[ThoseWackyNazis Germany]], [[UsefulNotes/FascistItaly Italy]], and [[UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan Japan]].
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* The eponymous ''Franchise/LupinIII'' [[CaperCrew and his gang]] are the longest-running, most successful, and ''still'' one of the most popular examples of the trope. Whether it's the television series, or the annual MadeForTV movies, the plot always centers on Lupin's pursuit of his next big score, with [[HeroAntagonist Inspector Zenigata]] always hot on his trail to slap the cuffs on 'em.
* Light Yagami in ''Manga/DeathNote'', who kills people for his KnightTemplar dreams of a better world [[AGodAmI and godhood]]. He ''consistently'' sees himself as a WellIntentionedExtremist, and doesn't seem to realise that he's crossing {{Moral Event Horizon}}s. [[spoiler:During his MotiveRant, he still legitimately seems to believe that he's doing the right thing]].
* As it turns out, ''Manga/{{Judge}}'' has this with [[spoiler: Hiro an Hikari, too]]. [[spoiler: He and Hikari created the ''Judge'' game as a sadistic RevengeByProxy towards the jury and judge, who gave the drunk driver who ran over and killed Atsuya a milder sentence.]]
* Lucy from ''Manga/ElfenLied'' is a cold-blooded killer. She has killed armed men and innocent children, for reasons ranging from "trying to kill me" to "You killed my dog" to "I envy your happy, normal life, and I need a place to crash." She [[ColdBloodedTorture kicks people quite sadistically]] when they are down. She hears voices and tries to infest humans with her diclonius genes, which will lead to the extinction of mankind. No effort is spared to let the viewer feel sympathy for her plight. [[spoiler:In the end, she sacrifices herself to save the one guy who was nice to her. [[FridgeLogic And then you look in the fridge]] and realize that by the time the series started, years after her most horrific deeds, she never explicitly killed anyone who was unarguably innocent, and got Mayu, whom she'd never met before, out of harm's way when fighting another diclonius...]]
* Haruko Haraharu is very much the face of ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'', acting as one of the premier {{Manic Pixie Dream Girl}}s in all of media. Energetic, spontaneous and hammy as hell, but manipulative, selfish and ruthless, to the point where there's a distinct LackOfEmpathy. She cements it by trying to feed Naota into the Terminal Core and endangering the Earth's existence out of her desire to absorb Amtosk's infinite power. By the end, however, she's mellowed out considerably. Or at least seen that shes lost this round.
* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'', as a sort of GrandFinale to the ''Puella'' series, elevates [[spoiler:Akemi Homura]] into the position of a GodOfEvil, due to her belief that UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans partly due to her love for her friends. She's also the most proactive character in the movie and the one with the most focus. As ''Puella'' is well-known for its deconstruction of the MagicalGirl genre, [[spoiler:Homura]]'s promotion to protagonist... unfortunately means that she ''[[TheBadGuyWins actually succeeds in her goal]]'' and has to brainwash her friends to get it to work. [[TragicVillain Even she's not happy over it]], [[WellIntentionedExtremist even though she fully believes it was justified and necessary]].
* ''Anime/TransformersArmada'': Starscream was this in Armada and to a lesser extent, Cybertron.
* ''Anime/MDGeist'' is revealed to be a Villain Protagonist (or SociopathicHero) when it turns out he's such a BloodKnight that he's willing to ''start'' the RobotWar he was sent to prevent, just to ensured [[BloodKnight he'll always have strong opponents to fight]]. The second OAV gives strong implications he's still following orders from the Earth Government, who have decided to wipe out the colonists on Jerra and start over.
* Mireille Bouquet from ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' who never questions her job of killing people (although she's more NominalHero).
* The very end of LightNovel/{{Katanagatari}} shows that [[spoiler:Togame]] ''always'' intended to sacrifice people, swords, friends, even her own feelings in a mindless pursuit for revenge. Period, end of story. She still genuinely loves Shichika, and she has [[DarkAndTroubledPast a very good reason for her behavior]], but she never managed to let go of her desire for RevengeBeforeReason, to the point where she often goes against her very nature in order to achieve it.
* ''Manga/MiraiNikki'' is interesting as the true protagonist is reasonably moral (though not truly heroic), but all of his allies seem to have rather questionable morals. One is a terrorist who thinks nothing of blowing up a school while it's occupied, while his closest ally and potential girlfriend is [[{{Yandere}} dangerous]]. [[spoiler: Over the course of the series, he does eventually become more immoral and becomes [[StartOfDarkness as nutty as his girlfriend]]. Many characters call him out on his villainous behaviour as he gets worse and worse.]]
* Tanaka Punie of ''Anime/DaiMahouTouge'' is definitely not as good as her "princess of Magical Land" persona makes her appear to be. Her incantation says it all: "Lyrical Tokarev, kill them all!"
* Yuuhi and Sami, the main duo of ''Manga/TheLuciferAndBiscuitHammer''. Sami has vowed to destroy the Earth herself after saving it from the eponymous hammer, and Yuuhi is extremely loyal to her for that end. The other Knights besides Yuuhi don't know about Sami's intention; Yuuhi and Sami plot to turn against them as soon as the world is saved. [[spoiler:After much CharacterDevelopment for both of them, they get better. Yuuhi eventually 'defeats' Sami, who didn't really want to destroy the Earth at that point, and the two go on to live HappilyEverAfter.]]
* The protagonist, Ryo Narushima, in ''Manga/{{Shamo}}''. He murders his parents in the first 3 pages of the book, and throughout the series commits (or at least attempts to commit) multiple acts of murder and rape.
* Mayo Sasaki in ''Manga/FushigiYuugi: Eikoden''. While she's not truly ''evil'', she is [[JerkAss extremely selfish and unsympathetic]], and her obsession with stealing Miaka's beloved husband Taka/Tamahome, coupled with her irresponsible behavior, causes a lot of trouble for the warriors of Suzaku.
* Yoshitaka, the male lead of ''Manga/HeIsMyMaster'' is a sociopathic pervert with little to no redeeming qualities.
* ''GundamSEED Stargazer'' does this with the pilot of the Strike Noir, Sven Cal Vayan. He is the character with the most focus and the only one that (due to the length of the story) got any degree of backstory. He's also shown to be extremely cold, more than willing to gun down entire crowds of refugees on the off-chance that one is a terrorist, and shows no trace of remorse or grief when a wingman gets killed. He does eventually get better, but not before getting into a ChainedHeat situation with the HeroAntagonist of the series and the pilot of the Stargazer.
* The Count of Monte Cristo aka Edmond Dantes from ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}''. [[spoiler:Especially when the title monster is in control of him.]]
* Alucard from ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' . The first anime leans towards AntiHero, but the manga and OVA series depict him as more of a self-declared monster: terrifying, vicious, and wholly in the business because he loves killing people.
* ''Manga/OokamiNoKuchiWolfsmund'' is a series of tragic stories only connected by the presence of Wolfram and the eponymous border pass that he oversees. As of the first volume, no one has gotten past Wolfsmund alive or unscathed thanks to him.
* Sheila of ''Manga/{{Superior}}'' wants to achieve a future where humans will never again slaughter demons. However, she believes that the war will never end so long as both humans and demons continue to exist. Naturally, her solution is a bit . . . [[WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide final]]. (Exa's near-absolute pacifism provides the jolt she needs to stop killing, at least temporarily, but matters aren't helped by the fact that ''she's'' the one person Exa wants to kill, as vengeance for slaughtering his entire village.)
* ''Manga/TentaiSenshiSunred'' focuses mainly on day-to-day life of the title character's ArchEnemy Vamp of Florsheim and all his EvilMinions. Vamp is a HarmlessVillain (and his minions moreso) and obeys ContractualGenreBlindness, and the whole thing is one long string of VillainsOutShopping. It's very much PlayedForLaughs.
* ''[[Literature/WarriorCats The Rise of Scourge]]'' focuses on bloodthirsty murderer Scourge, as he commits murder, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment murderously]].
* Ling Xiaoyu from ''Film/TekkenBloodVengeance'' is probably ''the'' most heroic example of this trope ''ever'', seeing that she was only in it because her target is a hottie. After her opponent goes out of her way to save her life following a showdown, she pulls a HeelFaceTurn and allies herself with her so they can get to the bottom of what their superiors are really up to.
* ''Manga/ExcelSaga'' is a humorous take on this that can be argued to be an outright parody. The eponymous [[TheDitz Excel]] willingly serves Il Palazzo and his "ideological" organization [[OddlySmallOrganization ACROSS]], whose express goal is to TakeOverTheWorld, but is ''in'' ACROSS ''because'' of [[{{Bishounen}} Il Palazzo]]. Excel's services to ACROSS are marked by her GenkiGirl status mixing with [[AffablyEvil her cheerful]] and often loud proclamations that ACROSS will subjugate [[{{Muggle}} the ignorant masses]] under their will, [[HilarityEnsues alongside her incompetence usually preventing ACROSS from achieving anything substantial towards reaching their goal, all the while showcasing its incredibly quirky humor]] [[PunchClockVillain consisting of attempting to fit in Il Palazzo's plans amidst her and her partner Hyatt's part-time jobs]] due to living in PerpetualPoverty. The humor is, however, [[SuddenDownerEnding toned down quite a lot during the last episodes of the anime]], and is in lower quantity in general in the manga (compared to the anime, which is even ''titled'' 'Quack Experimental Anime: Excel Saga'). In the anime, however, it's more the fact that [[spoiler: Excel was kicked out of ACROSS without her knowing then shot by Il Palazzo, then lost her memory]] than her becoming truly evil. It doesn't stop Excel from totting a large blade down [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight the middle of a street in plain sight]] in the night while cheerfully singing about murdering the author.
* Natsuo of ''Manga/{{Teppu}}'' definitely qualifies. The realistic high school setting of the manga means that she's probably not going to be murdering anyone, but she has demonstrated herself to be ruthless, selfish, arrogant and frequently sadistic. For example, she initiates a fight with her future rival just because she's bored, and her rival's cheerfulness and self-confidence pisses her off. Natsuo has gotten a little less arrogant over the course of the series so far, but otherwise she's still just as much of a bitch as she was at the start.
* In ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' almost all the main characters are villain''ous'', and some arcs (like the first arc, and the initial Roberta arc) sees them take the actual villain's role by doing stuff like kidnapping, or doing stuff like supporting Balalaika, who is the BigBad of the Yakuza arc (with the Washimine clan and Yukio being the closest thing to 'the hero', [[spoiler:up until the point where TheBadGuyWins]]).
* In ''{{Canaan}}'' the main character Canaan is a gun-for-hire that kills mercilessly, [[spoiler:even when her innocent soul mate Maria lays witness to her line of work]]. Albeit her cold personality is softened in Maria's presence.
* [[TheBeautifulElite Iason]] [[BastardBoyfriend Mink]] of ''Lightnovel/AiNoKusabi'' while the {{Deuteragonist}}, is the initial villain of the story because of his [[AbductionIsLove kidnapping]] [[MadeASlave and brutal]] [[RomanticizedAbuse abuse]] of Riki but is ultimately an AntiVillain with TragicVillain traits.
* Michio Yuki from ''{{Manga/MW}}''. He is the main focus on the manga as he spends his time committing murder, not to mention collecting ransom money on his victims. He also crossdress women in his plot. His goal is to find MW and use it to end the world in vengeance for his own mortality.
* ''MyBrideIsAMermaid:'' It's quite easy to forget that Sun and the rest of her family are Yakuza, albeit Yakuza [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything who aren't seen doing any villainy aside from trying to ruin Nagasumi's life]].
* Yes she's adorable, but Ika Musume from ''Manga/ShinryakuIkaMusume'' ''is'' trying to conquer the surface world. She's just really, really bad at it.
* Chimera Ant King Meryem from ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' receives so much CharacterDevelopment and focus during the Chimera Ant Arc that he ends up being this and the BigBad at the same time.
* Though a fairly brutal WellIntentionedExtremist, Oriko Mikuni of ''Manga/PuellaMagiOrikoMagica'' gets by far the most focus and development of any character, is involved in a conflict where GreyAndGreyMorality is the order of the day, and eventually [[spoiler:wins]]. She's considered the villain due largely to being a CanonForeigner who opposes [[PuellaMagiMadokaMagica the original characters]]. Spinoff ''Symmetry Diamond'' [[PetTheDog drops the "Villain" part]].
** [[spoiler: 'Wins' is a very generous interpretation of events given Homura's SaveScumming. The best case scenario is that this single timeline is safe, providing it continues to exist after Homura hits the reset, but FridgeHorror sets in when you start to wonder why Oriko doesn't appear in any of the other timelines. Given that 'save Madoka' is Homura's entire reason for continuing to exist, once she is fully aware that Oriko's goal is to kill Madoka, the answer becomes clear. Homura assassinates Oriko in every future timeline, ending the threat before it starts.]]
* The main protagonists in the WWII [[BlackComedy comedy]] ''HetaliaAxisPowers'' are [[ThoseWackyNazis Germany]], [[UsefulNotes/FascistItaly Italy]], and [[UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan Japan]].
* While Kurosu in ''Manga/AnaSatsujin'' may not be a perfect example of this, he does count solely because of who his girlfriend is: Miyaichi, a not only unrepentant, but proud serial killer, who definitely does count. He counts because he finds this out ''before'' he decides to start dating her, and while not agreeing with her activities, doesn't do much to stop her and sticks with her after she starts roping him into helping her with her kills.
* Two of the protagonists in ''Anime/ZankyouNoTerror'' are terrorists who are planting bombs all over Tokyo. [[spoiler: Granted they aren't trying to actually kill anyone .]]
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* Light Yagami in ''Manga/DeathNote'', who kills people for his KnightTemplar dreams of a better world [[AGodAmI and godhood]]. He ''consistently'' sees himself as a WellIntentionedExtremist, and doesn't seem to realise that he's crossing {{Moral Event Horizon}}s. [[spoiler:During his MotiveRant, he still legitimately seems to believe that he's doing the right thing]].
* As it turns out, ''Manga/{{Judge}}'' has this with [[spoiler: Hiro an Hikari, too]]. [[spoiler: He and Hikari created the ''Judge'' game as a sadistic RevengeByProxy towards the jury and judge, who gave the drunk driver who ran over and killed Atsuya a milder sentence.]]
* Lucy from ''Manga/ElfenLied'' is a cold-blooded killer. She has killed armed men and innocent children, for reasons ranging from "trying to kill me" to "You killed my dog" to "I envy your happy, normal life, and I need a place to crash." She [[ColdBloodedTorture kicks people quite sadistically]] when they are down. She hears voices and tries to infest humans with her diclonius genes, which will lead to the extinction of mankind. No effort is spared to let the viewer feel sympathy for her plight. [[spoiler:In the end, she sacrifices herself to save the one guy who was nice to her. [[FridgeLogic And then you look in the fridge]] and realize that by the time the series started, years after her most horrific deeds, she never explicitly killed anyone who was unarguably innocent, and got Mayu, whom she'd never met before, out of harm's way when fighting another diclonius...]]
* Haruko Haraharu is very much the face of ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'', acting as one of the premier {{Manic Pixie Dream Girl}}s in all of media. Energetic, spontaneous and hammy as hell, but manipulative, selfish and ruthless, to the point where there's a distinct LackOfEmpathy. She cements it by trying to feed Naota into the Terminal Core and endangering the Earth's existence out of her desire to absorb Amtosk's infinite power. By the end, however, she's mellowed out considerably. Or at least seen that shes lost this round.
* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'', as a sort of GrandFinale to the ''Puella'' series, elevates [[spoiler:Akemi Homura]] into the position of a GodOfEvil, due to her belief that UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans partly due to her love for her friends. She's also the most proactive character in the movie and the one with the most focus. As ''Puella'' is well-known for its deconstruction of the MagicalGirl genre, [[spoiler:Homura]]'s promotion to protagonist... unfortunately means that she ''[[TheBadGuyWins actually succeeds in her goal]]'' and has to brainwash her friends to get it to work. [[TragicVillain Even she's not happy over it]], [[WellIntentionedExtremist even though she fully believes it was justified and necessary]].
* ''Anime/TransformersArmada'': Starscream was this in Armada and to a lesser extent, Cybertron.
* ''Anime/MDGeist'' is revealed to be a Villain Protagonist (or SociopathicHero) when it turns out he's such a BloodKnight that he's willing to ''start'' the RobotWar he was sent to prevent, just to ensured [[BloodKnight he'll always have strong opponents to fight]]. The second OAV gives strong implications he's still following orders from the Earth Government, who have decided to wipe out the colonists on Jerra and start over.
* Mireille Bouquet from ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' who never questions her job of killing people (although she's more NominalHero).
* The very end of LightNovel/{{Katanagatari}} shows that [[spoiler:Togame]] ''always'' intended to sacrifice people, swords, friends, even her own feelings in a mindless pursuit for revenge. Period, end of story. She still genuinely loves Shichika, and she has [[DarkAndTroubledPast a very good reason for her behavior]], but she never managed to let go of her desire for RevengeBeforeReason, to the point where she often goes against her very nature in order to achieve it.
* ''Manga/MiraiNikki'' is interesting as the true protagonist is reasonably moral (though not truly heroic), but all of his allies seem to have rather questionable morals. One is a terrorist who thinks nothing of blowing up a school while it's occupied, while his closest ally and potential girlfriend is [[{{Yandere}} dangerous]]. [[spoiler: Over the course of the series, he does eventually become more immoral and becomes [[StartOfDarkness as nutty as his girlfriend]]. Many characters call him out on his villainous behaviour as he gets worse and worse.]]
* Tanaka Punie of ''Anime/DaiMahouTouge'' is definitely not as good as her "princess of Magical Land" persona makes her appear to be. Her incantation says it all: "Lyrical Tokarev, kill them all!"
* Yuuhi and Sami, the main duo of ''Manga/TheLuciferAndBiscuitHammer''. Sami has vowed to destroy the Earth herself after saving it from the eponymous hammer, and Yuuhi is extremely loyal to her for that end. The other Knights besides Yuuhi don't know about Sami's intention; Yuuhi and Sami plot to turn against them as soon as the world is saved. [[spoiler:After much CharacterDevelopment for both of them, they get better. Yuuhi eventually 'defeats' Sami, who didn't really want to destroy the Earth at that point, and the two go on to live HappilyEverAfter.]]
* The protagonist, Ryo Narushima, in ''Manga/{{Shamo}}''. He murders his parents in the first 3 pages of the book, and throughout the series commits (or at least attempts to commit) multiple acts of murder and rape.
* Mayo Sasaki in ''Manga/FushigiYuugi: Eikoden''. While she's not truly ''evil'', she is [[JerkAss extremely selfish and unsympathetic]], and her obsession with stealing Miaka's beloved husband Taka/Tamahome, coupled with her irresponsible behavior, causes a lot of trouble for the warriors of Suzaku.
* Yoshitaka, the male lead of ''Manga/HeIsMyMaster'' is a sociopathic pervert with little to no redeeming qualities.
* ''GundamSEED Stargazer'' does this with the pilot of the Strike Noir, Sven Cal Vayan. He is the character with the most focus and the only one that (due to the length of the story) got any degree of backstory. He's also shown to be extremely cold, more than willing to gun down entire crowds of refugees on the off-chance that one is a terrorist, and shows no trace of remorse or grief when a wingman gets killed. He does eventually get better, but not before getting into a ChainedHeat situation with the HeroAntagonist of the series and the pilot of the Stargazer.
* The Count of Monte Cristo aka Edmond Dantes from ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}''. [[spoiler:Especially when the title monster is in control of him.]]
* Alucard from ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' . The first anime leans towards AntiHero, but the manga and OVA series depict him as more of a self-declared monster: terrifying, vicious, and wholly in the business because he loves killing people.
* ''Manga/OokamiNoKuchiWolfsmund'' is a series of tragic stories only connected by the presence of Wolfram and the eponymous border pass that he oversees. As of the first volume, no one has gotten past Wolfsmund alive or unscathed thanks to him.
* Sheila of ''Manga/{{Superior}}'' wants to achieve a future where humans will never again slaughter demons. However, she believes that the war will never end so long as both humans and demons continue to exist. Naturally, her solution is a bit . . . [[WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide final]]. (Exa's near-absolute pacifism provides the jolt she needs to stop killing, at least temporarily, but matters aren't helped by the fact that ''she's'' the one person Exa wants to kill, as vengeance for slaughtering his entire village.)
* ''Manga/TentaiSenshiSunred'' focuses mainly on day-to-day life of the title character's ArchEnemy Vamp of Florsheim and all his EvilMinions. Vamp is a HarmlessVillain (and his minions moreso) and obeys ContractualGenreBlindness, and the whole thing is one long string of VillainsOutShopping. It's very much PlayedForLaughs.
* ''[[Literature/WarriorCats The Rise of Scourge]]'' focuses on bloodthirsty murderer Scourge, as he commits murder, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment murderously]].
* Ling Xiaoyu from ''Film/TekkenBloodVengeance'' is probably ''the'' most heroic example of this trope ''ever'', seeing that she was only in it because her target is a hottie. After her opponent goes out of her way to save her life following a showdown, she pulls a HeelFaceTurn and allies herself with her so they can get to the bottom of what their superiors are really up to.
* ''Manga/ExcelSaga'' is a humorous take on this that can be argued to be an outright parody. The eponymous [[TheDitz Excel]] willingly serves Il Palazzo and his "ideological" organization [[OddlySmallOrganization ACROSS]], whose express goal is to TakeOverTheWorld, but is ''in'' ACROSS ''because'' of [[{{Bishounen}} Il Palazzo]]. Excel's services to ACROSS are marked by her GenkiGirl status mixing with [[AffablyEvil her cheerful]] and often loud proclamations that ACROSS will subjugate [[{{Muggle}} the ignorant masses]] under their will, [[HilarityEnsues alongside her incompetence usually preventing ACROSS from achieving anything substantial towards reaching their goal, all the while showcasing its incredibly quirky humor]] [[PunchClockVillain consisting of attempting to fit in Il Palazzo's plans amidst her and her partner Hyatt's part-time jobs]] due to living in PerpetualPoverty. The humor is, however, [[SuddenDownerEnding toned down quite a lot during the last episodes of the anime]], and is in lower quantity in general in the manga (compared to the anime, which is even ''titled'' 'Quack Experimental Anime: Excel Saga'). In the anime, however, it's more the fact that [[spoiler: Excel was kicked out of ACROSS without her knowing then shot by Il Palazzo, then lost her memory]] than her becoming truly evil. It doesn't stop Excel from totting a large blade down [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight the middle of a street in plain sight]] in the night while cheerfully singing about murdering the author.
* Natsuo of ''Manga/{{Teppu}}'' definitely qualifies. The realistic high school setting of the manga means that she's probably not going to be murdering anyone, but she has demonstrated herself to be ruthless, selfish, arrogant and frequently sadistic. For example, she initiates a fight with her future rival just because she's bored, and her rival's cheerfulness and self-confidence pisses her off. Natsuo has gotten a little less arrogant over the course of the series so far, but otherwise she's still just as much of a bitch as she was at the start.
* In ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' almost all the main characters are villain''ous'', and some arcs (like the first arc, and the initial Roberta arc) sees them take the actual villain's role by doing stuff like kidnapping, or doing stuff like supporting Balalaika, who is the BigBad of the Yakuza arc (with the Washimine clan and Yukio being the closest thing to 'the hero', [[spoiler:up until the point where TheBadGuyWins]]).
* In ''{{Canaan}}'' the main character Canaan is a gun-for-hire that kills mercilessly, [[spoiler:even when her innocent soul mate Maria lays witness to her line of work]]. Albeit her cold personality is softened in Maria's presence.
* [[TheBeautifulElite Iason]] [[BastardBoyfriend Mink]] of ''Lightnovel/AiNoKusabi'' while the {{Deuteragonist}}, is the initial villain of the story because of his [[AbductionIsLove kidnapping]] [[MadeASlave and brutal]] [[RomanticizedAbuse abuse]] of Riki but is ultimately an AntiVillain with TragicVillain traits.
* Michio Yuki from ''{{Manga/MW}}''. He is the main focus on the manga as he spends his time committing murder, not to mention collecting ransom money on his victims. He also crossdress women in his plot. His goal is to find MW and use it to end the world in vengeance for his own mortality.
* ''MyBrideIsAMermaid:'' It's quite easy to forget that Sun and the rest of her family are Yakuza, albeit Yakuza [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything who aren't seen doing any villainy aside from trying to ruin Nagasumi's life]].
* Yes she's adorable, but Ika Musume from ''Manga/ShinryakuIkaMusume'' ''is'' trying to conquer the surface world. She's just really, really bad at it.
* Chimera Ant King Meryem from ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' receives so much CharacterDevelopment and focus during the Chimera Ant Arc that he ends up being this and the BigBad at the same time.
* Though a fairly brutal WellIntentionedExtremist, Oriko Mikuni of ''Manga/PuellaMagiOrikoMagica'' gets by far the most focus and development of any character, is involved in a conflict where GreyAndGreyMorality is the order of the day, and eventually [[spoiler:wins]]. She's considered the villain due largely to being a CanonForeigner who opposes [[PuellaMagiMadokaMagica the original characters]]. Spinoff ''Symmetry Diamond'' [[PetTheDog drops the "Villain" part]].
** [[spoiler: 'Wins' is a very generous interpretation of events given Homura's SaveScumming. The best case scenario is that this single timeline is safe, providing it continues to exist after Homura hits the reset, but FridgeHorror sets in when you start to wonder why Oriko doesn't appear in any of the other timelines. Given that 'save Madoka' is Homura's entire reason for continuing to exist, once she is fully aware that Oriko's goal is to kill Madoka, the answer becomes clear. Homura assassinates Oriko in every future timeline, ending the threat before it starts.]]
* The main protagonists in the WWII [[BlackComedy comedy]] ''HetaliaAxisPowers'' are [[ThoseWackyNazis Germany]], [[UsefulNotes/FascistItaly Italy]], and [[UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan Japan]].
* While Kurosu in ''Manga/AnaSatsujin'' may not be a perfect example of this, he does count solely because of who his girlfriend is: Miyaichi, a not only unrepentant, but proud serial killer, who definitely does count. He counts because he finds this out ''before'' he decides to start dating her, and while not agreeing with her activities, doesn't do much to stop her and sticks with her after she starts roping him into helping her with her kills.
* Two of the protagonists in ''Anime/ZankyouNoTerror'' are terrorists who are planting bombs all over Tokyo. [[spoiler: Granted they aren't trying to actually kill anyone .]]
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