- Sasha and the Frogs: Sasha herself may be rude and still somewhat of a Control Freak, however, here we are shown that she really does care and appreciate the Plantars' company.
- Several people from Calvin & Hobbes: The Series fill this role.
- In Chapter 2 of Hunger, Lisa finds Dracula healing after a Vampire Hunter threw holy water in his face. She correctly deduces that a vampire as worldly as he simply wasn't ambushed by an amateur human, but rather he protected one of his vampire subordinates from being dunked instead.
- In the first two chapters of Ordinary Girl, Dylan acts like an entitled jerk who sees Jesse's very limited autonomy as her undermining his authority. Later on, he apologizes for his behavior and decides to involve her in business relegated to the Oldest House, even sending her to the Investigation Sector to rescue Altered Items left there.
- Firefly from Ace Combat: The Equestrian War. There are times when she acts like an a-hole towards other ponies, especially Fluttershy at the beginning (going as far as to smack her!) as well as Derpy and Medley later on. But deep inside, she's just a troubled mare, trying to readjust herself to the circumstances around her. Thankfully, Rainbow Dash is there to help her.
- Almost Psycho Chuck Chicken Buford is still as jerky as ever but he gains a soft spot for his new friends, Chuck, Howie and Zack.
- Avenger of Steel soon establishes Jessica as this, as her cynicism starts to slip as she acknowledges her private admiration for Clark's genuine desire to be a hero.
- Child of the Storm and its sequel, Ghosts of the Past, have a number:
- Tony, albeit with the Jerkass part significantly downplayed following years of Pepper and the Avengers' good influence. The news that he's becoming a father has further improved his disposition.
- Carol Danvers is a downplayed variant, a Stepford Snarker and a Broken Ace who is actually very nice once you get past the understandably spiky outer shell, and Harry almost invariably sees the heart of gold. However, the narrative makes mention of others who aren't so lucky: pre-Spidey Peter Parker, who so happened to be unfortunate enough to catch her on a bad day. The sequel also has the older of her two younger brothers call her out on the fact that Cool Big Sis moments aside, she's been an Aloof Big Sister to them most of the time and outright ignored most of the youngest brother's issues. She admits that he has a point: she does love them and is extremely protective of them, and has her own issues (plus Harry's) to deal with, it goes back before that. Plus, she's not Locked Out of the Loop.
- Nick Fury is a grumpy, ruthless man, more than willing to use intimidation and coercion to get his way. He was also once a nice young man who ended up massively disillusioned after going twelve underfunded and undersupported rounds with Lucius Malfoy and lost two of his mentors, Mr and Mrs Evans (who were SHIELD Agents) and the closest thing he had to a little sister in Lily Potter.
- Peter Wisdom a.k.a. Regulus Black, his protégé, is all of this and more, for obvious reasons.
- Namor is an unrepentant asshole, and hinted to have tried very hard to kill the First Class of X-Men (whatever he did, Colonel Summers is still holding a grudge most of fifty years later). However, he apparently apologised, considers Steve one of the very few men he ever really respected, paying him a number of back-handed compliments and immediately seeking epic scale vengeance for HYDRA's actions in chapter 74. He was also rather impressed by Rhodey's attempt to hold up the Helicarrier. Despite bitching and moaning the whole time, he can usually be relied upon to do the right thing.
- Following the Forever Red arc in the sequel, Harry winds up as this, after a particularly awful Trauma Conga Line leaves him with PTSD, combining with his existing issues. He's snappish, temperamental, and touchy in the extreme, but he's genuinely horrified once it hits him just how much he's been frightening people and how he nearly lashed out at Cedric Diggory for practically nothing, he dedicates himself to helping fix Ruth Aldine's mind, which was damaged after her Psychic Powers manifested in the midst of his and Maddie's massive scale psychic brawl, treating her very gently, and he gently counsels Maddie after she telepathically contacts him in a moment of anxiety and insecurity. Afterwards, he's still somewhat grumpy, and still has issues, but he's generally nicer.
- The Spectacular Spider-Man: Lost in Gotham: Red Hood/Jason Todd is easily the most ruthless member of the Bat family, as all of the crap he went through with the Joker, the Lazarus Pit and the League of Assassins left him with PTSD and the ability to fly into a murderous rage if triggered by the right thing. He's also one of the only Bat family members (next to Damian) who's ready and willing to kill if he deems it necessary (keeping a wide variety of guns and swords). To top it all off, he enjoys being annoying and abrasive towards some of his family members (most notably Tim). That said, he genuinely loves his family, being one of the first members to welcome Peter and happily acting as an older brother figure for him. He also genuinely believes in Bruce's mission to protect the innocent people of Gotham.
- In The Confectionary Chronicles, while Loki can be cruel at times, and has made questionable choices in the past, Hermione is aware of his past mistakes and simply accepts that her god has moved on from his past mistakes and will always be there for her when she truly needs him.
- Shatterstorm and Roaring Yawn both show their jerkish sides when they first appear in Equestrylvania. However, the moment something traumatic happens, they end up coming to the defense of the ponies they've belittled. In Shatterstorm's case, he's shown to actually be pretty good with kids.
- In Through the Looking-Glass, seeing Jayne work to save Jean Barolay, as well as acting somewhat protective of her in the aftermath, prompts Mal to muse that Jayne’s tender moments are rare, but they make him subtly more tolerable.
- Cordelia Chase shows her kinder side in Mirror, Mirror
when she's in a mirror-verse. According to her, she has to act like a Rich Bitch or her parents give her hell. The same applies to the Cordettes and all of them have to snitch on the others. In the mirror-verse, it's only Xander and whoever he brings with him so she's free to act like a slob, drive like a maniac, and generally be a friendly though rather destructive girl (such as unlocking her own house by kicking down a door then smashing the alarm system). - Kazuma V Tanya: Tanya's Mistborn teacher, Tohmes, is lazy and a member of a tyrannical and slave-owning nobility... but he's too lazy to bother mistreating his inferiors, and he handles Tanya quite gently in their lessons despite his griping about it.
- Peace of Mind, Piece of Heart: Despite her jerkass behavior, Catra does attempt to cheer others up when they're feeling down, and at one point she immediately apologizes to Steven when she realizes one of her quips struck a nerve.
- Equestria Girls: A Fairly Odd Friendship
- Timmy can be a cheeky, disobedient, and shallow kid. But he deeply cares for those he considers his friends.
- Gilda is a tough girl who loves pulling mean pranks on people. But seeing all the bullies, Timmy has to deal with in his life; she offers to teach him how to fight back, citing her own past as a victim of bullying.
- Valhalla's Angel: Hajime. He is extremely snarky and tends to not hold back his words, but he's a Nice Guy overall, who does have a genuine friendship with a few of his classmates, such as Chiaki, Kazuichi and Mahiru.
- Danganronpa Class Switch:
- Downplayed with Rantaro, he's normally a flat out Nice Guy, but he has a somewhat dark sense of humour, if his exchange with Ryoma is anything to go by and he's surprisingly unpleasant if you get on his bad side.
- Miu plays it straighter. She's first seen harassing Kiibo, but according to him, it's her way of showing him affection. In addition, despite her rude and crass sense of humour, as well as her lack of boundaries, and trying to murder Kokichi. She does legitimately care about the class and does what she can to help them.
- Downplayed with Kokichi, the vast majority of the time he's a selfish and insesitive jerk who likes to get a rise out of other people, however there are times when he can be friendly.
- Tenko is rather rude and unforgiving towards men, and is quick to attack people physically. But she shows a more caring side towards the other female students and forms a strong bond with Himiko and Angie later on. She also can act nicely to men, as evidence with Rantaro and Gonta sometimes.
- In this Death Note fanfic, Matt is easily the most notable example of this trope:
- Mello and Light in The End Is Near - there is Mello's Pet the Dog moment or rather, "Beat The Dog That Goes After Near With A Cricket Bat Until It Stops Moving" and then there is how Light verbally crushes the snobby stewardess who tries to make L sit properly. He's petting one dog while kicking another....
- Despite acting like a total jackass most of the time- make that all of the time- Chaos from the Tamers Forever Series still has some moments where he shows that he genuinely respects his other half, and that he can actually be a nice guy when he wants to.
- Ryo also fits the bill, or as Takato puts it:
he knew Ryo was just trying to be a friend… a crazy, narcissist, extremely annoying friend, but a friend, after all.
- Zao, the Headmaster of the Imperial Naval Academy in The Odyssey. His initial address to the assembled class consists of telling them that they're all going to die horrible deaths in service of the Realm. Despite this, he really does mean well.
- Family Guy Fanon:
- Despite starting the same like his original counterpart, Francis develops into this role by Season 2. With him becoming someone who, despite being an grouchy and rough person, does care about his son Peter and wife Thelma (the latter even being the few to bring out his softer side).
- Lance Prueher, Brian's boss at the Suicide Hotline from the Brian Moves Out arc, shows to be a bit of a hardass that mostly loves to bully Brian, but the attitude he has mostly came from his job working at a suicide hotline, so when it came to employees doing their job, (this job being to talk people out of killing themselves), he doesn't really have a lot of room for failure. And Lance still shows that he's a nice guy and he will cut his employees some slack when needed.
- Jack Harmon and Daniel Lawson of The Harmonverse both love this trope.
- Abraxas (Hrodvitnon): Rodan's personality is overall this. He's snarky, aggressive and unpleasant towards San and Vivienne Graham, but he also despite his complaints sticks to his duty mentoring them, and he can be quite a "mother hen" when rearing Titans outside his own species.
- Lifty is often potrayed as this in most fanfictions revolving around the twins.
- Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality: In an Alternate Universe Fic where Harry was raised by a professor and is essentially a Child Prodigy; Harry can be smug, arrogant and downright obnoxious at times, but in the end, he is still one of the most moral and good-hearted people out there.
- The Rigel Black Chronicles gives Severus Snape more of an opportunity to show a soft heart under his hard exterior, with Lily being alive and well and "Rigel" proving to be a passionate and talented protege. By the time of Harry's third year, when she goes missing and a tracking spell says her shoes are underground in the forest, it's clear that he's emotionally invested in her wellbeing as well as professionally.Despair welled in his heart, shot through with regret. It was too soon. He had so much left to teach him. He had so much left to learn from him. His face set harshly and he clawed at the ground angrily. He would not accept this.
- In Rita's Choice Rita Skeeter decides to abandon her plans of writing a story about six-year-old Harry and help rescue him from his abusive home life instead.While all this flashed through Rita's mind, the others remained quiet. But Pandora watched her friend and saw the panic in her eyes. People saw her as this ruthless reporter who would tear anyone down to get what she wanted. But Pandora knew better. She knew the kindhearted woman who came by at least once a week no matter how busy she got to read to Luna and tuck her into bed, the woman who went out of her way to follow-up with women whose attacks and assaults she reported on and who worked tirelessly to ensure that the men behind those attacks got what they deserved. She hides it, but she has a heart—a warm heart. And this week has ripped that heart wide open. One look in her friend's eyes when she described the bruises on Harry's arms told her all she needed to know about her true feelings—but those were feelings that she had to come to terms with on her own. And, based on what she saw in Rita's eyes at that moment, it looked like she had.
- Fanfic Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità: Although Germany yells at Italy at a constant basis and is strict towards him, Germany is also is kind and gentle towards him as well.
- Brainbent features a few, which isn't surprising since the majority of the cast are dealing with some emotional problem or other, many of them fairly serious. Karkat is probably their reigning champion. He's a shouty little ball of rage and self-loathing, coated in a complete lack of tact, but he is, at heart, a compassionate person. When he isn't buried over his head in his own issues he's genuinely concerned for the people around him, and for all that he can be painfully inept at dealing with his own emotions, sometimes he gives good advice.
- What Lies Beneath: When Jerrik tries making Hiccup and Zephyr's (supposed) deaths look like a triumph, Mildew is one of the villagers who stands up for them, mentioning that Zephyr would keep him company while Hiccup helped him fish Fungus out of the well whenever he fell down it... though he insists he still didn't like him.
- Obsidian Citrine in the Hunger Games fanfic Some Semblance of Meaning.
- Down And Out: Amelia. The false conductor isn't exactly sympathetic towards Grace's plight; as soon as Grace meets up with her, she says that Simon is a lost cause that Grace should just let die, and continues to dismiss the idea that her reign as Conductor played any role in the problem. Despite this, she does promise to assist once it's clear how adamant Grace is about needing help.
- In Torque (Jak and Daxter), while he has had his hard ass attitude with her beforehand, when Keira comes to Torn after she was forced to kill Erol he treats her with considerable care.
- In Kill la Kill AU, we have Nui, being the "asshole sibling" who liked to bully Ryuuko when the two were three and two years old, but, however, at the same time, she does care about her, as can be seen in comic 27 when she makes it clear she doesn't want her to be sent away to a remedial boarding school. Likewise, there is an eight-year old Ryuuko, who is shown to care about her sisters and was distraught when she thought she was going to be sent away.
- Shen vs. Kai: Shen essentially becomes this in the last few chapters once his Heel–Face Turn is complete. He's still very haughty, irritable and retains a bit of a mean streak about him, but he's found inner peace and come to genuinely care about the welfare of others around him more than his own benfit.
- In The Vow, an Alternate Universe Fic about the life of Lord Shen, he starts out as this. Being in his early twenties, the young peacock noble is the prideful and short-tempered perfectionist he's known as in canon, but he doesn't doubt the love his parents and old nanny have toward him. His condescending attitude is born from being scorned by almost everyone as an abomination and a bad omen due to his white coloring, no matter what he did to please people. Eventually he stopped trying to win people's acceptance and decided give them the monster they were determined to see. However, he was the only noble in general to show any shred of kindness toward his family's wolf guard, winning their undying loyalty. While he initially treats his might-be-fiancée Lady Lianne with disdain, her gentle nature and vulnerability behind her regal lady's facade win his heart. Unfortunately, as his ambition and attempts to prevent his fate corrupt him like in canon, his heart of gold has eroded by the time of the movie's happenings to the point that it's barely visible anymore. Fortunately, Lianne's love eventually sets him more or less on the right path to the point that he stops his attempt to force her into marriage with him, prompting her to marry him anyway. He also sends the Wolf Boss and the wolf pack away before his final confrontation with Po, sparing them from their canon fates. Following his return to Lianne after avoiding his canon ending, he retains many of his negative qualities, but resigns himself to live the rest of his life in secret imprisonment of his wife's home so that he can stay and protect her and their son.
- Lianne's father Lord Chang comes off as a pure Jerkass for most of the story until his final appearance. He tried to make his only child a carrier of his legacy, didn't show affection toward Lianne for her entire life and attempted to push her into marriage so that she'd give him a grandson. He says that all of this was to secure the future generations' fortune. He did love Lianne's mother and won her heart by giving her the choice of not having to choose between him and his brother. When he heard that Shen had overtaken Gongmen City and imprisoned Lianne, he was determined to do everything needed to raise an army to storm Gongmen City and free his daughter, with only the stroke he suffered preventing him. After thirty years of estrangement, he asks Lianne's forgiveness even though he doesn't expect it to come. When Lianne tells him that she's pregnant with Shen's child, he gives a true smile for her for the first time and passes away contently.
- Destiny Intertwined: Lynerius is a very unapproachable person in the normal course of things, and short-tempered and acerbic in personality. He keeps his relationship with Hayze fairly formal, in particular rejecting the latter's attempts to call him his dad, and can be incredibly rude towards people he doesn't feel are worth his time. Nonetheless, he appears to have real affection for Hayze despite his harsh demeanor, seen in instances such as his lying to Frossar to protect Hayze or being beside himself with anger when Hayze is arrested and brought to trial.
- In Legend of link:lucky number 13 Ganondorf shows shades of this. Mainly towards his daughter Separuu. He even goes so far as to sacrifice his own soul to save the one his daughter loves, which is the one he hates the most: Link.
- Tama in The Lion King Adventures. Despite being the Big Bad of Series Two, she actually saves Simba from dying of a terminal illness in Sick Simba. She changes her ways in Goodbye, Nala, finally becoming an ally.
- In Mega Man: Defender of the Human Race, even though he's a bad guy until the episode 11 finale and is not fond of most humans, ProtoMan has demonstrated acts of kindness, especially to Nomad, Mega Man and Roll.
- In Mega Man Recut, Gemini Man and Proto Man are this.
- Arthur's friend Kay from The Student Prince is elitist, sexist and just plain obnoxious, but when he's offered money by a reporter in exchange for details on Arthur's private life, he responds by punching the reporter and smashing his camera.Kay: I'll stick your bloody camera where the sun don't shine, you scum! Offering me bloody money for dirt on Arthur! You're not worth the mud under his shoes, you leeches, even if he is a bloody poof! He's our bloody poof!
- God Help the Outcasts: Despite being their captor and warden, Monger clearly cares about the monsters more than he's willing to let on. He makes sure that they have what they need to live a reasonably comfortable life in the prison, and stands up for them if any of his soldiers mistreat them.
- While Bakugo is still a bully in Quirk: Incubus, he musters legitimate concern for Izuku when his behavior radically changes. When he discovers what is happening, he outs Taya, and even admits to himself that even he would not force Izuku to come out as one of the victims.
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
- The Differentverse: Limestone Pie comes off as very grouchy, but in the final scene, it turns out she's been subtly supportive of Marble, and is very happy when her youngest sister stands up to her and reveals she has friends now.
- Discord's New Business: Blueblood is arrogant and a snob but he acknowledges the sincerity of Ponyville's residents, compliments Bulk Biceps' skills as a masseuse and seems pretty fond of his "auntie" Celestia.
- Fluttercruel from the Pony POV Series became this under Fluttershy's care. She's still a Jerkass, sure, but she shows her heart of gold by forcing herself to the surface to help calm Rainbow Dash down of her own accord among other things. Worth even more note is that in the Bad Future we're originally shown, Fluttercruel did such horrible things that Twilight Tragedy refuses to tell us.
- Pretty much every single one of the Night Guards in We Rent The Night is this, except the Naive New Comer.
- Sunset Shimmer starts out as this in The Witch of the Everfree, although the "jerk" part fades out over time.
- A number of examples in Kitsune no Ken: Fist of the Fox.
- Naruto is one of these. He's quite willing to consider the feelings of others, but his experience with the Kyuushingai has made him rather caustic.
- Sakura proves to be one, surprisingly enough. She might quarrel with Ino frequently, look down on people of lower social standing than herself, and lord her queen-bee status over everyone else...but when Aoi savagely beats Ino during Sasuke's tournament, Sakura shows a considerable amount of compassion because, as she herself declares, nobody deserves to undergo something like that.
- Suigetsu may be a complete and utter prick to Naruto, but he likewise takes Aoi's beat-down of Ino very badly.Suigetsu: Hey, I might not be the nicest guy around, but even I have some standards.
- Sarabi of Junior Officers is cranky, brash, and foul-mouthed, but still helps sea creatures like any other Octonaut, and grows to like the others.
- In Persona: The Sougawa Files, Rina initially starts off rather cold towards others but proves to be much nicer underneath. She grows out of the "jerk" part, though. A straighter example is Ryouichi, a generally gruff and blunt guy who is actually pretty decent underneath.
- Machoke from Pokémpanions is rude and arrogant but will do anything to protect his friends.
- Some examples from Pokémon Reset Bloodlines:
- Ash's Pokédex may be sarcastic, condescending and loves to remind everyone of how smart it is, but it has Ash's best interests at heart, always willing to help him when it counts.
- Gary Oak is a tad egotistical, abrasive, and likes to tease Ash, but at the end of the day, he's not a bad guy. His teaming up with Paul in the Fuchsia Tag Tournament proves that he has many lines he wouldn't cross, and he's not above giving his Pokemon praise for a job well done.
- Clair, the Blackthorn Gym Leader is a downplayed example. She never goes easy on her challengers and can be very nasty with people who piss her off (especially those with Small Name, Big Ego attitudes), but she's very nice to those who earn her respect, and she gladly gives praise and encouragement to those who deserve it.
- In Ma Fille, Aran Ryan is brash, hot-headed, and loves annoying people, but is still mildly kindhearted and not a Jerkass.
- Mortality: Gregerson may be a jerk, but like Watson, he seems to care about Holmes.
- Hefty in Empath: The Luckiest Smurf represents this trope in the series. Most of his jerkassery is directed toward Empath and Duncan McSmurf.
- In fanfiction Prison Island Break, Shadow shows that under all his Axe-Crazy perverted psychopathy, he's a very deep person. Since they're all in prison, he tries to conceal his softer side. However he privately acknowledges that Sonic is a better leader, and has become incredibly loyal to the team, even willing to risk his life to protect others.Narration: What Shadow the Hedgehog said, and what he thought, were not exactly always in the same carpool. On the flip side, they changed lanes so often that they'd clipped each other's wing mirrors off. Still, he certainly wasn't a hero. And nobody could make the mistake of calling him a good man. But he was quick-minded, and fastidious, and determined, and clean, which are all becoming of a hero. The sole quality he lacked was virtue, and he knew it. Still, good men who believe their virtue to be satisfactory have already taken a step down the ladder, and bad men who think themselves sinful enough are ready to take a step up.
- Pretty much every single member of Eric's crew in Sonic X: Dark Chaos follows this trope. They often fight, make fun of each other, and make cruel jokes, but they're all firmly on Sonic's side and are willing to help others even at great cost. Sonya in particular embodies this trope - she's highly arrogant and willful, but also has a strong sense of justice.
- The rewrite makes Tsali of all people into this. Under all his genocidal Axe-Crazy psychopathy, he has quite a few Hidden Depths. He considers his Tsali Endoskeletons as his children and shows remorse that most of them are gone. Likewise, when he hired a group of mercenaries to help him hunt down the Seedrians, he became quite fond of them and was utterly devastated when they betrayed him - it actually causes him to consider whether getting revenge was really worth it in the end. The fact that one of them was his little sister probably didn't help.
- Hellsister Trilogy has Dev-Em, who is an arrogant, rude jerkass but still risks his life time and again to help other people. When his behavior leads Dawnstar to think he's all but a villain, Supergirl states that Dev is an asshole but not a bad guy.
- Unbreakable Red Silken Thread: Jo wields her authority as the dorm's Resident Assistant like a battleaxe, but takes her position seriously and doesn't turn a blind eye if something seems wrong. She'll more often than not help where she can, albeit indirectly.
- In Old West, Rattlesnake Jake is this with a dose of Adaptational Heroism. The Grim Reaper of the Mojave Desert is intimidating, brusque, violent and a remorseless killer. While he's initially indifferent of Grace Glossy and her son Teddy, he slowly comes to care for them while having to keep them safe. He helps Teddy in overcoming his sight problem and devotes himself to Grace when she confesses her feelings toward him.
- Professor Arc:
- When they arrive at Beacon The Arc family member say things that range from dismissive to outright insulting and condescending toward Jaune-something which does not endear them at all to Beacon's students. It is implied that they have played a role in Jaune's self-esteem issues. However, they are alarmed over the amount of trouble he could be in due to his deceptions, and they do bite their tongues when they first arrive at Beacon, and (reluctantly) agree to let Jaune be his own man when he proves himself in combat against his father. They also refuse to sell out his secrets, even while they are interrogated by Atlas. One of his sisters even decked a reporter for daring to ask her to sell out Jaune.
- Cardin and Team CRDL grow into this after Velvet saves Cardin from a Grimm, despite their mistreatment of her. They become tremendously loyal toward Jaune, becoming very incensed by the Arc family's crude remarks about him, they almost attack Atlas students after Ironwood arrests him, and also are among the few who defend Yang after she was unfairly accused of attacking a downed opponent, and are all too willing to attack Atlesian soldiers to defend Jaune from arrest.
- The fanfic Team LVDR has Verde as a very downplayed example. They’re a little grouchy and sarcastic, but most of the time is pretty nice and gives their friends good advice.
- This story. Anwyn may be a hot-head who doesn't always think before opening her mouth; but she truly loves Clem, and later AJ, like family. Never hesitating to charge into danger to protect them.
- Aramus could be argued as in The Legacy of the Blood Ravens. He's incredibly arrogant, and doesn't hesitate to charge into battle or lead his men into danger, but he'd give his life for the Chapter and in the end, wants what's best for the Blood Ravens as a whole.
- In Atonement, Cassie Herren goes from 'racist anti-social jerkass' to annoying but selfless girl who's genuine friends with the multi-ethnic Wards.
- In Young Justice: Darkness Falls, La'gaan sadly still is a jerk, but at the very least, he gets better at being a team player over the course of the fic, and he even gets to bury the hatchet with Conner.
- Yuga Senku from Yu-Gi-Oh! Xross fits this description. He acts like a cocky and arrogant asshole to anyone he comes across, but it's due to his lack of confidence in himself and him finding it hard to really connect to people on a personal level and feels lonely because of it. This is due to the fact that his mother disappeared during The Fracture when he was 6, and was bullied mercilessly during the grieving process resulting in an Inferiority Superiority Complex. He values the friends he does manage to make (such as Keishi and Takumi) greatly.
