No Sympathy in Anime and Manga.
- Played for Laughs in Black Lagoon during the Greenback Jane arc. Jane has a massive case of It's All About Me going on and is offered no sympathy over her problems. When she explains why a Florida cartel is chasing her (namely that she bailed on them after going massively over budget and past the deadline after being hired as a counterfeiter), everyone agrees that the whole situation is her fault.
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, a case where it is Played for Laughs happens after defeating Kyogai, Tanjiro and co. rest on and in. While doing so, Zenitsu asks Tanjiro about the demon he was travelling with, which he was defending from Inosuke's attack. When said demon comes out, it turns out to be a cute girl named Nezuko. Just after finding this out, what Zenitsu does? He becomes furious at him for traveling with a cute girl, jumping to conclusions and assumes them to be lovers. Tanjiro tries to tell him she is his sister, who was turned into a demon the same night the rest of his family was murdered, but when you start calling him names and try to attack him, explanations like that aren't going through. When he finally learns that she is his sister not too long afterwards, his treatment of him was never brought up.
- Dragon Ball:
- At the end of the Saiyan Saga, Chi-Chi refuses to speak or even acknowledge Goku's existence despite him having every bone in his body broken. Even before then, she jumped over Goku to get to Gohan and ignored Krillin when he pointed out that Goku was badly hurt. Her justification, it was Goku's fault that Gohan was in battle and hurt.
- Gohan himself gets this from Piccolo after he has a freak-out in the midst of battle, chickening out of a combo attack on Nappa and cowering behind a rock. Piccolo furiously chews him out over doing so and calls him a coward, especially when Tien dies mere moments later. Krillin immediately tells him off, pointing out that Gohan is only five, has never been in a real battle before, and shouldn't even be there in the first place.
- Piccolo gets another moment during the Buu Saga. When Buu continues going on a rampage even without Babidi to control him, Goku is somewhat sympathetic and remarks that killing may be the only thing Buu knows how to do. Piccolo immediately rebukes it and tells Goku not to make excuses for Buu, stating that even if it is true, one's background doesn't excuse an act of evil.
- Bulma also qualifies during the original series. She usually shows little to no sympathy for others, unless it concerns her.
- Vegeta gets this from Krillin during the Cell Saga after he gets his ass kicked by Perfect Cell, and in this case, it's completely justified, since Vegeta deliberately helped Cell become perfect for the sake of a good fight, arrogantly assuming he could easily beat Cell no matter how strong he got. Krillin only decides to help Vegeta out for Trunks' sake, openly saying that he wouldn't care if Vegeta died, and as far as he's concerned, he deserves to be killed for being such an idiot.
- In Eureka Seven, 14-year-old Renton's undying loyalty to the crew of the Gecko State is rewarded with a humiliating fake mission staged for their amusement. Told that it was of 'paramount importance', Renton doesn't even realize he's being mocked. As the 'mission' starts to fall apart, so does he. In tears, berating himself for his uselessness, the crew watches via secret camera as he delivers a lengthy speech about his admiration for them all, his happiness at being given this critical mission, and above all, his trust in them. They stare, wide eyed, at the screen... and burst into laughter at how idiotic he is. Then they make the mission objectives more ridiculous, photograph him at the most humiliating point of his life, and publicize it on the cover of a globally read magazine. The entire mission is recorded. And shown to his girlfriend. It's actually meant to be amusing. It's not.
- And, for the record, Holland himself watches the video. The last words of the episode are him muttering to himself "I am so uncool."
- Klaus of From Eroica with Love has no mercy for his alphabets...not even with regard to basic human needs like eating and sleeping. He can stay awake for two days straight, so he expects his team to do the same. Because Klaus' life is entirely based around his job, he's equally ruthless with their private lives, thinking nothing of exiling them to Alaska without taking into account the small matter that many of them have families...
- Fruits Basket: Everyone at Tohru's school will participate on a marathon, including Yuki who has a flu, which Tohru was concerned for. Kyo hearing of the news about the marathon, he challenges the already sick Yuki to a race. Tohru tries to warn Kyo about Yuki's flu and he shouldn't force himself, he doesn't listen and prepares the challenge anyway. At the time of the school marathon, Kyo belittles and pressures Yuki, rather than being concerned he is coughing and tiring out due to his flu. He then gets rewarded with Hatsuharu's intervention and Yuki collapsing from fever.
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Despite hearing of the Ishvalan genocide at the hands of the state military, and Mustang insisting Scar's quest for vengeance is justified, Ed blows it off and has no sympathy to spare for him; as far as he's concerned, Scar just likes attacking people because he's a bully that is masking his pain, stating outright that his quest is far from justified because he's still involving innocent people for the sake of his revenge and that he's just candy-coating it by acting self-righteous and calling himself "an instrument of God". Considering the facts that Scar tried to kill Ed and Al, who were young children at the time of the massacre and had nothing to do with it, as well as the fact that his very first victims were Winry's parents, who saved his life, and what he did to Nina, Ed's far from wrong.
- In The Girl Who Leapt Through Space, Nami's depressed state of mind is not helped by her family's complete lack of love and sympathy. Her sisters practically kick her around as some scurvy dog and don't even once wonder why she acts the way she does.
- Turned by her brainwashed older sister Takane, no less, who actually does care about her—somewhat, anyway. Takane recovers, beats the crap out of Nami and leaves her to die. None of Nami's relatives seem particularly concerned about what happens to her afterward. That's rough treatment for anyone.
- This happens disturbingly often in Hell Girl. At least early on in the show, the clients end up sending the target to hell out of sheer desperation since they believe otherwise the target will get away with murder. Why do they believe this? Because for some bizarre reason, the Japanese (as depicted in this show) are very quick to make pariahs out of people and assume the absolute worst about the client, turning on their supposed loved ones, friends, or acquaintances at the drop of a hat.
- Episode 1's client got photographed in town with a man? Everyone's first assumption is that she's a slut who deserves to be screamed at without being given a chance to explain herself.
- Episode 3's target manages to create the mere suspicion that the client is the one who murdered his friends? Everyone in town, including the client's family, automatically assumes the client is guilty with no more evidence than that, and the client is forced to run away from town in order to avoid being arrested for a crime he didn't commit.
- Episode 6's client's mother got raped as part of a blackmail scheme by the target to shut the client's mother up about the adultery the latter witnessed? The client's father's first assumption is that his wife was cheating on him, and he starts screaming at her about it without giving her a chance to explain.
- Episode 11's client's father is framed for murder by an editor? The client is punished for his father's supposed mistakes by losing his home and his money and basically everything required to function in society, and his friends treat him as a loser the second he no longer has money. For a show that hammers home the futility of holding grudges and angry feelings in one's heart, the Japanese (as depicted in this show) sure seem quick to point fingers and hold others up as shameful pariahs at the slightest provocation.
- Hot Gimmick: Hatsumi gets this a lot from her boyfriend Ryoki. In one scene shortly after she had her heart broken and was almost raped he berates her for crying about it, comes on to her too strong and forcibly kisses her despite her protests.
- It's hard to tell if Kalos of Kaleido Star is a fairly cruel example of No Sympathy as a character trait or if he just exemplifies the ethos of Kaleido Stage. Sora gets injured and becomes nervous about performing stunts? Tough luck - he'll fire her if she doesn't get over it, fast. Her confidence and self-belief are knocked after deeing the devious nature of the International Circus Festival? He terminates her contract. Harsh.
- In Kitchen Princess, the main character, Najika, gets no sympathy from anyone except the two lead males and a cafe owner when she arrives at her new school, the entire student body apparently having their ability to empathise surgically removed. Of course, this is to establish her as a Plucky Girl, but the students' levels of empathy continue to seesaw throughout the series.
- Kotoura-san: It's almost comical how fast nearly everybody writes off Haruka as a monster after they find out she has telepathy. Other then the ESP club, people don't even show any curiosity about her powers!
- Wolfram in Kyo Kara Maoh! is always on Yuri's case, accusing Yuri of cheating on him in situations where Yuri was just being polite/trying to avoid death. However, a case could be made that Yuri (among others) is equally insensitive to Wolfram's feelings; Wolfram is often accused of being a brat in scenarios where he was genuinely trying to do something positive.
- Love Hina: This is one of the many things that happens to Keitaro PER EPISODE. Almost everyone refuses to listen to him in favor of believing he's some kind of lecherous asshole. He needs a hug, badly.
- Played for Drama in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha. Fate Testarossa, only 9 years old, is told to collect magical artifacts of untold power by her mother, Precia. She throws herself at the task with reckless abandon, exhausting and injuring herself to dangerous levels. Her mother responds by whipping her until she collapses, furious at how slowly Fate's progress has been. It gets worse. When it's found out that Fate is just a clone, Precia says something to the effect of "That's right. You're nothing but a fake. I never loved you once. I despise you." Fate STILL forgives her, and says that even if she's hated, she'll still protect her mother. Her mother smiles, and replies "How stupid."
- Maria no Danzai: After their little "prank" gets Kiritaka killed, none of his bullies shows an ounce of sympathy for his grieving mother, being more concerned with fleeing the scene as fast as possible before they get sent to prison. It's especially bad with Okaya, who lacks empathy altogether and can only coldly lament how he can't torment Kiritaka anymore now that he's dead while Mari cradles what's left of his corpse.
- In Nyan Koi!, the hero suffers from a bad cat allergy. His mother and sister know quite well that he's allergic to cats. They respond by sending their cat in to wake him up in the morning, having the cat sit and eat at the table with him, and complaining that everyone else in the family loves cats, as if his condition that could produce a deadly reaction was a matter of personal taste. No matter how much he clearly suffers, they continue to treat him as if he's just whining.
- Count D of Pet Shop of Horrors probably had a certain amount of Blue-and-Orange Morality as an excuse, but in certain stories he comes across as having the No Sympathy trait instead. T-chan is a straighter example, having no time for weakness.
- Ash occasionally gets this in Pokémon: The Original Series, especially when Misty was traveling with him. Examples:
- "Ignorance Is Blissey", in which he is the victim of a very clumsy Blissey multiple times, to the point where he needs to be treated by Nurse Joy, and when he comments that he never did get supper, both Misty and Brock jump down his throat, though the fact that they didn't get to eat as well may have made them a little testy.
- Another example happens much early when Ash is right on the verge of capturing a Weedle when he is rudely interrupted by a Samurai, who demands that they have a Pokémon match. During said match, the Weedle manages to escape back into its tree and alert the Beedrill, who capture Ash's Metapod. The Samurai berates Ash for making excuses and not finishing what he started, even though the Samurai was the one who got them into that mess, because of his inability to wait a few seconds for Ash to finish capturing the Weedle.
- Another notorious example happens when Ash loses the Indigo Plateau League. Not because he was defeated, but because his final Pokémon, Charizard, was lazy and refused to follow commands. Not only that but the only reason he had Charizard on him and was forced to use it was because Team Rocket kidnapped him, made him wear down his team escaping and exhaust his Pidgeotto flying back. When he does arrive the referee demands the match begin immediately, not even asking why he's late, let alone why he's arriving in such a weird manner and gives him no chance to swap out his two useless Pokémon for Kingler, Muk or Tauros. When Ash sinks into depression afterwards everyone berated Ash for feeling sorry for himself when he had every right to be disappointed since he worked so hard to get in the League, only to have it snatched away via Diabolus ex Machina and the ineptitude of the referee (ie, declaring a Pokémon unable to battle after being afflicted by sleep, a decision that has never been made at any other time).
- And what about the time they found Togepi's egg? No matter if Brock was the more experienced in raising Pokémon; what rights did he have to snatch the egg from Ash's hands the way he did and then run off with it? Worse, Misty gleefully supported it, and then she has the luck of Togepi seeing her first as soon as it hatches. This happens a lot to Ash, does it?
- Red River (1995) plays with this, having Yuri think this is the case when the news of Ursula's death reaches her and Kail and everyone but Yuri immediately starts to do important things, like stopping Nakia's private army from continuing to infiltrate the Hadi sisters' home town. Truth is that they are all sad and grieving, especially Kash, they just decide to force on the more important, and still imminent, threats instead of breaking down into tears like Yuri did in schock. This is coupled with Deliberate Values Dissonance and lampshaded by Yuri and Kash later.
- Rurouni Kenshin: Kenshin gets wounded in battle, and Kaoru yells at him for getting blood on her favorite scarf, which he happened to be wearing (never mind that the reason he was fighting in the first place was to keep his opponent from killing her, and she forced him to take it even though he didn't want to). For further clarification, during battles she worries very much about Kenshin, even at the risk of her own life. It's only after the battles are over and the dust has begun to settle that she fulfills this trope.
- Hoo, man, Shitsurakuen. The manga is based around insanely abusive boys with equally insane superiority complexes. It's actually a bit difficult to read, simply because a good amount are Karma Houdinis.
- Hey they're learning the meaning of feelings... well at least some of them... sort of.
- Tends to happen in Slayers, usually to anyone who isn't named Lina - she's generally the instigator. The most extreme cases range from Comedic Sociopathy (using the chimeric Zelgadis as a boat anchor to catch a dragon in a lake, where he nearly drowns, gets hurt, and nearly eaten) to Kafka Komedy (using Princess Amelia as a bride for fish bait in order to survive on an island in a radio drama; before that she nearly died in the ocean, and in another drama Lina shows no concern for Amelia when she shoves her in a barrel to hide and forgets that she is drowning in a sewer) to genuinely sad moments (neither Lina or Zelgadis show care when Sylphiel's father is killed or when Amelia's father is thought to have been assassinated).
- Suite Pretty Cure ♪, Episode 6, Souta, Kanade's younger brother, makes a mess in the kitchen while making her a present for White Day. Kanade first assumption is that he is fooling around and begins to scream at him about it without giving him a chance to explain. Hibiki was quick to call her out for that.
- In Tail of the Moon, Usagi is feeling rather depressed, as she's just learned Hanzo used to be engaged to Sara. Not only that, Sara and Hanzou have just split up over Hanzou's flirtatiousness, and Usagi feels responsible as Hanzou was helping her when he argued with Sara. Hanzo sees that she isn't training, and even though he can see she's got something on her mind, he proceeds to throw her put of the village and lock her out, refusing to let her in even though Sara and several others protest. When he finally does go to let Usagi in, it's started raining and she's heading back to her village. She's still upset when he catches up with her, but he never apologizes even when she does return to his village.
- Tales of Wedding Rings: In chapter 38, Elder Peridot has just finished telling the protagonists the tale of how she and the other princesses of her time were abused by the Ring King, how they murdered him once he succeeded in defeating the Abyss King, and how he cursed them to suffer misfortune for their betrayal. While most of the group is troubled by the tale, Morion expresses no sympathy for the original ring princesses, dismissing them as traitors who got what they deserved.
- World's End Harem: Shion Hoshino was one of the most beautiful and popular girls at school and one of the few people who don,t bullies Shota Doi; it implied that Shota had a little crush on her. However, Shion shows that just because she is not one of Shota's bullies does not mean she sympathizes with him. When Shion and two of her friends wanted to eat lunch on their school rooftop and saw Shota being stripped of his clothes and bullied, her friends became uncomfortable and wanted to leave, but Shion, to her friends' shock, said she wanted to eat here and sit down and eat her lunch while ignoring what happening to Shota. Later, when Shion explains to his class why he will be absent because of his disease, she gets a phone call from her boss and just left, not offering him a single word of condolence towards him.
- Alister from Yu-Gi-Oh! spends much of his duel with Seto Kaiba giving him a Motive Rant about how his little brother was killed, er, captured in a great war they had to survive as children. Unfortunately, he's up against someone who puts the Anti- in Anti-Hero, and Kaiba proceeds to mock him for failing to save his brother. However, Alister joined a cult whose members believe humanity is evil and deserves to die, a motive that Kaiba shreds apart as simply wanting to destroy everyone "who doesn't share the same lame ideas you do," so insulting him for being a terrible brother is salting the wound against someone he already had nothing but contempt for.
