Moments where somebody realized This Is Gonna Suck in Anime and Manga series:
- In The Adventures of Scamper the Penguin, Gilbert has this reaction almost as soon as he sees the birds of prey start their approach on the now-exposed penguin eggs.Gilbert: Oh, I knew as soon as they left the birds would attack!
- Buso Renkin: In the first arc, when Kazuki tackles Tokiko to prevent a Homunculus core bonding with her, the pair tumble down a hill and he hits his head constantly against rocks on the way down. When he sees the last rock (a fairly big one), he comments that it is going to hurt but takes it anyway, hugging Tokiko closer to him, despite the fact that he knocked himself out.
- Often done briefly in CLANNAD, where Tomoya and Sunohara will get a second to realize their imminent demise after provoking Kyou in some fashion. See the fake-love-letter prank from After Story episode 23, the reaction to Kyou as a magical girl in the clubroom, and brief facial expressions shown when they realize she's coming at them with a flying kick or throwing a dictionary at them.
- Sidoh the Shinigami in Death Note. Poor guy lost his notebook, and to retrieve it...Sidoh: So I guess I have to go to... the human world.
Armonia Justin: Yep, that's right. Have fun.
Sidoh: ...Well that sucks. - Maou of The Devil is a Part-Timer! tends to cause this when he's at full power and pissed-off. Lucifer's expression as Maou is about to punish him with a very BIG windup (read: a line of magic circles at least a mile in length), followed by a punch so powerful that the impact can be seen from orbit. Archangel Sariel also experiences this as Maou uses his Demonic Blade to drive him into the concrete. The impact can also be seen from orbit.Sariel: O God, please forgive me for being a complete and utter tool...
- In the English dub of Digimon Tamers, Impmon tries to take on a Deva all by himself, and gets his ass handed to him. The Deva throws him away, and Impmon shouts "THIS IS GONNA HUUUUUURT!" just before hitting the pavement.
- Dragon Ball:
- In the first Tournament Arc, Yamcha sees how strong Goku has gotten after taking Master Roshi's Training from Hell, and comments that he has no chance of beating the Kid Hero. When he sees Krillin, Goku's fellow student, in action, the former bandit just leans back and sighs, "Even second place is looking iffy..."
- Dragon Ball Z:
- Goku has a version of this trope when he realizes that the only way to match Vegeta who greatly outclasses him is to use a Kaioken X3. He was explicitly told by King Kai to never go past a double since his body couldn't handle it and he could explode. Having no choice, Goku braces himself for the pain.
- In the Buu Saga, Goku has a visible 'this is gonna to suck' reaction when he comes to the conclusion that he had to merge with Mr. Satan, permanently, in order to have even a slight chance against Buu after he absorbed Gohan, Goten, Trunks, and Piccolo. In the Japanese version, he wonders if he will become weaker from the fusion.
- Vegeta has a similar reaction after he volunteers to fight Kid Buu while Goku charges up to his max power. Goku needs one minute.Vegeta: One minute in this fight is an eternity.
- He has another one after Fat Buu is taken down by Kid Buu and he has to act as a distraction again while Goku charges the Spirit Bomb.
- And Kid Buu has this reaction as Goku prepared to push the Spirit Bomb to kill him. This is noticeable since every villain in Z either Rage Quit or screamed in disbelief upon their defeat.
- Dragon Ball Super:
- Beerus' reaction as he realizes that Monaka is going to fight Hit since Goku forfeited his match and he is their last fighter. Piccolo reacts the same way, you can hear him mentally groaning.
- Hit's face when he sees how pissed Champa is for him losing and saying how he's going to kill him.
- Although not said in words, Goku expresses this sentiment to Future Trunks when they're cornered by Goku Black and Future Zamasu, both who are able to beat him up as a Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan, and Trunks only being a Super Saiyan 2. Goku can only tell Trunks to give it all they have and hopefully live long enough to come up with a plan. Also, when Goku Black fires his Kamehameha at them and Future Zamasu holds them in place, Trunks gives a classic Oh, Crap! expression, while Goku only grunts in resignation.
- Not spoken but implied in El-Hazard: The Magnificent World. After figuring out the Priestesses of Muldoon have already gone to the Fountain of Arliman, Fujisawa points out he, Makoto, and Alielle have no choice but to follow them...across the Desert of Bleached White Bones. From the Japanese "EEEEEH?!" to the English "Oooh NOOO!," the tone is this trope.
- Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu: During the Beach Episode, Sousuke completely destroys a watermelon with a blast from his shotgun. He pulls off the blindfold, commenting on how it was far too easy...until he sees Kaname, covered in splattered watermelon, walking by him. He knows what's coming as he does an Loud Gulp, and tries to excuse the others who were involved in the watermelon splitting game. He takes a baseball bat to the head as Kaname vents her outrage.
- Gintama: Kagura makes a Goblin Face upon realizing Tsukuyo just ate a whiskey bonbon.
- In Girls und Panzer, while Hana is introducing her friends to her mother Yuri, Yukari casually mentions that they're on a tankery crew together, not knowing Yuri does not approve of tanking. Hana's expression is initially one of unpleasant surprise, then she's overwhelmed with dread as she realizes she can no longer hide that she's a tanker anymore.
- Rally utters this when pinned down by gunfire on a warehouse catwalk in the first episode of Gunsmith Cats:Rally: This sucks.
- Rally says, "This sucks." exactly Once per Episode in the three-episode OVA. In episode two, she learns that Casanova Wannabe Bill Collins actually has a brain and has been tracking her movements. In episode three, she's stuck in the rain and her feet are getting cold.
- Often said in some form or another by Kyon in the Haruhi Suzumiya series. He can reliably begin any given story wondering when Haruhi will burst into the clubroom with some new insane scheme that he will undeniably have to suffer through just to keep her happy.
- Hellsing: Jan Valentine, when he bursts in on the Round Table conference to find Integra and the other members calmly facing him with anti-vampire weaponry.Integra: You made it. Congratulations.
Jan: ...oh, fuck me. [gets utterly ventilated] - Lupin III: The Secret of Twilight Gemini: This effectively sums up Fujiko's reaction to being left alone at Sadachiyo's mercy; particularly when he announces that the "fun's" about to start.Sadachiyo: [evil grin] We're going to have SUCH a good time.
Fujiko: [deadpan] I'll bet. - In the penultimate episode of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS, a restrained Vivio closes her eyes and winces right before Nanoha uses five Starlight Breakers to free her from control of the Saint's Cradle.
- In the fourth episode of Mnemosyne, Rin grapples Android Ruon and throws herself out of a flying airplane. What she probably didn't count on is that they are flying straight into the plane's turbine. But her reaction? "This may be too much even for me..."
- During the fight between All Might and All For One in My Hero Academia All For One has a last-second realization regarding the other's remaining strength:
- Naruto has a moment when the Ten-Tails fires a city-destroying blast at the headquarters of the Shinobi Alliance. The attack takes long enough to arrive the people there know what's coming and have time to go down swinging.
- One Piece:
- “This is gonna hurt” is used in the 4Kids dub of One Piece during Luffy's second fight with Crocodile... by Crocodile, right before Luffy sends him flying into a smallish stone building and knocking it down.
- Used by Zoro after Mr. 1 hits him with a coup de grâce, seriously injuring him and making the stone pillar supporting a stone bridge behind him slowly begin to crumble, bringing the whole thing crashing down on him.Zoro: (thinking) I've had bad luck with stones today.
- Also in the Funimation dub during the Skypiea arc, when Chopper has to remove their ship's ignited mast to protect the boat.
- Another one from that dub is back in the Syrup Village arc, when Jango, confident that he's not going to fall for the Usopp Pirates' tricks, literally falls for a tripwire. Right before he hits the ground:Jango: (thinking) Ohh, damn it.
- One of the most iconic happens in the Post-Enies Lobby arc. Stubborn Franky refuses to join the Straw Hats, in spite of being stripped from the waist down, so Robin calls out "Dos Fleur", and Franky looks down to see two arms growing out of his legs, in perfect reach of his "jewels". Everyone present assumes shocked expressions... except, of course, Franky, who has this trope all over his Blue with Shock face knowing the other shoe is about to drop.note
- This, mixed with Oh, Crap!, is the crew's reaction every time they realize Luffy is going to do something stupid. Which is more often than not.
- Rebuild World: This is Akira's reaction whenever Alpha has to take full control of his augmented suit to have him perform rapid and complex movements beyond his capabilities. It may save his life, but it also hurts like hell and he begs her not to tear his limbs off in the process.
- Robotech II: The Sentinels has a rather good one when, after interrogating his Tirolian prisoners, the Invid Regent has his enforcers 'reward' their sincerity by tossing a large spheric object at them:Random Tirolian: It appears to be some type of timing mechanism. What does it mean?
Tirolian who caught the sphere: It means our doom.
[The sphere explodes, vaporizing the building and everyone inside] - Sailor Moon has a few in the first season:
- When Usagi is trapped in a tennis ball by Tesuni when trying to save Naru's sister, she utters "this sucks" as she's getting bounced around.
- Same for Rei later on in the season when she's bedridden by a cold. She coughs after proclaiming "this sucks".
- In the SuperS season, Sailor Moon, Sailor Jupiter and Sailor ChibiMoon realize that using electricity to break a metal chain wasn't the best idea. Harmless Electrocution ensues.
- Yu-Gi-Oh! GX: Used by Jaden during his and Aster's duel with Serena and her clone, right before an attack hits them.
- YuYu Hakusho:
- During the Dark Tournament semifinals Bui from Team Toguro is fighting Kirenja. Kirenja unsheathes a BFS, and makes a comment about Bui deserving an extra-large sized defeat. Cue Bui summoning an axe into his hand, one so large and heavy that it makes Bui's feet crater the arena.Kirenja: Oh, damn.
- Yusuke actually says "This is gonna suck." in episode 35 of the dub. They're about to face three Mind Controlled humans trained in energy techniques he's not capable of seeing yet. So not only is he up against opponents really capable of hurting him, but because they're humans, he has to pull his punches to prevent hurting them too badly.
- During the Dark Tournament semifinals Bui from Team Toguro is fighting Kirenja. Kirenja unsheathes a BFS, and makes a comment about Bui deserving an extra-large sized defeat. Cue Bui summoning an axe into his hand, one so large and heavy that it makes Bui's feet crater the arena.
