This is easily one of my favorite themes in anime, right next to
"Precocious kids with developmental issues." The motif is plentiful, yet so often goes awry. As in say, a character whom everyone hates, but eventually shows everyone what a nice guy he is. I'm talking about the guy that right or wrong the cosmos wants to take a dump on. These are the people who save the world from destruction, only to be punched in the face.
This is, of course, bite sized for your enjoyment, so feel free to add your favorite nominations for part 2!
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Good Guys Whom Everyone Hated, pt. 1"  |
1. Vash
(From Trigun)
Vash the Stampede... he could break you with a thought, yet he's just one adorable cuddle monster. Of course, all of his good intents haven't stopped him-related destruction as "an act of god," and thus uninsurable. Unrelated note: He totally loves doughnuts. Good guy rating: 5 out of 5 |
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2. Clare
(From Claymore)
So, the way I understand it... Humanity is defenseless against these super powerful "yoma." We develop one (and only one) way to fight them, which is to transform people into half human, half yoma hybrids, called claymores. Once more humanity has a chance of surviving, thanks to the Claymores, yet they totally hate and revile them just as much as the flesh eating demons. Good guy rating: 3 of 5 |
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3. Celestial Being
(From Gundam 00)
For being good guys, everyone did sure have it in for them. Celestial Being decided that the best way to end war was to take away all of the worlds toys. Using super-duper amazing suits, the team when from place to place turning every armed conflict into a double KO. Good guy rating: 5 out of 5 |
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4. Casshern
(From Casshern Sins)
He's all sort of confused. Not only did Casshern wake up in a post apocalyptic world, he was told it was his fault. The fact that he blanks out and turns into a murderbot doesn't really help his case. Good guy rating: 4 out of 5 |
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5. Kaiji
(From Kaiji)
Now, he's not really a good guy, as in a hero, but he tries really hard. What really sold me on him is that no matter how hard he tries, he "only" gets screwed. For every time he has a chance at success, his humanity gets the better of him... Yet, everyone in the world just loves hating him. Rich people pay to see him tortured, best friends sell him into slavery... things just don't work out in his favor. Good guy rating: 2 of 5 |
agreed =/
HEY CLAIR IS AWSOME!! =/
I definitely don't like, Golgo 13, but I don't hate him either. He just bores me to tears.
depends on cb though, since actually in the anime we only see ptomelaios , which is the good duy, and yeah the world seems to unite to fought them, two times, how awesome is that
the true worst good guy is tingle from legend of zelda
bwahaha. No one likes tingle, despite all of his work to save the world.
I HIGHLY disagree with your good guy ratings for celestial Being.
Just look at all the death and destruction they caused in season 2, and the movie promises that Celestial Being's screwups are not even close to being over. They caused Ribbons rise to power by destabilizing the world, they then caused people like Descartes Shaman to get power by constantly using devices they can't control. Say what you will about how overpoweredsome of the pilots in C.E where but at least they didn't screw up constantly.
They are evil by way of incompetence. They never think of the aftermath and when they do their flat out wrong because their backing a guy who was in cryogenic suspension the past 200 years.