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There are three possible reasons for having an Asshole Victim:
# It's not as depressing
# It's one of the only ways to have a [[Sympathetic Murderer]]. Writers may make the victim an asshole in this case either just to have a sympathetic murderer; or, if the show is a [[Law Procedural|Courtroom Drama]], to make it harder to convict the killer as the jury sympathizes.
# In a mystery show, it [[Everyone Is a Suspect|maximizes the possible suspects]], as just about ''everyone'' involved would have a potential motive to kill this guy. Usually the line, "Well, I certainly ''hated'' X, but I didn't ''kill'' him" will be used repeatedly, and perhaps the extreme variation "Yeah, I ''wanted'' to kill X, but somebody beat me to it." In a few really extreme cases, suspects may even add "I'd kill X ''now'' if I could, but it's a moot point." In rare cases, a suspect admits that "[[I Wished You Were Dead|I wished X was dead]]" before the victim actually died, and now therefore feels [[Be Careful What You Wish For|indirectly responsible]] for it.
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* Shinji of ''[[Fate/stay night|Fate Stay Night]]'' was already defeated, so it wasn't ''entirely'' justified when he was minced ([[Villainy Discretion Shot|off-screen]]) by Berserker. He ''did'', however, just attempt to kill off an entire school's worth of people, and laughed when one of them managed to beg for help. If you've read Heaven's Feel, you know that there really isn't anything he doesn't deserve. And in Heaven's feel, it kind of [[Karmic Death|bites him in the ass.]]
* Makoto of ''[[School Days]]''. He's murdered by the girl he impregnated and abandoned, and she might count, depending on your interpretation, when her killing Makoto causes his girlfriend to break completely and kill her.
* Paragus qualifies as an Asshole Victim in the ending of ''[[Dragon Ball|
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