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== Anime and Manga ==

* It's difficult to decide which lead from ''[[Legend of the Galactic Heroes]]'' better qualifies. While Reinhard continuously rises through the ranks and spends most of the series pretty much being the driving force of the Empire, he is much more morally flawed compared to Yang, who never attempts to rise past the rank of Admiral.

* L from ''[[Death Note]]'' - a more uncommon [[Anti-Hero|Anti Heroic]] example.<ref>[[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type IV]]</ref>

* The Elder from ''[[Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple]]''. Almost certainly the strongest character in the series, it's fortunate that he's on the side of good.

* Integra Hellsing from ''[[Hellsing]]''.

* Captain Bravo from ''[[Busou Renkin]]''. Then the second half of the series introduced a ''Bigger'' Good Guy who was ''his'' captain. He even makes the bigger part somewhat literal—whereas Captain Bravo's weapon is a body-fitting armor, his superior's weapon is a ''[[Humongous Mecha]]'' suit of armor.

* Koutarou Taiga from ''[[GaoGaiGar]]''. (Not actually more powerful, but [[The Hero]] is a super-advanced cyborg and Taiga is a [[Badass Normal]] who can fight off the enemy boss with a golf club.)

* Lord Mallory from ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]''.

* In more recent chapters of ''[[One Piece]]'', Silvers Rayleigh seems to operate in this capacity, being likely the strongest and most traveled ally of the Straw Hats, and taking on a mentor/trainer role for [[The Hero|Luffy]]. Rayleigh was merely a [[Retired Badass]] despite being powerful enough to hold this role all along, until Luffy's determination (and similarity to Rayleigh's old captain, Gold Roger) impressed him enough to get him to come out of retirement.

** Two of the strongest pirates alive, "Red-Haired" Shanks and Edward "Whitebeard" Newgate {{spoiler|until his death}} could also qualify. In particular, during the Whitebeard War, the rather morally-sound Newgate led the battle against the more reprehensible [[Knight Templar|Marines]] into battle, but it was Shanks himself that ended the war, simply by '''threatening to attack anyone that wanted to continue fighting'''!

* The [[Power Trio|Three Dark Lords]] of ''[[Rosario + Vampire]]'', or at least the two who are still alive, seem to fill this role.

* This was [[Badass|Erza]]'s role in the earlier chapters of ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', until [[The Obi-Wan|Makarov]], then [[Person of Mass Destruction|Gildarts]] was introduced.