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* Jolyne Kujo from Part 6 of ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' resents her father, Jotaro Kujo, for being absent for most of her childhood. Although partly due to work reasons, Jotaro also didn't want her getting mixed up in the supernatural troubles that he's frequently a part of.
* Ranma's mother in ''[[Ranma ½|Ranma One Half]]''. Here the excuse seems to be "your dad insisted I not be around to be nice to you since it would make you less tough".
** Somewhat justified in that Nodoka [[Take Our Word for It|claims]] to have received constant letters from Genma all throughout Ranma's childhood, which stopped just about the time he and Ranma headed for China -- and their absence is why she went personally to the Tendo home. So while she can be excused for not contacting Ranma personally earlier, [[Fridge Logic|readers realize]] that this makes Genma ''an even bigger bastard'' because he deliberately kept Ranma unaware of his own mother despite writing to her regularly.
* In ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' and ''[[Great Mazinger]]'' it is both played straight and subverted:
** It is played straight with Kenzo. His sons, [[The Hero|Kouji]] and Shiro grew up believing their parents had died cause a laboratory experiment that went wrong. However, Kenzo's father saved his son's life by turning him into a cyborg. However, neither of them told Kouji and Shiro he was alive because {{spoiler|Kenzo was going to build a [[Humongous Mecha]] to repel the Mykene invasion they predicted, and train its pilot. And both his father and he wanted to shield Kouji and Shiro from danger and psychological shock.}} It was not a bad reason, even if it was somewhat weak because Juzo was also building another [[Humongous Mecha]] and he raised them, even if he hired a maid because he was nearly always absent. When Kenzo revealed the truth to his little son, it took a long while for Shiro forgiving him. Though Kouji forgave him right away.
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** Also done in the manga where he {{spoiler|figured out the [[Big Bad]]'s evil plan and set out to stop him.}} He was also trying to {{spoiler|become mortal again, however, since he wanted to die with Trisha... which ironically he didn't want to die at the end because Edward finally called him dad and Alphonse got his body back. He still dies next to her tomb, a bittersweet smile on his lips.}}
* In the anime version of ''[[Angelic Layer]]'', Misaki's [[Missing Mom]] Shuko is revealed to have {{spoiler|been confined [[Ill Girl|to a wheelchair due to a neurological disease]], and she'd gone to Tokyo to do research on it to help look for a cure}} and hence hasn't seen her daughter for years. This is notably [[Pragmatic Adaptation|exclusive only to the anime]], while in the manga Shuko's excuse is that ''she's pathologically shy''. The manga explanation [[Moe|is cuter]], but the anime explanation makes more sense {{spoiler|[[Values Dissonance|considering Japan's treatment]] [[Disabled Means Helpless|of the disabled]]: Shuuko mentions that she doesn't want people to look down on Misaki for having "a useless mother"}}.
* Played mostly straight in ''[[Code Geass]]'' with Kallen Stadtfeld {{spoiler|and her birth mother, who is actually the incompetent family maid Miss Kouzuki. Kallen assumes her mother stayed on to continue to be her father's mistress, and [[Nice to the Waiter|treats her poorly]] and puts a sticker over her face on a family photo. Cue the [[Tear Jerker|dramatic moment]] when she discovers her mother actually remained out of love for Kallen, but didn't want to give away the fact Kallen is a [[But Not Too Foreign|half - "breed"]], and as her mother is jailed, she swears to make Miss Kouzuki her [[Morality Pet]], later taking the sticker out of the photo. Thank God, in the [[Grand Finale]] we see Miss Kouzuki free and in her path to recovery, living modestly but happily with a Kallen who's now back to Ashford Academy.}}
** Played with in ''R2'', where Lelouch {{spoiler|discovers his father's reason for abandoning him and his sister in a foreign country was to protect them from his [[Creepy Child|brother]], who had murdered Lelouch's mother out of jealousy. On the other hands, Lelouch immediately points out that [[Parental Abandonment]] is Not Cool, and that if his parents had really been as concerned about the well-being of their kids as they claimed, they would have figured out a way to protect them ''without'' heavily traumatisingtraumatizing one and crippling another, and then invading the nation whose leader had him and his sister as a political hostage ... thus nullifying any need for living hostages.}}
* In ''[[Samurai Champloo]]'', Fuu's father, {{spoiler|the Sunflower Samurai}}, has a very good excuse - {{spoiler|as a Christian in isolationist Japan, if he had stayed home, his entire family would be executed.}}
* In ''[[Naruto]]'', Naruto's father {{spoiler|Namikaze Minato,}} had [[Values Dissonance|what he believed was a good reason]]... {{spoiler|Sealing the Kyuubi inside of Naruto to protect Konoha with a [[Gambit Roulette]] against Uchiha Madara.}} Turns out that his mom is not only dead, but {{spoiler|[[Generation Xerox|was the ''previous'' Jinchuuriki of the Nine-Tails.]].}}
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** In the Star Village filler arc, Sumaru's parents attempt to steal the star in order to stop the star training that kills most of those who use it, but get discovered by the Hoshikage, who has them leave the village in order to watch over the star from afar and intervene if someone plans on using it again. Sumaru grows up thinking that his parents died defending the star; his father does die from the lingering effects star training, and his mother indicates that she can't stay with him if she could die at any time. His mother returns to steal the star when the star training resumes after Akahoshi kills the Hoshikage, and dies trying to recover the star.
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', Luffy's [[Disappeared Dad]] turns out to be {{spoiler|Dragon the Revolutionary who is known as the Most Wanted Man in the world and [[La Résistance|actively schemes to bring down]] the [[The Government|World Government]]. It's been hinted that the man ''does'' care very deeply for his family and only stays away [[It's Not You, It's My Enemies|for their protection]].}}
** Considering what the World Government did on the island where they only ''suspected'' {{spoiler|[[Moral Event Horizon|Gold Roger had a lover and child]]}}, I say he made a damn good choice.
** Ussop father's abandoned him and his mother and never returned. Luffy then convinces Ussop that his father had a good reason for leaving him, since he was doing some [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything|pirate-stuff]], up to the point where Ussop gets proud of him.
* In ''[[The Vision of Escaflowne]]'', [[Failure Knight]] Allen Schezar was ''badly'' traumatised by his sister's kidnapping and his mother's [[Death by Despair]], and hates his [[Disappeared Dad]] for leaving the family. {{spoiler|When he ''does'' have [[Calling the Old Man Out|a chance to call him out]], Allen finds out that Leon Schezar was ''[[Dead All Along]]'', having been murdered by [[The Empire]] because he didn't give them the information he had about the Dragonkin; Mrs. Schezar was depressed to death because she ''knew'' her husband was dead since the beginning. Allen then manages to posthumously forgive his dad, and later in the series he gets his still-alive but ''badly'' fucked up younger sister back. How badly messed up is she? It turns out that she was captured by Emperor Donkirk and turned over to his wizards, tranforming her into the [[Axe Crazy]] (and [[Gender Bender|male]]) Captain of the Dragonslayers; Dilandau.}}
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* Gale, from ''[[Rave Master]]'' left his family when Haru was one in order to find the Rave stones, which is revealed fairly early on in the manga (or 15 years after he left. Why did no one tell Haru sooner?) This explanation alone is still unacceptable to Haru. When he actually meets Gale and learns that he left to find Rave in order to stop his [[Big Bad Friend]], the leader of Demon Card, Haru accepts him as a father.
** It kinda helped that Gale thought that the Dark Bring implanted in him by King could have created a second [[Earthshattering Kaboom|Overdrive]] at any moment, and thus wanted to be as far away from anyone as possible, especially his beloved children.
* Averted in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. It seems like they're setting Gendo up for this one when, right before {{spoiler|he gets sucked into Instrumentality aka [[The End of the World as We Know It]]}}, he explains his reasons for ignoring his son for like a decade. It's averted because: 1) It's way too late by then, and 2) his [[Freudian Excuse]] {{spoiler|and subsequent apology to his son}} don't really fly very well with the majority of the fans, and he seems well aware of the fact {{spoiler|as he dies}}.
** If you're wondering what his excuse was, it was {{spoiler|he believed he would have been a horrible father and that Shinji would do better without him. Considering how badly Gendo screwed up his son when they did meet, he might have had a point}}.
* ''[[Bokurano]]''. {{spoiler|Jun Ushiro and his mother, Misumi Tanaka}}. That's all. Each medium gives a different reason, but they're all pretty good.
* Goku from ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' spends most of Gohan's and pretty much all of Goten's childhood's dead or off training.
** Though when he is around/alive, he really does [[Doting Parent|try to be the best father he can to them]]. Points for effort, though his [[Spirited Competitor]] causes issues in what he ''thinks'' are good parenting decisions - he learns his lesson when he goes too far during the Cell saga, just in time to realize his folly and sacrifice himself for his son. Until then, though, ''his former archenemy'' comes off as a better parent to his son than he is.
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'' Yusei's father {{spoiler|sacrificed his life during the Zero Reverse disaster to ensure that his son would survive.}}
* Although we don't know the exact circumstances involved with Hinagiku and Yukiji's being abandoned by their birth parents in ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'', Hinagiku firmly believes that they had a good reason for leaving them behind. Yukiji doesn't seem to agree.
 
 
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