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** Rukia is also one until the end of the Soul Society arc. She thinks she deserves to die for killing her Hollow-possessed mentor before the story starts, and because of that doesn't resist her arrest or execution in any way. [[Big Damn Heroes|Ichigo disagrees]].

* In ''[[Ga-Rei Zero|Ga-Rei -Zero-]]'', Yomi, fighting the emotion intensifying effects of the Sesshouseki, attempts to get Noriyuki to kill her since she has become a "taint of evil," as she puts it. However, he repeatedly refuses to, even as she becomes increasingly more sadistic in her attempts to provoke him to do so.

* In part 6 of ''[[~~Jo Jo~~'s ~~Bizarre Adventure|Jo Jos~~ Bizarre Adventure]]'', {{spoiler|Weather Report, after recovering his memories. He dies shortly afterward in a not quite successful suicide attack on the [[Big Bad]].}}

* In part 6 of ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'', {{spoiler|Weather Report, after recovering his memories. He dies shortly afterward in a not quite successful suicide attack on the [[Big Bad]].}}

* Shinji Ikari (and, to a lesser extent, {{spoiler|Asuka Langley Soryu}} from [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]] could fit this trope to a T, except by the little part that Shinji was fighting to seek his father's attention, and {{spoiler|Asuka was too much of a [[Stepford Smiler]] to give up}}. At the end, {{spoiler|only these two failed to die, presumably. Irony at its best.}}

** {{spoiler|Until episode 18, anyway. After killing and/or maiming his best friend, depending on whether we're going by the anime or the manga, we see him in episode 19, no longer greatly concerned with what his father or anyone else thinks of him. The [[Crazy Awesome]] of the moment--and it is, if you haven't seen it--is muted at the end of the series when we reflect and realize that when he went out to fight, "fangs out and hair on fire," he was almost certainly trying to die.}}

** {{spoiler|Rei. Explicitly says she "Is a thing that wishes to die"? Check. Deliberately takes suicide missions? Check. Gets herself killed ''twice?'' Check. Fails hard at ''staying'' dead? Hoo boy.}} In fact, {{spoiler|Rei}} explicitly stated in ep24 that {{spoiler|she}} hates Gendo for not letting {{spoiler|her}} die until {{spoiler|she}} had fulfilled the purpose he had set. [[Sarcasm Mode|Ladies and gentlemen, meet the protectors of mankind!]]

* Gauron from ''[[Full Metal Panic]]''. Somewhere along the line, he somehow latches onto the idea that he wants Sousuke to kill him (and if that doesn't work, killing Sousuke and raping his body works just fine as well). His suicidal and extreme sadomasochistic tendencies are somewhat explained in the novels, where it's revealed that he had lethal cancer that would kill him sooner or later. The only irony is, it seems the more he throws himself into danger and suicidal situations, the ''longer'' he lives.

* Gauron from ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]''. Somewhere along the line, he somehow latches onto the idea that he wants Sousuke to kill him (and if that doesn't work, killing Sousuke and raping his body works just fine as well). His suicidal and extreme sadomasochistic tendencies are somewhat explained in the novels, where it's revealed that he had lethal cancer that would kill him sooner or later. The only irony is, it seems the more he throws himself into danger and suicidal situations, the ''longer'' he lives.

* {{spoiler|The clone of [[Failure Knight|Zest]]}} in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Striker S]]'' was a "[[Clone Degeneration|Doomed to die an ignoble death]]" version, and [[Suicide by Cop|provoked Signum for a battle to the death]] after she made an assurance that {{spoiler|his}} charge was safe with her squad and that the villains had been caught. While {{spoiler|Agito}} hated her for it, she thanked her for giving {{spoiler|him his}} last honor as a fellow knight.

* Balalaika of ''[[Black Lagoon]]'', as seen in the quote above. {{spoiler|Roberta}} also has elements of this in the latest arc of the manga.

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{{quote|'''Shirou, {{spoiler|after being revived by Tiffania}}''': "And in that moment, I had never hated anything as fiercely as I did her."}}

* In ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3966181/1/The_Prince The Prince]'', a ''[[Death Note]]'' [[Yakuza]] [[Alternate Universe Fic|AU]] by Neverending Odyssey, Light sees [[Professional Killer|the deaths]] [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|he must deal out]] as a burden and truly looks forward to the day L will catch and execute him for it-however since he's not engaging the detective in pitched battle he isn't leaving any clues behind and Ryuk sees a very long lifespan ahead of him.

* ''[[The World Ends With You]]'' fanfic, ''[[~~Eris Game (Fanfic)|~~Eri's Game]]'', has the titular character trying to become an activist just to die as she's responsible for Shiki's death. However, some mysterious force, {{spoiler|who is Shiki}}, keeps on foiling it. Luckily, her wish is granted in the end of week 1.

* ''[[The World Ends With You]]'' fanfic, ''[[Eri's Game]]'', has the titular character trying to become an activist just to die as she's responsible for Shiki's death. However, some mysterious force, {{spoiler|who is Shiki}}, keeps on foiling it. Luckily, her wish is granted in the end of week 1.

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* The name comes from Death Seekers of the Lion Clan in [[Legend of the Five Rings]]''.

** The Damned of the Crab Clan are the 'diseased' variation. They are victims of the corruption they fight, and seek to do more damage to their enemy than they would giving into the Taint.

* In ''[[Warhammer]] Fantasy'', the rigidity of Dwarven honour codes results in Troll Slayers: entire ''communities'' of Death Seekers. These are unfortunate Dwarves who have failed at some task or are unable to fulfill an oath, for which death is their only solace. ''However'', it's dishonorable for a Dwarf to just off himself, so they dye their hair, cut it into an intimidating shape, and go into battle unarmored against the biggest, meanest opponent they can find. There's nothing like facing down a regiment of orange-mohawked berserkers with death wishes and ''big'' axes to grind (on your skull).

* In ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]] Fantasy'', the rigidity of Dwarven honour codes results in Troll Slayers: entire ''communities'' of Death Seekers. These are unfortunate Dwarves who have failed at some task or are unable to fulfill an oath, for which death is their only solace. ''However'', it's dishonorable for a Dwarf to just off himself, so they dye their hair, cut it into an intimidating shape, and go into battle unarmored against the biggest, meanest opponent they can find. There's nothing like facing down a regiment of orange-mohawked berserkers with death wishes and ''big'' axes to grind (on your skull).

** The ''[[Gotrek and Felix]]'' novels, in particular, tell the story of Felix Jaeger, a young poet who finds himself honor bound to accompany a Slayer and record his heroic doom. Unfortunately for Felix, Gotrek Grunnisson just happens to be the worst Slayer in history, on account of him being the most [[Badass]] Dwarf, if not being, on the planet. He has killed everything from incarnations of rage and blood to dragons the length of football fields. Even if anything ''could'' kill Gotrek, Felix has no illusions about the fact that it would kill him soon after.

** The next step in a Troll Slayer's career is Demon Slayer, a Troll Slayer who ''couldn't find a big enough and mean enough troll''.