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** Eh, your mileage may vary there. Android 18 (the version the Z Fighters meet, not Trunk's alternate universe version) does nothing bad but steal a car and beat the Z Fighters up in self-defence. Piccolo, the one who's not forgiven, actually has an excuse for the evil due to the fact he is an entierly different person - other than physical apperance - to King Piccolo, and the worst thing he personally did was try to kill Goku in a fight, something Goku doesn't see as any different than a handshake. Buu has no excuse though, so played strait there.
*** Buu does have an excuse in that he was basically a child who was specifically designed to kill more things than possible. When given the proper moral guiding, Buu just accepts that killing is wrong and promises not to do it anymore.
* Subverted in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]''. Winry didn't forgive {{spoiler|Scar}} for killing her parents. {{spoiler|Although it didn't stop her for treating his wounds, on the principle that her parents would have done the same.}} One strong theme in this manga is how to deal with sins, forgiveness, and cycle of hatred.
** Also subverted with the Ishbalan people after nearly getting wiped out in a genocide. Scar's master says that they should not forgive the Amestrians, because good people ''should'' be outraged at injustice, but they do need to ''endure'' it and not continue the cycle of hatred. The result is a rare middle ground between forgiveness and vengeance.
** Subverted ''again'' when Izumi forgives Edward and Alphonse for disobeying her repeated warnings to not attempt human transmutation ... but still expels them as her students. They now consider each other peers rather than master and student, though.
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** And Tara, with the blindness thing. And Xander with the musical demon. And Buffy, with the psychological institution one. And Angel, with {{spoiler|the whole second half of Season 2}}. It's safe to say that just about everybody got one of these, at least.
** The Scoobies generally forgave those who were close to them more easily than those outside their inner circle. Faith had to work harder for forgiveness. Amy was particularly pissed that the gang took ''3 years'' to transform her from a rat back to human, and then very quickly cast her out. They never forgave her, but easily forgave Willow who {{spoiler|tried to kill all of them, and then tried to end the world}}.
* Amusingly subverted in an episode of ''[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'', where Simon figures out that Jayne had sold out both River and himself in a previous episode. Simon doesn't forgive Jayne, but he does point out they have way too many mutual enemies as it stands, and that constantly being at each others' throats over this would be pointless and stupid. Then, as he leaves, River sticks her head in, looks directly at Jayne, and warns him that "I can kill you with my brain."
* In ''[[Torchwood]]'', Captain Jack is shot dead by Owen. Despite the fact Owen was unaware that Jack would resurrect, Jack easily forgives him.
** In that same episode, the team mutinies against Jack and unintentionally releases a giant monster that steals the life force of anyone its giant shadow falls upon. Jack manages to destroy it by letting it feed of him. However, the effort leaves him dead for three days, which is the longest to date that he's ever stayed dead. He still forgives the team, minutes after reviving. It might be subverted, given that he ran off to find the Doctor a few scenes later.
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