Evil Counterpart/Anime and Manga: Difference between revisions

* Mao is another Evil Counterpart to Lelouch. He's not only the same age as Lelouch (even though he looks older than 17), but he also represents [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|what would happen if Lelouch lets his geass drive him mad]].

 

* In the manga, Father is Hohenheim's Evil Counterpart. He's also even [[Cloudcuckoolander|weirder than him]]. This means that in both the anime and manga version, the Elric brothers eventually have to fight the [[Doppelganger]] of one of their parents. Toward the end of the manga, Father becomes more like an evil counterpart to {{spoiler|Ed, as his bishonen "God" form looks like young Hohenheim/Ed except with Father's cruel eyes, and Father's arrogance and obsession with gaining knowledge at all costs is a dark reflection of Ed's tendency toward [[Pride]].}}

* Wrath is an Evil Counterpart of Ling. Both cover [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]s and impressive swordsmanship with a front of [[Obfuscating Stupidity]], and Ling's actual [[Papa Wolf]] attitude toward his friends and subjects is mirrored in Wrath's ''pretensions'' to being a [[Father to His Men]]- in reality, he really couldn't give a damn about his subjects. Also, just as Wrath is a human-turned hommunculus, Ling gets turned into the second Greed. However, while Wrath lost his human identity in his transformation, Ling manages to maintain his consciousness and serves as [[The Conscience]] to Greed. Wrath started life as the 12th candidate for Fuhrer and Ling is the 12th son of the Emperor.

== ''[[Lyrical Nanoha]]'' ==

* Truly explored in the PSP games ''[[Lyrical Nanoha|Nanoha: Battle of the Aces]]'' and ''Nanoha: Gears of Destiny'', where Nanoha, Fate and Hayate have counterparts for themselves: Stern a.k.a. Material-S (Seikou the Starlight Destroyer), Revi the Slasher a.k.a. Material-L (Rai-chan), "Load" a.k.a. Material-D (Yami or 'Your Majesty').

* The same can be said about Karen of Huckebein in relation to Hayate, both are caring heads of their respective groups, both have a family-like approach to them and both are apparently masters of [[Great Big Book of Everything|mysterious ancient belkan books]], also their debut in battle during FORCE is precisely a very close encounter between the two. The difference comes as Karen have a much more gray morale and is perfectly ok with [[Back Stab|stabbing people]] [[In the Back]]. But the real ice on the cake is that Karen, unlike Hayate, [[Always Someone Better|shows to be able to defend herself in combat as also saving her family and giving them confidence and hope]].

* Cypha seems to be deliberately designed as this to Signum. Both are busty [[Hot Chick with a Sword|swordswomen]], but Signum is [[The Stoic]] [[Redheaded Hero]] (pink, technically) with both eyes intact and a single Western-style sword, while Cypha is a [[Psychotic Smirk]]er [[Blondes Are Evil|evil blonde]] with an [[Eyepatch of Power]] who [[Dual Wield|dual wields]] [[Katanas Are Better]].