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** That's Kenshin's view, anyway. The boy was first stopped from attacking by Saitou, because revenge killing is illegal and would saddle Saitou with paperwork. Also, the man, as an underling of the [[Big Bad]], can be tortured for information, which would be more satisfying as revenge in Saitou's view. Saitou is endorsing forgiveness in a practical sense, but emotional closure or spiritual well-being apparently don't factor in.

* In ''[[Gundam Seed]]'', after {{spoiler|Athrun}} [[Heel Face Turn|joins the good guys]], someone approaches Miriallia and tells her that it was him who killed her boyfriend Tolle. Miriallia just walks away, saying that revenge won't change anything, thus becoming the first character in the show to actually forgive a misguided enemy.

** However, in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'', Saji Crossroad follows Aesop 1 and tried his damnedest to get Louise Halevy to follow his footsteps. Unfortunately, {{spoiler|Louise ignores him and goes on to exact righteous vengeance on her parents' murderer Nena Trinity. She ends up in effects 4, for a short while until her mentality and moral gets restored by Setsuna's GN Particles, and Saji's persistence}}

** However, in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'', Saji Crossroad follows Aesop 1 and tried his damnedest to get Louise Halevy to follow his footsteps. Unfortunately, {{spoiler|Louise ignores him and goes on to exact righteous vengeance on her parents' murderer Nena Trinity. She ends up in effects 4, for a short while until her mentality and moral compass gets restored by Setsuna's GN Particles, and Saji's persistence}}

* In ''[[Naruto]]'' taking revenge makes Team Ten and especially Shikamaru grow up and get over their grief (although it's largely motivated by finishing the mission that {{spoiler|Asuma}} died trying to complete). It's Aesop three.

** Sasuke on the other hand leans ''very'' heavily on Aesop three {{spoiler|to the point of wanting to kill his entire home town for the actions of few elders.}} Tough to say how he'll end up.