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** Matsuda. He's your classic [[Idiot Hero]] -- impulsive, well-meaning, slightly self-centered everyman who's ultimately devoted to his [[True Companions]]. He spends the whole series opposing a serial killer, since he is a cop. He just so happens to be working against [[Villain Protagonist]] Light. If you rewrote the entire series to be from Matsuda and L's perspective instead of Light and Misa's, with only short ventures into their perspectives as L and Matsuda were given, the whole series would still mostly work, especially since Matsuda's behavior usually makes an interesting and vital contribution to the story, like {{spoiler|stumbling on Yotsuba and shooting Light}}.
** Matsuda. He's your classic [[Idiot Hero]] -- impulsive, well-meaning, slightly self-centered everyman who's ultimately devoted to his [[True Companions]]. He spends the whole series opposing a serial killer, since he is a cop. He just so happens to be working against [[Villain Protagonist]] Light. If you rewrote the entire series to be from Matsuda and L's perspective instead of Light and Misa's, with only short ventures into their perspectives as L and Matsuda were given, the whole series would still mostly work, especially since Matsuda's behavior usually makes an interesting and vital contribution to the story, like {{spoiler|stumbling on Yotsuba and shooting Light}}.
** Soichiro {{spoiler|until towards the end}}, and he is described by the author as the only one-hundred-percent good character. However neither of them are Light's direct antagonist as such, while L {{spoiler|and Near}} are.
** Soichiro {{spoiler|until towards the end}}, and he is described by the author as the only one-hundred-percent good character. However neither of them are Light's direct antagonist as such, while L {{spoiler|and Near}} are.
* Officer Kirihara of ''[[Darker Than Black]]''. She is good and hunting the protagonist for crimes he actually committed {{spoiler|but also [[Unwitting Pawn|being misled]] by her [[Conspiracy Redemption|evil superiors]]}}
* Officer Kirihara of ''[[Darker than Black]]''. She is good and hunting the protagonist for crimes he actually committed {{spoiler|but also [[Unwitting Pawn|being misled]] by her [[Conspiracy Redemption|evil superiors]]}}
* ''[[Afro Samurai]]'': Due to Afro's [[Anti-Hero]] bordering [[Villain Protagonist]] status, and Shichigoro in ''Resurrection'' fit here.
* ''[[Afro Samurai]]'': Due to Afro's [[Anti-Hero]] bordering [[Villain Protagonist]] status, and Shichigoro in ''Resurrection'' fit here.
* [[Colonel Badass|Col. Sergei Smirnov]], a.k.a. the "Wild Bear of Russia", is, far and away, the most sympathetic out of all of Celestial Being's antagonists in the first season of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]''. A [[Reasonable Authority Figure]] who believes in upholding the law, flawed as it may be, against an organization of terrorists (albeit, [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|well intentioned ones]]), and helped give the first season its [[Grey and Gray Morality]].
* [[Colonel Badass|Col. Sergei Smirnov]], a.k.a. the "Wild Bear of Russia", is, far and away, the most sympathetic out of all of Celestial Being's antagonists in the first season of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]''. A [[Reasonable Authority Figure]] who believes in upholding the law, flawed as it may be, against an organization of terrorists (albeit, [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|well intentioned ones]]), and helped give the first season its [[Grey and Gray Morality]].
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* Kira Yamato qualifies as one in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny|Gundam SEED Destiny]]'', against the Anti-Hero Shinn Asuka, until the supposed role switch after the destruction of Freedom Gundam.
* Kira Yamato qualifies as one in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny|Gundam SEED Destiny]]'', against the Anti-Hero Shinn Asuka, until the supposed role switch after the destruction of Freedom Gundam.
* The Allied Forces in ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' could be seen this way. The Axis has the sympathetic POV.
* The Allied Forces in ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' could be seen this way. The Axis has the sympathetic POV.
* {{spoiler|Angel, a.k.a. Tachibana Kanade,}} in ''[[Angel Beats]]''.
* {{spoiler|Angel, a.k.a. Tachibana Kanade,}} in ''[[Angel Beats!]]''.
* ''[[Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne]]'' has Miyako, her best friend and pursuer, and {{spoiler|Chiaki/Sinbad, who tries to stop her from helping the Devil because he is working for God all along}}.
* ''[[Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne]]'' has Miyako, her best friend and pursuer, and {{spoiler|Chiaki/Sinbad, who tries to stop her from helping the Devil because he is working for God all along}}.
* In the first arc after the [[Time Skip]] in [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]], {{spoiler|Rossiu ends up sentencing Simon to death and abandoning a large proportion of the Earth's population to probable death}} in order to protect the peace and then the world. [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|They also become kind of a prick]]. Though torn by guilt, no one condemns them, except the less rational [[Idiot Hero|good guys]] and many fans - though in the latter case it's mostly due to the character's becoming kind of a prick.
* In the first arc after the [[Time Skip]] in [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]], {{spoiler|Rossiu ends up sentencing Simon to death and abandoning a large proportion of the Earth's population to probable death}} in order to protect the peace and then the world. [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|They also become kind of a prick]]. Though torn by guilt, no one condemns them, except the less rational [[Idiot Hero|good guys]] and many fans - though in the latter case it's mostly due to the character's becoming kind of a prick.
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