Heroic BSOD/Anime and Manga: Difference between revisions

* ''[[School Days]]'': Sekai has one after {{spoiler|Makoto kisses Kotonoha in front of her}}, and Kotonoha very likely has a '''[[Go Mad Fromfrom the Revelation|permanent]]''' '''[[Despair Event Horizon|one]]''' after {{spoiler|she is raped by Makoto's friend Taisuke}} and then dumped by Makoto.

** In ROD: The TV, all of the Paper Sisters, especially Maggie and Anita more so, suffer from collective [[Heroic BSOD|Heroic BSODs]]s when {{spoiler|Joker reveals that them becoming sisters, their powers, and all of their memories from before their joining were all planned.}}

* Half the HiME throughout ''[[MaiMy-HiME]]'' suffer this as their loved ones are eliminated one by one in the [[There Can Be Only One|"HiMElander"]] arc (almost the only reason the other half didn't go into [[Heroic BSOD]] is because they died. {{spoiler|The only ones not BSOD'ing are Yukino and Nao, and even ''then'' they don't look good: Yukino is ''even more'' of a [[Shrinking Violet]] and Nao gets beaten up by the thugs she robbed and humiliated as revenge for her childhood trauma}} ).

* ''[[Mai-Otome]]'' -- after—after the events of the [[Mood Whiplash]] [[Wham! Episode]] near the midpoint of the series, Arika is virtually catatonic.

* Judai Yuki in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' goes into this state after realizing {{spoiler|all the suffering [[Stalker with a Crush|Yubel]] caused his friends -- including forcing a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] out of his new [[Ho Yay]] partner Johan/Jesse -- was because of its twisted devotion to ''him'' and ire at being launched into space. Not only is Judai stuck in a catatonic state of guilt soon afterwards, but becomes obsessed with finding Johan alone.}} Judai's subsequent discovery of his [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] -- the—the Supreme King -- whileKing—while in this state leaves him in an even ''deeper'' BSOD state after his rescue. But unlike Yugi, who recovered within the same arc, Judai never fully recovers {{spoiler|until literally the very last episode. Otherwise throughout the fourth season, he's still pissy and emo, even after reconciling with Yubel. Apparently, he's been dueling so long for the fate of the world and/or his friends, that the game isn't fun for him, anymore.}}

* Yusei Fudo gets his turn in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'' after his almost-lethal duel with Kalin, his former best friend/BigBrotherMentor who has come [[Back Fromfrom the Dead]] as a Dark Signer out to kill Yusei in revenge for supposedly betraying him and causing his arrest and death. [[The Power of Friendship]], Aki as a [[A Friend in Need]], some lecturing from his [[Apron Matron]] Martha, and a [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]] beatdown from Jack combine to snap him out of it.

* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', Alex Louis Armstrong, known best for being the [[Plucky Comic Relief]], has a complete nervous breakdown during the Ishval massacre, [[PietaPietà Plagiarism|clutching a dead Ishvallan child]] [[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)/Tear Jerker|while crying]], and is forced to go home.

* A significant portion of the main cast of ''[[Blood Plus+]]'' experience [[Heroic BSOD|Heroic BSODs]]s following Diva's mid-series crossing of the [[Moral Event Horizon]] ( {{spoiler|raping and killing poor Riku}}), especially Saya (who attempts to cut herself off from the rest of the cast and become an emotionless killing machine) and David (who spends a timeskip and several subsequent episodes depressed and pretty much [[Drowning My Sorrows|constantly drunk]]).

* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'''s Simon goes into a big one of these after {{spoiler|Kamina dies}}. However, when Simon [[He's Back|reboots]], he ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)/Anime and Manga/Mecha Anime|reboots]]''...complete with [[Took a Level Inin Badass|several levels in badass]].

* Kotomi Ichinose from ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'' has her [[Heroic BSOD]] when she thinks that her friend Ryou was involved in the bus accident at the intersection. Justified in that {{spoiler|she lost her parents in a plane crash, ansd the memories come back when this happen}}.

** Ryou's sister Kyou has a BSOD when the epic [[Ship Sinking]] of ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'' took place. Apparently, she had [[Trying Not to Cry|promised herself that she wouldn't cry]], but when Tomoya's unconscious actions tell the rest of his [[Unwanted Harem|harem]] [[First Girl Wins|who he's picked]], she, to say the least, does not take it well.

* Shingo from ''[[Bio -Meat: Nectar]]'' has not one, but three of these. First is when he's thirteen and {{spoiler|leads a group of BM onto a room full of survivors and kills everyone but a six-year-old girl}}, then a minor one when {{spoiler|he fails to keep the BM from escaping into Takachiho, which was hardly his fault anyway}}, and another one after he fails to {{spoiler|keep his more than a little messed-up father from committing suicide}}. It's even better that he's not technically considered to be the [[Big Hero]].

* ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'' plays this for laughs. Whenever something happens that makes Belldandy jealous, she blanks out, her eyes go wide, and she stares off into the distance. She does this because jealousy is so unfamiliar to her that she can't handle it. Her jealousy also sometimes manifests itself paranormally -- nearbyparanormally—nearby glass shatters, the power goes out, pipes burst, and there's sometimes an explosion. Often, this will put a stop to whatever was making Belldandy jealous so she can just snap out of it.

* Kirby in [[Kirby: ofRight theBack Starsat Ya!|his self-titled anime]] had quite a BSOD in the one-year anniversary episode. He wakes up and goes off to play with everyone only to discover that nobody wants to play with him. When he goes to see Tokkori about it, Tokkori just laughs and says to him that "nobody likes him". Kirby suddenly breaks down at that and then packs up some of his things and runs away from home to Kabu Canyon. Feeling lonely and guilty for thinking everybody hated him, Kirby [[Tear Jerker|actually cries]]. It isn't until Meta Knight and Tokkori remind him that everyone was really worried about him and waiting for him to come back home that Kirby boots back up. And to top it all off, he didn't know that everybody was actually preparing his first anniversary party and that they really love him very much.

* ''[[Inuyasha]]'': Just as [[Aloof Big Brother|Sesshoumaru's]] finally getting used to the idea that [[BFSBlade of Fearsome Size|Tessaiga]] was meant for [[The Hero|Inuyasha]] and [[Healing Shiv|Tenseiga]] was meant for him, he learns the [[Awful Truth|truth]]: {{spoiler|Tenseiga is merely a cast-off piece of Tessaiga, separated from Tessaiga so that Sesshoumaru could master the Meidou Zangetsuha technique and then transfer it back to Tessaiga, meaning that the attack form he earned due to his compassion for [[Broken Bird|Kagura's]] [[Tear Jerker|death]] isn't his to keep - it's destined for Inuyasha's use.}} Sesshoumaru takes the news badly and goes to Toutousai for confirmation where he concludes it's proof he was the [[The Unfavourite|outcast son]] and that his father was [[Parental Favouritism|training Inuyasha to kill him]]. Even Inuyasha and his friends think Inuyasha's father was being [[Abusive Parent|far too cruel]]. Sesshoumaru shuts down so completely over this knowledge that, when Naraku takes advantage of his visit to Toutousai to attack Sesshoumaru's unprotected group, Sesshoumaru simply watches from a distant cliff top and doesn't go to their rescue. Inuyasha's group saves them instead and stays with Sesshoumaru's group until Sesshoumaru finally decides to return. {{spoiler|When he does it's to confront the situation with Inuyasha once and for all in a [[Die or Fly]] test that not only resolves the issue of the swords but also helps start Sesshoumaru on the road to recovery from his [[Heroic BSOD]].}}

* Yomi in ''[[Black RockBlack★Rock Shooter]]'' after Kagari talks about how she no longer needs Yomi's support now that she's independent.

* ''[[Irresponsible Captain Tylor]]'': You wouldn't think happy-go-lucky Tylor would be the type to suffer from one, but {{spoiler|the death of his mentor, Admiral Hanner,}} hits him hard. He practically sleepwalks through (and right out of) a medal ceremony in his honor, and is later found atop a flagpole by his crew. He reboots, and {{spoiler|decides to leave the UPSF, though [[Ten-Minute Retirement|this doesn't stick]]}}.

* Kurita in ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' lost his will to fight after {{spoiler|Gaou breaks Hiruma's arm, sending him out of the game for a quarter and a halftime.}} He even loses the ability to understand Komusubi, signifying that he was no longer a strong man. It takes Sena and Komusubi risking their lives going against {{spoiler|Gaou}} to snap him out of it.