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* In ''Ichigo 100%'', Satsuki has one when she witnesses what she thinks is Junpei out on a date at a movie theatre when he is really showing the new girl the awesomeness that he sees in movies.
* Yomiko Readman suffers a [[Heroic BSOD]] late in the ''[[Read or Die]]'' manga {{spoiler|when she relives the events that led to her lover Donnie's death, and learns that ''she'' was the one who was [[Shoot the Dog|forced to kill him]]}}. It gets so bad that she doesn't even want to read books anymore for a good few chapters.
** In ROD: The TV, all of the Paper Sisters, especially Maggie and Anita more so, suffer from collective [[Heroic BSOD
* Chrono suffers from this ''several'' times in ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'', although the worst is probably after the [[It Got Worse|disastrous]] battle at the carnival mid-way through the series. In the manga he goes so far as to go into an [[Angst Coma]] over it.
* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', when the title character is confronted by the [[One-Winged Angel|true form]] of Graf Herrman, he goes into an ''[[Unstoppable Rage]]'' that nearly gets him killed.
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** Natsuki suffers a mental breakdown, unable to summon her CHILD for a few episodes after she learned that {{spoiler|the story about her mother escaping from the First District lab to save her was a lie, and that Saeko was actually going to hand her over to Searrs to continue her research}}. Another few traumatic episodes later, it takes a [[Friendship Moment|pep talk with Mai]] to snap her out of her funk.
*** It also happens to her in [[Mai-HiME (manga)|the manga]], when {{spoiler|it becomes evident that [[First Girl Wins|Yuuichi has chosen Mai over her]]}}. This is also roughly the point where {{spoiler|[[Not Quite Dead|Saeko herself steps in]] and takes over the school}}.
* ''[[Mai-Otome]]''
** Shizuru has one in the picture drama "Shizuru Viola Memoirs", when Natsuki rather forcefully rejects her offer to make her one of her room attendants because she thinks of Natsuki as just another [[Fan Girl]]. It takes Haruka coming up with a plan to make having Natsuki as a room attendant the stakes of the welcoming duel between them, as well as Natsuki retracting her decision and accepting after talking wtih Mai, to get Shizuru back to normal.
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'': Asuka after being [[Mind Rape|mind raped]], and Shinji during most of ''End of Evangelion'' after being forced to [[Shoot the Dog]]. He spends the entire first half of the story barely able to walk and completely unable to speak, and occasionally curls up into a ball when he hears about more imminent danger. Misato evokes [[Distracted by the Sexy]] to get him conscious again: she gives him a "grown-up kiss" and promises "the rest" if he manages to survive. He snaps out of his BSOD and goes to find Unit 01. {{spoiler|Of course, as soon as he can't see Misato anymore, she collapses and dies.}}
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** Kaiba, of course, takes awhile to recover mentally whenever he loses a duel: [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|"I lost a card game! I no longer have a reason to live!"]] One of these duels, however, makes it worse: {{spoiler|not only he was fighting to rescue his kidnapped brother Mokuba, practically turned into a zombie after his soul is stolen by Pegasus, but ''he'' gets his own soul stolen as well when he loses ''badly'' against his rival.}} He also almost had one {{spoiler|when he arrived to ancient Egypt and witnessed the tragedy that surrounded the creation of his Blue Eyes White Dragon.}}
** Atem/The Pharaoh has his turn in the Doma arc when he gives in to his inner darkness, plays the [[Artifact of Doom|Seal of Orichalcos]], and loses Yugi's soul.
* 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]]
* 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 From 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.
** Jack had his own period of depression and guilt brought on by losing his title to Yusei and realizing the full impact of everything he'd done, all the lies he'd lived by and betraying his friends to get to the top. Carly helps to snap him out of it, and he later pleads [[Love Redeems]] in response to the [[Big Bad]]'s [[Hannibal Lecture]] during the [[Final Battle]].
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* This occurs in ''[[Hotaru no Haka|Grave of the Fireflies]]'' to the main character Seita before he dies, though it is no wonder due to him {{spoiler|losing his entire family and everything that he ever cared for in a horrifically tragic manner}}.
* ''[[Elfen Lied]]'': Kouta, the male lead, suffers amnesia and spends an entire year in an [[Angst Coma]] after {{spoiler|watching his little sister Kanae and his father get slaughtered right in front of him by Lucy}}. Lucy herself suffers some pretty bad ones, like...her ''entire'' <s>childhood</s> life.
* 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, [[
** [[Axe Crazy|Barry]] suggests to Al (just for shits and giggles) that he may actually [[Replacement Goldfish|just be a construct built by Ed]]. Poor Al got the [[Cloning Blues]] until [[Wrench Wench|Winry]] [[Percussive Maintenance|went to town on him with her wrench]], [[Berserker Tears|complete with angry tears.]]
** Ed occasionally gets this too. After the failed attempt to bring back their mother, Hawkeye even notes that he looks lost. Of course, in this series, characters get the BSOD so often, they must be running on [[Windows]] [[Take That|Millennium Edition.]]
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* Happens to Kazuma in ''[[S-Cry-ed]]'' after the death of {{spoiler|Kunihiko Kimishima}}. Rather than making precision strikes against his enemies (often for money) he madly swings his fist at anything with a HOLY logo on it until [[Worthy Opponent|Ryuhou]] comes out to stop him. By this point, however, Kazuma had beaten up Scheris and Ryuho's search for him had resulted in Kanami witnessing her and Kazuma's house getting ripped apart, so ''both'' of them were pretty pissed, {{spoiler|1=and the restultant fight shakes up ''the entire Lost Ground''. Then they ''both'' went into amnesia and BSODs. Kazuma had to be kickstarted with help from Asuka and later Cougar while Ryuho's blackout results in a [[Heel Realization]] as he forgets his grudges just long enough to relearn a softer sense of justice.}}
* Chief Ikari from ''[[Paranoia Agent]]'', after being fired for his and Maniwa's mishandling of the Shonen Bat case, effectively has one of these, retreating into a ''[[Lotus Eater Machine]]'' based on how he would ideally like the world to be. Maniwa himself went somewhat batty, but this being a [[Satoshi Kon]] work, he was actually closer to the truth as a result. He doesn't snap out of it until {{spoiler|the death of his wife, as her soul is able to visit him in there just long enough to make him come to his senses}}.
* A significant portion of the main cast of ''[[Blood Plus]]'' experience [[Heroic BSOD
** Haji had one himself after the events of Vietnam, though it was mostly offscreen. Prequel manga "City of Nightwalkers" reveals that he spent the next several decades slowly starving himself to death, refusing to drink blood out of a combination of fear of losing control of himself and self-imposed penance for having been even momentarily afraid of Saya.
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED|Gundam SEED]]'': After the climactic battle between Kira and Athrun where {{spoiler|Kira's friend Tolle is killed and he realises he caused the same pain to Athrun by killing Nicol}}, Kira alternates between unconsciousness and hysterical sobbing until he gets a pep talk from Lacus and thinks things over.
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{{quote|'''Ikanov''': And to think that {{spoiler|that same elder brother died in front of his very eyes, so that he would be saved…}} What God or Buddha would permit that…?! That’s something that could easily crumble one, nay, two minds!!! }}
*** The latest chapters {{spoiler|[[Flash Back|tell the story]] of Luffy, Ace, and [[Death by Origin Story|surrogate brother Sabo]] and how they came become the men they were, with Ace's promise that they would survive, and Luffy's vow to get stronger and become the Pirate King.}} By the end, {{spoiler|everything that has happened has caused Luffy's dream to come crashing down on him. For a series about chasing your dreams, this is heartbreaking.}}
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** While his status as a hero is questionable, a recent manga chapter shows that, {{spoiler|Squad seems to go into one after realizing how thoroughly the Marines had manipulated him into stabbing Whitebeard.}}
* Takumi in ''[[Initial D]]'' goes into one after {{spoiler|his Trueno's engine breaks down in mid-race}}.
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* In ''[[Kitchen Princess]]'', Najika loses her sense of taste after {{spoiler|Sora dies after a truck hits him as he's crossing the street, holding vanilla beans he meant to give to Najika.}} She later {{spoiler|loses}} the competition that he was bringing the ingredient to her for.
* In ''[[Rideback]]'', Rin undergoes a monstrous BSOD (even her friends can't help her out of it) when {{spoiler|her friend Suzuri gets killed because the government thinks it's her, and that [[Wham! Episode|she's a terrorist]]}}.
* ''[[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
* ''[[Baki the Grappler]]'' gets one when his mother beats him and chews him out for not being as strong as his father. He's so bummed afterwards that he doesn't even defend himself when three punks start roughing him up. Fortunately, [[Friendly Enemy|Hanayama]] comes along and snaps him out of it.
* In ''[[D4 Princess]]'', the main character gets one when {{spoiler|one of her opponents is killed in an accident during battle}} and doesn't snap out of it until near the end of the series. It didn't help that the rest of her school didn't seem to care that someone had ''died''.
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