Honor Before Reason/Anime and Manga: Difference between revisions

** In the Part 7, Steel Ball Run, Ringo Roadagain is determined to make sure that not only is he aware of everything that could play a role in a duel; he wants his opponent to be likewise aware. There's actually a good reason for this--those duels are to help purify his spirit of uncertainty. If neither side has an advantage (and before you ask, although Mandom's good at [[Groundhog Day Loop|saving Ringo's neck,]] it gives his opponent the same capacity to avoid Ringo's attacks), then he can be sure that his victories were genuinely deserved.

* Tenma in ''[[Monster (Anime)|Monster]]'', although he distinctly cares about the "right thing" rather than any type of personal honor.

* Red from ''[[Pokémon Special]]'' is subject to this as part of his firm belief that it's not a victory if your opponent is at a disadvantage. This has led to a few minor [[What an Idiot!]] moments, but even though this series is [[Darker and Edgier|grittier]] than the anime, it's still an idealistic shonen, so it rarely bites him in the butt.

** Dia also shows shades of this, wanting to stop Team Galactic even though he's just a kid.

* ''Pokemon Chronicles'' was a [[Spin-Off]] of the original anime where each episode provided [[A Day in The Limelight]] moments to many of the show's secondary characters. One episode centred around Ash's friendly rival Richie, who met an older trainer named Silver who dreamed of catching a Moltres. Unfortunately, Team Rocket tried to kidnap the Moltres, and Richie and Silver had to team up to rescue it. They succeeded, but Moltres was injured and exhausted from what Team Rocket did to it. Silver knew he could have captured Moltres easily but he chose to let it go. He wanted to [[Earn Your Happy Ending|catch Moltres fairly]], beating it in an honest fight.

** Though in a way, this ''can'' qualify as reasonable. Catching a legendary Pokemon in such a weakened state creates the very real possibility of ending up with a Pokemon well beyond your ability to control once its healed, and taking advantage of its moment of weakness sounds like a fantastic way of ruining any goodwill you had just earned from it.

* Johan/Jessie from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh GX]]'' refuses to use cards that destroy opponent monsters with effects, claiming that such a strategy is too simple and boring.

** In one episode, Judai is dueling someone who is using a game show deck (his cards force the opponent to answer questions correctly or else lose their monsters and take damage). For the final question, Judai remembers that his opponent gave the answer to it earlier that day. The opponent goes [[Oh Crap]], but Judai says he won't answer because it wouldn't be fair, and takes the damage. Sure, Judai wins anyway, but it was still pretty dumb, considering the [[Brainwashed|consequences]] if he had lost to a member of the Society of Light.