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** From the most recent novels we have {{spoiler|Sasaki}}, who is essentially a <s> villainous</s> [[Anti-Villain|antagonistic]] version of this trope.
* In ''[[Guyver]]'', Sho doesn't want to have the powers. When he technically has the opportunity to get rid of them (when the {{spoiler|Guyver Remover is found}}), he still keeps them because he needs to protect his friends. The new anime adds a nice twist to this, with Tetsuro picking up the G-Unit first and then passing it to Sho only when it started sprouting tentacles.
* In ''[[Ranma ½
** The characters of Ranma 1/2 fit this trope only tentatively. They have absolutely no complaints with their abnormal lives or their superhuman abilities, and most would probably hate being forced into normality in that fashion; the sole element of their lives they want gone are their Jusenkyo curses, which all but one character finds at the least annoying and at worst actively harmful to their lives. The one exception grew up with his curse... and also happens to go from cruel, egotistic [[Bishonen]] to a giant monster that the best martial artists of his generation have serious trouble defeating.
* Shinji Ikari from ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' really, REALLY doesn't want to pilot a giant mech and save the world. Subverted when he runs away and realizes that ''without'' the Eva, he has (and ''is'') nothing.
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{{quote|Nami: "Don't call me normal!" (Futsuu tte iu na!)}}
* ''[[Fairy Tail]]'': Fresh from a [[Defeat Means Friendship]], [[Sociopathic Hero|Gajeel]] is smart enough to realize that it'll take a lot of time for most of Fairy Tail to forgive him. In addition to protecting his new friends, Gajeel goes to huge lengths to be accepted. This is usually played for laughs, since Gajeel doesn't have much of an idea as to how that works. For example, he once tied up the guild's singer and hijacked her concert so he could sing a ballad.
* ''[[Durarara!!]]'s'' Shizuo Heiwajima may be a nigh-indestructible, [[Super Strength|vending machine-tossing]] [[Badass]], but he'd give that up in an instant if it meant he could go a day without hospitalizing someone in a fit of [[Unstoppable Rage]].
* The very wish of Eureka to be a normal human in ''[[Eureka 7]]''. She broke down in tears in episode 45 upon knowing her body is undergoing bizarre changes.
* Yuu from ''[[Holyland]]'' really doesn't want to have to keep fighting just so he can stay out at night, though he doesn't run away from the challenges either.
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* In a non-superpower example, Solid Snake of the ''[[Metal Gear]]'' series made one attempt to live a normal life in the isolation of Alaska, attempting to escape the cycle of violence and death that had killed so many people around him. Without fail, he was back fighting the titular [[Humongous Mecha]] within a few years at most.
* Chun Li in the ''[[Street Fighter]]'' franchise. Within the games themselves, she is often mentioned as wanting to go back to living a normal life after she avenges her father. However, since she just [[Can't Stay Normal]], her attempts at living said normal life tend to go astray mainly because she actually does like street fighting.
** Parodied in [[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman|Jun the Swan]]'s ending in the Wii version of ''[[
* In ''[[The Sims]] 2'', this is generally how sims without the knowledge aspiration react to being turned into a monster. They will constantly have the want to be normal come up in their slot, or the want for one of their friends or family to be normal. You can just ignore this with no negative consequences though, or you can cash in on the points and buy the curing potion. Note that sims who ''do'' have the knowledge aspiration have this a fear instead.
* {{spoiler|Vayne}} in ''[[Mana Khemia]]''.
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** In the first Kingdom Hearts, Sora fits this trope. He journeys not to save the Universe (which he ends up doing), but to find his friends. Once he has done that, he still needs to restore his homeworld.
* In ''[[Wild Arms 2]]'', Anastasia Valeria {{spoiler|AKA the Sword Magess}} states that she used to be a normal girl before [[The Call Knows Where You Live|destiny intervened]]. She suffers a total breakdown when it looks like {{spoiler|Ashley}} is going to leave her alone, pretty much invoking the trope by name.
* In ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]'', this is the whole plot of the game. The main hero, [[Kid Hero|Marche]], despite being in a [[I Wish It
* Several mages in the ''[[Dragon Age]]'' franchise feel this way about their magic. One mage in the ''Origins'' prays to the Maker apologizing for her very existence and thinks she is a monster. Ander's friend Karl in the sequel says that he would gladly give up his magic if it didn't also mean being turned Tranquil. In the [[DLC]] "Legacy" Hawke's father Malcolm's lingering memories reveal that Malcolm hated his magic and hoped none of his children would share his burden.
** Hawke's sister Bethany vocalizes her desire to be normal several times in party banter.
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