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* Bonten from ''[[Amatsuki (Anime)|Amatsuki]]''.
* A large portion of the cast of ''[[Code Geass (Anime)|Code Geass]]'' not only do nominally immoral things for their cause, but also find themselves treating others poorly when it's obvious that either that's not what they really ''want'' to do, or they're too far gone to really do anything: Lelouch, Suzaku, Kallen, C.C., {{spoiler|Rolo, [[The Emperor]], Marianne, Guilford...}}
** There's also Mao, who takes this trope in a different direction. His personality is [[Jerkass|abrasive]] and many of his actions are [[Moral Event Horizon|utterly cruel]] but he [[One-Scene Wonder|still]] inspires sympathy from some measure of the viewers once they learn that he's essentially [[Adult Child|a child in the body of a seventeen-year-old]] who has [[Moral Myopia|no sense of perspective whatsoever]], [[Unhappy Medium|in constant pain]] [[Blessed With Suck|from his mind-reading Geass]], and abandoned by [[Single
* Misa Amane from ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]''. If she weren't so damn amoral, she'd be a very sympathetic character - what with her [[Parental Abandonment]] issues and her devotion to Light, which is both ''very'' crazy (seeing as how he doesn't really care about her at all and is merely using her as a pawn and eventually wants to kill her when she outlives her usefulness) and ''very'' genuine. She, ultimately, is an aversion (at least to [[Americans Hate Tingle|American audiences]]), due to the fact that her abandonment issues are rarely focused on--rather, her bubbliness and cluelessness are.
** She turns even more woobie-ish when {{spoiler|you learn she kills herself eventually.}}
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* Akira Inugami from ''[[Wolf Guy Wolfen Crest (Manga)|Wolf Guy Wolfen Crest]]''. He rescues his [[Morality Pet]] teacher from baddies regularly, gives hope to his oppressed fellow classmates, and stops an [[Ax Crazy]] psycho from gunning down the student body vice president at point-blank range, but he can be a cold-hearted snarky jerk to everyone. He also lost his parents at a very young age, has a habit of making enemies who want to violently beat him up and murder him, and is pursued and lusted after by ''two'' [[Ax Crazy]] psychos who are major threats to anyone he is close to or not. Basically, he's a nice guy [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold|underneath]] it all, but he spares NO ONE the [[Deadpan Snarker|snark]] and is literally the [[Doom Magnet|unluckiest bastard walking.]] Which backfires horribly when {{spoiler|his beloved teacher becomes his [[Morality Chain]] -- and one of the [[Ax Crazy]] psychos has her kidnapped and gangraped. Which causes Inugami a heartbreaking [[Heroic BSOD]].}}
* ''[[Berserk (Manga)|Berserk]]'':
** Although he claims to be a complete asshole, Guts is actually a [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]] who simply acts aloof and unreasonable towards anyone he meets, including his [[True Companions]]. He does truly care for his companions, but since the Brand of Sacrifice he bears attracts monsters from hell, and his [[Hell Hound]] [[Super-Powered Evil Side]], the Beast, tends to make him [[Unstoppable Rage|go berserk and thus dangerous even to his companions]], he prefers [[
** Griffith too. Until he crossed the [[Moral Event Horizon]] and became [[Complete Monster|utterly unsympathetic]].
** Rosine, the [[Big Bad]] of the Lost Children arc, qualifies because of the horrible home situation that drove her to become an Apostle, and her yearning for elves to be real. Though she and her "children" commit a number of acts that should make her cross the [[Moral Event Horizon]] into [[Complete Monster]] territory like many of ''[[Berserk]]'''s other villains, she comes across instead as a misguided, emotionally damaged little girl who just wanted a little happiness that she couldn't find at home.
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*** His backstory in "Unmasked" also reveals that he never experienced happiness and that his hollow brothers/clan tried to eat him because he was different from them. Again, [[Draco in Leather Pants|don't forget that he is STILL a pretty creepy bastard when at his worst]]
** There's also Kaname Tousen, the only Captain to ever gets The Scrappy status, who betrays Soul Society for a hypocritical reason (going down the path with the least bloodshed by joining the Big Bad). His close friend was killed by her shinigami husband, after she scolded him for killing his comrade in battle. So, he joins up with Aizen, pretty much wants all the shinigami dead, and is willing to destroy a town full of people, all to get revenge on every single shinigami. After being beaten by his vice captain and being reminded of his errors by his best friend, Tousen seems to repent, cries, and wants to have one tender moment with his vice captain...and then blew up in front of his vice captain and best friend.
** Hiyori Sarugaki, [[Bratty Half
** Sure, [[Trickster Mentor|Urahara]] could've gotten by without callously [[Manipulative Bastard|manipulating]] [[Chessmaster|everybody around him]], but you gotta feel sorry for him once his [[Freudian Excuse|backstory]] is shown. {{spoiler|His lieutenant and one of his best friends were hollowified in front of him and he [[My Greatest Failure|failed to save them]], and was then blamed for it.}} Poor guy...
** Cirucci Sanderwicci is a rude and cocky bitch. Still, she's not all bitchy; in one specific scene, she does garner sympathy after losing her powers by showing a rather dignified sort of anger at her defeat, and generally showing [[Villainous Valor]] and a thoughtful attitude during her fight against Ishida.
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* Arguably, [[Haruhi Suzumiya (Literature)|Haruhi Suzumiya]]. She learns, rather painfully, that she isn't all that special, and in her quest to make her life special, goes on a hunt for aliens, time travellers, and ESPers after some inspiration from Kyon. This leads to her general sociopathy and her obsession with cosplaying Mikuru. Kyon says that, through her [[Character Development]], she's not exactly turning into a good person, but is ''returning'' to be the kind kid she once used to be.
* Ayato Naoi of ''[[Angel Beats (Anime)|Angel Beats]]''. He's kind of a [[Jerkass]] to everyone, [[Ho Yay|except Otonashi]], but when alive, his brother was his father's apprentice in pottery, while he remained in his room, ignored by the world. Then his brother died and he had to take his place, but wasn't nearly as good at the craft as his brother. Having no choice but to live his life as someone else, he began to think that his entire life was a charade.
* ''[[Angel Sanctuary (Manga)|Angel Sanctuary]]'': [[Dysfunction Junction|Pick a character, any character]]. The entire freaking cast is full of [[The Woobie|woobies]] ({{spoiler|[[God Is Evil|save for God Himself]]}}), the overwhelming majority of which are [[Jerkass|jerkasses]] ''[[Black and Grey Morality|at best]]''. One character wins gold on both counts, however. Is it [[Brother-Sister Incest|Setsuna or Sarah]]? [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|Kurai]]? [[Noble Demon|Kato]]? [[Stalker With a Crush|Kira]]/[[Empathic Weapon|Nanatsusaya]]/{{spoiler|[[Because Destiny Says So|Lucifer]]}}? [[The Atoner|Zaphkiel]]? [[Unwitting Pawn|Raziel]]? [[I Just Want to Be Loved|Astarte]]/[[Sharing a Body|Astaroth]]? [[Broken Bird|Alexiel]]? [[Tragic Monster|Rosiel]]? [[Mad Love|Katan]]? [[All Love Is Unrequited|Belial]]? [[Can't Catch Up|Michael]]? [[The Unfavourite|Arachne]]? [[Lonely Rich Kid|Metatron]]? [[And I Must Scream|Sandalphon]]? No. Believe it or not, it's [[Evil Chancellor|Sevothtarte]]/{{spoiler|[[Break the Cutie|Lailah]]}}. {{spoiler|As an up-and-coming scientist, [[Shrinking Violet|Lailah]] was outshone ([[Unknown Rival|unintentionally]]) by [[The Ace|Anael]] in both work and love. When she finally rose in status, jealous co-workers [[Rape As Drama|raped]] [[Rape As Backstory|her]]. Though she murdered them and [[The Scapegoat|successfully blamed]] [[Love Martyr|Nidhogg]], [[No Sex Allowed|losing her virginity]] (even non-consensually) left her branded a [[Fallen Angel]]. [[Freak
* Kevin of ''[[Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru (Manga)|Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru]]'' is established as one of these in chapter 66.
* Kuromi from ''[[Onegai My Melody (Anime)|Onegai My Melody]]'' may qualify, giving that the reason why she's acting like a jerk is because My Melody made her life miserable.
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