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** Which is not to forget that throughout the course of the ''[[Mai-Otome]]'' anime, [[Psycho Lesbian]] / [[Smug Snake]] Tomoe has amassed for herself a pretty long rap sheet: assault, vandalism, attempted murder, kidnapping, blackmail, {{spoiler|attempted rape... of a ''high-ranking school official''}}, aiding and abetting terrorists, and at one point openly declared that she intended to kill anyone who stood in her way (read: ''everyone''), and has shown no remorse for any of it. She never receives any sort of formal punishment, and the only retribution she gets for this is a few broken bones after falling out of the sky... which ''barely'' counts as a slap on the wrist compared to the lives she tried to ruin. She comes back in ''[[Mai-Otome Zwei]]'' clean as a whistle, presumably to do the same things all over again.

** John Smith from [[Mai-Otome 0~S.ifr~]]. He kidnaps Sifr to take control of the ancient technology, and while he loses the Schwarz Space Station, M9 and quite a few of his men, he escapes in the end, albeit because the heroes' mission was about protecting Sifr rather than defeating Schwarz.

* Because it only covered about 60% of the manga, the ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' anime ends with Kakuzawa laughing maniacally and declaring his victory. {{spoiler|In the manga, Lucy slices his head off for being a pathetic Diclonius poser, and his plans ultimately come to nothing.}}

* Schwarz of ''[[Weiss Kreuz]]'' were most likely allowed to become Karma Houdinis, despite being the [[Evil Counterpart|Evil Counterparts]] of the protagonists and perpetrating quite a lot of carnage, by virtue of gaining enough of a fan following to become [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Ensemble Dark Horses]]. Sequel series ''Weiss Kreuz: Glühen'' sees two of them recast to some extent as [[Heroic Sociopath|Heroic Sociopaths]] and one more performing an arguable [[Heel Face Turn]], but none of them have been redeemed or seen any justice for their various acts of villainy. (Meanwhile, none of the ''protagonists'' escape anything like unscathed.)

* Needless to say, ''many'' characters in [[Hentai]]. Rare is the sex scene that's consensual throughout for both parties.

* Waiting for that treacherous [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]] Rosemary from [[Ashita no Nadja]] to finally get what's coming to her? Well, when the series ends, you'll ''still'' be waiting. {{spoiler|A slap in the face is literally the most she receives for her crimes.}}

* In ''[[Pokémon Special]]'', Karen and Will were [[Elite Mook|Elite Mooks]] who gleefully attempted to [[Mind Rape]] Blue, made it ''very'' clear that they willingly followed the [[Big Bad]] [[For the Evulz]], and ditched the [[Big Bad]] not because they went through a [[Heel Face Turn]], but because they got scared and ran away. And yet, somehow, {{spoiler|they're now part of the Indigo League Elite Four as of the HGSS arc}}.

* In one episode of ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'', Chessmaster Hex gets away scott-free simply on the grounds that he's to old and senile to remember the plan he set into motion 50 years ago that just now activated.

* Dilandu in the ''[[Escaflowne]]'' movie gets away scot-free with his surviving Dragonslayers, without showing any remorse for his previous actions. He just shrugs, comments that there will always be new wars for him to fight, and rides off into the sunset. What's worse is that the scene has an extremely positive tone to it, like he somehow deserved to live and continue his life of violence and bloodshed without learning a thing, except maybe "don't try to fight Escaflowne".

* Surprisingly, [[AIR]] of all things have this in the form of the Buddhist Monks. Their crime? {{spoiler|Killing an innocent (albeit powerful) girl who left the temple to go see her mom, then proceeding to put a curse on her soul so that she will die every time she feels love. This leads into Misuzu's death as well.}} They get away with their crimes. The sadder part? Someone ''was'' considering going on a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] on them, but was stopped because {{spoiler|it wouldn't be what that girl would want.}}

** ''[[Super Robot Wars Alpha]] Gaiden'' and ''[[Super Robot Wars Z]]'' fix this by killing him off in battle.

* [[Troll|Izaya]] from ''[[Durarara!!]]'' ''does'' get punched for his actions. Once. In the anime only. For emotionally destroying a middle schooler and causing a huge gang war that puts an incredible strain on the relationship between three of the main characters. He also gets hit once by a trashcan Shizuo threw, but this is [[Played for Laughs]] and has no effect on him, and blatantly doesn't make up for having framed Shizuo for numerous crimes and sending wave after wave of thugs to attack him when they were in highschool. The novel however subverts this as karma is starting to come back and hit him particularly {{spoiler|getting stabbed by Jinnai, leaving him in the hospital for days when anyone who hates him can come and kill him.}} Karma seems to have hit him in volume 9 when he's tortured by Earthworm but this is later subverted too {{spoiler|as it turns out he had everything planned out from the beginning and was waiting for the best moment to humiliate her.}}

 

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