Sliding Scale of Anti-Villains: Difference between revisions

* Pluto from ''[[Astro Boy]]''.

* Younger Toguro and Yomi of ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]''

* Greed of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''. He may be a selfish bastard, but he cares deeply for his followers.

* Dark Schneider of ''[[Bastard!!]]''.

* [[Megamind]] is somewhere between this and a Type II.

* Similarly with Megamind's case, we have Gru from ''[[Despicable Me]]''.

* Mr. White of [[Reservoir Dogs]].

* Bill the Butcher from ''[[Gangs of New York]]''. He's a vicious, racist nutjob, but he has a sense of honor and a few [[Pet the Dog]] moments.

* Pain, Konan and {{spoiler|Itachi}} of ''[[Naruto]]''

* Gil Graham from ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha As]]''.

* Trevor Goodchild from ''[[Aeon Flux]]''.

* Haman Karn from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ|Gundam ZZ]]''.

** {{spoiler|The [[Big Bad]] he's opposing, the King of Shadows, can come across as this when you meet the ghosts of people who knew him. He willingly underwent a transformation into a magical golem called The Guardian so he could protect the Illefarn empire, and everything he's done since then, from binding himself to the [[The Dark Side|Shadow Weave]] to waging war on Neverwinter, and all the carnage he's caused, is simply him fulfilling the orders programmed into him.}}

* In [[Arcanum]], {{spoiler|Kerghan is a powerful necromancer who seeks the destruction of all life... because, after centuries of using necromancy to study the place where souls go after death, he's wholeheartedly convinced that since all beings undergo suffering during life, the comparable peace associated with death is a desirable state of existence. This view is backed up by one of your party members, who is likely to have been killed and resurrected during the events of the game.}}

* {{spoiler|Deus}} from ''[[Asura's Wrath]]''.

 

* Haku from ''[[Naruto]]''.

* Coyote Starrk from ''[[Bleach]]''

* The Wolkenritter from ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha As]]''.

* Guilford, Lloyd and Cecile of ''[[Code Geass]]''

* {{spoiler|Sasaki}} in ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]''. {{spoiler|In a [[Genre Savvy]] display, she even states she KNOWS she's poised as "the villain of this story", but chooses not to follow through with playing the part, and actively helps in trying to sabotage the REAL villain's plan.}}

** Also the Computer Research Society President, who only opposed the SOS Brigade because Haruhi [[Kick the Dog|extorted a computer from him]]. Lately, though, he and Haruhi seem to be on better terms with each other.

* Wizardmon from ''[[Digimon Adventure]]''.

** Ivan from ''[[Digimon Savers]]'', who kills Digimon to earn money to support his mother and his many siblings. He's a stark contrast with his boss [[Mad Scientist|Kurata]], who is a bonafide [[Complete Monster]].

* Garl Vinland from ''[[Demon's Souls]]''.

** For that matter, Maiden Astraea herself. {{spoiler|Literally the only reason she's even billed as a villain is because she has a demon's soul (she's the Valley of defilement's Archdemon), but it's outright stated that even in her bitter disillusionment after finding out about God's non-existence,, she still hasn't lost her kind heart, and her soul is the most impure one because she's taking all the sins and suffering of the Valley's inhabitants on herself, relieving them of some of their misery. The Valley's denizens adore her, and will do absolutely anything to protect her, including judiciously slaughtering pesky soul-hunters looking to snag her soul. Like say, the player character. And she commands such loyalty simply by being a good person at heart.}} Sixth Saint Astraea, indeed.

* Miles Edgeworth in the ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' series is either this or a type III: he starts off as a more typical villain, trying his best to get all the defendants found guilty, but he has a [[Heel Face Turn]]. Now, he looks for the truth, and even helps Phoenix if need be.

** Gradually reshaped into a [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|type II Anti-Hero]] by the time of [[Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth|his own game]].