Hero Episode: Difference between revisions

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* ''[[Death Note]]'' has a constant battle of wits between [[Villain Protagonist]] Light Yagami, morally ambiguous [[Hero Antagonist]] L, and the pawns they use in that have no compunctions about their actions like Misa or Ryuk. Occasionally arcs will focus on the police detectives who are genuinely good people. Case in point, Matsuda risks his life several times to get intel about the Yotsuba corporation, and later poses as L in a big to rescue Sayu Yagami from a hostage situation.

* Parodied in ''[[The Way of the Househusband]]'' with the cops keeping tabs on Tetsu in a few chapters and episodes. They know that he is former Yakuza and are waiting for him to slip up so they can arrest him. Tetsu doesn't help his case by treating every chore and errand like [[Serious Business]], regarding his wife Miku as his boss. One episode shows the cops becoming mortified when they think Tetsu is having a drug exchange, only to find out it was a birthday party.

* Most of ''[[Tomie]]'' focuses on the title character tormenting people, compelling them to kill her or commit acts of violence in her name. Ironically enough, the manga ''starts'' with some [[Early Installment Weirdness]]; the ''first'' Tomie was an ordinary enough girl, who died by [[Accidental Murder]] when her boyfriend Yamamoto overheard her seducing their teacher during a class trip, and referencing that he impregnated her. During the fight, Tomie fell and broke her neck; her [[Only Friend]] Reiko wanted to run and get help, but the entire class stopped her. When Tomie died, Mr. Takigo ordered the class of 42 students to chop up her body and distribute the pieces. Reiko was given Tomie's heart, which she tossed into the river. When Tomie later returns seemingly alive to class, with no memory of what happened, Reiko and Yamamoto decide they will confess to the police about what happened to clear their conscience. Their classmates chase them down and prepare to murder them as well because they don't want to be arrested; Tomie then performs a [[Villainous Rescue]], allowing Reiko to run while confronting those who killed her, including Yamamoto.