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** First, we have the priestess Kikyo, the [[Anti -Hero|antiheroine]] of the story. [[Came Back Wrong|Her resurrection is clearly ungodly.]] She comes back to life [[Yandere|with a mind full of hatred and vengeance]] and does both good (helping people in need, feeding the hungry, taking care of kids) and not-so-good deeds (antagonizing Inuyasha and Kagome, stealing the souls of girls to keep herself alive). Yet obviously, she retains her old holy powers. To her credit, she soon starts losing the hatred that poisoned her, and eventually gets better and becomes the local [[Dark Magical Girl]], sealed by her {{spoiler|helping an embittered holy man to go to Heaven and stop working for Naraku}}. And in the end, {{spoiler|her definitive death is one full of peace, in which she finally can go to Heaven herself}}

** The original ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' had Seto Kaiba dressed in white with his Light-type [[Mons]], the Blue Eyes White Dragon, pitted against a leather-clad spirit named Dark Yugi and his Dark Magician (with the rest of their decks tending to match the Light and Dark themes of their signature monsters). However, Kaiba was the [[Jerkass]] and Yami Yugi barely hit [[Anti -Hero]].

* The ''[[Bleach]]'' [[Filler Villain]] Maki Ichinose is a [[Well -Intentioned Extremist]] whose ''[[Empathic Weapon|zanpakuto]]'' has the ability to manipulate light. He allies himself with [[Card -Carrying Villain]] Jin Kariya in an attempt to eliminate Soul Society, which he views as becoming increasingly corrupt. Unfortunately for him, neither his arch nemesis [[Blood Knight|Zaraki]] nor Kariya himself care for such noble goals or even take him seriously. He does a [[Heel Face Turn]] after losing to Kenpachi and getting [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]], {{spoiler|but gets killed by Kariya.}}

* [[Bishounen|Kalutika Maybus]], The God of Light in the ''[[Manhwa]]'' "Rebirth" wants to destroy the human race because his life as a human in the 1600s was [[Break the Cutie|very unpleasant]]. Prior to attaining (or growing into) godhood, he was {{spoiler|the main character, [[Anti -Hero|half-vampire Deshiwitat's]] close friend}}. After {{spoiler|Desh failed to save Kal's beloved sister, Kal had a [[Heroic BSOD]] and became a god. He then vaporized Desh's girlfriend Lilith right before his eyes and sealed Desh in stone for 300 years.}} Currently, he has {{spoiler|somehow revived Lilith and made her his wife/consort. They apparently have a son, a powerful vampire called [[Meaningful Name|Gray]]. In spite of their connections with the vampire race, they're planning on killing them all before moving on to humans (Kal has already destroyed the <s>Galactic Senate</s> Council of Gods which govern his actions).}}

* ''[[Trinity Blood]]'' is another classic example of this: The "Enemy of the World" is a blond [[Bishonen]] with six white wings, who dresses all in long white robes and is first seen standing atop the enormous cross which hovers over the Vatican. The hero, in contrast, is a [[White -Haired Pretty Boy]] with black wings who dresses all in black and wields a scythe made of his own blood.

** I don't think it's a question at all, it's definitely played straight, the [[The Government|World Government]] has [[Moral Event Horizon|committed more horrific acts]] than anyone else in the series. Also Kizaru himself while laid back, is pretty [[General Ripper|sadistic and aggressive]] unlike the more [[Anti -Villain|Antivillainesque]] Marines like Aokiji, Garp and Smoker. Actually a lot about the Marines and World Government play with this trope, from the white uniforms of the Marines themselves, to {{spoiler|the nobles of the government thinking they're gods}}.

** And then there's Mao, a [[White -Haired Pretty Boy]] whose power is [[Telepathy]] which enables him to "see through" the "shadowy personality" of Lelouch (and most of the other characters). Oh, and he's also one of the [[Pure Is Not Good|purest-hearted]] and [[Psychopathic Manchild|most innocent]] characters in the entire show, who prides himself on using his mind-reading skills to [[Mind Rape]] and ultimately kill people he sees as "bad." He may not be the only other one, either, since most antagonists in ''[[Code Geass]]'' (including Mao and Schneizel) are [[Knight Templar|Knights Templar]], and thus in theory light-aligned by default.

** Suzaku Kururugi has shades of this, as well. Known as the White Knight, and later as the "White Grim Reaper" in the places he helps conquer, he actually started out with noble morals and an honest belief in reforming the system. A few [[It Got Worse|traumas]] later, and he was willing to do '''[[Utopia Justifies the Means|anything]]''' to [[Big Brother Is Employing You|maintain what he saw as peace and reform]] over violent revolution. This trope is played deliberately in his case, much like Scheizel and Mao, since he's an antagonist of Lelouch. Meanwhile, Lelouch's mother and father are both portrayed as Light in their own ways (his father is the Emperor, and while not overly white in the same vein as Schneizel, [[Well -Intentioned Extremist|still has shades of it]], his mother was treated by all who knew her as a saint, and nicknamed "The Flash"). In the end, {{spoiler|both were sympathetic in their very ultimate goals, but were veritable antagonists who wished to destroy the Gods as part of an [[Assimilation Plot]], and their twisted love for their kids was their main motivator}}.

* In the prologue of one of the ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano]]'' [[Light Novels|books]], a twelve-year-old runaway is found by a man. Said man is [[Bishonen|androgynously beautiful]], dressed almost entirely in white and (thanks to a trick of the light) appears to even be glowing. Is it an angel? Nah, it's Huey Laforet -- terrorist and [[Mad Scientist]] who just so happened to be looking for "raw materials" for some [[For Science!|very morally questionable experiments]].

* ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Umineko no Naku Koro Ni]]'': Ooh, look, pretty shiny gold [[Butterfly of Death and Rebirth|butterflies]]! That lady in the portrait can't be all ba... [[Kill 'Em All|D]][[Gorn|e]][[Family -Unfriendly Death|a]][[Fate Worse Than Death|r]] ''God''.

** This trope is also present in the form of certain religion related characters. For instance, the first villain faced is a [[Corrupt Church|priest]], Father Cornello, who maintains the guise of a kind old man when his real intentions are quite megalomaniac. [[Knight Templar|Scar]] probably fits as well, though he becomes an [[Anti -Hero]].

* [[Kurohime|Yashahime]] is a [[White -Haired Pretty Girl|beautiful young woman]] who frequently wears [[Costume Porn|long, stylized kimonos]] [[Hair Decorations|and flowers in her hair,]] is [[Lady of War|rather graceful]] with her White God Tree [[Katanas Are Just Better|katana]] and is the [[Green Thumb|High Goddess of Earth.]] She also has a rather [[Yandere|obsessive crush]] on the Grim Reaper ([[Dark Is Evil|who's not so nice himself]]) and is [[Omnicidal Maniac|batshit crazy.]] Oh, and she's really a {{spoiler|[[When Trees Attack|tree monster.]]}}

* Raijin in ''[[Yaiba]]'' is the God of Thunder, but hinted to be quite evil. Kaguya is the Moon Princess, but is at least a [[Well -Intentioned Extremist]] and a [[Complete Monster]] at worst. {{spoiler|Also Plasma the Light Demon.}}

* In ''[[Saint Seiya]]'', [[Mind Rape|Virgo]] [[Eyes Wide Shut|Shaka]] fits. Whilst he's more of an [[Anti -Hero]], he's very deceptive-he's an incarnation of Buddha, but in the first series has aligned himself with the very evil Pope and is only too willing to [[Mind Rape]] and maim the main characters. He also happens to be an angelic-looking blonde with bright blue eyes and very long hair. Who glows. In the dark. His Expy from [[Saint Seiya the Lost Canvas]] does a similar thing.

* [[Big Bad|Aion]] of ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' dresses in all white, and comes with [[White -Haired Pretty Boy]]. Underneath his disguise however is a total bastard. Prone of [[Large Ham|long winded speeches]] and making your life a total misery.