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A lot of [[Technical Pacifist|heroes fight for peace]], [[The Power of Love|love]], [[True Companions|friendship]], justice and all that sort of stuff. Occasionally they believe in violence as a last resort, following the path of the [[Martial Pacifist]] and falling back on their prodigious martial training only as the very last resort while avoiding unnecessary deaths. The Reluctant Warrior isn't quite so blessed, he lacks the [[Improbable Aiming Skills]] that could make his [[Could Have Been Messy|dealing with them bloodlessly possible]]. What's more, he will find himself constantly facing enemies who mean to hurt or kill him and his friends, and who won't pick up a [[Villain Ball]] and [[Self-Disposing Villain|dispose of themselves]].
Nonetheless, they stand by their [[Actual Pacifist]] ideology and continually try to give peace a chance, even when doing so verges on being a [[Horrible Judge of Character]] when offered to [[Complete Monster|irredeemably evil opponents]]. Sadly, they will ''still'' rack up a body count. Even so, they won't give up trying to hold to their [[Heroic Vow]], even if it's functionally a [[Frequently
Because of these conflicting impulses, straight heroes who are Reluctant Warriors will spend a lot of time agonizing over their choices and circumstances, but somehow manage to keep the [[Angst]] under control (well, until the villain tries a [[Hannibal Lecture]] about their [[Not So Different|similarities]]). An [[Anti-Hero]] or [[Anti-Villain]] who is a Reluctant Warrior (it ''can'' happen) likely has some underlying good goal and means well -- for [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|loose]] [[Noble Demon|definitions]] of [[Utopia Justifies the Means|"well"]] -- and nonetheless laments but will not hesitate to use force.
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* ''[[Bleach]]'': Kira Izuru believes the true essence of combat is "despair". As such he despises battle, despite the fact that when he actually ''does'' fight seriously he's a complete gangster.
* ''[[Blood Plus]]'': Poor, poor Saya Otonashi...
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'': Shinji Ikari. At first, he pilots so that [[Bandage Babe|Rei]] wouldn't have to. Then, he pilots because he want [["Well Done, Son" Guy|recognition]] from his estranged father. After [[Wham! Episode|Bardiel]], [[Morton's Fork|he quits because he's afraid of hurting innocents but shortly afterwards, he pilots again because if he doesn't, people will get hurt anyway]]. Therefore, he has no choice but to sit in that fucking cockpit he hates like no tomorrow.<br /><br />''Rebuild 2.0'' makes it somewhat better: he comes back because Zeruel made the [[Berserk Button|big mistake]] of eating [[Big Brother Instinct|Rei]]. [[No
* ''[[Bobobo Bobobobo]]'' parodies this trope with Bojiggler, a [[Bishonen]] warrior that expresses his hatred for fighting [[Hypocritical Humor|by pounding the living daylights out of his enemies.]]
* In ''[[Freezing]]'', Kathy Lockhearte is a sweet, rather meek girl who wants to one day become a novelist and raise a loving family. Too bad for her that she naturally possesses the potential to become the one of the most powerful [[Action Girl|Pandoras]] on the planet, and her [[Jerkass]] father constantly pressured her into becoming the "world's savior" more for to boost his own political career than to actually, well, save the world.
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* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'': Parodied in a snippet: "I'm starting a war for peace."
* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'': Daniel Jackson often has to reconcile his diplomatic ways with the more militarist ways of his friends. Sometimes he wins, sometimes they do, depending on the episode.
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* ''[[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]]'': Both Dr. Simon Tam and Shepherd Book. River also qualifies. She may be a horrifically brutal and efficient killing machine, but she doesn't ''[[I Just Want to Be Normal|want]]'' to be one, and is terrified of her abilities.
* Spock on ''[[Star Trek]]''. The Federation as such would also fall under this category.
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