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** Izumi (more so in [[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|the 2003 anime version]]), in regards to {{spoiler|her dead child, who she thinks died ''twice'' because of her actions}}.
* Gohan and Krillin both suffer this in ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' after all their comrades are killed in the battle with the Saiyans.
* Terry Sanders Jr. in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team]]'' has it particularly bad: He earned the nickname "Shinigami" ("The Team-Killer" in the English dub, [[Bowdlerise|Bowdlerised]] to "The Reaper" for the daytime broadcast) because every team he was a part of would get wiped out save for him on their third mission together.
* In [[Yu-Gi-Oh!]], season 4, {{spoiler|BIG SPOILER Yami after the duel with Raphael-[[More Than Mind Control|you ]] [[Not So Different|know ]] [[Heroic Sacrifice|the ]] [[Heroic BSOD|one.]] }}
* ''[[Ranma ½]]'': One of the reasons why Ranma angsts about Akane [[Disney Death|dying]]. She dies twice, right after saving Ranma's life each time.
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== Literature ==
* In ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince|Harry Potter]]'', Tonks starts becoming [[Wangst|Wangsty]], and this is attributed to survivor guilt after the events of the previous book where {{spoiler|her mother's cousin Sirius Black dies}}. However, it turns out that {{spoiler|she has an unrequited crush on Lupin (as he's afraid of hurting her)}}.
** Harry goes through this here and there throughout the series; in ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire|Goblet of Fire]]'' he said, "I told [Cedric] to take the Cup with me." And the enormous guilt he feels in ''Deathly Hallows'' over the people who died protecting him.
** Also in ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|Deathly Hallows]]'', we find out that {{spoiler|Dumbledore}} is a textbook case.
** This trope is the reason [[Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban|Sirius Black]] blamed himself for the deaths of James and Lily Potter and the muggles killed by Peter Pettigrew.
* ''[[I Am Legend]]''.
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* Hits on Lamia Loveless of ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'', coming off from being the last surviving of the Shadow Mirrors, that she takes part in destroying. She attempted to initiate a self-destruct code in result, but her friends usually come just in time to stop her and persuade her to live out the rest of her life.
* Important theme in ''[[Fatal Frame]] 3''.
* Otacon in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' after {{spoiler|the death of his step-sister}}, where he laments that he's always the survivor. This also hearkens back to the {{spoiler|death of Sniper Wolf in the first MGS, who he had tried (and failed) to protect from combat-related death}}.
** Big Boss also suffered from this in regards to killing The Boss.
* This triggers the [[Face Heel Turn]] of Elpizo, [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Mega Man Zero]] 2''. He's the only survivor of [[Operation Blank|Operation Righteous Strike]], a disastrous attack of [[La Résistance]] upon [[The Empire|Neo Arcadia]].