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* ''[[Mazinger Z]]'': Several characters of the series (including [[The Hero]] or its [[Tsundere]] [[Battle Couple]]) get at least one occasion where they seem determined to off themselves. The civilians thought it was a good idea remaining near from the place where a [[Humongous Mecha]] and a [[Robeast]] were fighting, or blamed the heroes for the destruction and deaths Hell and his lackeys were responsible of, or pressed the Government to yield EVERY TIME Dr. Hell was blackmailing it are good examples. A good, specific example is ''[[Mazinger Z/Characters|Yuri]]'', [[Bratty Half-Pint]] Sayaka's cousin: Let's go over the facts, Yuri. You are a disabled, little [[Ill Girl]] can't run or move quickly because you need a wheelchair. You know there is a giant robot in the city, stomping on buildings and people. Kouji has gone out to stop it after telling you very clearly you must stay in home because you are safer. Still do you insist on leaving the home and go to where the giant robots are fighting because you have a crush on Kouji and you want to see him? Okay, you can leave. After all, what can possibly go wrong?

* Many, if not all, of the characters in ''[[Ranma ½]]'' get at least one occasion where they act like this. However, this trope gets played to its actual conclusion in one late-manga story, which really makes it into [[Mood Whiplash]]. One character's father receives a scroll detailing a martial arts style which makes use of a lot of brute-force tricks, and a bearhug attack explicitly stated to be capable of snapping a man in half. Kumon Senior intends to use these moves to revitalize his dojo, which is dilapidated to the point it's being held aloft only by a single, rotting pillar, but he decides to master this spine-shattering bearhug by '''practicing on the pillar'''. Naturally, when he succeeds in learning it, the whole house collapses on top of him, killing him.