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** This trope tends to recur throughout the manga adaptations of ''[[Digimon]]''. ''[[Digimon V-Tamer 01]]'' had [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Neo]] [[Jerkass|Saiba]], and ''Digimon Next'' had [[Hero-Killer|Shou]] [[Black Knight|Kahara]]. {{spoiler|They also got better at the end.}} |
** This trope tends to recur throughout the manga adaptations of ''[[Digimon]]''. ''[[Digimon V-Tamer 01]]'' had [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Neo]] [[Jerkass|Saiba]], and ''Digimon Next'' had [[Hero-Killer|Shou]] [[Black Knight|Kahara]]. {{spoiler|They also got better at the end.}} |
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** Kiriha Aonuma from ''[[Digimon Xros Wars]]'' is shown to be gentle as a child in his back story. His father {{spoiler|critiques that Kiriha must learn to be stronger, which leads to him being a [[Jerkass]]. He gets better as well.}} |
** Kiriha Aonuma from ''[[Digimon Xros Wars]]'' is shown to be gentle as a child in his back story. His father {{spoiler|critiques that Kiriha must learn to be stronger, which leads to him being a [[Jerkass]]. He gets better as well.}} |
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* The first line in the ''[[Baccano]]'' novel set in 1705 is from [[Manipulative Bastard|Huey Laforet's]] mother, talking about how innocent he was. [[Immortality|A couple of hundred years]] since, he's become a [[Mad Scientist]] who sees all humans ([[Abusive Parents|including his own children]]) as "raw materials." |
* The first line in the ''[[Baccano!]]'' novel set in 1705 is from [[Manipulative Bastard|Huey Laforet's]] mother, talking about how innocent he was. [[Immortality|A couple of hundred years]] since, he's become a [[Mad Scientist]] who sees all humans ([[Abusive Parents|including his own children]]) as "raw materials." |
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* Sakurako {{spoiler|aka Youya}} from ''[[Sakura Gari]]'' was a sweet and adorable child, right until she witnessed the death of her mother under some [[Driven to Suicide|very screwed up circumstances]] {{spoiler|which turn out to be even more screwed up than they appear}}. She then became a seriously [[Creepy Child]], {{spoiler|eventually revealed to be a total [[Yandere (disambiguation)]].}} |
* Sakurako {{spoiler|aka Youya}} from ''[[Sakura Gari]]'' was a sweet and adorable child, right until she witnessed the death of her mother under some [[Driven to Suicide|very screwed up circumstances]] {{spoiler|which turn out to be even more screwed up than they appear}}. She then became a seriously [[Creepy Child]], {{spoiler|eventually revealed to be a total [[Yandere (disambiguation)]].}} |
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* While the primary casts of ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' are kids by most definition, Sakura Kyouko used to be a sweet, good [[Japanese Christian]] girl who only wanted to help her father in spreading the word of his God. {{spoiler|Unfortunately, when Minister Sakura figured out that Kyouko used magic to bring people to his church, he snapped, killed his family, and then committed suicide. Only Kyouko survived.}} No wonder she's such a misanthropic [[Jerkass]]. Also, Homura {{spoiler|used to be [[Adorkable]], but fighting the scheme of an [[Eldritch Abomination]] in a [[Groundhog Day Loop]]}} warped her into a cold, lonely [[Anti-Hero]]. |
* While the primary casts of ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' are kids by most definition, Sakura Kyouko used to be a sweet, good [[Japanese Christian]] girl who only wanted to help her father in spreading the word of his God. {{spoiler|Unfortunately, when Minister Sakura figured out that Kyouko used magic to bring people to his church, he snapped, killed his family, and then committed suicide. Only Kyouko survived.}} No wonder she's such a misanthropic [[Jerkass]]. Also, Homura {{spoiler|used to be [[Adorkable]], but fighting the scheme of an [[Eldritch Abomination]] in a [[Groundhog Day Loop]]}} warped her into a cold, lonely [[Anti-Hero]]. |
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** Played straight with [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|Redcloak]] and his close-knit family, though. |
** Played straight with [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|Redcloak]] and his close-knit family, though. |
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* {{spoiler|Richard}} from ''[[Looking for Group]]'' may qualify. |
* {{spoiler|Richard}} from ''[[Looking for Group]]'' may qualify. |
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* Trace Legacy from ''[[Twokinds]]'' was an OK guy, untill he tried using Necromancy to [[Necromantic|ressurect his recently-slain wife]]. |
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* ''[[Homestuck]]'' |
* ''[[Homestuck]]'' |
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** [[Munchkin|Vriska Serket]] may [[Heel Face Revolving Door|play jump-rope]] with the [[Moral Event Horizon]], but as a kid she was ''[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005374 positively adorable]''. |
** [[Munchkin|Vriska Serket]] may [[Heel Face Revolving Door|play jump-rope]] with the [[Moral Event Horizon]], but as a kid she was ''[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005374 positively adorable]''. |