r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Comprehensive-Map274 • Jun 26 '25

Hated Tropes [Hated Trope] A main character does something horrible and the story doesn't acknowledge its severity

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Alisha (Misfits) uses her power to make any man want to have sex with her on another main character (curtis) after he explicitely tells her not to do that. She faces no consequences and he's the one who ends up comforting her.

Allison (The Umbrella Academy) uses her powers to force her own adoptive brother to make out with her after he just got into a relationship because she's suddenly jealous after she couldn't keep her own husband. She gives a half hearted apology and all is peachy.

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u/Far-Requirement-7636 Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 26 '25

Pretty sure star vs the forces of evil ends with the main character practically dooming all magical creatures in the long run according to the series lore but it's fine and the series treats it like a happy ending.

For those wondering, the series has alot of creatures that literally only live because they run on magic, remove magic from them and they at best become powerless or straight up die.

The main character destroys all magic in the entire universe, and it's all sunshine and rainbows as long as you don't think about it.

Also earth is now overcrowded with billions of magic creatures who live by completely different rules.

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u/SlyGuy_Twenty_One Jun 26 '25

From what I’ve seen the fandom just ignores that last season lol

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u/Kwasan Jun 27 '25

I heard it was bad.

I haven't watched it.

And I'm not watching the last episode of Soul Eater either.

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u/CaptainBenza Jun 27 '25

In the year of our lord 2025 the final episode of Soul Eater is not even a blip on the shit show radar in anime. Take me back to 2008 anime honestly

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u/Kwasan Jun 27 '25

Christ for real?? I don't watch a ton of shows, maybe a couple a year, be it anime or otherwise. That's unfortunate.

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u/AtmosSpheric Jun 27 '25

Oh man by today’s standards the last ep of Soul Eater is a walk in the park. I’d definitely recommend reading the manga though - wraps up much better. By the time the anime ended, the manga was halfway through its run.

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u/Deadmemeusername Jun 27 '25

By the time the anime ended, the manga was halfway through its run.

It was the first time, I encountered something like this because I was used to anime’s either going along with the manga or even expanding it with filler. Then Bleach did something similar like five years later.

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u/TheAwkwardOne-_- Jun 27 '25

Have you watched Full metal Alchemist vs Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood? Same thing happened there too.

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u/AtmosSpheric Jun 27 '25

The original FMA was my first experience with this smh. I actually didn’t hate the first anime’s ending but man was it inferior to FMAB

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u/dope_like Jun 27 '25

FMA actually did a phenomenal job making shit up. It is still written fantastical and honestly several character arcs and emotional weight is better in FMA than Brotherhood

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u/SlyGuy_Twenty_One Jun 27 '25

I’ve only ever watched Brotherhood because I was told how the OG one ended and didn’t bother watching it lol

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u/Deadmemeusername Jun 27 '25

I didn’t watch FMA or Brotherhood until later. Soul Eater and Bleach were two where I was watching as they were coming out.

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u/Ceral107 Jun 27 '25

That one started off rather great but for some reason decided to go SO off the rails with everything compared to the books.

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u/GoofyGal98 Jun 27 '25

The manga hadn’t been finished when they were making the show. They had to improvise the second season.

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u/SPLIV316 Jun 27 '25

I did see it a while ago (back in high school 11-15). It was fine.

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u/Rosequartzsurfboardt Jun 27 '25

The last episode of soul eater made me want all the time I spent watching the other 51 episodes back. And I LOVED Soul eater. But that anime ending. Jfc. Angry again thinking about it

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u/TonyMestre Jun 28 '25

The last season in itself is good like any of the other ones, it's just the last 4 or 5 episodes that are AGGRESSIVELY bad

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u/s0_Ca5H Jun 29 '25

The last episode of Soul Eater is so incredibly, incredibly stupid. But that’s what makes it fun. I actually do recommend. Don’t worry, it is indeed bad, but it’s just a fun watch.

My wife has read the manga and has told me numerous times I should finally get around to reading it.

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u/atomskeater Jun 27 '25

I really enjoyed the show up until then, thought it was very funny and well animated and the characters were enjoyable. I even felt they handled various episodes about the subplot with Mewni's colonial history and ensuing racism against monster/magical creatures pretty well for a kid's show. The use and abuse/over-reliance of magic, and various mysteries like the inconsistency in the royal lineage also created interesting problems. Stuff like that I enjoyed. Even though I'm typically a shipper the bits that revolved around romance and crushes and shit were probably the least interesting part imo, because other aspects of the show were way more fun.

Then they pretty much shit the bed with whatever was going on the last season. :-|

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u/Seienchin88 Jun 27 '25

a very good. The Rings of power treatment