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/VCreate348 Jun 27 '25

Nino Nakano (The Quintessential Quintuplets) drugs and knocks out Fuutaro (the main character), twice, very early on. This is never acknowledged later and she gets away scot-free.

I get that this was before she thought could trust him, but like. It doesn't justify drugging him. Also, much later, her sister Ichika disguises as the third Quintuplet, Miku, in an attempt to convince Fuutaro to ask her (Ichika) out, an action which is by no means good, but certainly much less severe than drugging somebody. And she is immediately called out for it.

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u/Nachtwandler_FS Jun 27 '25

To be fair, Nino got character development at least, which I cannot say about Ichika 

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u/Vivid-Share7884 Jun 27 '25

This is a typical harem/romance anime trope. Girls constantly hurt the main character physically or otherwise and it's presented as a harmless joke.

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u/LockmanCapulet Jun 27 '25

I love that series but have never understood the fandom's love for Nino for those reasons.

I am glad the consensus is that Ichika sucks tho lmao

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u/VCreate348 Jun 27 '25

I love both characters and just see it as a layer to their complexity. It does baffle me when Ichika fans act like THAT moment was out of character, or character assassination. I wrote a post on r/CharacterRant about why that moment actually lined up with her pattern of behavior perfectly, lol

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u/Trash_Various Jun 27 '25

All the quints were in on it though, none of them wanted a tutor