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Apr 12, 2011 3:06 PM
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Obviously this is a spoiler incarnate thread. But, what I want is an anime/manga where the story starts out with a character who appears to be the lead but actually isn't. The best and most obvious example I can give is Blassreiter which, even though it let me down overall quite a bit and I put it on on-hold, did have an interesting idea. Anyway, please put these shows in spoiler tags as not every one wants that kind of stuff spoiled.

Also, a villainous protagonist with a heroic antagonist, kind of like death note would be interesting as well. Maybe with it not being obvious who is the "villain" at the onset. Of course, it doesn't have to be black and white. I'm just trying to make an example.


Thanks in advance.
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Apr 12, 2011 4:23 PM
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Unfortunately, the only one I can think of is
but you've already seen that!
Apr 12, 2011 4:27 PM
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The only one that I can think of, that I happen to love, is
Apr 12, 2011 4:36 PM
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The window, the window shopping! Hooo!
Apr 12, 2011 4:53 PM
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Seconding
and also try


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Apr 12, 2011 5:34 PM
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Try Ga-Rei Zero.
Apr 12, 2011 5:48 PM
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nannime said:
The only one that I can think of, that I happen to love, is


Good one.

The two that come to mind for me are:
-animeS - The plural of anime is anime. More than one deer is still deer. There is no damn "s".
-epic |ˈepik| noun•a work portraying heroic deeds/adventures covering an long period of time - adjective • heroic/grand in scale or character
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Apr 12, 2011 6:01 PM
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I don't know about the spoilers...you don't even know what you're spoiling.

Anyway
Apr 12, 2011 6:54 PM
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lisnoire said:
nannime said:
The only one that I can think of, that I happen to love, is


Good one.


agreed!
Apr 12, 2011 7:57 PM

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ace52387 said:
I don't know about the spoilers...you don't even know what you're spoiling.

Anyway

You are hiding the title because you are giving away an important plot element. If someone opens it, it is on their head and not your problem. A bit convoluted, but a courtesy none the less.
-animeS - The plural of anime is anime. More than one deer is still deer. There is no damn "s".
-epic |ˈepik| noun•a work portraying heroic deeds/adventures covering an long period of time - adjective • heroic/grand in scale or character
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lisnoire said:
ace52387 said:
I don't know about the spoilers...you don't even know what you're spoiling.

Anyway

You are hiding the title because you are giving away an important plot element. If someone opens it, it is on their head and not your problem. A bit convoluted, but a courtesy none the less.


That was the idea, yes.

Anyway, thanks for the recs so far everyone.
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Apr 12, 2011 8:29 PM

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nannime said:
The only one that I can think of, that I happen to love, is

I will third this, it is a great example

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Damn that confused me a lot..
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Gundam 0080


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Apr 14, 2011 11:04 AM

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Come on guys there has to be more. What about some manga?
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Apr 14, 2011 11:08 AM

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Hmm. Well for manga, one that comes to mind as close is
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TvTropes has a page on this. I'm not sure if all of them are exactly what you're looking for (Usually, about half the examples on any given trope page are shoehorned in by overly enthusiastic fanboys who didn't even bother to read the definition of the trope), but it's probably worth a look.

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