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No Antagonist
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The Big Bad is supposed to help drive the plot, right? They provide the biggest obstacle for the hero to overcome. They give the audience (as well as Moral Guardians) something to channel their hate towards with terribly evil actions such as genocide, committing crimes for immortality, kidnapping (or even worse), world-conquering, and kicking of puppies, even they can scare the audience (and children) by being the horrid monster they are through screentime. Usually, this is the case... except, of course, when they don't happen to be present at all. Since all fiction essentially narrows down to conflict between two or more opposing forces, it is typical to represent these forces in the story's Main Characters, with the story's focus character called The Protagonist —usually (but not always) being the "good guy" (from the perspective of the work, at least)—and another in opposition to the protagonist called The Antagonist, who is usually (but not always) the "bad guy" (again, from the perspective of the work). Some stories, however, are cut from a different thread. Rather than representing the conflict as the "good guy" against the "bad guy", the central conflict is caused by other forces and does not feature characters in direct opposition to each other. Instead, the forces at work are more intangible and not bound to a set of characters. This doesn't mean that there is no conflict or tension — otherwise there wouldn't be a story. It simply means that the central conflict of the work has no characters who are a defined source of friction. This could mean that the conflict comes from an internal struggle, such as with addiction, or it could arise from tensions that must be resolved between the well-intentioned main characters. It could also be that the conflict arises from some sort of natural/scientific disaster, or from simply trying to survive in a hostile environment. As long as there are no "bad guys", this trope applies. If villainous characters do appear in this kind of story at all, they will be a case of Villain of Another Story and/or Greater-Scope Villain; they will not hurt, in any way, any of the story's main characters, even if they do horrible things to other unseen people. It's possible that one of the characters will be the Hate Sink: not actually a Big Bad, but someone who makes the characters' lives more difficult to give the audience an outlet for the bad-guy hating. For example, if Bob is seriously addicted to heroin and the work focuses on his battling his addiction, then a drug dealer that constantly supplies Bob would not count as the antagonist, even though the dealer is certainly not nice unless there is conflict generated between Bob and the dealer. In the case where it is not, the work would have No Antagonist. Therefore villains are technically allowed, but they can only cause harm indirectly. In other words, if the central conflict is Bob vs his own drug addiction, it is this trope, but if it is Bob vs the evil drug dealer who secretly adds extra addictive chemicals to Bob's cannabis, then it is not. The trope does, however, require an actual conflict taking place within the story—works with no real conflict, such as sandbox games, would not apply. Most Slice of Life works have No Antagonist, due to the conflict being life itself, but that doesn't apply to all such series, where the antagonist can easily be someone damaging the life of the protagonist (for instance, the local school bully). This trope is also common in Lit Fic, where it is usually broken down into the categories "character vs nature", or "character vs themselves". Utsuges, games focusing on sorrow and tragic events, also tend to lack any real villain, instead having the tragedy appear from intangible forces that the characters cannot just defeat through combat. Not to be confused with Imaginary Enemy, where there is also no antagonist at all, but the protagonist thinks there is. Compare Plot-Irrelevant Villain, where there is a villainous antagonist but is of little to no importance in the big game. If the story has neither an antagonist nor a conflict, it most likely takes place in a Sugar Bowl. Important: "No Antagonist" means Exactly What It Says on the Tin. If there are one or more antagonists of any kind in the story, it is not an example. Make sure to thoroughly consider whether the story considers anyone, or anything, an antagonist before adding it here. |
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The Green Wanderer is entirely about an orc trying to figure out what to do with his life and seeking redemption after committing several sins in his past. He only runs into three villainous characters during his journey, all of whom only appear for one scene, and none of whom drive the plot forward, have any personal connection with the protagonist, or are even relevant to the overall plot. | |
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Gerbert has no antagonist and is more similar to a slice-of-life show, with simple conflicts a child may go through. | |
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The closest thing Next to Normal has to an antagonist is Gabe - but Gabe is just a recurring hallucination that Diana's mind has created, and the real "antagonist" is Diana's mental illness. | |
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Kids Praise: More albums than not have no actual villain — often there are characters who need to learn a lesson or two, but no actively malicious characters. When they need an antagonist, Risky Rat fills in. | |
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AoHaru Manga Library: There are several stories where there are no antagonist characters; it's just Keiichi dealing with his own awkward feelings towards the heroine while trying to be as supportive as possible, or they get into a misunderstanding on their own. | |
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Benoit Brisefer album "Eglantine's secret": Benoit meets a girl with powers similar to him and has issues with his friends on a holiday camp. This counts as a Breather Episode and Oddball in the Series. | |
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Life Is Strange: The first arc has no villain, with the conflict coming from Max's uncontrolled jumps between timelines. | |
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"The Elf Maiden": Unless you count the fisherman's rival who left him behind on the island and was forgotten right afterwards, there is no central villain. | |
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Carmen has the Yandere Don Jose, who picks a fight with Carmen's new lover Escamillo, and then murders Carmen in the end as Escamillo wins a bullfight. You wouldn't call him good, or allied with Carmen, but it's reductive to the story to label him an antagonist in the manner of a Scarpia or Iago. | |
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Supergirl: The Supergirl From Krypton (1959) is about Supergirl arriving on Earth after losing her parents and starting to adapt to her new life in the orphanage. The Untold Story of Argo City revolves around Supergirl's attempts to rescue her biological parents, and afterwards, it focuses on Supergirl's conflicted feelings regarding her Kryptonian and Earth parents, and their struggle to do what is best for their child regardless of personal feelings. Supergirl's Three Super Girl-Friends has no central villain due to being about Supergirl making new bonds as joining the Legion of Super-Heroes and then having some harmless adventures. Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot revolves around Deadman feeling upset because his good deeds are not acknowledged and Supergirl giving him counsel as discussing the nature of true heroism. Supergirl Special deals with Kara's feelings of inadequacy and survivor trauma, featuring no villains. |
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Half Past Adventure: Any given chapter is as likely to have an antagonist as not. The closest thing to an antagonist in the first chapter is the Candy Corn Colonel, who enforces Princess Bubblegum's grudge against the Duke of Nuts, but that's only framed in opposition to Macy for one scene which he isn't there for. The third chapter doesn't even have that, the main source of tension comes from Macy's insecurity about her place in her adopted family, which she projects onto the new ambassador. The chapters Huntress Spirit and Natural Harmonies together form a sort of training montage for Macy, coming together into a single story about her becoming a huntress. There is no antagonist in either chapter. |
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In Jessica, Cameron has plenty of hardships in the story, but none caused by a specific person in opposition to him. | |
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Sunstone has no villain or other antagonist, with the main problems that Ally and Lisa face stemming from their own fears and failings and their inability/unwillingness to just spit it out. | |
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The conflict of Harvey is people's misguided attempts to "cure" Elwood of seeing the title rabbit. Since Elwood is pretty much the nicest man on the planet, not once does he object. | |
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Pokémon Strangled Red basically consists of a kid playing a video game. | |
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Kokoro's route in Remember11. Mayuzumi is a jerk and Hotori allegedly has a homicidal split personality, but ultimately any deaths are from natural causes, people freaking out in the bad endings, or caused by the twins, who, being infants, have no idea what they're doing. Satoru's route is a whole different story. | |
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Pierre Tombal: A Gag Series about a grave digger, with no real villains. | |
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Ever17 has no real antagonist. There are some bad people alluded to, mainly Leiblich Pharmaceutical, but the cast does not really come into conflict with them. The story is directly about trying to escape the park before it is crushed by water pressure and indirectly about figuring out what is actually going on. | |
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Captain Marvel: In the classic graphic novel The Death of Captain Marvel, Mar-Vell's mortal enemies the Skrulls did show up, but not as antagonists - they were there to mourn him, along with all the other heroes by his side. He died after losing a fight to the one foe he simply couldn't defeat - cancer. | |
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Supergirl's Three Super Girl-Friends has no central villain due to being about Supergirl making new bonds as joining the Legion of Super-Heroes and then having some harmless adventures. | |
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Kana: Little Sister. Kana's sickness and impending death due to kidney failure is the only "force" opposing the protagonist of the game. | |
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Never7 is mostly about the protagonist trying to Set Right What Once Went Wrong, but all of the deaths he tries to prevent were the results of accidents, and where the main cause of everything is what was supposed to be a harmless science experiment Gone Horribly Wrong AND Right at the same time. | |
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Dream Daddy: In all routes to date every dad, there isn't anyone that seems to be particularly getting in your way. The closest thing to an antagonist is Robert briefly warning you against dating Joseph in the latter's route, which is very brief and hardly a conflict. | |
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In Kindred Spirits on the Roof, there aren't any antagonistic figures or even romantic rivals; the main struggles for each couple are their personal conflicts and weaknesses. For example, while Miki Aihara's classmates often make her their errand girl, they're less of a problem than the fact that Miki can't say no to anyone. Similarly, while Miyu's traditional parents force her and Matsuri to keep their relationship secret, the main problem is that Matsuri has a hard time keeping to the rules they agreed on, while Miyu is unwilling to compromise. | |
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Donkey Hodie has no antagonist. Instead, it focuses on the problems Donkey Hodie and her friends face in their everyday lives. | |
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Waiting for Godot is simply about two guys waiting for their friend to show up. | |
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Dear Evan Hansen: There are literally no bad guys in this play. Instead, it's Evan's inability to escape from his lie, and the Murphys' quick acceptance of these deceptions as comfort, combined with Heidi's repeated attempts to please Evan, create most of the problems. | |
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Long Time No See is about Shinji going to Nerv's party reunion, fifteen years after the War, meeting old acquaintances, and reminiscing about his life. | |
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Kara of Rokyn's final story arc "Kal & Lyla" has no bad guy, as it's about the main character making a movie. | |
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Gunnerkrigg Court. The comic presents many opportunities for villains to cause mayhem, but they either never act out on it or are revealed to be misunderstood good guys. At least, until the coming of Walking Spoiler Loup... | |
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Role-Playing (Evangelion) is a comedy with hints of romance where the main characters engage in wacky antics. | |
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The Infinity series in general. Never7 is mostly about the protagonist trying to Set Right What Once Went Wrong, but all of the deaths he tries to prevent were the results of accidents, and where the main cause of everything is what was supposed to be a harmless science experiment Gone Horribly Wrong AND Right at the same time. Ever17 has no real antagonist. There are some bad people alluded to, mainly Leiblich Pharmaceutical, but the cast does not really come into conflict with them. The story is directly about trying to escape the park before it is crushed by water pressure and indirectly about figuring out what is actually going on. Kokoro's route in Remember11. Mayuzumi is a jerk and Hotori allegedly has a homicidal split personality, but ultimately any deaths are from natural causes, people freaking out in the bad endings, or caused by the twins, who, being infants, have no idea what they're doing. Satoru's route is a whole different story. |
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Gaston Lagaffe: A Gag Series about an employee in a publishing company, where there are tensions between Gaston and his co-workers and a police officer, but no real villains. | |
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Supergirl Special deals with Kara's feelings of inadequacy and survivor trauma, featuring no villains. | |
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A Very Kara Christmas is a story about a person experiencing Christmas for the first time. The closest thing to a villain are two meddlesome, nosy schoolgirls. | |
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Superman story Superman's Return to Krypton: Superman gets stranded in pre-explosion Krypton, meets his parents, tries to start an unsuccessful planet-wide evacuation effort, and prepares to die when the planet blows up. There's no real villain in this story unless you count Brainiac's brief and plot-unrelated cameo. | |
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Quick and Flupke: There's no real antagonist unless you consider the policeman who just does his job, or Quick and Flupke, who are just playing pranks. | |
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Wapsi Square has a complex save-the-world plot without any antagonistic characters. Instead, the conflict comes from the difficulty in figuring out how to save the world, as well as difficulties in carrying the required plans out. Certain people can't be told certain elements of certain plans, but those people are still working towards saving the world. It's all very confusing. | |
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The Bambi fanfic Creamed Cherries has no villain. The story (which is a Steamed Hams homage) is set into motion by some angry bees, but they aren't evil and are only acting in retaliation for Thumper trying to swat at them. Otherwise, the conflict is just a simple Slice of Life story about Bambi trying to keep his lunch date with Faline from going awry. | |
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Futures Freak Me Out is about Shinji and Asuka growing up together and developing their relationship after the war. There are no humongous mecha, giant aliens, conspirations, or even noteworthy love rivals here. | |
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Aster Asks!: The story has some conflict, but it's driven entirely by Aster's awkwardness and insecurity. | |
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The Untold Story of Argo City revolves around Supergirl's attempts to rescue her biological parents, and afterwards, it focuses on Supergirl's conflicted feelings regarding her Kryptonian and Earth parents, and their struggle to do what is best for their child regardless of personal feelings. | |
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Tsukiuta's 6th play, Kurenai Enishi, takes a step up from the 2nd and 5th by not having a villain. Instead, the fantasy world that the characters find themselves trapped in is plagued by a curse, and to lift the curse, and return to the human world, the characters must balance the light and dark energies by getting the leaders of the Black and White Tengu villages - who happen to be brothers - to put aside their feud. They do fight zombies, but the zombies come from a curse, not from a malevolent character. This also applies to the third play, but as Magical Realism, it goes with the territory. | |
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While Stroll is kicked off by Octavia being kidnapped, the conflict of the story revolves around her attempting to return to Ponyville. | |
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There's no real antagonist in X-Men 1970, whose plot revolves around the original X-Men growing out of the team and going separate ways. | |
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CLANNAD's main conflict primarily focuses on how characters deal with their own troubled pasts and overcome their own flaws to become better people. More specifically, Tomoya is a cold person thanks to his abusive father and Nagisa has low self-confidence due to her illness, but when they both meet each other, Tomoya slowly becomes open towards his own feelings while Nagisa shows more confidence on herself. Tomoya even learning from his own mistakes and bad choices (such as neglecting his own daughter after Nagisa's death) he made during After Story route even allows him to push the Reset Button Ending that allows him to Set Right What Once Went Wrong. The closest Clannad has to an antagonist is a soccer team filled with Jerk Jocks, and that is mostly meant to set up Youhei's Character Development. | |
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Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot revolves around Deadman feeling upset because his good deeds are not acknowledged and Supergirl giving him counsel as discussing the nature of true heroism. | |
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Questionable Content is a Romantic Comedy at heart. There are no antagonistic characters present, with the conflicts mainly coming from relationship troubles. Except for Corpse Witch and her treatment of Bubbles. | |
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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is more focused on fleshing out the six spellers and showing the progression of the competition, leaving very little in the way for an antagonist. The closest anyone comes to being a villain is one of Logainne's dads, who deliberately spills soda on the ground, intending to disable William's technique and get him eliminated. Even then, this is treated as more of an obstacle and the problem ends up being rendered moot since William ends up spelling just fine without his technique. | |
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The Bug Pond: Being a character-driven slice-of-life webcomic, it has no central villain. The closest it ever gets is the occasional predator who's not given any motivation or real personality outside being a temporary menace. | |
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The Supergirl From Krypton (1959) is about Supergirl arriving on Earth after losing her parents and starting to adapt to her new life in the orphanage. | |
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"Good Day, Fellow! Axe Handle!" is a comedic folktale about a misunderstanding causing a conversation full of non-sequiturs. | |
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Flash Fog, a My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fanfic, is a straight forward disaster story with the battle against the titular fog providing the story's conflict. | |
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Peer Gynt has no defined antagonist, unless you count the main character, who screws up splendidly and is his own worst enemy. Even the trolls, although sadistically cruel, spout some wisdom, and the Mountain King shows himself as fairly decent, even trying to get Peer back on track in the end. Even his daughter the green-clad woman states that Peer brought his problems on himself: "don`t blame me for this!" | |
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Kinetic: No one in the story directly or indirectly victimizes the main character in any major respect, and he himself avoids embarking on a Protagonist Journey to Villain. | |
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In Private Nurse, Hiroki is his own worst enemy, as it's implied that his sickness is as much psychological as it is physiological. | |
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Dissonance: Two researchers deal with a new life form that challenges what they thought they knew about evolution, and their own Angst. Even the life form - a catlike creature that can walk on two legs - is friendly and completely non-hostile. | |
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Quadrophenia by The Who is about Jimmy's struggle to both fit in and figure out who he is (and who he should be). Although the Rocker-Mod riots are an important plot point, and Jimmy's relationship with the Mods underscores and enhances his conflict, it by no means causes it. This is quite a contrast to Tommy where the antagonist is seemingly everyone else. | |
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Us and Them: The sequel, Life Renewed, Love Renewed, has none of the epic elements of the first story, which dealt with the JENOVA crisis. The main thrust of the story here is Aeris' desire to return home and all the obstacles she has to overcome to get there. | |
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Iolanta is about a blind girl finding love and gaining her sight, and the rest of the characters helping her. | |
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Dumbing of Age. Possibly to the frustration of fans, most of the conflict is derived from interpersonal relationships and inner demons. When an actual antagonist designed purely to be hated shows up, however... | |
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Most routes of Little Busters!. Haruka's has her family and Kud's sorta has the islanders at the end, but the conflict in Komari's is all about her brother's tragic death to disease, Mio's presents Midori as the villain but the conflict is actually getting Mio to feel good enough about herself to want to live, and Kurugaya's is about the dream world breaking down. More than that, the main plot of the game itself follows this: while Kyousuke appears to be the villain for a while, he's merely reacting to the real issue, which is the bus crash that almost killed everyone except Riki and Rin, and the weakness of the latter two and their lack of ability to move on or take care of themselves afterwards. | |
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"The Little Mermaid" is about a mermaid who turns into a human because she's fallen in love with a prince; if they marry, she'll stay human forever and get an immortal soul, but if he marries someone else, she'll die the next morning and get no afterlife. (And she can't tell him this, since she paid the Sea-Witch with her tongue.) Unfortunately for her, the prince has a Perfectly Arranged Marriage set up with someone else. Unlike in the Disney version, neither the Sea-Witch nor the other woman are evil (though the former seems amoral), and since none of the human characters know the mermaid's problem, you can't really blame them for not helping her out. | |
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Final Night may be the only Crisis Crossover without an antagonist, and the focus is instead on attempting to survive a cosmic calamity. While the Sun-Eater is a threat, it is depicted more as a force of nature or a hungry animal going after its normal food source than an opponent. | |
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Seeking Sato, a The Legend of Korra fanfic, lacks any villains besides unpleasant businessmen Asami has to deal with. | |
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Tales of the Jedi: The final arc, "Redemption", takes place during peacetime and the conflict is around personal struggles left over from the wars. | |
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Both Narcissu and its prequel Narcissu 2nd have no antagonist, as their plots are about sick girls dying whilst musing about God and Christianity, fate, the fleeting nature of life, and the finality of death. | |
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Crescendo (JP) has the conflict be the characters' psychological issues and a possible splitting up at graduation. | |
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Most of the paths in Katawa Shoujo lack an antagonist. Shizune's father acts as one in hers, though he's mostly an ineffectual jerk, Lilly's parents put her and Hisao's relationship in jeopardy by having her move to Scotland, and the art teacher does inadvertently cause Rin's breakdown, but otherwise the characters deal with regular teen problems. | |
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Minilife TV: The only characters to cause any sort of conflict in "That's So Gay!" are two rude guys who make homophobic remarks towards Todd, but they have very minor roles and Todd isn't even aware of their actions until Chris and Ian tell him about them. In "Trouble Ian Paradise", the conflict comes from Ian hiding from Chris that he's the mayor of Minilife City rather than an antagonistic force. There's no villain in "The Lost Undead" and the conflict instead stems from Snowball struggling to accept the death of his friend, Rob. |
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While the participants of the First Anniversary Brawl are divided into teams (critics vs gamers), none of them are shown as more heroic or villainous than the others. In fact, none of them have much motivation beyond "beat the other guys up as much as possible." | |
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