Despite all this, Shoji insists that the yokai forgive him because he's "still a Sakaiminato citizen", which a pathetic reason to spare this monster when he should have been taken down by Kitaro's Finger Guns. Mabyo ( Gegege no Kitaro (2018 – 2020)): This monster brainwashes an entire city (including Kitaro, Medama Oyaji, Neko Musume and Mana's Auntie Rie), tries to kill Mana and her Uncle Shoji for finding out, and tries to brainwash the entire world into his kingdom.All of this, plus the fact that Shōnen manga and anime tend to force redemption and mercy even if the said villain does not deserve it. Instead, it had the heroes force him to redeem himself because they still didn't want to kill him despite everything he's done (even though Kitaro has been willing to kill if necessary) and used his tragic backstory as an excuse to justify showing mercy, even though he never showed any. Rei Isurugei ( Gegege no Kitaro (2018 – 2020)): The anime practically ignored both the fact that he already crossed the Moral Event Horizon more than once with his attacks on Yokai and the fact he refused multiple times to let go of his revenge.Notable examples of half-baked redemptions Anime 6 How to Give a Villain a Proper Redemption.4 Why This Kind of Redemption is Not True. 1 Notable examples of half-baked redemptions.
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