I'm at the point I'm ready to drop the anime the moment MC/FMC says he/she has No Kill Rule, is anyone feels same?

I watched soo many series with this so-called ''No Kill Rule'' lame \*ss bullsh\*t that I know 99% of times those series sucks, especially at action, supernatural, and isekai series, when they refuse to kill someone who really deserves it like a rapist, torturer, kidnapper, etc, obviously bad character deserves to die 100%, so whenever hear phrase about this rule from MC/FMC I'm literally rolling my eyes, and I wonder if people feel same, or you are ''whatever'' ?

Another thing I wonder actually is this a trope that Japanese people likes it? Hence why they keep doing it?

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_a_helping_hand_2025-12-30 15:14

Yes

Redzephyr012025-12-30 15:15

Killing people isn't something that should be approached lightly. Any normal person is going to at least hesitate on something like that. Unless the protagonist is a soldier or something it would be really strange for them to just not hesitate at all about killing a person.

lalunafelis2025-12-30 16:41

I'm about to tell OP they'll understand what you said when they reach a certain age, but as they say, a LOT of people never learn. And stupid beliefs like this will eventually come back to them.

UMP45isnotflat2025-12-30 15:15

watch less shounen bro

Elgato012025-12-30 15:29

Zoomer mindset.

No_Cockroach24672025-12-30 15:18

No that's stupid. Not wanting to kill people is normal, even in dangerous situations.

JackReact2025-12-30 15:18

Mind giving me a few examples where the MC says that? I certainly know my fair share of "PG" isekais that basically go about things very family friendly...

But I can't really think of any examples where characters outright say that and given how you react here I guess it must have happened quite frequently? Maybe I just missed them?

URF_reibeer2025-12-30 15:23

i can't think of one actually stating that it's a rule off the top of my head but there's e.g. goku that refuses to kill frieza after literally being so mad at him for killing his best friend that he transformed. it's mostly a shounen thing from my experience which makes sense since it's made for kids

Al-Pharazon2025-12-30 15:42

Goku doesn't have a no-kill rule, he literally massacred a whole military base before being 15.

The thing with Goku is that as a Saiyan he likes to fight strong opponents, so he tends to leave them alive as long as they commit to stop their wrongdoings or if Goku is confident he can stop them should they try anything.

That aside, the first character with a strict no-kill rule that comes to mind is Kenshin, they guy even uses a Sakabatō to avoid causing any mortal injuries to his opponents. Albeit he killed plenty before going pacifist.

Maybe it also applies to the characters in Boku no Hero, as part of the public security forces they are asked to avoid mortal damage when possible.

EmperorPHNX2025-12-30 15:57

I can think of couple. Shielded Hero, especially the scene Raphatalia had with her torturer. Dragonball Goku not killing certain enemies that caused him great deal like lost of his ''loved ones'' that makes you feel like he never loved those people at all, which is stupid AF he is doing it just for his ''love for fighting'' Certain Magical Index.

These are mainstream examples tho, because I watched soo many series I dropped or watched just to see it actually gonna have good plot, etc, until the end because of this rule that I can't count them, since they didn't stick with me. For example right now I'm watching Ansatsusha isekai, and MC has the some bullsh\*t role, and I'm at early parts, but we already saw a lame \*ss scene about this. But if I watched this like couple months ago right now I wouldn't remember this to tell you, because I couldn't care less about series like this, don't wanna be prejudge, since I'm still at early parts, but for now that's how I think.

GodOfUrging2025-12-30 15:19

Depends. If that rule is actually put to test (like giving Batman a Joker who's just crippled/murdered/tortured a close friend), it can be a good source of tension between the hero's ideals and the reality they face, a test of their convictions.

If it's not put to test, then stating it had no point to begin with, so it becomes a source of annoyance.

GodOfUrging2025-12-30 15:21

Actually, never mind. A SoL protagonist like Komi-san suddenly saying they refuse to kill people in the middle of an otherwise ordinary day sounds hilarious. I'd be into that.

AlaxyRayz2025-12-30 15:20

“But the best sort of punishment doesn’t require killing at all”

EmperorPHNX2025-12-30 15:49

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AlaxyRayz2025-12-30 15:59

I was just quoting chaotic good Barbarian, it’s on YouTube, there is a paladin who have oath against killing :)

But on the subject, anime that just finished recently, exactly about this trope, “my status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s”

EmperorPHNX2025-12-30 16:01

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AlaxyRayz2025-12-30 16:16

Idk, despite thinking that that anime overall was just average I think they did a really good on the moral of to kill or not. I mean in reality most people are sane and don’t want to kill anybody and would have hard time dealing with it. And in anime it takes either super lightly, “pew pew, murder, genocide” or “no killing, butterflies, power of friendship”. So this one was kinda different from usual fantasy anime’s.

Beans_r_good4U2025-12-30 15:27

It would subvert the expectations for a hero. Part of being a hero is rising above what is base, including your own negative traits.

The No Kill rule indicates hero status because to do that, an individual has to have been able to set aside their own hatred of another individual and instead, they have risen to being able to focus on the bigger picture- like how killing takes away their own humanity and broader interests such as societal reconciliation.

EmperorPHNX2025-12-30 15:48

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Redzephyr012025-12-30 16:13

People who kill people extrajudicially in real life aren't heroes, they're murderers who are a menace to society. The kind of logic you're using right now is the same kind of logic people use to justify things like lynchings.

Derallerechtere2025-12-30 15:44

Sometimes i feel like that but sometimes i drop it even if there is killing. What counts is if the plot has logic, if the story is good then both killing/not killing can be excused.

EmperorPHNX2025-12-30 15:46

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Derallerechtere2025-12-30 16:08

You are right on that part

andy_sama972025-12-30 15:46

me. im so tired of that holier-than-thou trope

timpkmn892025-12-30 15:53

>lame \*ss bullsh\*t

If you're not old enough to say ass or bullshit, are you really old enough to watch people get murdered?

Edit: lol he blocked me

EmperorPHNX2025-12-30 15:59

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Redzephyr012025-12-30 16:13

Typing like that while complaining about anime characters not killing people makes you sound like an edgy middle-schooler.

UMP45isnotflat2025-12-30 16:28

what part of "I use steam a lot" did you miss lol

steam is great, but steam as a forum is.. ew

EmperorPHNX2025-12-30 17:05

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UMP45isnotflat2025-12-30 17:11

nobody gives a shit

abandoned_idol2025-12-30 16:26

If the story makes a relatable hero confront a murderer, it feels like the writer wrote themselves into a corner.

That said, one should be able to see this coming from a mile away. It's not like the writing is subtle to begin with.

N7CombatWombat2025-12-30 16:56

Sure, lots of people feel that way. I'm not one of them personally, but we've all got things we like and don't like. It's all good.