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There's a common trope in many animes that I have known and loved, to have a three-way conflict between the hero, the honorable antagonist, and the vile villain. Those are my favorite type of stories, because you get the good parts of "I'm fighting this guy and I like and respect him" on the hero's side, and the "I fight you but I am chivalrous and brave," on the antagonist's--while still allowing for an outside menace that generally gives them the chance to blood-brother up and TAKE IT DOWN. It's simple, yet so satisfying.

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"And others just want to die screaming." - Yes, that does seem to sum it up. It's why I keep coming back to that Father Brown statement in "The Flying Stars": a man can keep a certain level of good, but he cannot keep a certain level of evil, particularly when he enjoys it. And enjoying evil eventually leads to a happy revelry in pure insanity for all eternity, which Father Brown illustrates by listing all the criminals he knows who have died stark, raving mad - i.e. screaming.

Why anyone thinks that is preferable to being good, I will never know. But then, I would prefer not to die screaming. Coincidence? Doubtful.

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