he played a Thanatos Gambit by letting himself be Eaten Alive by an Eren who had just been turned into a Titan, in order to pass the McGuffin and his knowledge on to him. Grisha Yeager's disappearance remained a major mystery in-series and for the fans, up until Eren learns the truth. In Attack on Titan, Eren Jaeger spends five years wondering about his Disappeared Dad, who vanished after leaving him with cryptic instructions to retrieve something from their basement.He dies for real after losing his fight with Kannagi. He's only alive because he made a deal with the Hayagami Okoro (as he was dying) that he would only stay alive for as long as he keeps winning in fights. In Arata: The Legend, Akachi has been dead since long before we meet him for the first time.Near the end, however, the Queen of Hearts reveals that Alice broke her neck in the fall and that Wonderland is simply Purgatory - and that it's only big enough for one real person, who fills the role of the Queen of Hearts, meaning that the current Queen went through the situation herself and now has to move on to make room for Alice. The comic opens with Alice running away from her life of forced prostitution and falling into a hole, as per the original story. Appears in the hentai manga Alice in Sexland, of all places.Compare Dying Dream, Pretty Spry for a Dead Guy, and Tomato in the Mirror contrast An Astral Projection, Not a Ghost, Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated.Īs this is a Death Trope and a form of The Reveal, unmarked spoilers abound. Not to be confused with Posthumous Character, Dead Star Walking, or You Are Already Dead. This trope is Tomato Surprise meets Dead to Begin With. Often results in Fridge Horror or Tear Jerker - or both. They were already dead, and what is dead may never die. This can also be an explanation for a character going through something that no one could survive and yet coming back apparently unharmed. While someone might have suspected that this character is dead, none of the others really consider it. The character may have been killed and replaced, with the reveal making them an Impersonation-Exclusive Character. Maybe someone was fooling them with a Dead Person Impersonation or a really good Of Corpse He's Alive. Maybe they go to find or rescue or recruit someone, only to find that they're very, very late. Maybe the heroes have been fighting the forces of someone who they later learn has been dead for years The Dragon may or may not have taken over and not told anyone that the Big Bad is dead. Sometimes a character only realizes this upon finding their own corpse. Severe Death Amnesia is mandatory if the character was previously unaware of their condition. He walks, he talks, he breathes just like everyone and neither the characters (sometimes, not even himself) nor the audience suspects anything fishy until The Reveal, at which point he usually dies for good or otherwise disappears because Undeath Always Ends. However, because the Powers That Be wanted him back, he is. You probably thought these characters were alive.Ī character is dead really dead.
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