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What, no Carmine from Dragon Century as choice of favorite anime dragon? D:

No great fan of dragons. I guess I could vote for Haku but I think of him as more of a river-god than a straight-forward dragon.
But something was sticking in my head... I just watched or rewatched something with a "dragon" in it that I thought I liked... what was it... what was it... oh yeah...
Hatori Sohma from Fruits Basket Wink

Ah, betrayal, I haven't watched those shows in years so I may not remember them much, except the recent Kyubei. For consolation prize, I'd like to nominate spoiler[Akasha and the Kougon Sect] from spoiler[Shikabane Hime Kuro], now that was a twisted shock at the end.

I voted for Haku, probably the only outstanding dragon I remember. Wink

Kyubey didn't surprise me honestly...he looked evil to begin with.

Disappointing not to see Kokopelli from Bokurano on here. As his betrayal was far more surprising to me and the magnitude of his actions are greater than pretty much everyone on this list.

list is very iffy, but good try
Bleach was a memorable one
and now I rememeber SHURATO

I dunno, Gendo and Kyubey always seemed pretty blatant to me.

I just remember seeing episode 1 of Bokurano at the university anime club and being completely repelled by it, thinking it would be a campy/childish super robot show. So I openly scorned it, walked out, and thought nothing of it until I learned randomly that the guy who did Narutaru also did Bokurano. And then the manga became one of my favorites.

That particular betrayal involving Dung Beetle was entirely anime-only, but I can see why you would put that ahead of what Kokopelli did. For me though, I just think of how I walked out on what looked like a childish super robot show and, because of Kokopelli's direct actions, it was anything but.

The again, there were a lot more betrayals in Bokurano. Such as spoiler[Chizu and her teacher] but I went for the one that had the most impact.

I never saw it as Anthy betraying Utena to be honest, throughout the entire show it was hard to tell what she was thinking for most of it and I always wondered how much she trusted Utena/was on her side in the first place.

The first time Kyubey appears, he's lurking in the shadow of some weeds. Although I went in spoiled, that grabbed my attention.

Last Exile: Fam the Silver Wing had a memorable moment when spoiler[Lillia shows up with Luscinia, announcing they have become allies and denounces her sister Lillia as an enemy].

I never found Kyubey's betrayal to be out of left field or even shocking. The series methodically reveals the stakes of making a contract bit by bit, and each new morsel of information only serves to make the viewer question Kyubey's intentions more and more. When it's ultimately revealed what his purpose is, it's less "OMG I didn't see that coming!" and more "and there it is".

I'm surprised that Code Geass didn't get a mention for Lelouch's spoiler[Zero Requiem]. It was incredibly shocking after spoiler[he took the throne as Emperor and made himself public enemy to all his former allies]... well, until the final episode when it's revealed why he did it.

Heh, I just added this in last week's column of tearjerkers before I read this, but it fits here just as well: from Naruto, spoiler[ in which Yashamaru, the only person who genuinely seemed to care for Gaara, suddenly tries to kill him, and then tells him that he in fact hates Gaara and that no one ever loved him, not even his mother.]

Man by the time I saw the picture of spoiler[Kyubey] it was too late. You guys think thats gonna ruin the show for me now?

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