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Originally Posted by Malintex_Terek
Only if you rank the Flame Haze up against ridiculous Gundam SEED standards. An anti-hero has to have villainous characteristics, not something like that is usually done for the greater good.
An anti-hero would:
1. Sacrifice many people for the few.
2. Sacrifice 100 people to save 100 people.
A villain would:
3. Sacrifice people for no particular reason or a false one.
The powers of the Quincy in Bleach are something an anti-hero would have. They save humans by killing off Hollows, but they risk spiritual balance since they actually destroy the spirits, though they don't care. This is compared to the Shinigami powers which only seal spirits.
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I have to agree with the Real Nemo here - I think that you're using a far too strict definition of the term 'anti-hero' here.
An awful lot of fictional heroes won't sacrifice
any lives - even the lives of villains.
If someone's willing to pretty callously sacrifice even a few lives for a nebulous cause (as even Shana was in early Season 1), I can see the title "anti-hero" being justifiably applied to such a person.