I Will Definitely Protect You: Difference between revisions

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'''Her:''' Don't say things that can be misunderstood! }}

 

== Anime & Manga ==

* [[Rurouni Kenshin|Kenshin]] gives several of them, but the biggest is to Tomoe.

* [[Ai Yori Aoshi]]: Used between Kaoru and Aoi to show how close their relationship is. (In an interesting inversion of roles, Aoi also says it to Kaoru [[Plucky Girl|to show how serious she is about being with him.]])

* [[Black Cat (manga)|Black Cat]]: Train lets {{spoiler|Kyoko}} know he will definitely protect her {{spoiler|after her [[Heel Face Turn]]}}, as long as she keeps her promise not to hurt anyone anymore. (Although she's already got quite a crush on Train, she doesn't misunderstand his serious meaning.)

* Naruto Uzumaki from [[Naruto]] has a tendency to want to protect everyone, especially his love interest Sakura from danger.

* [[Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea]]: An adorable, innocent usage of the third type:

* ''[[RahXephon]]'': This is a major theme and, in [[Super Robot Wars MX|SRW MX]], one of Ayato's battle quites is him yelling this (doesn't have the "definitely" part but [[Hot Blood]] compensates).

* ''[[Rosario to Vampire]]'': Tsukune says it a few times to the harem after he starts getting his [[Took a Level In Badass|Bad Ass Power Up]], mostly with the second meaning, but leaning towards the third when [[Official Couple|he says it to Moka]].

* In the ''[[Sands of Destruction]]'' manga, [[Badass Adorable]] [[Everything Is Worse With Bears|Toppi]] tells [[The Heart|Ky]][[The Messiah|rie]] this when they're first introduced in the manga. He continues to tell him this and be protective of him all because he showed him compassion despite the fact he was the one thirsty after wandering the desert for three days. The trend continues in the anime and video game.

* [[Les Yay|Female to female example]]: [[Faustian Rebellion|Homura]] said this to Madoka in ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]''. The sound you just heard is the collective mental [[Squee]] of [[Yuri Fan|Yuri Fans]] worldwide.

* Non-romantic example: Seiichirou Aoki in the [[X (manga)|X 1999]] movie tells Nataku during their fight "I ''will'' protect those I love" ("boku wa aisuru mono wa mamoritai!" is his more or less literal phrase). {{spoiler|And pulls a [[Taking You with Me]]. Which in ''this'' context is more like a [[Stupid Sacrifice]], sadly.}}

* Played with in chapter 58 of ''[[Kaichou wa Maid-sama]]''; after their mutual [[Love Confession]], Usui tells Misaki that being with him is likely to make trouble for her and he "can't say anything as irresponsible as 'I'll definitely protect you,'" but he still wants to be with her because he loves her. Misaki gets mad at him for thinking she wants to be protected, and says that ''she'' will protect ''him.''

== Theatre ==

* In, of all places, ''Seussical'', Horton the Elephant has one of the more badass lines in musical theatre. After a series of very bad occurrences, with him left looking after an egg, he gives us this line. While the impact is lessened out of context, coming where it does in the show it's actually a [[Tear Jerker]].

* In ''[[The Cat and the Canary]]'', Paul emphatically tells Anna "I'll protect you" the first time they are alone with each other. He says he's not afraid of anything, but he's easily scared.

 

== Web Original ==

* At the end of the original [[Densha Otoko]] thread, Train_Man says about Hermes:

 

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