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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

There can be more than 1 villains (real villain arguments just gives free pass to anyone else except the one they hate most, like in Tekken, thinking Kazuya did nothing wrong in 8th game as Jin "started it"). Otherwise, obviously Uesugi's far more depraved (he'd be the most evil MOTW Dopant), but Rui would be an example of anti-villain. She does let her friend do his terrible deeds while directly helping him. The anti aspect is, doing bad things in a coerced compliance (well yes, many anti-villain examples are those doing bad in coerced compliance). About good intentions, it'd be harming others for a loved one's sake, seemingly it puts the loved person's value above others.

Fair enough. I wouldn't want to dismiss villainy. I guess I meant that Uesugi is actually evil, but yeah, Rui may qualify as an extreme antivillain. However, she ultimately bought Shoutarou time to figure out the truth which led to the best case scenario of saving Satoru and other victims and bringing Uesugi to justice before he could do even worse harm. Seems like this was only possible by Rui agreeing to be a reluctant accomplice. Whether or not she was selfish to value the life of a loved one to take such a risk, I think that's still better than the cynicism of sacrificing a life for the sake of the many, as that only guarantees the bad outcome.