@ LilyLily: I would suggest you to actually hide a lot of those you listed in spoiler tags.^__^ Pandora Hearts, in particular, because that was a serious major reveal.
Anyways, this is one of my favorite kinds of storylines. MCs with dark pasts that were forgotten through trauma, magical interference (/spells), etc However, I wouldn't consider their current lives, "lies" per say when they have bonds with other people in their new lives. ^^;
ReMember - Guy can mysteriously fight well to his own surprise.
(Anyone familiar with my memory manga list, I did not add this one in yet. I just found it today.>.>)
Stigmata - Protagonist became a happy-go-lucky priest. (Edit x infinity: Oops, I put the "I second" in the wrong place!)
I second Tripeace - Don't know how/why, but this guy also had a 180 degree turn in personality.
D.Gray-man - To say exactly why the main character has a "dark past", on top of what we know already, would be a spoiler of itself. We've only recently scratched the surface of it so we're not sure how dark it is. The mangaka is human so we must be patient for the full truth to come out and for her to be 100% healthy.  .
07-Ghost - What he remembers in the beginning is only a fraction of the truth....
B-Eyes - If I recall right, I'm pretty sure the guy lacks memories of his identity.
Release: The Emancipation of Personality
World End Fairytale - Well, he was the main male character, until Spoiler (mouse over to view) he "disappeared" once he "remembered"... >_< So much for that.
Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle - In a way. I wouldn't consider Spoiler (mouse over to view) remembering you're a clone to be "dark" though. More like a magical scenario. However, "living a lie". Yeeeep.
Innocent Dragon - Both amnesia and Spoiler (mouse over to view) dissociative identity disorder. She didn't have an easy life in the past....
There is this one shoujo that I remember of a guy, who literally was living a "lie", but made some peace in the end. Like, he thought he was someone (a human), but he wasn't actually that person... If only I could remember the name of that story. :/
I would also second:
Quote from Giesela Sougiya RiddleSpoiler (mouse over to view) Hayate Sakura, is a normal high school boy. He does not know that he actually a Crown Prince ...
This is more of a reincarnation story though, from the way it's going. ^^;
Speaking of reincarnation, I would recommend the anime, "Fantastic Children" when it comes to "reawakened dark pasts".
Last edited by tgirl at 4:44 am, Nov 18
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