It seems to be a common theme where the lead has amnesia and they find out that they were a horrible person (and usually try to make ammends for it). But in a lot of those stories, I find their old personality waaay cooler.

Are there any manga where the opposite happens? Where they find out they used to be a really nice person or become meaner and think that the person they were previously was weak and stupid (and think that TILL THE END).

No ecchi/harem/GL/BL please. I would prefer a female lead with a shoujo/josei style, but I'm not sure if there are any mangas/light novels like this, let alone with an antiheroine. I suppose it's okay without the amnesia plot, but the "new" personality must be infinitely more badass or jaded. Maybe not quite all out Phineas Gage style, but close. Would also prefer a serious story rather than a comedic undertone, but I guess it can't be helped. Thanks.

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I would also be super interested in such a story
I've only seen the inverse

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Same as above, would definitely want to see something like this.

I *might* have seen something similar, can't remember.

Well, they do have a Chinese saying that all humans are originally good. Amnesia usually makes them revert to that. This is gonna be hard to find, especially for heroines. If there is, it's probably just that they got thrown into a war era with no memory, forcing them to fight.

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Kurozuka maybe. I know the mc gets different personalities as time progresses since he forgets things. I don't remember how different or cruel/not cruel they were. I just thought I'd list it anyway just in case. The mc is a guy though and I know you were looking for a female lead.


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In Zennou no Noa the lead was the bad guy to begin with but it is the best I can think of.

Ahh I remembered one! Um... what was it called? It's about a guy, who has some dozen souls in him, all from an orphanage that was in a fire years ago.

Then there is this other one, not sure if it's from the same manga... or rather, is it manga or was it drama? o.O... I can't remember. Anyways, there's this girl, who was imprisoned in a basement, and years later, she turned into multiple personalities. Apparently in order to save herself. Then the police or someone did some tests, trying to figure out whether she has real mental problems or not, since she got into some sort of incident.

Will need to look those up, be back if I find the names and if they fit.

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Finally got around to reading the suggested titles.

Zennou no Noa - Came closest to the theme. It's a shame the author kinda lost it plot-wise half way through. (I nearly dropped it if only I wasn't just around 3 chapters till the end.) It could have been a Code Geass if not for the unsatisfying nonsensical ending.

Kurozuka - Okayish. Too many action battle scenes and not enough of anything else, including clothes for women. Lol, I think the "heroine" is naked 75% of the time she shows up. Dropped it at volume 5 because it seriously seemed to just be a brainless battle manga with twice the guts (literally) and some gratuitous sex scenes.

Anyways, a title the sort of fits this theme is Legend of the Sun Knight (novel), but it occurs briefly and much later in the story, and he's not really evil, just somewhat mercenary and messed up about what sort of person he is... (trying really hard to be vague xD)

What about A Fairytale for the Demon Lord? It kinda fits with the theme later on.

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