Many times we see both the villains and the heroes of anime executing plans that just shouldn't work yet through grit and determination (and some plot convenience) they pull it off. Or they fail spectacularly and amusingly. Either way, today I want to look at some of bad plans that anime characters have attempted to pull off.
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