Thread:Mesektet/@comment-27729149-20151002041329/@comment-3581997-20160112192708

Actions undertaken. A hero or villain are roles. That is why some heroes, anti-heroes, have morals that mismatch with their station and some villains, anti-villains have morals that mismatch to their role in the story. Since sociopathy is an inherent way of thinking it does not automatically determine actions.

And no, Kenpachi should not be labeled as tragic. Life has not done anything to him that conflicts with his own desires, short of maybe never having another shot and Unohana or Ichigo.