Close
Fruition
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Both words in one sentence
- Diabolik has the Grey Ravens: whenever their plans come close to fruition, Diabolik shows up from nowhere, kills as many of them he can find, robs them blind and generally beheads their organization.
Source: Cosmic Plaything - He is killed before his plan comes close to fruition though.
Source: Make Wrong What Once Went Right -
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift plays with this trope in Arcade mode - while in Story mode Yuuki Terumi's scheme comes to fruition with few flaws, he needed to view the entire Continuum Shift to do it, and two characters in Arcade mode came dangerously close to obliterating his plans.
Source: Out-Gambitted aka: Out Gambit
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