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Adam Monroe || Heroes || 3/?
When he's first introduced in 2x01 we see that he's cowardly and sure loves his alcohol, and seems to have nothing redeeming about him whatever. How could this be the hero Hiro has been talking about all this time? Adam says when they first meet, "I've never been called a hero before." Only, in Japanese. He rarely seems to have a care in the world beyond money, sex or fame.
However, he has shown the capacity for redemption several times. More so 400 years ago, the implication being he's been jaded by time and being an evil bastard for that long, but he still does show that he can genuinely care about others. This does seem to mostly revolve around women forever, see: his ten wives.
Before he sees Hiro betray him, he considers him a close friend, and thanks Hiro for showing him how to be a good man. But when he sees Hiro kiss Yaeko, he completely snaps and he never truly recovered from that blow. This could be because Hiro leaves him to die just after that, but one thing we know is that Adam would have become a villain with or without Hiro. Adam only got a taste of redemption because Hiro went back in time, and without him he would've continued to be a bad guy. So perhaps if Hiro hadn't betrayed him, he would have become a hero and gone on to be the Kensei of legend, but it's unlikely. Even when being heroic, he's mostly looking out for himself.
And again in the instance of saving Nathan. He does this only to win the trust of Peter so he can continue murdering people and searching for the virus that will kill all of humanity. He has kind of an obsession with it.
In the graphic novels, he stays with most of his wives until they die. One he even stays with for 62 years, Angelica, to whom he imparts his secret (that he can't die). However one of his wives betrays him and she and her lover try to kill him. He comes back that night and kills them both in their sleep. So while he shows a penchant for love and even rarely trusts others, his penchant for revenge and ruthlessness is greater, and overall he is truly ruled by his own self-interest.
He tends to think his life is harder than anyone else's and that he doesn't deserve the wrath that falls down on him. Basically any consequence in his life, he thinks he shouldn't have to endure. And he mercilessly manipulates people into believing he's a good guy time in and out.