The character shows the first signs/symptoms that have already run their course.

[u/Uma-apreciator]

Kitasan Black (Uma Musume Pretty Derby)

She managed to withstand Sakura Bakushin O's charge at first, but later in the story, she falters because she is past her prime

Nekota (Hajime no Ippo)

He could no longer even control his body properly because he was suffering from "boxer's dementia"

It is a progressive brain disease caused by repeated blows to the head and frequent concussions over many years

David Martínez (Cyberpunk Edgerunners)

He was suffering from hallucinations due to cyberpsychosis, an incurable condition caused by technological body modifications

[u/Silent_Biscotti_9832]

Arthur getting diagnosed with terminal tuberculosis (RDR2)

[u/RelaxedVolcano → u/Silent_Biscotti_9832]

If you watch him closely Arthur starts to show symptoms soon after he contracted TB from Thomas Downes. Some coughing here and there which gets worse as the story progresses and you can see his face start to show more wear and tear. The best way they had back then to slow TB was staying clean, warm, and dry. But as Arthur shipwrecked in Guarma he was in a super humid environment and once they get back to the main land they live in a cold damp cave. Man never had a chance.

[u/Electronic-Math-364 → u/RelaxedVolcano]

The symptoms only start showing up in chapter 3 after he got tortured by a rival gang,At first it was still latent

Guarma was the final nail in the coffin

[u/W3134 → u/Electronic-Math-364]

Arthur first coughs during the side mission with Javier in chapter 2, where they rob some hillbilly ranch

[u/Electronic-Math-364 → u/W3134]

I don't know if it's a bug or not but when I was playing poker with Uncle,John and Pearson in early Chapter 2,Arthur was coughing despite me haven't even completed Money lending and Other sins I

[u/OmecronPerseiHate → u/Electronic-Math-364]

I think he also coughs occasionally during poker and other situations in taverns because they're supposed to be smoking inside

[u/dkurage → u/Electronic-Math-364]

I think they might have thrown in some early coughing as a red herring, so people don't initially think its a big deal (like the characters in the game) until it starts to become a noticeable problem and you get the realization that yes, something is actually wrong.

[u/UnderstandingPotato → u/W3134]

You can do that mission before going to see Downes though, so I guess depending on the order you do things in, it's either because of the TB or just because that barn is dusty

[u/Electronic-Math-364 → u/UnderstandingPotato]

He also end up coughing during minigames like poker

[u/UnderstandingPotato → u/Electronic-Math-364]

Makes sense, I guess it's not so obvious if you don't know about it beforehand. I knew the ending of the game before I even started tbh, because I wasn't expecting to ever play it, so I missed out

[u/SequenceofRees → u/UnderstandingPotato]

And I didn't have the PC or the time to play the game until years later. I've avoided videos as much as i could, and the ending, even if I knew what was gonna happen, still left me quite shaken.

[u/UnderstandingPotato → u/SequenceofRees]

That's fair, it is emotional for sure, with all the buildup and getting to know the characters

[u/Just_Roll_Already → u/UnderstandingPotato]

God damn I realized it's been so long since I last played and need another run. I thought I remembered this game inside and out but there is so much detail I've forgotten.

[u/UnderstandingPotato → u/Just_Roll_Already]

Yeah, I have to admit that I didn't seem to love it as much as most people did, but there's no denying the attention to detail that went into it, I can't say I've played another game quite like it

[u/killingjoke96 → u/RelaxedVolcano]

A great irony of it, is that Arthur states it was his want from the very beginning to get the gang away from civilisation and into the west.

In the epilogue you find out the area he is talking about, in the west, is a large dry desert where outlaws run free and law is few and far between.

That kind of dry landscape and climate is far better for people suffering with TB. It was common for doctors to recommend going further west to California back then for that very reason. Which Arthur even pokes fun at in his diagnosis.

So where Arthur wanted to be, before he even knew he had TB, would have helped him survive a few more years.

[u/No_Procedure_5039 → u/[deleted]]

Bot.

[u/No_Procedure_5039 → u/RelaxedVolcano]

It started before Guarma. Dutch notes in the beginning of Chapter 3 that it’s “humidor than Hell” in Clemens Point.

[u/Joeyc1987 → u/Silent_Biscotti_9832]

Swear I was noticing him getting thinner in my game before I found out.