Top 30 Anime Scenes Where The Hero Goes Crazy
You won't like them when they're angry. Join Ashley as we look over the times where anime characters gave into the rage
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00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the top 30 anime scenes
00:08where the hero goes berserk.
00:17Number 30.
00:18Luffy Gum-Gum Goes Out of Control – One Piece
00:22Luffy has cracked a few times across his adventures, but if there's one in particular that gave
00:26us chills, it's this.
00:29After his comrades are seemingly killed thanks to Kaido's devastating bolo blast, the straw
00:34hat captain falls out of his senses.
00:40Now in his furious mindset, he throws everything and the kitchen sink at the beast pirate's
00:46fearsome leader.
00:48Of course, it doesn't end in victory for Luffy during this round, but seeing him get this
00:55emotional over his friends should teach Kaido not to mess with them ever again.
01:08Number 29.
01:09Deku Loses It – My Hero Academia
01:12After everything Shigaraki had done up until this point, it's surprising how a few simple
01:17words is what broke our favorite heroic cinnamon roll.
01:26The seemingly hopeless battle against the leader of the League of Villains saw plenty
01:31of bloodshed, and Deku hoped to put a stop to that through blind, ugly violence.
01:37He harnesses his newfound one-for-all abilities to give the nutty killer a taste of what he's
01:42been dishing out.
01:48If it weren't for his nigh-invincible body, it's clear that Shigaraki would be paced
01:53on the ground after this beatdown for the ages.
02:01Number 28.
02:02Farm Boy Goes Berserk – Bungo Stray Dogs
02:05Kenji is just about the sweetest little fella you could ever meet.
02:09Sure, he has borderline terrifying physical strength, but you'd have to do something
02:13pretty egregious to get him to see red, like, say, threaten his besties at the Armed Detective
02:19Agency?
02:26Unfortunately for Tetsuo of the Hunting Dogs, he didn't take that into consideration after
02:31easily taking down Kenji earlier on in the fight.
02:39He didn't realise that behind that gentle exterior was a complete monster hiding in
02:44wait, that will stop at nothing to keep his friends safe.
02:48What's almost more terrifying is how easily he's able to snap out of it after absolutely
02:53wrecking Tetsuo.
03:00Number 27.
03:02Itadori's Rage – Jujutsu Kaisen
03:05It was very easy to hate Mahito more and more every time he appeared on the show, especially
03:11if your name is Yuji Itadori.
03:14After what appeared to be an emotional turnaround for Junpei's distress, Mahito quickly snatches
03:19it away by turning him into a monstrosity.
03:22This, coupled with Sukuna's refusal to intervene, pushes the young sorcerer over the edge.
03:28He now has only one thing in mind – punching a crater into the place where Mahito's face
03:34currently occupies.
03:39He ignores all the pain he's being put through and continues his relentless assault.
03:43Oh, Yuji, if only you finished your fight here, you wouldn't be a victim to the horrors
03:48to come.
03:57Number 26.
03:58Soya Cries – Tokyo Revengers
04:01Greatly outnumbered by Tenjiku, Touman certainly has a rough time in their battle against them.
04:07Especially when the Haitani brothers begin to brutalize Hakai right in front of Soya.
04:13With his leg injured, Angry's emotions get the best of him and he begins to cry like
04:18a child.
04:26Now, usually you'd think this would be the end for him, but in Soya's case it's actually
04:31the opposite as all of his restraints come off and he becomes a demon.
04:40In a flash, Soya takes down both the brothers as well as any Tenjiku members that decide
04:46to come near him.
04:51Number 25.
04:52Nezuko Goes Full Demon – Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba
04:57Oh, Nezuko, sweet, innocent little Nezuko.
04:59She may be a demon and all, but thanks to her big heart, she's managed to stay in her
05:03right mind up until this point.
05:06Daki shouldn't have played with her food too much, since a threat against Tanjiro's
05:11life results in her earning the ire of his sister.
05:15But this isn't the cutie pie we're used to.
05:18No, this is a Nezuko whose power can rival that of even an upper moon.
05:23Just like that, Daki goes from a threat to a pitiable creature.
05:33It's only until Tanjiro intervenes that we're able to see our favorite backpack dweller
05:38back to normal.
05:44Number 24.
05:45Sayaka's Despair – Madoka Magica Hell hath no fury like a woman cucked.
05:51After giving everything in order to save her beloved Kyousuke from his ailment, she learns
05:56that now he's all fixed up, he's fallen in love.
06:00Just not with her.
06:08This means she's lost every reason she had to become a magical girl, and drowns her sorrows
06:14in sheer violence.
06:20With no direction left in life, it's the witches who suffer her wrath, a path that
06:24would lead her to becoming one herself.
06:30Number 23.
06:31Dark Sonic – Sonic X The final arc of Sonic X takes a much darker
06:37turn, and nowhere is this more apparent than in this scene where Sonic obtains a transformation
06:43we've never seen in any other Sonic media.
06:51After seeing an unconscious Chris and terrified Cosmo, the negative energy within the Dark
06:56Chaos Emeralds begins to have an effect on Sonic, and transforms him into a new Dark
07:02form.
07:03Even when Black Narcissus unleashes two powerful robots against him, Dark Sonic makes quick
07:08work of them.
07:14It's a form so unlike the Blue Blur, that even Dr. Eggman is concerned for his well-being.
07:26Number 22.
07:27Jinu Solo's Dong Sook and His Underlings – Solo Leveling
07:31With all the skull-crushing Jinu had been doing in his grinding spree, it was only a
07:36matter of time before he was tasked with taking down some of his fellow dungeon-wagees.
07:45But you can't say they didn't push him.
07:47After leaving the two young lads for dead so they could reap the rewards the Zone had
07:51to offer, they come back to check on the damage, only to find them still alive.
07:56Enraged by their selfish antics, Jinu finally snaps and takes them out one by one.
08:05His reservations about killing other humans fly out of the window.
08:16Number 21.
08:17Punch-Drunk Sugimoto – Golden Kamuy
08:20Sugimoto and the crew would stop at nothing to find a serpa during this arc of the story.
08:25That includes participating in some good old-fashioned fisty-cuffs with Russians in
08:30a barn.
08:35However, Sugimoto's never-say-die attitude pushes him too far, and soon he's completely
08:42taken over by his thirst for blood.
08:49After wiping the floor with the other participants, he turns his attention to Gan Soku.
08:54What follows is a stunning display of Sugimoto's brute strength as he dishes out everything
08:59against the behemoth of a man.
09:01In the end, he walks away the victor.
09:04But it isn't until he takes an unplanned skinny-dip that he's able to get back to
09:08his senses.
09:14Number 20.
09:15Giving in to the Ghoul – Tokyo Ghoul
09:19Trapped and continually tortured by a sadistic monster with a Friday the 13th fetish certainly
09:24has a way of putting someone in a bad headspace.
09:31With Yamori's constant mutilations combined with Reize haunting his mind, Kaneki's humanity
09:37slips away, resulting in him embracing his newfound ghoul nature, leading him to turn
09:43the tables on his tormentor.
09:52Not only is he able to power through Yamori's transformed state, but he gives him a taste
09:57of his own fearful medicine by digging into him for dinner.
10:11Number 19.
10:12Bam Snaps – Tower of God
10:15One does not simply injure the beloved of an alpha simp.
10:19With the crown game coming to a close, Rachel suffers a lethal head wound when one of the
10:24masked combatants tries to take the throne from Bam.
10:36Overcome by such a sight, Bam's irregular nature kicks into gear and unleashes such
10:41a vast amount of high-tier shinsu that it cleaves out one of the navigator's eyes.
10:52Thankfully, the Black March chose to interfere before he totally lost it and tried to end
11:00her life as revenge for Rachel.
11:02Yeah, how's that attitude working out for you now, Bam?
11:21Number 18.
11:22Roll the Dice – Goblin Slayer
11:24Don't you just love it when your party is on its last legs, only for you to land that
11:29all-important critical?
11:35Despite getting his body severely damaged by a goblin champion, the titular adventurer
11:40refuses to simply lay down and die.
11:48Instead, with nothing more than some hair and one hell of a second wind, he climbs atop
11:57the beast and strangles the ever-loving Gimli out of it until it suffocates.
12:02Pretty impressive for a man hemorrhaging a colossal amount of blood behind that helmet.
12:13Number 17.
12:14The Manslayer Returns – Rurouni Kenshin
12:18There are very few things that can push a changed man like Kenshin to revert back to
12:23the demon he was during his assassin career.
12:30Threatening to slice down a child just happens to be one of them.
12:34With Shou willing to use his bladed whip on an innocent, Kenshin is pushed to his limit,
12:40resolving to use the killer techniques of the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu.
12:49If not for the reveal that he had been in possession of the reverse blade the whole
12:53time, Shou would be missing the lower half of his body from just one slash.
13:09Number 16.
13:11Dark Digivolution – Digimon Tamers
13:14As heartbreaking as it might be to see something as adorable as Gilmon be turned into a grotesque
13:20data packet, that's what you get when you delete their friends right in front of them.
13:34In the wake of Leomon's demise, Takato embraces his malicious side and forces Gilmon to transform,
13:41which prompts a sudden digivolution to Megidramon, a mega-level that is nigh uncontrollable and
13:48fixated on devouring his target.
13:57As with most things in Tamers, this was on a whole other level of dark.
14:12Number 15.
14:13Alpha Stigma – The Legend of the Legendary Heroes
14:17If you know the guy you've captured happens to be the vessel for an entity that can eradicate
14:22everything, why would you go out of your way to taunt him by attacking his friends and
14:27showing him the corpses of his fellow mages?
14:33Whatever the reason, the Magic Knights soon learned they were dealing with a literal devil
14:39since Reiner's despair at such cruelty allowed the Alpha Stigma to take over, where it proceeds
14:45to do what it does best and erase everything in its sight.
14:49In the most gruesome way possible, of course.
14:52Number 14.
14:54Advance vs. Removal – Kengan Ashura
15:02Throughout the Kengan tournament, driven by his desire for revenge, Oma continuously relied
15:08on the double-edged sword that was the Advance, a power boost that could improve his strength
15:13but at the cost of his lifespan.
15:16While usually able to put some manner of limit on himself, that all went out the window when
15:21up against Ryan Kure and his equally sinister transformation of Removal.
15:33Unable to cope with the Taboo Descendant's onslaughts, Oma abandoned the warnings of
15:38his mentor and allowed the Advance to take hold, becoming a crimson-skinned monstrosity
15:44in his own right.
15:54Number 13.
15:55A Boxer's Wrath – Hajime no Ippo
15:59Despite his cavalier attitude and sickening approach to the sport, Brian Hawk was nonetheless
16:04one hell of an obstacle challenge for Takamura to overcome.
16:14With so much force behind his punches, the champion eventually succeeded in rendering
16:19Takamura partially unconscious.
16:22Unluckily for him, in doing so, he awakened the Beast.
16:34Fueled with rage over how Hawk had previously injured Coach Kamigawa, his body acted instinctively
16:40and, relying on his training, pummeled the feathers out of Hawk until he was upchucking
16:46blood all over the ring.
16:56Number 12.
16:57The Laughing Arm – Twin Star Exorcist
17:01Nine times out of ten, Rokuro is the nicest kid on the block.
17:05He can punch you to hell and back with his impurity arm, but he's still a chipper lad
17:10with a massive heart.
17:11Unless you're Yuto, then you're liable to get a meteor smash to the face.
17:22After the one-eyed killer tells Benio he never cared for her as a sister, Roku loses it.
17:31Sure, Yuto still knocks him around like a tennis ball, but it's the sight of our boy's
17:40arm howling in murderous glee while his eyes glow like a demon that sticks with us.
17:53Number 11.
17:54Cursed Shield – The Rising of the Shield Hero
17:57Naofumi was already not in the best place mentally, given his horrific treatments ever
18:02since being dropped into this corrupt kingdom.
18:05But watching his cherished talking chicken daughter get gobbled up by a zombie dragon?
18:10That's a bridge too far.
18:18Unlocking the Cursed Shield of Wrath, this highly destructive yet all-consuming form
18:23was certainly able to burn away the rot of the dragon.
18:27But given how it fed on his rage, it also had the unfortunate side effect of blurring
18:32Naofumi's perception of friend and foe together, leading to best girl Raphtalia being
18:37injured in the process.
18:44Number 10.
18:45Kamui Unleashed – Kill la Kill
18:53Ryuko has never been one to quell her temper during a fight, but it's fair to say that
18:58here she went totally off the rails.
19:07Not surprising, since her father's killer suddenly dropped in and happily confessed.
19:12Her resulting outrage proves to be so potent that Senketsu can't handle it, and consequently
19:18mutates her into a monstrous entity, complete with boiling blood and way too many teeth.
19:30It's a hell of a look for her, just a shame she wasn't able to use it to give Nui exactly
19:35what she deserved.
19:41Number 9.
19:42Mob Goes 100 – Mob Psycho 100
19:47On an average day, this little ball of awkwardness is just about the nicest guy you can meet.
19:54At least until you decide to beat up his brother, and you might want to clear the area, lest
19:59you fancy seeing Mob unleash his dark side.
20:08Koyama learns this the hard way, who for all his bravado and psychic abilities is woefully
20:14unprepared for Mob after he reaches 100% pissed off.
20:23As we all know, once he's at his emotional pinnacle, there's nothing that can stop
20:27him.
20:28Evidenced from when Mob sends his brother's attacker right into the ground, face first.
20:42Number 8.
20:43Master Card Rampage – Yu-Gi-Oh!
20:48The world of children's card games is a cutthroat business, something Weevil Underwood
20:54learns first-hand when he unwisely jokes that Yugi is gone forever during a duel.
21:06Despite being armed with an impressive new deck, the bug boy ends up facing the Pharaoh's
21:12unbridled fury, given how he had just lost his partner in crime to the seal of Orichalcos.
21:23Without Yugi to play spiritual good cop, no one can stop the king of games from attacking
21:28Weevil again and again until his life points are well into the minus numbers.
21:39Number 7.
21:40Meliodas Destroys Danithor – The Seven Deadly Sins
21:43Well, at least we now know how the captain of the sins got his infamous moniker of wrath.
21:54In order to reclaim his lost demonic power, Meliodas is forced to relive the haunting
21:59moment where he lost control of his rage following the death of his beloved Liz.
22:12Unable to hold back the anger inside, the dragon's sins' own dark power overwhelms
22:17him, reducing the kingdom of Danithor to nothing more than a crater in the process.
22:22Look on the bright side, Meliodas.
22:24At least your lover got reincarnated… into an infant.
22:28But hey, beggars can't be choosers.
22:34Number 6.
22:35Hollow Resurrection – Bleach
22:38Apparently not even a gaping hole in the torso is enough to keep this substitute shinigami
22:43down.
22:47While initially overwhelmed by Ulquiorra's power, Orohime's cries of despair are all
22:52Ishigo needs to claw his way back from death.
22:56Only now bearing a much more nightmarish guise, one that comes complete with a lot
23:01of predator sound effects and a crazy amount of laser beams.
23:11Now more powerful than even the Espada's Segunda Etappa form, Ishigo and his inner
23:16hollow proceed to rip Ulquiorra to pieces.
23:19Yep, this is all on you, Orohime.
23:22Well done.
23:27Number 5.
23:28Cemetery Battle – Gintama
23:35Despite being famed for his sword skills, as well as being a demon on the battlefield,
23:40Gintoki Sakata is mostly known for acting like a complete doofus.
23:45One who always ends up failing at even the simplest of odd jobs.
23:50But in this case…
23:59After Otose ends up wounded via the blade of her rival Deva and former friend Jirochu,
24:05Ginto's full-on white demon.
24:13Armed with nothing more than his trusty wooden sword, he easily crushes nearly every gravestone
24:18in sight while trying to put Jirochu six feet under.
24:29Number 4.
24:30Naruto Let's The Fox Out The Bag – Naruto Shippuden
24:39We'll admit it was an odd time for Hinata to find the courage to confess her love to
24:44a ninja heartthrob, but it at least ended up giving us this epic scene.
24:54While trying to defend Naruto from pain to salt, the Hyuga heiress finds herself grievously
24:59wounded.
25:03The knuckle-headed ninja doesn't take too kindly to this, once again losing control
25:07to the demon fox inside of him.
25:15Now completely taken over by his rage, Naruto instantly goes all the way to six tails.
25:22Pain may have his own fair share of internal baggage, but he's got nothing on a teen
25:27Jinchuriki who just watched his future wife get stabbed.
25:35Number 3.
25:36Guts Cuts Off His Own Arm – Berserk We had to get a little creative with this
25:45one, seeing how bloody rampages are kind of Guts' bread and butter.
25:57The black swordsman may have angrily sliced his way through plenty of demons and enemy
26:01soldiers in his time, but in terms of sheer desperation, nothing tops the time where he
26:07was willing to mutilate his own arm to escape the jaws of an apostle.
26:18Of course, given how Casca was being violated by Griffith at the time, you can kind of see
26:23why he would be willing to go so far.
26:25It's a hellish sight to behold, the only thing more unnerving being the savage expression
26:31spread across Guts' face.
26:33Now that is rage.
26:37Number 2.
26:38Gon vs. Pitou – Hunter x Hunter You wouldn't have thought a good kid like
26:48Gon would have had a dark side.
26:50Pitou probably thought so too, at least until he decided to taunt him with the corpse of
26:55his deceased friend.
26:59After discovering that his buddy Kite was gone for good, Gon gives into his hatred and
27:04unleashes all of his latent Nen, transforming into an older version of himself equipped
27:09with enough strength to match the king of the Chimera Ants.
27:22Fueled by the desire to seek vengeance on the wicked Kitty, the young Hunter proceeds
27:27to smash Pitou's face to bloody chunks, to the point where the royal guard is left
27:33essentially headless.
27:59Number 1.
28:00The Beast – Neon Genesis Evangelion
28:13The good news?
28:14Shinji got back in the robot.
28:16The bad news?
28:17It's gone totally feral and developed quite a taste for angel flesh.
28:27When one of the alien invaders nearly overpowers them, Shinji pleads for his Ava unit to get
28:32a second wind.
28:34Something that seems to strike a chord with the sentient mecha, leading it to go berserk
28:39and slaughtering the angel.
28:41All before chowing down.
28:49All the NERV agents can do is hopelessly look on as Unit-01 goes primal.
28:55What's your favourite berserk scene in anime?
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