Prepare for a journey through the most despised figures in anime! We're counting down the characters that make our blood boil and our fists clench. From manipulative villains to annoying sidekicks, these are the anime personalities that fans love to hate. Who will claim the top spot as the most loathed character?
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00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the characters in anime
00:10we despise with every fibre of our being.
00:18Ribrianne โ Dragon Ball Super
00:29The Tournament of Power, being the multiversal slugfest that it is, was bound to have at
00:34least one combatant that didn't gel with fans for one reason or another.
00:39Right at the top is Ribrianne, and her incessant bragging about the power of love.
00:45Look, we're all for romance driving a character to throw hands.
00:52It's just that Ribrianne's approach to her lovey-dovey creed makes her like a really
00:57annoying version of Sailor Moon.
00:59It certainly made her defeat at the hands of Android 18 all the more satisfying.
01:04Y'know, someone who actually is in love?
01:12Number 29 โ Tracy
01:14Yeah, it's low-hanging fruit, but come on.
01:23Brock was the man.
01:24He was the super simp we loved to see fail.
01:27He was funny and compelling.
01:29And then he left.
01:30And in his place, we were given the most milquetoast companion we've ever had the
01:35displeasure of meeting.
01:37Tracy is just fog.
01:39His character has nowhere near the strength of personality as Brock has, and was a much
01:44weaker foil for Ash and Misty as they continued their journeys.
01:49Why they kept bringing this ball back, we'll never know.
01:57Number 28 โ Ichigo
01:59Darling in the FranXX
02:04Remember the time that hashtag Ichigo went wild on social media?
02:07While it wasn't due to fans suddenly deciding the blue-haired mecha pilot needed to be taken
02:12down a peg, it was all down to one scene.
02:15Just a single scene in which Ichigo destroyed every ounce of likeability.
02:25Despite Hiro clearly wanting to find Zero-Two before she's taken away, Ichigo did everything
02:30she could to keep him at bay, including forcibly kissing him and confessing her love at the
02:37worst possible time.
02:38Well, that waifu war ended rather snappily.
02:50Number 27 โ Ren Yamai
02:52Komi can't communicate.
02:58Socially inept and communicatively impaired Komi dreams of gaining a hundred friends,
03:03and while most have bold, hilarious or adorable personalities, there's one from her ever-expanding
03:09friend group that we have never truly accepted, and that's Yamai.
03:26Why?
03:32Because she's a psychotic stalker who worships Komi and was willing to kidnap Tadano because
03:38he was getting too close.
03:39That's not endearing, that's criminal behaviour.
03:43Slap the cuffs on her and get her away from Komi.
03:49Number 26 โ Yuki Teru Amano
03:52Future Diary
03:54You know you've reached the bottom of the barrel when people are more sympathetic towards
03:58the crazy, murderous, axe-wielding Yandere than the stalebred main character.
04:04Then again, Yuki is hardly innocent in the whole affair.
04:11Not only was he stupid enough to accept the killing game for the chance to become the
04:15god of time, but he tried to use Yuno as a tool to help him win.
04:20Because manipulating a killer with a few loose screws and a hardcore crush couldn't possibly
04:26backfire, right?
04:33Number 25 โ Belle D'Azura
04:35Beyblade Burst Quad Drive
04:47Beyblade Burst knocked it out of the park with their first lead character, Volt Aoi.
04:52But with each new instalment, we got diminishing returns in this department and we ultimately
04:57ended up with the insufferable Belle D'Azura.
05:00A little kid who role-plays as a demon lord is fun on paper, but the execution was the
05:06worst kind of diabolical.
05:07He's easily one of the most annoying characters in the franchise.
05:11He's a jerk to his friends, refuses to accept defeat, interrupts hyped-up moments, and worst
05:17of all, he beats some of the fan-favourite bladers with ease.
05:22All the while, the rest of the cast laughs it off and says, oh that wacky little fella,
05:27isn't he just the best?
05:28Honestly, it's no wonder the Burst series ended after his run.
05:41Number 24 โ Mika Shimotsuki
05:43Psycho-Pass
05:51Starring such a sublime sci-fi series like the first season of Psycho-Pass was always
05:56going to be challenging, but it became downright impossible when they booted off leading man
06:01Kogami to god-knows-where and strapped best girl Akane with a sub-par group of supporting
06:08characters.
06:14This is especially true for Shimotsuki.
06:17She's insubordinate, impulsive, prejudiced, and so naive that she plays right into the
06:22villain's hands.
06:24She was an eyesore at the best of times, and one of the major reasons this sequel fumbled
06:28so hard.
06:36Number 23 โ Ryoen โ Classroom of the Elite
06:48Turns out in a school system where points are everything and your future living standards
06:53are on the line, hooligans and violent sadists still find a way to worm their way in.
06:58His intellect only offset by his love of instilling fear in others, Ryoen became instantly loathsome
07:05due to how much he enjoyed harassing others.
07:08Beating down the vulnerable with his fists or by blackmail, it was all entertainment
07:13for him.
07:14You can just imagine the catharsis when we saw Ayanokouji beat the tar out of the Dragon
07:19Boy until he was left shaking in fear.
07:28Number 22 โ Alois Trancy โ Black Butler
07:31He's the face of the poorly-received sequel series that seemed to contradict the first
07:36season and source material, so Alois already had a handicap when he entered the arena of
07:43young masters and demon butlers.
07:49The fact he's a spineless, clingy, and oh-so-arrogant little shit was all his doing though.
07:55We're not exactly inclined to feel sympathetic for a character when they spend the first
07:59episode gouging out the eye of their maid before acting like a rejected schoolgirl every
08:05time they fail to gain the attention of the butler they're boning for.
08:14Number 21 โ Kirino Kosaka โ Oreimo Aggressive and unlikable despite harbouring
08:21a secret that makes her a hypocrite, steals the idiot love interest away from the actual
08:26best girl of the series, and ends up going all the way with her brother.
08:38Any of these factors would immediately make a character's popularity plummet, and Kirino
08:42accomplished all three.
08:44Sure, his brother's an absolute moron for thinking with his junk and going the incest
08:50route, but it's Kirino's deplorable attitude and sense of entitlement that garnered most
08:55of the backlash.
09:04Why couldn't we have just focused on Kuroneko?
09:18Number 20 โ Chris Thorndyke โ Sonic X You know all those creepy folks online that
09:24are obsessed with Sonic the Hedgehog to uncomfortable levels?
09:27Well, they've got nothing on Chris bloody Thorndyke.
09:36At his best, he was about as tolerable as Amy Rose.
09:40At his worst, he was a whiny human sidekick who worked himself into every major landmark
09:45event of the Blue Blur's canon of work like a cringey self-insert fanfiction character.
09:55This was made all the worse when he risked the chance of Sonic returning to his own world
10:00because he couldn't live without his spiky companion.
10:10Number 19 โ Makoto Ito โ School Days Illusional dimwit deceives a dozen equally
10:16daft damsels into doing the dirty, day in and day out, despite it dooming his dedicated
10:22darling to despair.
10:29That about sums up as far as Makoto is concerned.
10:32Anime's ultimate heartbreaker, who somehow rolls into one sexy scenario after another
10:38without a care or even a bloody smile on his face.
10:48And yet he's seemingly shocked to his core when he discovers that doing so many women
10:53dirty resulted in him getting his comeuppance, or in this instance, several stabs for the
11:11gut.
11:12Number 18 โ Kazuya โ Rent-A-Girlfriend Horror protagonists are a dime a dozen.
11:21Sometimes they're bland, sometimes they're fun, sometimes they're gigachats.
11:26But we argue there is only one that is truly reprehensible, and that's Kazuya.
11:32Sad and lonely like the rest of us, Kazuya's delve into renting out girlfriends leads to
11:37a barrage of romances, drama and awkwardness that is the furthest thing from endearing.
11:44He's pathetic in his approach to love, the way he clings to old flames, how he handles
11:49his obvious attraction to Chizuru, as well as his never-ending spiral of lies.
11:55We have Rentaro now, we don't need the likes of Kazuya anymore.
12:09Number 17 โ Bondrewd โ Made in Abyss He only appeared briefly in flashbacks, so
12:15how did this armoured white whistle's infamy skyrocket overnight?
12:27That answer lies at the bottom of the abyss, wherein he tricked two orphans to take part
12:32in his experiment and sent them both plummeting to the lowest levels, all to observe the effects
12:39the curse would have on their bodies, even if it killed them.
12:50With Nanachi left as a fluffy ball of regret, and Mitty melted into an agonising blob, we're
12:57still hoping Reg shoves his incinerator up Bondrewd's tail hole one day.
13:08Number 16 โ Sugo Nobuyuki โ Sodor Online Whether he's jacked into Alfheim Online
13:14under the guise of the Fairy King Oberon, or roaming the outside world as some suit,
13:20this guy remains one of the gaming world's biggest scumbags.
13:24Thinking himself a god given his higher stats, there's nothing that Oberon won't do in
13:29order to get what he wants, including stringing up Asuna and attempting to assault her while
13:35making Kirito watch.
13:44Even after getting his ass kicked, he still refused to slither away, attempting to stab
13:48Kirito back in the real world, only for him to once again get pathetically owned by a
13:54teenager no less.
14:07Number 15 โ Shinji Matou โ Fate Franchise Kind of impressive that in a series that
14:12features child murderers and narcissistic emperors, Shinji was the one who managed to
14:17make fans' blood boil.
14:25Maybe it's due to how pathetic he is, flaunting his superiority when in truth he's the weakest
14:31participant in the Fifth Holy Grail War.
14:33The only thing more infuriating than Shinji's ego is his attitude towards women.
14:45Abusing Sakura, making unwanted advances at Rin, it's no wonder we were happy to see
14:50him get his comeuppance on many occasions.
14:58Number 14 โ Mahito โ Jujutsu Kaisen
15:11What's one positive thing we can say about this curse?
15:14We loathe him to our very soul, so I guess that means he's doing a good job as resident
15:20villain.
15:21Sadistic and apathetic to the lives of mortals, Mahito takes immense pleasure in physically
15:27and emotionally torturing our beloved cast of sorcerers on a daily basis.
15:32Whether he's killing innocents or acting like a troll, Mahito is too easy to hate.
15:39And all the worse by his unshakable belief in himself, as he commits atrocity after atrocity.
15:51Number 13 โ Julieta Juris โ Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans
15:56Oh boyโฆ
15:57She swept in at the last second to steal the glory, and as a result catapulted out of our
16:04Unlike her superiors, Julieta didn't establish herself as a morally great antagonist fighting
16:17for a cause, but just came across as a wishy-washy side-chick with a ridiculous amount of plot
16:23armour.
16:24The fact that she was the one who beheaded Mika and Barbatos after they had already died
16:28from overexerting themselves was just the bloody cherry on top.
16:35We're guessing she was meant to be someone we could mellow towards over time, but in
16:47the end, she was simply an annoying, bratty, paper-thin character who never gave us any
16:53reason to like her at all.
17:03Number 12 โ Mineta โ My Hero Academia
17:06While some may have warmed up to this great, constant perverted actions, and sole goal
17:11of becoming a pro-hero so he can get lucky with the ladies, there's no denying there's
17:17a firm sect out there who think that Mineta is the worst thing to happen to you A-High,
17:22hence their security system.
17:29He may have proven himself to have the potential to go all the way, but you can bet that he
17:34will take whatever deplorable means necessary just so he can get a peek at some skin.
17:47Peeping through into the girls' changing room, nearly climbing into the girls' hot
17:51springs, Mineta's quest to get his pitiful salad shaken is never-ending.
17:57But I love him, though.
18:00Number 11 โ Kettle โ Vinland Saga
18:10In spite of being a slave owner, for the most part Kettle painted himself as a decent person.
18:16Sure he had massive insecurities over his supposed legacy as a great warrior, and the
18:21fact that he had an obsession with Arnaid was a bit uncomfortable, but at least he was
18:26good to Torfinn and Aina.
18:28And then, his true colours were revealed.
18:31Enraged over the notion that Arnaid had tried to flee, he beats her to near death, then
18:37sends the residents of his farm to their doom in a hopeless battle against the invading
18:43Canute.
18:46Kettle is a weak man masquerading as strong, and his pride brought immense grief to those
18:52least deserving of it.
18:54Number 10 โ Nina Einstein โ Code Geass โ Lelouch of the Rebellion
18:59Before we saw this genius student get intimate with Table-kun, it was pretty clear she had
19:05an intense prejudice against the Japanese.
19:08And things got a lot worse once she had a mental breakdown.
19:17Following Princess Euphemia's demise, Nina snapped, deciding that the obvious thing to
19:22do to get her revenge on Zero would be to try and blow up the school, as well as help
19:28develop weapons of mass destruction that would go on to slaughter many.
19:32Yeah, that Yuffie is real proud of you, Nina.
19:36Number 9 โ Akainu โ One Piece โ For the Sake of Justice, No Sacrifices Too Big
19:42That's the creed of this admiral, whose list of accomplishments pretty much epitomise
19:58the dark side of the willed government.
20:01Killing civilians just to snuff out a single criminal, using propaganda and deception in
20:07order to cover up his own horrendous actions, Akainu stands by it all.
20:21Kind of scary that a man like that is now running the Navy.
20:25Of course, nothing can compare to the time when he murdered Ace right in front of Luffy.
20:31That pretty much cemented him as the most hated figure in all four oceans.
20:43Number 8 โ Teta Kisaki โ Tokyo Revengers Don't you just hate it when a jerk catches
20:54onto the fact that you can time travel?
20:56Well, that's essentially Kisaki โ a loser in life whose rejection by Hina sends him
21:02to manipulate everything and everyone, only to be thwarted each and every time by Takamichi.
21:08Seeing everyone as an object, he's a master manipulator whose just deserts couldn't
21:14come soon enough given all the horrendous things he put Touma through across countless
21:18scenarios in alternate realities.
21:24There's no shinobi that doesn't have blood on their hands, but they really can't compare
21:40to the deceit employed by this power-hungry geezer.
21:44The way he manipulated his fellow ninjas so as to secure himself the position of Hokage,
21:49the way he collected Sharingan in order to increase his own power โ all the bullshit
21:54concerning Itachi and the massacre of the Uchiha clan.
21:58This war hawk was a criminal mastermind unto himself, whose ambitions had a terrible habit
22:03of screwing over our favourite characters.
22:09Thankfully, it wasn't anything a Chidori couldn't fix.
22:16Thanks for taking one for the team, Karin.
22:25We knew it was coming.
22:27We knew something had to happen.
22:29After all, the internet wouldn't be crawling with the hashtag FRACHEL if Bam's treasured
22:35companion didn't pull a shady stunt.
22:42We just didn't expect her to doโฆ that.
22:46With the administrator's test coming to a close, a weakened Bam celebrates with his
22:51wield-bound beloved over how they succeeded and could climb the tower together.
22:56At least until she promptly stands up, pushes him out of the Shinsu bubble and sends him
23:02plummeting into the depths below.
23:13All out of a twisted sense of jealousy, so she can become a star.
23:18Welcome to the shit list, Rachel.
23:24Speaking of justice-obsessed freaks, while she might seem all bubbly on the surface,
23:30this high-ranking member of the Jaegers lives to deal out death.
23:40Viewing all enemies of the Empire as nothing more than villains in dire need of being destroyed,
23:46it doesn't take much to flip her kill switch, wherein she goes from sweet to psycho in a
23:52heartbeat.
23:58Her twisted beliefs go so deep, that even when she finally met her match, she still
24:03believed herself to be doing what's right.
24:09It's just a damn shame she took so many of the Night Raid's best team members with
24:16her.
24:34We will say right off the bat that Gabi had a pretty solid redemption arc, and that could
24:40only have been accomplished if her initial characterisation earned immense scorn and
24:45vitriol.
24:46Indoctrinated by Marleyan propaganda, Gabi fashioned herself into the ideal child soldier,
24:52despised those of her own race and most damningly of all, killed fan-favourite character Sasha.
24:58From there, it was a painful walk to righting past wrongs, with many unable to find it in
25:03their hearts to forgive her, even to this day.
25:16No one can deny the White Hawk's charisma, strategy and drive.
25:21He was the perfect foil for the likes of Guts, with noble ideas accompanied with a ruthlessness
25:27that almost put him within reach of his dream.
25:38This just made his eventual betrayal all the more soul-shattering.
25:42Willing to sacrifice his comrades in exchange for divinity, the moment Griffith made his
25:47now iconic deal with the devils, known as the God Hand, he cemented himself as one of
25:52the most hated traitors in the whole medium.
25:58We won't deny that his descent into villainy was masterful, but dammit if we don't despise
26:03him for it.
26:19We may not have swallowed God, committed genocide or any of the crap that Father and his homunculi
26:24pulled over the course of the series, but we just can't unsee the horror of the sowing-life
26:29alchemist revealing a talking Chimera with complete jubilation.
26:34A Chimera made by fusing together his own daughter and her dog.
26:45Just a chilling display of inhumanity that continues to haunt the Elric brothers well
26:50into their search for the Philosopher's Stone, further illuminating how alchemy can
26:55be used for the most insidious means.
26:58Oh, how we wish Tucker could have received a few more full-metal punches before Scar
27:03zapped him.
27:24It's almost unparalleled how this princess managed to inspire so much pure, unadmitted
27:34hatred within such a short amount of time.
27:48Along with her coward of a father, Mai's plan to discredit and ostracise Naofumi, interfering
27:54with his battle with the Spear Hero, framing him for his sister's kidnapping, as well
27:59as your standard assassination attempts.
28:10Selfish to the core and with no moral compass to speak of, it took a slave seal and her
28:15head under a guillotine for Mai to finally humble up.
28:19And we couldn't think of a more satisfying way for Naofumi to get revenge.