Top 10 Anime/Manga Badasses

Started by Sappho7 pages

i cant pick one for my top. but here is a small list:

gohan- defeated cell even when goku couldnt, and his ss2 transformation at the cell saga games is the definiton of badass.

humura kenshin- straight up man slaughter assasin known for killing many people in a previous war.

kakashi- calm, cool, collective, but can get badass when the time is right, and looks cool when he uses chidori.

sasori- single handedly killed three kazekage, iirc, one of which he turned into a puppet.

Jiraiya- would have killed pain had he known there was 6 of them, got major props from itachi and kisame, and is one of the strongest in the show.

I'll try and devise a Top 10 later. For now:-

Top of the list for me is definately Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune. To me they are true heroes because they were willing to do what had to be done, not just what made them feel good unlike some others "coughSailorMooncough." They didn't want to sacrifice lives and they felt deep remorse about it (which shows their essential noble spirits), but they were willing to do it because sometimes in war, and indeed in life, you have to do things that don't make you feel good. Plus they were willing to lay down their own lives which vindicates them (by contrast, a person who sacrifices others for the "greater good" but isn't willing to give up their own is a hypocrite and a coward).

To me, a "badass" is someone who does the right thing because it's the right thing and who places others before themselves.

My list so far:

1. Sailor Neptune.

2. Sailor Uranus (Neptune gets the No. 1 spot because she's more subtle and hides her strength better than Uranus does. A real "badass" doesn't need to flaunt their strength.)

3. Kikyo. In spite of everything she went through she continued to help those in need.

4. Fujiwara Zakuro. She seems cold but she does genuinely care about the other Mews and is kind at heart (for example when she cheered up Momoka). She just knows that sometimes you need to be cruel to be kind (e.g. when she snapped Mint out of her "I quit" stage).

Hmmmmm. Since I can't really pick a cohesive list out of these guys and gals, I'll just name drop them and see if some are met with approval or distain. Hopefully this thread will help me out. Note: Added reason's are just there because I could think of them at the time, not because they're better than the others:

Lucy from Elfen Lied
Revy from Black Lagoon
Baralaika from Black Lagoon: Russian Crimeboss badass daddy****er.
Roberta from Black Lagoon: Because she bit through a ****ing knife.
Kenpachi from Bleach: By popular demand.
Hollow Ichigo from Bleach: Lets face it, he should be the protagonist.
Black Star from Soul Eater
Death the Kid from Soul Eater
Maka Albarn from Soul Eater
Vash the Stampede from Trigun
Lagato Bluesummers from Trigun
Captain Harlock from Captain Harlock
Jiyu Nanohana from Jubei-chan: Best. Swordfight. Ever.
Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece
Zoro from One Piece
Sanji from One Piece
Whitebeard from One Piece
About a million more characters from One Piece
Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop
Alexander Anderson from Hellsing Ultimate OVA
Sir Integra Hellsing from Hellsing Ultimate OVA
Seras Victoria from Hellsing Ultimate OVA
D from Vampire Hunter D
Kirika from Noir
Utena from Revolutionary Girl Utena
Mugen from Samurai Champloo
Major Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell
Afro Samurai from Afro Samurai
Clare from Claymore
Priscilla from Claymore
Rurouni Kenshin from Rurouni Kenshin
Neuro from Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro

Though the two Most Badass imo and the only two in order are:

No 2: Guts from Berserk

No 1: Alucard from Hellsing Ultimate OVA

Originally posted by Nephthys
Hmmmmm. Since I can't really pick a cohesive list out of these guys and gals, I'll just name drop them and see if some are met with approval or distain. Hopefully this thread will help me out. Note: Added reason's are just there because I could think of them at the time, not because they're better than the others:

Lucy from Elfen Lied
Revy from Black Lagoon
Baralaika from Black Lagoon: Russian Crimeboss badass daddy****er.
Roberta from Black Lagoon: Because she bit through a ****ing knife.
Kenpachi from Bleach: By popular demand.
Hollow Ichigo from Bleach: Lets face it, he should be the protagonist.
Black Star from Soul Eater
Death the Kid from Soul Eater
Maka Albarn from Soul Eater
Vash the Stampede from Trigun
Lagato Bluesummers from Trigun
Captain Harlock from Captain Harlock
Jiyu Nanohana from Jubei-chan: Best. Swordfight. Ever.
Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece
Zoro from One Piece
Sanji from One Piece
Whitebeard from One Piece
About a million more characters from One Piece
Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop
Alexander Anderson from Hellsing Ultimate OVA
Sir Integra Hellsing from Hellsing Ultimate OVA
Seras Victoria from Hellsing Ultimate OVA
D from Vampire Hunter D
Kirika from Noir
Utena from Revolutionary Girl Utena
Mugen from Samurai Champloo
Major Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell
Afro Samurai from Afro Samurai
Clare from Claymore
Priscilla from Claymore
Rurouni Kenshin from Rurouni Kenshin
Neuro from Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro

Though the two Most Badass imo and the only two in order are:

No 2: Guts from Berserk

No 1: Alucard from Hellsing Ultimate OVA

Well done.

And, yes, I amend my answer to "Guts" or "Alucard". Good choices. I can't decide, though.

The only problem with Guts is that he's a little too badass. You get a little jaded towards all the awesome shit he does after a while imo. Berserk is like that I think.

Thread contains major shortage of FotNS characters

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Originally posted by FinalAnswer
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That's more of a beast-momment then the characters actually being badass. Still love Seras thought.

But let alone FotNS where's the Ninja Scroll at?

Originally posted by Q99
Bah, being emotionless isn't badassery. Turning emotions into more badassery is badassery.

I agree. And as I said before, the fact Darshe doesn't give a damn is the essence of his badassery.

Originally posted by wakkawakkawakka
That's more of a beast-momment then the characters actually being badass. Still love Seras thought.

But let alone FotNS where's the Ninja Scroll at?

Jubei Kibagami was on my list. But yeah, I'm surprised at the lack of Ninja Scroll characters, too.

All of your lists suck.

Especially Alucard. It's easy to be "badass" when you're more powerful than everyone else.

Originally posted by wakkawakkawakka
That's more of a beast-momment then the characters actually being badass. Still love Seras thought.

But let alone FotNS where's the Ninja Scroll at?

Where did I say Seras? uhuh

I was referring to Schrodinger being a baws and trolling Zorin.

Freiza and Buu....Planetary Genocide on both resumes
Jubei and Kinshiero.......Nuff Said....
Vash the Stampede and Akira....

Freeza is too much of a coward IMO.

That said, he is one of my favorite villains and characters evar.

Freeza is a coward...He's Not a warrior....it's never stated tht he was.....He was just uber powerful....it still takes a bad ass sicko to blow up a planet and laugh at the destruction...

Originally posted by NemeBro
All of your lists suck.

Especially Alucard. It's easy to be "badass" when you're more powerful than everyone else.

Is that kind of like how its easy to criticise when you don't contribute something of your own? 😛

And yes it is easy for Alucard to be badass.

Just being powerful and blowing stuff up isn't badass.

Alucard manages to be pretty badass *despite* being so strong compared to his foes, mainly because he encourages his opponents and really wants them to do well! If his opponents start inflicting real damage, that's when the fun begins!

Originally posted by Q99
Bah, being emotionless isn't badassery. Turning emotions into more badassery is badassery.

No, being badass is pretty much the complete inability to feel or sense anything and shred your enemies without twitching.

Sadly a lot of manga characters are written like this.

Originally posted by Astner
No, being badass is pretty much the complete inability to feel or sense anything and shred your enemies without twitching.

Sadly a lot of manga characters are written like this.

Eh, that makes all emotionless machines automatically badass. That's not really what I think of when I think badass.

I suppose. Then again, that's the impression I've got from all the illustrations I've come across.

It's because people haven't realised that 'Stoic' is just another word for boring yet.