The 10 most annoying anime characters of all time
You’ve seen the best of the best, you’ve seen the best of the worst, but now it’s time for the worst of the worst: anime characters who are just the worst. Rudeness. Vanity. Relentlessly poor decision making. There are myriad traits that can make an anime character insufferable, and this intolerable bunch has a smattering of everything. These are the characters whose presence will make you scream, cry and smash your Roku with a hammer: the 10 most annoying anime characters of all time.
Sasuke
When it comes to most hated anime characters lists, poor Sakura Haruno is unfairly placed at the very top. Naruto is infamous for its poorly done female characters, all of whom (Lady Tsunade being the exception) tend to be underdeveloped from a narrative standpoint, often rending them unlikable to the fandom. But you know who skates away without critique? A terrible character who’s managed to genjustu Naruto fans into thinking he’s cool? SASUKE. Sasuke is, from episode one, THE WORST. He begins the series as cold, arrogant, and generally unpleasant and just gets getting more insufferable from then on. This man causes the Hidden Leaf Village, nay, the entire ninja world so much grief. Whether it’s making deals with freaky snakemen, attempting ill-planned assassination plots against ninja world leaders, or inexplicably deciding that he actually WANTS to be hokage and fighting Naruto for the title, Sasuke Uchiha is the dictionary definition of bad decision.
Yuki
Another female anime character that gets an unfair amount of hate is Gasai Yuno, the yandere best girl from Future Diary. Considering that she is the sole thing keeping the show’s useless main character from an early grave, I believe the hate completely unfounded. Sure, she’s a murderous serial killer, but at least she’s INTERESTING (not to mention competent). Yuki meanwhile is about as exciting as a 4 day old avocado. Sniveling, cowardly, and entirely ineffectual from a narrative standpoint, one could replace Yuki with a cardboard cut out and no one would know the difference. His complete lack of redeemable qualities make Future Diary unwatchable, and if it weren’t for the show’s twisty-turny plot and Gasai’s murder shenanigans, it would be. Gasai spends the series hoping that she can keep Yuki safe so she can show him the stars above, but all I wanna show him is the back of my hand as it hurdles towards his face.
Wobbuffet
Despite being one of Pokemon’s most memorable running “gags”, Wobbuffet was never funny. Not once did even the ghost, the Ghastly of a smile materialize on my face when I saw this giant blue dildo catapult out of a Pokeball unbidden, shrieking its own name. Wobbuffet is entirely useless from a combat standpoint, and has never once turned the tides of a Pokemon battle in Team Rocket’s favor. What’s even more offensive about this azure colored snot rocket is that it was in constant competition with Meowth (an infinitely more iconic and likable character) to be the Team Rocket mascot. Wobbuffet was essentially a signal that the shows writers had simply run out of ideas for the episode, and used this creature as a reverse deus ex machina to screw up a situation that Team Rocket otherwise had in the bag. Jesse and James should have put Wobbuffet up for adoption, or out of its misery.
Corkus – Berserk
Before its ultimate betrayal and sacrifice at the hands of its commander Griffith, The Band of the Hawk was a tight knit band of besties bound together by their loyalty and love for one another – all except for one. Corkus was a HATER. Ever since he failed to rob and murder Guts at the start of the series, Corkus despised the taciturn mercenary protagonist and sought his downfall at every turn. But not in a concrete way, Corkus didn’t have any plans to cause Guts’ ruin like a self respecting villain would, he simply tried to undermine Guts through bad vibes alone. While Guts was quickly able to earn the adoration of the Band of the Hawk’s soldiers, Corkus never gave the swordsman anything but a scowl. He was jealous, mean and not particularly competent – a man who blames his ill luck on those around him. A hater, worthy of hate.
Minoru Mineta
My Hero Academia‘s Minoru Mineta deserves worse than expulsion from hero high school, he needs his head Detroit Smashed in. Don’t tell him I said that, because this little pervert would probably interpret it as a euphemism. Minoru is a heinous character, a failed attempt at comic relief who’s only kept around for continuity purposes. This kid’s only talent is making his classmates uncomfortable, and his constant sexual harassment of the show’s female characters makes him easily the most hateable cast member of My Hero Academia. Considering this show is full of blood sucking sadists and mass murderers, that’s saying something. There’s even something perverse about his character design itself, like grapes in a diaper. It’s just wrong.
Zenitsu
Demon Slayer‘s Zenitsu is a likable character 5% of the time: when he’s asleep. The other 95% of the time he makes me want to demon slay myself. Zenitsu has the unfortunate character habit of screaming everything he says. His nails on a chalkboard line deliveries are made all the annoying by the content of his statements, which are generally full of anxiety, paranoia, and the odd perverse remark. Zenitsu is unique among anime characters due to the fact that he is only competent when he’s unconscious. His Lightning Breathing sword fighting powers are awesome, but are entirely wasted on a character who makes me want to use a Stop Breathing technique on myself when he opens his eyes, and more importantly, his mouth.
Mellow
Somebody please get this bowlcutted chocolate cruncher out of my face. Bad enough that Mellow has no style, no substance, and a facile understanding of basic nutrition, but the fact that he has his milquetoast partner Near were brought in to replace a fan favorite character only adds insult to injury. Death Note was bold enough to kill off one of the series’ most beloved heroes, but not decent enough to fill the void. Mellow is made all the more annoying by his ill-conceived plan to antagonize Light Yagami and the Kira Task Force, something that is sorely lacks the intelligence to do. Mellow showed up to Light’s game of 3D chess and decided that his best play would be to start eating the pieces, along with the breakfast lunch and dinner chocolate bars he brought along with him. Even the way he eats is annoying, at least Light earned being extra while eating those chips, he’s a genius. Mellow does the most with his mouth for no reason, and because of that, I wanna smack him in it.
Literally All The Celestial Dragons
The Celestial Dragons are the oligarchy that control the world of One Piece, and as a result are equally as charming as the oligarchy currently guzzling up the wealth of our own world. Callous, arrogant, and woefully ignorant when it comes to fashion, the Celestial Dragons are essentially a world government made up of different shades of Zoolander‘s Mugatu. I hate their goldfish bowl helmets, I hate their ballsack hairstyles, but most of all I hate their attitude. Throw these bourgeoisie into the bourgeoi-sea.
Karin
Naruto is famously unkind to its female characters, most of whom are actually phenomenal but suffer from underwriting and lack of agency in the narrative. Karin, however, is the exception to this rule. Karin is tied with Sasuke for Naruto‘s most annoying character, mostly due to the fact that her entire character hinges on her crush (obsession, really) with Sasuke. It doesn’t take sharingan eyes to see that Sasuke couldn’t care less about Karin, and only keeps her around to use her for her rare “suck on my skin to heal yourself” jutsu – nevertheless, Karin is hopelessly devoted to the shinobi world’s most hopeless case. Sasuke’s quest to be The Worst becomes Karin’s quest, as her adoration to him causes her to act against her own self interest (and safety) in order to aid Naruto‘s number #1 rebel without a cause. Despite the fact that Sasuke doesn’t care if she lives her dies, and nearly killed her to get back at an old foe, Karin’s love for this Uchiha clan embarrassment remains the same.
Asta
Black Clover‘s Asta suffers from Shonen Syndrome, meaning that he is loud, obnoxious, stubborn and generally undeserving of the narrative weight his character is given. Asta has two settings, “off” and “loud” – he’s either unconscious or screaming all of his dialogue. While screechy characters like Naruto eventually tone it down as they mature throughout their own respective series, Asta’s decibel level never drops below the threshold of pain. As the series on, Asta becomes slightly more tolerable, but I couldn’t tell if this was because he was slowly getting quieter, or if repeated inner ear damage from his non-stop shouting was only making it seem that way.
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