Top Five Anime/Manga Villains

[karadinart]

1. MURAKI KAZUTAKA - Yami no Matsuei
My very first anime love, and still the best, unapologetically insane, stylishly swinging around his white duster with his deep voice and molesting hapless Shinigami in between serial killings. Best line ever - after almost being destroyed by his enemy/love interest - "Now I want you even more!"


2. LIGHT YAGAMI - Death Note
Oh you fucker, so sweet and pretty with your red glowing eyes, and narcissistic god complex, I NEVER LIKED LIGHT YAGAMI, but he's captivating, but I want him to die, die, die, or become L's love slave.


3. THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO - Gankutsuou
Oh I loved what Gonzo did with one of my favorite novels, the Art- Nouveau-meets-Yellow Submarine styles, he's dark haired, blue skinned with fangs and a beautiful tragic soul beneath the skin. *sigh*


4. MURAMASA - Bleach Anime
Can you see? It's GACKT in his Malice Mizer Days, (auburn hair) and I loved the concept of a part of one's soul becoming realized, and he's so tortured and lost, his power is 'whispering' to your soul to make it split apart, EEEEeeeee and it's one of the few times I loved an ending in an anime. MURAMASA x ICHIGO 4Ever!


5. DIETRICH - Trinity Blood
I love auburn haired bishies, and the Nazi Uniform fetish, and his power of controlling people like puppets, and I can't stand him, hehehe.

Comments

[ashura-oh.livejournal.com]

I really like RG Veda's Taishakuten and Record of Lodoss War's Lord Ashram. I have a faible for guys with long hair and ve~ry broad shoulders/deep voices/long... swords. ;D

[karadin.livejournal.com]

I love it when I hate the villain, that's what they are supposed to do. And in Japanese stories, you always get a developed backstory, motivations for who they are and what they are doing, so you empathize, just a bit.

[rii-no-ame.livejournal.com]

I didn't know you were familiar with Dietrich! Oh, I LOVE him... ♥ The auburn hair is a killer, isn't it?

I hear you about Muraki and Muramasa, too!

[karadin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, its no wonder my OC in my SHERLOCK fic is Japanese and auburn haired. ;D

[nekojita.livejournal.com]

You know, to be honest I can't stand Light, either. But so much that I had to give up on Death Note after a certain point (avoiding spoilers, just in case). So I guess that would qualify him as a great villain, just too annoying for *my* personal tastes. Muraki... SO MUCH LOVE. And so much anger over the way that series never got finished.

[karadin.livejournal.com]

I think I came to love Light simply because you can't ignore him, and without Light, no L. <3

Well, the author came out with a new YnM manga last year, her style is completely changed, and no Muraki, so I think it's better to love what we had, and make up new endings!

[irisangel.livejournal.com]

I also didn't know you were a Trinity Blood fan! Light would be on my list too.

[karadin.livejournal.com]

I got into it a bit, but not long enough to become a fandom thing, I was just sorry the author died, and was unable to reap the reward of his creation, and following novels were by someone else.