The best anime characters aren’t exactly known for holding back, andsome of them are so strong that their mere presence can warp reality itself.These characters are highlights in their series, changing the course of everyone around them and the world itself.
There are a few different avenues that an anime character can take to become so strong that they change the course of history. Some characters can warp reality directly, while others play such a huge role in the events around them that they become a pillar of the future.
There are a few villains who can warp reality, but they’re almost always met by an equally strong hero who can do the same thing right back to them. Thankfully, these heroes are humble enough to only use their powers when its necessary, solving whatever problem stands in front of them.
Asta is one ofthe strongest characters inBlack Clover,but on paper, he shouldn’t be. The world ofBlack Cloveris a place where magic and nobility are valued above all else. As a magic-less peasant, Asta was born on the fringes of society. He couldn’t care less, as he made his way up to the top through sheer willpower and determination.
His self-belief is almost enough to warp reality, butwhat really does it is his Anti-Magic ability.Anti-Magic has never existed before, and it’s one of the main reasons that Asta is a huge influence on every battle that he’s part of. Asta’s Anti-Magic stops other abilities in their tracks, giving him an edge over enemies who would normally dominate him in a fight.
Misumi Makoto is so strong that he inadvertently shapes reality every time he concentrates deeply.He’s a force to be reckoned with inTsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasyand one of the few characters strong enough to contend with the gods who forced him into the new world he finds himself in.
Within a few days of arriving to his new world, he conquered two ofthe strongest characters inTsukimichiand added them to his personal army. Since then, he’s only gotten stronger, using mana in ways that other characters in the series can barely comprehend. He’s made it his goal to defeat the Goddess who called him ugly, and at this rate, he’ll be able to usurp her soon.
Death Note
Light Yagami is one of the most complicated characters in anime. When he finds the titular Death Note, he decides to clear out as many criminals as he can in the hopes of creating a morally good society. He then becomes his own judge, jury, and executioner, killing scores of people by simply writing their names in his Death Note.
Light is able to shape the society that he lives in by killing criminals and non-criminals alike.He reforms the world in his own image, for better or worse.Death Noteis often regarded as one ofthe best anime series of all timebecause of its ability to tackle tough topics like what it means to be morally righteous, and it’s all because of Light.
Ainz Ooal Gownshould never have existed in the world of Yggdrasil. He was just a player of the video game that the world exists in, but when the servers finally shut down, he found himself stuck in the game. As arguably the single strongest character in the game, he’s more than happy dominating Yggdrasil as the titular overlord of the world.
Ainz is so much stronger than every other character that he’s come across that it’s not even close. He’s capable of killing hundreds of thousands of soldiers in an instant without even breaking a sweat. Without Ainz, the world of Yggdrasil would be very different, but it doesn’t matter: now that he’s there,he’s going to shape reality into the version he sees fit.
Sung Jinwoo is more than just one ofthe strongest characters inSolo Leveling,he’s a character capable of reshaping reality. He was never supposed to be as strong as he is, but thanks to his hard work, determination, and a little bit of luck, he’s become pivotal in the future of his entire world.
During the finale ofSolo Leveling,the Earth has been ravaged by the Monarchs. Jinwoo takes the opportunity to use the Cup of Reincarnationto rewind time by 10 years and start all over.Sure, he has to fight each of the Monarchs once again, but he couldn’t care less if it meant saving everyone who died.
Shadow is one of the few characters who reshapes reality without ever trying to. He’s only ever wanted to have fun as the eponymous Eminence in Shadow, but the stories that he’s made up seem to come true.He told Alpha a story that ended up becoming 100% real,setting the events ofThe Eminence in Shadowin motion.
Shadow not only tells stories that become absolutely true; he also dominates the new world that he’s found himself in with ease. There is no enemy in the series that can hold a candle to him in battle, and he’s even been stabbed through the chest without taking any damage.
Dragon Ball
Broly is such an absurdly powerful character inDragon Ball Super: Brolythat it barely makes sense. Both Goku and Vegeta can hardly handle his strength. They both ascend to their Super Saiyan God forms, and Broly doesn’t even need to get out of his base form to stand toe-to-toe with them.
Broly is so strong that he forces Goku and Vegeta to perform the Metamoran Fusion Dance and become Gogeta. Gogeta matches up well with Broly, butthe two characters are so obscenely powerful that their fight rips a whole in reality itself.If it wasn’t for their Energy Wave attacks hitting each other at just the right time, they might have been stuck in the tear in reality that they created.
Natsuki Subaru has one of the most bittersweet powers in anime. His Return by Death ability allows him to return to a randomly determined point in time after he dies,giving him a chance to rewrite reality as he sees fit.The downside to this amazing power is that he has to die first, and it’s not always an easy death.
Subaru has died gruesomely time and time again. He’s one of the few characters in anime who can come back from death without it destroying his determination, however, and he uses every chance that he gets to create his ideal future.
Lelouch inCode Geasshas one of the most overpowered abilities in anime. He gains the Geass, giving himthe power to force anyone he makes eye contact with to do anything for him.It’s an otherworldly power that Lelouch takes full advantage of in his quest to destroy his homeland, the Britannian Empire.
Lelouch is already an influential character inCode Geass,and with the Geass itself, there’s nobody that can say no to him. He’s reshaping the world in his own image in an attempt to find his mother’s killer and destroy the nation that let her murder go unsolved.
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure
Giorno Giovanna is the star of the fifth part ofJoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind.Most of the protagonists of theJoJoseries are strong, but Giorno is on another level. His Stand, Gold Experience, can create life itself. It can imbue people with energy, transform Giorno’s clothes into appendages, and so much more.
While those are all strong abilities, Gold Experience gets so much stronger after it gets pierced by the Arrow. It then became Gold Experience Requiem, one ofthe strongest Stands in the entire franchise.Gold Experience Requiem’s ultimate ability is Return to Zero, which can nullify any action that takes place and revert reality to a point that Giorno chooses.
