Mourge's list of Top Ten Anime Villains

[Myzaraphiston Synderfell]

First off, a disclaimer! This list is highly representative of my likes and dislikes in a villain, and is definitely meant to be taken with a grain of salt. It is also limited by my knowledge of anime, which means that some people may be left out of it simply because I haven't seen the Anime.

That being said, I think this list is ultimately rather fair. It's ultimately based on how far a villain is willing to go, ultimate goal, effectiveness, and how much of an impact they have on a series.

Now, I'll be updating this on a weekly basis, adding in two villains each week until completion. Now, without further ado, let us begin!

[Myzaraphiston Synderfell]

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This is where it all started for me. Frieza here is the entire reason I've always had a liking for villains more than heroes, and really, who can blame me? Frieza is just cool, and even at his most pissed, manages to have a sort of class that no other villain in DBZ can really manage to pull off. I'm willing to admit that nostalgia may have a little say in him being on the list, but in the end, he really is a good villain. After all, he pretty much was the establishing character for DBZ's world destroying attacks, and took the series to its now famous levels of destruction.

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Now, to be fair, Aizen definitely should be higher on this list, especially since he fits all the criteria on my list perfectly. He can and will do anything to become the Soul King. I can actually see him doing a better job of running things than the Soul King, in all honesty. Let's face it, Aizen is nothing short of a genius, and probably would have been able to really stabilize things in the universe. Even more importantly, there literally would be no Bleach if there wasn't Aizen. Hell, even after he was defeated, he's still pretty much responsible for the plot. After all, the Fullbringers wouldn't have approached Ichigo if he still had his powers, nor would the Vadenreich have raised its head in Hueco Mundo (Especially if Barragan or Szyaelapporo had anything to say about it).

However, there are two overwhelming reasons that Aizen is only #9 on this list. The first is the transformations. It's a very VERY tired way of increasing an individual's power, and Aizen pretty much raped it to death. Then there was the planning skills that would put a fucking precognitive to shame. Friggen everything was a part of Aizen's plan, INCLUDING GIN TRYING TO KILL HIM. Seriously, there's a point where it's actual planning, and a point where it's just Kubo being lazy with his plot. Perhaps if Aizen had been written by a different person, he'd be higher on this list.

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Yes, I realize that Bradley is not technically the main villain of Brotherhood. However, unlike Father, we get to see him drive all of the plot. Father may have made the plans, but none of them would have ever worked without Bradley. Another immensely satisfying thing about Wrath is that throughout most of the series, he doesn't even have to lift a finger to force every hero in the series to dance to the tune he wants.

However, all of this pales in comparison to when we finally get to see Bradley cut loose and fight. Try to assassinate him with a bomb on a train? He just jumps off the train while it's still moving, just in time to be dramatically framed by the explosion. Holding off an army with a tank and some of the toughest soldiers around? He'll carve through them in a matter of minutes. Send up some of the most martially adept characters in the show against him? He'll fight them, sometimes even two-on-one, and come out on top. Even when he died, he managed to cheat his foes out of killing him themselves with a lecture. Hell, the only reason they even managed to kill him was simple luck on their part.