The most violent Yandere characters in Anime

Key Takeaways

• Yandere's character will go to great lengths – including violence – to ensure that his love is hers alone.
• Their love knows no bounds, as shown by their attentive and personable nature towards their loved ones.
• Some yandere characters have a tragic past that fuels their violent behavior, leading to violent and dangerous outcomes.

The 'yandere' is probably one of the most popular archetypes in anime and manga. Yandere players are obsessed with their love to an unhealthy degree. They may be sweet and loving on the surface, but behind their appearance lies a dangerous and sometimes violent streak.

For the yandere, devotion knows no bounds, and they will go to any lengths – even outright killing – to ensure that nothing stands in the way of them and their 'love' . In the darkest cases, they may even kill their loved ones if their feelings are not reciprocated or if they are rejected.

10 Kaede Fuyou (Shuffle!)

Can't Stand The Thought Of Rin Neglecting Him And Becomes Violent As A Result

Kaede Fuyou's attachment to her childhood friend and protagonist Rin comes from a complicated past. At first, he blames Rin for his mother's death, and he suffers a lot of guilt when he learns the truth. From then on, he devoted himself to taking care of her to make up for his past abuse.

She fears that Rin will ignore or abandon her, which leads to her acting out when other girls, especially Asa, get close to her. Interestingly, Kaede's yandere personality is absent from the original comics.

9 Misa Amane (Death Note)

There is no doubt about killing people on behalf of Light Yagami using the Death Note

As a popular pop star, Misa Amane's public image hides her troubles. She falls in love with the mass murderer protagonist Light Yagami before she meets him because he killed her parents' murderer. He is absolutely willing to do anything to win Light's affection, threatening to kill any girl he sees with him.

Although he rarely commits direct violence, he uses the Death Note to kill criminals on behalf of Light. Unfortunately, Light shows little interest in her feelings, and manipulates and uses her for his own benefit.

8 Kotonoha Katsura (School Day)

A shy, humble girl who really wants to make the main character fall in love with her

School day and the 'yandere love triangle' is popular in the anime community. While Sekai Saionji is also a yandere, Kotonoha Katsura is the most aggressive. She begins the story as a shy and insecure high school student who falls in love with the protagonist, Makoto, and eventually falls off the slippery slope to become a dangerous landlady. dose.

Kotonoha represents the typical yandere archetype, a sweet and loving girl who descends into violence as a result of her romantic love. This leads to the end of the popular anime, which saw him killing his love rival Sekai and carrying Makoto's severed head from a boat.

7 Esdeath (Akame Ga Kill!)

A sadistic bully who wants complete control over the protagonist

Esdeath is one of the scariest examples of a yandere, instantly falling in love with Tatsumi and deciding she must be his no matter the cost. However, unlike other yandere characters, Esdeath is more calm and in control of her emotions, even when she tortures people.

She refuses to accept that Tatsumi does not reciprocate her feelings and continues to pursue her, even though she already knows that he is a member of Night Raid. He becomes more desperate as the series goes on, even putting Tatsumi to death instead of letting him date anyone else.

6 Karasu (Yu Yu Hakusho)

Kurama is so dangerous that he wants to kill him

Karasu's attraction to Kurama is almost inseparable from his desire to kill him, wanting to have complete control over his destiny. His obsession is less about romantic attachment than a desire to dominate and eventually destroy Kurama, which he sees as an act of intimacy.

What scares him the most is how calm and soft spoken he is when expressing his 'love' and intentions for Kurama. Karasu is completely sadistic and likes to play mind games with his victims, including Kurama.

5 Himiko Toga (My Hero Academia)

Wants to literally eat and become their 'loved' person

Himiko Toga's Quirk involves consuming human blood in order to transform, so it's no wonder she's confused. Her own view of love is rather violent, and she believes that hurting and drawing blood from someone is a form of sex.

He developed a special fixation on Izuku Midoriya and Ochaco Uraraka, leading him to carefully pursue them in order to 'get' them. Due to his traumatic childhood, he has a distorted view of love and affection, and sees nothing wrong with playing with the blood of his targets.

4 Satou Matsuzaka (Happy Sugar Life)

He Kidnaps The One He Thinks He Loves And He Will Do Anything To Bind Her

Satou Matsuzaka is the most twisted example of a yandere, as his identity targets an eight-year-old girl named Shio Kobe. Satou kidnaps the girl in the name of 'love', and is willing to do anything, even murder, to keep her dependent and isolated.

Satou longs for love and affection, which she believes only Shio can give her. His vision of a 'happy sugar life' with Shio makes him prone to overreacting when this dream is threatened.

3 Shion Sonozaki (Higurashi When We Cry)

The abuse in the family causes him to have an unhealthy relationship with Satoshi and he kills many people in his name.

Shion Sonozaki's transformation into a yandere is especially sad, due to years of neglect and abuse by his family. Satoshi fell head over heels for him, because he was the first person to show him kindness. So when Satoshi disappeared, he took it upon himself to avenge him.

He tortures and kills everyone he believes was involved in Satoshi's death, including children and his family. The sad part is that he is too late, after killing so many innocent people.

2 Yuno Gasai (Forthcoming Diary)

His Passionate Love for Yukiteru leads him to act violently and violently

Yuno Gasai is probably the most famous yandere in all of anime and manga, due to her intensity and brutality. Yuno vows to 'protect' her love Yukiteru Amano during a live game of Deus Ex Machina, which means killing anyone who tries to get close to her.

Yuno's crush on Yukiteru is all-consuming, and even claims that she doesn't care about anyone but him. She also checks all the boxes of a typical yandere – a sweet, girly, and loving girl on the outside, but turns out to have dangerous and shocking properties when it comes to love.

1 Lucy/Kaede (Lied Elfen)

It emerges from a mixture of heartbreak and violent romance

Lucy is a difficult example of a yandere, given her many traits. His violent tendencies come not only from his love story but from a combination of his tragic childhood and his personality as Diclonius. Her original character as a child, Kaede, represents the most yandere archetype.

Lucy, like Kaede, fell in love with a young Kouta because he was the first person to treat her well. When he learns that Kouta is attending a party with his cousin Yuka, jealousy gets the best of him, and he brutally kills Kouta's sister and father using the vectors. The only thing that stopped him from killing Yuka too was Kouta's cries for him to stop.