10 Anime Characters With Mindblowing Kill Counts

The anime industry is filled with well-written stories that provide audiences with amazing worlds filled with complex characters. The vast majority of these characters happen to be humans who possess special abilities or power. Some anime even go as far as introducing aliens and supernatural beings into their stories, which usually leads to conflict.

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Over the past few decades, anime fans have seen many powerful characters come and go, and whether they are heroes or villains, most of them leave behind a kill count. Some of these kill counts are so low that they fail to reach double digits, but certain anime characters have to kill counts so high that it is almost impossible to comprehend.

10 As A God Of Destruction, Beerus Has Killed Trillions

Beerus was the first God of Destruction that Dragon Ball fans met, and from the very beginning, it was quite clear that he was one of the strongest beings in the entire universe. As a God of Destruction, Beerus’ job is to maintain balance, and he does this by destroying entire planets and alien races. Still, he is also responsible for dealing with any potential universal threats.

Beerus has been destroying planets for millions of years, and if each of those planets is home to at least one billion individuals, his kill count is well into the trillions.

9 Madara Uchiha’s Kill Count After The 4th Great Ninja War Is Well Over 10,000

The argument can be made that Madara is Naruto’s best villain, and that is because he is a brilliant and skilled ninja who possesses god-level strength and abilities. Madara wanted to put an end to war and loss by trapping the entire world in an infinite dream world, but he ended up killing many people to accomplish this goal.

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During the Fourth Great Ninja War, Madara faced the entire 4th Division alone, and thanks to his skill with both the Sharingan and Rinnegan, he wiped out the division, which consisted of thousands of ninja, in a few minutes. He also used the power of the Ten-Tails to kill thousands more near the end of the war.

8 Father Killed Over 1 Million People To Create Two Human Philosopher’s Stones

Father was the main antagonist of Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and at 431 years of age, he was the oldest Homunculus. He was born in a country called Xerxes, and from the very beginning, he sought out knowledge and power to become superior to the human race.

To gain immortality and other god-like powers, Father tricked the King of Xerxes into creating a transmutation circle around the entire kingdom. Xerxes was home to just over one million people. Thanks to the transmutation circle, all of their souls were taken so that Father could transform himself and his caretaker into living Philosopher’s Stones.

7 Boros Wiped Out Several Planets & Civilizations While Searching For Earth

There aren’t many people who can survive one of Saitama’s punches, but Boros was one of them. Boros led a group of alien invaders, and he traveled the galaxy in search of an opponent who would actually give him a decent fight.

When he got to Earth, Boros destroyed an entire city, but that was nothing compared to what he did to various planets throughout the galaxy. During his search, Boros visited numerous worlds, and he ended up wiping out entire civilizations, which puts his kill count somewhere in the billions.

6 Light Yagami Used The Death Note To Kill Over 100,000 People

Light Yagami started as an ordinary high school student, but everything changed when he found the Death Note. This notebook is actually one of the strongest weapons in all of anime, as it has the power to kill anyone on Earth.

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If the owner knows the person’s name, they can write it down in the notebook, and if no cause of death is listed, they will die of a heart attack after 40 seconds. Light wanted to use the Death Note to create a world devoid of evil people, which led to him killing nearly 125,000 people.

5 Alucard Has Killed Countless Vampires & Humans

There are plenty of anime vampires out there. Still, none of them are as powerful as Alucard, as he possesses an array of supernatural powers, including immortality, intangibility, shapeshifting, and blood and weather manipulation.

Alucard has been around for almost 600 years, and he has killed many humans and vampires over that time. The full extent of Alucard’s kill count can only be seen when he releases Level 0 because it allows him to summon the souls of everyone he has devoured, and based on the sheer volume of souls, it is clear that he’s killed millions.

4 Lelouch Killed More Than 2,000 People To Bring About Peace

Lelouch is the main character of Code Geass, and he happens to be one of the best anti-heroes in all of anime. The series revolves around him trying to kill his father, the Emperor of Britannia, and he then becomes the villain to sacrifice himself so that the world can finally know peace.

He accomplishes all of this thanks to his Geass, an ocular ability that allows him to control someone’s mind temporarily. Over the course of the series, he is forced to kill more than 2,000 people, but most of those deaths come near the end of the series when he uses a large-scale energy weapon.

3 Noriko Killed Billions Of Space Monsters While Piloting The Gunbuster

Top o Nerae! GunBusteris a six-episode OVA series set in the year 2021, and it follows a young girl named Noriko who is training to become a space pilot to help defend Earth from an upcoming alien invasion.

Noriko shows a lot of promise, which is why she is placed in the Gunbuster project, and she uses these Buster Machines to annihilate large portions of the Space Monsters’ forces. By the time the series ends, Noriko has wiped out countless ships and colonies, which puts her kill count north of 10 billion.

2 The Anti-Spiral Nearly Wiped Out All Life In The Universe

In Gurren Lagann, Spiral Beings contain the energy of evolution, and this energy is why their potential can be indefinitely amplified. Still, it’s also the reason why they continuously fight to achieve their goals.

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The Anti-Spiral came into being because of an apocalyptic theory that states the universe will be destroyed by Spiral Beings, who inhabit spiral galaxies. This being’s goal was to stop this apocalypse by destroying all Spiral life in the universe, and it nearly succeeded, which means its kill count is well into the trillions.

1 Zeno Wiped Out 6 Universes, So His Kill Count Is Impossible To Fathom

The Dragon Ball franchise has constantly introduced powerful being after powerful being, but no one has ever been as strong as Zeno. As the Omni King, Zeno is the supreme ruler of the entire multiverse, and although he looks like a harmless child, he is actually capable of wiping out all life.

The multiverse is currently made up of 13 universes, but there were originally 18, and Zeno decided to destroy 6 of them simply because he thought 18 was too many. Any given universe likely has trillions upon trillions of individuals living within it, which means that Zeno has a kill count that can never be matched.

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