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what's the best anime that portray evil characters the best?

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to be honest i'm not a fan of the writing of demon in Frieren... like they don't understand emotions, yet their entire traits are manipulating human emotions, they still cried when they are about to get killed by frieren.
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I think it's HunterxHunter. It has cool villains and each character has their own motivation. Especially Meruem is the best villain in my opinion.
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If we’re talking demons, I’m inclined to say Overlord. For humans, Golden Kamuy (especially Tsurumi & Ogata)


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Ymir_The_Viking said:
they don't understand emotions, yet their entire traits are manipulating human emotions, they still cried when they are about to get killed by frieren.

Lacking emotions =/= not understanding them (crying is an attempt to trick humans), just like an aromantic person can understand what being in love means after watching a romance anime even if they will never feel it.

Sometimes I think that anime as a medium needs more exposition dumps.
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Ymir_The_Viking said:
yet their entire traits are manipulating human emotions, they still cried when they are about to get killed by frieren.


I watched Frieren a long time ago so i don't remember shit but maybe the crying was part of the manipulation?
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Now and Then, Here and There jumps immediately to mind. As something which was inspired by reports about the Lord's Resistance Army, you'd expect it to do a good job observing how evil really works, but it really does an exceptional job of conveying that.
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Ymir_The_Viking said:
they don't understand emotions, yet their entire traits are manipulating human emotions, they still cried when they are about to get killed by frieren.

Lacking emotions =/= not understanding them (crying is an attempt to trick humans), just like an aromantic person can understand what being in love means after watching a romance anime even if they will never feel it.

Sometimes I think that anime as a medium needs more exposition dumps.
@Nirinbo

i guess i just don't feel like they are evil at all, i don't really hate them

like for examples Curses from JJK were legit evil, how Mahito treat human lives like toys and absolute mind break Yuji were so messed up, i think JJK did this kind of troupes a lot better...

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@Nirinbo

i guess i just don't feel like they are evil at all, i don't really hate them

like for examples Curses from JJK were legit evil, how Mahito treat human lives like toys and absolute mind break Yuji were so messed up, i think JJK did this kind of troupes a lot better...

Ymir_The_Viking said:
i guess i just don't feel like they are evil at all, i don't really hate them

That's right, they're more like predators trying to eat their prey rather than evil as humans can be.
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https://myanimelist.net/character/80687/Akki

Akki - shinsekai yori

Akki" (悪鬼) in Japanese translates to "evil spirit," "demon," or "devil.
lives up to its name

no emotion , no mercy , just killing. Humanity worst nightmare.
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I think JoJo's Bizarre Adventure has some of the best evil characters. Each villain is evil in completely different ways from one another and have completely different motivations and worldview. You get both both quality and variety in the JoJo villains.
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure villains.

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