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Sep 6, 2017 12:50 PM
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Hello MAL people.
I wonder if anyone has some animes to recommend for me.

What im looking for is animes that has a main character with a hidden / dark past that he/she isnt proud of.
It can be either that MC does something evil that MC later regret.
Hidden past MC is ashamed of that wants to hide.
Sole survivor is also ok.
Thrown into the past and try to save friends and so on is also intressting.
Oh, and MC that has lots of power that he has but try to hide!

Theme of anime can be: Superpower, Supernautral, Mecha and along those lines.
I avoid Slice of Live and love as much as possible unless it ties into the story well with like regret to fail to save friend or something along that line.
And for the love of my sanity, keep DBZ series away from me PLEASE.

Examples of this can be;
Berserker
Hagure Yuusha no Estetica
Hundred
Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
Requiem for the Phantom
Rurouni Kenshin
Seiken no Blacksmith
Seiken Tsukai no World Break
Shakugan no Shana (Love how Yuji goes mad in S3 :D)
Shigofumi
Tokyo Ravens
07 Ghost (Vetrag ftw!)
Angel Sanctuary (Cant they finnish this..? :( )
ChaoS;Child / Head
DanMachi
D.N. Ange
D.Gray-man (Kandas past is awesome)
Gundam 00
Jormungand
Mob Psycho 100
Overlord (S2 GIVEME!)
Rosario to Vampire (Anime be so much better if they lay of the fanservice..)
Servamp
Zettai Karen Children - The Unlimited (Gogo Major! Kyousuke!)
Triage X
Valvrave the Liberator
ONE-PUNCH-MAN!!!


So MAL people. Help me find intressting shows!
/MacKnight
Sep 6, 2017 1:11 PM
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Gungrave not seen, will take a look.
Hellsing seen both normal and Ultimate. They are good but I wouldnt count Alucard/Dracula as someone who either is ashamed of his part, hides his power.
^_^
Sep 6, 2017 2:34 PM
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Sep 6, 2017 6:23 PM
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Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!
Please read its synopsis.
Sep 6, 2017 6:44 PM
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Masamune no revenge
Sep 6, 2017 8:09 PM
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Nanatsu no Taizai (The Seven Deadly Sins)
Sep 6, 2017 9:05 PM
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Black Blood Brothers
張大です for 張大勇督察
Sep 6, 2017 9:58 PM
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https://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=17729

All I can say without spoiling anything is that everyone in this story has a past. The mc especially.

NOTE: not supernatural or super powered, but the mc's skills are crazy. It's not a perfect fit, but all characters have pasts, and I personally enjoyed this show, and the rest of the series.
Sep 7, 2017 1:13 AM
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Nanatsu no Taizai
Rurouni Kenshin (duh) You have one kenshin entry in your list, so dunno if you have watched anything else
Black Cat
Pandora Hearts [recomend to read the manga]

And take a non shonen one too =P
Natsume Yuujinchou (you have a random season in your list, so dunno if you have watched it yet)
Sep 7, 2017 2:48 AM

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Chrome Shelled Regios, which focuses on Layfon Alseif, an individual who wants to 'start a new life' and forget about his past. However, in the end, naturally it turns out he can't do so. He's rather strong throughout the whole series and he tries to hide his strength.
Fullmetal Alchemist is one which I'm surprised that you don't have on your list. I suppose that you already know a fair bit about it since it is rather popular, but basically the two main characters, Edward Elric, and Alphonse Elric do something which is looked down upon, and possibly illegal, but I'm not exactly sure because my memory is failing me at the moment and their actions affected the rest of their lives. Along with the fact that they are both strong, they are also 'ashamed' of what they did in the past. You could also watch Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood instead of the original.
Kuroshitsuji is another rather popular anime that I saw which wasn't on your list. The main character is Ciel Phantomhive who is the lone survivor of his family. I wouldn't say he is strong, but his butler, Sebastian sure is. I suppose you've also heard a fair bit about this anime.
Monster isn't so much along the lines of what you listed as examples, I think. But it's another anime where the Main Character is strong in his field of expertise, in this case, surgery. However he does something which he somewhat regrets and his life descends into a mess of different things and people end up going after his life.
Nanatsu No Taizai as recommended earlier by Samune and Maurigata33. This anime is focused on a group of people, who aren't exactly human that are incredibly strong and all have their own pasts to hide. The main character, Meliodas attempts to pass off as a normal person, all while hiding his status as one of the most well known people at the time and place the anime was set.
Quanzhi Gaoshou is an anime voiced in Chinese, but it is about an individual known as Ye Xiu, who is a professional gamer. In the game Glory, which he is known as "Battle God", he is forced to leave behind his original account. After doing so, he goes back to Glory, and continues to play, but this time hiding his identity as the "Battle God". I don't think I need to say it, but without a doubt he is good at the game.
Rainbow is an anime focused in prison, where all of the main characters have done something they wish to hide. They all grow 'stronger' throughout the anime.
Shion No Ou isn't an action anime like what you were looking for, however the main character, Shion is the sole survivor of her family and has a past which she wants to hide. Due to what happened to her as a child, she is no longer capable of speaking and the anime proceeds as she tries to become a professional Shogi Player.

I'm sorry if the explanations weren't too great. I hope this helped.
Sep 7, 2017 3:21 AM
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I'm surprised nobody recommended Gintama! It has everything you want plus the most hilarious series ever.
Sep 7, 2017 4:08 AM

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Monogatari Series fits the criteria. I recommend you check it out.
Sep 7, 2017 6:44 AM

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Balsa in Seirei no Moribito. She describes the issue in this trailer:

Sep 7, 2017 11:31 AM
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Not seen or heard of it so will give it a go!
bansheebot said:
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!
Please read its synopsis.

Seen all version already, its hilarious.
_Crimson_ said:
Masamune no revenge

I have seen this already im afraid. but ty!
Samune said:
Nanatsu no Taizai (The Seven Deadly Sins)

Have the manga and anime on archive. :) GO CAPTAIN!
Gaiking said:
Black Blood Brothers

Not seen this one yet, so I give it a try!
keikokukeisei said:
https://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=17729
All I can say without spoiling anything is that everyone in this story has a past. The mc especially.

NOTE: not supernatural or super powered, but the mc's skills are crazy. It's not a perfect fit, but all characters have pasts, and I personally enjoyed this show, and the rest of the series.

Have seen this one and all sequel and prequels. And I agree, it was a good show!
*Death by Pencil!*

maurigata33 said:
Nanatsu no Taizai
Rurouni Kenshin (duh) You have one kenshin entry in your list, so dunno if you have watched anything else
Black Cat
Pandora Hearts [recomend to read the manga]

And take a non shonen one too =P
Natsume Yuujinchou (you have a random season in your list, so dunno if you have watched it yet)

1. I have seen the anime and reading the manga. and I luve it. 2. have seen all the version, including the old and the new. Also have the enitre manga in archive. 3. Have seen the anime and read the manga :) 4. Have the entire manga and anime in archive. good story and lovely music in the anime :)
Yuu0x0 said:
WALL OF TEXT

Ok, lets see..
1. Have seen this one, loved it and wish they make more of it. but they put very little in the anime of Alseifs past.
2. I have seen both the normal and the blood brothers, just not added it to my list yet xD Sry.
3. Sebastian aka, the cross dress demon babe who is badass given form is already being worshiped :)
4. Not seen this one. will add to watch list.
5. Already seen all :) Want Maor!
6. All hail the true king and GIVEME SEASON 2 ALREADY.
7. Not seen this one. will add to watch list.
8. Not seen this one. will add to watch list.

Have seen the first but not the second, adding to watch list.
korenani said:
I'm surprised nobody recommended Gintama! It has everything you want plus the most hilarious series ever.

Anyone who hasent seen it, DO SEPPUKU NOW!
Fureiya said:
Monogatari Series fits the criteria. I recommend you check it out.

I have seen Bakemonogatari and Nisemonogatari and im afraid it didnt stuck with me. maybe see the newer ones will. I will try!
SeijiSensei said:
Balsa in Seirei no Moribito. She describes the issue in this trailer:


Have seen this mate :) Love it.
Sep 8, 2017 2:46 AM
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You should really update your list then =P
[joking aside, you should update your list even a little before asking for recs, so that we dont only recomend you things you have watched already]
Sep 9, 2017 2:48 AM
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maurigata33 said:
You should really update your list then =P
[joking aside, you should update your list even a little before asking for recs, so that we dont only recomend you things you have watched already]

You try organize my archive... all 20 TB of it.
Sep 9, 2017 6:19 AM
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MacKnight said:
maurigata33 said:
You should really update your list then =P
[joking aside, you should update your list even a little before asking for recs, so that we dont only recomend you things you have watched already]

You try organize my archive... all 20 TB of it.


welp gl with that, it will probably take a long while =P
[I dont download anime/manga on my pc, so I just update mine whenever... Still way behind on updating my manga list tho]
Sep 9, 2017 11:20 PM

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Some of the older anime really had this theme

Black Cat
Noragami
Koe No Kotachi
GetBackers
Samurai Deeper Kyo
Blade of the Immortal
Shin Angyo Onshi
Chrome Shelled Regios
Cowboy Behop
Kaze no Stigma
Fullmetal Alchemist
Magi: Labyrinth of Magic
Sep 9, 2017 11:51 PM
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ThRippJck said:
Some of the older anime really had this theme

Black Cat
Noragami
Koe No Kotachi
GetBackers
Samurai Deeper Kyo
Blade of the Immortal
Shin Angyo Onshi
Chrome Shelled Regios
Cowboy Behop
Kaze no Stigma
Fullmetal Alchemist
Magi: Labyrinth of Magic

Black Cat - Seen it.
Noragami - Have both seasons and want moar.
Koe No Kotachi - heard of it but never got around to watch it. will now.
GetBackers - Wish they made more and finnished it :)
Samurai Deeper Kyo - Tried watching it in the past but never liked it :(
Blade of the Immortal - heard of this long ago but never seen it. will now.
Shin Angyo Onshi - I actully worked with a scanlation group that translated the manga of this. never liked the anime version im afraid tho.
Chrome Shelled Regios - Loved it and wish they made more.
Cowboy Behop - watched 1 season of it and lost intresst im afraid :(
Kaze no Stigma - hohohohooo. liked this one :)
Fullmetal Alchemist - Seen all versions of it and read entire manga :)
Magi: Labyrinth of Magic - Seen it all and in process of watching the Sinbad version :)

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