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Sacrificial Offerings in Anime

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byAnnaSartin
Apr 27 2022, 2:14 PM | Updated Sep 9, 2022 1:25 AM
"I was supposed to be a sacrifice, but..."
Dororo
TV, 2019, 24 eps Me:- Author:-
'...I became a kick-ass warrior in spite of my many missing body parts.'

A power-hungry feudal lord sacrifices his newborn son's body parts to demons in exchange for power. (reboot of the original series)
Mo Dao Zu Shi
ONA, 2018, 15 eps Me:- Author:-
"...my body was taken over by a demonic cultivator."

A man sacrifices his soul, giving his body to a demonic cultivator to exact his revenge.
Mushishi
TV, 2005, 26 eps Me:- Author:-
'...I merged with a traveling swamp instead.'

A young girl is forced to jump off a cliff and into a river as a sacrifice in episode 5.
Niehime to Kemono no Ou
TV, 2023, 24 eps Me:- Author:-
'...I fell in love with the beast who was supposed to eat me.'

A young girl is chosen to be the next sacrificial meal for the Beast King.
Shamanic Princess
OVA, 1996, 6 eps Me:- Author:-
'...I got trapped inside a painting.'

A young woman is chosen to be sacrificed to a powerful entity called The Throne of Yord.
Stranger: Mukou Hadan
Movie, 2007, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
'...I went on an adventure with a great warrior and my dog!'

A young orphan is pursued because he is suspected of being the prophesied child whose blood is required to create an eternal elixir.
Jigoku Shoujo
TV, 2005, 26 eps Me:- Author:-
'...I wound up ferrying souls to hell.'

Ai is chosen to be a harvest sacrifice as a child.
Hoozuki no Reitetsu 2nd Season
TV, 2017, 13 eps Me:- Author:-
'...I became one of the most powerful demons in hell and turned those who wronged me into palace decorations.'

Since he is an orphan, Hozuki was chosen to be sacrificed as a child. The villagers pay dearly for this in the afterlife.
Saihate no Paladin
TV, 2021, 12 eps Me:- Author:-
'...I wound up being raised by the undead.'

As an infant, demons placed the protagonist in the temple of a ruined city as a sacrifice hoping to break the seal on their king.
Fumetsu no Anata e
TV, 2021, 20 eps Me:- Author:-
'...I became one of the many forms taken by an immortal shape-shifting being.'

A small girl is chosen to be carried up a mountain and sacrificed to appease a god in episode 2.
Shi Cao Lao Long Bei Guan Yi E Long Zhi Ming
ONA, 2022, 12 eps Me:- Author:-
'...I became a vegan dragon's disciple instead!'

A destructive little brat shows up in a dragon's cave offering herself as a sacrifice.
Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru
TV, 2014, 12 eps Me:- Author:-
'...we saved the world instead!'

Magical girl sacrifices.

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