Different Anime have particular groups of people that are posed as a threat to the protagonist of the series and the general civilian population. The members of these groups are typically endowed with insanely powerful abilities capable of world destruction. In this article, we would be looking at the Top Deadliest Anime Villain Groups
1. Akatsuki – Naruto
These guys are certainly one of the evilest organisations of all time. They are typically identified by their black robes lined in red, with symbols of a red cloud on them. They are a villainous organisation of Shinobi who pursue their perspective of world peace. Members are former dangerous criminals who defected the populace.
2. Espada: Bleach
During Bleach’s Arrancar arc, the Espada are the main antagonists. “Espada” is a Spanish word that means “sword.” When it comes to establishing rank and dealing with others, Espada’s basic rule is that strength is most essential. They are formidable opponents for Ichigo and the rest of the cast throughout the story.
3. Phantom Troupe – Hunter x Hunter
The Phantom Troupe is an A-Class Bounty group, made up of some of the most infamous criminals in the world. Aside from a brief cameo in Yorknew City, they are the series’ most prominent antagonists. Every one of the group’s 13 members is proficient in Nen use. A current member must be killed to join, but the other members don’t mind if you just wait for Chrollo Lucilfer to pick you. Even entire populations have been wiped out by the Phantom Troupe in exchange for the correct price.
4. The Twelve Demon Moons – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Muzan’s Twelve Demon Moons are a formidable group of Demons who serve under his command. They are the most powerful Demons alive, each holding a huge percentage of Muzan’s blood. The Six Upper Moons and the Six Lower Moons are divided into two groups based on rank and strength. Although Muzan eventually defeats the Lower Moons and declares them useless, the six Upper Moons remain formidable foes that even the Pillars cannot defeat.
5. The Ten Commandments – The Seven Deadly Sins
Members of The Ten Commandments, chosen by the Demon King himself, are not to be taken lightly. They’re exceptional fighters with their special abilities and the capacity to curse anyone who disobeys their instruction. Members like Zeldris and Estarossa, who both have a combat class of around 60,000, make this gang particularly hazardous to the Seven Deadly Sins.
6. Eye of the Midnight Sun – Black Clover
The Eye of the Midnight Sun is a band of rogue magicians who terrorize the Clover Kingdom. There they are, led by Licht, who intends to overthrow the Clover Kingdom and bring back the Elf-Kingdom. Some of the strongest fighters belong to a group known as the Third Eye, which is made up of 50 members with 3 insanely powerful people: Vetto of the despair, Fana the hateful, and Rhya. The kingdom’s magic knights had never encountered anything like them.
7. Aogiri Tree – Tokyo Ghoul
Eto Yoshimura created the terrorist group Aogiri Tree. The one-eyed King, a figure shrouded in mystery and only seen by a few Aogiri members, is thought to be in charge of the kingdom. While Eto is more typically seen in the background, Tatara is a direct heir to the throne and serves as the operational leader. The Aogiri are working together to make ghouls the most dominating species in the world. Ghouls of all ranks fill the organization’s ranks, but Eto has said that most are B ranked or lower, except for Misa, Ayato, Tatara, and Naki, who are all S rated or higher.
Well, those of us that have recently seen Dune would agree it’s worth every attention it is getting. The movie seems to have it all, from its direction to delivery and plot. An adaption of Frank Herbert’s book Dune, it sure set a path of its own. A previous movie of the same name from the book was done in 1984, but we must agree that Dune 2021 is more of an upgrade.
The ending of the first Dune Movie was only the middle of Frank Herbert’s book and viewers can surely expect more. It does leave us hanging and it felt like the most interesting part of the movie was only about to begin with Paul (Timothee Chalamet) meeting the girl he has always seen in his visions, Chani (Zendaya).
The movie is centered on the great house of Atriedes’ heir, Paul Atriedes, gifted with visions. He sees visions of a girl with blue eyes(a characteristic feature of the Fremen) who he had never met before, but believed she was key to his fate. The journey isn’t straightforward. His father, Leto Atriedes(Oscar Isaac), the Duke is ordered by the emperor to take charge of Arrakis after abruptly removing another great house (Harkonnens) from control of the planet. The emperor has other intentions with this move seeing the Atriedes as a great threat to him.
When the battle between the two great houses begins, the emperor takes side with the Harkonnes and sends his private army(the Sardaukar). The Atriedes’ house are exposed to danger and their bloodline is at the brink of being wiped out. Leto is betrayed by his physician Dr. Yueh (Chang Chen) and delivered to The Baron (Stellan Skarsgard), head of the Harkonnens to be killed. He dies but not without taking some of Baron’s best men with him. Leto’s wife Jesicca (Rebecca Ferguson)and son are caught, but escape from their captors using their gift (the Voice) to free themselves from their captors. With Leto dead, it sets the path for Paul to head the Atriedes’ house, but Paul has bigger plans and has his eyes set on controlling the imperium. This sets the tone for the movie and gives it an entertaining thrill.
With the part 2 coming out in 2023, here are some questions we ask and want answers.
What is the objective of the Bene Gesserit?
In this movie, the Bene Gesserit wields the strongest power. They work closely with the great houses to assist them, but they have their own plans. The compulsive and manipulative effect of their Voice makes them feared. They believe they have a responsibility to save humanity from itself and launch it to a new generation of greatness.
Similarly, they assume Kwisatz Haderach is the crusader of this cause and think they might just have found him in person of Paul Atriedes. However, what we don’t know is how far are they ready to see their goals fulfilled? To save humanity, they probably need to have the highest power in the land (the throne). How far are they willing to go?
Moreover, if it’s achieved, what are their plans on saving humanity?
Does Paul fulfil his destiny and ascend the throne?
We see at the end of part 1 that Paul thinks he has a shot at the throne with the king having no sons and therefore no heir. If he is to make his move, then he would have to face the emperor and his fearsome army.
Again, if he is to succeed, he would need an army to stand a chance, and the Fremen with their desert power sure makes good allies. Although, I think we already saw this play out in his vision in the tent, where he seems to have won, his fight with Jamis taught us that his visions don’t always happen the exact way he sees them.
What is The Baron’s Role in the Grand scheme of things?
The Baron intended to take back control of Arrakis and exploit their resources and make gain. This was what led him to fight the Atriedes. He was lucky not to have died with Leto after his shield saved him and he ran to the ceiling at the last minute. Though, he isn’t fully healthy and seems to be recuperating in a thick black oil.
Still, Paul, knowing he killed his father, is not likely to sit still and this may lead to another battle between the two great houses. His relationship with the emperor and his strong presence in Arrakis certainly makes their battle a good one to see.
Final Thoughts
Perhaps, the second part of this movie may not answer all our questions. Regardless, seeing the success of part one, the producer Denis Villeneuve thinks there may be a trilogy adapting Herbert’s sequel, Dune Messiah. Till then, we have our hands crossed. Meanwhile, the part 2 has been slated for release on the 20th of October 2023.
August 2021 featured the release of one of the best action comedy movies of the year, Free Guy. Free Guy was an enjoyable assortment of a decent plot, good casting, incredible acting, tremendous directing, and excellent cinematography.
The 115 minutes film, which was directed by Shawn Levy and distributed by 20th Century Studios, starred Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Joe Keery, Lil Rey Howery, Utkatsh Ambudkar, and Taika Waititi.
Its plot, written by Matt Lieberman, is centered on the life and actions of Guy (Ryan Reynolds), a Non-Player Character (NPC) in Free City, an online multiplayer video game.
Free Guy 1 Plot Summary
Guy is a boring bank teller in Free City, a game world populated with criminals and other NPCs. His life revolves around petting his pet fish, drinking a cup of coffee, and meeting Buddy (Lil Rey Howery), his friend, at the bank where he has to face an attack by robbers and other criminals every day. He has a turning point when he encounters Molotov Girl (Jodie Comer), a player character, who he immediately admires.
After discovering Molotov Girl, Guy starts changing course from his normal programming. He snatches a pair of sunglasses from one of the criminal player characters and begins to see Free City in another light. In a bid to win the attention of Molotov Girl, he increases his experience level in the game by achieving several heroic deeds. This action causes him to become popular and earn fans in the real world.
Meanwhile, in the real world, Millie Rusk, the controller of Molotov Girl, suspects that Antwan (Taika Waititi), the chief developer of Free City, stole the source code from her and her ex-boyfriend Walter “Keys” McKeys. She makes her opinions known to Keys (Joe Keery) who is at present the co-developer of Free City. However, he doesn’t express any concern.
Millie has a clue that Antwan hid the source code in a Stash within the game. She attempts to gain access to the Stash using her player character Molotov Girl. But, she’s unable to obtain the evidence and has to escape with Guy’s help after the unsuccessful attempt.
In Free City, Guy becomes sentient when he tries to kiss Molotov Girl and they both begin a romantic relationship. When Keys realizes that Guy is an NPC who has become self-aware, he helps Millie to get the evidence
Antwan is dissatisfied with the popularity and fans Guy is getting both in the game and real-world because he sees it as a threat to the new game, Free City 2, he intends to launch. He orders Free City 1 to be rebooted leading to the temporary loss of Guy’s memory and sentience.
After Guy regains his memory and sentience, he accompanies Molotov Girl to an island in the game for further proof of Antwan’s crimes. Antwan tries to kill them, but he’s unsuccessful. Enraged, he proceeds to destroy the city by breaking the servers of the game resulting in the fading away of the characters. Millie approaches him before he can destroy the final server and hands over the evidence to him on the agreement that he spares the final server.
Antwan releases Free Guy 2 which ends up being a massive failure. He is criticized by the public and eventually arrested for theft and illegal damage. Millie discovers that the character Guy is a love letter to her from Keys and she rekindles her romance with the latter.
Keys and Millie with the assistance of Mouser, a co-developer, launch a new game Free life with their retrieved code. Free Life features the digital life of Guy, Buddy, and Dude, an unfinished muscular version of Guy.
Confirmation of Free Guy Sequel
Some days after the Free Guy release date (August 14, 2021), the lead role Ryan Reynolds satisfied the curiosity of the public by confirming that Disney was interested in doing a sequel of the movie.
5 Events That Will Make Free Guy 2 a Great Sequel
As you can all agree, most movie sequels turn out to be a disappointing degradation from the original movie. Still, in a few cases, some sequels have managed to be equally as good as the original movie or even better.
For Disney to create an impressive sequel, there are certain events they need to incorporate into the new plot.
Some relevant Free Guy sequel ideas include:
More Thrilling Adventures in Free Life
Free Guy ended with Guy, Buddy, and Dude taking a walk in the new game, Free Life. It’s only befitting for the new game to be packed with exciting and mind-blowing adventures. The ideal adventures will enable Ryan Reynolds and Lil Rey Howery to throw interesting jokes, humor, quips, and funny scenes into the sequel.
It’s up to Disney to decide on the right adventures to blend into Free Life. Regardless, it’s almost certain that the Free Guy sequel will be an enjoyable box office success with captivating adventures.
A Typical Disney Romance Between Millie and Keys
The beginning of Free Guy portrayed a broken romance between Millie and Keys. However, the end of the movie hinted at a potential romantic relationship between the characters. Adding a decent romance, which both characters didn’t get a sufficient dose of in the original movie, will make the sequel worth watching.
Moreover, when someone says they’re going to see a Disney Movie what comes to mind? Romance, of course! It’s left for Disney to use their mastery of romantic movies to their advantage. Putting together a romantic sequel wouldn’t be rocket science for them, would it?
Extra Doses of Shenanigans From Antwan
Most of us knew that Taika Waititi is a good movie director. We saw his incredible works in the movies Thor: Ragnarok and Jojo Rabbit. But, we didn’t know he was also a great actor until we saw his acting role in Free Guy.
Thanks to Waititi’s extraordinary acting, Antwan was the perfect villain for the action-comedy movie. Mischievous, humorous, proud, relentless, ambitious, and likable on screen. It’s uncertain that a new character will be a suitable antagonist in the sequel.
Although Antwan was arrested at the end of the original movie, additional villainous acts from him are required for the sequel to be awesome.
The sequel can feature Antwan’s slip away from police custody or break out from jail to wreak havoc on the new game Free Life. He could also get back at Millie and Keys by employing someone on the outside to do his dirty work while he’s in jail.
Anyway, we all want Antwan in Free Guy 2 as our villain.
In-Game Villain(s)
What’s an action/adventure game without a proper villain? Free Life needs to have villains that’ll keep Guy, Dude, and Buddy busy. Of course, we’d love to see Buddy kick some asses. Nobody wants to play a smooth adventure game without challenges or difficulties.
Although Free Life wasn’t developed to have the typical ‘shoot me, you miss, I shoot you’ concept as suggested by Millie, an in-game villain will be appreciated even if they don’t make use of a gun or sword. Even an ordinary fistfight could spice up the movie if properly incorporated into the plot.
Again, an in-game villain may also be brought into the plot as the contentious effort of Antwan rather than Keys and Millie’s doing. Either means, the delightful effect of an in-game villain on the sequel’s plot can’t be overemphasized.
Bottom Line
Though we don’t know if Disney shares these views, a Free Guy sequel with these elements is worthy of a good rating and reviews.
If you are an ardent fan of anime especially exciting ones with lots of action, you’ll definitely love Tokyo Revengers. Recently, it’s been trending amongst the top must-watch anime shows of 2021. Considering the fact that a whole lot of individuals prefer reading the Tokyo Revengers manga, it’s anime adaptation has gained a lot of popularity in 2021 competing with the likes of Attack on Titan final season, Demon slayer, Jujutsu Kaisen and a whole lot of other anime series.
Tokyo revengers is an anime series that came out in April, 2021 and tells the story of Hanagaki Takemitchi (takemitchy by Draken), a 26 year old guy living the boring life until he discovers that Tachibana Hinata; his former girlfriend of his middle school days was killed in an accident caused by the Tokyo Manji gang. He discovers he could go back 12 years in time by physically shaking hands with her younger brother Naoto. He relives his middle school days hoping to get to the root of the problem by saving those whose death would lead to the future death of Hinata. Eventually, he gets into the Tokyo Manji gang, met the likes of Mikey, Draken, Mitsuya, later Kisaki Tetta who is potrayed to be the mastermind behind the evils leading to Hinata’s death and other powerful characters.
Why most people still love Tokyo Revengers
Well, one might wonder why the series is trending. People watch anime for different reasons especially ones with plot twists and action packed fight scenes. Looking at the fact that it features time travel, it might be a turn off for people like me because I really don’t fancy the time-space paradox and all that. But still, its one anime that tickles my fancy. Let’s see why the anime is still popular.
1.It’s Main Character, Takemitchi
Takemitchi is not your typical MC, but he brings a whole new kind of feel to the role in his determination and strong-willed nature. Although i would have preferred someone like Mikey or probably Draken to be the lead role due to their backstories and strength levels, Takemitchi often displays this character that is amazed at his youthful actions and tries to make up for them. We sometimes get that a lot, don’t we? One thing that always surprises me is that as a Tokyo Manji gang member, he lacks the ability to fight and always gets beaten black and blue but always stands up to bullies and strong characters like Kiyomasa and Osanai. This is probably cool with most individuals and makes it stand out amongst other animes.
2. Unique Story Line
Most people don’t consider time travel anime which is among the isekai genre of anime to be worth watching, but Tokyo revengers combines action, story telling and time travel in a way that’s appealing to its fans. Although it features fight scenes, gangs, love stories and camaraderie between comrades, the time travel part is not so hard to understand and it’s story better suits the action. Hence, making it one of the most watched anime.
3. It’s Cool Characters
If there’s one thing to look out for in Tokyo Revengers, it’s the characters which are way cooler. This usually gives people that nostalgia associated with their involvement in gangs and fights in their youthful days. Most anime series feature characters with hyper power levels or magical kinds of stuff, but this anime has normal individuals with cool, savvy natures. From Mikey with his strength and leadership to Draken with his temporal tattoo and composure, to Baji who I think is the coolest by the way, Hanma Shuji, Kisaki, the Haitani brothers and many others.
4. Fight scenes
One of the major reasons people watch anime is its fight scenes. Tokyo Revengers fight scenes are always built around its storylines and are action packed. One thing to look out for is Mikey’s nuclear kick which he delivers to the face of his opponent especially in the fight scenes in the garage where he fought Kazutora and Hanma or the scene at the festival when Draken was almost killed. It’s fight scenes are always epic and feature characters with top strength levels in their attempt to be top dawg.
5.The quest to save Hinata
For individuals who don’t read manga, there’s a drive to want to know what would happen especially when Takemitchi goes back in time to save Hinata. Most people want to know what happens to Kisaki or if Takemitchi finally succeeds in what he sets out to do since the beginning of the series. This makes the anime rank high in searches and sets it above others.
These are my reasons though, why don’t you add yours? Why do you like Tokyo Revengers?
Hey guys, this is one major controversy going on in the anime world. During the era of the Naruto anime series, we all had our fill of action, adventure and loads of comedy except in the Shippuden, where everyone got too serious. That aside, the black clover anime is becoming more like Naruto the more we watch it. Well, for those that do not have any idea of what we are talking about, I’ll be dropping three similarities between the black clover and Naruto anime series.
Asta’s Similarity With Naruto
The talkative nature of Asta, with his high aspirations of becoming the strongest wizard, brings back memories of little naruto always yapping that he was going to become the Hokage one day. Even though their attraction to the opposite sex makes them very different, suspicions of anime fans were confirmed as Asta’s power is more and more taking the shape of a demon. Does this remind you of anyone? Hell yeah, Kurama the nine tail beast is Naruto’s demon source of power, if I might say.
Another similarity between both characters is how they seem to work the most. Although Asta was empty of magic, unloved by mana, Naruto was a disaster of a Ninja and could not even perform the shadow replication Jutsu. However, both characters end up working the hardest physically to develop strength and speed above their peers.
Yuno’s Similarity With Sasuke
Cool and calm with a lot of love from the ladies, these were the attributes of Sasuke which have now been replicated in Yuno of the golden dawn. Acknowledged as Asta’s rival, which is only fitting as Sasuke was to Uchiha, Yuno was endowed with rare power, a four-leaf clover just as rare as the Sharingan of the Uchiha. Both characters are blessed with techniques they do not work for ( sorry guys, I’m not much of a Sasuke or Yuno fan). Well, I think if you closely look at both characters, you would notice much more.
Non-Existence Of Parents
While we all love our parents, you will agree that parents are becoming obsolete in anime series. Most of the time, the tragedy from the loss of their parents propels them to work harder to make something of themselves. This is evident in the lives of Naruto and Sasuke. Could you imagine how they would have been if they had parents in the anime series? I doubt Naruto would be a nine tails Jinjuriki or Sasuke would meet Orochimaru.
This is replicated in the lives of Asta and Yuno. Who lose both their parents before birth. I think there’s a connection between both anime series.
While there are more similarities between both anime series, these are the most obvious ones. If you have noticed anyone, we will be looking forward to your comments.
Jujutsu kaisen is a must-watch anime packed with insanely strong characters, including Jujutsu Sorcerers and Courses. After I completed the first season of this anime, I thought of coming up with my list of the strongest characters in the series. My number 3 might come as a shock, but there’s just something about that character.
6/6
Itadori Yuji
This guy is the protagonist of the series as well as the least experienced shaman on the list. He has a decent personality, always believes he can save everyone and is also a glutton. He can be likened to the nature of the anime character Uzumaki Naruto. He doesn’t use cursed energy quite well but has a great deal of Superhuman strength. Itadori Yuji is also the vessel of the King of Curses, Ryomen Sukuna. It’s quite surprising that he could even put the special grade curse under control. He sure has a lot of potentials that we would be seeing as the story further unfolds.
5/6
Hanami
Best described as a cursed spirit portraying forests. It is important to know that cursed spirits are borne out of the clumped feelings of fear, anger, and pain in humans. As a special grade spirit, hanami is extremely powerful. He can withstand strong attacks from Jujutsu Sorcerers because of the “Ultimate Durability” feature he possesses. His powers let him control plants around him. It took the combined efforts of Todou and Itadori to weaken him in the series.
4/6
Mahito
This guy is an extremely powerful Special grade curse user. Idle Transfiguration, his cursed technique, enables him to change the shape of someone’s soul and control them as his subjects. Mahito says to Nanami during their first fight that a body is constantly wrapped around a soul.
Mahito can even modify the shape of his soul and develop a pair of wings, claws, and other accessories in a matter of seconds using this philosophy. He’s a truly fearsome opponent.
3/6
Suguru Geto
Looking at the first season of the series, Geto is for sure one hell of a shady guy. All he does is just talk and hasn’t displayed any bit of power. This certainly leaves us wondering what this guy is capable of.
Second in strength among the four special grade shamans, Suguru Geto is a former Jujutsu High School student. As a teenager, Suguru attended the same high school as Satoru Gojo and Principal Masamichi Yaiga. Gojou Satoru, for example, has praised Geto for his strength and talents.
2/6
Gojou Satoru
Satoru Gojo believes that he is the strongest . While all of the other Jujutsu sorcerers have their unique curses, Gojou’s “Six Eyes” and “Limitless” seem to make him appear to be more powerful than all of them together.
He’s from one of the Three Great Shaman families, the Gojo clan. He is currently teaching the first-year shamans at Jujutsu High School. He has complete command of the atoms and the space surrounding him, and he possesses a vast store of the curse energy.
1/6
Ryomen Sukuna
As the series’ main villain, Ryomen Sukuna is the indisputable King of Curses. Because of his mastery of all poisons, he’s also known as the King of Poisons.
A powerful cursed spirit with two faces and four arms was defeated by the shamans of the Golden Age of Jujutsu Sorcery, giving him the moniker ‘Ryoumen Sukuna.’ Sukuna, on the other hand, easily overcame all of them.
Shamans couldn’t destroy Sukuna’s body, so they chopped all 20 of his fingers and trapped his powers in his hands to protect them.
However, until all 20 fingers of Itadori have been consumed, he can not attain full power. Unquestionably, Sukuna will have reached his full potential by the time this happens, which is something we eagerly await the arrival of.
If you are a fan of the Hunter x Hunter anime series, you would agree that there was a lot of content that we did not get to watch. The anime series pretty much ended after the ant king was somewhat defeated by the President of the Hunter Association, Chairman Netero. However, as we were all expectant for more action and adventures, the series ended abruptly. I believe there’s a lot that we didn’t get to see. So, this write-up will contain detailed information on the most interesting characters that we didn’t get to see their full power on the hunter x hunter anime series.
Killua Zoldyck
As one of the notable characters in the anime series with just as many hours of screen time as Gon, Killua seems to have lagged in power as the series was coming to an end. Although understandably, the Enhancer group of Nen users where Gon belongs are only second to specialists, Killua trained just as much as Gon, so we expected there would be much to see. However, we didn’t.
Although his Godspeed technique came in handy during the fight against the strongest of the Chimera Ant king’s royal guard Menthuthuyoupi, Gon’s power up during the battle with Neferpitou leaves Killua in the dust. While it is unlikely that Gon will be able to tap into this power again, it shows that he has potential. In my opinion, we need to see more of killua’s strength.
Hisoka Morow
Hisoka is one of the most loved characters in the anime series. Not for his strength or skill but his weird personality which wavers between a hero and a villain. Also, His obsession with Gon’s potential makes him an exciting character to watch.
It is undeniable that Hisoka is a strong men user even though he’s not at the same level as chairman Netero and the likes of them. However, it was evident in the series that this character never took any fight seriously. Yes, I know he has fought some strong characters; Hisoka never had to fight in a life or death situation. He easily got into the Phantom Troupe (although we didn’t get to see who he defeated) just because he wanted to fight the leader, Chrollo.
Overall, he’s a cool character, but there’s still much more than we are yet to see from him in the series, or at least I hope so.
Zeno Zoldyck
Zeno is Killua’s mysterious grandpa. Although we got to see little of him when Killua returned home, his true power was displayed during the invasion of the Chimera Ants palace by Zeno and Chairman Netero.
However, after almost killing Komugi, he lost his motivation for the attack and ended the contract with Netero. Although he claims that chairman Netero is way stronger and more experienced than he is, most anime fans consider both characters equals.
The invasion of the chimera ant palace is the maximum we got to see Zeno’s power. Since we have never got to see him in one-on-one combat, I must conclude that there is still much that he has to offer.
Ging Freecs
Rumored to be one of the strongest hunters in the world and the most qualified to take over as the chairman of the hunter association, Gons father, Ging, is undoubtedly an interesting character. After abandoning Gon during his early childhood, he went ahead to discover new ruins and seek crazy adventures. While we know that he is very good at hiding or rather disappearing, we have seen nothing of his true strength.
This character was preserved throughout the anime series. Even during the attacks by the chimera ants on the hunters, we saw nothing of Ging. I wonder where he was during this period? It is clear that the creators of the anime series are starving us of this character potential. So, he makes the list of interesting characters we didn’t get to see their potential on the hunter x hunter series.
Chrollo Lucifer
The mysterious leader of the phantom troupe, a criminal group with some of the strongest characters in the hunter x hunter anime series. While he held up nicely against the Zoldycks, Zeno realized that he wasn’t fighting seriously.
This episode was mind-blowing because one of the beat assassins in the world, Zeno Zoldyck commended the strength of Chrollo. Although we must agree the Zoldycks were not fighting at full power, I think Chrollo has shown that he is worthy of being the leader of the phantom troupe but there’s still more we are yet to see.
There are many characters who are yet to display there true power in the anime series, but I believe that these ate the ones that are most anticipated. The manga series has definitely provided more content in these characters, however, this write up is with regards to the anime series only. What are your thoughts on these characters?
A lot of us must have seen the recently most talked about Netflix series ‘Squid Game’. It’s taking over as one of the most streamed Netflix Original shows and rightly so. The thrill it delivers from the beginning captures its viewers and the show manages to sustain its momentum till the end and leaves us in suspense and anticipation of the subsequent season.
Those that haven’t yet seen the show should beware of the SPOILERS ahead. This article aims to see the most loved and most hated characters from the show.
Most Hated Characters
3. Han Mi-nyeo (212)
Han Mi-nyeo was an eventful character in the show. From her survival-inspired love affair with Deok-su to her tricks in the show, she sure makes an interesting character to watch.
On the negative side, Player 212 was a highly annoying, manipulative, and self-centered character as we could see from her screen time in the first season of Squid Game. She derived pleasure from being irritable to the other players and guards. Do you remember when she pointed out that Ali (199) was an illegal immigrant and suggested that the team should be restructured? The fact that she got past the tug-of-war game with the team didn’t cause her to stop being manipulative and narcissistic.
Furthermore, Han Mi-nyeo was a “pest”. She could bug other people in a bid to survive. For instance, she pestered and clung to Deok-su during the games and tried to convince other players to be her partner when she had no partner for the pebble game.
Her way of life didn’t go well for her in the end as Deok-su thought she couldn’t offer anything special. Then, her desire for him developed into hatred and eventually led her to kill herself along with him.
2. Jang Deok-su (101)
Deok-su is the main antagonist in the intoductory season of the series. He’s a character you would love to hate.
A former gangster, he had a criminal history with Sae-byeok (Player 067). It may seem like he was the one who took her in as he explained in episode one, but their relationship grew sour and Sae-byeok ran away. He was surprised to see her in the game and didn’t hesitate to beat her to express his anger. Their little brawl continues throughout the first season of the show where they try to eliminate each other.
Some reasons people dislike the character include his bullying nature, maltreatment of women, self-centeredness, and the fact that he’s a brute murderous force.
Again, Deok-su instigated most fights in the show and was a character nobody wanted to be up against. He eventually met his demise in the hands of his supposed lover, Han Mi-nyeo, in the glass bridge.
1. Cho Sang-woo (Player 218)
Sang-woo
Sang-woo is clearly the most hated character in the first season of Squid Game. Originally, he left the country for greener pastures, but it didn’t quite work out for him. The high expectations from his friends and family led him to dive into fraudulence after being plagued by his debts. He eventually joins the Squid Game to make enough money to settle his debts.
The first thing Sang-woo did that got us to frown in disgust was his failure to dissuade the protagonist Gi-hun (Player 456) from picking the umbrella shape in “The Man the Umbrella” episode (episode 2) though had known the implication of the game.
Similarly, he betrayed Ali (Player 199) by using his kindness and lack of intelligence against him. Though one might explain this act was a necessary evil, it doesn’t make us forgive Sang-woo for making Ali die in his stead.
Again, Sang-woo got to the peak of his evil deeds when he finally killed Sae-byeok (Player 67), an injured defenseless woman, who was no threat to him. Let’s face it, this action was cruel to the core. Even Hitler may have spared Sae-byeok in that situation.
The 3 Most Loved Characters
3. Ali Abdul (Player 199)
Ali
He definitely takes this spot. In the show, he was a Pakistani immigrant who came to South Korea seeking a better life. He was a factory worker whose boss withheld his pay. After leaving the game the first time, he confronted his stingy boss, which led to a struggle between both men. His boss ended up losing his fingers, while he made away with some money.
Ali was an innocent man with the heart of an angel, the strength of a bull, and the brain of a child. Thus, it wasn’t difficult for the viewers of the show to fall in love with him.
His relationship with Sang-woo grew as the show went on until the bitter part where he was tricked by Sang-woo and ultimately eliminated. Additionally, his kind gesture of trying to save Sang-woo may be considered naive in the kill-or-be-killed game, still, it remains one of the reasons he’s one of the most loved characters in the show.
2. Ji-yeong (Player 240)
Ji-yeong
To be factual, we know little of this character aside from the fact that she was once in prison for murdering her abusive father. We first took notice of her in the third game where a team of 10 was to be formed and Gi-hun’s team needed to recruit more members.
Although Sang-woo was opposed to taking in more ladies, Sae-byeok ignored him and brought Ji-yeong seeing she had no teammates.
Her relationship with Sae-byeok developed shortly in the show, with Ji-yeong promising to do anything to make sure Sae-byeok wins the money. She literally gave her life up for Sae-byeok after deliberately throwing short in the pebble game, claiming Sae-byeok had better reasons to win the money.
1. Kang Sae-byeok (Player 067)
Sae-byeok
Am I the only one who thinks Sae-byeok was unnecessarily taken out? I mean what was the point of shattering the glass after the fifth game, the Bridge game. Sae-byeok was a good and lovable character who was unjustly taken out. Most of us wanted her to win the 45.6 billion Won with Gi-hun. However, the creators of the show didn’t share a similar feeling.
Sae-byeok had an impressive character development from the quiet, ever-frowning pickpocket to a fascinating main character who had the solid goal of reuniting her family with the prize money. Again, she developed a healthy friendship with the show’s lead role, Gi-hun, which brought her to the spotlight.
She had initially defected and emigrated from the North with her brother, leaving her mother behind. However, her brother was compelled to reside in an orphanage. Although she couldn’t carry out her plans by herself, she made Gi-hun vow to reclaim her brother from the orphanage.
Lelouch vi Britannia, a prince of Britannia fighting his father and empire from the shadows disguised as the hero; Zero with the Geass, given by CC which is the power to compel anyone of choice to do his bidding. Kinda cool right? He fights for his sister Nunnally, against his family members as we see in the anime for the elevens. Lost his Geass later on, betrayed by his friend, Suzaku, later got his Geass back, fought an entire army, and in the end, died in a villainous manner. Quite the sad ending for me though. Would have loved to see a third season.
Yagami Light
Let’s see Yagami Light, the protagonist of Death note, an anime about books owned by death gods which enables it’s handler to determine the time and manner of death of anyone whose name is scribbled on its pages. Light is a student who became a police officer later on who possesses the death note owned by Ryuk, a death god who surprisingly likes apples. Light delivers his own version of justice by killing off criminals and anyone not up to society’s moral standards usually with a face and a name. Eventually suspected of this by the witty L, this makes Light consider the death god eyes Ryuk offers which he later rejects. Came across Misa-chan who aids him in his spree. Eventually he gets L killed. But is later discovered by Near who maybe too perfectly laid everything bare before everyone.
My take
For me though, looking at both characters, I’ll pick Lelouch over Light. Lelouch seemed calm and collected, always weighing his options and using unexpected situations to his advantage like when he mistakenly compelled Euphemia to kill the elevens at the stadium. Now don’t get me wrong. both characters are kinda cool, but Lelouch is way cooler with his Geass, he has a goal which is liberating Japan even though it’s a front for getting back at his father, he utilizes his power and wit very well compared to Light who upon discovering about the death note begins killing off individuals with no compassion.
Although both are for the most part killers, Light is also careless and overconfident albeit smart in the handling of his death note seen especially in the first few episodes when he unknowingly disclosed an important fact of the book; needing a name and face to execute the criminals. Both deserved the manner in which they died, but Light’s was way demeaning.
Another important fact is that Lelouch defeated Schneizel who was always a level above him compared to Light and his situation with Near who was surprisingly always a step ahead when he discovered Light. Looking at a one-on-one situation, Lelouch only needs to use his Geass on Light while keeping his Zero mask on while Light needs to write Lelouch’s name with an idea of his face which wouldn’t matter if Lelouch compelled him to kill himself. That’s what I think anyway. I know you probably love Light. Who do you say will prevail in a battle of intelligence?
La casa de papel popularly known as money heist is a Spanish TV series on Netflix which started airing in December 2017. Yes, it’s been that long. The series has gained popularity over the years due to the non-stop action, romance, thrills and drama that comes along with it. In the first season, we see a group of criminals who we might say had no dream being brought together by a criminal mastermind called “the professor” to rob the royal mint bank of Spain.
These criminals have taken the names of various popular cities like Tokyo, Nairobi, Berlin, Denver and Rio, has become one of the people’s favourite characters as we get to see their different badass personalities along the line in the show. Although the series started all cool and easy with most things going according to plan for our favourite criminals, the Netflix show has taken a drastic turn due to unforeseen circumstances that have left the criminals fending for their lives in a deadly battle of survival between them and the police.
Lives have been lost along the line with most death being painful, and the fight for survival continues in the final season which has two parts. With the suspenseful end of the first part, we can only wonder what will happen in the second part which I must say may not be appealing to we fans from what we have seen so far. Shits will go down and there may be no happy ending for we money heist fans, so grab your tissue papers and brace yourself for impact. The greatest heist comes to end on December 3rd 2021 and here are three things I think may happen from the released trailer.
3/3 There may be no happy ending for Denver and Stockholm
People may wonder how romance can be involved in a heist movie. Well, money heist did it and did it well. From the various love affairs seen in the show, one of fans favourite couples Denver and Stockholm may likely come to an end in this upcoming part. The character Denver which has always been seen as a hot-blooded, dense, and the cool guy still had someone for him. The story behind him having a love life was beautiful to watch since he lost his father, Moscow, to the heist he got his romance. He was able to charm the beautiful Monica Gaztambide, a secretary in his first heist in the royal mint bank of Spain, who later joined him in the second heist in the bank of Spain as Stockholm with his funny laugh and dance moves.
As we can see in the final season, there are some tensions between them and in the just-released trailer for the second part, we see a scene where Stockholm confesses her love for Denver no matter the situation. This could be before a great sacrifice of our dear Stockholm or a death of our beloved Denver because I will think that the producers might do what they want to both characters thinking they have fulfilled their part in showing us the true extent of love they both have for each other. Sad for we viewers I must say, but all we can do is watch and see.
2/3
Our favourite Dali criminals may not end up escaping with the Gold
With recent activities going on in the final season, their will to live may take the better of them. Why won’t it I will say, as staying alive seems to be more important following the death of important characters so far. Surviving is the top priority and escaping with the gold if at all they can escape just doesn’t seem to be possible, to be frank. Such a scene wasn’t even shown in the trailer. Don’t expect much guys because you going to get heartbroken.
1/3
The professor is most likely going to come to an abrupt end
The professor as we know him is seen and proven to be one of the smartest characters in the show. One of his admirable qualities is his love for his team members as he is willing to die for them. This is why I feel the producers will have to kill the professor not even arrest him because he is most likely to come out of a difficult situation as seen in the show. With the dirty cops and government running the operations, this shouldn’t be too hard for them.
Following the death of Tokyo in the first part, we can see how down and heartbroken he is, having lost so much. We can also see in the trailer that he comes to the bank to help his gang, but what can he do in this difficult situation? We might say he is the professor, he will think of something and come through for us, but I believe the writers will use this as a perfect opportunity to kill our beloved professor. This is most likely to happen, and one thing I am certain of is that his death will live millions of fans in tears.
