Most Hated Anime Characters Ranked (2023)

There is a plethora of anime. These anime bring happiness and excitement to their audience, which is probably one of the reasons why we watch them. In the anime world, there are tons of characters that ignite different emotions in us.

Some are our sources of joy, others our comfort character. But there’s always an anime character that the fandom treats like a punching bag because of their actions or personality.

When talking about the most hated characters in anime, it’s not always the villain who’s the worst. Of course, some anime villains are the most hated anime characters of all time, but that’s not entirely true.

Sometimes, other characters apart from the antagonist in the series can be the most hated character.

So Reader San, we are here to enlighten you about the most hated anime characters of all time.
PS: They are the most hated characters because of their personalities and actions.

A Word Of Caution: This list might contain spoilers for some

20 Most Hated Characters In Anime

20. Shinji Ikari

Anime: Neon Genesis Evangelion

Shinji Ikari is the protagonist of Neon Genesis Evangelion. At the start, we see Shinji as a laid-back character. He adopted this lifestyle from his sensei, who had an easygoing lifestyle.

He refuses to pilot Unit-01 when he is informed he must. Yet, despite his denials, he craves recognition and eventually begins to operate Unit-01 to garner his father’s acceptance and love.

What makes the character most hated?

• Shinji, despite being a protagonist, doesn’t feel like one. He’s constantly whining and crying about things. We’re sure you’ve seen the ‘Get In The Robot Shinji’ meme on the internet. It was so popular that he had to complain and whine before doing anything.
• Shinji is one of those characters that whines the entire time. We, as an audience, might think he would stop whining and do something good for once. But Shinji disappoints us.
• He’s not on the list because of his crybaby attitude. He’s the most hated in the fandom because when her ally, Asuka, was in a coma, Shinji got turned on and fapped to her, which made the audience uncomfortable.

19. Haruhi Suzumiya

Anime: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Season 2

Haruhi Suzumiya serves as the protagonist and the leader of the SOS Brigade, a high school club tasked with tracking down aliens, time travelers, and espiers. She is an introverted person who is uninterested in “normal” people.

What makes the character most hated?

• Haruhi might be the most hated main character. Haruhi has a bossy and terrible personality, and she expects others around her to comply with her.
• She becomes furious when someone opposes her or fails to meet her unrealistic expectations.
• She’s an insensitive bully. She forced Mikuru Asahina into costumes and activities that she disliked, despite her cries for help.
• She is also arrogant and ignorant. She doesn’t admit her mistakes but sometimes blames them on others. She’s often regarded as a selfish character.

18. Rachel

Anime: Tower Of God

Rachel is the only friend of Bam, as she is the only person who comes to see him in his cave. Bam chose to climb the tower for Rachel’s sake, and they reunited. Rachel is your typical pure-hearted female character.

What makes the character most hated?

• Rachel took advantage of Bam and betrayed him by pushing him out of the protective bubble to reach the Tower of God alone.
• Rachel has a manipulative personality. She lies from time to time. She envies Bam and showcases an inferiority complex.
• She doesn’t admit her mistakes. Also, she pretended to be disabled, manipulated Bam’s emotions, and exploited her teammates. She betrays Bam simply because she is jealous of him.
• As we all know, Rachel is the definition of a hypocrite. She would preach about things and then, in the next minute, do the complete opposite of what she talked about.

17. Akira Takaoka

Anime: Assassination Classroom

When Akira Takaoka appears to be a good-natured man who would help his students, but in reality, he was a sadistic man who abused his authority.

What makes the character most hated?

• Akira is an anime character whose only purpose is to get hate. The authors intended for the viewers to hate this character. He’s violent, and he abuses his students.
• He slapped Kanzaki and kneed Maehara to assert his domination and show other students how powerful he was.
• If abusing students wasn’t enough, he tried to poison them. He threatened everyone by saying that if Nagisa didn’t beg for forgiveness, he’d blow up the antidote.
• The truth is that he is unconcerned about the students’ well-being. After losing to Nagisa, he went insane since he despises losing to anyone. His insane behavior has become even more extreme since he lost his job. Overall, he’s just a bad guy.

16. Pariston Hill

Anime: Hunter x Hunter

He is a former 13th and 12th Vice-Chairman of the Hunter Association and a Triple-Star Hunter. He is the main antagonist in the 13th Hunter Chairman Election arc.

Pariston enjoys himself and is careless about wanting to win, making him extremely hard to predict.

What makes the character most hated?

• Pariston is like a politician whom the public hates. The carnage he causes out of sheer curiosity and boredom, the way he messes with everyone and everything.
• He prefers harsh consequences for anyone who wrongs him. The world’s strongest association was nothing more than a toy for his pleasure.

15. Near

Anime: Death Note

In the anime community, Death Note is regarded as a masterpiece. Near is introduced in the second half of the anime. He is an expert multitasker who can monitor multiple computer screens at once.

Despite his brilliant abilities, Near is socially awkward and has difficulty interacting with people.

What makes the character most hated?

• Near is presented as Light’s rival on Death Note after L’s death, but he struggles to create the same strong impact on viewers. The standards set by L are way too high for Near. We, as an audience, can’t see Near defeating Light.
• Some fans describe him as the ‘Walmart Copy of L.’ This comes because Near almost copies L’s actions. For example, the way Near sits, talks, and, most importantly, plays with something while solving problems.
• In some people’s opinion, the anime was dragging on, and the authors didn’t make much effort when writing Near’s character.

14. Estarossa

Anime: Seven Deadly Sins

Estarossa is a demon and one of the Ten Commandments, a group of elite Demon Clan fighters chosen by the Demon King.

However, his true identity is revealed to be one of the Four Archangels, Mael, whose memories were tampered with by Gowther.

What makes the character most hated?

• Estarossa despised his inability to wield darkness because it would jeopardize Meliodas’s image. Estarossa’s admiration for Meliodas became excessively envious as he began to “wish to be Meliodas.” To become Meliodas, he even tried to abduct Elizabeth, his lover.
• Estarossa is ruthless and doesn’t care for the lives of others. Estarossa kills others for fun. The Commandments are no exception. Before killing Meliodas, he severely tortures him.
• Because of his twisted personality, he’s one of the most hated anime characters in the series.

13. Makoto Itou

Anime: School Days

At first, Makoto appears to be a sweet, gentle soul who gets along well with women.

He is, however, indecisive and unable to pick between the ladies with whom he comes into contact. For instance, Kotonoha Katsura easily manipulates him throughout the anime.

Makoto is a person who lacks empathy for the most part but appears to have good intentions in psychological terminology.

What makes the character most hated?

• Well, first off, he’s a rapist. If raping wasn’t enough, he indulged himself in child abuse and pedophilia.
• One of the terrifying episodes in anime history was the final episode, and guess what? Who was the main culprit behind it? Makoto Itou, Ladies and Gentleman. Some others thought he was a monster who deserved to be put to death. He had it all and yet yearned for more.
• In the School Days anime, he was a cheater and a liar. His womanizing resulted in a great deal of pain and misery for others, especially the female characters in the anime.
• His character in the visual novel and manga is worse than in the anime. He’s in a three-way relationship. He attempts to rape a girl who rejects him forcefully. Makoto also periodically rapes another character named, Kokoro
• He had sex with his mother in Strip Battle Days 2, and she was pregnant with his child. All this makes him one of the most hated anime characters.

12. Mahito

Anime: Jujutsu Kaisen

Mahito is an immature, sadistic cursed spirit who enjoys playing with people’s emotions. He considers himself to be the personification of humanity’s hatred for each other, believing he was created due to human wrongdoings.

Mahito shows no empathy for other people’s lives and appears to place little emphasis on his own.

What makes the character most hated?

• He is a Special Grade Cursed Spirit, like Jogo and Sukuna, and has great character development. So why do people hate Mahito but like Sukuna? The answer is simple. Mahito, unlike other cursed spirits, did something terrible.
• Junpei is an innocent guy who his classmates bullied. Later on in the episode, we see Junpei and Yuji being friends. Mahito’s Idle Transfiguration turned Junpei into an unsightly curse.
• Mahito could have avoided that situation by killing Junpei, but he didn’t. To make Yuji suffer more, he turns Junpei into a cruse, forcing Yuji to kill Junpei. To make matters worse, he can be seen laughing at Yuji’s powerlessness.

11. Sakura Haruno

Anime: Naruto

You knew she was going to be on this list. But, to be clear, we won’t be talking about her role in Naruto Shippuden and Boruto: Naruto’s Next Generations. Instead, we’ll focus on her in the Naruto series.

Sakura is a member of Team 7, along with Naruto and Sasuke. Sakura excelled as an academic student by studying alone, avoiding physical trials, and allowing her to concentrate on her physical attractiveness to appeal to Sasuke.

Sakura’s world mostly revolved around Sasuke’s. She would do things to attract him or gain his attention.

What makes the character most hated?

• Unlike many disliked anime characters, Sakura is not a villain or a bully. Sakura’s world revolves around Sasuke’s, and she would do anything to get him. Ino saved Sakura from bullying, but she ended her friendship with Ino so they could compete for Sasuke.
• She is also hated for her intense and frequent dumb crush on Sasuke and her verbal abuse of Naruto Uzumaki. She was annoying during the first half of the show. Her improvement was straight-up trash. She cut off her hair as character development.
• Sakura Haruno is taunted for being Team 7’s weakest member and frequently chastised for her arrogant and brattish attitude. People can’t believe she’s one of the show’s main characters, so they’ve labeled her ‘Useless’ Sakura.

10. Umaru Doma

Anime: Himouto! Umaru-chan

Umaru is the protagonist, and she possesses an unidentified power to transition between two modes: “outside” and “inside.”

She is described as the ideal teenage girl in school and around town when she is in her “outdoor” mode.

She reverts to her actual chibi shape in her ‘Indoor’ mode, letting out her secret otaku side and hardly contributing to household tasks, which she leaves to her older brother, Taihei.

What makes the character most hated?

• Umaru is a spoiled brat, and she is a fake. She can be seen as loveable, helpful, and kind-hearted in her outdoor mode. But when she’s indoors, she’s the complete opposite.
• Apart from making puppy dog eyes and screaming, she had never had to put effort into anything. She is always crying and whining about things. When things don’t go her way, she throws a tantrum.

09. Akito Sohma

Anime: Fruits Basket

Akito is the main antagonist of Fruits Basket and the head of the Sohma family.

She is also the “god” of the Chinese zodiac. Akito is a young woman with an androgynous appearance who is tall, pale, lovely, and thin.

What makes the character most hated?

• Akito expects complete obedience from the Sohmas, and anyone who defies her most slightly is quickly punished.
• To discipline and intimidate the Sohmas, she utilizes verbal and emotional abuse. Sometimes resorts to physical assault.
• She is arrogant, manipulative, selfish, immature, and furious and rarely expresses sympathy. She can be calm one minute and shout the next.

08. Saint Charlos

Anime: One Piece

Saint Charlos is among the World Nobles, commonly known as the Celestial Dragons. They are the aristocratic descendants of the kings who founded the World Government.

They(World Nobles) are one of the main antagonist groups in the series due to their actions and function. He is, without question, the most hated character in the series, which is saying a lot considering how little screen time he has had throughout the entire anime.

What makes the character most hated?

• He acts as if he’s a God.
• Charlos considers himself to be superior to everyone he meets.
• He enjoys inflicting suffering on the commoners around him and has an extremely abusive disposition.

07. Minoru Mineta

Anime: My Hero Academia

Minoru Mineta, a hero named Fresh-Picked Hero: Grape Juice, is a U.A. High School student in Class 1-A studying to become a Pro Hero.

What makes the character most hated?

• Pervy characters are usually entertaining because they add a lot of humor to the plot. We have Sanji and Jiraiya, who are loved by their fans and the entire anime community. But that’s not the case with Mineta.
• Mineta thinks about erotic stuff and can’t get his mind out of those perverted thoughts. Whenever he is on screen, he’s doing something perverted or would tell you his lustful thoughts.
• Mineta is creepy and pretty much useless in contributing to U.A. Unlike our typical perverted characters who get nosebleeds, Mineta takes it further. Mineta peeks into the girl’s changing room through a hole.
• His comment to Eri made fans hate him, “I’m Mineta; I can’t wait to see how you look in ten years.” Since Eri is a fan favorite and his comment made the audience uncomfortable.

06. Gabi Braun

Anime: Attack On Titan

Gabi is an Eldian and Reiner Braun’s cousin. She is a Warrior Cadet who will most likely inherit the Armored Titan.

Due to the false history, she was raised with, she, like many other Eldians in Marley, has a deep hatred for the people of Paradis Island.

Gabi’s passion is both one of her greatest strengths and one of her major flaws. Nevertheless, her devotion has allowed her to become the competent soldier she is today.

What makes the character most hated?

• Her resolving and forceful personality resemble Eren’s childhood in certain ways. Initially, she was the series’ favorite. So why the sudden hate?
• Well, for starters, she killed Sasha.
• Things changed dramatically after the Declaration of War, and in the midst of it all, Gabi killed Sasha on the way to Eldia. Fans were heartbroken to see Sasha, the funniest and kindest person on the show, die.
• She, like Rachel, is a hypocrite.
• We get the impression that she enjoys going to war in the first episode. She jumps into the battleground, posing as a citizen to deceive the enemy, then bombing them and fleeing excitedly.
• She’s been to several battles and has no objections to killing and violence, but when Marley is attacked, she has no idea why it’s happening.
• She pretends that Marley is innocent, yet she has seen how much of a monster the country she works for truly is.

05. Danzo Shimura

Anime: Naruto Shippuden

Danzo Shimura is the founder and leader of Root, an Anbu training division.

He and his Root organization have vowed to preserve the Hidden Leaf Village at all costs and serve as a humble defensive foundation without asking for anything in return.

What makes the character most hated?

• Even by ninja standards, Danzo is a ruthless, manipulative, and merciless guy who treats all his followers as throwaway instruments.
• We all know how Danzo tried to practically confine Naruto to the village to protect him from the Akatsuki, but his measures were too severe. Danzo was also hated for leaking that Naruto was the nine-tailed fox jinchuriki. As a result, he is either entirely or partially responsible for Naruto’s traumatic childhood.
• Danzo met with Itachi in secret and manipulated him into slaughtering his clan. Shisui eventually committed suicide. Danzo stole Shisui’s right eye and implanted it into his socket.

04. Seryu Ubiquitous

Anime: Akame ga kill

Seryu Ubiquitous served in the Imperial Police before joining the Jaegers. Her father’s service in the Imperial Army and subsequent death have left her with a great need for “justice.”

Seryu is always looking for justice and doing the right thing, as previously said, but it tainted her notion of justice.

What makes the character most hated?

• Seryu seems to be a nice and empathetic person. Still, she is a terrible, insane, sadistic, and deranged individual who likes killing individuals she deems to be bad, nearly like it’s a hobby.
• She wields Koro, a charming biological weapon that transforms into a horrific beast once she activates its berserker mode. Seryu and Koro make an excellent match since they are the opposites in their appearance.
• Seryu is most loathed because of the murders of Sheele and Chelsea. Sheele’s body was peppered with gunfire, and Chelsea’s severed head was shown.

03. Nobuyuki Sugou

Anime: Sword Art Online

Sugou Nobuyuki was the CEO of RECT Inc. in real life and was once engaged to Asuna Yuuki.

In the virtual game world, he was known as Oberon, named after the fairy monarch from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

What makes the character most hated?

• Nobuyuki Sugou has kidnapped and experimented on 300 Sword Art Online members. He redirected their thoughts into a different game and kept them there against their choice.
• To make matters worse, he imprisoned Asuna, harassed her, and even attempted to marry her real body while her mind was still trapped inside the game.
• But the most horrible act Nobuyuki committed in the real world was when he attempted to murder Kirito, a minor.
• He turned off Kirito’s pain absorbers so he could feel the agony he was inflicting on him.

02. Malty Melromarc

Anime: The Rising of the Shield Hero

In the second spot, we have Malty, the first princess of Melromarc and the main antagonist of Shield Hero.

People have been comparing her to Amber Heard, so the character has suddenly resurfaced as a popular topic. Popularly known as “Bitch” by most fans.

What makes the character most hated?

• She’s hated for falsely accusing Naofumi of sexual assault and dishonoring his Shield hero persona.
• Malty is one of the most hated anime characters because of her manipulative behavior.
• When Naofumi gave him the ideal nickname, ‘Bitch,’ the hate she got was amplified.

01. Shou Tucker

Anime: Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

You had it coming at the number one spot we have, Shou Tucker. Ed and Al approached him as a well-known biochemical scientist who could help them solve riddles, and he seemed like a nice guy.

He is a state alchemist renowned as the “sewing life alchemist.”

What makes the character most hated?

• Shou obtained his license by fusing his wife with an animal, resulting in a chimera that cried for death.
• He created a chimera out of his young daughter and their pet dog.
• Worse, Shou Tucker has shown no regret or sorrow for his actions. He says he did everything in the name of science and alchemy.