Random Anime Villains No One Blames For Being Evil (20 items)

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  (#12) The Warriors - 'Attack On Titan'

  Few viewers of Attack on Titan actually want to see Reiner, Bertholdt, and Annie achieve their goal of destroying humanity within the walls, but it's hard not to feel sympathy because of the circumstances that put them there in the first place. 

  The three of them were Eldians living in Marley. Eldians were blamed for pretty much every form of hardship that's ever happened in the history of the world, and this is used as a justification to force them into internment camps. However, a small group of children are selected as Warriors. Those warriors are expected to obey the Marley military without question, and are indoctrinated into believing that such obedience is right. In exchange, they got Marley citizenship, which meant basic human rights. 

  So, Reiner, Bertholdt and Annie initially waged war because they believed it was the right thing to do. However, as they got to know the other members of the Survey Corps, they started to feel extremely conflicted - especially Reiner, who was ultimately unable to keep up the facade of being their ally. 
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  (#4) Crona

  • Soul Eater

  Crona never actually wanted to hurt anyone, but they weren't given much of a choice. Their mother, Medusa Gorgon, replaced her blood with "black blood" a substance that made them significantly more powerful, but also negatively impacted their mental state. As a young child, they were forced to destroy small animals in order to prepare for violence against humans. Their own will was irrelevant, and their only value to their mother was their ability to help her pursue her dangerous goals. 

  Because Maka and her friends were able to recognize Crona's victimization, they helped Crona achieve some level of personal freedom. Crona ultimately became one of their allies - but it wasn't an easy process. 
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  (#14) Akito Sohma

  • Fruits Basket

  Heads up - this section is spoiler-heavy if you haven't read the Fruits Basket manga.

  Akito Sohma, the head of the Sohma clan, is a source of constant terror for the rest of the family. But it's hard to fully hold it against her. Why? Because Akito was taught to behave that way by her deeply unstable mother Ren.

  First of all, notice the pronoun 'she.' Akito was born female, but was raised as a boy. Why? Because her mother couldn't stand the idea of her husband Akira loving any woman - even their daughter - as much as he loved her. Akira did love his daughter, but he passed away from undefined ill health - which Akito inherited. Sick, grieving, and alone with a mother who hated her, Akito had a miserable childhood.

  But how does that translate to physically and emotionally abusing her family? Because Akito inherited the 'god position' of the Sohma curse, her father told her that the other cursed members would love her unconditionally. Her father was the only person who treated her well. Meanwhile, her mother, who treated her horribly, told her that everyone hated her and would abandon her. That led to Akito lashing out at the rest of her family in order to keep them from leaving. 
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  (#16) Alois Trancy

  Alois Trancy has a reputation for being a sadistic brat, but that doesn't make his past any less devastating. His actual name is Jim Macken. As Jim, he was living on the street with his younger brother Luka. Life wasn't easy - they had to steal to survive - but at least they had each other. After a terrifying event leaves Luka dead, Jim finds refuge in the Trancy household, along with a group of other boys. But what seems like a stroke of luck turns out to be nightmare when Lord Trancy decides to use Jim and the other boys for nefarious purposes.

  In order to curry favor with his abuser, Jim, now called Alois, becomes his favorite - but in the meantime, he forms a contract with Claude to get revenge on Sebastian, who he believes is responsible for Luka's demise. He's in opposition with the protagonists, but it's not exactly hard to see where he's coming from here.
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  (#8) Shiro

  • Deadman Wonderland

  When Sorae Igarashi adopted Shiro, it wasn't with the intention of providing a child with a loving home. Instead, it was to use her as experimental fodder because Sorae didn't want to use her biological child, Ganta. The experiments were intended to improve the human immune system, but they were excruciatingly painful for Shiro - in many cases they literally made her arms fall off and her body come apart at the seams.

  To deal with the unbearable pain, Shiro developed an alternate personality called the Wretched Egg. The Wretched Egg was incredibly violent, taking multiiple lives in the goriest ways possible. 
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  (#2) Zeref

  Zeref is one of the most evil villains in the world of Fairy Tail, but it's hard to fully blame him for his actions. Why? Because his past is absolutely heartbreaking, that's why.

  As a young child, Zeref's parents and brother Natsu were taken out by a dragon. For most people, that would be sufficient as a tragic backstory, but things get worse from there. Because he sought to bring his younger brother back to life, Ankhseram laid the Curse of Contradiction on him. This curse causes the afflicted to randomly destroy other people with little control over the violence. Zeref is horrified by this and wishes for his own demise, but he decides to continue trying to bring Natsu back. Though he succeeds at this, he isn't able to restore their former relationship thanks to the whole curse thing. 

  The worst thing about the curse is that the only way to control it is by not caring whether or not other people survive. This made his descent into villainy more or less inescapable. 

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