Yuki Takeya ?C School-Live!
[ranking: 8]
Life in the world of School-Live! is nothing short of nightmarish. The main characters are the last remaining survivors of a zombie apocalypse, and they're barricading themselves inside their school to stay safe. While most of the kids can accept their grim reality, Yuki Takeya cannot.
To protect herself emotionally, Yuki exists inside an elaborate delusion of normal school life. Her mental instability forces her friends to feign normalcy for her sake, and also to protect her from dangers that she can't acknowledge.
Himiko Toga ?C My Hero Academia
[ranking: 5]
Himiko Toga only appears briefly in the My Hero Academia anime, but it doesn't take long for viewers to deduce that she's super unbalanced. When first introduced to the League of Villains as a potential new recruit, Himiko claims that she wants to kill Stain, that she wants to become Stain, and that she loves Stain.
Why? Because according to Himiko, life is "hard to live" and she wants to make it "easier to be alive." These are not the words of a mentally stable person.
Shion Sonozaki ?C Higurashi: When They Cry
[ranking: 3]
Higurashi: When They Cry is a show about a town besieged by a contagious mental illness that drives its sufferers to commit acts of unspeakable violence. With a premise like that, it's hard to choose just one character for this list ?C but Shion Sonozaki's dramatic mental breakdown really makes her stand out.
Shion is in love with a boy named Satoshi. When Satoshi disappears, Shion blames the powerful families who control their town. Her rage combined with a demonic personality that she develops to deal with her grief results in an explosive mental breakdown where she goes on a killing spree.
Midari Ikishima ?C Kakegurui
[ranking: 2]
Midari Ikishima is a third-year student at Hyakkaou Private Academy, Kakegurui's gambling school. There, her mental issues are on full display. She's a compulsive gambler who doesn't keep track of her earnings.
Plunging herself into financial ruin would be bad enough, but Midari isn't satisfied with that. No, she needs her own life to be in peril, even if she gets nothing out of it. For example, her masochistic desire to "feel alive" leads to masturbating while holding a gun to her own head.
Tomoko Kuroki ?C Watamote
[ranking: 13]
Mentally unstable doesn't always mean murderous. In reality, most mentally ill people are a lot more like Watamote's Tomoko Kuroki than they are like, say, Johan Liebert. Tomoko is a high school student who desperately wants to make friends and be popular. Unfortunately, her anxiety and lack of social skills keep her from even starting a conversation. She tries to find workarounds that will make her instantly popular, but these tend to be harebrained schemes that involve things like going so long without bathing that she attracts bugs.
Her failure to connect with others worsens her depression, which leads to more outlandish behavior. Her mental instability is actually relatable to a lot of viewers, which is what makes it painful to watch.
Johan Liebert ?C Monster
[ranking: 11]
Monster's main villain, Johan Liebert, is a morally bankrupt man who kills with a striking lack of passion. He doesn't enjoy killing, but he doesn't dislike it either. Little is known about his motives. A traumatic childhood could be to blame, but then viewers have to wonder why his sister, who experienced the same trauma, turned out to be a productive member of society.
Whatever the reason, Liebert wants to be the last man standing at the end of the world, and he is utterly incapable of feeling empathy or remorse.
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