Anime Fans Share Their Most Tragic Characters

Recently, fans took to social media to have a debate when it came to the medium of anime, 'Who is [...]

By Evan Valentine - May 2, 2020 01:10 pm EDT

Recently, fans took to social media to have a debate when it came to the medium of anime, "Who is the most tragic anime character of all time?". As folks who have been following the medium know, some of the most tragic characters in fiction period were displayed in anime. With characters like Guts from Berserk, Itachi from Naruto, and countless others having experienced heart wrenching events during their tenures in their respective anime franchises. With death and tragedy filling the installments of many franchises across the board within anime, there are definitely plenty to choose from!

Twitter User Saimbtw got the ball rolling on the discussion, choosing characters from Tokyo Ghoul, Fullmetal Alchemist, and several other examples to show how the medium has been able to pull on all of our heart strings throughout the years:

Anime characters who've been through the most shit pic.twitter.com/kyh4czoqQ0
— s🍁im. (@saimbtw) May 1, 2020

Might As Well Start With The King (AKA Grave Of The Fireflys)

That movie broke me
— s🍁im. (@saimbtw) May 1, 2020

The Shield Hero Is Definitely Up There

You should watch the rising of shield hero. The hero ans heroin thru lot of shit. Srsly, a lot pic.twitter.com/aUoo1KnzjB
— Jacky (@JackyGelayan) May 1, 2020

Definitely Dororo

And also the fact after reuniting with his family, his father still tried to kill him, followed by his little brother
— 🕊 (@abdulzaidanzzz) May 1, 2020

Naruto Has Some Fine Examples

And him pic.twitter.com/QQLlI1MEGX
— Milan (@Milan_Devadiga_) May 1, 2020

Poor Eren Jaeger

His pops had it extra rough too
— Kenyan Weebu (@KenyanWeebu) May 1, 2020

Seven Tragic Sins

Meliodas too
— Another D. Umbass (@DumbassKing29) May 1, 2020

Guts Or Griffith Or Both?

Don't forget Griffith, being the antagonist don't change the fact that he suffered so much.
— إبراهيم|Ibrahima (@black_honey_k) May 1, 2020

A True Smorgasbord Of Tragedy

pic.twitter.com/Dk4nnBsZDZ
— *＊✿❀𝕊𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕖𝕟𝔽𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕣𝕝𝕋𝕣𝕒𝕤𝕙❀✿＊* (@AnimooGrl1999) May 1, 2020