Top 10 Anime Villains Who Had Justifiable Motives

good idea terrible execution welcome to watchmojo.com 10 anime villains who have justifiable motives before we begin we publish new content every day so be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos for this list we're looking at anime villains driven by understandable reasons in a different timeline these antagonists could have been heroes please note spoilers will be unavoidable for the included series it's unlikely but if by chance this thing is for real I have to test it one more time in which case it should probably be another criminal number 10 shogo makishima Psychopaths the problem is freewill has been stripped from the equation in this alternate reality the civil system acts as the judge jury and executioner capable of determining a person's crime co-efficiency before any actual wrongdoings are Gary doubts this law enforcement Enterprise shapes Japan's entire civilization there's a good conversation starter how do we define criminal maybe that Dominator you're holding shall we allow the civil system that which governs it to decide what I am despite embodying the cruelest traits imaginable shogo makishima lives free of civil scrutiny a fact that convinces the villain to destroy the obviously flawed system coefficient basically makishima's goal is to liberate the nation from Sybil's or thirds of control and force people to start scrutinizing their own behavior we all live in our own little cell and the system tames us by giving each of us a personal serenity if it was not for all the senseless murder makishima would be almost inspirational number nine stain my hero academia I was testing your motives people always show their true colors when on the verge of death improving Society one dead pro hero at time that's fine I'll open your eyes heroes you will see the world that you've created key honoring a reputation as a violent vigilante stain did tests the way Society has commercialized and cheapened the concept of a hero the word hero is lost on meaning in this society the world is overrun by fakes and criminals like you who chase petty dreams they must all be perished in the villains mind all might is the only one who embodies the altruistic and pure traits required to be accepted as a true hero and believes that everyone else is only interested in using their quicks to gain power Fame or riches everything that I do to create a stronger Society determined to eliminate fake heroes stain seems aware these actions are undoubtedly wrong however the villain believes such measures are necessary for the greater good only one man allegedly he the true here number eight shishio makoto rurouni kenshin if you're strong you live and if you're weak you die appointed as Kenshin successor by the Meiji government shishio makoto assassinated anyone deemed to be a threat to the regime the entire reason he accepted the role is the manslayer and the shadows was to demonstrate his talents and make the higher ranking imperialists aware of his existence the swordsman was invaluable during the motion war but the government realized she showed knew too much and needed to be eliminated his body was scorched from head to toe but makoto shishio stayed alive since then he has become a demon of revenge burned alive by the samurais so-called allies she shows somehow managed to survive understandably upset by this turn of events shishio dedicated the next decade to plotting it the government's downfall it's finally time for us to take this country tomorrow at 11:59 we will commence the kyoto grand fire project and be on our path now in all fairness shishya was always ruthless sadistic and power-hungry even if the betrayal never occurred the villain might have still eventually tried to seize the throne power belongs to the strong it belongs to me alone taking over this country is my right by natural law number seven cube a paella magi madoka magica we never imagined there could be a world where each individual had their own set of emotions he had still managed to coexist with one another what is a magical girl anime without an adorable mascot as a deconstruction of the genre puella magi madoka magica submits expectations by villainizing the sentient plush toy who originally indulged the girls with magical powers as a way to fight witches I want you to make contracts with me and become magical girls belonging to an emotionless species known as the incubators cue Bay's true goal is to transform magical girls into witches as this produces a great deal of energy that can be harnessed to postpone the universe's destruction please don't misunderstand our intentions we don't do what we do because we Harbor ill-will towards the human race everything we've done is to prolong the life of the universe hubei is beyond detestable but the incubators are genuinely striving to protect everything so if you ever feel like dying for the sake of the universe call me I'll be waiting number six Shinobu since way yuu-yuu hakusho his universe was cut and dry black and white demons were evil so he had to destroy them and that's when he saw what changed him a former spirit detective chapter black sagas antagonist rigidly believed in one universal truth humans are innately good while demons are born evil you've come to me like countless before you with selfish and spiteful Souls and just like them you've been judged driven by this narrow worldview Shinobu sends way thoughtlessly slaughtered countless demons but this all changed when the Black Angel stumbled upon a ritual where humans pointlessly tortured demons for entertainments they're in that room since we fell into a rage and word every two minutes at feast unable to accept this revelation and overwhelmed by guilt jutted possibly killing numerous innocent demons sense ways mind shattered into various personalities as a means to cope he created the others to bear the brunt of that trauma and ever since he escaped from personality to personality searching for answers to the dilemmas that plagued his soul on the surface sense we wish to trigger the apocalypse but the villains true goal was to seek atonement by dying at the hands of a demon dying by demon I could then make penance for my sins number five Lord Janome gurren lagaan this world that I have created is the only path to ensure humanity's survival you and your friends have strayed from that path and I cannot allow that to continue for Humanity's sake stuck between a rock and neverending waves of powerful aliens seeking to eradicate humanity the spiral King decided to prioritize salvation above anything else ignorance is such a frightening thing you might believe yourselves to be fighting on the side of righteousness but I am the one who is truly protecting this world as long as the last few remaining colonies remained underground the anti spirals agreed to not completely wipe out humanity consequently no genome established a tyrannical army too slow to anyone who pierced through the surface think what you will of me but I was trying to preserve humanity as a species I did this by maintaining a bare minimum population underground during Gurren Lagann x' initial episodes the spiral King comes across as a power-hungry dictator desperate to subjugate any and all people by the end of the series Lord genome is regarded as a valuable ally in the war against the anti spirals let me join this fight though my body is temporary I would be honored number 4 Squealer from the new world morsel CUDA master white ducks goe Arbuckle or Dean or soldier we are cold Samaras SkyDome Oshima's this monster rat is the living embodiment of do not judge a book by its cover okay go our team us Inca taking place in a universe populated by a tiny portion of super-powered humans who outlasted everyone else from the new world boils down to a war between humans and suppressed creatures known as queer ATS that's the leader of the revolt Squealer talks about craving equality for all races but believes such a feat cannot be accomplished if humans allowed to live so Kokura - tightening on our toes is no quotidian I Jessica why they were even kodachi say homo - anxieties that occur with a Wanda no toe to toe at night the animes final episode reveals queer ads are actually ordinary humans whose DNA was forcibly mutated and Squealer wished to destroy a cruel regime built on lies number 3 Light Yagami death notes I don't know about that I mean from what you're telling me it sounds like I'm doing a lot more work than they are but I don't want to be compared to a gun absolute power corrupts absolutely and that is before a magical death granting book is added to the equation maybe I'm weak this is exactly what I've been thinking about lately this world is rotting and those who are making it rot deserve to die the son of a detective and loved by all Light Yagami sought to use the death notes power to forge a world free of crimes or injustice my plan is to create an ideal new world free from evil in all criminals and I intend to reign as a god in that world for a very long time initially the protagonist only writes down the names of people deemed to be evil butting aside whether such a decision should be left to a teenage boy lights utilitarian motives steadily subside in favor of ruthless self-preservation like Yagami farewell while light manages to significantly reduce the world's crime rate this outcome was achieved by instilling widespread fear rather than promoting a sense of justice exactly as planned number two the principality of zeon mobile suit gundam series oh sorry yup Timmy naka River well Cody Muslim despite regular comparisons to the Nazis this nation's initial goal was essentially the complete opposite of an oppressive regime [Music] succumbing to a heart attack seconds before announcing the autonomous Republic of Moon Zoe's liberation from the Earth Federation zeon zum deikun inadvertedly leaves the nation in the hands of degwin zabi who eventually announces the Principality of Zeon's independence and declares war on the Federation from the earth side free proclaimed itself the Principality of Zeon and launched a war of independence against the Earth Federation dagwon smiths may have been questionable but the dictators son was responsible for truly pushing Zeon into villainous territory seeking to destroy all the human life on earth to make room for the nation's so-called superior race Garin was even compared to Hitler by degwin yes a dictator completely out of touch with the rest of the world you seem to be following in his footsteps is that so number one scar Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood please accept them into your loving arms please grab these poor lost souls everlasting peace and salvation braving justice for a cruel Civil War that led to the slaughter of an entire nation the serial killers hatred is perfectly understandable foolish alchemists who turn their backs on the ways of God shall be punished identified by an egg-shaped facial wound scar sought retribution against state alchemists who were responsible for the vast majority of deaths during the ishbalan civil war while the villains efforts may have been driven by grief scar exterminated state alchemists without discrimination and the serial killer's actions hardly benefited the remaining issue and refugees but if anything this act of revenge has some grounds of justification for the issue Allen survivor do you agree with our pigs check out these other great clips from WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos [Music]

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Length: 14min 31sec (871 seconds)

Published: Sun Jan 13 2019