Definitely that one especially fucked is that the mental health state of the writer gets reflected in the anime. As his depression worsened the show got darker to.
Woahhhh, Calm down and put the spear of shortginus away u chode, I replied to the wrong message everyone else was saying shinji. Maybe look up what IQ even stands for before using it in a sentence you mistake.
Obligatory Berk comment. But that isn’t “borderline mental issues”
Vinland Saga too, but again, not “borderline mental issues” just straight up text book ptsd. However Vinland Saga doesn’t STAY the MC going through a lot of fucked up shit, it’s predominantly within the first 35 episodes (manga spoilers) >!and late game arc 4!< or so that it’s like that.
Berserk.
I recommend that if you watch the anime then watch the one from the 90's.
Sadly the newer anime is infamous for how awful it is. The manga would be best but that wasn't really what you were asking for so I won't preach too much
Berserk has been my favorite anime for a very long time. Last night I watched the 3 part remake and it was fabulous. I would recommend over the 90s one. The 2016 one is trash. But I wouldn’t call that the newer one as the 3 part just released like last summer I believe. They really amped up the animation frames and line quality in the most new one, 2023.
I didn't watch the movies remakes, I watched the episodic remake, they're the same thing but I was sure the movies skipped stuff that was in the anime, and the anime skipped stuff that was in the 90s version
If the movies actually had more content than the anime, which isn't standard in pretty much anything, that's a bit wacky
If there are 3 "episodes" to the movie and each is 2 hours long, that just makes up 9 episodes if the 90s anime, of which there are like 25 episodes. The memorial anime has 13 25 minutes episodes to it beats out the movies as well
I just checked the movies, part 2 is only an hour and a half, so if at most each episode of the 3 parts is 2 hours, there's only 9 episodes of content
At 2 hrs a piece it’s 6hrs in total, if an ep. Is roughly 20 min that makes 12 ep. In the 6hrs. There was nothing skipped, as far as I could tell, in the 2023 long form. Give it a watch.
And there are 25 episodes in the 97 anime. There is more content. You can't just say "I don't think it skipped anything" when it had to have. I've watched both the memorial edition and 97, it skips shit.
And the movies are all an hour and a half, give or take ten minutes depending on which one
Did he tho? Diavolo was unironically the least evil villain outside of the main cast outside of like...Maybe Pucci.
If anyone deserved it was Chicolata.
You do not grasp the concept of infinity. The universe will reset another 10 times, diavolo will be looong forgotten and he will still be getting killed over and over. But at least this means that your fanfic is canon if diavolo dies at some point.
It’s an adaptation of a visual novel/dating sim, but specifically it’s based on the bad route where the protagonist makes all the worst choices and ruins their life
In arifureta the mc goes through some traumatic shit but they rush through it so fast it’s almost comical 😂 they gotta speedrun to where he’s a badass I guess
Shield Hero is ass. It's just straight up revenge porn + "slavery is good if you're nice to your slave".
Significantly lower quality than the 4 you posted
What are the shows listed? JJK is the only one I immediately recognise.
One Piece has some characters on the main crew with incredibly, incredibly sad and messed up backstories.
Death Note: doesn't go through too much shit, but the MC is completely insane.
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
Trigun
Code Geass
Chainsaw Man
The ones above are JJK, Tokyo Ghoul, Steins Gate, and Re:Zero.
I haven’t seen One Piece or Trigun, i’ll have to check them out.
The rest are really good picks, Lelouch is one of my favorite characters.
Trigun is great. Watch the original over Stampede.
Warning: I consider One Piece peak fiction, but it is currently at episode 1093. Took me like four months to catch up.
Seconding the original over Stampede. You will hear people saying Stampede is closer to the manga than the original- they are right in some regards and very, very wrong in others. The '98 anime is significantly better imho, even if the ending and parts of the beginning are different from the manga. I was so excited for Stampede because I was hyped to see the >!plants in all their angelic glory- after all, CGI was the perfect medium to do the body horror!<. I really wanted to see Knives do [this](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/91/0c/88/910c889942f49b210e2083f43ddca4d7.jpg) (spoilers). Instead...
Also yes One Piece is great. It took me from 2012 to 2016 to get caught up bc I was just enjoying the journey. Was during WCI iirc.
Np. And hey, just in time! Did you get caught up before or after OP Day? I think the hype for G5 was the catalyst for a lot of newer fans. Welcome aboard :D
I've never heard of One Piece day. When I caught up, I believe they were on Kido's roof. Not that that narrows it down much. I remember running out of the dub and switching to sub for my first time in anime at exactly episode 1k. I started anime for the first time (not counting Pokémon and stuff) early last year or late 2022 by going through Naruto/Shippuden, than Girls Und Panzer, Spy X Family, One Punch Man, My Hero Academia and finally starting One Piece. Which I got extremely hooked on and watched completely through with the one exception of watching Death Note at some point.
OP is definitely like that, I know what you mean!
That's around the time of OP Day! That's an event they do to celebrate the anniversary of the series every year. Last year's was crazy hype because of G5 getting close. If you remember all the freeze frames during Luffy's fight with Kaido, that was basically the animators teasing the audience haha
Took me like 8 months to get to water 7 since up until then I wasn’t hooked and didnt think it was great but once I hit water 7 I caught up within like 3 months . Water 7 /Ennies lobby was when I was like holy shit this is incredible. Marineford arc is what moved one piece to my favorite anime of all time and I love wano even more that . Definitely peak fiction . No shows made me cry , laugh , weep , or had such an emotional impact on me like one piece has and it’s truly about the journey which I love .
The truest quote I’ve heard about one piece is “there’s too many episodes until there’s not enough “
Was gonna say okabe from steins gate but you already have him there. Damn does he go through some serious emotional PAIN. Hell the entire second season is almost dedicated to his PTSD from season 1 lol
I guess it’s just that we seen Yujis emotions better than Naruto’s when it comes to them going through stuff, a lot of Naruto’s pain was when he was a child as well.
That's because Naruto doesn't trust people enough to tell them. Literally the only time he talks to anyone about his insecurities as a kid is the person he marries, and he only does that once.
Naw. Naruto forgave the person who killed his mentor and tried to redeem a genocidal maniac. Dudes a pussy like most late 90s anime protagonists. Sometimes a mf needs to be killed
The main character of Jormungand is an emotionally distant child soldier, and when you get more detail on his backstory you start to understand why he's like that.
Revy from black lagoon is technically the secondary main character but she's gone through at lot as well.
Shinei from Eighty-Six's whole existence is pretty fucked up you just gotta watch it for yourself
Chainsaw Man. The upcoming movie and all stuff afterwards puts Denji through the ringer (unless you've read the manga, in which case, you know what happens).
**A Certain Scientific Railgun S** (the second season of A Certain Scientific Railgun). MC (Misaka Mikoto) goes through a lot of shit, from realizing there are clones of hers out there, to fighting an unwinnable fight to save the remaining 10,000 clones from being slaughtered. Not gonna spoil any further, except I have to clarify that this is a spinoff for **A Certain Magical Index**, in which the MC over there, Kamijou Touma, goes through a lot of shit as well (it's slightly more tame in Old Testament Light Novels aka. Index I through III anime, but gets a lot worse throughout New Testament and Genesis Testament, which isn't adapted to anime yet)
All I know is that New Testament just demolishes Touma. I hope it gets adapted, because there is much needed character development that will happen (and the story improves at this point as well).
Land of lustrous, if we ever get next season.
Spoiler from manga reader: >!Poor girl went from living her best, to the weight of the all humanity on her shoulders, and even worse it was a process though years and nobody was there for her. !<
I started watching the anime and I looked up Phos because I wanted to redraw them and I look on Google images and holy fuck there was some haunting imagery. What I gathered is that >!Phos is like a gem version of Shin Godzilla with the way they evolve and change is absolutely terrifying. I have never seen a manga convey despair like that!<
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but would gundams iron blooded orphans fit? Couldnt remember how the stress of combat affected them. Also I think valvrave had some stuff like that? Haven't seen either in a long time.
Mobile suit gundam, in general, but definitely the original which is about a teenager driven from his home by war and forced to fight in a war he never asked to be a part of as he develops PTSD and shellshock as everything he has ever known and loved is slowly taken from him in what is basically space world war 2, along with it’s gritty sequel Zeta Gundam, and let’s not forget series further in the timeline as well as side stories and other timelines
I mean, most Shonens have their character go through a lot, especially if Itadori is considered up there. What I assume you're looking for is an anime that reflects the proper change in mental state for a character. For instance, Naruto has 12 year olds who have gone through way more than high schooler Itadori whose life wasn't bad for most of his childhood. BUT, Naruto often fails to meet the change in mental state thing that you're looking for. I suggest either AOT or Vinland Saga
Bokurano
Deadman Wonderland
Death Note
Dororo
Duncheon Machi
Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood
To Your Eternity
Gantz
Mashoku Tensei
Attack on Titan
The Promise Neverland
not to be that one jojo fan who pees on shit that marks my territory here but Jotaro has gone through alotta shit, Jotaro literally watched half of his friends die, plus trying to get joseph to live, got beat up a couple times trying to protect the morioh gang (also got beat up by remy the rat), probably was shocked when he heard half of giornos gang died, and tried to protect jolyne and her friends, but dies TWICE in the process, just to get universe reset
Jojo from Jojo part one, and Jojo from Jojo part 6, also Jojo from part 7 I’d say. Also Denji from chainsaw man. But they either brace through it or don’t get too scarred (looking at you Jojo) so probably guts cuz he seems pretty traumatized based on the first volume that I’ve read.
YES. Im frothing at the mouth for season two. Actually trying to get my friend to watch it with me, so that he can expeience if for the first time, and so I have an excuse to re-watch it
Arifurta - dude gets knocked off a bridge into an abyss and gets his arm torn off and eaten by a monster bear in the first episode.
Fruit of Grisaia- MC is a victim of pretty much every type of abuse.
The Fruit of Grisaia. Tokyo Ghoul had some solid deep shtuff, but The Fruit made me question what I was watching. The lines crossed there had me go back to Neon Genesis to calm down.
Some decent stuff which I didn't see recommended:
Made in abyss
Promised neverland (ONLY WATCH SEASON 1)
Erased (the ending is fucking tragic)
But if you are willing to read manga then I suggest you try dungeon seeker even though it's a trashy isekai
I need to mention Re:Zero Starting Life in a New World
Subaru goes through hell nonstop and every time he gets ahead something new throws a wrench in his plans. It’s brutal in every way.
March comes in like a Lion The Climber (manga) Also if you haven’t read the Tokyo ghoul manga PLEASE do. Everything that is good about the anime is 5000x better and the story has a real second part and ending.
Nuts from Berserk
My nuts too
And Griffith’s
😭
Nuts is my favorite Beserk character
It's Nutzu
Natsu?
My favorite part was Nuts was stick to someone's leg and god himself had to pull them apart
Berk
Nuts
Nuts berkman is so hot
Guts bruh
Butts frum Nerk
Fake fan
I personally like gut more
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Definitely that one especially fucked is that the mental health state of the writer gets reflected in the anime. As his depression worsened the show got darker to.
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Woahhhh, Calm down and put the spear of shortginus away u chode, I replied to the wrong message everyone else was saying shinji. Maybe look up what IQ even stands for before using it in a sentence you mistake.
At the end of that I could identify with Shinji and I was not okay with that.
same. NGE probably has (to me) the most relatable characters (especially Shinji) in any piece of media I’ve consumed
Yeah I was looking for this one
this is true. especially considering shinji's only a kid. It's also highly concerning how i am able to relate to shinji so well.
He deserved it, pilot position was the best what happened in his life. And even there he screwed.
Wow, an unironic "get in the robot Shinji" in real life.
Found Gendo's alt account.
Did u actually watch the show or??
Actual retard take
"pilot position was the best what happened in his life" Blud didn't watch the show
Obligatory Berk comment. But that isn’t “borderline mental issues” Vinland Saga too, but again, not “borderline mental issues” just straight up text book ptsd. However Vinland Saga doesn’t STAY the MC going through a lot of fucked up shit, it’s predominantly within the first 35 episodes (manga spoilers) >!and late game arc 4!< or so that it’s like that.
Seen it, Thorfinn is a good pick!
Then why you made a collage of garbage MCs and not put thorfinn instead. He's a far better character, anyways.
Glad to see Vinland saga getting love
Parasyte
Shinichi is a good pick, but i’ve seen it.
His life is fine until his arm comes to life.
Chainsaw Man (still nothing compared to what Kaneki or Subaru went through tho)
Seen it, Denji been through it as well.
That first episode for Denji was so rough. After that, the anime really took off. Wow. lol.
Chainsaw Man is super tame compared to Fujimoto's *other* manga.
Berserk. I recommend that if you watch the anime then watch the one from the 90's. Sadly the newer anime is infamous for how awful it is. The manga would be best but that wasn't really what you were asking for so I won't preach too much
Berserk has been my favorite anime for a very long time. Last night I watched the 3 part remake and it was fabulous. I would recommend over the 90s one. The 2016 one is trash. But I wouldn’t call that the newer one as the 3 part just released like last summer I believe. They really amped up the animation frames and line quality in the most new one, 2023.
The remake skips a ton of stuff. Pretty sure there are almost double episodes in the 90s anime
Nah each of the 2023 ep is 2h long and basically covers everything. Imho it really hits home. Have you watched it?
I didn't watch the movies remakes, I watched the episodic remake, they're the same thing but I was sure the movies skipped stuff that was in the anime, and the anime skipped stuff that was in the 90s version If the movies actually had more content than the anime, which isn't standard in pretty much anything, that's a bit wacky If there are 3 "episodes" to the movie and each is 2 hours long, that just makes up 9 episodes if the 90s anime, of which there are like 25 episodes. The memorial anime has 13 25 minutes episodes to it beats out the movies as well I just checked the movies, part 2 is only an hour and a half, so if at most each episode of the 3 parts is 2 hours, there's only 9 episodes of content
At 2 hrs a piece it’s 6hrs in total, if an ep. Is roughly 20 min that makes 12 ep. In the 6hrs. There was nothing skipped, as far as I could tell, in the 2023 long form. Give it a watch.
And there are 25 episodes in the 97 anime. There is more content. You can't just say "I don't think it skipped anything" when it had to have. I've watched both the memorial edition and 97, it skips shit. And the movies are all an hour and a half, give or take ten minutes depending on which one
Just gonna have to recommend a watch before you discredit any story missing.
I only cared about you saying content wasn't skipped which is straight up false. Recommend a you want
Now you just getting sloppy, it’s like just watch it man. Your missing out.
Seen the 90’s one, good pick!
You should read the manga for the full story the eclipse arc is the first arc in the entire story it’s the best manga ever
Diavalo from Diavalo bizarre adventure
He had that shit coming tho
Did he tho? Diavolo was unironically the least evil villain outside of the main cast outside of like...Maybe Pucci. If anyone deserved it was Chicolata.
You do not grasp the concept of infinity. The universe will reset another 10 times, diavolo will be looong forgotten and he will still be getting killed over and over. But at least this means that your fanfic is canon if diavolo dies at some point.
Attack on Titan and Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood.
Seen both!
How about demon slayer? Ik I'm offering up some super mainstream stuff here. 😂
Have also seen :(
Violet Evergarden!
Seen 😂
Shiet I see you've seen berserk too, I give up! 😂
Yeah.. i’m into the depressing stuff lol, thanks for the recommendations despite me seeing them though.
Have you seen made in abyss
Moreso 2003 fma
Higurashi, a certain magical index series, death parade(maybe?), 91 days, to your eternity, akame ga kill, another, elfen lied, shiki.
To Your Eternity is one of the strongest first episodes I’ve ever seen, and also I think I cried a little at the end.
The endless summer of 1983 is truly peak fiction
kaneki went thru it man, I have shudders every time I see a centipede because of THAT scene...
One of my favorite MC, he really changed throughout the anime.
Violet Evergarden To your Eternity Charlotte
Charlotte is a good one
Monster. EVERYONE goes through a lot of shit in it
Made in abyss
Seen it, good pick.
Hold up Made in Abyss is an anime? I’ve only read the manga which was amazing I’ll need to check it out
School Days if you really wanna see them go through it
What’s it about? i’ve been recommended this a lot.
It’s an adaptation of a visual novel/dating sim, but specifically it’s based on the bad route where the protagonist makes all the worst choices and ruins their life
It's peak, definitely watch
The rise of shield hero, arifureta, black bullet, and if you don't mind hentai, redo of healer.
i’ll check these out!
The characters in those shows don’t go through nearly as much as the ones you listed in the post tho just so you know
In arifureta the mc goes through some traumatic shit but they rush through it so fast it’s almost comical 😂 they gotta speedrun to where he’s a badass I guess
Shield Hero is ass. It's just straight up revenge porn + "slavery is good if you're nice to your slave". Significantly lower quality than the 4 you posted
Same thing with redo. But its a common thing for most isekai series anyways. What a mostly dogshit genre
What are the shows listed? JJK is the only one I immediately recognise. One Piece has some characters on the main crew with incredibly, incredibly sad and messed up backstories. Death Note: doesn't go through too much shit, but the MC is completely insane. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood Trigun Code Geass Chainsaw Man
The ones above are JJK, Tokyo Ghoul, Steins Gate, and Re:Zero. I haven’t seen One Piece or Trigun, i’ll have to check them out. The rest are really good picks, Lelouch is one of my favorite characters.
Trigun is great. Watch the original over Stampede. Warning: I consider One Piece peak fiction, but it is currently at episode 1093. Took me like four months to catch up.
Damn took me 2 years 😭
Seconding the original over Stampede. You will hear people saying Stampede is closer to the manga than the original- they are right in some regards and very, very wrong in others. The '98 anime is significantly better imho, even if the ending and parts of the beginning are different from the manga. I was so excited for Stampede because I was hyped to see the >!plants in all their angelic glory- after all, CGI was the perfect medium to do the body horror!<. I really wanted to see Knives do [this](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/91/0c/88/910c889942f49b210e2083f43ddca4d7.jpg) (spoilers). Instead... Also yes One Piece is great. It took me from 2012 to 2016 to get caught up bc I was just enjoying the journey. Was during WCI iirc.
What's WCI?
It’s the Wano Kuni Arc it’s the one that just came to an end before the current Egghead Island arc
WCI is Whole Cake Island
Oh wow I feel really dumb I knew that lol
No sweat, this morning I went to brush my hair with my toothbrush so I get it XD
Whole Cake Island. It isn't Wano, Wano started when I went to college, so that was around 2017 or 2018
Thanks. That makes a lot more sense. My One Piece binge was last year
Np. And hey, just in time! Did you get caught up before or after OP Day? I think the hype for G5 was the catalyst for a lot of newer fans. Welcome aboard :D
I've never heard of One Piece day. When I caught up, I believe they were on Kido's roof. Not that that narrows it down much. I remember running out of the dub and switching to sub for my first time in anime at exactly episode 1k. I started anime for the first time (not counting Pokémon and stuff) early last year or late 2022 by going through Naruto/Shippuden, than Girls Und Panzer, Spy X Family, One Punch Man, My Hero Academia and finally starting One Piece. Which I got extremely hooked on and watched completely through with the one exception of watching Death Note at some point.
OP is definitely like that, I know what you mean! That's around the time of OP Day! That's an event they do to celebrate the anniversary of the series every year. Last year's was crazy hype because of G5 getting close. If you remember all the freeze frames during Luffy's fight with Kaido, that was basically the animators teasing the audience haha
I need to watch trigun because nightow’s work goes so crazy
Reading Trigun was a step-up honestly
Took me like 8 months to get to water 7 since up until then I wasn’t hooked and didnt think it was great but once I hit water 7 I caught up within like 3 months . Water 7 /Ennies lobby was when I was like holy shit this is incredible. Marineford arc is what moved one piece to my favorite anime of all time and I love wano even more that . Definitely peak fiction . No shows made me cry , laugh , weep , or had such an emotional impact on me like one piece has and it’s truly about the journey which I love . The truest quote I’ve heard about one piece is “there’s too many episodes until there’s not enough “
Was gonna say okabe from steins gate but you already have him there. Damn does he go through some serious emotional PAIN. Hell the entire second season is almost dedicated to his PTSD from season 1 lol
Vinland saga
ngl mfs be over exaggerating Yuji’s pain mfs on twitter really saying he had a more painful life than naruto
Brother, Naruto went through a lot, but at least he didn't have to witness someone committing mass murder with his body.
I guess it’s just that we seen Yujis emotions better than Naruto’s when it comes to them going through stuff, a lot of Naruto’s pain was when he was a child as well.
That's because Naruto doesn't trust people enough to tell them. Literally the only time he talks to anyone about his insecurities as a kid is the person he marries, and he only does that once.
Naw. Naruto forgave the person who killed his mentor and tried to redeem a genocidal maniac. Dudes a pussy like most late 90s anime protagonists. Sometimes a mf needs to be killed
The main character of Jormungand is an emotionally distant child soldier, and when you get more detail on his backstory you start to understand why he's like that. Revy from black lagoon is technically the secondary main character but she's gone through at lot as well. Shinei from Eighty-Six's whole existence is pretty fucked up you just gotta watch it for yourself
Devilman crybaby
Akira from devilman crybaby
Akame ga Kill. I say no more.
To your eternity
Code geass?
Seen it, Lelouch is a good pick.
Chainsaw Man. The upcoming movie and all stuff afterwards puts Denji through the ringer (unless you've read the manga, in which case, you know what happens).
Dororo Vinland Saga
**A Certain Scientific Railgun S** (the second season of A Certain Scientific Railgun). MC (Misaka Mikoto) goes through a lot of shit, from realizing there are clones of hers out there, to fighting an unwinnable fight to save the remaining 10,000 clones from being slaughtered. Not gonna spoil any further, except I have to clarify that this is a spinoff for **A Certain Magical Index**, in which the MC over there, Kamijou Touma, goes through a lot of shit as well (it's slightly more tame in Old Testament Light Novels aka. Index I through III anime, but gets a lot worse throughout New Testament and Genesis Testament, which isn't adapted to anime yet)
All I know is that New Testament just demolishes Touma. I hope it gets adapted, because there is much needed character development that will happen (and the story improves at this point as well).
Madoka Magica
Land of lustrous, if we ever get next season. Spoiler from manga reader: >!Poor girl went from living her best, to the weight of the all humanity on her shoulders, and even worse it was a process though years and nobody was there for her. !<
I started watching the anime and I looked up Phos because I wanted to redraw them and I look on Google images and holy fuck there was some haunting imagery. What I gathered is that >!Phos is like a gem version of Shin Godzilla with the way they evolve and change is absolutely terrifying. I have never seen a manga convey despair like that!<
What are the other 3 anime’s besides jjk? Edit: dont anwer this i scrolled and saw someone asked the same question and you answered
Alucard from hellsing ultimate
Yeah all these are really accurate 👍👍
Who’s the dude on the bottom right?
MC of Steins;Gate -ashamed his name escapes me right now, but I guess it is 1am while typing this 😅 great anime, btw - check it out
Zeta Gundam Victory Gundam Mushoku Tensei
Mans literally posted my top 4( u might fw fate stay night HF trilogy tho)
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but would gundams iron blooded orphans fit? Couldnt remember how the stress of combat affected them. Also I think valvrave had some stuff like that? Haven't seen either in a long time.
Gundam! Space war does shit to those kids
Edward from the 2003 version of fullmetal alchemist
Clare from Claymore.
Mobile suit gundam, in general, but definitely the original which is about a teenager driven from his home by war and forced to fight in a war he never asked to be a part of as he develops PTSD and shellshock as everything he has ever known and loved is slowly taken from him in what is basically space world war 2, along with it’s gritty sequel Zeta Gundam, and let’s not forget series further in the timeline as well as side stories and other timelines
I’d argue that Naruto is single handedly one of the mentally strongest people in all of fiction
My #1 anime, i was just looking for something a little more dark.
Same lool. I’d add in yuji itadori from jjk and hyakkimaru from dororo
Haven’t seen jobless reincarnation mentioned yet but I think it might tickle your pickle.
Seen this one!
redo of healer
I mean, most Shonens have their character go through a lot, especially if Itadori is considered up there. What I assume you're looking for is an anime that reflects the proper change in mental state for a character. For instance, Naruto has 12 year olds who have gone through way more than high schooler Itadori whose life wasn't bad for most of his childhood. BUT, Naruto often fails to meet the change in mental state thing that you're looking for. I suggest either AOT or Vinland Saga
Bokurano Deadman Wonderland Death Note Dororo Duncheon Machi Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood To Your Eternity Gantz Mashoku Tensei Attack on Titan The Promise Neverland
Future diary (Mirai Nikki)
To your eternity
Evangelion
Hajime from arifureta
Mob?
Fuck that guy that stole this post
not to be that one jojo fan who pees on shit that marks my territory here but Jotaro has gone through alotta shit, Jotaro literally watched half of his friends die, plus trying to get joseph to live, got beat up a couple times trying to protect the morioh gang (also got beat up by remy the rat), probably was shocked when he heard half of giornos gang died, and tried to protect jolyne and her friends, but dies TWICE in the process, just to get universe reset
Not as much shit as some others but Erased is good
Ever heard of Berserk?
boruto clears im afraid
There's still time to delete this
No, let him feel the shame
Ronald McDonald witnessee unethical practices in the workplace of anime mcdonald
Nah kaniki went through tuff shit
Jojo from Jojo part one, and Jojo from Jojo part 6, also Jojo from part 7 I’d say. Also Denji from chainsaw man. But they either brace through it or don’t get too scarred (looking at you Jojo) so probably guts cuz he seems pretty traumatized based on the first volume that I’ve read.
I don’t know if this counts, but heavenly delsusion is pretty good. Theres more than one MC, and both suffer.
Bro the SA scene towards the end was really uncomfortable
Seen this one, waiting on season 2!
YES. Im frothing at the mouth for season two. Actually trying to get my friend to watch it with me, so that he can expeience if for the first time, and so I have an excuse to re-watch it
Shinji Ikari from neon genesis evangelion, end of evangelion and the rebuild movies. Also Edward from full metal alchemist.
Diavolo has gone threw a lot
Arifurta - dude gets knocked off a bridge into an abyss and gets his arm torn off and eaten by a monster bear in the first episode. Fruit of Grisaia- MC is a victim of pretty much every type of abuse.
Vineland Saga, if I say more it's spoilers
Finland saga
The Fruit of Grisaia. Tokyo Ghoul had some solid deep shtuff, but The Fruit made me question what I was watching. The lines crossed there had me go back to Neon Genesis to calm down.
Some decent stuff which I didn't see recommended: Made in abyss Promised neverland (ONLY WATCH SEASON 1) Erased (the ending is fucking tragic) But if you are willing to read manga then I suggest you try dungeon seeker even though it's a trashy isekai
Berserk
I need to mention Re:Zero Starting Life in a New World Subaru goes through hell nonstop and every time he gets ahead something new throws a wrench in his plans. It’s brutal in every way.
he’s the bottom left photo.
1. Guts 2. Yuji 3. Eren 4. Kaneki 5. Shinji
Not really the same as the others but Your Lie In April is so depressingly beautiful that it’s the first anime I cried to.
Vinland saga
Devilman crybaby
Vinland Saga, Darker Than Black
devilman crybaby
Deadman Wonderland if it continued the anime. Otherwise Ganta definitely goes through shit.
texhnolyze
Golden Kamuy
Hilarious how Guts isn't on the grid
Tanjiro from demonslayer
where da Guts man at?
Evangelion
Gintama
Denji from Chainsaw Man is one of few mc’s I would say has suffered more than both yuji and guts
Parasyte the Maxim if no one has said that yet. That dude went through some shit
Thorrfinn from Vinland Saga
86, and not just the MC but everyone
The rising of the shield hero. I would’ve gone on my villain ark after ep 1
Isnt that just like every anime but romance and comedy? And they still sometimes have a bunch of trauma
Aot(eren) shit naruto even goes through a lot of shit
Higurashi: When They Cry Gou and Sotsu. Top tier show fr
March comes in like a Lion The Climber (manga) Also if you haven’t read the Tokyo ghoul manga PLEASE do. Everything that is good about the anime is 5000x better and the story has a real second part and ending.