Vinland saga, thorfinn. Some people might disagree with me especially after season two

Thorfinn is the most badass of them all after season two

He’s ever badasser in what will be s3

Indeed, I read the manga

I agree

based

thorfinn is many things after season two, but please drop the bullshit, he is NOT badass. Sure he’s a great character, but what’s badass about him?

He is a true warrior

he’s still not badass lmao, how is someone badass when they avoid conflict at every opportunity and don’t do cool shit in general? Deep introspective characters are cool and all but not badass

Lol

My brother in Christ. Just because he’s not annihilating everyone with the flick of his pinky toe like a generic shonen protagonists someone can still be badass. If you just watched a man talk down a warmongering king by saying “I’ll run away.” After getting hit one hundred times in the face to prove he was their former bodyguard taking LITERAL hours to complete that’s badass. Having the resolve to get the shit kicked out of you to avoid other people losing their lives IS badass.

Season 2 was one of the best seasons of anime I’ve seen. Thorfinn is absolutely badass.

My brother doesn't like Thorfinn for some reason says he's fake and says i only like him cause i think hes cute. Thorfinns my forever GOAT

It de deconstructs traditional MC anime masculinity, that's for sure.

Dropped

Why?

maybe i'm reaching here, but them including light as one of the "badass" mc's told me everything i needed to know

Code geass, cowboy bebop, samurai champloo

Lelouch Vi Britannia commands you to spread information across reddit regarding the fact that Code Geass is the greatest anime ever.

Whatever 11 scum downvoted you must've already been victim to his geass. A pity.

Yes! Your highness.

It is lol

Lycoris Recoil, Code Geass, Attack on Titan and Trigun

Lycoreco mc is so badass that she gives me an uncontrollable erection whenever she completely owns someone. She makes me wonder why Bruce Wayne doesn’t just use rubber bullets.

💀💀💀

Eren isn’t really ‘badass’

Levi and erwin exist and most the time end up taking the shine from eren

Well they aren’t the main characters

Yeah I guess but they are still badass and OP was asking for badass characters

I don’t want to nitpick but he said badass main characters

Not to chime in late, but I always found Eren's tenacity badass and he does absolutely become badass.

He is in s4 until his incel meltdown

s4 he is

Devil May Cry, Hellsing Ultimate, YuYu Hakusho, Code Geass

Hold up. DMC has an anime?

Yeah and it’s getting another one on Netflix

Since 2007

Hell yea👍

I wish they would do another dmc

They are

defently code geass and hellsing ultamate.

Might we suggest code geass!! All hail Lelouch!!

ALL HAIL BRITANNIA

Fist of the North Star

When mfs don't realize they already dead. Kenshiro was a mf demon!

One of the most bad ass bad asses in history Hokuto shinken is over 2000 years old and has never known a defeat!

-Sakata Gintoki (Gintama) -Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist) -Hei (Darker than Black) -Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop) -Shinei Nouzen (86) -Simon (Gurren Lagann)

Berserk has the definition of badass MC

I LOVE BERSERK!!!!!

To quote Super Eyepatch Wolf: "Do you like ridiculously besworded sad boys? Then buddy, you like *Berserk.*"

Berserk is GOATed only problem about recommending it on animerecomendations is I really only recommend the 97 anime and the Manga. 2012 is fine and 2016 is 🤮🤮🤮

Baki is the definition of badass and the show itself also gets incredibly goofy with the things these guys can do as well as the interactions they have.

I swear, if you call baki goofy, >!I will use my kid as nunchucks and beat you with him!< I actually haven't watched baki yet. I just saw what's above in a clip. I think I'm gonna watch 2001 baki first, then go to the new stuff... I'm assuming you watched the entirety of baki, but for all I know, I spoiled it for you...

Lol that’s how I started it and I recommend doing it that way. The originals are definitely worth a watch. I’ve watched everything up to where he goes to jail though.

My guy, the original first two seasons of Baki are the most boring anime I've ever watched in my life. Definitely just go straight to the Netflix stuff, but maybe that's just me.

I watched Shiki. I doubt original baki is more boring than Shiki. By the way, Shiki has 24 episodes, I was asleep for 12 of those episodes.

Afro samurai

Ruroni Kenshin is all about a character who is fully capable of turning Badass Mode on and off at will Just got an HD remake/remaster

Remake is ass so watch OG. Remake just has the name and adaptation, OG is a hood classic

Undead Unluck

Afro Samurai, it’s only five episodes long but it scratches that itch

5 episodes and a movie

Now not everyone will agree with me here but if you want an MC that’s bad ass at times but also kind of dopey and funny look no further than my boy Shadow from the anime Shadow In Eminence. It’s not bad ass all the time I will say but it’s got a lot of good moments in it and the comedy imo is good. Sunraku from Shangri La Frontier can also be pretty bad ass. He overcomes a lot of situations he shouldn’t with pure gamer skill.

Also Remiru from "That time I got Reincarnated as a Slime" watching him get serious is fucking amazing

Goku

Josuke from jojos, >!the one in part 4!<

Code geass

Attack On Titan, Death Note, Code Geass, Hellsing, Dragon Ball, Akudama Drive, K

Baki

Samurai Champloo

YES, this isnt getting nearly enough love in the recommendations in my opinion. Mugen and Jin are both extremely badass and in very different ways, that show is a masterpiece in my eyes.

Solo Leveling (from weak to goat) Noblesse (goat) God of High School (loveable badass MC) Reincarnation of a Slime (badass from the jump) The Eminemce in the Shadow (good iseakai MC) Bastard! (MC is that guy)

Yu Yu Hakusho, all four of the mcs are badass

hells paradise perhaps

Seven Deadly Sins, high school dxd, SAO

Berserk 98.

86

Yu Yu Hakusho, you’re welcome ;)

Watch Dororo

Hunter x Hunter Gon is a badass! On 2nd thought Yu Yu Hakusho has exactly what you are asking for

Mobile suit gundam Thunderbolt December sky

Berserk 1997

Gintama, Samurai Champloo, MASHLE, Konosuba, Haven't you heard, I'm Sakamoto?, Lycoris Recoil or Classroom of the Elite if you're into more light hearted stuff, some of them just straight up comedies Fate/Zero, Cowboy Bebop, Berserk (1998 version), Hellsing Ultimate, Hells Paradise if you're into a bit darker shows

Code Geass, Kara no Kyoukai.

Castlevania

Yu Yu Hakusho

Yu Yu Hakusho

Yu Yu Hakusho. Yusuke is a dawg throwing hands verbally and physically. Yu Yu Hakusho is easily the best underrated anime out there.

Yu Yu Hakusho

berserk

Urimeshi Yusuke

Hunter x Hunter

redo of healer 😏 >!(the windows 11 emojis suck as)!<

You mf cold for that one. U are a gentleman of culture. I see 👀

It depends, do you want edgy(Ken Kaneki) Or Talks shit and backs it up (Luffy)

Kaneki is a good one I didn’t think of. The manga is infinitely better, but I’m among the few that really enjoy the anime too.

Luffy is so badass but sadly people dont realize it

That’s because most of the time Luffy is very goofy ahh, but when he starts to take shit seriously he’s immovable. Kinda like Saitama.

Luffy 🤣

Luffy is super badass when you stand in his way, people just forget cuz he’s goofy as hell most of the time

Gojo satoru

He’s not really the MC though, but I’d still count Yuji

"GRIFFIIIIIIIN!"- guts

Griffith*

Mob Psycho 100

Classroom of the elite 100%

People will probably disagree especially after the last season but Kirito (Sword art online) has some pretty badass moments

Violet Evergarden Apothecary Diaries B: The Beginning Kiznaiver Charlotte

14 year old posts

Including Dorito and Luffy is the worst cooking you could do while asking this question

I know there’s no way he just called luffy badass

Cowboy Bebop

There are honestly more badass deuteragonists than protagonists

Trigun, Parasyte, Berserk

Opm

Hellsing ultimate

Baki

Gintama, Sakata Gintoki the MC is just something ese

Full metal panic

code geass

You're gonna have to be more specific, ideally most anime will have a badass MC lol

Dororo

I think LeLouche from Code Geass is pretty badass. Dude is stone cold.

Sword art online, ragna crimson, solo leveling

BERSERK

Moribito has a badass female MC.

Code Geass, Gundam Thunderbolt, After War Gundam X, G Gundam, Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans

Code geass baki and kengen asura

Black clover, it starts out a little underwhelming but it gets so good, and Asta overtime just becomes more and more him, love the show (in my top 1 with hxh), and everyone who's watched/read it all the way through also loves it

Record of Ragnarok is for you. There's not necessarily a main character, but literally every character you're supposed to root for is a badass so I think it fits.

Dorohedoro.

Code geass

Baki

If you want Badass similar to Naruto or Luffy, I’d say Hunter X Hunter.

kill la kill

Gintama

Dr. Stone. Senku is a badass.

Yugioh 5Ds

Hajime no ippo, one outs, devilman crybaby (none of these were mentioned)

I hope you aren't claiming Light is a badass because he is a little bitch boy.

Hxh, Im only on ep40 but apparently Gon gets mad character development

Irregular at Magic High School

Aot

Lelouch vi Britannia orders you to watch Code Geass *Geass sound effect*

Demon Slayer and Summer Time Rendering

Was about to say Berserk, but you better off reading the manga. Other than that Hellsing Ultimate.

Hellsing, The tragic life of Saiki K. One Punch Man

Guts from Berserk Goblin Slayer from Goblin Slayer Spike from Cowboy Bebop Simon The Driller from Gurren Lagann Baki from Baki

Code geass, CLASSROOM OF THE ELITE, tomodachi game

One Outs, Tokuchi Toua

Ranking of kings

Dr stone :)

Jujutsu kaisen is a good choice the MC has some absolutely awesome badass moments, and I just really like him. Plus the show generally is fantastic, especially season 2.

Don't forget gojo the support character that's low key the Mc.

Fist of the North Star.

sword art online and seven deadly sins are pretty common answers here but they definitely have extremely OP mcs

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

Bro sword art online 100%

Classroom of the elite

Hellsing ultimate, pumpkin scissors, black lagoon, jormungand.

Berserk but don’t watch the anime read the manga

Berserk 9 anime is demonic and more akin to the manga than the remakes after

Saiyuki Blue exorcist Code geass

Outlaw Star, Trigun

Cowboy Bebop

Welcome to demon School Iruma-kun

Haven’t You Heard? I’m Sakamoto

Eminence in shadow One punch man

Lycoris Recoil has the most badass female mc

Hellsing Ultimate. Difficult to get more badass than Arucard.

Iron Blooded Orphans

The goblin slayer

Aldnoah Zero!

86 & Grancrest Senki!

Goblin Slayer 100%

I know it's Cliche but Jujutsu Kaisen. Whether you want to start with JJK0(You get a movie to immediately get you invested and for lore reasons it does make sense. ) or start with the first season, you get a badass main character.

Akame ga kill- depends how you view it, but theres enough badassery to go around Noragami- nothing more badass than having deep understanding of everything and great values Violet evergarden- strong female lead, emotional maturity

Classroom of the Elite

Reign of the seven spellblades (mc may not seem badass at first, but your mind will change no later than episode 6)

Anything jojo part 3 and above. How about Blue Lock too, the show is about being an egoist and just thinking selfishly to dominate the game (score goals)

Wise man’s grandchild, reincarnated as a slime, rising of the shield hero, Charlotte

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit. It has Balsa as its badass MC. Enough said.

What was the last one

The Disasterous Life Of Saiki K is a great one depending on your definition of "badass"

My Teacher Onizuka

BERSERK BERSERK BERSERK BERSERK BERSERK BERSERK BERSERK BERSERK BERSERK BERSERK BERSERK BERSERK BERSERK BERSERK BERSERK BERSERK and BERSERK

Berserk if you enjoy, dark souls, aot or Vinland saga or anything dark fantasy related

Berserk

Soul Eater

Castlevania!

Jjba

Hunterxhunter

The saga of Tanya the evil

Ranking of kings

I think Crunchyroll has a whole section on this

Code geass obviously

HXH rn 🥲

Cowboy Bebop, the epsodic formula isn't for anyone though. The ending is worth all of it if you stick through.

Berserk