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* [[World of Badass|Most of the cast]] from ''[[Rokudenashi Blues]]'', but particularly Maeda.

* ''[[Gao Gai Gar|GaoGaiGar]]'' is rife with these sorts of characters, from [[Hot Blooded|Guy Shishio]] to the numerous giant robots in the Brave Robo Corps to [[Tagalong Kid]]-[[Took a Level In Badass|turned]]-[[Kid Hero]] Mamoru. But by far the most badass of the lot is [[The Rival|Soldato-J]], who does most of the same stuff Guy does (as well as [[Dynamic Entry|riding missiles through walls]]) and makes it look ''easy'' with his [[The Stoic|cool and utterly unflappable attitude]]. [[Ineffectual Loner|There's nothing ineffectual]] [[Averted Trope|about this loner]].

* The ''Mazinger trilogy'' is a [[World of Badass]]:

** ''[[Mazinger Z (Anime)|Mazinger Z]]'': Kouji Kabuto, [[Ur Example]] of [[Hot Blooded]] [[The Hero]], pilots a [[Humongous Mecha]] and is capable of taking a troop of armored soldiers with his bare fists. Sayaka was one of the first [[Action Girl|Action Girls]] in anime. Even some characters like [[The Mentor|Prof. Yumi]] or [[Butt Monkey|Boss]] have their moments. And many of the villains also count. Especially Gorgon. Or Pygman (who fought [[Humongous Mecha]] on his own).

* ''[[D Gray Man]]''

** Cross Marian. While Allen and Lavi are {{spoiler|struggling just to keep Tyki away from Lenalee and Chaozii, Marshall Cross swoops in and saves their sorry asses by simply ''shooting'' Tyki a few times with Judgement.}}

** The [[Light Novels]] add more examples, like Luck Gandor, who stabbed a guy in the throat with his ''own severed arm''.

* Kakashi, Gaara and Neji of ''[[Naruto]]'' In fact, most of the cast would qualify as badasses, simply because they're ''[[Ninja]]''.

** My personal favorite example of non-Ranma badassery is when Ranma's been depowered, and being assaulted by all his rivals, save one. Ryouga. Ryouga then proceeds to parry all the weapons they're using against Ranma, and send ALL the other rivals flying off into the distance. With only one swipe of his umbrella. All because he couldn't stand his former greatest foe being reduced to "A shadow of your former self" as he calls it. Unfortunately, its ruined when he sends Ranma flying as well in his grief.

* Guts from ''[[Berserk]]'' is an example (I don't think that it's possible for a character named "Guts" to not be badass). The [[Magnetic Plot Device|Brand of Sacrifice]] on the back of his neck acts as a beacon for [[The Legions of Hell]]. He's had it for two years and counting, and he's still alive. And despite losing an eye and having to have his left arm replaced with a mechanical one after having to ''cut off the original himself'' (and that's not even counting his ''ridiculous'' number of scars), he's not going to lay down and die anytime soon. The man's nickname is "The Hundred-Man Slayer", and he earned it honestly.

* Domon Kasshu and Master Asia from ''[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Anime)|G Gundam]]'' - they can defeat giant mechas with their bare hands (or sash/bandana), but they reach true badass levels when they have to escape a tunnel that is covered by a a small skyscraper, they summon all their strength and just kick the building out of the way.

* Prospective ''[[Getter Robo]]'' pilots need to prove their badassitude before being allowed anywhere near the titular mecha (unless they hijack it, which is in itself proof of their badassery). This typically involves being attacked by mafia assassins, cyborgs, oni or dinosaurs while completely unarmed, or in [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Gou's case]], a humongous mecha when all he has is an assault rifle. Then once they've proved themselves, the ''real'' action begins.

* Maki from ''[[Airmaster (Manga)|Airmaster]]'' - built like a brick outhouse, able to defeat 90% of the series' antagonists, capable of learning from all of them so she can beat the other 10%, and [[Huge Schoolgirl|female]]. Don't try to bring up her [[Parental Abandonment|past]] in front of her friends, though. You'll be pulverized.

* ''[[Akagi]]''. Breaks minds ''and'' bones with ease. Just don't fuck with him. It's even said that you should not look him in the eye if you're in a group of less than five people.

** That said, the scene in the "El Baile De La Muerte" arc of the manga where Roberta {{spoiler|stops one of Shenhua's blades with her ''teeth'', and then ''bites right through it'',}} deserves to be on this page.

** Jotaro Kujo, (young) Joseph Joestar, and the whole Joestar family. Jotaro is the most memorable example, who often beat his opponents with his brains more often than his fists (although he does enjoy enjoy wailing on the enemy any chance he gets).

*** ''Per fight''

* The Major from ''[[Ghost in The Shell]]'', also an example of a [[Action Girl|female badass]].

* Bean Bandit, in both ''[[Riding Bean]]'' and ''[[Gunsmith Cats]]''.

* Too many characters from ''[[Inuyasha]]''. It is almost impossible to not be impressed by some of the characters' exploits in the story, such as Sesshomaru not flinching from having his arm ripped off, Naraku eating Moryoumaru out from the inside out (along with... everything Naraku does), Sango ''digging herself out of her own grave'', Kagura slaying entire army of demon wolves with a couple blades, Inuyasha defeating the foe his father died fighting, Inuyasha being able to completely break the state of full-demon he became from losing Tessaiga and much more for every character.

* Gen Shishio of ''[[Kekkaishi]]''.

** Kaguro from the same series counts as well.

* Akasaka is ''the'' badass in ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni]]'', even if he sure took his sweet time to [[Took a Level In Badass|level up]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JLmljaQPlE Just watch].

** Just to set the record straight, the people Akasaka beats up are a group of {{spoiler|highly trained counter-intelligence mercenaries}}. Akasaka is ''that'' tough.

** Greed is a piece of pure Badass, and [[Badass Grandpa|Bradley]], whose seven-swords technique oozes Impossible Manga Feats. {{spoiler|They owe a lot of this to Father}}. Kimblee is one badass psychopath. Lin/Ling and Ran Fan/Lan Fan got trained since childhood to be kick-ass fighters. Sig/Sigu is Izumi's counterpart, the one and only man who can survive being her husband (they routinely throw knives at each other casually while working). Riza Hawkeye is also so skilled and fierce with firearms that she terrifies her fellow soldiers ''including'' Roy. In the manga, [[Four Star Badass|Olivia Armstrong]] could easily rival with Izumi. And [[Crazy Awesome|Alex Louis Armstrong]] is... well, badass in his own very peculiar way.

** And Scar. Just ''look'' at the guy and try to claim that he doesn't instill fear. If looking at him isn't scary enough, remember that he makes [[Your Head Asplode]] just by touching it.

** The scene that really sold Roy Mustang as a badass was episode 19 of Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, where after getting stabbed in the his waist and having his ignition cloth gloves ripped up by Lust, he manages to cut a transmutation circle into his own skin and close up the stab wounds with the flint from a cigarette lighter, then proceeds to walk on over to Lust and blow her and kill her. [[Word of God|The author herself]] has said that she planned this to be Roy's [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] from the start of the series, and made Havoc a smoker ''solely so that he could provide Roy with a lighter in this scene.''

** Al, who normally plays second fiddle to Ed, decided to remind everyone recently that [[Animated Armour|walking suits of armour]] are inherently [[Badass]], by taking on {{spoiler|[[The Dragon|Pride]] and [[Sociopathic Soldier|Kimblee]] }} at the same time. And not only coming out alive but on top. And then, there's the battle between {{spoiler|[[Badass Preacher|Scar]] and [[Badass Grandpa|Bradley/Wrath]].}} The world almost imploded from the sheer level of concentrated [[Badass]] involved.

* The ''[[Pokémon Special (Manga)|Pokémon Special]]'' manga is full of badasses. From Giovanni (yes, THAT one, he's unbelievably awesome in the manga), to Blue, Silver and {{spoiler|''Ruby'' in the final battle}}, just to name a few, right down to Mewtwo, who, despite his slight power downgrade compared to the anime, can still use his psychic powers to split a building in two.

** Add Koga to the list. {{spoiler|When fighting Agatha's Arbok, which received strength from the markings on its stomach, Koga had his Golbat suck a large amount of blood from his arm to throw over the marks, nullifying them. Considering how vicious Golbat can be with its blood lust, and that Koga has no hesitation in ordering it to do this, it's awesome and resourceful.}}

** Treecko and Buizel would follow in Charizard's footsteps later...the former possibly surpassing Char in awesomeness, and the [[Weasel Mascot]] standing his ground very well.

* As for [[Digimon (Franchise)|that other monster show]], the cast of ''[[Digimon Savers (Anime)|Digimon Savers]]'' is probably the baddest of the badass. Both Masaru and Ikuto will fight Digimon barehanded, [[Badass Longcoat|Satsuma]] is a [[Big Damn Heroes|big damn hero]] and it's up for debate whether Touma is a [[Genius Bruiser]] or [[Badass Bookworm]]. Even [[The Chick]] Yoshino gets one really good moment where she smashes an evil pseudo-Digimon with a barrel, and the [[Bridge Bunnies]] have ''motorcycles''.

*** Gallantmon really deserves to be mentioned if we're talking Tamers as well. Red dragon-esque knight with a lance, massive shield, and flowing cape, who smacks down Beelzemon in their fight, even doing an unflinching walk out of flames his own attack produced. Then, in the grand finale, he upgrades and takes it even further, destroying what's an omnicidal digital god of death.

** Wargreymon and BlackWargreymon are both very badass, both in design and in exploits. Also, the Frontier cast. All of Takuya's, Kouji's, and Koiuchi's forms are badasses.

** Shoutmon from ''[[Digimon Xros Wars (Anime)|Digimon Xros Wars]]'' is probably the badass lead Digimon in the ENTIRE FRANCHISE. He's probably the most Hotblooded digimon, if not, character, in the [[Up to Eleven|whole franchise]], and in just his base form alone, is able to take down a bunch of Mammothmon, of which are usually ultimate level digimon, and can fuse with other digimon to become a [[Humongous Mecha]]. {{spoiler|Then there's [[Golden Super Mode|O]][[Call Back|me]][[Took a Level In Badass|ga]]Shoutmon and [[Combining Mecha|Shoutmon X7]]}}.

*** He's back in [[Digimon Xros Wars the Young Hunters Leaping Through Time (Anime)|the sequel]], and his new look somehow makes him look [[Up to Eleven|even more Badass]], no doubt helped by his [[Scarf of Asskicking|new scarf]]

** Nanaya Shiki does not actually have the [[Evil Eye|Mystic Eyes of Death Perception]], He is more a 'What if' Tohno Shiki, Instead of the actual one. This means he does all that running on sheer, utter, skill. Yes, He cuts through bone with only a fruit knife because he is SKILLED.

** Tohno Shiki, the protagonist, is only slightly less badass. His utter pwnage of Nrvnqsr has yet to be topped by anything.

** Even Father Waribald, a priest, is pretty hard core. You'd have to be to drink a hall full of [[Vikings]] under the table.

* Nanoha Takamachi from ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''. Do not let the "[[Magical Girl]]" part fool you. This is a lady who casually walks [[Out of the Inferno]], [[Barehanded Blade Block|grabs]] [[Laser Blade|energy blades]] [[Barehanded Blade Block|with one unprotected hand]], and frequently [[Oh Crap|instills the very fear of God into her enemies]] with the sheer power she possesses. Her [[Fan Nickname|most popular name amongst fans]] is "The White Devil" and you'd be hard-pressed not to think it as fitting while watching her in action. Not to say that Fate and the Wolkenritter aren't badass either.

*** Signum and Nanoha had two sparring matches in the manga, both of which ended in a draw. Apparently, even the writers can't decide who among the two is more [[Badass]]

** Fate is an interesting case, since she is the living proof that the tropes [[Badass]] and [[The Woobie|Woobie]] are not mutually exclusive.

** If ever there were any prepubescent girls deserving of the title GAR, It would be the cast of Nanoha.

** It's easy to explain Nanoha's badassery. She took part in SaiGAR, a tournament created to determine the most badass manly anime character. ''She even won a round.''

** Vivio earned her badass points when she took ''[[Beam Spam|five simultaneous]] [[Wave Motion Gun|starlight breakers]]'' and was still conscious afterwards.

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' has tons: [[Boisterous Bruiser|Rakan]], Takamichi, Nagi, [[Memetic Badass|Rakan]], Kaede, Setsuna, [[Overly Long Gag|Rakan]], and Mana all qualify, but the most extreme example is [[Little Miss Badass]] Evangeline, who has taken down a superpowerful demon god in one (massive) shot. [[Department of Redundancy Department|Oh, and did we mention Jack Rakan?]]

** {{spoiler|as of [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v31/c280/3.html the most recent chapter], [[Badass Bookworm|Nodoka]] certainly qualifies, according to the "A character who gets away with outright insane stunts that would never work in real life" definition. <ref>She stands up to a [[Reality Warper]], ''steals his weapon'', interrogates him to find out how it works, and ''uses his own [[Reality Warper]] power to teleport away''.</ref> Imagine if she actually had combat training...}}

* ''[[Code Geass]]'' has several, most notably Kallen, Toudou, Cornelia and, Suzaku.

** [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Jeremiah]] just BAMF! and turned completely badass from R1 Turn 25 onwards.

** [[Lady of War]] Cornelia, who, as of the Battle of Narita, can win against Lelouch and two other Knightmare Frames, with ''both'' hands tied behind her back. She is so badass she has to be mentioned twice.

** Tsukune started off as [[The Team Normal]], but he quickly [[Took a Level In Badass]], to the point that his strength eventually rivals that of Inner Moka. Together they make a [[Battle Couple]].

** [[Bash Brothers|Gin and Haiji]] took down a branch of Fairy Tale ''[[Conservation of Ninjutsu|by themselves]]''!

** [[Akira (Manga)|Akira]] is a [[World of Badass]]. We've got Kaneda, Tetsuo, Kei, the Coleal, etc.

* Yankumi from ''[[Gokusen]]'' personifies this, when she's not [[Obfuscating Stupidity|pretending to be a floozy ditz]] to keep her students in the dark about the fact that she is the sole heir to the feared Ooedo Yakuza group. Single handedly takes on Yakuza gangsters, thieves and at one point [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold|her entire class of punkass gakuran]]. Also takes down Man Mountain Tetsuru with two fingers straight up the nose to prove a point about strength. Combined with her tendency to go into yakuza mode at the slightest and most inappropriate provocation she is a 24/7 badass who will surely hold all of Tokyo in her iron grip when her grandfather finally croaks.

* Mikura from [[Mezzo DSA]] and [[Mezzo Forte]] is almost insanely badass. Just watch the bowling alley fight from episode one of Forte, and be amazed.

* ''Samurai 7's'' Kyuuzo masterfully wields two katana, wears red and black, and fits the criteria for "nosebleed-inducing male character" with his damn good looks and icy personality. Not to be confused with his mildly friendlier movie incarnation, though that Kyuuzo is just as badass.

* Manji from ''[[Blade of the Immortal]]''

* Bobby Margot, battleship helmsman from ''[[Macross Frontier]]'' also deserves a mention, made even more badass by the fact that normally he acts very [[Camp Gay|campy]], and used to be hair dresser and makeup artist.

** Even Kaname herself can be called a badass. Not content with the "damsel in distress" role often dropped on her shoulders (leading her to be rescued by Sosuke), despite her civilian status, she often comes up with and thinks of things that even Sosuke and his comrades miss. She's always somehow involved in the counter-attack that takes place following her capture, even if it's in a non-combat role. And her status as a "Whispered" has even saved Sosuke's hide a few times in battle. Plus, there's also the fact that she beats the shit out of Sosuke, a ''trained mercenary'', on a regular basis because of his antics. Face it, he doesn't even fight back because she's so badass.

** He may be an [[Ax Crazy]] murderer with pedophilic tendencies towards Sosuke, but Goddamn if [[Psycho for Hire|Gauron]] ain't a badass. Just watch episodes 15-17, wherein, shortly after effortlessly killing one of Sosuke's squadmates, he introduces himself to Sosuke and his compatriots like the badass he is, ("Hi. Mind if I join your little party?") moments before he proceeds to eliminate Sosuke's entire squad by himself over the course of these three episodes, even wiping out entire enemy Arm Slaves with just the flick of his own Arm Slave's hand. Some see these as his [[Moral Event Horizon]] crossing episodes as well, so you be the judge.

* Fujioka in ''Minami-ke'' isn't actually a badass but is labelled one by Kana. {{spoiler|Kana's older sister, however, is a LEGENDARY BADASS}}

* We've come this far and [[Gundam]] hasn't made the list? For shame! Just to list a few...

* [[Twentieth Century Boys|Otcho]], to the extent where he sometimes seems to live in a slightly more cartoonish world than the rest of the cast.

* Nearly everyone in ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'' is one kind of [[Badass]].

* Everyone in ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'', since it's based on a badass video game. You see.

* ''Slayers''. Every character gets their own moment of badass, even [[Technical Pacifist|Phil]]. Lina Inverse, the main character, is a rather short and flat-chested female character that doesn't look that impressive at first glance. However, that belies the fact that she's one of the most terrifying magic-users of the entire series, fully capable of nuking anything in her way. Bandits and pirates will scream in terror once they know Lina's in the area, villagers worry that she'll wipe them all out and Dragons will try to avoid fighting her. Her most [[Badass]] moments are when she's facing down truly dangerous threats. Gourry is a human who has no magical abilities at all, is mostly (in the anime) an idiot, and yet will jump headfirst into danger armed with nothing more than his magic sword, which he loses mid-way through the series and has to fight with a normal sword until he gets a replacement. Amelia will charge enemies head-first and is willing to punch freaking Shabranigdo! Zelgadis, man, Zelgadis is easily as skilled as Lina is with magic, a [[Flying Brick]] and enjoys a reputation as a heartless, demonic swordsman. The biggest [[Badass]] moment has to go to Sylphiel though. She's a barrier maiden who, at first, could use no offensive magic without it being comically weak (Flare Arrows looked more like carrots). Her [[White Magic]] is unparalleled compared to most of the world, so, how is she [[Badass]]? She manages to use a Dragon Slave to damn near kill one of the most powerful beings in the world where everyone else couldn't even scratch the guy.

** Gildartz '''[[Beyond the Impossible|destroys a Black Hole]].

* Gantz is FILLED with badasses, but 2 specific examples are Kurono, for jumping into a 50-foot tall monsters head, shooting it from inside it's head, then getting out by kicking out one of it's teeth, and Katou, for killing the last alien in the Temple Mission, an alien with acid that could melt you faster than you could say "Fuck!", swords that it could use to chop you into pieces before you blink, and had single-handedly taken out everybody with a suit except Katou and Kurono, who also had lost an arm and a leg in the fight.

* Being a boxing series, ''[[Hajime no Ippo]]'' is naturally filled with badasses. Two examples tower above everyone, however. Takamura, easily one of the manliest characters to ever grace anime and manga and best boxer in the series and Takeshi Sendo, [[Bully Hunter]] who's not above ''[[Unstoppable Rage|flipping the fuck out]]'' and utterly ''destroying'' his opponent if he gets pissed.

* [[Rah Xephon|Kamina Ayato]] borrowed some awesomeness from his namesake, that's for sure.

* Utena Tenjou from ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]''. Awesome duelist, but even outside of duels, she's a really tough chick both in personality and in physical ability. She can jump, she can punch, she's a demon on the basketball court, and she can beat trained duelists with broken swords, bamboo practice swords, and a pitchfork. And let's not get started on the truly epic move she pulls in the last episode...

* Saeko Busujima from ''[[Highschool of the Dead]]'' is probably the most badass [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] ever.

* Cobra from ''[[Space Adventure Cobra (Manga)|Space Adventure Cobra]]''. Sure, he acts like a goofball a good amount of the time, but it also works as a strategy to [[Obfuscating Stupidity|fool his enemies]]. He also has a [[Arm Cannon|Psychogun]] hidden in his left arm and he [[Smoking Is Cool|smokes cigars]] that also work as special gadgets (like [[Beyond the Impossible|helping him breath under water]]).

* Shana from ''[[Shakugan no Shana]]'', in SPADES. Arguably the most [[Little Miss Badass|badass loli]] ''ever''.

* ''[[X 1999]]'' has Fuma, Arashi, Kusanagi, Subaru, Kigai, Kamui, Sorata... Oh, screw it. This series is just one big [[World of Badass]].

** L, Near, and Mello, Light's enemies who are just as badass--if not more so--than he is. After all, they don't have a magic book doing half the work for them.

* Two word. [[Great Mazinger|TETSUYA]] [[Shin Mazinger|TSURUGI]]. Sure, he [[Wangst]] a lot, but when you see his legendary [[Big Damn Heroes|Big Damn]] [[Shock and Awe|Thunder Break]], you know something awesome will happen. After all, theres a damn good reason why Ankoku Daishogun consider him a [[Worthy Opponent]].

 

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