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* Griffith from ''[[Berserk]]'', possibly the most hated character in the entire genre of Anime. His fall from grace leading to the murder of his trusted and loyal allies for makes his name synonymous with "betrayal".
* Admiral Akainu from ''[[One Piece]]'', a man who believes the end ''always'' justifies the means, a man who has committed some of the gravest atrocities in the series in the name of Justice. Slaughtering civilians and his own soldiers, using blatantly untrue propaganda, his brand of "justice" seems to do little but cause more ''injustice''. His worst act by far is {{spoiler|[[Moral Event Horizon|murdering Ace right in front of Luffy]], causing the poor guy to go on an [[Heroic BSOD]].}} It really says a lot about him he makes ''[[Evil Counterpart|Blackbeard]]'' look better by comparison. He downplays this trope [[Love to Hate|a little]] by being [[Badass|a scarily competent fighter]], which is more than can be said for the examples below.
** Earlier on in the series there's Captain Kuro, who plotted to betray and kill his employer Kaya (even though she had done nothing to him and considered him to be her friend), along with his entire pirate crew to make sure that he could erase his old life as a pirate. What makes him especially noteworthy is the fact that he was one of the first villains Luffy genuinely ''hated'' after seeing how he'd happily cut through his own loyal men in order to kill him.
** In the Enies Lobby Arc there's Spandam, who completely lacks CP-9's cool or redeeming traits, being an absolute coward who is always [[Kick the Dog|kicking dogs]] (''especially'' [[Broken Bird|Robin]] and [[Cyborg|Franky]]). Needless to say, his comeuppance at the end of the arc is [[Catharsis Factor|extremely satisfying]].
** While the series has a lot of [[Good Parents]] (adoptive or not), [[Social Darwinist|Judge Vinsmoke]] is certainly '''[[Abusive Parents|NOT]]''' one of them. His list of atrocities include {{spoiler|experimenting on his wife's womb to make his children emotionless killing machines (forcing Sora to take drugs to save them, only saving Sanji), abusing his "weak" son Sanji since childhood, and forcing him into an [[Arranged Marriage]] by threatening his loved ones, causing poor [[The Woobie|Sanji]] much heartbreak.}} Like the above mentioned examples, he's also a coward who begs for his life when threatened (showcasing him as a [[Hypocrite]]), to the point his own children tell him to stop whining and accept his fate, only being saved by said hated son, who makes it clear he's not his true father in any way.
** The crowning examples of this trope, however, are the [[Aristocrats Are Evil|Celestial Dragons]]. Being descendants of the World Government gives them carte blanche to perform every atrocity ever known to man, with many not being able to retaliate due to them being protected by said government, thus making it extremely satisfying to see someone giving them their just desserts. Though good Celestial Dragons exist ({{spoiler|Sabo and the Donquixote Family [[Black Sheep|save]] [[Manipulative Bastard|Doflamingo]]}}), they're clearly shown being [[Defector From Decadence|defectors]] working to dismantle said cruel system.
* [[Mad Scientist| Shou]] [[Knight of Cerebus| Tucker]] from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''. Look up almost ''any'' list of "Top 10 Most Hated Anime Characters", "Top 10 Anime Villains", or "To 10 Assholes in Anime" and you'd be hard pressed to find one that didn't include him in the 1 or 2 spot. He's Number 1 on the hated character list on the anime character database.''Everyone'' hates this guy, even the author, and ''[[Caustic Critic|Anime America]]'' went so far as to disqualify him [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNN9HKm-dHU from ''her'' list] simply because he's so easy to hate. To put it bluntly, he may not have committed genocide or plotted world domination, but this guy was so obsessed with maintaining his position as state Alchemist (their system's equivalent of tenure, sort of) that he ''turned his five-year-old daughter'' into an abomination by using alchemy to combine her with her dog. Not some [[Angry Guard Dog]], mind you, the [[Big Friendly Dog|
* Similar to Tucker, there's [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing|Malty Melromarc]] from ''[[The Rising of the Shield Hero]]''. It says a ''lot'' when the fans are siding with the in-story crowd screaming for a young woman's blood as she's dragged out to be publicly executed. She made the [[False Rape Accusation]] that ruined [[The Hero|Naofumi]]'s life, and she spends her screentime corrupting and ruining people's lives [[For the Evulz]], her atrocities becoming bigger and bigger as time passes. Not even {{spoiler|being a fragment of [[Jerkass Gods|Medea]]}} saves her from this spot. Tellingly, she's the top 1 of both "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHDAx6pWlFs Top 10 Hated Anime Characters Ever]" and "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j07TpI3enR8 Top 10 Hottest Girls with the Worst Personalities]", and deservedly so. Not to mention that ever since [[Cool and Unusual Punishment| she was made to change her name to "Bitch"]], some fans seem to exclusively refer to her as such, for obvious reasons.
* There are a ''lot'' in ''[[Dragon Ball]]'', but one of the biggest examples would be Frieza from ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]'', specifically during the Namek saga. As [[Evil Is Cool|badass]] as he is, it's clear that Akira Toriyama ''really'' went out of his way to make him utterly despicable as a middle finger to the real estate speculators he based him off of. He's a smarmy sadist who takes a lot of glee in ordering planetary massacres as well as killing people in the most horrible ways he can think of. And when Goku defeats him for the first time, he takes a hit to his coolness factor when he turns out to be a wimpy little coward who begs Goku for mercy, only to try to murder him once he helps him. However, his effectiveness as a villain got him a ''lot'' of fans, so once he returned in ''Super'', he properly left this status due to developing a few genuine [[Evil Virtues]] during the Tournament of Power.
** Quite a few of Frieza's henchmen are just as disgusting as their master. There's Goku's brother Raditz, who lacks the cool factor most Saiyans have going for them due to being a cowardly bully. Then there's [[Fat Bastard|Dodoria]], who's just as cowardly as Raditz but far crueler, to the point of being ''way'' too happy to murder Namekian children. And finally, Vegeta himself started off as this. Before he became the cool [[Anti Hero]] people fell in love with, he was just as twisted and sociopathic as Frieza, and spent a lot of time acting like an utter prick to everyone around him until his [[Character Development]] really kicked into full swing.
** Following Frieza's example would be Zamasu in ''[[Dragon Ball Super]]'', {{spoiler|both his present and past selves}}. While {{spoiler|Goku Black}} is just as bad due to {{spoiler|possessing all of Zamasu's negative qualities, he at least gets a lot of showings as a genuine badass}}. Zamasu on the other hand is defined by his vanity and vindictiveness, with him being motivated to destroy all mortals because {{spoiler|he was butthurt that Goku, a mortal, was stronger than him, a Kai}}. And like any Hate Sink worth his salt, he goes from confident and smug when he has the upper hand to a petulant, tantrum-throwing manchild when he loses the advantage.
* While most of the demons encountered in ''Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'' are evil, a lot of them have [[Tragic Villain|tragic backgrounds]] and [[Alas, Poor Villain|deaths]] that make them sympathetic both [[Sympathy for the Devil|in-universe]] and [[Cry for the Devil|out]]. Nevertheless, there's still some despicable demons designed to be hated:
** The [[Big Bad]], Muzan Kibutsuji, is the first demon and the being responsible for most of the death and suffering in the series. His [[Establishing Character Moment]] involves him turning an innocent man into a demon and slaughtering humans just because they inconvenienced him, and the series starts with him slaughtering [[The Hero|Tanjiro]]'s family and turning Tanjiro's sister [[Badass Adorable|Nezuko]] into a demon; with his actions getting worse and worse as time progresses. To top it all off, he's a [[Bad Boss]] who corrupts innocent people into being his subordinates, then kills them in horrific ways when he has no more use for them.
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