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*** With the latest OVA series it is clear that Chang and Balalaika are equals. Balalaika might have her absolute lead in provess and wit, but Chan makes it up with his great influence and far superior contacts, with CIA for example. |
*** With the latest OVA series it is clear that Chang and Balalaika are equals. Balalaika might have her absolute lead in provess and wit, but Chan makes it up with his great influence and far superior contacts, with CIA for example. |
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* ''[[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]'''s Sosuke Aizen. The man caused the exile of six Gotei 13 captains, multiple vice-captains, and both the Kidou Corps captain ''and'' vice-captain in a single move, while pinning it all on one of the exiled captains. He got away with this for over a century then had the entire governing body of the Soul Society slaughtered and replaced by him and his henchman without anyone noticing. He then manipulated ''everyone'' with ease in a great, long-running [[Gambit Roulette]] to steal the Hogyoku trapped in Rukia's soul, take over the Hollow world, create a new army of soul-eating supersoldiers, and then take over... pretty much everything else. He had backup plan upon backup plan, faked his own death, nearly stabbed to death his fiercely-loyal lieutenant (who ''remained'' fiercely loyal for a while afterward), took out the fighting strength of the Gotei 13 {{spoiler|including [[Badass Grandpa|Yamamoto]] himself}}, and very nearly succeeded in obliterating Ichigo's hometown to fuel his ambitions. {{spoiler|He was brought down by his own [[Villainous BSOD]] upon realising both that Ichigo had grown more powerful than he had anticipated and that [[Ditzy Genius|enormously intelligent]] Urahara doesn't agree with his view on how the world should work.}} |
* ''[[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]'''s Sosuke Aizen. The man caused the exile of six Gotei 13 captains, multiple vice-captains, and both the Kidou Corps captain ''and'' vice-captain in a single move, while pinning it all on one of the exiled captains. He got away with this for over a century then had the entire governing body of the Soul Society slaughtered and replaced by him and his henchman without anyone noticing. He then manipulated ''everyone'' with ease in a great, long-running [[Gambit Roulette]] to steal the Hogyoku trapped in Rukia's soul, take over the Hollow world, create a new army of soul-eating supersoldiers, and then take over... pretty much everything else. He had backup plan upon backup plan, faked his own death, nearly stabbed to death his fiercely-loyal lieutenant (who ''remained'' fiercely loyal for a while afterward), took out the fighting strength of the Gotei 13 {{spoiler|including [[Badass Grandpa|Yamamoto]] himself}}, and very nearly succeeded in obliterating Ichigo's hometown to fuel his ambitions. {{spoiler|He was brought down by his own [[Villainous BSOD]] upon realising both that Ichigo had grown more powerful than he had anticipated and that [[Ditzy Genius|enormously intelligent]] Urahara doesn't agree with his view on how the world should work.}} |
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** One arc is pretty much the struggle between two Magnificent Bastard candidates: Shujuro Tsukishima and Ginjo Kugo. |
** One arc is pretty much the struggle between two Magnificent Bastard candidates: Shujuro Tsukishima and Ginjo Kugo. {{spoiler|Then it's revealed they're working together.}} |
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** The leader of the Vandereich, Yhwach, pretty much does exactly what Aizen did and plans to overthrow the Soul Society |
** The leader of the Vandereich, Yhwach, pretty much does exactly what Aizen did and plans to overthrow the Soul Society. And he does it all with style. |
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** [[Mad Scientist]] Mayuri Kurostuchi has his moments of being this when he's not being a depraved [[Complete Monster]]. He's always a [[Jerkass]], though. |
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* ''[[Code Geass|Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion]]'' is full of these, with the [[Anti-Hero]] [[Alternative Character Interpretation|Or]] [[Villain Protagonist]] Lelouch being one of the best examples. He turns a weak regional rebellion into a massive world war against his father, all while under the guise of the ''[[Code Geass (Anime)/Memes|fabulously]]'' [[Large Ham|theatrical]] [[Mask Power|masked persona]], [[My Hero Zero|Zero]]. His older brother Schneizel lacks the theatrics, but more than makes up for it in sheer competence, {{spoiler|managing to wipe out all the progress that Lelouch made in over forty episodes in less than four minutes - though admittedly only through Lelouch's inability to kill an unarmed enemy soldier 40 episodes prior, and his unwillingness to use his Geass to erase knowledge of the Geass Research Facility. Without that, Schneizel's words would have just been hot air.}} |
* ''[[Code Geass|Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion]]'' is full of these, with the [[Anti-Hero]] [[Alternative Character Interpretation|Or]] [[Villain Protagonist]] Lelouch being one of the best examples. He turns a weak regional rebellion into a massive world war against his father, all while under the guise of the ''[[Code Geass (Anime)/Memes|fabulously]]'' [[Large Ham|theatrical]] [[Mask Power|masked persona]], [[My Hero Zero|Zero]]. His older brother Schneizel lacks the theatrics, but more than makes up for it in sheer competence, {{spoiler|managing to wipe out all the progress that Lelouch made in over forty episodes in less than four minutes - though admittedly only through Lelouch's inability to kill an unarmed enemy soldier 40 episodes prior, and his unwillingness to use his Geass to erase knowledge of the Geass Research Facility. Without that, Schneizel's words would have just been hot air.}} |
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** Considering both {{spoiler|Charles and Marianne}}, it's [[In the Blood]], after all. |
** Considering both {{spoiler|Charles and Marianne}}, it's [[In the Blood]], after all. |
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