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* Perhaps the most impressive and villainous character in ''[[Mon Colle Knights]]'' happens to be Redda, the [[Big Bad]] and final villain. He has a deviously cruel sense of [[The Chessmaster|chessmastery]] and [[Manipulative Bastard|mastery of manipulation]], is [[Bishounen]] in appearance (especially behind that scary mask of his), and shows a nice [[Xanatos Gambit]] {{spoiler|starting with the part where he uses Rockna as bait to lure Mondo and all his monster friends to him, forcing him to give up all of his collected Monster Items so far and handing over to him a fake Rockna that was actually a rat in disguise. Then he summons Dread Dragon and traps Rockna within its neck, and tells Mondo that he can either destroy it and Rockna with it, or get killed himself while trying to save her without harming Dread Dragon, and orders Dread Dragon to create a wormhole that sucks up all of Mondo's monster friends. And, even when Gabriolis shows up and helps him save her so the two can fuse with him to destroy Dread Dragon, this still provides enough of a distraction so Redda can get the last Monster Item, and he succeeds in collecting it so he can finally summon Oroboros to destroy everything and create in their place a world made of nothingness, which was his ultimate goal all along. And if that's not enough, since Oroboros needs a new body in order to be resurrected, Redda revives Dread Dragon and fuses Oroboros with it to create Doomsday Dragon}}. Another perfect example of a villain that happens to be both this and a [[Complete Monster]], so much that even the [[Laughably Evil]] [[Terrible Trio]] of [[Villains Out Shopping]] fear him.
** Now, {{spoiler|had he focused his attention on Gabriolis siding with the heroes and the darkness monsters stepping in to help them and give their power to them and the Golden Dragon so they can destroy Doomsday Dragon, and had Gabriolis not killed him in order to stop him from interrupting their [[The Power of Friendship|Power of Friendship moment]] by killing them, [[The Bad Guy Wins|Redda would've succeeded with his plot to destroy all worlds and make his own plane of empty souls and nothingness in their place]]}}.
* Altena from [[Noir]] plays the Mama Bear role for the young saplings. However, she intentionally manipulates both the Sodats and the three saplings (Kirika, Chloe and Mireille), in order to achieve her master plan—which is to recreate the bloody history of the Sodats. She's completely dedicated and willing to die for her goal. And in the end, she does.
* Naraku from [[Inu-Yasha]] is definitely one, if you can look past his [[For the Evulz]] and [[Villain Ball]] tendencies, or his frequent [[Villain Sue]] [[Karma Houdini]] status. Especially during the Mt. Hakurei Arc, in which he manipulated a priest and a powerful group of super powered bandits into becoming his Quirky Mini Boss Squad with a few words to earn their loyalties.
* Keima from [[The World God Only Knows]] can be argued to be one when he is in "God of Conquest" Mode. Even when certain events happen that confuse other characters, he simply interprets them as "flags/events" and proceeds as planned. Even for something as inconsequential as Shiori quietly yelling at him for being a jerk.
There's even a point in the manga where Haqua looks at a giant stack of notes Keima wrote as "The Demon of Conquest" and finds that he has written stage directions as well as lines for every single possibility that would occur during the event. All for a quick 5-minute chat.
* Shogo Makishima from [[Psycho Pass]] is [[Wicked Cultured]] and highly knowledgeable in literature, music, theater and ass-kicking (he at first seems like a Non-Action Big Bad, but turns out to be a Blood Knight who is simply bored of most fights because almost no one is good enough to land a hit on him). He desires to bring down the Sibyl System that controls the futuristic Dystopia he lives in, at any cost. He also enjoys getting people to submit to their worst impulses and then disposes of them once they've lost his interest. Despite being villainous for that last part, he does care for people in his own twisted way....he believes the Sibyl System has regressed humanity by suppressing humanity's darker instincts along with their freedom of expression and ability to make their own choices. Makishima is also a master of Xanatos Speed Chess, the Indy Ploy, making allusions to classic literature (especially Dystopian literature) and making TheReasonYouSuckSpeeches to anyone. To top that off, he is an Übermensch who is literally unable to be judged by the slave morality of his world (the Sibyl System), similar to how Nietzsche himself described the Übermensch. He also becomes a Hero Killer as well, both in that the protagonists take extra caution when dealing with him and the literal sense.
* Kazutaka Muriaki from [[Yami no Matsuei]] - where should I start? He's handsome, rich, works as a famous cardiac surgeon, wears mostly white clothes and is seen as an "angel" by most people. He's also a sadistic murderer, rapist and manipulative bastard. Basically, if something bad happens, you can be almost certain he had his hand in it. Did I mention that his main "goal" in "life" is to bring his dead brother back to life using the body of one of the main characters...just so he could kill his brother by himself?. Oh, and he loves porcelain dolls.
** He debatably loses much of his magnificence once his most revolting crimes become known and he starts showing more [[Smug Snake]] and [[Complete Monster]] traits beneath his charming facade.
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