Top Ten Anime Characters With Sad and Depressing Back Stories

These characters can be considered very inspiring and leave you in tears. Sometimes... They even change throughout the series and become stronger because of it! (WARNING_ MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! )
The Top Ten
1 Guts (Berserk)

He is someone who had all against him. Even god and this has led to him having such a tragic past and current. It only makes him see how unfair life is. It makes you cry when you just want peace for him, but he is never gonna be finished until that so called friend of his is DEAD. Guts or Gatts been rejected so much he asked for power from the devil but this has led to himeself being even worse.

WHAT?!

This dude was pinned down in a pool of the remains of his friends and forced to watch as his closest friend raped his girlfriend mere feet away from him.

As if that wasn't enough, he ripped his arm off out of pure legitimate rage in an effort to kill his friend, but got thrown back, pinned down even closer, and had his eye gouged out.

After he was saved, his girlfriend lost all memory of everything ever, and he went off the deep end.

And if that wasn't enough he's now branded to suffer in Hell.

This guy is the number one here. You cannot read his full backstory without getting squeamish at one point. How those Naruto fans got above this messed up nut case is beyond me.

Honestly, very little people can compare to Guts. Not only is his world so brutal, but his past is perhaps the most violent and messed up.

2 Gaara (Naruto) Gaara is a fictional character in the Naruto manga and anime series created by Masashi Kishimoto. He is the jinchuuriki of the one-tailed shukaku and can control sand that is stored in his gourd.

His death made me cry so much. His story was indeed very sad. People's hatred towards him, even though he had nothing to do with. Being treated with scorn and hatred, having no one to love him. Having been betrayed. Love changed Gaara. I'm very happy that Naruto was successful in reaching Gaara's heart and was able to befriend him and understand him. He changed Gaara, he taught him that the world is a cruel place but there are people who care for you, who love you. I'm glad that Naruto is Gaara's first friend.

Well if you see Naruto Shippuden episode 297 you'll know the truth behind his parent's and his uncle's actions. His parents always loved him very dearly. They wanted to see if he can control the monster when affected psychologically. I think itachis story is worst by the way.

In Naruto Gaara's story was truly sad that's why I vote for him... But I don't want to vote characters from other anime because I only watch "Naruto"

It just really tore me apart. Something we don't think would ever happen seeing happen is really shocking.

3 Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto) Sasuke Uchiha is a fictional character from the manga and anime franchise Naruto, created by Masashi Kishimoto.

Why is Sasuke even the top? It definitely should be Gaara, then Naruto, and then Sasuke. Now I'm not saying that what happened to Sasuke wasn't bad and painful, it's how he was after that.

Gaara was feared and isolated more than Naruto, and was almost killed by a family member who he thought loved him and was on his side, which caused him to grow numb.

Naruto didn't know why he was being isolated and hated for no reason. He worked hard to earn the villager's respect and friendship,and showed them in his own positive way that he's not the monster that some of them think he is. He even befriends Gaara, and knew that he wasn't truly evil, just hurt and misunderstood like himself.

Sasuke was loved by everyone in The Hidden Leaf Village who wanted to adopt him, but he refused their help. So unlike Gaara and Naruto who were shunned, Sasuke isolated himself BY CHOICE. So Sasuke let himself continue to suffer that pain he felt, instead of looking for guidance that could ...more

His father had doubts about him being as strong as his brother Itachi and was always looked down upon by him. He loved his older brother and they'd train together until Itachi began to change and became very dark and trained less. Then, one day he comes home to see that his whole clan/family has been murdered to then find out it was done by his older brother Itachi and not wanting to kill his little brother because of his love for him he let's him go knowing that one day Sasuke will claim revenge and kill him...

Yes, his life is sad. I mean, he lost his clan, and his heart is full of hatred. Wanting to get revenge, and realizing that who you killed was the person who loved you the most. Then, breaking your bonds with your friends, especially your best friend, just to obtain power. What's more? Isolating yourself from the village to pay for his sin. Didn't see his daughter grow up.

Not only did he have a horrible past, but his whole life has been and will continue to be terrible.He will never be able to be truly happy again or get over everything that happened.He's been traumatized at an early age, beaten,manipulated, lied to, had no one to talk to about his problems when he needed it most(only too late). The only way for him to ease the pain was revenge. He thought that destroying the one who caused him pain would make him feel better.Finding out the truth was too much for him, he couldn't take it anymore. He left his his home and the few people that cared about him behind only to achieve nothing, only more suffering that led to mental and emotional instability. He lived surrounded by criminals and becoming a "criminal" himself, almost everyone wanted him dead. He was desperate, he wanted justice, he only wanted to be happy. He got nothing.He lived a life full of regrets, pain and confusion and in the end, after all that happened, he is still all alone, trying ...more

4 Itachi Uchiha (Naruto) Itachi Uchiha is a fictional character in the Naruto manga and anime series created by Masashi Kishimoto.

Had to choose between his village and his own clan who staged a coup de ta against it which was lead by his father. Chose the peace of the village and assassinated his entire clan, even his parents. Because this mission was done in secret to protect the honor of the clan, he was forced to live a life in exile, hated and feared by every person in the village for being a mass murderer and despised by his little brother who he'd loved too much to kill. The worst part is that we only find this out after he dies...

I cried when he died. I wish I had a brother like him. So selfless and protective and would sacrifice anything for his little brother. He chose to be hated by everyone just to save the Uchiha's name. He chose to give up everything for the village. And he didn't ask anything for return, not even a simple thank you. He doesn't crave neither power or attention, he just wants what's best for everyone. Do you know what it's like to choose between your family or millions of lives?

Has had to endure a life so sad that it's completely beyond even my screwed up imagination. To kill everyone you love, continue to serve the authority that caused it, make everyone hate you, and to have an excruciating terminal illness all before age 20? Itachi has the worst luck of any character I've ever read. Even worse, his name is NEVER cleared, and even in death he will never obtain justice.

Itachi has the saddest. The dude took part in war and witenessed it at the age of 4. Then undergoing brutal anbu training and taking on anbu missions at the age of 11. Was the pride of the uchiha clan and slaughtered the whole clan for the sake of the village at age 13. Became an akatsuki member at age 13. Watched his brother turn into the darkness. Allowed himself to be killed by his brother while never uttering the truth to anyone.

5 Ken Kaneki (Tokyo Ghoul)

After finishing the manga, I realized he had an even tragic life then I thought.
His dad died when he was young.
His mom abused him.
His mom died.
Found his first love which tried to eat him.
Got turned into a ghoul.
Got tortured and his hair turned white.
The place he once belonged to got destroyed.
Got stabbed in the head and lost all his memories.
After losing memories his job were to kill ghouls.
A lot happened
Got his arms and legs cut off for like 900+ times.
Turn back into ken kaneki.
A lot happened.
In the end he lost his arms and legs. Wanted to tee touka(who probably was getting killed at that time). Went insane and turned into a caterpillar thingy.
You'll get all the feels after reading the manga, not the anime(the anime was good too though)

He made me depressed. Just...
He lost his dad at an early age
He lost his mom
Abandonment issues
He finally goes on a date and gets turned into a ghoul instead
He cannot eat human food anymore
He has to distance himself from his best friend
Cannibalism, or losing humanity. He is stuck with this
He is so tragic on each level, I'm still depressed about his story.

He's Ken Kaneki a protagonist any person can relate to in real life.
He has friends he wants to protect like we do (most the time).
And haven't you heard of his saying
"I'm not the protagonist of a novel or anything. I'm just a college student who likes to read, like you could find anywhere. But... If, for argument's sake, you were to write a story with me in the lead role, it would certainly be a tragedy."

I feel sorry for him just looking at the picture. I read the first few manga and had to stop because his story is like a "catch 22".

6 Homura Akemi (Madoka Magica) Homura Akemi is a fictional character from the 2011 anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica and its related media.

Homura went back in time over and over, always failing to do what she felt she needed. She didn't save Madoka, time and time again. All her past timelines ended in tragedy and death, with nothing more to do than start over again, and try the impossible. She made a wish not for herself, but to protect the wellbeing of her one friend. She had to restrain anyone who encouraged Madoka to make a contract, even other Puella Magis. She could never kill Kyubey, another body would replace it after death. She ended up utterly despairing, yet being trapped in a world as a test by the incubators, but unknowing of it. She found out, utterly giving up.

Her life was pure suffering.
T.V. series: Repeated the timeline over a 100 times to save her only friend Madoka (her love) from death, but unable to. Betrayed numerous times. Gave up her own life to fight Madoka's fate, and she couldn't tell anyone (more likely, no one believed her). In the end Madoka sacrificed to became a God, she was forgotten by everyone else except Homura.
Wraith Arc - Manga (sequel from T.V. series): Homura lived in loneliness and doubted her own belief in Madoka.
Rebellion movie (sequel from T.V. series): Found herself to be one who subconsciously trapped Madoka and her friends. Became a witch, rejected salvation and cursed herself to protect Madoka. Willing to live in eternal despair for Madoka. In the end, she rewrote the whole world for Madoka's happiness.
Game: And before these happened, she had already been an orphan with serious health issues, low self- esteem, no close relationship.

Along with everything else if Homura made even one little mistake she would have to play out everything until the time when she made her wish because the sand in her hourglass hasn't to be full otherwise she can't travel back.
Homura had to watch her friends kill each other.
Homura had to kill her friend.
No matter what she does it always ends up hurting her.
Homura was hurting even before she became a magical girl!
She was born with an illness and was always very weak.

Had the ability to control time and after her best friend dies, she travelled back to their first meeting to change her fate, while giving up her own life to fight alone (determined to stop her friend from making a magical contract which would prevent her death). She failed every time and watched her best friend die countless times, but she never gave up and every time went back to try again only to keep failing. A really sad story.

7 Lucy (Elfen Lied) Lucy (born as kaede), is a tragic, fictional Japanese Anti-Heroine, and Anti-Villianess, who is the main protagonist of her debut source, a manga officially known as Elfen Lied [alfen leed], written and illustrated by Lynn Okamoto, which was best known for it's T.V. adaptation of the same name, Directed ...read more.

She is a Diclonius, who was abandoned and put in a orphan were people would treat her like crap because she had horns.
Then 3 guys killed Lucy's dog in front of her, the first thing she has ever cared about and it's because of a girl she thought was here friend so she realized that humans are terrible and kills the kids.
After escaping the orphan she meets Kouta who becomes her best friend and excepts her for who she is and she eventually falls in love with him.
On the last day Kouka is staying I'm that village he says that he's going to a festival but lies about going with his female cousin so he says male cousin so that he doesn't hurt Lucy.
But Lucy goes to the festival and sees Kouta holding his female cousin.
Since Lucy saw just her worst fear and she realist that she once again trusted a human which lead to misery, she snapped and started slaughtering people.
Later when Kouka, his sister and his dad are on the train to travel back home Lucy kills Kouka's sister ...more

Her backstory is what made her become evil, and she was oppressed by everyone around her. Not to mention she had to watch her only friend, a puppy, be killed in front of her by some F'd up boys.

Oh yes. So depressing actually, no one should have ever gone through what she did...

Wow, that's so sad and wrong! Whi cheats on someone with their cousin?!

8 Thomas Norstein (Digimon)
9 Naruto (Naruto) Naruto Uzumaki is a fictional character in the anime and manga franchise Naruto, created by Masashi Kishimoto.

Personally, I think Naruto has the saddest backstory, as throughout his life, so many depressing things has happened. When he was first born, not only did his parents die, but he had a demon sealed inside him. Having his parents die left him orphaned, and also having a demon inside him caused the whole village to treat him as an outcast. Some clips of his past in the anime got me crying as Naruto didn't do anything wrong, but he just got so much hate by the villagers.. Further on in the story, he has one of his team mates leave him, to go off with Orochimaru. Then, one of Naruto's trainers, Jiraiya, died whilst fighting Pain/Pein, which must have been so depressing for Naruto. Then Gaara dies, but luckily Chiyo sacrifices herself to bring Gaara back to life.. Unfortunately, Chiyo dies... Another depressing moment for Naruto. I think the worst time period for Naruto was when he was younger...

When he was a baby he had had a demon spirit put inside him while his parents dead leaving him alone and sad. Everyone (like Gaara) ignored him and hated him and no one ever trusted him. He then was always jealous whenever he saw his classmates get picked up families after class. His only friend and most caring friend was his teacher Iruka who treated him like his son. As he grew he became friends with more people and began to love and care for them protecting them with his life and hoping to one day become Hokage (which is like Kazekage)

I cry every time! I think Naruto's is sadder than Gaara's. Just a comment, just a opinion, no hate. Like Gaara was royalty so he could get what he needed like food, water,a home, and a place to train. But Naruto didn't have that until Sarutobi was so kind enough to give Naruto his own home. Plus, people stood out of Gaara's way. And Gaara chose to live like that. To love himself only. Naruto had the same past but he fought through with hard work and determination. Just an opinion, I love Gaara too

Naruto has a really sad past. His both parents died when he was born, so he lived alone in the village. Everyone hated him because there was nine-tail in him.He didn't have friends up until team 7 and even the teachers avoided him. He pulled pranks on the village people so he would get attention. To me it's pretty sa, in the anime his beloved teacher died and it was really hard for him. In the ninja war his great friend died too saving him.

10 Kotomi Ichinose (Clannad)

Unlike Tomoya, she was old enough to understand what happened and to remember all the horrors that resulted from what happened. Even though everything worked out in the end (10 years later), it was still an emotional and depressing story.

She had held everything inside and was already a sensitive, withdrawn, shy girl before episode 12 happened ;-; I feel so bad for her and I can vote her. Even if her backstory isn't the most tragic to some people no matter what she CAN'T handle it making it so much more sad...

It's just...she never got to say goodbye. She felt it was all her fault and she blamed herself nearly her whole life for her parent's deaths. She was already sensitive and everything...oml I'm crying ;-;

Just so sad...no other words

The Contenders
11 Crona (Soul Eater) Crona Gorgon (Japanese: クロナ, Kurona), often infamously referred to as the Demon Sword (魔剣, Maken), is a major antagonist of the Soul Eater manga and anime series. Crona is a Demon Sword Master who is the biological child of the witch, Medusa Gorgon. Crona is the meister partner to the actual demon sword, Ragnarok. Driven by their mother's aim, Crona is transformed into a Kishin.

Crona's life started out terrible. A witch (Medusa) taught (forced) Crona to kill and if Crona didn't do what was asked, they were thrown into a dark room. Medusa also replaced Crona's blood with black blood. The black blood was a soul itself. The soul would come out of Crona's back (as a black creature) and bully Crona in this dark room. (The creature is named Ragnerok, sorry if I spelled that wrong. Ragnerok later punishes Crona by saying "I wont let you have dinner", "I wont let you sleep", etc) Crona is later consumed by madness and starts obeying what their mother says. Crona is shown to isolate and be very very negative on themselves. Crona most common catchphrase is "I don't know how to deal with..."

His mother is ashamed of him. Crona doesn't want to kill, but he's punished if he doesn't. He was turned into a weapon by his mother, and has spent his life fighting against his own will. He just wants to live a normal life without fear of his mother, but he can never escape. Well, he does at the end of the anime. The manga: he dies. Poor kid...

12 Ikuto Noguchi (Digimon)
13 Kakashi Hatake (Naruto) Kakashi Hatake is a fictional character in the Naruto manga and anime series created by Masashi Kishimoto. In the story, Kakashi is the teacher of Team 7, consisting of the series' primary characters, Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno.

One of the most terrifyingly depressing back stories I've ever heard. First his dad commits suicide, which in itself is a horrifying event for a young boy. He saw his best friend get crushed right in front of him after having taken a painful blow to the eye, leaving a scar both mentally and physically. He killed his teammate Rin and was so guilty about it that he was constantly trying to 'wash the blood off' that his mind seemed to be telling him was on his hands, not to mention the fact he had to say 'lightning blade' when he used his jutsu because 'chidori' reminded him of what he did to her. Not long after his sensei died and in the original series sandaime was killed. In Shippuden when he found out that Obito was behind the shinobi war it tore his mind to shreds.

The saddest story in Naruto.
1. His dad suicide when he was a young boy
2. He doesn't even see his mother's face
3. Something happened to his whole family (he said to Sasuke that all of his important people were already dead, which mean includes his family)
4. His first best friend (Obito) crushed by a rock in front of him
5. The one he promised to Obito that he will protect (Rin), sacrificed by jumping into his Chidori
6. And then his sensei (Minato) dead.
7. He still be haunting by his best friends' s death for the rest of his life, even when he's grown up.
8. His students (Naruto and Sasuke) keeps hating each other
9. Then one of them (Sasuke) became a nukenin and want to kill him. And destroy the Konoha village too.
10. His favorite author dead (Jiraiya)
11. The Fourth Shinobi World War began. And he realized that masked - man actually Obito
12. And Obito dead. One more time.
13. And finally, when Naruto series end, he still single.
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Kakashi's father committed suicide when he was young. He never had anything like a childhood, burdened with all the responsibilities of an adult from a young age. He joined the ANBU when he was twelve, almost forcing himself to grow more quickly, to become mature and overcome his hardships. Later, he was forced into a three-ninja cell comprised of Obito and Rin. Although he didn't show it, he grew to care for them greatly. Then, Obito sacrificed himself for his friends, leaving Kakashi behind his own Sharingan, allowing him to use his patented Chidori, and asked Kakashi to protect Rin; later, Rin sacrificed herself by throwing herself in the way of Kakashi's Chidori to save countless lives. Reverting to his coldhearted and ruthless nature, he used his talent for the greater good. He sympathized a little with Itachi, but that was short-lived. He softened a little after his mentor Minato became Hokage, but after the nine-tailed fox attacked the village, Minato and Kushina died, leaving ...more

His dad commited sucide, and his best friend was killed (or thought to be killed) I his place when he saved him. His best friend's last wish was for Kakashi to protect Rin, but instead he accidently killed her when she jumped infrot of his chidori.

Kakashi was lonely and depressed for many, many years and always feelt guilty for being unable to protect either fo his team mates.

14 Van Hohenheim (Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood)

A slave to the king, chosen for an experiment from which a creature was made from his blood. The king wished to become immortal and the creature know how to do so and tricked Van into standing in the centre of the circle when the ritual was performed. It had deceived them, not mentioning that human lives needed to be sacrificed for someone to become immortal, and Van ended up becoming immortal. The entire country was sacrificed and everyone's souls merged with his body. He had to live with the guilt and memories and the worst part was that he couldn't die despite how much he wanted to.

He grew up as a slave. Then his lufe change and he actually began to see a normal future for himself and then it all disappeared within one night. He was left all alone with nothing but cries of 500,000 tortured souls inside of him. Souls he used to call friends. For years he lived on just trying to live. Trying to find the beauty in life and just keep moving on. Then he met Trisha and fell in love. Then he had two sons. He sat, unaged, as his wife and children grew older than him. He felt himself a monster. All he wanted was to grow old and to die with Trisha. To not have to watch his children fadw before him. So he researched but then he learned of horrible new. He had to leave his family. He made a promise to Trisha that he would return, and she should wait for him. Then Trisha dies and his sons hate him. He fights for the survival of all. And in the end, he dies with a smile on his face in front of Trisha's grave.

15 Levi Ackerman (Attack on Titan) Levi Ackerman is a fictional character in the manga and anime series Attack on Titan, also known as Shingeki no Kyojin in Japanese, created by Hajime Isayama. He accompanies the main protagonists in the second half of season 1. His most notable feature is being "Humanity's strongest".

He group up in an underground abandoned city with no sunlight until he was in his twenties. His mother was murdered when he was five. He was raised by a criminal until he abandoned him. He lived as a thug most of his life. He was threatened into joining the Survey Corps. He watched his friends being brutally murdered in front of him.

Seriously guys, everything that has happened to him is misery. All my friends complain on how he never smiles, but they haven't seen The OVA, 'Attack On Titan: No Regrets...'

It's horrible and tragic. Levi deserved more. He cares so deeply about others, but was too strong to show it. Hajime Isayama even mentioned he is the most emotional character in the series.

SPOILERS FOR MANGA ON LEVIS BACKSTORY

Levi went through a lot not to mention that he was an accident because he's mother was a prostitute but he's father was he's mothers brother, now if that's not enough let's see the OVA and the fact that levi lost his scouting team.
I feel like Levi has OCPD which can scar him for life and not enough yet here is another thing he's kind, the Ackermans never forget anything on what happened to them here is why levi is my fave character and I would hug him in real life if he existed because he went through a lot and he deserves to be happy again
And this are probably the main reasons he doesn't smile.

Levi not only suffered from the most tragic anime backstory on this list, but he also has insomnia(he can't sleep). His life is so tragic, and he deserves to be higher on the list.

16 Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach) Ichigo Kurosaki is a fictional character in the Bleach manga series and its adaptations created by Tite Kubo.

This is my opinion: how did Ichigo snag top ten when the only tragic event that occurs in his past is his mothers death? I think that Rukia or Toshiro or One of the visords had it rougher

17 Orihime Inoue (Bleach) Orihime Inoue is a fictional character in the Bleach manga series and its adaptations created by Tite Kubo.
18 Fate Testarossa (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha)
19 Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tail) Erza Scarlet is an S-Class Mage from the infamous magic guild Fairy Tail. Erza starts off as a lone wolf and stays loyal to following the rules. As the story develops Erza changes into loving mage strong and independent. As her terrible past haunts her she ignores her Nakama's calls that they want help. ...read more.

When she was just a child her village was taken and were used as slaves to build a tower called "The Heaven Tower" and her only friends were 5 other children and a kind, gentle elderly man. Wrongly accused for trying to escape she's taken and tortured till her friends save her. As she turns to attacking the guards and bots she trips and is almost killed till the elderly man known as Simon jumps in front of her to save her and is killed breaking her heart. Then, one of her friends, Jellal, betrays her and everyone else causing her emotional pain plus during her torture she loses an eye and is given an artifical eye.

*SPOILER AHEAD FACE IT*
Her mother kept her in her womb for over 100 years till situation become familiar. And when she was born her mother went crazy and wanted take her body to star new life and thereafter her mother left her in a village. And it is stated as the start of misery of her childhood when se was sent to construction of tower of heaven where she was tortured and lost an eye.

After she got over the pain of being and orphan and seeing death and torture around here from the age of about six, she finds her mum who was abused by Erza's dad and she attempts to kill her own daughter.

Her story is much sadder than most of the persons named in the list. Her story is sadder than Ichigo for sure.

20 Yasutora Sado (Bleach)
21 Trafalgar Law (One Piece) "Surgeon of Death" Trafalgar D. Water Law is a fictional character of the One Piece manga franchise created by Eiichiro Oda.

At just the age of 10 he (along with the rest of his town) contracted a fatal disease which took years of his lifespan, and because this disease attracted too much attention the World Government completely eradicated his home town, killing everyone, including his parents and little sister. With his mental and emotional state shattered, along with(and on his own estimations) only 3 years to live, Law joins the Donquixote Family in hopes of destroying everything. While in with the Donquixote Family, Law meets Corazon, the clumsy brother of the head of the family, who makes it his goal to cure Law of his illness and get him away from his dangerous brother, Doflamingo. But after risking his life to cure Law, Corazon is shot dead by Doflamingo, right in front Law. In just 3 years, Law lost his entire family, his hometown, and the man who risked death to protect him.

Law should be number one on this list to be honest… It's tragic enough that his home town was destroyed, his friends, his family and basically everyone from his home town was killed, but he was also cursed with a disease which would kill him in three years… (also he was only like 10 years old! ) After being treated, hated and prejudged as a monster by the whole world, he finally finds someone who understands and wants to help him. Right when he finally started to find hope in his life, it gets ripped away from him and he loses the only person who cared about him and truly loved him…

Law's past was probably the saddest in the whole one piece series! His home town was infected with a disease that was killing everyone in seconds! It was incurable and his family, neighbors and friends all died. He then joined the donquixote family and meets corazon who saved him in return for his own life.

After all that Law has been through, if that happened to me I'd be traumatized for life. The loss of his parents and the destruction of his town, with a disease that seemed uncurable, and his sudden cause for blood and killing, and the loss of the man who helped and died for him...

22 Hayate Yagami (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha)
23 Gintoki Sakata (Gintama) Gintoki Sakata is a fictional character in the manga and anime franchise Gin Tama created by Hideaki Sorachi.

Abandoned at birth with no family, reduced to eating off corpses from the war in order to survive, brought in by a sensei, and eventually was forced to kill the same sensei, made enemies out of one his closest friends(takasugi), almost died several times, yet keeps it inside him so as not to burden others. His life is filled with tragedy.

Like living from dead bodies known as the corpse eating demon in the age pf like 9. Finally finding a family and friends, beeing forced to move in war to protect those and than having the hardest choice and mental torture that is imginable, still going on without bothering anyone cause he dorsen t wan t anyone else to suffer is probably the most hardest and saddest life possibly imaginable (arguably with guts or maybe meliodas)

Its hard to say which character has the most tragic backstory since there are so many, but I'm voting for Gintoki not just because he's one of my all time favourite characters but because that one revelation moment (you know) moved me emotionally more than any other character's backstory had in any animanga. If you look at his past from being a child to now its full with tragedy.

First of all, have you seen all those tiny bits of scenes of the war and his childhood in almost every season which it took forever to know? that means his backstory would be a huge deal when it has released and surely it wasn't entirely sweet memory

24 Minene Uryu (Future Diary)

Her parents both died and something else happened ( I haven't finished the series) and that all drove her to become a psychopath. That pretty sad right?

25 Nozomi Tojo (Love Live! School Idol Project)
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