Top 10 Biggest Mary Sues in Anime and Manga

For the characters that could do no wrong, had no flaws, were the best at everything, and so forth.

The Top Ten

Mikasa Ackerman (Attack on Titan)

Mikasa Ackerman is a fictional character in the manga and anime series Attack on Titan, also known by its Japanese title Shingeki no Kyojin. Created by Hajime Isayama, she is one of the main characters and serves as a close companion and protector of Eren Jaeger. Mikasa is known for her exceptional combat... read more

Mikasa isn't a Mary Sue? But her character has borderline no personality or purpose aside from protecting Eren and a few friends. She struggles to live independently and move on, which I think is a major flaw with her character.
She's pretty, loyal, and an excellent fighter, but she's happy to live her life in Eren's shadow, and that flaw disables her ability to become a Mary Sue.

She's beautiful, brave, ripped, and is one of the strongest characters with little training. Yep, a Mary Sue.
Kirito (Sword Art Online)

Kazuto Kirigaya is a fictional character in the Sword Art Online light novel series written by Reki Kawahara. He is also known by his in-game alias, Kirito. As the protagonist of the series, he becomes deeply involved in multiple virtual reality MMORPG worlds.

Even though the show is kind of special to me because it was one of the first animes I've ever watched, I have to agree. Too many girls fall for him, which is annoying, but the reason he seems overpowered is that he's just the kind of person who's good at video games. But still, I agree he is a Gary Stu.

He is automatically the best player in any game, gains one-of-a-kind powers in any game he visits with almost no work, and every girl falls in love with him. Not to mention, he has little character to speak of, to the point it is decided by whoever is writing it. How is Kirito not a bad Mary Sue?
Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tail)

Erza Scarlet is an S-Class Mage from the infamous magic guild Fairy Tail. She starts off as a lone wolf who strictly follows the rules. As the story develops, Erza changes into a loving, strong, and independent mage.
Her terrible past haunts her, and she initially ignores her nakama's calls for... read more

I honestly loved Fairy Tail when I first watched it. I was amazed by the characters and loved the story. But then, Erza came. At first, I had no problems with Erza. I thought she would be a decently good character, but as the series progressed, I started to hate Erza more and more.
Erza's personality is just as dead as rotten fruit and has no development throughout the entire series. She's also just way too overpowered and way too perfect. She wins every single fight and always gives a friendship speech before killing the enemy.

How the hell is she not higher up on the list?!
She has pulled off wins throughout the latter stages of the series and always seems to defeat enemies far stronger than herself, despite being in overwhelmingly debilitating conditions.
Add to that the fact that she's the golden girl of Fairy Tail. Pretty much everyone is inspired by her. She was given the title of Master of the guild and is the transcendental god of nakama-power and nakama-speeches. You can see Erza fits the Mary Sue archetype perfectly.
Chiaki Nanami (Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Despair Arc)

Chiaki Nanami is a character in the video game Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair. She appears as a student of Hope's Peak Academy's Class 77-B and participates in the Killing School Trip. Known for her calm and friendly demeanor, she holds the title of Ultimate Gamer.

Literally one of the worst characters of all time. She didn't matter much in the games except that she looked important because she had access to the cameras. She has no personality and is literally just there to be a waifu character.
In the anime, they make her into this super important person, even though she shouldn't even exist outside the Neo World Program.

This is coming from someone who actually loves Chiaki: she is a total Mary Sue. She doesn't have any flaws, and her death causes the whole cast of DR2 to fall into despair.
The story, characters, and fanbase act like she is some sort of untouchable angel that can do no wrong.
Serena (Pokémon)

Serena has proven to be a kind and polite girl, though she can also be openly rebellious toward her mother, Grace. In "Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!", she refused to wake up when Grace ordered her to and responded sassily to her mother's call to watch the news. Their tense relationship was... read more
Madoka Ayukawa (Kimagure Orange Road)
Sakura Haruno (Naruto)

Sakura Haruno is one of the primary heroines of the series Naruto and Naruto: Shippuden. She is the only female ninja in Team Seven, which originally consists of Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and their sensei Kakashi Hatake. Her family includes her mother, Mebuki Haruno, and her father, Kizashi Haruno... read more
Aiga Akaba (Beyblade Burst Turbo)
Revy (Black Lagoon)

Rebecca Lee, commonly known as Revy and sometimes called Two Hands, is the main female protagonist of the anime and manga series Black Lagoon. She is known for her combat skills and use of dual pistols. Revy is one of the most prominent and violent characters in the series.

Exactly, she's a Jerk Sue. A Jerk Sue is a type of Mary Sue who does bad things but never gets in trouble for it. And that's not good. It's also the reason why she's a Mary Sue.
Berna Sterne (Macross Frontier)

The Newcomers

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Madoka Kaname (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

Madoka Kaname is the main character of the 2011 anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica. She is depicted as a kind and selfless middle school student who becomes a magical girl. Madoka's choices and development are central to the series and its related media.
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Yuri Plisetsky (Yuri!!! on Ice)

Yuri Plisetsky (Russian: Юрий Плисецкий. Japanese: ユーリ・プリセツキー, Yūri Purisetsukī) is a competitive figure skater and one of the main characters in Yuri!!! on Ice. He is introduced as the second Russian character in the series. His character is known for his exceptional... read more

The Contenders

Nagisa Furukawa (Clannad)
Miyuki Takara (Lucky Star)

Miyuki Takara is one of the characters in the Japanese animated series Lucky Star. She is known for her clumsiness and polite demeanor. She is also characterized by her intelligence, glasses, and wealthy family background.
Tatsuya Shiba (The Irregular at Magic High School)

Literally Magic Jesus, in every sense of the word. He's the walking equivalent of a tactical nuke, has girls falling for him at first glance, and is also a world-renowned magic engineer. There has not been a single enemy that has posed a credible threat to him. Did I mention he also one-shotted the entire Chinese navy?

This guy is the best Mary Sue. I'm sure you'll agree with me if you watched the anime. Also, the light novel.
Goku (Dragon Ball Z)

Son Goku (Saiyan name Kakarrot) is the main protagonist of the Dragon Ball franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. He possesses many powerful abilities, including super strength, ki control, flight, teleportation, super speed, enhanced reflexes, and Super Saiyan transformations that increase his... read more

One of the worst MCs I have ever seen. He literally has no flaws and no personality.

Be faster than the speed of light!

"Eat carrots and be overpowered!"
Chizuru Aizawa (Squid Girl)
Kira Yamato (Mobile Suit Gundam SEED)

Kira is definitely a Mary Sue. He is always trying to play the role of "god." And I do not know why there are fans in the community that praise his Gundam. His Gundam is pretty generic to me. Hell, he stole the spotlight from Shinn in Seed Destiny.
Eren Yeager (Attack on Titan)

Eren Yeager, spelled Eren Jaeger in the Funimation dub, is a fictional character appearing as the protagonist of the manga series Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama. He is a former member of the Scout Regiment and becomes the inheritor of the Attack Titan power. Throughout the series, Eren plays a central... read more
Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto)

Sasuke Uchiha is a fictional character from the Naruto manga and anime franchise, created by Masashi Kishimoto. He is a member of the Uchiha clan and one of the main characters in the series. Sasuke is portrayed as Naruto Uzumaki's rival and follows a complex path throughout the storyline.
Yuno Gasai (Future Diary)

Yuno Gasai is the main female protagonist of the anime series Mirai Nikki, also known as Future Diary, which premiered on October 10, 2011. She is the second diary owner and possesses the Diary of Future Love, which allows her to predict the actions of her love interest, Yukiteru Amano. Yuno is a classic... read more

Yuno Gasai had so much potential. I really wanted to like her, but in the end, the only personality she ended up showing is her blind and naive "love" for Yuki.

She's never lost to anyone else, has too much angst, and just easily defeats other people in a few seconds. I don't know what else is Sue if she isn't.

She's just way too annoying for anybody to like. I watched one episode of this anime and got annoyed. Yuno's the most popular girl in school and everybody likes her. She beats everybody with ease.
Shirayuki (Snow White with the Red Hair)

She's considered special in her universe because she is apparently the only one with bright red hair. Hell, even the anime is named after this fact.
What's more, she has guys trying to court her left and right without her even having to lift a (probably perfectly manicured, even though she's an herbalist) finger. She's kind to everyone she meets, is a hard worker, and seems to have no inherent faults.
I'd say she's in the running for being a Mary Sue (albeit a less severe example of one, but still).

While many, many, many people love her, I find myself hating her for the following reasons:
1. Boys fall for her without her even raising a finger.
2. She is very smart and hardworking.
3. She can change a person's heart almost instantly with only a few words.
To be honest, if she is not considered a Mary Sue, then I don't agree with the concept of Mary Sue.
Moka Akashiya (Rosario + Vampire)

Moka Akashiya is the fictional title character from the Japanese manga and anime series Rosario + Vampire. She is a vampire attending Yokai Academy, a school for supernatural beings.
Moka is known for having a dual personality that changes when the rosary on her necklace is removed, revealing... read more

Okay, just think about it. She is the most beautiful in the school and gets all the guys. She is a morally right and kind person. She has a poor past in which others bullied her when she went to school with humans.
In Vampire Mode, she's still as, if not more, beautiful, and defeats literally everyone in less than one minute! Mary Sue, much?
I don't know about character development because I stopped midway. I don't exactly like ecchi and only watched it because my brother practically forced me to. Not that it's not good if you are into "ecchi" (kind of like anime porn, with no sexual actions).
Miyuki Shiba (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei)

She's as bad as her brother. In fact, worse.
Most powerful magician? Check.
So powerful, the only person who can rival her is Lina? Check. (I think Lina is better than her. At least Lina still has a personality.)
Most likely Yotsuba leader? Check.
A really high psion count? Check.
Zone Interference? Check.
Very popular? Check.
Being described using "purple prose" in the novels? Check.
Having the novels overly exaggerate her greatness? (Looks, grades, skills, talents, everything.) Check.
A beauty that breaks the natural laws? Check.
Gets anyone who sees her to immediately be flustered, regardless of who saw her? Check.
Top grades at school? Check.
No actual weaknesses that could give her problems? Check.
She's a bigger Mary Sue than her brother, at least in my opinion. Oh, and her only defining trait is "I love you, Onii-sama." That's it. Nothing else in her character.
Why isn't she higher on this list, and more importantly, how come nobody added her to this list before me?
Umaru Doma (Himouto! Umaru-chan)

The creator tried to make her the cutest anime girl ever, but HA! They failed because almost everyone seems to hate her. That's what they get for making an annoying Mary Sue that acts like a brat.
I can't believe they thought a brat would be cute. They are so stupid, and since Mary Sues are what people wish to be, I guess the creator wishes to be hated by everybody. Her angry, puffed-up face is very ugly, and a 16-year-old acting like a 5-year-old isn't cute.

Her straight-A student personality makes me want to punch my head against a brick wall. It's so annoying, and I can't stand how the anime shoves it in our faces, showing how much everyone loves her.
Sayla Mass (Mobile Suit Gundam)
Saitama (One Punch Man)

Saitama is the main protagonist of the webcomic, manga, and anime series One-Punch Man. Known for his ability to defeat nearly any opponent with a single punch, he struggles with boredom due to his overwhelming strength. He joins the Hero Association to gain official recognition and help protect humanity... read more