Top Ten Most Overrated Anime Characters

The Top Ten
1 Goku - Dragon Ball Z Son Goku (Kakarrot) is the main protagonist in Dragon Ball franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. He has many abilities like, super strength, utilization of ki, flight, teleportation, super speed, enhanced reflexes, and Super Saiyan transformation that increase strength, speed, and durability... read more

He's not overrated. He isn't even in the top 50 most powerful anime characters, but he's truly a great character in many ways. It's not because he's strong, it's how he made our childhoods awesome, his kind nature and how he affected and changed a whole shounen genre. He's very inspiring and his good nature and attitude and the fact that he's childhood friend of many is what makes him special. He IS powerful, but definitely a long way to be the strongest. People saying that he's the most powerful is because he's the most powerful popular character. Anyways, I'm trying to say that he's neither overrated nor that powerful, but he's one of the greatest.

Goku himself I don't have a problem with in fact I love him as a character. The problem is his fantards are so obsessed with him being the best in battle threads especially against say Superman. I think they honestly miss what made Dragon Ball so special: that it isn't meant to be taken so seriously yet that's exactly what they do. It's disrespectful to Toriyama and the franchise as a whole that they treat a naïve, kind-hearted and loving character who loves his friends, family and fighting as an unstoppable force of nature. I'm not saiyan Goku is weak it's just that there are some characters he can't beat

2 Erza - Fairy Tail/Fairy Tail 2014 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. Erza's past starts with her working to build the dangerous tower called the Tower of Heaven also... read more

What, how is Goku first? He is the father of shonen and deserves respect. If anything, Goku is rather underrated nowadays. He's not bland like most other shonen protagonists, because he's more of a warrior rather than a hero, but he still sacrifices himself several times to save his family as he gradually learns to love his friends and family. People also have the tendency to hate on original and influential characters which is stupid. Goku was a very creative and unconventional character of his time, it's not his fault other authors keep copying Akira Toriyama. Erza, on the other hand, is a stupidly overrated Mary Sue who has no personality whatsoever, who is both annoying and perverted. In addition, winning via plot armor does NOT equal badass by any means.

Why is Goku in the top 1? Just, why? Even he died and losed to enemies, he sacrifices for his family and friends. But no, Erza ALWAYS wins every fight, thanks to the power of FRIENDSHIP, PLOT ARMOUR and FAN SERVICE, oh and CAKE OBSSESSION also. Her fans were being like she's the strongest woman in Fairy Tail. But... eww no. She couldn't even defeat Eileen by self (she defeated Eileen with Wendy's help, not many people remember that; and by the way, it's Eileen who killed herself or Acnologia). Some people compare Lucy to Erza, which is just a stupid thing to do. Hiro always lets Erza win every fights, and made her defeat enemies by self, but never let Lucy win by self, which makes everyone underrates Lucy (oh and, I love Lucy). Oh and by the way, let me remind you Erza fans, Erza would never be the strongest and most powerful, as she couldn't even defeat Mira (Hiro said that).

3 Roronoa Zoro - One Piece Roronoa Zoro, nicknamed "Pirate Hunter" Zoro, is a fictional character in the One Piece franchise created by Eiichiro Oda.

Not an original character just another walking stereotype badass/tough character like we see in so many Shonen. Yawn. Next please.

So true!
You've got Luffy who has much MUCH bigger feats so far. You've got Sanji who's running all over the place helping and rescuing people any chance he got (Kinemon, Tashigi, marines, Viola, Minks, Reiju, Chiffon, etc.).
Then you've got this guy. Who didn't do much once you stop and think about it. Whose only real feat is to defeat Pica. Who got defeated and thrown in a cage by Hody. Who got rekted by Fujitora.
And his crazy fanboys claim he is unbeatable and even defeat a Yonko! That he is much stronger than Sanji and equal/stronger than Luffy. Uh Hello? What's wrong with you?
Not to mention how insanely obnoxious his fans are...

He and his fans are trash. There I said it! They act like he can do no wrong but in reality all he does most of the time is frown in the backsground all unemotional trying to act cool. They also overhype the hell out of every little insignificant things he does while ignoring his shortcomings and his flaws as a character and that's hella annoying.

4 Kirito - Sword Art Online Kazuto Kirigaya is a fictional character who appears in the Sword Art Online series of light novels by Reki Kawahara.

Excuse my bitterness, but this character is the most ludicrous and ridiculous one I've ever seen in anime. Whenever I see this Mary Sue's face, a bit of my soul wastes away. He was romantically involved with 90% of the women on the show despite already being in a "loving" relationship (in some cases, even sexually) with Asuna. Sword Art Online had so much potential with the brilliant animation and plot, but Kirito ruined it. His defending fans mostly consist of adolescent otakus who find his boring and monochromatic design to be attractive, without realizing his unrealistic lack of flaws and annoying nature.

Every girl on the show has the hots for him even his own damn sister/cousin!? He's not even loyal to wife/girlfriend. I don't see why Asuna puts up with it. If I ever saw my boyfriend in a quiet and dark cave cuddling with some other girl I'd slap him. and he's way to op for no reason. He was never taught the skills that he have no training or anything can't they give other characters some attention?

5 Nami - One Piece Nami is a fictional character in the One Piece franchise created by Eiichiro Oda. She is based on Ann and Silk, two characters from Oda's previous manga Romance Dawn.

What a waste of a character honestly... There was potential at the beginning but now it's kinda sad how her character is used nowadays. Either fanservice or damsell in distress, that only has a cool moment every 3 years or so.

Oh yeah she's supposed to be main female character? Doesn't really show and she doesn't have as big a role in the story as some people claim. Then again a lot of people don't like her so I don't know how overrated she can be considered.

Her idiotic fans like to claim she's the most important member of the crew just because she's a navigator and I would find it a bit less ridiculous if she hadn't had close to zero influence on the plot since the last 10 years.

6 Hinata Hyuga - Naruto Hinata Hyuga is a fictional character in the anime and manga franchise Naruto, created by Masashi Kishimoto.

The Hinatards need to stfu already. Some people hate Hinata is not because she used to be cute or because of Sakura. It's actually because Studio Pierrot completely ruined her character. She started out as a decent character but then she became a overused, bland, one dimensional and weak mary-sue. Lady Tsunade is designed with big boobs for a actual reason that has nothing to do with fan service. Kishimoto always draws Hinata with normal sized boobs but Studio Pierrot over exaggerates them like in the episode where she was wearing a kimono. Naruto should've become hokage instead of marrying her. Hinata was never "crowned the strongest Hyuga" and she never "defeated Madara". Naruto's name doesn't mean going on a date, it's actually the name of a food in Japan. Why can't Ino get more attention than her?

I'm surprised Hinata is not on this list while Sakura is. At least Sakura has actually defeated someone. Hinata has never won any battles and almost all she did in the beginning of the series was poke her fingers and think about "Naruto-kun" all day. She's so overrated.

7 Itachi Uchiha - Naruto Itachi Uchiha is a fictional character in the Naruto manga and anime series created by Masashi Kishimoto.

Itachi is the most overrated character in Naruto. That's it. The mere fact that some people think Itachi can easily defeat Madara is an easy proof that Itachi is overrated. Plus, his obsessive fans even make up a fake rumor that Kishimoto said Itachi can easily defeat Madara just so others will think like them. Madara is on a whole other level, Itachi wouldn't stand a chance against him no matter what. To further prove the complete stupidity of the Itachitards, they say that Itachi's undefeatable just because he hasn't lost a fight. Oh puh-lease, Itachi hasn't lost a fight because he didn't fight anyone stronger than him. Overpowered characters such as any Otsutsuki, Naruto, Sasuke, Hashirama, Madara, Tobirama, Izuna, etc. will obliterate Itachi instantly.

Blobfish are lazy and have wrinkles
Itachi is lazy and has wrinkles
therefore Itachi is a blobfish.
Cows fart
Itachi farts
therefore Itachi is a cow.
Poop is smelly
Itachi is most likely smelly because he lives in a cave
Therefore Itachi is most likely a poop.
Sasuke is overrated
Itachi is overrated
therefore Itachi is Sasuke.
An ostrich is ugly
Itachi is ugly
Condor is an ostrich
therefore Condor was Itachi in disguise.
Naruto has hair
Itachi has hair
Sakura has hair
therefore Itachi is Sakura and Naruto.
...this has gone too far.

8 Naruto - Naruto Naruto Uzumaki is a fictional character in the anime and manga franchise Naruto, created by Masashi Kishimoto.

Naruto is definitely overrated. The main reason he doesn't have any heroic qualities especially in shippuden. His character foundations were gradually mutilated throughout the franchise. Naruto who was supposed to be an underdog was actually a prince with hidden destiny. Everything was given to him in a silver plate. He not only had huge chakra reserves but a chakra supplying machine inside him. at least Goku works hard to power up.
Kishimoto failed to evolve Naruto as a character and made him confront his flaws. His unhealthy obsession of chasing people's acknowledgement and his lack of moral compass was never acknowledged. By the end he became so self obsessed that he would call a mass murderer 'the coolest guy ever' just because they had same dream.

Naruto should be number 1 on this list. His fans oh gosh they are so annoying and act like he's so original and obsess over him. Naruto is just a bad repeat of Goku plus there are many characters that are better than him that get overlooked. He's also really annoying and bratty at times too all he thinks about is Sasuke. Even Saitama who has no personality beats Naruto with better characteristics. by the way if anyone thinks Naruto can beat Vegeta or Goku in a fight then they must be smoking the drapes.

9 Sasuke - Naruto Sasuke Uchiha is a fictional character from the manga and anime franchise Naruto, created by Masashi Kishimoto.

Sasuke was at least a good friend to Naruto. Vegeta's existance was problematic for Goku. He never even learnt how to ge along well with others. So whether Goku's listing was higher, still the fact will remain Vegeta was third class cheap character who wanted to trouble Goku because of that stupid goal of his. So telling Goku was overrated still can't change the fact that Vegeta wa stupid cheap character

Really overrated character. Can't even determine how he get the Rinnegan on his right eye? All skills are just given to him, ready for use: Itachi's sharingan, Orochimaru's techniques, don't get me started with the Rinnegan on his other eyes, how did he get/awaken it again? Not to mention, he has a very ugly personality. Perfect definition of emotard.

This jerk of a character here is nothing more than a power up, an idiot who enjoys looking down on others just so he can feel good about it, shallow personality and an even shallower motive for revenge. Power crazed ass and a complete homicidal maniac. I think I've said enough

10 Sakura - Naruto Sakura Haruno is the main heroine of the series "Naruto Shonen Jump!" and Naruto Shippuden. She is the only female ninja of Team Seven. Her family consists of her mother, Mebuki Haruno, and her father Kizashi Haruno. Her clan is likely not very well known around Konoha and up until "Boruto: Naruto Next Generations!" She wears the symbol of her clan on her back... read more

Sakura is ok, but way overrated. She was practically useless in part one; Naruto and Sasuke did most of the fighting while Sakura mainly stayed on the sidelines watching. And in Naruto Shippuden, Chiyo was the only reason that Sakura lived to tell the story. Point in fact, Sasori would have killed her for sure if Chiyo hadn't been there to aid her. And she DIDN'T defeat Sasori; Sasori allowed himself to be killed. Chiyo even says so. He chose to let his defenses down. Sakura is given too much credit.

Sakura is a whiny, inconsiderate, pointless character in Naruto. She barely did any fighting and all she was really good was throwing Tsunade-like punches and healing. She lets herself get saved all the time and never fights WITHOUT being saved. Honestly, I think she's way too overrated to be a very popular character in Naruto. She seems very overestimated because of her strength. Though she only wanted to start training due to her precious SASUKE-KUN leaving her behind.

The Contenders
11 Jinbe - One Piece

My friend found the right words to explain what bothers us about him: he lacks individuality
Nothing about him is interesting. Right now all the talk about him is just because he's the new guy but I suspect it will wane fast

Glad to see I'm not the only one who dislikes this guy.
I though I was some weirdo for not not wanting him in the crew.

A very "bleh" character. The only interesting part about him is...Wait, there is no such thing!

12 Saitama - One Punch Man Saitama is the main protagonist of the webcomic and anime series One Punch Man, who could easily destroy a continent with one punch. He is bored with his extreme power. He is registered with the Heroes Association as a C-Class Superhero and is tasked to defend Z-City against Mysterious Beings.

"Saitama is a PARODY! So he can ALWAYS win with ONE PUNCH! "

SHUT UP! SHUT UP! JUST SHUT THE HELL UP!

Just because you're a parody, doesn't excuse you for being wanked to all the time. There are still PLENTY of characters that can survive a serious punch from Saitama and can kill him without breaking a sweat. And Saitama STOPPED being a parody when they gave us his origin story. Even though his origin story is nonsensical and pointless, he is still no longer a parody. So he CAN be beaten. He also can't breathe in space so universal threats can kill him too.

Seriously though, Saitama is without a doubt the most overrated anime character EVER!

Trust me. I tried to love Saitama, but the fans of One Punch Man really ruined the series for me. Most people use Saitama as picture profiles to try to be trolls on the Internet and say Saitama is better than every other anime character. It's getting annoying.

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.
14 Levi - 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".

I didn't always dislike this character. But it's the fandom that's slowly making me hate him. Seriously, the fandom has a boner for this guy. He is their completely infallible god who can do no wrong. What really annoys me is when people hate Mikasa yet love Levi. They are nearly the same character!
"Mikasa is a Mary Sue because she is one of the best warriors of humanity, good looking and has a tragic backstory."
Um, what is Levi then? Oh yeah. The same thing except it's taken up ten notches. Plus, he doesn't have the flaw where he cares for only a few people. He is one of the most loving people in the show, even going out of his way to help, regular red shirts.
So stupid perfect. it's pretty obnoxious but his crazy fans are even worse.

He's cool, his power is BOOM! Amazing, and also badass. But, too overrated and many fangirl and fans too praise him, even treating him as if he were his main character, even almost like the strongest character on anime, though there is still a stronger one. In fact, the real main characters are actually somewhat forgotten and hated, even underrated. I don't hate him, nor do I love this character, but fans need to stop. Stop praising too much like he has almost no flaws or criticism, and doesn't forget the real main character.

15 Ash - Pokemon Ash Ketchum, known as Satoshi in Japan, is a fictional main character in the Pokémon franchise owned by Nintendo. Ash is training to be a Pokemon Master, with his buddy Pikachu. Ash tries to stop the evil Team Rocket from stealing his Pikachu.

"But--but he's so overhated. "

Shut up already! Have you ever met his delusional, bullying fans. They won't let you be in peace if you criticise Ash.
Also there was this video where I was praising a minor pokemon anime character because of his battle strategies (and the comment doesn't even mention Ash), but then there is this retarded Ash stan had to butt in saying, "ow you love this guy, he's not match for Ash.".
Stop being such an entitled crap, there are several characters out there who can battle better than Ash but suffers from not having the plot armory for being a minor character.
Ash can be your favourite God but to me he's just an anime character.

Barring from his league losses he's just a bland generic protagonist with the typical lame "friendship is everything" ideology and we didn't even have any reason why he's doing that thing or why does he even want to become Pokemon master despite sucking at it. And it baffles me how the show still keeps using him when they should have switched to a new protagonist. I understand Goku and Luffy because they drive the story in some way. But same can't be said with Ash as he has no progression whatsoever after a season ends and will just do the same exact thing in the next. You can replace him with a different character in each series and the story would still work. That is how shallow of a character Ash is.
I can agree that characters like Serena and Iris are even worse but at the very least, they only last in one season. But not this guy. We have to deal with him and his yellow rat even after the world ends.

16 Natsu Dragneel - Fairy Tail Natsu Dragneel is a Mage of the Fairy Tail Guild.Natsu is carefree and reckless in nature, and, despite his consistent brawls with the other members of Fairy Tail, he is a fiercely loyal and protective friend. He is willing to go down fighting for his friends, regardless of how futile it might seem. Natsu has a straightforward mind, and often tackles issues with a "hands on" approach. His solution... read more

Natsu is the overrated character here because he takes up the whole series. The series show is not always about him Fairy Tail is a series about other characters and Lucy would make more sense being the main character of the series not Natsu. Lucy doesn't or won't take the spotlight hogging it on other characters but not Natsu hogging spotlight of the series away from other characters. Fairy Tail series is about other characters not a story series about Natsu himself.

I'd say it's a tie between Ash and Natsu in being the kings of bland and boring protagonists that can't stop shoving the power of friendship in everyone's throats.

Just a boring leading firebrand for Fairy Tail. The only redemption about himself is that he's voiced by Todd Haberkorn in the English dub. Other than that, he is a I-D-I-O-T!

17 Mikasa Ackerman - Attack on Titan Mikasa 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. She accompanies the main protagonist Eren Jaeger. Her most notable feature is the red scarf that she wears. She is one of the most strongest characters in the Attack on Titan franchise.

Mikasa was supposed to be a deep and complex character like Levi in the anime series when I realized just how flat she is as a character. Sure I love Mikasa, but I'm adding her here for the fact that she is now becoming nothing more than a clingy high-school girl character. She was supposed to be a complete badass, but was held back by her boring, overprotective, and sometimes stupid and reckless character that she has. And this is sad considering she is one of the only smart people on Attack on Titan. And based on what I heard about the fan base causing Hajime Isayama to write the manga to their demand, I am praying they will not turn her into a lovey-dovey girl in the second season.

Flat boring, one dimensional, and all those battle prowesses are just too much for just a single soldier noob (even if she's the top-notch of her generation, the best rookies do also struggle sometimes while training) who barely got any real experience at any out-walled expeditions whatsoever.
Too bad if Isayama just want to make her the "next" Levi out of the blue...

18 Sebastian Michaelis - Black Butler Sebastian Michaelis (セバスチャン・ミカエリス, Sebasuchan Mikaerisu) is the titular deuteragonist of the manga and anime series, Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji). He is the demon butler and a senior staff member of the Phantomhive household.

I really like Sebastian, but his fanbase is INSANE. I mean, it gets on the verge of scary sometimes.

He is such a jerk he doesn't even care about Ciel he only wants his soul

19 Eren - Attack on Titan Eren Yeager, spelled Eren Jaeger in the Funimation dub, is a fictional character appearing as the protagonist from the manga series Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama.

Kirito doesn't even come close to how overrated Eren is. Even I know Eren is just another generic male lead character more than Kirito.

A lead character who is a firebrand. It's a relentlessly overused type in anime, and he's the most irritating of his kind.

A character so overrated they made an entire cult dedicated to him. And how do his fans feel when his character got dumpstered at the end of the series.

20 Pan - Dragon Ball GT Pan (パン, Pan) is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama. She is the granddaughter of Earth's savior, Goku and the world champion, Mr. Satan. Pan's heritage is primarily Earthling, being the offspring of the Saiyan-Earthling hybrid Gohan and the Earthling Videl, thus making her 1/4 Saiyan.

She serves no real purpose in the anime aside from being a rude, nasty and spoiled little brat. It's hard to believe that she is actually Gohan's daughter because he's so caring and polite. The show would probably be better without her, even if it's only by a little bit. I don't like her.

What a dumb, useless character. She's well known for being whiny and stupid. Overrated for being the most hated Dragon Ball Z female.

Although Pan has her faults, she's also gets a proportionate amount of hate from the fan base, so she's not overrated.

21 Broly - Dragon Ball Broly is the main antagonist in the Broly Triple Threat trilogy and Dragon Ball Super: Broly movie. He appears to be the latest of the Legendary Super Saiyans who appear every thousand years. His father was Paragus.

Specifically the original Broly. He is motivated over a crying baby. A CRYING BABY. Come on even I moved on from my baby sister's constant annoying cries. Broly from the DBS movie on the other hand is actually an amazing character.

Never liked broly.. all he did was scream kakarot and beat everyone with OP nonsense, not until the last movie where they finally developed his character a bit that I finally liked him a little

22 Yuno Gasai - Mirai Nikki Yuno Gasai is the main female protagonist from the anime series "Mirai Nikki" or "Future Diary" published in October 10, 2011. Yuno Gasai is the second dairy owner and is a yandere who kills for Yukki, she owns the Diary of Future Love. She has pink hair tied into two low hanging pigtails with red ribbons.

If there's one thing I can say about her it's that she's praised because she's the Yandere queen or the definition of the Yandere archetype. But that doesn't mean I'll find her likeable or even a good character. I just can't stand her throughout the series. Though at the same time I am invested with the survival game. I'm indifferent to her but I can see why she's overrated.

She is not the yandere queen. Yandere Chan is plus yandere is in her name. She reminds me of JD from heathers. Killing innocent people just because they're with somebody.

I seriously hate her. Fans always say how cool she is. I just don't understand why. Yandere is an understatement.

23 Vegeta - Dragon Ball Z Vegeta is an anime fictional character from the anime series, Dragon Ball Z, created by Akira Toriyama.

Vegeta was, and always will be a mediocre villain at best, but as a "hero", his truly appalling. Toriyama is absolute worst at characterization, so it's no wonder that he turned the narcissistic psychopath into a "deep, multi-dimentional and caring character", that he apparently is today - what truly boggles my mind, is how easily the fandom of the series accepted it, without even a second thought!

"He's strong, so his cool, and awesome! "

I don't care.

"He doesn't try kill the main crue anymore, so he's a hero now! "

No. He hasn't earned the right to be called a hero.

"He blew himself up, so he's redeemed himself by now! "

Again, no. Vegeta was a psychopath - through and through. Last time I checked, psychopaths cannot be "cured", nor "redeemed", ever. They learn, how to cope. How to manipulate. How to deceive. As I said above, Toriyama is terrible at characterization - he just simply created something that he didn't truly understand, thus giving us a valid example of a trope that I like to call a "toxic redemption". He never truly earned anything, in terms of not being the villain anymore. He just... stopped, and everyone just let his past evil deeds go by, just like that. Plot-wise, he was not needed. Trunks was not needed, either. He should've stayed dead on Namek.

24 L - Death Note L Lawliet, exclusively known by the mononym L, is a fictional character in the manga series Death Note, created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata.

I understand why everyone loves him so much, but I feel like there are better characters.

25 Korra - Legend of Korra Avatar Korra is the title lead character in Nickelodeon's animated television series The Legend of Korra, in which she is depicted as the current incarnation of the Avatar, responsible for maintaining peace and balance in the world.
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