Summary
Evil gods are not a new thing in anime, but withthe proliferation of dark fantasy anime and manga, fans have seen quite a lot of them threatening the main characters in various stories. From shonen to seinen, from pure fantasy to the most bizarre of settings, evil gods prowl the darkest corners of the universe, waiting to devour humanity at the slightest of chances.
This topic presents some of the most dangerous evil gods in anime, considering not only their power but also their determination to accomplish their less-than-divine goals, which most of the time include obliterating mankind for good.
Of all the gods from the many Pantheons of the World, Zeus is the oldest, most dangerous, and most powerful god, absolute regent of the Heavens, and the judge, jury, and executioner of mankind. At some point, Zeus grew tired and impatient to wait for the end of times to exterminate mankind and proposed to initiate Ragnarok ahead of schedule.
Onlythe intervention of the first Valkyrie, Brunhilde, was enough to make him waver and seek an alternative: a Deathmatch between humanity’s strongest and the gods, to determine the fate of humanity. But that didn’t mean that Zeus would change his mind. On the contrary, he decided to participate in the tournament, fighting against none other than the first human: Adam, the mortal who is said to be closest to the creator.
In this fight, Zeus demonstrated not only his full power, but the full extent of his mania and hatred for the mortals, proving that he will be the ultimate being until the extinction of the universe, and one to defeat if humanity wants to survive.
Beneath this beautiful face and sharply dressed frame lies a beast full of lust and ambition, only capable of seeing the shiniest of things in the world, with a total disregard for empathy and love. Though called the Goddess of Love and Fertility, Freya hides a shameful secret: she is incapable of loving anything but herself. She stubbornly tries to replace this voidsurrounding herself with perfectly tamed puppetswho obey her every command.
But what makes this sinister goddess such a dangerous being is her ability to overwrite the memory and will of every mortal in a huge radius. She’s capable of deleting the past of the target of her desire, isolating him, and trapping him in an alternate reality where no one remembers a thing about the poor fool that draws the attention of this greedy deity. This ensures the victim has no other choice than to plead to her for salvation, and she is willing to receive them, in exchange for one thing: absolute devotion and surrender.
Vysis’s true goals are a mystery, though her origins are surrounded by death. The story ofFailure Frameseems to indicate that she has devoured all her siblings, consuming their power and creating a pantheon all for herself. Selfish, arrogant, and powerful, this goddess stops at nothing to accomplish her crooked goals.
According to the lore, she also seems to be able to manipulate time and space at will, overwriting the authority of other gods from alternate realities and worlds to fish potential talents for her twisted game. All with the sole purpose of being entertained, and surrounded by victims to satisfy her endless appetite for debauchery.
Whoever she deems unworthy of her dark affection, she discards in the most ruthless of ways: banishing them to a death trap labyrinth, specially prepared to destroy all who oppose her. But she messed up big time, since one particular human survived her trap, and is willing to seek and destroy her. Soon,she will get what she deserves, once and for all.
His true name is unknown, his goals are even less clear than his visage, and most of all his powers are yet to be revealed. A mysterious and dark god ruling the world where Rudeus Greyrat reincarnates, and often appearing in his dreams, potentially guiding him to his “happy ending,” or so he says. The most dangerous thing about this being is that he is capable of seeing the future, and thus manipulates living beings of his interest to twist the threads of fate in his favor. This has caused great suffering for Rudeus and his family and almost wiped them out of existence.
At the end of Season 2, Rudeus has finally figured out that this so-called god is the most evil being in the fantasy world where he lives now, and has come to the realization that he cannot trust him at all. So, in futureMushoku Tenseiseasons, the anime will finally meet with the light novels, and fans will be able to witness the entirety of Hitogami’s depravation, and the reason why Orsted, the current Dragon God, despises him so much.
A mysterious divine being of relatively unknown origin, Kars is depicted as a member of a superior race of godlike vampires who ruled Earth eons ago. In the events ofJoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency, Kars is finally revealed as the creator of the Stone Mask, an artifact that can turn humans into lesser vampirical beings, capable of satisfying his thirst for blood.
Since Kars hasn’t received enough sustenance due to the lack of artificially created vampires, his powers are greatly diminished when Joe Joestar and the crew finally face him, though that doesn’t make him less powerful than the average god. The only true way to stop him was to propel him out of Earth, and that didn’t even truly kill him, since he managed to cover himself in a thick stone chrysalis.
Ultimately, he entered a deep hibernation since he was yeeted into the deepest and coldest corners of space, and he will probably end up crashing against a star. Hopefully, this will be enough to destroy this dangerous god for good.
