Summary
Stories of revengeare not uncommon in modern anime, but what happens when you combine the Isekai Genre, with the good old fashioned “its payback time” trope? Then you get a whole new perspective in a genre that honestly, could use some freshen up. This list hassome great Isekai Anime and Mangawith heroes seeking revenge.
From a summoned young man who was falsely accused, expelled, and came back to show them the true meaning of heroism to a tale of despair, survival, and revenge of the most vicious isekai character ever made. Nothing will stop these heroes from bringing reckoning to those who played them for fools, not even death.
Updated on March 8th, 2025, by Lucas Simons:With more and more fantasy series being renewed for a second and third season, and new ones starting soon, it would be good to take another look at this list of isekai Main Characters seeking revenge. New titles have now been added to the list, including the controversial Black Summoner series, and Summoned to Another World for a Second Time, which has different types of revenge tropes included, and one related to the main antagonist of the story no less. These series are great in both design quality and world-building profundity, and they transport fans into fantastical realms filled to the brim with action and, of course, sweet, sweet revenge.
Summoned To Another World For A Second Time
What would happen if someone were to be summoned to another world, not once, but twice?Summoned to Another World for a Second Timeplays with that premise, where the MC is brought to another world he had already saved in the past, only this time, he arrives alongside his whole classroom. He needs to keep this secret because there’s a conspiracy to bring him back, and he knows the rest ofhis classmates were caught in the summoningfor that reason.
However, everything is twisted once he discovers the reason why he was brought back, and this will trigger in him a transformation from the once celebrated hero of a nation to a dark and brutal avenger seeking to stop the man who was once called a hero alongside him. It is an entertaining anime, but the manga is a little bit better since it more thoroughly explains how the villain broke the ‘summoned system.’
When the most powerful and accomplished assassin from Earth is killed in action and then transported to another world at the behest of a mischievous goddess, he reincarnates into Lugh, the scion of the Tuatha Dé family and heir to their secret office of royal assassins.
However, when things start to get really complex and conspiracies related to the goddess' selfish wishes start to pile up, Lugh grows tired of being the puppet of the deity and becomes a powerful force who opposes her designs. As a dark avenger, Lugh kills everything that is thrown at him, even the so-called heroes chosen by the gods to ‘save the world.’
Black Summoner
With a cool visual design and great world-building,Black Summonerhas a few points that make it divergent from the average isekai. The Main Character uses a combination of Dark Sorcery and a powerful scythe to fight his enemies, and he doesn’t know where he was reincarnated from, only that he has been put into that world for certain divine purposes.
Black Summoneris an interesting proposal, with an overpowered MC who has quite a beef with a whole kingdom that tried to murder him and the woman he loves. As such, to get his revenge, he is willing to escalate the conflict and go on a warpath until he cleanses all the conspirators who ordered the hit.
7The Death Mage
An Unconventional Revenge Tale
The story ofThe Death Mageis a tragedy: transported to another world, and born as a half-vampire from a dark elf mother, Vandalieu’s life was marked by sorrow from early on. Since he can barely remember his past life as a Japanese student, he was grateful to be raised by a loving mother. But when a group of humans led by a so-called hero barged into his peaceful life and captured his mother for being the wife of a vampire, everything collapsed. He witnessed how the townsfolk led by the church executed her mother, and he swore revenge.
Soon, the world would tremble upon the mention of his name, as his power as a Death Magician is unparalleled. It’s a cool manga with a lot of drama, action, and adventure. A flip on the usual “vengeful hero saves the world” trope that is commonly used in this genre. Since Vandalieu had no choice but to play the role of the villain, he grew up hating mankind. As he roams the world amassing power and preparing to unleash his wrath upon all mortals, the balance between the thrill of revenge fulfilled, and the loss of self in sorrow after the moment passes is played masterfully by the author.
6Nito’s Lazy Foreign World Syndrome
A Lazy Hero Mops The Floor With An Entire Kingdom
Nito’s Lazy Foreign World Systemstarts like any other Isekai: with a bunch of school students being pulled unwillingly into a mess of a world, to fight a war for a lousy king in a corrupted Kingdom. Amidst all this mess, Hidako Masamune, a bullied student who committed suicide but was transported with all his bullies anyway, is marked as “useless” by the Kingdom, mocked by his fellow classmates, and thrown to die in a faraway region. Of course, he would swear revenge. What would they expect?
But then, he re-discovers the pleasure of living and obtains the power to do so by enjoying freedom and starting a new life with new friends. He somewhat forgets about his goal to turn a whole kingdom to ashes and dust and slay all his classmates. But, as the heinous crimes of the kingdom become more and more evident, he joins hands with a freedom-fighting group and decides to go back and break everything to pieces. This is a surprisingly good series that has a rough start but becomes better as the volumes progress.
The second Iwatami Naofumi was selected as the Shield Hero,he knew something wrong was happening. While the other three heroes received praise and the help of the kingdom, no one was willing to accompany him on his quest. Unluckily for him, Melty Melromanc was the only one who offered herself to be a member of his party, but it was nothing but a trap. Melty stole all his stuff and falsely accused Nofumi of attempting to abuse her, so the Shield hero was kicked out of the palace with nothing but what he was wearing. So he swore to get back at that ungrateful king, the other heroes, and the conspiring princess.
Not too long after, he met Raphtalia, a slave girl who he saved from a difficult situation. Together, they formed a party, and it wasn’t too long until Filo joined their ranks. Together, they started to level up, proving that the Shield Hero was quite capable until they inevitably drew the attention of the Church of the Three heroes and the kingdom, who sent the other summoned Isekaid cheaters on a manhunt for Naofumi. Not only Naofumi mopped the floor with them, but he also proved himself superior in strength and moral standards.
Being the greater person, he forgave them, but he didn’t let go of his grudge against the kingdom and its citizens. When the Queen came back and learned about the mistreatment that the Shield Hero suffered, she put her own husband and daughter on trial, and when they were found guilty of conspiring against the kingdom and the Shield Hero, she asked Naofumi what should be the sentence. Needless to say, it wasn’t pretty, but even so, Iwatami humiliated them without the need of physical violence, proving himself nobler than the conspirators.
When the Goddess Vysis summoned heroes from another world, Touka was baffled to find himself among the “chosen ones.” But as quickly as Vysis checked his stats, she did a 180º and decided it was better to discard him in some random ruins for him to die. Of course, Touka survived, and he was pissed. Barely managing to survive thanks to a magical bag and his luck, he found the remains of another summoned being who was discarded by the Goddess after completing his task and learned about the horrific past deeds of the deity.
Upon learning aboutthe Forbidden Arts in the Forgotten Sage’s journal, Touka swore to get his sweet revenge someday, but for that, he had to escape. Learning about curses, he soon became notoriously proficient in causing the altered statuses Paralysis, Poisoning, Blindness, and Rage. Using those as weapons, he manages to get out just in time to save Seras Ashrain, a fugitive elven noble, and joins hands with her to get back at the society that rejected them.
3Garbage Hero: A Revenge Story Of A Hero Who Got Summoned To Another World
The Story Of A Discarded Summoned Hero Taking Revenge From The World
Tsukuru, a law-abiding citizen and exemplar schoolboy, gets thrown into a new world alongside his class, and in the middle of the strangest of situations: They get to be auctioned as summoned heroes to the various nations of that world to defeat several demon lords. But it turns out that nobody wanted Tsukuru, since his skill, “Chef,” is undesirable. Discarded through a portal, he almost landed in death’s jaws, but managing to survive, he swore to become stronger and get his revenge someday.
After managing to get some broken items and a legendary sword and title, he gathers up power and money and ultimately ends up buying the freedom of a magician slave named Kana. Soon, they discover that together a great synergy between their skills. Thus begins a tale of hard working, monster slaying, and cooking, where the hero Tsukuru will rise to power using his unique talent and high intelligence, and get payback alongside the fallen noble lady who became his right hand.
2The Hero Who Seeks Revenge Shall Exterminate With Darkness
They Summoned Him To Be The Hero, Then Killed The People He Loved The Most; Death Is Too Good For Them
The Hero, Raul,accomplished his mission and slayed the Demon Lord, but upon his return, he finds out that the Princess, alongside the power-hungry aristocrats and their sycophants, have murdered the family he formed in that world and his beloved friends. Raul’s mind completely breaks, and he turns into a homicidal psycho who wishes nothing but to destroy each and every one of them in the most painful of ways.
The problem is: how to stop the most powerful being in the world, who has turned to the dark side and is on a rampage killing every noble in the kingdom?The Hero Who Seeks Revenge Shall Exterminate with Darknessis the story of a foolish Princess and her inner circle of acolytes, who committed the most sinful acts of betrayal for ambition, and the brutal and gory tale of the hero’s revenge upon them.
When the Heroes from another worldget summoned to a strange landand are forced to become pieces in a great game of chess, they never knew they’d meet death so soon. But it turns out that when they throw them unprepared into one of the most dangerous labyrinths in the world, things cannot go all too well either. For Hajime Nagumo, a kind and aloof student, this meant the beginning of a new life and the end of his love for mankind. When things went south, his classmates used him as bait and threw him into the darkness, leaving him to die.
The scoundrel didn’t know then, but they had sealed their fate. Nagumo not only survived but suffered a metamorphosis that led him to become the strongest in the world. He also found a sealed vampire princess in the depths of the dungeon, and together, they conquered it and earned its hidden powers. Roaming free once more and using his Synergist class to completely annihilate whatever stays in his path for too long, Nagumo will hunt down those who used him as a trash bag and pay them back ten thousandfold.Arifuretahas some quirky characters for sure, but it’s an overall good series, though its main character is a little bit complicated and edgy.
