Top 10 Best Anime About Revenge and Betrayal

by **Mohsin Lag** · May 10, 2020, 12:35 am

Here is a list of the best revenge anime where the Mc becomes overpowered to get his vengeance

Welcome to this brand new post about the best Japanese anime about revenge and betrayal, which ignites rages, and fierce battles, and turns kind people into villains or cold beings.

From classics to the newest animated series, you will probably find the best our this well-picked list to watch, enjoy, and be delighted with what a good anime has to offer.

Let’s start the countdown of our list of the best anime about revenge, vengeance, and betrayal that push these characters to become Op in order to achieve their goals!

Here We Go:

10. 91 Days

Genres: Action, Drama, Historical

“Revenge is a dish best served cold.”
This is the quote that better describes the 91 Days Anime Series. The story of this anime is about revenge themes that highlight a man who returns to his hometown bent on revenge after his family is killed in a mafia dispute in the time of Prohibition. Yeah in this era, the law is powerless and the mafia and gangs ruled the hometown. Killing brings more killing, and revenge spawns more revenge. So, How will the 91-day story of these men guided by a tragic fate end?

9. Guilty Crown

Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Super Power, Drama, Romance, Mecha

Funeral Parlor, a guerilla group led by the infamous Gai Tsutsugami, acts as freedom fighters, offering the only resistance to GHQ’s cruel despotism.

This is an anime about revenge and betrayal that follows the main character, Shu, living in an advanced version of Tokyo, and finds himself mingled with the activities of a terrorist group defying the government called Funeral Parlour. He meets the leader Gai, and finds out his favorite singer Inori Yuzuriha is a key member of Funeral Parlor, who runs into him during a crucial operation.

Somehow our main character will obtain an ability that allows him to draw out the manifestations of an individual’s personality, or “voids.” Now an unwilling participant in the struggle against GHQ, Shuu must learn to control his newfound power if he is to help take back Japan once and for all. However, he will soon learn that the truth comes at a far greater price than he could have ever imagined.

8. Akatsuki No Yona

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Shoujo

Yeah at first the show seems like an ordinary shoujo reverse harem and stuff like that, but by the end of the first episode, we uncover that this tv series had more than that. This is a well-written anime with revenge and betrayal themes served via a story that you won’t forget, which depicts the themes of Revenge and Betrayal and how they can change people’s life and principles for good.

This is the tale of Yona, a cheerful pretty Princess who Upon her sixteenth birthday, her life turns upside down after witnessing the man she once loved cruelly murdering her father. Heartbroken by this painful betrayal, Princess Yona escaped from her Palace of a spoiled princess, learning about the difficulties of life and such with her loyal servant Hak. Now, she will take up the sword and the bow on an adventure to gain new allies, learning how to be able to protect her beloved people from any harm, so as to not live the same nightmare twice!

7. Btooom!

Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Psychological, Seinen

Btooom is a good anime about revenge and is a so valid series that will make you forget about the shonen ones that are led by 16, 17 years old main characters. Because here, The story is about a 22 years old guy, who sits at home playing video games all day.

This game anime highlights the story of one of the best players in a game called BTOOM! whose life will turn upside down when gets kidnapped and taken to an island where he has to play a survival game and win back his freedom. Equipped with a day’s worth of provisions, a bag of bombs, a strange crystal embedded in his left hand, and a huge gaping hole in his memory. Can Ryouta repurpose his game-based skills fast enough for his survival?

6. Kaze no Stigma

Genres: Action, Magic, Romance, Fantasy, Shounen

Kaze no Stigma is a really good anime about revenge and betrayal that you should watch, especially if you’re interested in the magic genre.

Just, binge-watch it! Because you will be amazed by epic battles, magic superpowers, funny, badass moments, and much more… well, Kaze no Stigma has it all. The story focuses on Op Mc Kazuma Yagami, a user of magic that controls the wind. He comes back to his old home, after being banished four years ago for his inability to control fire and his subsequent defeat in a duel at the hands of his younger cousin, Ayano Kannagi.

Returning after such a brutal exile already gives rise to an act of revenge against his family and many other conflicts, but to make matters worse, several Kannagi family members have recently been murdered with Fuujutsu. This leads the Kannagi family, including the hot-headed Ayano, to suspect Kazuma as the culprit. This revenge anime follows the mc Kazuma as he must not only clear his name, but also aid the family he shares a dark past with, in order to discover the true identity of the killer.

5. Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Harem

Arifureta is a new Isekai anime that depicts the story of an everyday otaku named Hajime Nagumo, whose ordinary life suddenly ends when he, and his friends, are transported to another fantasy world. Hence, in this new world, they’re labeled as heroes and tasked with the duty of saving the human race from utter extinction.

The anime follows Hajime, who is now faced with menacing monsters and misfortunes that send him spiraling into a grim nightmare. Desperate to live and return home one day, he resolves, and a little bit turns into evil in order to fight for his survival—only to meet an imprisoned vampire he names Yue, who is also seeking to escape the labyrinth. Taking an interest in him, Yue and a few others along the way accompany Hajime on his journey to find a way back home, while steadily transforming from commonplace to the world’s strongest.

4. Dororo

Genres: Action, Adventure, Historical, Demons, Supernatural, Samurai

Dororo is a revenge anime story showcasing a samurai lord, who has sacrificed his newborn son’s organs to forty-eight demons in exchange for dominance on the battlefield. Yet, the abandoned infant survives and fends for himself, thanks to a doctor who provides him with prosthetics and weapons.

As the anime progresses the child vows to take his vengeance on those who wronged him, fighting demons, and growing up into an op mc who isn’t afraid to kill demons and foes alike, because, with each one’s death, he recovers part of himself. One day while walking alone, he encounters an orphan boy, whose name is Dororo. The two boys fight together demons for their survival and humanity in a world that is ruthless and full of Satan.

3. The Rising of the Shield Hero

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

To save another world, the kingdom of Melromarc summons these legendary heroes from modern-day Japan. The call is answered, and the unwitting heroes are transported to this fantasy universe. however, the otaku Naofumi Iwatani is labeled the weakest due to his lack of offensive capability and apparent inexperience.

When the heroes part ways to start their journeys, he only has one willing companion: the beautiful princess Malty Melromarc. However, she soon betrays him, steals all his money, and accuses him of taking advantage of her, For his crimes that he never does.

This anime is about revenge, betrayal, and the main character who turns op as hell, highlighting the story of Naofumi as he is now an outcast of society. Hence, with hatred filling his heart, he will turn evil and set out alone, vowing to take his revenge against those who wronged him.

2. Vinland Saga

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Historical, Seinen

Oh My God, this is a good anime with revenge, vengeance, and betrayal themes, that deserves to be number 1, but we have something else we think should be ranked higher. Overall, Vinland Saga is a Japanese TV anime series that has it all: epic story, well-built and designed characters, amazing soundtracks, breathtaking battles, and one of the best animations I have seen so far! The tale follows Thorfinn, who as a child sat at the feet of the great Leif Ericson and was thrilled to have wild fantasy stories of a land far to the west. But his youthful fantasies were shattered by a mercenary raid.

This revenge anime depicts the story of Thorfinn as he is Being Raised by the Vikings who murdered his family, became a terrifying warrior, and forever sought to kill the band’s leader, Askeladd, to take revenge for his father. Sustaining Thorfinn through his ordeal are his pride in his family and his dreams of a fertile westward land, a land without war or slavery…the land Leif called “Vinland”

1. Berserk

Genres: Action, Demons, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Military, Romance, Seinen

Wrapping up our list of the best revenge anime series with Berserk. Well, probably all anime fans know, have seen, or have heard about such an amazing anime tv show, that marked the history of the Japanese anime realm.

The story depicts: Now branded for death and destined to be hunted by demons until the day he dies.

The anime features themes of betrayal, revenge, and rage, while the story focuses mainly on the life of Guts as he embarks on a journey to defy such a gruesome fate, as waves of beasts relentlessly pursue him; Steeling his resolve, his rage is on fire as he takes up the monstrous blade Dragonslayer and vows to exact revenge on the one responsible.

As a result, Guts will be hunting down the very man he once looked up to and considered a friend. Along the way, he encounters some unlikely allies, such as a small elf named Puck, and Isidro, a young thief looking to learn swordsmanship from the former mercenary. Hence, the ragtag group slowly comes together after having decided to join Guts in his quest! They will face incredible danger, unlike anything they have ever experienced before.

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