15 Anime Girls With Dark Personalities

The most memorable characters are not those who possess a single characteristic, but those who are layered and complex. The anime has a number of these complex and layered characters that grab viewers' attention right from the start. For us, today's topic is dark and complicated female characters in anime. So here are the 15 best dark anime girls you need to check out.

Dark characters are often the villains of stories, committing cruelties and atrocities. But darkness doesn't always translate into evil.

Darkness can also be the tendency to commit cruelty without evil desire. So, these characters on this list aren't necessarily evil, but they nevertheless carry a darkness within them.

Now that we've cleared that up, let's move on to the 15 best anime girls with dark personalities.

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15 Anime Girls With Dark Personalities

1) Esdeath

Japanese name	Esdeath
Anime	Akame ga Kill!
Birthday	THAT
Height	5'7"
Hair color	Blue
Eye colour	Blue
Zodiac	THAT

Esdeath may not be the protagonist but she is definitely the most popular character in the anime. Cold and sadistic, Esdeath is a very strong character who constitutes the main antagonist of the story.

Esdeath's cold-blooded cruelty and obsessive love towards Tatsumi makes her so interesting to watch. Needless to say, she will always be one of the best dark anime girls of all time.

2) Yuno Gasai

Japanese name	Yuno Gasai
Anime	Journal of the future
Birthday	THAT
Height	5'3"
Hair color	Pink
Eye colour	Pink
Zodiac	THAT

Yuno Gasai might just be the poster boy for Yandere. Future Diary's second protagonist, Yuno is a pretty girl with a cute personality until she shows her true colors. She is obsessed with Yukiteru and will do everything possible to make sure no one comes between them.

Yuno is psychotic, her mental illness peaking due to the abuse she suffered at the hands of her mother. She's a cold-blooded murderer whose obsession makes her more dangerous.

3) Lucy

Japanese name	Lucy
Anime	Elfen lied
Birthday	THAT
Height	THAT
Hair color	Dark pink
Eye colour	Red
Zodiac	THAT

Lucy is a character who has suffered from poverty all her life, which has triggered in her a furious hatred and contempt. As a child with special genetics, she would have been abandoned to death by both of her parents. She finally found refuge first at the orphanage and then with Kouta.

But each time, she was confronted with terrible despair, shattering her fragile psyche and driving her to go on a killing spree. Her character is memorable and one of the best dark anime girls of all time.

4) Himiko Toga

Japanese name	Watari and my hidden child
Anime	My Hero Academia
Birthday	August 7
Height	5'2"
Hair color	Dirty blonde
Eye colour	golden yellow
Zodiac	Leo

Scarily cheerful and unhinged, Himiko Toga is one of the main villains of My Hero Academia. She joined the League of Villains due to her obsessive love for Stain and later posed a great threat to the heroes.

Toga's character is very intriguing because while there is no doubt that she is not a good person, she is not outright evil. She has care and compassion for her teammates, but her idea of love is twisted.

5) Kurumi Tokisaki

Japanese name	Tokitokisaki Saki Fou Kuruzan
Anime	Live appointment
Birthday	June 10
Height	5'2"
Hair color	Black
Eye colour	Red (right eye) Gold clock (left eye)
Zodiac	Gemini

Kurumi Tokisaki is one of the spirits on Date A Live, nicknamed the Worst Spirit. It is the most dangerous there is, killing more than a thousand people. This might give you an exact idea of its dark color.

And if not, this will definitely be the case: Kurumi not only kills people during space earthquakes, but also likes to kill with her own hands. Kurumi even wants to consume Shido Itsuka to access the Reiryoku hidden within him.

6) Eto Yoshimura

Japanese name	Fangcun Aizhi
Anime	Tokyo Ghoul
Birthday	THAT
Height	4'11"
Hair color	Green
Eye colour	Green (left eye) Red iris with black sclera (right)
Zodiac	THAT

The world of Tokyo Ghoul is dark and its characters even darker. Even among these, Eto Yoshimura stands out as a particularly dark and disturbed character. A half-ghoul like Kaneki, Eto is Yoshimura's daughter and acted as the leader of the Aogiri tree.

He is a very dangerous SS-class ghoul, earning him the nickname "One-Eyed Owl" of CCG. Although Eto has her motive and goal behind her cruel actions, she is truly one of the most important black girls in anime.

7) Ai Enma

Japanese name	Enma Ai
Anime	Daughter of Hell
Birthday	THAT
Height	THAT
Hair color	Black
Eye colour	Red
Zodiac	THAT

Ai Enma is the eponymous Hell Girl from the horror anime. She visits everyone who uses the Hell Correspondence website for revenge.

Ai will grant them their wish to send their enemy's soul to Hell, but in exchange, they will also send their own soul to Hell once they die.

Although dark and cold, Ai is not necessarily evil. During her life, she suffered greatly, being betrayed by her loved one and buried alive with her parents as a sacrifice when she was only seven years old.

8) Lust

Japanese name	last
Anime	Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Birthday	THAT
Height	THAT
Hair color	Black
Eye colour	Mauve
Zodiac	THAT

Lust is one of the first Homunculus to appear in the manga and the 2009 version of Fullmetal Alchemist. As her name suggests, she represents the Father's sin of lust. She is also the first Homunculus to die, repeatedly burned by Mustang until her Philosopher's Stone disintegrates.

Like most Homunculi, Lust has no compassion for humans and views them as inferior beings who should be sacrificed. It's her dark and ruthless nature that places her at number 8 on this list of dark anime girls.

9) Tanya von Degurechaff

Japanese name	Tanya von Degurechaff
Anime	Saga of Evil Tanya
Birthday	THAT
Height	THAT
Hair color	Blond
Eye colour	Blue
Zodiac	THAT

Explaining this entry might be redundant since the very name of the anime implies how the protagonist Tanya von Degurechaff is an evil character. He is a former middle-aged man who is reincarnated in a new world as a young girl.

Tanya shows a number of sociopathic and psychopathic tendencies throughout the story. She is calculating, ruthless and self-centered. Suffering from both superiority and inferiority complexes, this little one will be remembered here as one of the best dark anime girls.

10) Isabelle

Japanese name	isabelle
Anime	The promised neverland
Birthday	September 9
Height	5'5"
Hair color	Black
Eye colour	Brown
Zodiac	Virgin

Few revelations in anime will be as shocking and frightening as when Emma and Norman discovered the truth about their orphanage and their mom. Isabella raised the children at the orphanage with motherly care and a loving smile.

But it was all just a mask. She is, in fact, a cold-blooded woman who raised her children like cattle, not even sparing compassion for her own son, Ray.

11) Junko Enoshima

Japanese name	Enoshima Junko
Anime	Danganronpa
Birthday	December 24
Height	5'7"
Hair color	Strawberry blonde
Eye colour	Light blue
Zodiac	Capricorn

Speaking of dark anime girls, we have to include Junko Enoshima in the list. Appearing as a ditzy fashionista, she didn't seem much of a threat until her true personality was revealed at the end of Killing School Life.

With intense indifference and a psychopathic mentality, Junko gets bored very easily and wants to see the world in despair. On top of that, she also suffers from severe mood swings.

12) Dark Sakura

Japanese name	Sakura Matou
Anime	Fate/Stay Night: the feeling of paradise
Birthday	March 2
Height	5'1"
Hair color	White
Eye colour	Red
Zodiac	Pisces

The alternate version of Sakura Matou, Dark Sakura is the main antagonist of the Heaven's Feel route. After suffering for years at the hands of her adoptive family, Sakura finally gives in to her hatred when Shinji Matou attempts to attack her before blackmailing her.

It is when Sakura kills Shinji that her inner darkness emerges, becoming Dark Sakura. Sakura is an example of how, if pushed beyond the limits, she can break a good person. She is undoubtedly one of the best dark anime girls.

13) Akito Sohma

Japanese name	Grasshopper
Anime	Fruit basket
Birthday	THAT
Height	5'5"
Hair color	Black
Eye colour	Purple
Zodiac	THAT

Unlike most of the characters here, Akito Sohma isn't necessarily a bad person. But he is undoubtedly someone who is capable of darkness and cruelty. The dark side of his personality is a result of his circumstances and has been made to believe him since birth.

Being the God of the Zodiacs, Akito selfishly mistreats them, taking advantage of their innate devotion to her. Among his many atrocities, what stands out the most is imprisoning Rin secretly in the cat's room and leaving her alone in the darkness.

14) Run

Japanese name	Maïma
Anime	Chainsaw man
Birthday	THAT
Height	5'6" – 5'8"
Hair color	Black salmon
Eye colour	Golden
Zodiac	THAT

When she was first introduced in the story, no one thought Makima would become what she is. A high-ranking public security demon hunter and superior to Denji, Aki, and Power, Makima is actually the Control Devil, moving the strings for her own goal.

Makima is cold-blooded and ruthless, and does not hesitate to use manipulation to her advantage. She considers those around her to be her inferiors and nothing more than dogs. A brilliantly written character, Makima is one of the best dark anime girls of all time.

15) Malty S. Melromarc

Japanese name	Marti S = Melromarc
Anime	Rise of the Shield Hero
Birthday	THAT
Height	THAT
Hair color	Red
Eye colour	Green
Zodiac	THAT

There are few anime characters as hated as Malty S. Melromarc, the first princess of Melromarc. She is a twisted and evil woman, who has no conscience. What makes Malty so dark is his intense selfishness and infidelity.

There is no one Malty wouldn't betray for his own gain and destroy someone's life for his own goals. It was his disgusting betrayal that set Naofumi on the path of revenge. This woman here is truly one of the most horrifying dark anime girls.

And that was our list of top 15 dark anime girls. These female characters here are all complex, well-written characters worth delving into. Speaking of diving, at , we have plenty of exciting content for you to get into if you are a

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