Revenge is a dish best served in anime! Join us as we count down the most gratifying moments when anime characters finally got their sweet vengeance. Our list features brutal beatdowns, fiery retribution, and clever payback that left viewers cheering. Which takedown was the most satisfying to watch? Let us know in the comments!
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00:00Welcome to WatchMojo and today we're counting down our picks for the scenes in anime where
00:13characters achieved sweet, sweet revenge.
00:28Number 10, Steely Dan is Steely Don, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
00:42Scenes in JoJo receive some epic beatdowns, but few are as satisfying as this one.
00:48Steely Dan's stand is so small it allows him to hold a person's body hostage from
00:53the inside.
00:54After using his ability to walk all over Jotaro, Steely Dan loses his initial captive.
01:00He tries bargaining, taking a little girl hostage, and even bribing Jotaro with money.
01:06But the scumbag owes Jotaro much more than money.
01:09What ensues is almost a whole minute of Jotaro's stand wailing on Steely Dan before he's
01:15finally sent flying into a building.
01:28Even if Steely Dan keeps that receipt, he ain't getting a refund.
01:40Number 9, Easy Revenge, Chainsaw Man.
01:51The loss of a beautiful woman leaves the whole world poorer, or so Denji believes.
01:57Katana Man killed his friend Himeno, so after beating him into submission as Chainsaw Man
02:03and tying him up, he's eager to take revenge for his late, gorgeous friend.
02:08You know, the one that puked in his mouth?
02:10However, his colleague-slash-roommate Aki arrives and emphasises that they're arresting
02:16Katana Man, not killing him.
02:18Denji suggests a contest, seeing which of them can make the asshole scream the loudest
02:24from getting kicked between the legs.
02:26Aki scoffs at first, but a message on Himeno's cigarette makes him reconsider.
02:41Himeno receives quite the unorthodox requiem, but we can't say we disapprove.
02:55Number 8, Mahito Becomes the Prey, Jujutsu Kaisen.
03:06Cursed spirits in general are bad news, but Mahito has wreaked havoc on Yuji's life.
03:13He's killed a few of his friends, maimed more, and transformed hundreds of civilians
03:18into nightmarish monstrosities.
03:21And he did it all with childlike glee.
03:24That's why it's so rewarding to see Yuji deliver a savage beating to Mahito at last.
03:37Exhausted and backed into a corner, Mahito has no more tricks up his sleeve.
03:42As Yuji promises to relentlessly pursue him, even if Mahito is reborn, the cursed spirit
03:48is left with wordless terror.
03:51He imagines himself as a rabbit, pursued by a wolf with scars like Yuji's, finally
03:56feeling the kind of fear he inspired in others.
04:10Number 7, Rimuru Wipes Out Thelma's Army.
04:13That time I got reincarnated as a slime.
04:23As the eponymous reborn slime, Rimuru Tempest is pretty easygoing.
04:28That is, unless his people are threatened.
04:30After the Kingdom of Thelma kills his friends and decides to invade his burgeoning nation
04:35of monsters, Rimuru stages a counterattack.
04:38Sure, his main goal is obtaining enough power to become a demon lord so he can resurrect
04:44his fallen friends, but the fact that the transformation requires slaughtering the enemy
04:49army certainly doesn't hurt.
04:51Rimuru begins by basically turning water droplets into lasers to perfectly snipe thousands of
04:58Thelma soldiers.
05:06As if that wasn't overwhelming enough, he follows it up by mercilessly sucking out their
05:11souls.
05:12Thelma thought they were poking a bear, but they got a slime instead.
05:22Number 6, Levi Goes Beast Mode – Attack on Titan.
05:35During the Battle of Shiganshina District, it is easy to despise the Beast Titan.
05:40The big, bearded bastard decimates the survey corps by tossing boulders at them.
05:46Even Irwin and the company's final charge appears all for naught, but then Levi pops
05:51out of nowhere, having used Zeke's own titans as a bridge to strike at him during the confusion
05:57and smoke.
06:04After watching the scouts, veteran commander and fresh recruits get massacred, Levi takes
06:10the Beast Titan apart piece by piece in a moment of absolute triumph.
06:15Zeke may not die here, but it's glorious to see him realise that he's bitten off
06:20more than he can chew with Levi.
06:31Number 5, Robin Breaks Spandam – One Piece.
06:43Spandam is the most despicable of villains, incompetent, cowardly and arrogant.
06:49The masked slimeball also spends an inordinate amount of time abusing Nico Robin while she's
06:55restrained and unable to use her powers.
06:58When she's finally freed, her payback is immensely enjoyable.
07:10With nothing holding her back, Robin immediately beats the stuffing out of Spandam, turning
07:15his already ugly mug even uglier.
07:18But when the cockroach persists and continues hounding the straw hats as they try to get
07:23away, Robin goes one step further.
07:26Coming across a gap in the ocean, she uses her devil fruit powers to snap his spine like
07:31a twig.
07:32Frankly, it's amazing that Spandam survives, probably because he's spineless.
07:45Number 4, Justice for Naofumi – The Rising of the Shield Hero.
07:57To say Naofumi has had a bad time since he was summoned to another world would be a huge
08:02understatement.
08:04Immediately ostracised and falsely accused of assaulting the Melromat Kingdom's Princess
08:09Malty, Naofumi has to work his way up from nothing.
08:13At last, Malty and her father's efforts to frame Naofumi come to light in a public
08:19trial.
08:30As satisfying as it is to see them get shocked whenever they try to lie, what comes next
08:35is even better.
08:36Although initially the duo are sentenced to execution, Naofumi comes up with a better
08:42idea.
08:44Naofumi decides to give them new names.
08:45Death is quick, but having everyone know you as Bitch and Trash lasts forever.
08:59Number 3, Gon Gives Everything – Hunter x Hunter.
09:12Nen is an interesting power system.
09:15By making vows, Nen users can become stronger, the more restrictive the promise.
09:20So when Gon is desperate to achieve revenge on Nefapito for the death of his friend and
09:25mentor Kite, and he gives all his Nen to achieve it, the results are spectacular and terrifying.
09:32Gon becomes an adult in an instant and possesses a near unrivaled amount of power.
09:37He uses that newly gained strength to knock Pito around like a raggedy cat doll.
09:49Gon nearly loses himself in his pursuit of revenge, but we're losing our heads at how
09:55awesome this moment is.
09:56So is Pito, in a more literal way.
10:08Number 2, Mustang BBQ's Envy – Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood.
10:18The death of Mays Hughes hangs over this series, and indeed Roy Mustang.
10:23However, he finally gets answers when he confronts the homunculus Envy.
10:28The shapeshifter readily confesses to the murder to Hughes' best friend, who can light
10:33things on fire with a literal snap of his fingers.
10:37That has to be in the Hall of Fame of dumb moves.
10:40Mustang proceeds to incinerate Envy over and over as fast as he can and in as cruel a manner
10:47as he can muster.
10:55While the changeling manages to evade him for a while, Envy is eventually roasted so
10:59much that he's reduced to a whimpering, minuscule shell of his former self.
11:04It's a symphony of fiery, snappy vengeance, and we're here for it.
11:31Number 1, Shikamaru Buries Hidan – Naruto Shippuden.
11:40Getting over the death of a mentor is tough, but getting revenge helps.
11:45After the immortal Hidan's curse leads to his sensei Asuma's death, Shikamaru puts
11:50his formidable intellect towards obtaining retribution.
11:54He lures Hidan to a prearranged spot in his family's land, covers him in explosives,
11:59and ties him up above a pit.
12:01Shikamaru even uses Asuma's lighter to send Hidan on his explosive way to his grave.
12:14Hidan might not be able to die, but he'll remain buried alive forever.
12:19The clever execution and deviously karmic punishments help make this some sweet revenge
12:25indeed.
12:33Is there a moment of anime vengeance you wish was on this list?
12:36The best revenge is to pursue telling us in those comments below.