Since I was a child, Dragon ballson of Goku had one wish: to be the best fighter in the universe, but despite that, there are a handful of anime heroes who could destroy the Saiyan warrior. He was lucky to have been able to fulfill his childhood dream. Having trained and fought against the most impressive gods, warriors and fighters, no one can deny that he is in the conversation as to who is the greatest anime fighter of all time. But all his praise doesn't mean he can't be beaten.
As a long-time warrior with a thirst for fighting literally built into his DNA, finding a hero to defeat Goku is no easy task. However, With the breadth and diversity of characters found in the anime, there are more than a few capable souls whose abilities can surpass any battle skills Goku may possess.. Goku may be incredibly powerful, but he is not absolutely invincible.
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Ryomen Sukuna
MAPPA Jujutsu Kaisen character; Based on the manga by Gege Akutami
One of the most terrifying villains in Shonen Jump history, Sukuna's exaggerated power caused the end of Jujutsu Kaisen uncertain. Known as the “King of Curses” in-universe, Sukuna was effectively built up throughout the action-horror series as a catastrophic threat to humanity. While still alive in the Heian Era, Sukuna was considered the most powerful sorcerer in the world and possesses a large amount of cursed energy and is able to control it perfectly.
Even early in the series, Sukuna proves to be a threat to the powerful mentors and other sorcerers Yuji meets. After consuming fifteen fingers, Sukuna devastates Shibuya with a level of power equivalent to that of Gojo – although much more sinister. The menacing figure is capable of using a number of powerful jujutsu techniques, as well as activating his own cursed domain, which would make him more than a formidable threat if he were to face Goku.
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Osamu Dazai
Character from Bungo Stray Dogs, by Bones; Based on the manga by Kafka Asagiri
Osamu Dazai is one of the main characters in Bones' Bungo Stray Dogs. After meeting troubled young man Atsushi Nakajima, Dazai takes him under his wing and recruits him into the Armed Detective Agency, a secret organization that deals with crimes committed by those with supernatural abilities, with Dazai being one of its best agents.
In addition to his physical abilities, Osamu Dazai's power, No Longer Human, allows him to negate any power that comes into contact with his skin.making him practically untouchable in a fight most of the time. No Longer Human has some specific stipulations about how it works, some of which negatively affect Dazai, but overall, it's a power that leaves him as one of the strongest characters of all time. Bungo stray dogs and easily puts him in the upper echelon of anime characters.
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Hey
Character from Bones' Darker Than Black; Created by Tensai Okamura
The ability to Darker than blackHei to crush Goku has two elements. First, there are his martial arts skills. Like Goku, Hei is a talented martial artist whose skill in hand-to-hand fighting would certainly receive Goku's approval. if circumstances were different.
Hie's martial arts skills would be able to counter any initial attack Goku would come up with. It also gives him time to deliver the second element of Hei's abilities, namely his ability to manipulate electricity. With this power, Hei can deliver electric shocks and charges with enough capacity to fry Goku alive. Furthermore, Hei's use of electricity allows him to change matter at the quantum level, giving him the ability to destroy matter – including Goku – with ease.
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Saitama
One-Punch Man character by JCStaff; Based on the manga by ONE and Yusuke Murata
Considering One punch manWith his impressive history of effortlessly defeating a multitude of different types of opponents, and his means of melee success, a singular punch to the head or body, he is one individual on the list that Goku would most likely face in a fight to see who is the best.
Unfortunately for Goku, as he rarely gets into a fight already in an “activated” form of Saitama should be able to quickly knock out Goku and thus avoid a transformation that could be more difficult to overcome. Ending fights quickly seems to be a common practice One punch man strategy, which would work well in this case.
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Enrico Pucci
Character from David Productions' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6: Stone Ocean; Based on the manga by Hirohiko Araki
Although there is debate between JoJo fans about who the strongest character in the series is, the one most likely to give Goku trouble is Father Pucci. Pucci walks through some booths throughout Stone Oceanand while his first two probably wouldn't cause Goku much trouble, Made in Heaven was powerful enough to reset JoJo's universe. With Made in Heaven, Pucci has the ability to accelerate time at an incredible pace. Pucci can exploit this acceleration of time to move so fast that his opponents barely have time to react, if at all.
Using Made in Heaven, Pucci could easily surpass and outlast Goku. The Saiyan fighter is incredibly resilient, but many of his best techniques and forms require a lot of chi, meaning that unless he has a senzu bean or a new form to debut, Goku's power wanes over time. Pucci is one of JoJo's most powerful characters, and he may be one of the few who can take down Goku.
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Najimi Ajimu
Medaka Box character from Studio Shaft; Based on the manga by Nisio Isin and Akira Akatsuki
Najimi Ajimu is one of the central antagonists of Studio Shaft Medaka Box. Being older than the universe, Najimi spent centuries building the Flask Plan, a project intended to imbue the students of Hakoniwa Academy with supernatural abilities that would undoubtedly result in the loss of countless lives, all to find someone who could finally defeat her. something.
While the Medaka Box anime never managed to explore it, Najimi Ajimu has over 12 quadrillion abilities, many of them blatantly overpowered abilities such as atom splitting, power nullification, and causality reversal.and the only character who could defeat her was Iihiko Shishime in the manga, someone as blatantly overpowered as her. Najimi's power is overwhelming to the point of parody, but it still makes her one of the strongest anime characters by far.
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Inverse Lina
Character from E&G Films and JCStaff's Slayers; Based on the light novel by Hajime Kanzaka
The classic fantasy anime Assassins stars Lina Inverse, a traveling sorceress famous for her immense power and destructive temper. Lina and her friends tend to do things only under the promise of a reward, but more often than not, Lina ends up involved in conflicts that, to her annoyance, leave her as the only one who can do something about it and save the world.
Lina Inverse is explicitly not the one chosen in Assassinsbut she more than deserves her reputation with incredibly powerful magic and fighting sense, and she's so talented that Giga Slave, a spell Lina invented as a child, can destroy the entire universe if used at full power. Even in a weakened state, Giga Slave can destroy the all-powerful demon lord Ruby Eye Shabranigdu, and there are few characters comparable to Lina in Assassins and in anime, in general.
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Tsukino Usagi
Character from Toei Animation's Sailor Moon; Based on the manga by Naoko Takeuchi
One of the most iconic female anime characters brought up in discussions about who might be able to defeat the legendary Saiyan warrior, the cheerful and hard-headed Usagi of Sailor Moon is a magical girl contender who could easily dominate Goku. Although her cheerful personality doesn't make her seem relatively threatening at first glance, the leader of the Sailor Scouts is one of the most powerful characters ever created.
Usagi has a number of powerful abilities when she takes on the mantle of Sailor Moon, including the ability to fly across an entire galaxy in a few seconds; having the potential to completely alter reality as Sailor Cosmos, as well as control spacetime in its entirety; she is also capable of healing the destruction of her body, mind, soul, and even otherworldly abstract concepts. In the manga, she even managed to reduce an omnipresent force to an infinitely small size to suppress the damage it was originally capable of committing.
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Hao Asakura
Shaman King character from Bridge; Based on the manga by Hiroyuki Takei
Hao Asakura is the central antagonist of Bridge. Shaman King. Hao has developed a deep hatred for humanity due to the abuse he suffered as a child, so every time he is reincarnated, he tries to become the Shaman King and use the power of the Great Spirit to destroy humanity, and his last reincarnation as Hao's twin brother series protagonist Yoh Asakura makes him the strongest he has ever been.
Hao was already practically indestructible thanks to his immense mana and the power of the Spirit Of Fire, but at the climax of the series, Hao gains power on a universal scale by becoming Shaman King and fusing with the Great Spiritwith solar flares and black holes just some of the forces he can create without breaking a sweat. Hao was stronger than everyone when Shaman King started, and all the ending did was increase that to an incredible degree.
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Haruhi Suzumiya
Character from Kyoto Animation's The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya; Based on the light novel by Nagaru Tanigawa
Haruhi Suzumiya is the eponymous character in the Kyoto Animation film. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Seeking a life of adventure, Haruhi starts the SOS Brigade, a school club dedicated to discovering supernatural oddities, but unbeknownst to her, most of the club's members are the oddities she is looking for, all gathered to watch Haruhi and the divine abilities that she uses daily without knowing it.
Haruhi's powers allow her to constantly manipulate reality to satisfy her random whims, even if she doesn't know what's going on, and as shown in the first arc, Haruhi's powers are strong enough to destroy and rewrite the entire fabric of reality if she is in a bad mood.. In many ways, the scale of Haruhi's powers is comparable to Zeno's, and this perfectly illustrates just how powerful she should be.
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Yuki Nagato
Character from Kyoto Animation's The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya; Based on the light novel by Nagaru Tanigawa
Yuki Nagato is one of the main characters in the Kyoto Animation film. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. On the surface, Nagato is just a quiet, tech-savvy bibliophile, but her true identity is that of a humanoid interface, an alien sent to Earth by the all-powerful Data Integration Thought Entity to observe Haruhi Suzumiya and the godlike powers she possesses. it has. possesses without knowing.
Nagato not only has superhuman strength, speed and the ability to alter reality through his data-based powers, but as shown in The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, Nagato is even able to steal Haruhi's divine powers, allowing him to make the same changes to space and time that Haruhi does by accident, completely on purpose.. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya it rarely focuses on action, but it still made Nagato one of the most powerful characters in all of anime by far.
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Sinbad
Character from A-1 Pictures' Wizards: The Labyrinth of Magic; Based on the manga by Shinobu Ohtaka
Sinbad is an important supporting character in A-1 Pictures. Wizards: The Labyrinth of Magic. As king of Sindria and head of the Seven Seas Alliance, Sinbad is seen as one of the greatest forces of good in history and Aladdin and Alibaba's strongest ally in the fight against Al-Thamen, but at the same time, something sinister connected to lore. The widest part of the series is below the surface.
Sinbad is presented as the strongest character in the series with his mastery of seven Metal Vessels and in parts of the story that go beyond the anime Sinbad ascends to a position of divinity that grants him the power to manipulate all aspects of reality in the universe.. It was a feat of power that few other characters could match, and even someone like Goku would have a hard time surpassing it.
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Bernkastel
Character from Umineko When They Cry, by Studio Deen; Based on the visual novel by Ryukishi07
Bernkastel is the Witch of Miracles at Studio Deen's Umineko when they cry. Although Bernkastel was presented as Battler's benefactor in his game with Beatrice, his true motives were purely selfish, and in the part of the story that picks up where the anime left off, Umineko when they cry Chirushe slowly shows her true sadism as she evolves into the series' central antagonist.
Although the anime failed to showcase his abilities Bernkastel's witch powers are strong enough to destroy and weaponize entire universeshis final defeat only occurred due to very specific and exclusive rules of the scenario. Add in his ability to make the virtually impossible possible and Bernkastel easily ranks among the strongest characters in Umineko and anime, in general, making her someone who could easily defeat Goku.
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USA/Featherine Augustus Aurora
Higurashi character from Passione: When They Cry – Gou; Based on the visual novel by Ryukishi07
Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU follows Keiichi Maebara as he adapts to life in the seemingly idyllic village of Hinamizawa. Befriending local students, he becomes increasingly nervous about the town's unsettling atmosphere and dark secrets as a major festival approaches, causing his apprehension to increase.
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October 1, 2020
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Tokyo MX, BS11
Originally appearing in Umineko: When they cry and later returning as the being “Eua” in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni GouFeatherine is one of the most powerful individuals in the world. When they cry universe, and perhaps one of the strongest fictional characters ever created. Featherine is technically ranked among the other witches in the franchise with divine abilities.
Featherine possesses a number of powerful abilities – and, at its peak, it was able to instantly kill a witch named Lambdadelta. Despite her vast power, Featherine prefers the role of observer, and as of the latest animated edition of Higurashi series, it appears that Featherine has lost some of her memories, which could have subdued some of her most powerful abilities. Regardless, she is still capable of casting mortals into seemingly endless time loops and affecting their memories, maintaining her position as a terrifying threat against someone like Goku.
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Rimuru Storm
Character from Eight Bit's That Time I Reincarnated As A Slime; Based on the light novel by Fuse
Eight bits That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime begins with ordinary office worker Satoru Mikami dying and being reincarnated in a fantasy world as a slime. Satoru soon adopts the name Rimuru Tempest, and with the power to copy the abilities of anything he absorbs, Rimuru gradually becomes one of the strongest characters in the series, constantly at the center of major political conflicts.
As simple as Rimuru's abilities are, his powers slowly develop to absurd degrees, and soon, Rimuru's abilities are so strong that they allow him to fight on a universal and multiversal scale.. The nature of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a SlimeHis story doesn't force him to use these powers very often, but it still makes him stand out as one of the strongest light novel protagonists ever written.
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Simon the digger
Tengen character Toppa Gurren Lagann from Studio Trigger; Directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi
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April 1, 2007
Simon the Digger is the main protagonist of Studio Trigger Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Simon joins his sworn brother Kamina and the other members of Team Dai-Gurren in fighting the tyrannical Beastmen, and after tragedy forces Simon into a position of leadership, he slowly transforms into a figure the entire universe will look to. seeking protection.
Spiral Power is a skill that transforms willpower to an extreme degree and, thanks to your mastery over it, Simon can use Spiral Power to give his gunmen, and even himself, a power strong enough to manipulate and destroy entire galaxies, if not the entire universe.with the ending showing this by having Simon create Gunslingers bigger than galaxies. It is the definitive representation of Gurren LagannSimon's hot-blooded character writing, making Simon a character that few can control.
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The truth
Character from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood; Based on the manga by Hiromu Arakawa
One of the most abstract entities in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Truth is an omnipotent figure in the series who is recognized as a God who will initially be quite jovial and friendly towards his visitors before turning them into victims of his own arrogance. Using the “Gate”, The truth punishes the selfishness of several alchemists and the Seven Deadly Sins throughout the seriesand has skills that emulate existential discussions such as what the meaning of life is.
While not a traditional combatant for Goku to face, Truth's unique propensity to feed on and punish arrogance and lack of self-awareness would be capable of doing serious damage to a character like Goku, who, despite his heroism, often struggles. with the exact characteristics that Truth attacks.
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Madoka Kaname
Character from Shaft's Puella Magi Madoka Magica; Created by Gen Urobuchi
One of the most powerful contenders who could easily take on Goku is the perfect example of not judging a book by its cover. Madoka Kaname, the main protagonist of Puella Magi Madoka Magica seinen magical girl series that is commonly recognized as one of the most notable subversions of the popular genre, has abilities that would make even Goku's most die-hard supporters cringe.
As revealed in the series, Madoka has the potential to be so powerful due to another character in the series, Homura, traveling through various timelines to try and stop her from becoming a magical girl – a task that inadvertently caused Madoka to be at the center. . from multiple timelines, giving her an enormous amount of power. In the main story of the series, girls are forced to make wishes to become magical girls. In the original series, Madoka wants to eliminate all witches before they are born – past, future and present. This wish causes Madoka to ascend to divinity and, although her main abilities are still technically unknown, she gains control of the 'Law of the Cycle' and is able to control and manipulate light to deliver devastating attacks.
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Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo character from Toei Animation; Based on the manga by Yoshio Sawai
At Toei Animation Bobobo-bo Bo-boboThe world is under siege by the Chrome Dome Empire, a tyrannical empire that seeks to make everyone bald. Leading the fight against them is Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, the bizarre master of the Super Fist of the Nose Hair, and in his fight against the Chrome Dome Empire, he slowly gathers a team of allies to help him, who are equally strange. . like him, if not stranger.
Due to the anime prioritizing comedy over logic, Bobobo-bo Bo-boboThe titular hero has some of the greatest feats of strength of any anime characterwith things like destroying stars, moving planets, and manipulating reality, all things that require zero effort on Bobobo's part. Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo prides itself on never taking itself seriously, and thanks to this, its hero has a level of power that few others can hope to match.
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Arale Norimaki
Toei Animation's Dr. Slump character; Based on the manga by Akira Toriyama
Dr. was Akira Toriyama's debut work and stars Arale Norimaki, a robot created to be the perfect little girl. Arale's naivety, superhuman strength, and bizarre personality make her something other than that, and most of the stories involve the many misadventures she and her friends face, many of which involve one of her father's inventions going wrong.
Very similar Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Dr. being a joke story means that Arale casually does incredible feats of strength, like casting the sun and breaking the fourth wall to alter reality, and whenever she appears Dragon ball, Arale has been shown to defend itself against some of the Dragon ballthe strongest fighters without even breaking a sweat. There are few characters in fiction capable of what Arale does, serious or not, and that easily makes her the strongest anime character who could easily beat Goku.