Top 10 Anime Characters Whose Power Drove Them INSANE

With great power comes great mental breakdowns. Join Ashley as we look over the anime characters who were driven mad by their own abilities, as seen in series such as "86", "Bleach", "Ranking of Kings",
and more! Which anime basketcase do you have the most sympathy for? Let us know in the comments!

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[WatchMojo]

Which anime basketcase do you have the most sympathy for? Let us know in the comments!

[imtriplydead]

*The Light Yagami evil laugh is iconic, that’s gonna stay forever. And i would say “chefs kiss”*

[ViewerOnline]

It can be argued that Light was always an insane psychopath, and him getting the Death Note was merely the spark/trigger he needed to let that side of himself out since he didn't have the means to do anything before he got it.

[manuelacosta]

Seeing Ichigo lose it to his Hollow side was both amazing and chilling. Especially Orihime's reaction to seeing her love turn into a killing machine who also lashes out at allies/friends. Good on Ichigo not letting that happen again and even assuring Orihime that he's still his usual self.

[LoveHandle]

“Give a man a mask and you’ll see who they really are.” “Give a person power and you’ll see who they really are.”

[emiebex]

Tetsuo from Akira...That Final Mutation is The Perfect Nightmare Fuel.

[pounderpolizzo]

The anime version of "you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villian".

[jhedatitan]

The Death Note had Light so messed up he almost put his sister on a T-Shirt.

[sachamarzullo]

Madara after getting the Six Paths and becoming jinchuuriki was insane, arrogant and only had addiction to war.

[darksleuth]

Light was always crazy the death note just unlocked it

[SolCresta]

With great power comes great insanity.

[Shebeast]

seeing ichigo losing his control to his inner hollow was both amazing and terrifying.

[cesarvictorino]

Top 10 Anime Characters That Suffered A lot But Eventually Found Peace.

[grayshigami]

Homura's time travel ability made her watch Madoka die more than 100 times which severely damaged her mental health and she becomes a witch in the movie

[nightwolf]

I know it's relatively new, but I'm surprised David from Cyberpunk wasn't on this list. I mean his power literally made him lose his mind with cybersycosis.

[a.jthomas]

What about Attack on Titan? Eren Yeager's powers of the Founding Titan and seeing premonitions of the Rumbling drove him to the edge as well. It should've been Number 1 on the list.

[VSaber]

With great power comes great responsibility… to NOT go crazy as hell with it.

[msoi]

Akira was the very first anime that I've ever watched. For the simple fact that I've heard so much about it, and I wanted to find out for myself what the talk with all about. I'm glad I got to see it for myself.

[RhyperiorRanger]

Mao from Code Geass better be high up on this list. He single handedly RUINED mind reading for me forever 😂 I would dread having that power if I couldn’t turn it off

[TheDinoQueen]

I see death note, I click. Lights laugh will always be iconic