List of the 10 most jealous anime characters of all time

Anime characters are often celebrated for their achievements and personalities, with envy sometimes being a powerful driving force that shapes their actions and motivations. Whether it’s a healthy rivalry between friends, envy of someone’s accomplishments, or jealousy over a relationship, this particular emotion has the power to change the course of any story.

From Vegeta to Bakugou, some of the greatest anime characters in all of fiction have been driven by jealousy at one point or another, showing viewers that even the best of us can fall prey to this emotion. In this article, we will look at 10 such jealous anime characters.

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Vegeta and 9 other jealous anime characters of all time

1) Vegetables (Dragon Ball)

The prince of all Saiyans, Vegeta, is arrogant in everything Dragon Ball series, with his pride bruised by the fact that an ordinary Saiyan like Goku outranked him and always seemed to be one step ahead in terms of power. The jealousy he feels for Goku is the main motivation for him to become stronger.

Vegeta’s desire to outdo Goku stirred something in him during his Super Saiyan training that helped him reach this form for the first time. Since then, he has been pushing his limits to become the strongest warrior in the multiverse, hoping to one day become even stronger. Eventually, he learns to appreciate his power and lessens the jealousy he feels towards Goku.

2) Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto)

Sasuke Uchiha (Image via Studio Pierrot)

Naruto’s eternal rival Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha is a fascinating character study of what happens when someone is blinded by hatred. After a tragic childhood where he was forced to watch his older brother Itachi Uchiha kill their parents, it stands to reason that Sasuke was willing to go to any lengths to get revenge.

Despite starting out as a prodigy, Naruto slowly eclipses Sasuke, whom he always considered inferior. During one of their battles, a drastic difference in power forced Sasuke to leave the village of Konoha and train under Orochimaru, eventually leading him to join the Akatsuki. Much of Sasuke’s life is defined by his relentless desire to gain strength, a desire rooted in his childhood trauma.

3) Envy (Fullmetal Alchemist)

One of the seven homunculi in Steel Alchemist: BrotherhoodEnvy, as they are called, is generated by jealousy of people. Envy disguises this jealousy as hatred and makes every effort to make people suffer. They serve as a vivid example of how people often hate what they cannot become.

Deep down, Envy envies the free will and solidarity of humans, wishing they could form such meaningful connections and experience the full range of human emotions. As a shapeshifter, Envy can take on anyone’s outer form, but her inner essence remains filled with hatred, despair, and loneliness.

4) Yuno Gasai (Future Diary)

Yuno Gasai is a character from the anime Diary of the future who becomes completely obsessed with Yukiteru Amano, the protagonist of the story. She can’t stand anyone getting close to Yukiteru, and often goes to great lengths to harm those she believes might take him away from her.

Yuno is extremely dangerous and cruel, and her intense jealousy also has a negative effect on Yukiteru. Her personality is shaped by the abuse she experienced at the hands of her mother and the absence of her father, after which they both died. She views Yukiteru as her only support system and feels seriously threatened by anyone who takes his attention away from her.

5) Misa Amane (Death Note)

Misa Amane is the main character of the anime Death note who perfectly fits the archetype of the possessive girlfriend. She is a troubled personality who adores Kira, and upon learning his true identity as Light Yagami, develops an unhealthy obsession with him, going so far as to threaten to kill any woman who comes near him.

Miza’s obsession with Light stems from the psychological trauma she experienced after witnessing her parents’ murder. She became depressed after learning that the murderer was later acquitted. When Light killed the culprit, she was grateful to him, and the experience made her a firm believer in Kira’s mission to rid the world of criminals.

6) Endeavor (My Heroic Academy)

Endeavor is a divisive anime character My heroic academy fandom right in the middle. He spent most of his life trying to surpass All Might as the number one Hero. However, after seeing the Almighty’s popularity and power, Endeavor realized that he himself might not be able to surpass the Almighty, and instead wanted his descendants to do so.

He abused his wife and children in an effort to create his son, Shoto TodorokiHero number one. This insane jealousy he felt for All Might shaped Endeavor’s entire life. Only later did he realize the error of his ways and gave everything to become the next Symbol of Peace.

7) Seto Kaiba (Yoo-Gee-Oh!)

Seto Kaiba is an exciting anime character from Yu-Gi-Oh! series and arch rival Yugi Mutou. He is shown to be jealous because Yugi is a better card player than him. Despite being the CEO of a multi-billion dollar company and a world-class duelist, Kaiba is not satisfied that he cannot defeat Yugi in a duel.

Seto Kaiba acts more as an anti-hero than a villain, with his jealousy of Yugi stemming from his tragic past. The jealousy that this anime character endures comes from the fact that he was orphaned at the age of three and was mistreated by the man who adopted him, Gozaburo Kaiba, which made him arrogant and obsessed with winning.

8) Katsuki Bakugo (My Heroic Academy)

Katsuki Bakugo z My heroic academy there are arrogant, cruel and hot-tempered an anime character whose insecurities manifest as jealousy towards his classmate Izuku Midoriya. Bakugou envies Midoriya’s boldness and his relentless determination, even when he was not cunning.

Bakugou’s jealousy escalates when Midoriya begins to surpass him, nearly destroying their friendship. However, after the fall of All Might, Bakugou gradually reconciles with Midoriya, apologizes for his past behavior, and begins to treat him as a proper rival.

9) Darkness (Konosuba)

Lalatina Ford Dustiness (Image via Studio Deen)

Lalatina Ford Dustiness aka Darkness is anime character from Konosuba who is a masochistic pervert who takes great pleasure in pain and humiliation. She enjoys all forms of violence, physical or emotional. Darkness often becomes jealous when it sees someone else in an unfortunate situation because it thinks they are having fun being tortured.

Darkness delights in the prospect of torture and willingly faces danger for its companions. She is a twisted character whose jealousy does not significantly affect others, but sometimes causes her to act rashly in certain situations.

10) Ghosh Adlai (Black Clover)

Ghosh Adlai is an anime character from Black clover who is obsessed with his sister Marie and puts her at the center of his universe. He becomes insanely jealous when someone likes his sister or when someone approaches her. At one point he even planned to kill Asta because his sister said she would marry him.

During his childhood, Gosh’s parents were killed by nobles who then usurped their property and forced him and his sister to live on the streets. This traumatic experience made him distrustful of people, and from that point on he only cared about the well-being of his sister and himself.

Last thoughts

Jealousy is a strong emotion that everyone feels sometimes. However, the 10 anime characters mentioned in this article are primarily driven by this emotion, going to great lengths to outshine others or preserve their relationships, even if it means destroying everything in their path.