Random Anime Villains No One Blames For Being Evil (20 items)

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  (#6) Tomura Shigaraki - 'My Hero Academia'

  As the leader of the League of Villains, Tomura Shigaraki delights in destroying everything around him, and seems to be 100% evil. But how did he get to be that way? Hang tight, because this next part has spoilers from the manga.

  As a child, Tomura had a difficult life. His father was cold-hearted and physically abusive due to his own personal issues. That's enough trauma for any pre-school aged kid, but things get much worse when his quirk activates. His quirk, Decay, causes anything he touches to crumble into dust. With no idea how to control it, he ends up destroying his entire family - including his father.

  Alone and vulnerable, he's quickly found by All For One, who raises him as his successor and helps breed in him the desire to destroy.
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  (#2) Zeref

  Zeref is one of the most evil villains in the world of Fairy Tail, but it's hard to fully blame him for his actions. Why? Because his past is absolutely heartbreaking, that's why.

  As a young child, Zeref's parents and brother Natsu were taken out by a dragon. For most people, that would be sufficient as a tragic backstory, but things get worse from there. Because he sought to bring his younger brother back to life, Ankhseram laid the Curse of Contradiction on him. This curse causes the afflicted to randomly destroy other people with little control over the violence. Zeref is horrified by this and wishes for his own demise, but he decides to continue trying to bring Natsu back. Though he succeeds at this, he isn't able to restore their former relationship thanks to the whole curse thing. 

  The worst thing about the curse is that the only way to control it is by not caring whether or not other people survive. This made his descent into villainy more or less inescapable. 
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  (#12) The Warriors - 'Attack On Titan'

  Few viewers of Attack on Titan actually want to see Reiner, Bertholdt, and Annie achieve their goal of destroying humanity within the walls, but it's hard not to feel sympathy because of the circumstances that put them there in the first place. 

  The three of them were Eldians living in Marley. Eldians were blamed for pretty much every form of hardship that's ever happened in the history of the world, and this is used as a justification to force them into internment camps. However, a small group of children are selected as Warriors. Those warriors are expected to obey the Marley military without question, and are indoctrinated into believing that such obedience is right. In exchange, they got Marley citizenship, which meant basic human rights. 

  So, Reiner, Bertholdt and Annie initially waged war because they believed it was the right thing to do. However, as they got to know the other members of the Survey Corps, they started to feel extremely conflicted - especially Reiner, who was ultimately unable to keep up the facade of being their ally. 
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  (#13) Nine & Twelve - 'Terror In Resonance'

  While the exact motives for Nine and Twelve's acts of terrorism is never directly revealed, it's heavily implied that their motivation was to bring light to their experiences with the Athena Project. 

  The Athena Project was ostensibly supposed to educate gifted children, but the reality was nothing of the kind. The true aim of the project was to test a dangerous drug on children. The drug was supposed to be able to induce Savant Syndrome, a condition in which brain function is elevated in a single area. Those with Savant Syndrome would be used as government tools. The drug proved to be wildly damaging to many of those drafted into the study, permanently destroying their bodies and minds.

  Nine and Twelve were part of the project, and they escaped by setting fire to the institution. 
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  (#20) Yut-Lung Lee - 'Banana Fish'

  Yut-Lung Lee is the youngest member of the Lee family - the biggest crime family in China. He briefly allies himself with Dino Golzine in order to figure out the chemical composition of a drug called Banana Fish, and he repeatedly acts aggressively toward both Ash and Eiji. 

  Why does he want to help a slimebag like Golzine, and why does he hate Ash and Eiji so much? It's because of his horrifically painful childhood. Yut-Lung is the son of a high-ranking member of the Lee family, as well as his teenage mistress. When his father passed away, his older half-brothers assaulted and then killed his mother, leaving him an orphan. Enraged at his brothers, he grew up hoping to get revenge - and the Banana Fish drug was an avenue by which to achieve that. As for Ash and Eiji, he's intensely jealous of the fact that they're actively experiencing love and human connection, and he has none of that in his own life. 
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  (#9) Isabella - 'The Promised Neverland'

  As the "mama" of Grace Field House, Isabella pretends to prepare orphan children to be adopted by new families - but in reality, she's selling them to demons as meat. 

  While this is viscerally terrifying, it's hard to fully blame Isabella once you learn her full story. Isabella was once in her kids' exact same position, but she was given an out. She could avoid being turned into meat herself if she trained to become a mama and perpetuate the system. With no idea how else she could possibly survive, Isabella took the deal. 

  When Emma is offered the same deal, she turns it down in favor of pursuing her escape. While this is commedable, it's understandable that not everyone would be that brave. 

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