Random Anime Characters Survived Impossible Situations (13 items)

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  (#1) Shota Aizawa Got Wrecked By A Nomu In 'My Hero Academia'

  While defending his students from an attack by the League of Villains, Shouta Aizawa gets caught by a Nomu. This giant monster not only crushes his entire arm and wrenches it behind his back, he also slams him face first into a concrete floor, smashing the concrete itself to bits. 

  Unlike some characters, Aizawa doesn't possess super strength or exceptional defensive capabilities. He is no stronger than an average 30-year-old man who regularly works out. He does have access to Recovery Girl's healing quirk, but the fact that he survived long enough to get to her is unbelievable. 
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  (#2) Obito Uchiha

  • Naruto Shippūden

  Obito Uchiha has survived a truly terrifying amount of physical damage. Not only did he somehow manage to stay alive after having half of his body crushed underneath a boulder, he survived being fused with plant matter - most people's immune systems would simply reject the Zetsu, a process that can be fatal.

  When Obito went up against Konan, it was already unbelievable enough that he was there at all. But the fact that he survived the encounter was even more incredible. Konan showers Obito with 600 billion paper bombs for a full ten minutes, overcoming the 5 minute limit of Obito's impenetrable defense. The only way he was able to survive was by using his time-space jutsu to rewrite history so that he survived. 
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  (#3) Team Rocket Blasted Off Far Too Often In 'Pokémon' 

  How many times have Jessie and James been electrocuted, set on fire, or launched hundreds of feet into the air before landing into a body of water or neck first onto the ground? While this is technically slapstick violence that isn't meant to be taken seriously, it's still quite a lot of physical trauma to endure. Being burned to the point where your entire body is charred is not survivable without major medical intervention, and neither is landing on your neck after being shot into the air. The first time that Team Rocket 'blasted off' should have been the last.
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  (#4) Hyakkimaru's Father Traded His Body Parts To Demons In 'Dororo'

  Before Hyakkimaru was born, his father bartered away his organs, limbs, skin, eyes, and other body parts away to a group of demons in exchange for power for himself and prosperity for his village. As a result, he was born alive - but without most of the things that are required for survival. His father orders him to be destroyed, but the old woman put in charge of this abandons him instead. Instead of passing away within hours as one might expect, Hyakkimaru grows up to become a fierce warrior with multiple prosthetic parts, whose goal is to track down all the demons holding his body hostage and defeat them. How he survived to that point is an open question. 
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  (#5) Shishio Makoto

  When you're a truly awesome villain, you're not phased by little things like the normal physical limitations of having a human body. Makoto Shishio was doused in oil and then set on fire, an event that left him injured but still, incredibly, alive. This isn't the only grievous injury he's survived, however. Shishio has also survived being shot in the head, having his head cleaved in half, and more. All of this suffering has only made him more dangerous, and more bloodthirsty.
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  (#6) Goku

  • Dragon Ball Z Kai, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound, Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler, Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge, Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan, Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies, Dragon Ball: The Path to Power, Plan to Destroy the Saiya-jin, Dragon Ball: Ssawora Son Goku, Igyeora Son Goku, Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might, Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins, Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn, Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku, Dragonball Evolution, Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly, Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure, Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone, Dragon Ball Z the Movie: The World's Strongest, Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug, Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!, Dragon Ball

  Goku didn't gain a reputation as one of the strongest anime characters in history for no reason. He's been blasted straight through the torso with beams of energy, he's escaped an exploding planet, endured a life-threatening heart virus, and more. Even if Goku's life does end - which it did! - he can be brought back via Dragon Ball, and gets to hang around in the afterlife until that happens. Is Goku completely indestructible? No - but it's going to take a hell of a lot to put even a scratch on him. 
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  (#7) Nezuko Kamado Of 'Blade of Demon Destruction' Survived A Demon Attack 

  Aside from her brother Tanjirou, who was out selling coal at the time, Nezuko Kamado is the sole survivor of a demon massacre. Though Nezuko is older and therefore slightly more physically capable than most of her siblings, she possesses no particular training or abilities that could have reasonably helped her survive the onslaught. Because she was transformed into a demon, it's clear that she was actually attacked - she didn't manage to survive by running away. It's nothing short of a miracle that she survived an onslaught that took the lives of her whole family.
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  (#8) Pell Appeared To Sacrifice His Life In 'One Piece' 

  In the world of One Piece, characters often survive the unsurvivable. There are so many examples that you could probably have a whole list dedicated solely to One Piece alone, but for now let's focus on Pell, a Royal Soldier of Alabasta. In order to save Alabasta from destruction, Pell grabs a gigantic bomb in his talons and flies so far into the stratosphere that the city is unharmed by the explosion. The same presumably can't be said for Pell himself - everyone who sees him assumes that he heroically sacrificed his life. 

  But somehow, Pell survives the blast, and returns to Alabasta to bear witness to his own grave. 
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  (#9) Chise Hatori Survived Two Curses In 'The Ancient Magus' Bride'

  Chise Hatori has been through a truly exceptional level of hardship. Thanks to her status as a sleigh beggy - a person with high levels of magical prowess whose body is severely weakened because it can't actually process that magic. Not only that, but she's constantly attracting magical creatures, some of them malevolent, and being attacked by them. Because of the stress caused by her status, her mother once attempted to take her life - and she came close to taking her own before being purchased by Elias Ainsworth, a mage who promises to teach her to use her magic more effectively.

  But the onslaughts from dangerous creatures continues, and at one point Chise ends up taking on a dragon's curse that destroys her arm and will take her life unless it's broken. How does she resolve it? By taking on yet another curse, this one from an enemy who has repeatedly tried to destroy her, that will grant her immortality. The fact that Chise has survived for more than five minutes is, frankly, astounding. 
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  (#10) Jeremiah Gottwald

  • Code Geass

  Jeremiah Gottwald, also known as Orange Boy, is a surprisingly beloved side character from Code Geass. In fact, after he sunk to the bottom of the ocean in the first season, he was supposed to have passed away, but the fan outcry was allegedly so loud that he was brought back in R2. While it's never explained exactly how he survives, Jeremiah returns in R2 as an ally of V.V. If the fans love you enough, you can do anything. 
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  (#11) Riko Of 'Made In Abyss' Was Born Into Circumstances That Would Destroy Most Adults

  The Abyss, the yawning hole in the middle of the Earth that dominates life in Made in Abyss, is nearly impossible to explore. Not only is the Abyss filled with dangerous predatory creatures, but the Curse of the Abyss also causes anyone who tries to ascend it to become horrifically ill, lose their humanity, or pass away. The effects become more severe the further into the Abyss a person ventures.

  Because her mother was a White Whistle - a person whose job it is to explore the Abyss - Riko was actually born near the bottom. The ascent could easily have killed an adult, but Riko survived because she was placed in a curse-repelling container. Still, that's a lot for a newborn baby to endure, especially without any major side effects aside from recurrent headaches. 

  Later in life, Riko survives her own encounter with the Abyss. While the story has yet to wrap itself up, in the first season Riko endures multiple monster attacks, including a bite from a poisonous creature that makes her arm swell and turn purple, and would have taken her life if not for the round-the-clock care of Reg and Nanachi. Her incredible luck and resilience is impressive.
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  (#12) Ryo Marufuji Survived Being Electrocuted During A Cage Match In 'Yu-Gi-Oh! GX' 

  How many times can you get electrocuted before you stop being alive anymore? This is a question that Yu-Gi-Oh! GX steadfastly refuses to answer. There is no way that an ordinary human being with no magical powers could survive being shocked every time he loses a card game in an illegal underground cage match, but that's exactly what happens to Ryo Marufuji, known as Zane in the dub. Even more confusing is the fact that when he develops a heart condition that leaves him hospitalized, the show refuses to attribute this to his repeated electrocutions. Instead, it's because he used the Cyberdark Deck, which gave him an "evil" personality.

  Oh, and then there's the fact that at one point during the series, he was presumed dead after a duel, but washed up on the beach for seemingly no reason in Season Four. Because continuity doesn't matter in Yu-Gi-Oh! 
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  (#13) Tomoe Marguerite

  • My-Otome

  During her final showdown with Arika, Tomoe's armor breaks. Then she falls headfirst to the ground from 1000 feet in the sky. Everyone present thinks that there's no possible way she could have survived, and in fact, the castle guards literally pronounce her dead and start preparing to load her into a body bag. She leaps up and hollers at them for their ignorant assumption. How she actually survived is anyone's guess. 

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