Top 10 Anime Where the Main Character is Dead

In the world of anime or movies & series in general, the hero (the main character) is dead because the whole story is about him and fans just like him already, so by killing the main character the story will die also in most cases.

If we take an example, Luffy from One Piece, he is the main character who wants to be the king of Pirates, it doesn’t make sense to remove this character so here we will give you 10 anime.

1 – Cowboy Bebop: Spike, the main character’s death due to his past

In Cowboy Bebop Spike Spiegel died while many fans were angry about his that saying that he shouldn’t die at all. However, Logically it’s not possible for his competitor Vicious to allow Spike to live a normal and happy life at all.

The aim of Cowboy Bebop events is to show that it’s impossible to overpass your past but actually, it will catch up to you. This is what happened to spike exactly until he discovered that facing Vicious is something no escape of to make things right or die trying.

2 – Clannad: After Story, (Nagisa’s death after giving birth)

The anime that will make you cry Clannad, in the anime, the main character whose name is Nagisa is suffering from an illness and the only way to get rid of her illness is to die. Although she fight for a normal life, she died at the end of the story after giving birth, and not just that, her child died also.

3 – JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood 

A surprise was given to the fans of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood as the main character whose name is  Jonathan Joestar had a bad ending because after he saved his kids and wife as well as a baby he died on a burned ship, the point here is that the baby he saved raised by his wife and become the hero of the story.

4 – Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni: For the main characters, escaping is the Goal 

In this anime it is not about the death of the main character only, it’s about the majority of other main characters who’s gonna face dreadful deaths otherwise Rika escapes the Hinamizawa of 1983.

5 – Death Note: Light Yagami who thought he can judge everyone died at the end

Death Note is one of the anime that got much love from fans, it’s also one of the featured in our list, this time the main character died at the end of the story which is a normal thing.

Light Yagami was known in the story as a well-behaved person but he turned into another person who thought he had the right to judge anyone. However, he died in the end.

6 – Dragon Ball Z: Son Goku’s death and revive

For Dragon Ball fans, dying is not a worrying sue to the Dragon Ball Balls, not just that, actually, more character dies in every plot either heroes or normal characters.

In Dragon Ball Z Son Goku died, he died many times actually but he has been revived.

7 – Code Geass: Lelouch of The Rebellion (A tragic end)

Code Geass is considered one of the best anime in the 21st Century, Lelouch vi Britannia, the main character in the anime died and had a bad ending as he gave a smile and held the hand to his sister who was crying while he is dying. A very sad death for him at the hands of a Suzaku Kururugi.

8 – Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans

Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans is also one of the saddest anime that made fans unhappy for the ending due to the death of all the main characters in the last battle against Gjallarhorn, the problem is not here, it’s actually because Gjallarhorn didn’t die because he saved his power til the end.

9 – Grave of The Fireflies: The suffering of brothers

The movie Grave of The Fireflies is about brothers suffering and surviving during the era of World War II in Japan, they are separated from their parents and unfortunately, they had to die at the end.

If you are looking for the saddest anime I would recommend this one, if you watch it you may keep asking death for them so their suffering ends.

10 – Zombie Land Saga: The main character’s death is what makes the plot

Have you ever seen the main character die in the first episode? it happened in Zombie Land Saga anime, Sakura Minamoto while going to school runs over by a delivery truck, killing her immediately.

However, she has been revived by Kotaro Tatsumi using necromancy because he wanted her to be a member of an idol group hoping it helps re-energize the Saga state in Japan.

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