Rules:
- One per series
- Must take place before the start of the first episode
- Not only judged by initial suckiness, but on how it's portrayed.
Obviously spoilers abound in this list, so here are the anime in which the characters come from in random order:
Naruto
Psycho-Pass
Another
Soul Eater
Kuroshitsuji
Deadman Wonderland
Fullmetal Alchemist/FMA:B
.hack//SIGN
Angel Beats
Elfen Lied
Hellsing Ultimate
Jigoku Shoujo
Honerable Mentions
Seras Victoria (Hellsing Ultimate)
I- She- ..I don't even want to talk about it. If you've seen it, you know what I'm talking about. Or at least you should >.>
Nobuchika Ginoza (Psycho-Pass)
Watching first your father and then your best friend become "criminals" and ruin their lives because of things out of their control has gotta suck.
10. Minatsuki Takami (Deadman Wonderland)
Usually in life-threataning situations your mom protects you as best she can. But she got to watch in horror as her mom chose to try and save a potted plant over saving her. This one's particularly devastating, because it's her mother.
9. Enma Ai (Jigoku Shoujo)
There's a reason why I chose her for the "Beautiful Tragedy" challenge. Her backstory is beautifully tragic. Just not enough to make it higher on the list.
8. Yuri Nakamura (Angel Beats!)
That's... a really disturbing way to have your brothers die, that's all I gotta say.
7. Mei Misaki (Another)
It's sad when a character isn't loved by your mother, but when a mother treats a doll like its their child and their child like its their doll, then it's tragic. Add in the death of your twin sister and, well.... voila.
6. Crona (Soul Eater)
Back on the subject of your mother not loving you, but this time, she also makes you kill people. And manipulates you.
As most of you know, I freakin' love Crona, and as none of you know, I freakin' hate Medusa. Crona's backstory is a major contributing factor to both these things.
5. Tsukasa (.hack//SIGN)
It's one thing for a parent to simply not love you, but to abuse you to the point of very nearly killing you? Geez. You know, I still love Tsukasa even though I haven't talked about him for quite a while.
4. Alois Trancy (Kuroshitsuji II)
*shudders* Eesh... You know, if I had my way Alois's would be number one, because his is the backstory I'm most sensitive about. Most people consider Alois to be a sadistic brat, but his backstory more than justifies it. Besides, I find his sadisticness... endearing.
3. Gaara (Naruto)
A while ago, a friend and I got into an argument about whether Naruto or Sasuke had a worse backstory, but, in my opinion, Gaara had a worst backstory than either of them. He has both the aspects in Naruto's and Sasuke's backstory; perpetual lonliness (Naruto) and (supposed) absolute betrayal of the one you trust the most (Sasuke).
2. Lucy (Elfen Lied)
Some might think Lucy deserves to be first, and she might very well deservenit. After all, her backstory is horrific, brutal, and absolutely tragic, and it might've made me cry for about an hour straight. Still, there is one, (well, two) backstory that is worse than all the others.
1. Elric Brothers (Fullmetal Alchemist/Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
Okay, it could be considered cheating putting two in one spot, but because one brother's experience cannot be examined individually without including the other brother, they're together.
Now if there's a character who has experienced hell, it'd be these two. There's no doubt that what they experienced is disturbing, devastating, and life-changing. Every day is a reminder of what they did and what they've experienced, and why they must stay together. I freakin' love these two, and you probably do, too.
