Making a sibling cry by telling him they’re an orphan or making them think mustard is Cheez Whiz is usually the extent that most people receive harm from their brothers. For some, that’s not even harm, but brotherly love. Probably. Maybe.Some animebrothers take it too far, however, and deliberately attempt to harm their siblings.
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Some are just plain deranged and don’t have any qualms about ending their own blood. They have their parents to blame for that but one has to admit that those kinds of brothers sure make for some intense or rivetinganime drama. Hence, the evil brother trope is quite prevalent— even popular in many anime titles. These ten notable bad brothers are the perfect examples.
10Sesshomaru - InuYasha
Granted, Inuyasha is only a half-brother to Sesshomaru but the latter still makes his life a pain to live. While Sesshomaru is a full-blooded demon with their father’s “legal” wife, Inuyasha’s mother was a human affair partner, making their rivalry even more heated.
So Sesshomaru made it clear to his half-brother that he doesn’t care much about him. Sesshomaru was evenprepared to killboth Inuyasha and his romantic partner, Kagome, all for a sword. Moreover, Sesshoumaru oftenlooks down on Inuyasha since he’s part-human.
9Donquixote Doflamingo - One Piece
Speaking of brothers killing their own brothers, Doflamingo fromOne Pieceis quite a piece of work. He serves as the main antagonist for one of the series' arcs and he’s just as bad to the heroes as he is to his family. Henot only killed his brother but also their father.
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To make it worse, Doflamingo killed his father in front of his own brother, all because he lost some privileges. If that’s not enough, he later killed his own brother like it was nothing to him. Truth be told, it does seem he doesn’t care about anyone but himself, making him detached from all living things.
8Raditz - Dragon Ball
Goku has died many times in his own series but keeps coming back thankfully without much consequences. His first death ironically was due to his very own brother, Raditz. He can be summed up as Goku without morals or restraint regarding his powers.
Raditz, in true Saiyan tradition, wanted Goku back within the family’s reach. Of course, Goku didn’t want to come with his ill-tempered brother so Raditz’s first response was tokidnap his own nephewand Goku’s son, Gohan, to blackmail Goku into coming with him. Oh but that wasn’t enough for Raditz,he also wanted Goku to kill some of Earth’s inhabitantson top of agreeing to come if he was to release Gohan.
7Illumi Zoldyck - Hunter X Hunter
Illumi Zoldyck is a bit different compared to the other evil brothers in this list. He’s not really that intent on killing his own brother, Killua. Rather, he’s more concerned about overprotecting him to the point where he eventakes control of Killuajust to ensure his survival.
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He’s also incredibly toxic and keeps compelling Killua to be evil as he believes that darkness is the only thing sustaining their family. Moreover, Illumi is cold-hearted and onlyacts mostly in his own self-interest. The worst part is that he even tries to turn Killua into him, even going as far as implanting a needle into his brother’s brain so that the latter will flee fights he cannot win.
6Schneizel el Britannia - Code Geass
While on the topic of brothers acting in their self-interest and are willing to make puppets out of their siblings, Schneizel fromCode Geassis quite the blond bad guy. In times of war, he waswilling to leave behind his blind and paraplegic younger half-sister, Nunnallyjust because it’s a pain to bring her along.
He doesn’t even have any redeeming qualities apart from his royal blood and his appearance. Moreover, Schneizelhappily gunned down his own sister, Cornelia, and evenallowed the death of millions of peoplein Tokyo. The fact that he has the same level of intellect as Lelouch combined with his lack of empathy makes him even more despicable.
5Byakuya Kukichi - Bleach
The very first serious arc inBleachwas when Rukia was abducted by the Soul Society as she was slated for execution. This led to Ichigo and his friends diving headfirst into the Shinigami world to rescue Rukia. But it turns out Rukia wasn’t so helpless because she had family there, specifically her older brother, Byakuya.
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Too bad Rukia couldn’t depend on her brother to vouch for her or even stand for her right to live. Heck, he evenwalked Rukia to the execution site. Because Byakuya, for some reason, isapathetic toward peopleand doesn’t act at all even when he feels conflicted. So he was willing to let her sister die. He did redeem himself later on and gradually became more caring toward her but the damage was already done.
4Light Yagami - Death Note
In a more grounded and realistic contemporary context, a brother like Light Yagami doesn’t deserve any form of a family at all. He’s a certified psychopath and believes that he’s above everyone, especially when using the Death Note he found. Granted, he has the intelligence to back that up, but one has to remember that he was outsmarted by someone younger, so he’s not all that great, honestly.
Oh, and he alsolet his sister get kidnappedand his father get harmed all to gain a strategic advantage in his feud against L’s successors. Besides, havinga brother that decides to kill off society’s slackers when he gets bored of killing all the criminalsisn’t particularly preferable.
3Knives Millions - Trigun
For a change, here’s a brother who actually cares about his own sibling. Knives fromTrigunwasn’t inherently evil but thanks to torture and the experiments done to him and his brother, Vash, when they were kids, he developed a psychotic disdain for other people. Thus, Knives isn’t kind to anyone, even his allies.
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In fact, the only person he’s kind to is Vash. How’s that a bad thing? Because he’shell-bent on planetary genocide and wants his rehabilitating brother to join him. Simply put, Knives wants to wipe out all humanity and wants Vash to tag along. He might not want to harm his brother intentionally, but he’s one of the worst bad influencesas far as animebrothers go.
2Itachi Uchiha - Naruto
Some people think of Itachi as a hero for what he did for Konoha. He practically prevented civil war and prevented Sasuke from dying by murdering his family in advance (they were going to die anyway). However,the damage he did to Sasuke was a fate worse than death.
He pretty much ruined his own brother by forcing him to watch their parents die by his hands several times. Oh, he felt guilty about murdering 98 percent of his clan, alright. He even wanted to die after that but he wanted Sasuke to do it because didn’t want to kill himself. So he let his brother become a monster and live as an orphan because that’s the best way to deal with what he did, supposedly. Sure, he’s a hero— just not a hero anyone would want to be siblings with.
1Akio Ohtori - Revolutionary Girl Utena
Akio Ohtori is one of the wealthiest figures inRevolutionary Girl Utena,acoming-of-age animewhere an academy holds some dark secrets. One of those secrets is Akio Ohtori and he’s the worst older brother a sister can ask for. He has atoxic and awful relationship with his sisterand he pretty muchtreats her as a slave, oftentimes offering her up as a duel reward.
Oh but Akio’s abuse of women doesn’t end there. He hasmultipleaffair partnersand even has asecret affair with his own mother-in-law. Beyond that, he alsogroomed his sister’s best friend and later violated herjust because he’s jealous of her bond with his sister. In short, he’s every Freud scholar’s ideal subject. Not exactly brother-material.
