Top 10 Sympathetic Villains 

Okay but can we take a moment to appreciate the “#9: Mukuro Ikusaba the sixteenth student lying hidden-“ joke because that’s one of the funniest things I’ve seen all week

For Otto in the comics, it kinda depends on the writer. Sometimes, he’s a typical mad scientist villain that can still be entertaining if done well and at other times, he’s a noble demon anti villain with many redeeming qualities.

Maruki is such a good villain that I don’t even consider him one he has such good motivations that I even considered taking his deal. Best final villain in a Megaten game even ahead of the literal Judeo Christian God

Actually Junko killed Mukuro for a reason simplified as "Because I could."

I was surprised mukuro was the danganronpa entry. I thought it was gonna be kokichi. Good job catching me off guard :)

I didn’t expect number 1 because I don’t watch your videos too much, but I was excited for number 1. Best Persona 5 Villain ever.

If an Evil Heroes list comes out, I'd like Nika Allen to be on that list. Even despite Colossus Down having karmic decisions, they don't change too much, as she still kills people.

(SPOILERS for Nier Replicant) Personal honorable mention goes to the villain of Nier. There are actually a couple versions of Nier; the one released in America was called Gestalt. The one that was *initially* released in Japan was called Replicant. However, Replicant has recently been remade and has come stateside, nicknamed Ver 1.22... The difference between versions is that you play as Yonah's dad in Gestalt, while her brother is the hero of Replicant. Regardless of which version you pick, though, you fight against the Shadowlord at the end of your first run. And he's you. The Shadowlord is the leader of a race of human remnants called Gestalts, or Shades according to the clone race known as Replicants. Sans the prologue, you played as the Shadowlord's Replicant the whole time, and his goal was very similar to your own; save Yonah, and he tried to do it by helping the Shade possess her Replicant self after a thousand years. Apparently, in his mind, the Replicants exist to serve as a replacement body for the Shades. And he might actually be correct; not only is he the Shades' master, but he helped maintain humanity for a thousand years until his destruction, with the eventual extinction of humanity leading up to the events of Automata. But you must remember that his motives were to save a loved one, exactly the same thing you were trying to do. There is a caveat, however. All the Shadowlord cared about was his loved one, while the Replicant went on side quests to help others as well. The Shadowlord's love borders on obsession, as when Shade Yonah let her Replicant live by leaving her body, the Shadowlord snaps, continuing to attack his Replicant so that one of them would be destroyed. That and the Replicant has the possibility of sacrificing himself so that Kaine would live. Still, there are a couple of advantages that Shadowlord has over Nier; a badass look and an amazing theme song, especially in the Remaster.

Okay, that last guy..... holy flip. That is how you do sympathy correctly. I really need to play that game.

Tales of villains as they are very sympathetic and honestly kinda main characters of thier own side. Van giaus even Arthur are all very well designed bad guys that I find myself rooting for them sometimes. Fire emblem would say grima anakos types of Lyon where the bad guy has some story of breaking down mentally so it's basically like putting a wild animal down. Danganronpa while not major villains a few of the killers you feel very bad for. Not junko she is crazy Kingdom hearts roxas Axel xion as yes they are good guys now they were a large obstacle in thier games but not ones I could bring myself to hate.

I'm SO happy that Badeline got number two and i agree with everything. Badeline is such an amazing character that she deserves a lot of love and fans which celeste does have. I'm so glad i found out about the game and I'm glad to call Badeline my favourite character ever, she deserves so much more love and is underappreciated in my eyes. Badeline will always have a special place in my heart which will never change

ahhh yes im so happy to see audrey on here! i absolutely get her being low on the list but anything to get more people talking about wandersong!!!

When Dafawfulizer uploads, you know you’re in for a treat!

I think the reason why the train is called Tommy is because the devs would otherwise be in violation of copyright law.

Ah yes, we do love a sympathetic villain in this house! That PLUS an Invader Zim reference? Immediately 10/10 video ^.^

Since you’re doing a full list of sympathetic villains, you should do a full list on anti heroes

The King and the Sunset was the perfect transition.

I must be one of the very few people who does not like Maruki, admittedly more as a person than as a character. As someone who has grown up in a time in which change has happened at an exceptionally fast pace, I've come to expect and accept change even if I don't like it. That which was painful may not have been pleasant, but I learned and grew because of it. The idea of a perfect world where everyone gets what they want with little effort or sacrifice to me has very unsettling connotations. There's also the matter of his "consultations." There is a psychologist on RU-vid that's done quite a few videos on the guy that make it clear while he is good researcher, he's not a good therapist. Honestly, some of what he was advocating before he got his powers were striking me as incredibly unethical for his line of work and completely opposite of what he was supposed to be doing.

doc ock from spider-man ps4...damn. did all the little lab puzzles bc they were fun (cough cough and also for the trophy cough cough), and realized by the end of the game i was perfecting the tech that would mould doc ock into a villain basically. good game

Maruki is a great villain in my opinion.he is in my opinion one of the two best villains in persona 5(alongside kamoshida) and maybe one of the best villains in video games.

It's funny how much of a fan of P5R my sister and I are, and you just listed all the reasons why my sister LOATHES Maruki. She went on this whole rant about what he was doing and how if people didn't make mistakes or learned from them, they'd become complacent, lazy and if given everything you wanted, then what's the point in working to better yourself etc. I actually really like him as an anti-villain, but seeing her arguments for why she disliked him actually got me thinking about a potential sequel or spin off based around Maruki's power. Wit a world where suffering is non-existent and everyone gets their wish, I started to ponder about what if someone's wish ended up being someone else's personal hell, such as if an abusive spouse or partner wanted total obedience from their lover or what if someone's wish was for the power to do whatever they wanted without laws to hold them back, such as underworld criminals amassing wealth through corrupt means? It's the idea of "what if these wishes overlapped or cancelled other good or decent wishes out due to how raw and powerful they were?" The supposed utopia Maruki wanted would end up causing more harm than good and what if the evil wishes ended up creating more problems than the ones with good intentions, I don't know, that's something that's always bothered me about his philosophy. Sure a world like that SOUNDS nice, but as with some philosophies, it's just human nature for humans to do both good and EVIL things, so perverting that sense of morality and ethics wouldn't have worked out well, unless Maruki was micromanaging everything in perfect detail, just some food for thought. Feel free to roast me in the comments, if this feels dumb XD. Also I agree Mukuro was an underrated and tragic character, it's a shame the anime exists, I chose not to watch any of them because I knew a prequel would mess things up in terms of retconning characters we love and the future anime felt kind of pointless and contrived. I used to dislike Yomiel a lot, but upon reflection, I love Ghost Trick more because of the way he masterminded all of this. The ending felt like a copout, but once a friend put the pieces together for me, it made a lot of sense. Lastly I think Spiderman PS4 was an amazing game and it made Dok Oc even more of an interesting and layered character. I loved the video, and great work as usual!

(This comment was made before the video’s premiere). There are a lot of great Sympathetic Villains in media, hoping to see Count Bleck appear on this list. & hoping Abby from TLOUII isn’t. She’s just not a good character, in my opinion, you can say a character’s sympathetic; but only with good writing & reasoning can they be truly sympathetic. At least to me.

I regret not having the bell turned on 3 days ago Edit: Oh god it's 3:38 minutes in and my eyes have been blessed by greatness.

I say the witch from the L4D2's "the passing" campaign, she was left at the alter and infected.... yet its not AS big as the others on this list

Honestly, when I got to that level in D.A.H, I was disgusting at the end of it.

My favorite villain Armquist makes the top four! Long live America! Long live General Armquist!

I hope Count Bleck gets on here.

Gotta love all these videos!

Spoilers for number 9: Glad you gave Mukuro some love, she deserves it. And keep in mind all you said was without factoring Danganronpa If where she survives her execution thanks to Makoto and manages to save everyone. Also yes, I agree with considering the Despair Arc non-cannon. Future arc had some good stuff but Despair.... what did they do to my babies?!?!

This is a great countdown.

I hope a specific pissona 5 character is here... Edit: I predicted it!

3:23 YEEEESSS MY BABY ANGEL GIIIRRRLLL Edit: And you lost me when you chose to view dr3 as non cannon when considering her character it makes perfect sense Codependency people! Its sad

I agree with Mukuro but she isn’t as sympathetic as previous warriors of hope

14:12 THAT was cold, crypto...geez

Who else knew maruki whould be number one

The computer in ,,what the golf?,,

I want top 10 evil heroes

Nice usage of Beauty and the Beast music in the intro! And I didn't remember your sympathetic villains list but when you showed Mustache Girl, I remembered what you meant (though actually I did remember that list, I just didn't remember the title) 10. Sounds pretty unsympathetic to me, but maybe if I played the game I'd change my mind. 9. I have non plans of playing Danganronpa, especiallyy after hearing about a horrible retcon in the series. 8. A train named Tommy? Is that a Thomas reference? Or am I just looking too deep into it? Nothing to say about the other entries, other than how I was partially expecting a Fire Emblem Three Houses character BTW was that Kingdom Hearts music at the end?

My top 10 sympathetic video game villains are: 10. Flowey (Undertale) 9. Ganondorf (Zelda Windwaker) 8 Big Smoke (GTA SA) 7. Monica (DDLC) 6. Doc Ock (Spider-Man 2018) 5. Count Black (SPM) 4. Trilla (Jedi Fallen Order) 3. Lord Shimura (Ghost of Tsushima) 2. Dr Maruki (Prosona 5 Royal) 1. Baldur (GOW 2018)

i saw the videos thumbnail and instantly was like "maruki better be SOMEWHERE in this list or im fighting someone"

Void from Super Danganronpa Another 2 would make my list

We definitely do agree on Maruki at least

Literally never been so happy to find my favorite video game (persona 5 royal) also the best in the persona line despite persona 3 having a femc get such an amazing villain bonus in the third semester true ending teaser

Dangan roppa 3 is CANON

I whould have picked hajime/izuru from danganronpa 2 on the list.

Mukuro is really good if you factor in danganronpa IF

Bois round 3

P5 Strikers has a lot of sympathetic villains/antagonists (most of them are antagonists, though).

Mukuro deserves better.

Odd take, Mukuro is actually my third favorite danganronpa trigger happy havoc character.

I would’ve put SPOILERS from LISA aka the final boss because his story made me so damn sad after seeing all the parts of it.

Haven't seen you in a hot minute

I would have included the snatcher from a hat in time for sympathetic villains. had a dark backstory

I whould have liked if a proffesor layton villain whould have got on this list,cause the series is full of sympathetic villains.i whould have taken Jean descole. Jean descole is the series best villain and one of my Favorit villains in Video games.one of the reason is his origin story.his parents got kidnapped,got separated with his brother and as he got a wife and daughter he finally found happines.only So this happines got taken away from him again by the same people who Took his parents.because he refused to join with them,they killed his New found family.because having a life of pain thanks to them,he became descole with the Plan to Use the power targent(the name of Those people) Are searching so he can use it to get his revenge on them.

i think dark choco cookie from cookie run kingdom needed an honorable mention in this video he started out as a fighter for the cookies of darkness and servant of dark enchantress cookie later on in the game we find out that he is dark cacao cookie,s son and prince of his father,s kingdom but he wanted to be a hero later on when he got hold of the strawberry jam sword he was controlled by it into attacking his kingdom and was banished from the kingdom by his father later on in the game he along with licorice cookie pomegranate cookie and poison mushroom cookie attack his former kingdom but after getting defeated by his father dark cacao cookie apologizes to him for no getting him love only for pomegranate cookie cast a spell on him and giving dark choco cookie a chance to deafeat him but he decides to reedem himself and attack pomegranate cookie with the sword before casting aside it

3:25 Looking on danganronpa you can see that all the villains (except the rivals but they don't count as villains) are girls

Great video, but I do miss your avatar. Maybe you could bring it back for the next one? Please?

Glad I'm not the only one who thinks the danganronpa anime isnt cannon

what happen to inkagames I remember you used to do them

don't forget to mention that painter guy.

19:19 as a huge persona fan, I celebrated when I saw the Goat in first on this list, no spoilers unless you want... really wish I could cloak words like in discord

I'm kinda surprised how you see Mukuro as a "villain"

Well killer is dead came from Suda 51. You can't exactly get a very coherent story from him outside of no more heroes.

Is this and last countdown switched

A game you should play is rode 96 its a fun karma based game with some really cool and funny characters

I seriously thought wind waker ganondorf would be here

Who else thinks maruki is the best villain in persona 5?

What is with zero of 9 persons 9 hours 9 doors.

You know I am not gonna see number 1 but....yeah I am not surprised it's Maruki, I never played Royal yet just base P5 but I know he is like a new major villain in P5 Royale and from what I hear he's pretty sympathetic.

You need to talk about your turn to die it’s a lot like danganronpa it seems right up your alley

YEEESSS

Do top 10 first bosses.

Every kindergarten character ranked from worst to best

Monokuma

I saw count bleck form my favorite mario game

Not deep but currently sympathetic. Several of the villains from persona strikers.

Killer Is Dead? More like Thomas Is Pissed. Did Suda 51 watch Thomas the Tank Engine?

I have Like the Video

man thinking about it Maruki is basically just a law route from mainline. I mean I'm pro law but still.

Make a top 10 female villains

Where’s count bleck?

Watch wakfu season one the villain is really sympathetic if you know his backstory

3:36 it would've been funny if you could've fit the entire text on screen

fuck yeah mukuro apologists rise up

Sympathetic villain: Spamton (Deltarune 2) Evil Hero: Kris (also Deltarune)

Audrey Redheart honestly seemed like a villian that would reform at the end. Yet, surprisingly, she doesn't. I guess she was just too far gone. Too consumed by despair and pride to be reformed. That's really sad when you think about it.

I'm here because of Billy Kametz

Why am I not on this list

Hello

Number 5 (Spoilers) I am 1,000,000,000% convinced her mom set up the “accident”

Death wish

=D

#8 just watch Thomas the tank engine to get the same result

Honestly Maruki can barely be qualified as a villain as he is one of the most moral characters in the game

Kindergarten is a fun game

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