10 Anime Villains Who Always Make The Same Mistakes

For some reason, anime villains tend to be animals of habit. Whether they have the upper hand or not, anime villains almost always stick to their tried and true fighting plans and techniques. With very few exceptions, this refusal to learn or admit mistakes leads these villains to endless defeat.

At best, an anime villain’s refusal to learn from their mistakes ends up being constantly humiliated by their heroic rivals. At worst, your inability to learn also applies to your personality. Not only did these villains fail to defeat their enemies, but they also failed to grow as people or improve.

10 Boazanians Kept Sending Giant Robots To Die

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Super robot anime are (in)famous for diligently following their formula no matter what. Although not the first to do so, Voltes V he is one of the best-known authors of this trope. Every week, the Boazanian Empire would send a giant robot to fight Voltes V. The Boazanian robot always scored a quick victory before Voltes V killed it.

The Boazanians’ weekly flops have become something of a meme among fans. That being said, there is actually a reason for it. Scientist Zuhl always learned something new from the failures of his robots and applied those lessons to his next invention. He did this hoping to stage a coup, but was assassinated before that could happen.

9 All Villains Accused In Kenshiro At All Costs

The Fist of the Polar Star

A strange constant in The Fist of the Star North is that the villains attacked Kenshiro at all costs. They almost always did even after watching Kenshiro hit his friends or even their powerful bosses with such force that they exploded. As expected, they all died horribly after insulting Kenshiro. This happened in every episode.

Fortunately, this was not a problem, as it provided The Fist of the Star North of his country of call. Watching Kenshiro regularly take down his cocky opponents before turning them into gore is endlessly entertaining for fans. The repeated failures of these enemies have been immortalized as Kenshiro’s hyper-masculine memes.

8 Maximillion Pegasus Leaned Too Much On Its Cartoon Game

Yu Gi Oh! Duel of monsters

As the owner of the Duelist Kingdom and the Millennium Eye, Maximillion Pegasus was the toughest enemy Yami/Yugi, Seto Kaiba, and the others faced. However, this was only true during the first main arc of Yu Gi Oh! Duel of monsters . Next, Yami/Yugi faced stronger Duelists. Meanwhile, Pegasus has stalled.

Kabia said that to Pegasus’ face when they had a rematch during Yu Gi Oh! The movie: Pyramid of Light. By then, Kaiba was already manipulating and fighting with the God Cards. Pegasus, on the other hand, still clung to its Toon strategies. Without any new techniques and with the help of his Millennium Eye, Pegasus was quickly defeated by an irate Kaiba.

7 Frieza Can’t Resist Cruelty

Dragon Ball Z

All of the super powerful warlords that Goku and his friends fought against were monsters consumed by their cruelty and power. Frieza was the worst of all, as he was never able to overcome his petit mal even after dying multiple times. Every time Frieza lost and died, it could be attributed to him being too bad for his own good.

Frieza has missed his chance to win or survive more than once by stopping to humiliate and/or torture his enemies, even his subjects. Frieza not only wasted time, but also motivated his opponents and minions to kill him and betray him, respectively. The only lesson Frieza learned was that he had to get stronger.

6 Princess Malty S. Melromarc Enjoyed Being Bad Too Much

The Rise of the Shield Hero

Part of what made Princess Malty S. Melromarc so despicable was that she had no ulterior motive for her evil. She was just a spoiled brat who liked to destroy people’s lives for fun. Finally, karma caught up with her when Naofumi Iwatani hit rock bottom again to clear her name and humiliate her.

But even after his name was legally turned into a slur and his true nature was discovered, Malty was soon back. One of the first things he did after escaping execution was attempt to poison Naofumi and his group’s dinner. Even with the rare opportunity to start over, Malty is unlikely to ever change.

5 Izaya Orihara’s Penchant For Causing Mayhem Became Predictable

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As Ikebukuro’s seemingly neutral information agent, Izaya believed he was controlling the townspeople. Izaya often leaked secrets or false information to cause riots or turf wars and see what happened next. Izaya thought of himself as an untouchable mastermind, but everyone thought otherwise.

Due to his unreliable nature, no one trusted Izaya and everyone expected him to betray them at some point. Izaya’s refusal to change has caused him to cause one last major incident in a desperate attempt to leave a lasting legacy. In the end, Izaya was driven out of Ikebukuro and nearly killed by the weary townspeople.

4 Diavolo Is Overwhelmed With Fear

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind

As the secret leader of the Passione, it was easy to assume that Diavolo was the ruler and feared executioner of the underworld. In reality, Diavolo was paranoid and reclusive to fatal extremes. Against his better judgment, Diavolo would resort to extreme measures, including killing his own subordinates, to keep his identity hidden.

Diavolo never overcame his fears. This influenced his self-sabotage, which ruined his own criminal empire. Not only did he cause his top lieutenants to defect, but he also inadvertently endangered his own daughter, Trish. Giorno Giovanna’s takeover arguably fell midway thanks to Diavolo’s consistent failures.

3 Akane Shinjo Clinging Desperately To Her Tokusatsu Escape

SSSS.Gridman

The big tour ofSSSS.Gridman it was that the whole anime was a figment of Akane Shinjo’s imagination. As such, Akane has fulfilled her dream of becoming the villain of a tokusatsu series by creating kaiju for Gridman to fight against. But like all tokusatsu villains, Akane consistently failed no matter how powerful her creations.

Akane’s mistake was her refusal to let go of her escape fantasy. Despite the diminishing returns, Akane clung to her dream world and continued to create kaiju. There came a time when Akane’s constant losses took an emotional toll on her. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what Alexis Kerib wanted, and he turned her into a kaiju.

2 Gendo Ikari Always Refused To Have Faith In Humanity

Neon Genesis Evangelion

in all realities by Neon Genesis Evangelion , Gendo Ikari manipulated everyone around him into inciting Third Impact. Despite being ten steps ahead of everyone else and succeeding in ending the world on occasion, Gendo continued to fail. Not only was he always miserable, but he never found the solitude he so desperately desired.

Gendo’s biggest mistake was to cynically believe that everyone was as lonely and miserable as he was. Refusing to acknowledge that his nihilism was wrong, Gendo continued to cause unnecessary apocalypses. It wasn’t until Shinji confronted him directly that Gendo realized how much time and lives he had lost.

1 Lucifer Was Doomed To Repeat His Fall From Grace Forever

crybaby devilman

The biggest twistby Devilman Crybaby was that it was technically the sequel to the biblical war in heaven. After Lucifer’s defeat, God exiled him and his loyalists to Earth. crybaby devilman revealed that Lucifer was reincarnated as the amnesiac Ryo Asuka. Like Ryo, Lucifer had the chance to start over, but he always repeated his mistakes.

Due to his envy of man and his anger towards God, Lucifer always resurfaced in Ryo’s psyche to declare war on the world and on Heaven. It always ended with Lucifer killing his best friend and human love, Akira Fudo, regretting his actions too late. This would repeat itself until Lucifer admitted his folly, or until the end of time.