The Most Powerful Character in Anime: It’s Not Goku or Luffy!

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Goku better than Luffy?

Whether today with the arrival of new popular mangas, in the 2000s at the time of the Big Three or even in the 1980s at the time of the rise of Japanese animation in France, the public has always had fun wondering which character would be the best of all the characters of the genre. Of course, this question doesn't make much sense on its own. It is indeed difficult to determine the power of a character compared to another coming from a completely different universe. Yet Dragon Ball fans have long argued that Goku is the most powerful character of all time.

If many readers and spectators could be satisfied with this statement, many others did not intend to let their favorite character be ridiculed in this way. Luffy from One Piece, Ichigo from Bleach, Giorno Giovanna from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure… Many names often come up to claim the title of most powerful character of all time. In order to put an end to any debate, the Japanese have finally drawn up a list of the 41 most powerful characters in the world of manga and anime.

Discover the list of the most powerful characters in manga and anime

If you closely follow the news of Japanese productions, you may know GooRanking. Famous ranking site of all kinds, the latter has given itself the difficult task of establishing a list of the best anime and manga characters of all time. To do this, they simply surveyed their Japanese readers, and they were able to come to an agreement. Below, find the list of the 41 most powerful anime and manga characters of all time:

• 1. Saitama – One Punch Man
• 2. Rimuru Tempest – That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime
• 3. Zeno (Omni King) – Dragon Ball Super
• 4. Gojou Satoru – Jujutsu Kaisen
• 5. Koro-sensei – Assassination Classroom
• 6. Goku – Dragon Ball
• 7. Kusuo Saiki – The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
• 8. Levi Ackerman – Attack on Titan
• 9. Arale Norimaki – Dr. Slump
• 10. Doraemon – Doraemon
• 11. Monkey D. Luffy – One Piece
• 12. Reinhard van Astrea – Re: ZERO -Starting Life in Another World
• 13. Giorno Giovanna – Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
• 14. Sukuna – Jujutsu Kaisen
• 15. Anos Voldigoad – The Misfit of Demon King Academy
• 16. Whis – Dragon Ball Super
• 17. Naruto Uzumaki – Naruto
• 18. Yoriichi Tsugikuni – Demon Slayer
• 19. Yuujirou Hanma (The Ogre) – Grappler Baki
• 20. Milim Nava – That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
• 21. Beerus (God of Destruction) – Dragon Ball Super
• 22. Gogeta – Dragon Ball Z
• 23. Vegito – Dragon Ball Z
• 24. Grand Priest – Dragon Ball Super
• 25. Broly – Dragon Ball Z
• 26. Meruem (The King) – Hunter x Hunter
• 27. Jiren – Dragon Ball Super
• 28. Inumaki Toga – Jujutsu Kaisen
• 29. Vegeta – Dragon Ball
• 30. Frieza – Dragon Ball Super
• 31. Hit – Dragon Ball Super
• 32. Ash – Pokemon
• 33. Red Shanks – One Piece
• 34. Kizaru – One Piece
• 35. Eren Yeager – Attack on Titan
• 36. Yhwach – Bleach
• 37. Shigeo Kageyama – Mob Psycho 100
• 38. Denji – Chainsaw Man
• 39. Kibutsuji Muzan – Demon Slayer
• 40. Ichigo Kurosaki – Bleach
• 41. Ainz Ooal Gown (Momonga) – Overlord

Before you start tearing yourself apart in the comments to let people know that your favorite character is much stronger than this or that other on the list, know that this last one dates from a year ago. In other words, in the meantime, many characters have had time to emerge in new mangas or to evolve in their own universe. But even taking everything into account, it is ultimately not surprising to find Saitama in first position given that he was literally designed to be the most powerful character in the universe. However, certain other positions may be a little surprising, and we could also notice the omnipresence of characters from the Dragon Ball saga, especially since the Super version. Finally, even if fans of One Piece and Jujutsu Kaisen may regret the position of their favorite characters, they will still be able to boast of having at least three different characters in the top 41, which is far from being the case from everyone.