15 Anime Characters Who Struggle With Mental Illness Yuno Gasai (Future Diary) Furuichi Teraoka (Xam’d: Lost Memories) Death the Kid (Soul Eater) Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto) Akira Kogami (Lucky Star) Midari Ikishima (Kakegurui) Hansel and Gretel (Black Lagoon) Shion Sonozaki (Higurashi: When They Cry) ...
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Here are some anime characters who struggle with some sort of mental illness. Don’t be fooled by Yuno Gasai’s sweet and good-girl looks because deep down, she’s pretty insane. She stalks the protagonist, Yukiteru, to no bounds. She’s prepared to kill anyone who gets in her way towards gaining his affection.
Her murderous rage is almost demonic, making her one of the most iconic insane anime characters. As a child, Himiko had a disturbing interest in blood. She once brought home a bloody bird and asked her parents if it was pretty.
SAO in itself isn’t an anime about mental health, but there are parts of this series, depending on the arc or season, that highlights mental health. Kirito is one aspect of it, and the emotions he goes through in season 1 after so much trauma.
Chopper, Happy, Gamabunta - the world of anime is full of weird non-human creatures, which can be cute or dangerous or both at the same time. You don't look like a human, but have unusual powers anyone can envy.
Don’t be fooled by Yuno Gasai’s sweet and good-girl looks because deep down, she’s pretty insane. She stalks the protagonist, Yukiteru, to no bounds. She’s prepared to kill anyone who gets in her way towards gaining his affection. Aside from her deadly obsession, she also has the ability to transcend space and time. Yikes!
Sasuke suffers from childhood trauma. Specifically, his own brother massacred his entire family. Because of this, he has *serious* abandonment issues and an obsessive need for revenge. He even severed all ties with his friends, believing this will make him stronger.
Akira’s cute persona is a cover-up of her extreme mood swings. Whenever she’s annoyed or threatened, she instantly breaks character. She sheds her bright persona and turns into a violent, selfish, cynic on the brink of becoming a has-been.
Midari’s gambling addiction stretches to playing sadistic games of life and death. She also has masochistic and suicidal tendencies. An example of which is when she stabbed her own eye with a pen to pay a debt to the president.
In the anime, Hansel and Gretel are far from the stories we’ve been told as kids. Here, they are twin soldiers who have tendencies to switch personalities. This roots from prolonged abuse and neglect that they suffered from as children.
A fictional mental illness, Hinamizawa syndrome gives people anxiety and paranoia. Consequently, they commit strange and violent acts. Shion is probably the craziest among the cast. Her murderous rage is almost demonic, making her one of the most iconic insane anime characters.
As a child, Himiko had a disturbing interest in blood. She once brought home a bloody bird and asked her parents if it was pretty. Because of this, she has the power to transform into anyone just by ingesting their blood.
Orange is an anime series that should show up more in these types of conversations. It’s the perfect anime about mental health, and the seriousness of it.
Wonder Egg Priority is an anime that hit many by surprise. The gorgeous animation and art style is one of the things that grabs your attention straight away.
A Silent Voice is about Shouko Nishimiya, a girl who experiences bullying as a child in school.
Kokoro Connect is one of those anime that makes little sense as far as the genre. It’s not even considered psychological, and yet that’s a massive part of the plot.
Psycho Pass is an action/police series with psychological elements, based in a futuristic society.
Hell Girl is about Ai Enma. She’s someone who’s summoned if a person meets the right conditions at 12AM.
Violet Evergarden is a an ex-war soldier, who was forced into war and used as a weapon.