Mac Arrowny's Top 50 Anime Characters

Written in the "Top 50 Anime Anime/Manga/VN/LN Characters Fatal 4-Way: Angelo vs. edwards vs. Mac vs. Zea" topic made in February 2011.

50. Ilyasviel von Einsbern (Fate/Stay Night)

Don't worry zea, I'm here to give you your loli.

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I sort of have a thing for little girls who are also incredibly bloodthirsty/deadly (I guess it’s fortunate that they don’t exist in real life), and Ilya’s probably where that all started. She, together with Berserker, kills Shirou again and again in countless bad ends, which are probably the best part of the first route of Fate/Stay Night. Her manner of speaking is both elegant and cruel, and she’s always entertaining as a villain. She’s also got her cute side, as certain routes portray her more sympathetically, especially that heartrending scene in Unlimited Blade Works. Heavens Feel proceeds to show her mature side (she is technically an adult) which is also pretty interesting for how her attitude to everyone else evolves. And then there’s Tiger Dojo Ilya, who hilariously mocks Shirou for dying at her hands so many times. All the incarnations of her character are pretty awesome despite the differences. Even in the Magical Girl Prisma Ilya manga she’s a total badass.

49. Bernkastel (Umineko no Naku Koro ni)

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No, not all of the characters on this list are going to be little girls (not quite, anyway…). Anyway, Bernkastel doesn’t really have any sort of cuteness factor going for her, just 100% awesome factor. The ruthlessness of the witches is one of the main things that makes Umineko entertaining, and though Beatrice lost hers long ago, Bern is still going strong. Seeing her consistently throw innocent people into horrible situations and then watching them suffer (even her own pieces) is probably consistently the best part of Chiru overall. Her interactions with Lambda are also pretty funny/awesome, and the best Battler in the series (ep 5 Battler) is actually Bernkastel controlling him, which really just makes her that much more fun. Even ep 8 took a sudden leap in quality as soon as Bernkastel appeared. It’d be neat to see a voiced version of Chiru, since her voice just makes her character that much better.