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10 Anime Characters Who Are Really Sad Boys

There are some anime characters who are really sadboys. However, their life stories are still inspiring and have deep meaning.
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The fate of being a sad boy not only bothers teenagers in real life, but in the anime world there are also several sad boy characters.

Sadboy has become a very popular word among teenagers lately. The term sadboy itself broadly means a teenage boy who is experiencing sorrow, and generally because of love.

For those of you sad boys in the real world who feel alone and have no one to share with, you should learn from the following sad boy anime characters.

Because this sad boy character can provide inspiration to live this unfortunate life.

So, for those of you who are curious about which anime characters are sad boys, let's take a look at the following discussion!

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Eren Yaeger – Attack on Titan

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Eren Yeager. Source: VCGamers

Even though Eren has the power of the Founding Titan, this does not prevent him from living a miserable life.

Some of the incidents that made him a sad boy were starting from seeing his mother eaten by a wild titan, his fellow soldiers in the survey corps died, to his love for Mikasa which had no clarity.

All those incidents were enough to make him a sadboy. And at the end of his life, he hoped that Mikasa would still love him for a long time, even though he was gone.

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Kou Tanaka Mabuchi – Ao Haru Ride

Kou Tanaka Mabuchi
Kou Tanaka Mabuchi. Source: X.com

The sadboy story began when Tanaka and Futaba Yoshioka were in middle school, they had feelings for each other.

But one day Tanaka suddenly disappeared from Futaba, without leaving a message.

After 3 years have passed, Tanaka meets Futaba again. However, something has changed between the two of them, where Tanaka no longer remembers Futaba, and Futaba feels that Tanaka is different.

The very cold attitude shown by Tanaka makes Futaba frustrated and finally tries to find out the reason behind it all. 

Apparently, Tanaka's parents divorced and he lived with his mother. Now his mother has died and Tanaka lives with his father and brother in Tokyo. 

All of this made him devastated. He also kept his distance from anyone to protect himself.

Ken Kaneki – Tokyo Ghoul

Kaneki Sadboy Moment
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Ken Kaneki is a half-ghoul human. But before becoming a half-ghoul, Kaneki was a weak person, and he will look even weaker when faced with beautiful and intelligent women. 

Then Kaneki met Riza, and made her half-ghoul through an incident.

Namely, one day, Rize ended Kaneki's life. Before Kaneki actually died, a tragic incident happened to Rize and killed him. 

A doctor operated on Kaneki's body, which was already covered in wounds. His various damaged organs had to be replaced, and replaced with Rize's which were still good. That was the beginning of Ken Kaneki becoming a half-ghoul.

From there his life became difficult, where Kaneki had to drink human blood like ghouls and could no longer eat human food.

But through Kaneki's determination to protect the only friend he has, namely Hide, he is finally able to conquer the ghoul side within him.

Shinji Ikari - Neon Genesis Evangelion

Shinji Ikari
Shinji Ikari. Source: Codigo Espagueti

Shinji Ikari, from the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion, was originally a normal guy in general. 

But one day, the world was on the verge of destruction and the only hope to save humanity was in the hands of the Nerv organization, which had Evangelion, a giant robot that could fight the Angels.

Shinji's life changes when he is forced to join the Nerv association. 

His father, Gendou Ikari, selected suitable pilots for the Evangelions, and when Shinji met him after many years, his heart wounds opened.

Mikaela Hyakuya – Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign

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Mikaela Hyakuya. Source: Youtube/Light Reaper

Mikaela Hyakuya is always approached by sadness caused by memories of the future. 

He has made a plan to live happily with his family and escape from the pursuit of vampires. 

But the plan turned out to be a failure. And the vampire queen, Kurl, turned him into a vampire, which almost killed him. Various things that happen that are not what you want keep coming.Like when Mikaela Hyakuya increasingly wanted human blood, but didn't want to kill.

Killua Zoldyck – Hunter x Hunter

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Killua Zoldyck 2011 version. Source: Muse Indonesia/Youtube

Killua Zoldyck is a Hunter x Hunter anime character who had a dark childhood. This character was raised in a violent environment.

Since childhood, Killua was trained to be a professional killer who has no emotions.

Killua had to go through his childhood being tortured, poisoned, and forced to kill people. Pressure after pressure was always faced by Killua, his parents wanted Killua to follow in his family's footsteps.

The harsh life that Killua went through has shaped him into a sadboy from an early age, even at the age of 12.

Itachi Uchiha – Naruto 

Itachi
Itachi. Source: Official Site

Itachi Uchiha is one of the most complex and tragic characters ever. He was born a genius, from a prominent family in his village, and lived a happy life.

However, in his teenage years he had to face a difficult choice when his family was going to rebel against the village. Itachi had to choose whether to defect or become a nationalist man who saved his country from war.

As a peace-loving person, Itachi finally had to kill all his family members using his own hands. Itachi slaughtered his father, mother, girlfriend, and other family members for the sake of peace.

Thorfin – Vinland Saga

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Thorfin and Einar. Source: alittlebithuman.com

As a child, Thorfinn had to witness his father Thors being treacherously murdered by Askeladd. This incident traumatized Thorfinn to the point of making him obsessed with revenge.

In order to pursue his obsession, he becomes a follower of the man who killed his father. Unwittingly, Askeladd acts like a father who trains him to kill him one day.

Unfortunately Askeladd had to die by someone else and not Thorfinn who killed him. In the end Thorfinn had to live his hard life over and over again. He was trapped as a slave and had to work in the fields.

Eri – My Hero Academia

Eri Sad Moment
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Eri is a very touching character in the anime My Hero Academia. She is a little girl who has a super strong Quirk but her power is actually the source of her suffering.

With the power of Rewind, Eri is able to rewind someone's physical condition. This power is very dangerous because it can hurt or even erase other people's powers.

Eri was raised by an environment full of violence and manipulation by Overhaul. His life is filled with deep trauma due to Overhaul's treatment.

Gyutaro and Daki – Demon Slayer

Gyutaro and Little Daki sadboy anime
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Gyutaro and Daki are two interesting and tragic upper moon demon characters in the Demon Slayer anime.

Both were born in a poor slum area. Gyutaro was hated by the people there because of his ugly appearance.

He and his younger brother Daki live in poverty, hunger and endless violence.

Another sad thing about these two demons was the death of their mother. Gyutaro and Daki's mother is a sick person and cannot care for her children well.

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Well, those are some anime characters who have sad boy stories.

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