Our Favorite Female Anime Villains

We, the anime department of Black Nerd Problems, hereby decree that the Evil Women Are The Best Role Models list for Women’s History Month is great, but a side of entertainment didn’t get its due — anime. We assembled in front of an open cauldron to let our creative juices flow and picked a few of our favorite female anime villains. Without further ado, here are SOME of our favorite female baddies in anime. Emphasis on the word some. We’ll have more next year. Medusa (Soul Eater)

From the jump you could tell something was off about Medusa. She was a little too caring. She was a little too much of a good thing. She got in so deep that she was the school nurse from hell. She was smarter than basically everyone on the show, continually creating plans that would make Orochimaru nod his head in approval. Why is Medusa one of the best villains? She’s strong, she’s smart, and she knows exactly what she’s doing. She conducts experiments on children and uses her position as a nurse to get her plans rolling. She knows more spells and techniques than most of the cast and 99 percent of the time her plan succeeds. In addition to being smarter than the average witch, she proves herself in battle time and time again. While building herself up as a ‘snake’ and narrowly escaping her first few encounters, she plays the part of the villain perfectly. Then, she’s up against the strongest meister and death scythe (at the time), and she holds her own. From that moment on she’s no longer playing…