Shonen anime is known for its strong male protagonists. They are known to be strong believers in righteousness and emergers as the supreme power. However, certain female anime characters take away their spotlight, defying their purpose to be considered a “Hero” in the story.
Generally, female characters in anime used to be not so significant addition to the plotline. However, few anime creators give chances to women to take the front chair by designing them with utmost elegance and strength. Here is the list of 8 Female Anime Characters who can easily overpower their male protagonists.
Related to: Top 10 Anime Characters That Are Most Powerful In Their Base Form
8) Retsu Unohana
The notable captain of Gotei 13, Retsu Unohana is the epitome of dedication, hard work, and strength. She is known to be a trained Swordswomen and the ultimate healer in the Soul Society. Her skills make her a wholesome Soul Reaper as she can be at the forefront and as well as her defensive at the backdrop. She remains one the most important assets to the Soul Society and she resignedly earns her place to be more formidable than Ichigo.
7) Mikasa Ackerman
In an open forum for anime lovers, if we try to compare the powers of Mikasa and Eren, we know the queen easily bagged down her crown. Eren is stronger, but when compared, Milasa’s inherent talent always surpasses him.
Since young her characteristic did compliment her role in the Cadet Corps. She could single-handedly handle Titans to an extent where even experience failed. She had all the talent and strength to even carry the series upon her shoulders if the creator ever decide to give her her spin-off.
6) Biscuit Kruger
With round big eyes and a cute appearance, you might think of her as eye candy. This is just a dupe for her superhuman skills which surpasses the strength of the protagonist of ‘Hunter x Hunter‘. Biscuit grabs the attention of Shonen lovers for her role as a Transmuter.
She can take over her opponent with her exceptional skills of Emission, Manipulation, and Enhancement. These skills impressed our protagonists, Gon and Killua to an extent that they ended up making her their mentor to polish their skills to the finest.
5) Nobara Kugasaku
‘Jujutsu Kaisen’s’ team formation might remain similar to that of ‘Naruto’s’, but the power of the female characters remains worthy enough to take upon their male comrades. Nobara can easily take upon Yuji as a sixteen-year-old jujutsu sorcerer with her superior combat skills and intelligence. She takes up her role quite seriously and can single-handedly destroy the lower-level courses with little to no effort.
You may also like to read: Top 15 Anime Femboys Of All Time
4) Rien
Rien is the major antagonist of the series and is known to be stronger in power than Gabimaru, the protagonist of ‘the series ‘Hell’s Paradise’. She is a Sennin of the Tensen-class with superhuman skills and exceptional agility and power.
Rien is the strongest shinobi in the annals of Iwagakure with her unparalleled swordswomen skills and intuition, making her one of the strongest female characters ever created in the world of anime.
3) Mitsuri Kanroji
Mitsuri Kanroji stands put to be one of the most powerful Hashira in the Demon Slayer Corps. Her power and speed remain unmatched and even Tanjiro was awestruck admiring her fighting skills.
Known as “The Love Hashira,” she plays a major part during the Swordsmith Village Arc in fights with the endless demons created by Upper Moon Five. Known to be an inheritance of monstrous strength and muscular inbuilt, she played a major role during the ultimate fight against Muzan.
2) Merlin
As a prominent member of the Seven Deadly Sins, Merlin stands out to be one of the most powerful characters. She is the heir to the supreme magic with an intelligence superior to the Demons as well as the Goddess.
Merlin’s powers are unveiled as the story progresses. She is a true comrade who will vouch for her life to assure their safety. Merlin hands down is the most mysteriously designed character in the history of anime.
1) Kaguya Otsutsuki
The creator of the shinobi world, Kaguya Otsutsuki was one of the strongest anime characters ever designed. She was a princess from the moon who devoured the fruit of the divine tree and gained a power similar to that of a deity. When she finally revived again to the shinobi world after years of her wait, her power remained unparalleled.
When compared to the protagonist of the story, Naruto could never subdue her alone. He needed his strength to be intertwined with Sasuke to seal her back to the origin. Well, this was never an easy task and we all know that her involvement made the Fourth Ninja War, all the more gripping.
In case you have missed: Top 10 Romance Anime
