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Not every anime battle has the same stakes. In some series, combat can be just a simple competition between two warriors. At the end of it, a winner is decided and both sides move on to fight another day. There might even be official rules and a third party overseeing the match.
However, fans love anime and fights with higher stakes. Some heroes can’t just win through points, and losing could mean the end of them, their loved ones, or even the world. These heroes have to win (nearly) every fight just to live to see another day.
10 Ginta Toramizu Is In A Life-Or-Death Tournament Against The Chess Army (MAR)
Ginta Toramizu was invited to the world of MAR-Heaven and thought he was lucky to be on an isekai world where he’d gained a host of superpowers. But unfortunately, what he wound up in was the Chess Games, a tournament to decide the fate of everyone in the country. Ginta and his team are the only “good” guys in the tournament and have to win every match. There’s very little rest, and only a few opportunities to get stronger. Still, Ginta manages to get the victory for the chance to go home.
9 Yugi Muto Always Duels With Something On The Line (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters)
Yugi gets to have some fun duels, but more often than not, he’s challenged by people after his Millenium Puzzle. During the Duelist Kingdom arc, he has to win to have the chance to defeat Pegasus and save his grandfather. In Battle City, a single loss to Marik’s agents would have led to him losing the Millennium Puzzle. And in the end, Atem needs to be defeated by Yugi so he can move on to the afterlife. Yu-Gi-Oh! was never just about cards.
8 Asta Has To Protect Clover Kingdom And The Planet From Destruction (Black Clover)
Just as Asta joins the Magic Knights, the Eye of the Midnight Sun begins committing terrorist acts all across Clover Kingdom. This puts Asta in constant life or death situations as he needs to find the magic stones they’re after before they do.
After defeating the reincarnated elves before they can wreak havoc on the rest of Clover Kingdom, Asta’s next opponent becomes the Spade Kingdom, a country taken over by demons. Asta’s goal is to stop them before they can open the gates between their world and the human world.
7 Natsu Dragneel Is Fighting To Keep His Guild From Being Erased (Fairy Tail)
At first, Natsu only has the goal of finding his father Igneel, who disappeared when he was a child. Eventually, they introduce his brother Zeref, who brought Natsu back to life and made him into a weapon. Zeref’s goal becomes gaining enough power to go back in time and stop Acnologia. If Zeref succeeds, Natsu’s entire life would change and Fairy Tail would never have been formed. Though it might be better if Acnologia never existed, this would take Natsu’s only family from him. Natsu must fight to protect the only family he’s ever known.
6 Yusuke Urameshi Has A Job To Do As Spirit Detective (YuYu Hakusho)
From the moment Yusuke took on his job as Spirit Detective, he was placed into a situation where he had to win every mission. His first “real” assignment involved traveling to the home of the four Saint Beasts who are using special makai insects to control people’s minds. During the Dark Tournament, Toguro threatens him to join lest everyone he loves is killed. The only time Yusuke’s life isn’t at risk is during the Three Kings arc where he forgets what he’s fighting for because he’s used to life or death situations.
5 Jotaro Kujo Has To Beat Dio To Protect His Allies (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)
Jotaro is a normal street punk until he discovers the power of Star Platinum, his Stand. Though he doesn’t understand what that power is, he tries to stay away from everyone to keep it from hurting anyone. But eventually, Dio’s actions force Jotaro to hunt him down because his mother can’t take the power of her own Stand. Between that and Dio sending his agents to hunt Jotaro and his allies down, Jotaro is forced to find his way to Egypt.
4 Tanjiro Kamado Wants To Defeat The Demons To Save His Sister (Demon Slayer)
Tanjiro Kamado joined the Demon Slayer Corps for the sake of finding a way to reverse what happened to his sister. His goal is to make sure his sister can one day go back to being a human and actually see the sun again. But that’s not Tanjiro’s only problem.
As a Demon Slayer, Tanjiro’s life is on the line in every battle he’s in. Losing would mean the end and not being able to save his sister.
3 Izuku Midoriya Has To Stop All For One To Restore Peace To Society (My Hero Academia)
Midoriya has the goal of becoming the greatest hero who ever lived. All For One’s influence over the rest of the villain world threatens the peace of the world. All For One’s machinations have already led to the fall of the Symbol of Peace. As the situation continues to spiral out of control, Midoriya has more pressure placed on his young shoulders. Unlike in hero school, these villains play for keeps.
2 Naruto Uzumaki Has To Keep Humanity From Being Mind Controlled Forever (Naruto)
Early on, Naruto’s only concern is becoming the Hokage, leader of Konoha village. And while being undefeated would help in that goal, it’s not strictly required. But the longer the series goes on, the more the world of the ninja gets pulled into the elaborate plot of Uchiha Madara. The series becomes about breaking the cycle of hatred and defeating Madara, who wants to assemble the Ten-Tails to put everyone under his control. By the end, his battle is against the mighty Kaguya Otsutsuki, the person responsible for introducing ninjutsu to humanity for the sake of breaking her Infinite Tsukuyomi.
1 Goku Fights To Protect The Planet And The Entire Universe (Dragon Ball)
After Goku wins his first world martial arts tournament, nearly every fight he’s in is a battle he has to win. The Red Ribbon Army and Piccolo have plans of world domination that he has to foil just to keep Earth from being ruled by dictators. By Dragon Ball Z, the scale of the battles has grown even more, and he fights Frieza in the hopes of freeing the galaxy from this tyrant. The people of Earth have no choice but to put their hopes in Goku’s hands.
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