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10 Mischievous Tricksters In Anime Who Could Give Loki A Run For His Money

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As the Norse God of Mischief, Loki has been known to cause troublesome schemes across the world. With his ability to change his appearance and create illusions, he can be quite cunning and sly when it comes to his trickery.

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Due to his charm and charisma, Loki has been used by many franchises as both an antagonist and an anti-hero. For those very reasons, the God of Trickery is only growing in popularity. Not to be outdone, there are several characters in anime that could give Loki a run for his money. These characters are just as mischievous, love to cause trouble, and practically ooze charisma and charm.

10 Hikaru And Kaoru Hitachiin Are A Mischievous Set of Twins Who Love To Cause Trouble (Ouran High School Host Club)

Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin are known as the Hitachiin Twins in the anime Ouran High School Host Club. As a pair, these two play the part in the Host Club called “brotherly love,” which is a forbidden brotherly taboo that is quite popular with the young ladies at Ouran High.

These twins like to cause trouble. They have no problem with teasing, scaring, fighting, manipulating, or sweet-talking others to get their way. They also have no qualms about using people’s fears against them. If there are any pranks to be had, the Hitachiin twins are either the instigators or they’re heavily involved.

9 Undertaker Enjoys Manipulating Life And Death For His Amusement (Black Butler)

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Undertaker is an informant to the Phantomhive house, a funeral director, and a retired grim reaper. He’s one of the many characters in this anime that are a little off-kilter, and he’s always giggling, frightening, or provoking people. He also likes to act creepy just to see how people will react. However, Undertaker is actually quite level-headed.

He loves to experiment on his guests (which are the bodies that he receives at his funeral home), in the hopes of restoring the deceased members of the Phantomhive family and enjoys meddling in life and death. These Bizarre Dolls are known to cause havoc and terror.

8 Yuko Ichihara Grants Wishes In Return For Appropriate Sacrifices (XXXHolic)

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Yuko Ichihara, otherwise known as either the Dimension Witch or the Space-Time Witch, is one of the main characters in XXXholic. Her actions help guide Kimihiro Watanuki, a young boy who can see spirits. She also grants wishes to people if they are willing to make an appropriate sacrifice, but they don’t always go to plan.

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She has a strong belief that nothing is either good or evil and applies this concept every day. She doesn’t involve herself in other people’s affairs, often letting fate decide even if she knows that people could be harmed or in danger. The exception to that is Watanuki, who she does care about and protects.

7 Medusa Gorgon Is Two-Faced And Enjoys Manipulating Others (Soul Eater)

Dr. Medusa, or Medusa Gorgon, is one of the three Gorgon sisters and was formerly a doctor at the Death Weapon Meister Academy. She may act kind, caring, and comforting to those in need, but that is just a façade.

She doesn’t care about anyone but herself and often experiments on people, even her own child. She’s willing to lie and manipulate in order to get what she wants and will even abandon those she deems to be failures. Medusa is as cunning as she is intelligent and has no remorse for the horrendous acts that she commits.

6 Xerxes Break’s Actions Caused The Deaths Of Over One Hundred Innocent People (Pandora Hearts)

Xerxes Break from Pandora Hearts

Xerxes Break, or The Mad Hatter as he’s known in Pandora, is seen as a mentor to many of the other main characters in this series. However, his ability to be a decent mentor is questionable. In the past, his name was Kevin Legnard, and he formed an illegal contract with a chain in order to bring back the dead Sinclair family, who he served.

This resulted in the massacre of over one hundred people, a sacrifice to the Intention of the Abyss, the antagonist who controls the Abyss. Break is dangerous, evil, and willing to do whatever he likes without thought of the consequences.

5 Rory Mercury Is A Demi-Goddess That Shows No Remorse For Her Actions (GATE)

As an apostle of Emroy, a God of Darkness, War, Violence, and Death, it’s only to be expected that Rory Mercury shares similar qualities. Rory is a demi-goddess who has no problem with killing those that offend her or Emroy and shows no remorse for her actions.

Even though she can be sadistic and violent in battles, she does have a sense of justice, often killing criminals over innocent people. She enjoys teasing the people that are closest to her, but she can also be manipulative and forceful and capable of doing horrible things.

4 Zange Natsume Is A Half Demon Who Gathers And Uses Intelligence To Manipulate People (Inu X Boku SS)

Zange Natsume from Inu x Boku SS

Zange Natsume is a half-youkai, half-human that works as a secret service agent for Banri – a mixed-blood demon raccoon. Like Medusa, Natsume has a dual personality. He can be happy, funny, upbeat, and a bit of a joker.

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However, he is also cunning and manipulative and is willing to do or say anything to get his way. He also likes to gather intelligence on people so that he can use it against them or, in some cases, to help benefit others.

3 Li Shenhua Enjoys Using Her Abilities To Watch People Struggle And Fail (The Asterisk War)

Li Shenhua The Asterisk War

Li Shenhua is a student of the Jie Long Seventh Institute and is the twin sister of Shenyun. Shenhua likes to treat her opponents as toys and is incredibly intelligent, cunning, and an amazing tactician. So much so, that she will set up situations in battles so that Shenhua and her brother can beat on their opponents and expose their weaknesses.

On top of this, she has a mischievous side and often likes to watch people struggle and fall into despair. This enjoyment and mischievous nature are enhanced as she can use her abilities like Illusion, Invisibility, or Shourai.

2 Kyousuke Hyoubu Is The Childish Leader Of A Criminal Organization And A Terrorist (Psychic Squad)

Kyousuke Hyoubu from Psychic Squad

Kyousuke Hyoubu is the leader of a criminal organization known as P.A.N.D.R.A. He is also ranked 7 on the Esper scale, making him one of the most powerful espers in this series. To those he loves and cherishes, he can be sweet, kind, and caring. But to those who are enemies of espers, he shows no mercy.

Due to his criminal organization, he is known as a terrorist and is also a criminal arms dealer. Yet he can be childish, arrogant, and stubborn, and likes to mess with the people around him.

1 Kikuri Is A Demon Who Loves To Terrorize And Be Cruel To Humans (Hell Girl)

Kikuri from Hell Girl

Kikuri is a youkai who can walk in the mortal world and is also the vessel for The Master of Hell. She is overwhelmingly childish and never thinks about the consequences of her actions. She also enjoys terrorizing and being cruel to humans.

Demanding, illogical, badly behaved, and willing to do anything to get her way, Kikuri shows no respect for people and is incredibly twisted. She enjoys toying and messing with people, and will go out of her way to annoy them.

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