Matt Schley
September 1, 2016 
“I know I’m supposed to hate this guy… but I can’t!”
So howled (or so we’d like to imagine, anyway) the fans who filled out the latest poll from data wizards Charapedia, who, for the latest round of anime polling, have asked their followers, “who’re the bad guys you can’t help but love?”
Without further ado, anime and manga’s 20 most lovable baddies:
20. Toru Oikawa
Haikyu!
19. Annie Leonhart
Attack on Titan
18. Sosuke Aizen
Bleach
17. Deishu Kaiki
Monogatari
16. Dio
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure
15. Shu Tsukiyama
Tokyo Ghoul
14. Itachi Uchiha
Naruto
13. Ferid Bathory
Seraph of the End
12. Vermouth
Detective Conan
11. Kayaba “Heathcliff” Akihiko
Sword Art Online
10. Izaya Orihara
Durarara!!
9. Frieza
Dragon Ball
8. Petelgeuse Romanée-Conti
Re:Zero
7. Kamui
Gintama
6. Buggy
One Piece
And the top five…
5. Makoto Hanamiya
Kuroko’s Basketball
4. Doronjo
Yatterman
3. Shinsuke Takasugi
Gintama
2. Team Rocket
Pokemon
1. Baikinman
Anpanman
An interesting list – and not just because it ends with Anpanman’s eternal foe Baikinman, a character familiar to just about every Japanese person on the planet but not so much to us ‘merican folk. On the other hand, there’s likely not a Millennial around who doesn’t have fond memories of Pokemon‘s most lovable villains, Team Rocket.
How about you, folks? What baddies do you love to love?
Source: Charapedia
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