Anime Fans Discuss: Which Villain Could You Successfully Defend in a Court of Law?

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Ely Bulnes • Writer and Editor
Sep 4, 2024 11:30 AM EDT

Welcome, anime fans and stans. We all love a good villain or antihero. When you're hanging out with your otaku friends, eating ramen and sipping on boba tea, it's pretty easy to play devil's advocate and defend your favorite baddie, but what if you were a lawyer, and you had to defend an anime antagonist in a court of law? Your arguments might change, then, as you devise a strategy for your 2D defendant. How much evidence did that character leave behind of their crimes in the anime, or are they crazy enough to be considered 'not guilty by reason of insanity?' Some characters on this list might actually be intelligent enough engineer their own win in a court case with your help as a lawyer. In any case, enjoy this amusing thread where anime fans discuss which anime character they would choose to defend before a judge and how they would do so. 

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    Klutzy_Shopping5520. 6d Dio purely because he got a law degree and would help his own defense Reply 366
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    Healthy_Cloud2864. 6d lol I'd tell him to give me a script and I'll split the money. 132
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    Natethegratelol • 6d I wouldn't tell him you are getting money out of this. I would absolutely extort you of every penny of that money and every penny of your money you had previously ← ☆ ☆ 57 B
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    Bermy911. 6d Aizen bc illusions ... Reply 273
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    RandomUser-07. 6d Tbh, my boy can defend himself. 127
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    Generic_Speed_Demon • 6d Since when were you under the impression... This trial wasn't rigged? 63
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    Wuraumefan26 • 6d Uraume is a goat and I love them :) Johan, he can defend himself, there's no evidence left behind etc :) ← Reply & Ŵ 111
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    Gary-Clampton • 6d He'll just Rizz up the entire jury along with the Judge. Bro has max charisma ← 27 ♡
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    Neth_theme • 6d Johan could literally defend himself somehow and you as a defendant would be just there for formalities Imao 9 3
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    Putrid_Resist_1304 • 6d I was going to say he'd forge any evidence I'd need and get rid of any real evidence before asking xD andddd then I'd conveniently die in a car accident shortly after winning the case ◇ 4
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    Mrguifo. 6d Your Honor, My client Buu was specifically created with nothing but destruction implanted into his brain. Let the record show that when Buu absorbed someone good, he changed on a WHIM. This man literally only knew how to fight, destroy, and kill, so why are we surprised that he ONLY did those things? Plus, he's not that mature and hasn't had the chance to learn and grow as a character. So let me ask, why did he do all of those terrible things? I'll tell you why, BECAUSE HE DIDN'T KNO
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    begging4n00dz. 5d I was gonna say, while we don't have any legal precedent at the moment, a Frankenstein's monster defense would probably work given the Z fighters were able to undo his damage.
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    Impossible_Shock424 • 5d It's like trying to put a lion on trial for killing a zebra ← û 5 ♡ 8 3
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    Kind_Moose3603. 6d Light Yagami is innocent your honor, how can we prove that he killed anybody. How does writing information in a book kill people? Writes the judge's name in a fake deathnote see your honor you're not dead and I wrote this in the same book the defendant wrote in ... Reply 39 ↓
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    Ironx7. 6d That saul Goodman defense ... 19
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    Abject_Butterfly_141. 6d Light yagami by far he's the only one with some form of morals all tho they are so twisted I doubt any person would wanna fellow them and he is most likely not gonna kill me because I'm not a threat to him and have not committed any crimes. ... Reply 203
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    Toadsworth_the_third ⚫ 6d It's also insanely hard to prove he's guilty, especially if we're in our universe. The legal system couldn't convict him because he had a book with a bunch of dead people's names. 119
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    mattyiceicebaby • 5d Very true, but if anyone picks up the book they can read the rules and see Riyuk if he's present. That's pretty incriminating lol +63
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    Ο Sudden_Pop_2279 OP. 6d Fun fact; Light has saved more lives than he's killed. The highest estimate for Light's kill count lands around 269,889. Many of the dead were absolutely horrid people. He ended all wars on Earth. For perspective, the war in Ukraine alone has claimed 462,000-728,000 lives. Crime was reduced by 70% and if it was 70% fewer murders, he saves 600,000 murder victims a year. He's killed thousands but saved millions. So yeah, if I defend one, I'm choosing Light as well. He's a
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    BlissWrath ⚫ 6d Until the man gets up on stand for questioning and stares at everyone silently smirking/chuckling like a psycho for 15minutes as he internal- monologues after every question. ← D 8 2 3
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    OliviaMandell • 6d Op said defend in court, never said a successful defence. Gimme light please insanity. Reply Ŵ 14 ♡
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    James1walle2 • 6d Malty. She has already faced trial and is actively serving her sentence for several of her already existing crimes therefore she can't be charged for them again. Any new crimes I guess I'll try to get her a shorter sentence or something. ... Reply Ĵ 5 ♡ 53
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    DerfyRed • 6d Tbh this is my answer, of all of them I think it's possible to defend her successfully in a court of law. ... зд
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    Saltwater Thief • 6d I pick Sukuna-possessed Itadori, and do the exact same argument Higuruma brought up to get Itadori off. Easy. Reply Ŵ 4 ♡ 43
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    Upstairs Extent_2333. 6d Griffith was locked up and tortured for a year until reaching insanity. Reply Ĵ 6 ♡
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