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CrownKlown
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I think the problem with this list is that its not concretely stated what counts as deadliest. Deadliest could mean -> most powerful -> therefore easiest to kill in which case the list should include god like characters like Haruhi, Lain, Gotenks, etc.; if you mean more likely to kill, ie psychopathic where its not a matter of power, but desire -> then I agree with a few others that Killua, Hansel and Gretel, Higarashi kids and Narutaru kids should be on there. Or the last category can be who literally killed the most, ie highest body count in which case the Bokurano kids did kill billions if not trillions.
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dtm42
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And now I feel like an idiot for not checking the byline. Sigh. |
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ANN_Lynzee
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In the case of this list, I was leaning towards the second category. You could also use the descriptor "prolific murderous kids", where "kids" would be 14 and under. |
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kufirst
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Young Johan Liebert, Hakudoushi, Selim Bradely, Seta Soujirou, the vampire twins from Black Lagoon
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PlatinumHawke
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The manga has a bit more of a more direct (albeit still forced) moment where spoiler[one of the pilots is forced wipe out the ENTIRE populous to kill the opposing pilot.] |
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Megiddo
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I'd rather see the kids of Narutaru instead of Bokurano personally. See, in Bokurano it could be argued that everything is in self defense (and I'm not bothering with spoiler tags since the article outright spoils the major plot twist) since if Zearth isn't victorious then everybody in the universe/dimension/whatever will die. I don't really consider that deadly. Hell, some of them are really docile like Daiichi who was only fighting to protect those he cared about.
Whereas in Narutaru... not so much. There isn't nearly as much moral ambiguity with what goes down in Narutaru. No, its characters are just given a great power and they exploit it to all hell and do all kinds of twisted and sinister things. I guess if you're speaking from a body count percentage, then yes, Bokurano wins. But if you're speaking as to the characters themselves, then Narutaru has far more 'deadly' children. |
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Joe Mello
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I will always remember someone posting a GURPS character sheet for Sailor Saturn, and having the effect of her big finisher be "Gather your campaign materials and toss them in the fire. Watch them burn."
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Mikeski
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He would since there's one like that on the list already: spoiler[the Cowboy Bebop kid is also an old, unaging child.] I'd have to vote for the Higurashi band myself, just because spoiler[with the Groundhog's Day loop, they've killed hundreds or thousands... it's just that they're killing the same people over and over.] |
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CBongo
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Second the nomination for Mizuho-sensei.
Other teachers that I would consider for the list: Becky-sensei from Pani Poni Dash! Nikadou-sensei from Shugo Chara Komoe-sensei from A Certain Magical Index |
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maaya
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I agree with the overall "Narutaru kids deadlier than Bokurano kids", but I guess the author here simply hasn't seen Narutaru (not to mention the Narutaru anime really only shows half of the whole mess)? I believe it is even less popular than Bokurano ... and yea, the twins from Black Lagoon are really
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in any way, thinking about it, anime sure has many psycho-kid characters ... |
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Snomaster1
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I read this list and I was confused about something. Both "Shadow Star Narutaru" and "Bokurano" have some very dangerous children. From what I've heard of "Bokurano,"it's probably one of the most depressing animes that's ever been made. Should I be grateful that this show has not come to America and "Narutaru" has?
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maaya
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I don't see any reason why you should be grateful that a great show hasn't come to America  On the other hand, the Bokurano manga is being published, while Narutaru was never completed in English. And in both cases the manga versions are better than their anime adaptions (the Bokurano anime being way better than Narutaru's though).
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dtm42
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The Shadow Star Narutaru Anime was virtually incomprehensible. It remains one of the absolute worst adaptations I have ever seen of anything in any medium, ever. It's like if someone took a mixture of some highlights and various random scenes from the first part of the Manga then cut most of those out to leave a handful left. Then, that remainder was awkwardly scattered into the show with only the slightest of scenes joining all the disparate threads. Things happen and you don't even know the characters (let alone what their motivations are) because the show had skipped out the proper introduction scenes.
It's an appallingly bad show. Honestly, what were the creators thinking? |
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Megiddo
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Actually dtm, the Narutaru anime was quite faithful to the manga. Everything you talked about were also very big issues with the span of manga volumes that the anime covered.
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kamui85
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Really surprised to see my favorite sailor soldier, hotaru tomoe, on this list...
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