The world of anime is home to countless sibling anime characters who adore each other, can’t stand each other cause they drive each other nuts, are protective of one another and have their own sibling rivalries.
Among the sea of of sibling relationships, there are also anime characters who are willing to go to unimaginable lengths to keep their brothers or sisters safe. Even at the risk of their own lives.
Itachi Uchiha choosing to butcher his entire clan to keep his younger brother Sasuke safe or Ace sacrificing his life in order to protect Luffy, to name a few. These two set the standard for what it means to be big brothers.
7+ Anime characters who go life and beyond for their younger siblings
1. Itachi Uchiha Massacred his entire Clan while only Sparing Sasuke’s Life
Itachi Uchiha, a traitor to his clan and village assinates his entire clan including his father and mother just to keep Sasuke safe. Itachi takes on the burden of driving the Uchiha clan towards extinction on his shoulders.
Sasuke’s unwavering resolve to take out his older brother is unmatched, it doesn’t matter if he dies in the process, doesn’t matter if he has to mortgage his body to the shady and creepy Orichimaru for more power to be able to beat Itachi or betray his friends.
It’s no wonder Itachi and Sasuke have the most screwed up sibling relationships.
2. Ace Sacrificed his life to protect Luffy
Portgas D. Ace sacrificed his life to protect Luffy from Marine Admiral Akainu in the Marineford saga. Ace’s death acted as the catalyst leading to Luffy training for two years to become strong enough to protect his friends.
Ace is one of the most popular One Piece characters and his bond with Luffy is one of the reasons for his popularity.
3. Edward Eric Lays his Life on the Line to Save his Younger Brother
Edward and his younger brother, Alphonso the best sibling duo in anime history attempt a human transmutation to bring back their deceased mother. But unfortunately that fails causing Edward to loose his left leg and Alphose to his body.
Even when he was under tremendous physical pain from having lost a leg. He still manages to perform alchemy to seal his brother’s soul in an armor in return for his right arm. His pain threshold to save his brother is off the charts.
This guy is tougher than metal. I don’t think there’s any other anime character who reacts in the face of adversity the way he does. It’s Edward’s mission to reunite Alphose’s soul with his body.
4. Tanjiro Kamado will Never Abandon his Sister, Nezuko, who is most loveable anime sister
Tanjiro’s entire family was slaughtered by Muzan while his younger sister, Nezuko was turned into a demon.
He joined the Demon slayer corps to find a remedy to turn his sister back into a human.
Despite his sister being a demon, Tanjiro didn’t abandon his younger sister. He keeps her always by his side to keep her safe.
He will not stop until he finds a cure to turn his sister back into a human.
5. Hina Amano, a teenage girl who works non-stop to make a living for herself and her younger brother
14 year old Hina works at every place where she can find work to make a living for her brother and herself.
You can imagine how difficult it would be to find work as a 14 year old. So she lies on all her resumes about her age to find work.
At age of going to middle school, making friends, being part of school clubs and living life as a normal teenager. Instead she has to work to provide for her brother and herself.
6. Naoto Tachibana literally goes Life and Beyond by using Time Travel as his last means to save his sister
Naoto’s sister, Hina Tachibana dies in the future. So to change her sister’s fate, he uses time travel as his last resort.
However he can’t physically travel back in time, so he takes Takimichi Hanagaki’s help to alter the past to direct it towards a future where his sister doesn’t die.
7. Akane chooses her Little Sister over her Passion
After a tragic accident took their parents away, Akane has been single-handedly taking care of her kid sister, Aoi.
This anime has a really beautiful phrase that turns over a new leaf about the life choices we make,
“The frog at the bottom of the well doesn’t know the vastness of the sea, but it does know the blueness of the sky”.
Akane chooses to stay behind in the countryside instead of moving to Tokyo with her boyfriend, Shinno to pursue music. Many will say she missed the chance of knowing the busy and fast forward life of people in Tokyo. But cause she stays behind she got to see her kid sister grow up.
Anime characters going life and beyond for their siblings is out of instincts. They don’t over think about it. They just go for it. Just like we would for our own siblings.
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