There is no doubt that parents play a critical role in everyone's lives. It has an enormous influence on children's upbringing. Bad parenting is a social blight in the actual world and anime, raising children who struggle as adults. Because it offers crucial understanding into a character's general demeanor, knowing a character's past and relationship with their parents is essential in anime. Numerous well-liked television shows have depicted the terrible effects of an abusive or uncaring upbringing. While some anime parents smother their kids in unending affection and kindness and would even give their lives for them, others have utterly failed at being good parents. Below are the top 10 anime who have suffered because of their parents.
1. Nagisa Shiota (Assassination Classroom)
Nagisa's mother intended to conceive a daughter so that she may experience everything she missed as a child, but instead, she gave birth to a son. Even though it wasn't what Nagisa desired, she nevertheless tried to dress him like a girl and maintain his hair long. In addition, she made Nagisa learn how to read a room as a young boy since she would scold him if he disobeyed.
2. Emma (The Promised Neverland)
Isabella portrayed the role of the ideal foster mother for every orphanage's child at the start of The Promised Neverland. And when Emma and Norman learned the winding and horrific truth about the outside world, everything came apart. Isabella successfully thwarts most of the schemes of the kids as they make numerous attempts to get away before being devoured, even breaking Emma's leg on purpose in the process. Isabella was willing to send Ray off to be eaten by monsters, although he later found it to be her biological son.
3. Killua Zoldyck (Hunter X Hunter)
Without ruthlessly rigorous training, the world-famous Zoldyck family would not have achieved their class of notoriety as assassins. Killua from Hunter X Hunter underwent horrifyingly terrible conditions as a child to grow stronger, much like the rest of his family. Killua was subjected to years of electric shocks beginning at a very young age, both as a punishment and to increase his tolerance for torture. It's a wonder he didn't turn into a bad guy, even if this meant he gained extremely potent Nen skills.
4. Guts (Berserk)
The Berserk series is a string of painful, terrible occurrences in the life of the Guts. But everything begins at home. Despite adopting Guts, Gambino never loved his son. He merely provided him with fighting instruction, which was of no use. Gambino also abused Guts in every way possible and had no mercy on him aside from that. At one point, he even considered selling him into slavery. He then attempted to murder Guts after one of his friends mysteriously died. There aren't many crueler anime fathers than him.
5. Shoto Todoroki (My Hero Academia)
Endeavor decided to set up a peculiarity marriage with Rei Todoroki, whose ice quirk balanced his Hellflame quirk's downsides, to produce the ideal hero to beat All Might. After giving birth to three children viewed by Endeavor as failures, Rei gave birth to Shoto Todoroki. He had to put in constant training and stay apart from his brothers because of Endeavor. Later, Shoto developed an aversion to his Half-Hot quirk, and for a long time, he refused to use it because it made him think of his father.
6. Uchiha Itachi (Naruto)
Fugaku Uchiha, Uchiha Itachi's father, planned a coup d'état to seize control of Konoha because of a series of troubling incidents. The village elders mandated Itachi to kill the whole Uchiha clan to halt this. He accepted, feeling very loyal to Konoha and thinking this was the best way to keep the peace. Naturally, the village is responsible for this. But rather than making Itachi suffer, Fugaku might have halted the uprising and discovered another method to reconcile the divisions between the Uchiha and Konoha.
7. Kyo Sohma (Fruits Basket)
In Fruits Basket, like most characters, including Kyo, did not have idyllic upbringings. Kyo's father kept accusing him of causing his mother's suicide. He reprimanded Kyo for being born under the sign of the cat and continued by speculating about his terrifying true nature. Kazuma Sohma, fortunately, carried him in and gave him some training at his dojo. Kazuma, who isn't his actual father, showed Kyo more affection than his biological father ever did.
8. Ken Kaneki (Tokyo Ghoul)
In the past, Ken Kaneki experienced a lot of abuse. He has led a tragic life. Despite doing her best to be a kind and giving person, Kaneki's mother had thought that the only way one could find satisfaction was by providing pain to others rather than experiencing it themselves. And this distorted Kaneki's perception of human interactions, and once he transformed into a half-ghoul, half-human, he continued to intentionally cause himself harm in the hope that doing so would shield the people he cared about the most. He used to get psychically beaten by his mother, as disclosed.
9. Shinji Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Gendo Ikari from Neon Genesis Evangelion only re-entered Shinji's life because he wanted to utilize him as a test subject; as a result, Shinji went through various painful experiences. Shinji's present shy, melancholy nature, which fans either adore or despise, was shaped by Gendo's actions. Even worse, Shinji subsequently learned that Gendo only subjected him to so many horrors because he was determined to bring back his wife, the only person he had ever loved.
10. Saiki K (The Disastrous Life Of Saiki K)
The title character in The Disastrous Life Of Saiki K. makes every effort to stay out of trouble, which is challenging given that he was born with a type of psychic skills. Saiki longs for a calm existence, but due to the absurd situations his parents sometimes found themselves in, he frequently resolves their conflicts despite his preference to stay out of them.
