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** Averted by Aizen, whose status as the [[BigBad villain]] seems to hinge on his [[DeityOfHumanOrigin quest]] to break the boundary between shinigami and divinity to become a transcendent being so he could destroy and replace the [[PowersThatBe Soul King]] and become a god. Barragan also believed he was this to the denizens of Hueco Mundo and they certainly honoured him as a king and worshipped him as a god. However, despite their incredible power and abilities neither Aizen and Barragan were [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil genuinely]] gods, but they [[AGodAmI both wanted to be viewed (and in some cases were viewed) as such]].
** Yhwach plays it straight, as not only is he the "Father of the Quincy" and has the ability to impart pieces of his soul unto others, but he also possesses "The Almighty", a power that allows him to see the future, and "know" and counter any ability he sees. [[BilingualBonus The kanji used to spell "The Almighty"]] - ''zenchizennou'' - even means "All-Knowing, All-Powerful". Then he absorbs [[spoiler: the power of the Soul King, his father]], and uses that power [[spoiler: to completely reshape the Soul King Palace in his image.]] [[spoiler:[[RealityWarper The true power of "The Almighty" is to alter the future]]]], and he was able to give a powerful enough piece of his soul to Lille Barro [[TouchedByVorlons to turn him into a God]] [[SuperMode in Vollstandig.]]

** The [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Black Dragon of the Apocalypse]] Acnologia is quite possibly the closest thing in the setting to one that isn't a full-on deity (and he's actually stronger than ''several'' actual gods). His sheer power makes everyone who sees him, including the likes of [[TheDreaded Zeref]] and [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Mard Geer]], go OhCrap, he ignores everything that's thrown at him (including Magic that's [[NighInvulnerable supposed to be able to kill his kind]]), and he utterly destroys everything that gets in his way. And you know how each Dragon has its own specific element they can not only NoSell, but [[FeedItWithFire eat to restore their strength]]? [[spoiler:His is [[SuperpowerLottery Magic itself]], and in a world of Magic this makes nigh-on ''invincible'']]. [[BigBad Zeref]] himself, the most powerful wizard in the entire setting bar ''none'', says that mere humans, [[spoiler:ironic since the dragon WasOnceAMan himself]], could never hope to match him. [[spoiler:Shown in special detail when he shrugs off everything the top mages in Fairy Tail throw at him, kills [[PlayingWithFire Igneel]], Natsu's father and King of the Fire Dragons, by himself (albeit Igneel was [[WorfHadTheFlu greatly weakened from a previous battle with Acnologia]] and ''still'' managed to rip off Acnologia's arm off, though it turns out [[WorfHadTheFlu Acnologia got hit with the weakening bat too thanks to an anti-magic weapon going off]]), and later [[CurbStompBattle tears a hole through]] Dragon Slayer [[AGodAmI God]] [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Serena]] of the [[TheArchmage Four Gods of Isghar and Spriggan Twelve]] [[CurbStompBattle without batting an eye]]. During the final battle, he dominates all seven remaining Dragonslayers with ease and ultimately it requires the direct and/or indirect aid of ''every'' mage on the continent to finally put him in a position to be killed]].
** The Black Wizard Zeref, is quite possibly stronger than Acnologia. He was already immortal, a master in the Black Arts which is composed of Living Magic and Death Magic, could stop time, teleport, could enchant anything in the world and considered the strongest wizard in history. But, after attaining Fairy Heart, he becomes a god and gains absolute control over time and space to the point that he can survive any and all attack by turning back time to before he was even injured and the most shocking is that he can even do that when his body is destroyed. In the end, he was beaten by burning time itself so he can't use his power and that still didn't kill him.
** ''Manga/FairyTail100YearsQuest'' reveals that there exist five "God Dragons" on the continent of Giltena [[AllPowerfulBystander which have secluded themselves so thoroughly from the world]] that even Acnologia thought they were simply legends. Each one is said to be as powerful as Acnologia himself, and all of them were worshipped in the past as gods. The titular 100 year quest is to [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable defeat these five dragons]], and all who have attempted this quest in the past have died, with only Gildarts Clive, the [[PersonOfMassDestruction most powerful member of Fairy Tail]], having come away alive but unable to challenge ''one''.

** Broly, especially his [[CanonImmigrant Super incarnation]]. What makes him so utterly terrifying is his insane AdaptiveAbility that is monstrous even among Saiyans. Over the course of ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly', he starts off as barely being able to keep up with base Vegeta and keeps on ascending in power to the point where he overwhelmed both Goku and Vegeta whilst in their PhysicalGod forms, along with laying an absolute CurbStompBattle upon Golden Frieza who was a PhysicalGod in his own right at that point. In fact it took a FusionDance between Goku and Vegeta, basically ''two'' gods combined, to finally put a stop to Broly's rampage and even ''that'' didn't kill him so he could potentially return again ''even'' stronger.

** Majin Buu, an EldritchAbomination so powerful that he killed off several real gods prior to the start of the series. He has the most powerful regeneration in the series (capable of returning [[FromASingleCell from a single atom]]), has powerful [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]], VoluntaryShapeshifting, ability to turn [[BalefulPolymorph anyone into anything else]] (usually some form of confectionery which [[ImAHumanitarian he eats]]), doesn't age (he's older than the universe itself), PowerCopying, limitless stamina, absorption of others to acquire their strength and abilities, can annihilate a planet's population without destroying the actual planet, break dimensions just by screaming, can casually blow up [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnVB_4GXYns stars]] in his weakest state (he did this ''millions'' of times), and {{teleportation}} which he copied from a actual god. All of this on top of the standard super strength/super speed/flight/etc. power set that everybody else has, only cranked to insane degrees- in his weakest form he one-shotted Super Saiyan 2 Gohan and the aforementioned Dabura, and curb-stomped Super Saiyan 2 Majin Vegeta. At his ''strongest''? He can [[OmnicidalManiac cause the entire universe to collapse on itself]] just by ''getting angry and screaming really loudly.''
** While there have been various gods appearing in the series, Beerus the BigBad of TheMovie ''[[Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods Battle of Gods]]'' and its accompanying arc in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', is a ''god''-god, the [[GodOfEvil God of Destruction]] to be exact, and as literal as the trope gets. He's stated to be capable of destroying ''entire galaxies'' and his power exceeds Goku's to the point he can [[CurbStompBattle curbstomp]] his Super Saiyan 3 form with a [[FingerPokeOfDoom finger]]. Goku needs to become a God himself in order to stand a chance against him, and even then Beerus only got a good workout.

** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' introduces the [[TopGod God to end all Gods]], Zen'O the [[GodEmperor Omni-King]], who makes Gods of Destruction, Beerus and Champa, cower in fear. Beerus states that Zen'O could [[PersonOfMassDestruction wipe out]] TheMultiverse in a matter of seconds, if he wished to do so. Fortunately he is an example of GodIsGood, and is a benevolent [[ImmortalImmaturity child-like deity]]. [[spoiler: At least for the most part since he did wipe out six universes in the past. They used to be eighteen instead of just twelve]].

** For his time, Frieza was considered the closest thing to a physical god to the point that ''Vegeta'' didn't want to even consider fighting him until he gained immortality. His telekinesis rivaled those of the Kais and he has extreme survivability that allows him to live in space and survive with most of his body missing. What makes Frieza really scary, however, is that he was born powerful. When he did set his mind to becoming stronger he became the second strongest villain the series at the time, and that's if you count Beerus as a villain. If Frieza had Goku's work ethic, he would have been truly invincible on Namek.
** Perfect Cell was already strong enough, but ''Super'' Perfect Cell is the one that really qualifies. He's another example of a being that is stronger than most gods. He was designed to be the perfect life form, and his designer succeeded. Among other abilities, he has: super strength, super speed, and super durability greater than the gods themselves, instant teleportation (just like Goku), the ability to spawn powerful warriors who are god-like themselves (the Cell Juniors), regeneration FromASingleCell, the ability to come back ''stronger'' after being blown to bits, extremely powerful telekinesis (which he uses to build an arena, among other things), the ability to absorb things and gain their power with his tail, the ability to survive ''any'' injury (including ''half of his body being blown clean off''), and energy blasts powerful enough to destroy entire solar systems.

** Out of the main heroes, Goku fits the best. His NighInvulnerability, SuperStrength, and SuperSpeed have been an integral part of his character since the start of the series. He also displays [[MindOverMatter limited telekinesis]], {{telepathy}} through physical contact, can [[CameBackStrong grow stronger from near-death experiences]], [[PowerCopying learn abilities after only seeing them a few times]], become immune to techniques because he knows how to counter them, and can teleport anywhere he wants as long as he can sense energy, including the afterlife. He even becomes a literal god in ''Battle of Gods'' and [[UpToEleven even goes one step beyond it]].

* Arguably, Hanma Yujiro from ''Manga/BakiTheGrappler''. The guy has SuperStrength, is NighInvulnerable, and can ''punch the forces of the nature in the face'' (the Other Wiki states it too). Also covers the point of [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling Limited Omniscience]], doesn't fly but can jump from an helicopter without parachute, and does everything just by CharlesAtlasSuperpower. And the full martial arts world plainly ''worships'' him as the Strongest Creature over the world. Maybe more of a Physical Demon. Heavens, he is called the Ogre.

** Majin Buu, an EldritchAbomination so powerful that he killed off several real gods prior to the start of the series. He has the most powerful regeneration in the series (capable of returning [[FromASingleCell from a single atom]]), has powerful [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]], VoluntaryShapeshifting, ability to turn [[BalefulPolymorph anyone into anything else]] (usually some form of confectionery which [[ImAHumanitarian he eats]]), doesn't age (he's older than the universe itself), PowerCopying, limitless stamina, absorption of others to acquire their strength and abilities, can annihilate a planet's population without destroying the actual planet, break dimensions just by screaming, can casually blow up [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnVB_4GXYns stars]] in his weakest state (he did this ''millions'' of times), and [[TeleportersAndTransporters teleportation]] which he copied from a actual god. All of this on top of the standard super strength/super speed/flight/etc. power set that everybody else has, only cranked to insane degrees- in his weakest form he one-shotted Super Saiyan 2 Gohan and the aforementioned Dabura, and curb-stomped Super Saiyan 2 Majin Vegeta. At his ''strongest''? He can [[OmnicidalManiac cause the entire universe to collapse on itself]] just by ''getting angry and screaming really loudly.''

* Played with in ''Manga/OnePiece'': "God" is merely the title of the ruler of Skypiea, the island in the sky. However, Eneru, the God at the time of the Straw Hats' arrival, [[AGodAmI believes he is an actual god]], and [[BigBrotherIsWatchingYou certainly]] [[TeleportersAndTransporters has]] [[NighInvulnerability the]] [[ShockAndAwe power]] to back up his claim.

* In ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' Saitama qualifies. His power is so insane that no one can bruise him badly and most people are taken down with ease when he's holding back. He was also faster than Lightspeed Flash. No one comes close compared to his power [[WordOfGod which was stated to be infinite from the creator]]. The Hero Association official who observed Saitama breaking all of the records on the physical portion of the exam even describes Saitama as having a god inside him.
** More powerful villains, such as Boros [[spoiler:and Garou]] can also count.

** All Might is such a massive step up in power from the rest of the heroes that he's practically a deity in comparison. Recovery Girl states outright that Midoriya sees him as "something like a god," though she sees this as a problem for Midoriya's development. When Midoriya and Bakugo faced him during their final exam, the normally arrogant and self-assured Bakugo was stunned speechless at his strength. And this is against an All Might who's both past his prime ''and'' [[PowerLimiter restrained by weighted wrist and leg bands]] so as to make the test at least theoretically winnable for the first year students.

* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'': AllMythsAreTrue means all deities in myths and religions count as one of these. But, special mention must go to the "Top 10 Strongest Beings in Existence", as well as a few other beings not on the list but are at their level, including Longinus-class Sacred Gear wielders (whom could potentially kill deities) as well as the higher ranking dragons (whom are appropriately feared by all myths and legends).

* Almost the entire cast of ''Manwha/TheBrideOfTheWaterGod'' is made up of Physical Gods except for Soah, the eponymous bride, since most of the story takes place in the home of the gods.

* While it's not usually touched upon due to her suffering nasty cases of CripplingOverspecialisation or just plain idiocy, Aqua from ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'' is this. While the specifics of how divinity in the novel works is unclear, Aqua specifically has jurisdisction over the Earth and is actually known to be a senior goddess (with Eris being her subordinate). She also has extremely high stats and, as an Arch-Priest, can use the highest levels of holy magic, including the ability to revive the dead (Which she has done to save Kazuma multiple times... oftentimes from situations she got the party into to begin with). She also has access to Water magic (Up to and including the ability to cause a flash flood with Sacred Create Water), as a water goddess. This is touched upon in the crossover ''Anime/IsekaiQuartet'', where a normal TurnUndead spell from her manages to harm [[LightNovel/Overlord2012 Ainz Ooal Gown]], who in his own series is an InvincibleHero, bordering on PhysicalGod himself by its power tier, and even has protection against holy magic like Turn Undead. Aqua's divinity would be touched upon again in the second season of ''Quartet'' to explain Aqua's immunity to Ainz' [[TimeStandsSTill Time Stop]].

* While it's not usually touched upon due to her suffering nasty cases of CripplingOverspecialisation or just plain idiocy, Aqua from ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'', is this. While the specifics of how divinity in the novel works is unclear, Aqua specifically has jurisdisction over the Earth and is actually known to be a senior goddess (with Eris being her subordinate). She also has extremely high stats and, as an Arch-Priest, can use the highest levels of holy magic, including the ability to revive the dead (Which she has done to save Kazuma multiple times... oftentimes from situations she got the party into to begin with). She also has access to Water magic (Up to and including the ability to cause a flash flood with Sacred Create Water), as a water goddess. This is touched upon in the crossover ''Anime/IsekaiQuartet'', where a normal TurnUndead spell from her manages to harm [[LightNovel/Overlord2012 Ainz Ooal Gown]], who in his own series is an InvincibleHero, bordering on PhysicalGod himself by its power tier, and even has protection against holy magic like Turn Undead.

* While it's not usually touched upon due to her suffering nasty cases of CripplingOverspecialisation or just plain idiocy, Aqua from ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'', is this. While the specifics of how divinity in the novel works is unclear, Aqua specifically has jurisdisction over the Earth and is actually known to be a senior goddess (with Eris being her subordinate). She also has extremely high stats and, as an Arch-Priest, can use the highest levels of holy magic, including the ability to revive the dead (Which she has done to save Kazuma multiple times... oftentimes from situations she got the party into to begin with). She also has access to Water magic (Up to and including the ability to cause a flash flood with Sacred Create Water), as a water goddess. This is touched upon in the crossover ''Anime/IsekaiQuartet'', where a normal TurnUndead spell from her manages to harm [[LightNovel/Overlord2012 Ainz Ooal Gown]], who, in his own series, is an InvincibleHero, and even has protection against holy magic like Turn Undead.

** Majin Buu, an EldritchAbomination so powerful that he killed off several real gods prior to the start of the series. He has the most powerful regeneration in the series (capable of returning [[FromASingleCell from a single atom]]), has powerful [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]], VoluntaryShapeshifting, ability to turn [[BalefulPolymorph anyone into anything else]] (usually some form of confectionery which [[ManEater he eats]]), doesn't age (he's older than the universe itself), PowerCopying, limitless stamina, absorption of others to acquire their strength and abilities, can annihilate a planet's population without destroying the actual planet, break dimensions just by screaming, can casually blow up [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnVB_4GXYns stars]] in his weakest state (he did this ''millions'' of times), and [[TeleportersAndTransporters teleportation]] which he copied from a actual god. All of this on top of the standard super strength/super speed/flight/etc. power set that everybody else has, only cranked to insane degrees- in his weakest form he one-shotted Super Saiyan 2 Gohan and the aforementioned Dabura, and curb-stomped Super Saiyan 2 Majin Vegeta. At his ''strongest''? He can [[OmnicidalManiac cause the entire universe to collapse on itself]] just by ''getting angry and screaming really loudly.''

* While it's not usually touched upon due to her suffering nasty cases of CripplingOverspecialisation or just plain idiocy, Aqua from ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'', is this. While the specifics of how divinity in the novel works is unclear, Aqua specifically has jurisdisction over the Earth and is actually known to be a senior goddess (with Eris being her subordinate). She also has extremely high stats and, as an Arch-Priest, can use the highest levels of holy magic, including the ability to revive the dead (Which she has done to save Kazuma multiple times... oftentimes from situations she got the party into to begin with). She also has access to Water magic (Up to and including the ability to cause a flash flood with Sacred Create Water), as a water goddess. This is touched upon in the crossover ''Anime/Isekai Quartet'', where a normal TurnUndead spell from her manages to harm [[LightNovel/Overlord2012 Ainz Ooal Gown]], who, in his own series, is an InvincibleHero, and even has protection against holy magic like Turn Undead.

* While it's not usually touched upon due to her suffering nasty cases of CripplingOverspecialisation or just plain idiocy, Aqua from ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'', is this. While the specifics of how divinity in the novel works is unclear, Aqua specifically has jurisdisction over the Earth and is actually known to be a senior goddess (with Eris being her subordinate). She also has extremely high stats and, as an Arch-Priest, can use the highest levels of holy magic, including the ability to revive the dead (Which she has done to save Kazuma multiple times... oftentimes from situations she got the party into to begin with). She also has access to Water magic (Up to and including the ability to cause a flash flood with Sacred Create Water), as a water goddess.

* While it's not usually touched upon due to her suffering nasty cases of CripplingOverspecialisation or firmly holding the IdiotBall, Aqua from ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'', is this. While the specifics of how divinity in the novel works is unclear, Aqua specifically has jurisdisction over the Earth and is actually known to be a senior goddess (with Eris being her subordinate). She also has extremely high stats and, as an Arch-Priest, can use the highest levels of holy magic, including the ability to revive the dead (Which she has done to save Kazuma multiple times... oftentimes from situations she got the party into to begin with). She also has access to Water magic (Up to and including the ability to cause a flash flood with Sacred Create Water), as a water goddess.

* While it's not usually touched upon due to her suffering nasty cases of CripplingOverspecialisation or firmly holding the IdiotBall, Aqua from ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'', is this. Aqua specifically has jurisdisction over the Earth and is actually known to be a senior goddess (with Eris being her subordinate).

* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'': Pretty much every higher level supernatural beings are one of these. But, special mention go to any and ''all'' dragons, considering that here, [[TheJuggernaut they are nigh-unstoppable force of nature]] to a degree that, [[spoiler:it took the deaths of the lord of all demons and '''God himself''' just to ''seal'' two of the strongest dragons]]. Great Red, the strongest of them all, is ''the'' most powerful entity in the entire series bar ''none''. [[spoiler:The main character himself, also becomes a dragon after his second death and resurrection.]]

** Averted by Aizen, whose status as the [[BigBad villain]] seems to hinge on his [[DeityOfHumanOrigin quest]] to break the boundary between shinigami and divinity so he could destroy and replace the [[PowersThatBe Soul King]] and become a god. Barragan also believed he was this to the denizens of Hueco Mundo and they certainly honoured him as a king and worshipped him as a god. However, neither Aizen and Barragan were [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil genuinely]] gods, but they [[AGodAmI both wanted to be viewed (and in some cases were viewed) as such]].

** Averted by Aizen, whose status as the [[BigBad villain]] seems to hinge on his [[DeityOfHumanOrigin quest]] to break the boundary between shinigami and divinity so he could destroy and replace the [[PowersThatBe Soul King]] and become a god. Barragan also believed he was this to the denizens of Hueco Mundo and they certainly honoured him as a king and worshipped him as a god. Neither Aizen and Barragan were [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil genuinely]] gods, but they both wanted to be viewed as such.

* For all intents and purposes, [[spoiler:Hao Asakura]] of ''Manga/ShamanKing'' becomes like this [[spoiler:once he reawakens as the titular king and does battle with Yoh and the other good guys in the spiritual dimension inside the Great Spirit known as the "Shaman King's Society."]] Yeah, it's confusing. But [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome so,]] ''[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming so]]'' worth it to read the ''Kanzenban'' reprints.

* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'': The eponymous Saints battle for their very physical gods. Counting Athena, Poseidon, Ares, Hades, Artemis, Chronos... and Budah is you want to count him. Even Nike, sure she is a staff, but it's physical.