History TheSociopath / AnimeAndManga

* Hiro Shishigami, from ''Manga/{{Inuyashiki}}'', is a textbook example of sociopathy: save for [[MoralityChain his own family and closest friends]], he views other people as completely inconsequential to him, such that their deaths mean absolutely nothing for him. This is how he justifies becoming a SerialKiller with no qualms about wiping out whole families after BackFromTheDead as a cyborg. [[spoiler:It also gives him no qualms about attempting to ''completely depopulated Japan'' when those few people he cares for come to harm, and the only reason he consents to [[HeroicSacrifice give up his life to save the Earth from a meteor]] is because of that connection to those same few people.]]

** [[KnightTemplar Light Yagami]], the VillainProtagonist, is a particularly interesting example, since Light acquires sociopathic/psychopathic characteristics when the notebook controls his life. [[invoked]] WordOfGod has explicitly stated that Light was not born evil or heartless, after all. However, as soon as the notebook controls his life and gets into the habit of killing people, he exhibits all the characteristics of a highly-functional sociopath: he displays highly developed social skills, is exceptionally adept at gaining the trust of relatively naive and/or stupid people ([[FauxAffablyEvil superficial charm]]), has an inordinate self-worth to such a degree to believe that he is a God [[MoralMyopia and an excellent person]], gets bored easily, frequently lies and cheats to achieve his goals, [[ManipulativeBastard frequently manipulates]] and [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder betrays]]; He lacks mostly [[LackOfEmpathy empathy]]; He pretends to have feelings for Misa to manipulate her emotionally, [[HairTriggerTemper tends to throw a tantrum or physically attack people when things are not going his way]], and is controlling and possessive. Even Light's plan to establish a utopia is an absurdly [[PsychopathicManchild childish]] and unrealistic goal, which is common for sociopaths. As it didn't directly effect his mental state, it's implied he's simply convinced himself to completely stop caring as opposed to being fundamentally unable to.

** [[KnightTemplar Light Yagami]], the VillainProtagonist, is a particularly interesting example, since Light acquires sociopathic/psychopathic characteristics when the notebook controls his life. [[invoked]] WordOfGod has explicitly stated that Light was not born evil or heartless, after all. However, as soon as the notebook controls his life and gets into the habit of killing people, he exhibits all the characteristics of a highly-functional sociopath: he displays highly developed social skills, is exceptionally adept at gaining the trust of relatively naive and/or stupid people ([[FauxAffablyEvil superficial charm]]), has an inordinate self-worth to such a degree to believe that he is a God [[MoralMyopia and an excellent person]], gets bored easily, frequently lies and cheats to achieve his goals, [[ManipulativeBastard frequently manipulates]] and [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder betrays]]; He lacks mostly [[LackOfEmpathy empathy]]; He pretends to have feelings for Misa to manipulate her emotionally, [[HairTriggerTemper tends to throw a tantrum or physically attack people when things are not going his way]], and is controlling and possessive. Even Light's plan to establish a utopia is an absurdly [[PsychopathicManchild childish]] and unrealistic goal, which is common for sociopaths to have unrealistic goals. As it didn't directly effect his mental state, it's implied he's simply convinced himself to completely stop caring as opposed to being fundamentally unable to.

* Manga/EdensZero:

** [[LoanShark Drakken Joe]] is a powerful crime lord who outright describes concepts such as friendship and empathy as the most worthless things in the cosmos, won't hesitate to torture and murder people who annoy him, viewing people as nothing kore than a means to help give him gain more money, power, and prolong his life.
** [[TheCaligula Poseidon Shura]] is a selfish, entitled, unstable, violent, and remorseless. Willing to tortured and murder anyone for either annoying him, out of boredom, or just to mess with his enemies. His disturbed behavior even manages to earn the hatred of Shiki who refuses to befriend him for all his deeds.

* ''Manga/MagicalXMiracle'' has Ardi, a wizard from a distant country who traipses into Viegald and immediately puts half of the population, including the King, under mind control. As a child, he hit girl who tried to profess her love for him, and laughed at her tears. He also killed a fortune-teller and [[LackOfEmpathy felt no remorse]]. And his motive for trying to take over Viegald? He wants to kill the famed Master Wizard of the land, whom he believes to be [[WorthyOpponent the only other magic wielder whose powers rival his own]].

** Like Kimblee's anime counterpart, Frank Archer could care less about Ishbal's people, soldier or innocent. [[spoiler:And when he's a cyborg, he didn't even care about shooting his fellow soldiers.]]

* ''Manga/BlackButler'': [[spoiler:The Doctor]] in the Noah's Ark Circus arc has absolutely ''no'' concern for the lives of others, seeing nothing at all wrong with [[[HumanResources using children's bones to make prosthetic limbs]] - as far as he's concerned, it's just better material than the cow bones he'd usually use. His only reaction when his employer is killed in front of him amounts to saying to Ciel, "Huh. Well, that sucks. Say, you got an opening for a good [[spoiler:physician]]?"

* ''Manhwa/LetDai'': Dai doesn't understand empathy or why Jaehee cares about anyone other than Dai and himself.

** Spandam is a vile, power-hungry bastard who would even sacrifice his own men if it will [[ItsAllAboutMe advance his own career]] or [[NeverMyFault cover up his mistakes]]. He also takes great pleasure in making his enemies suffer, going out of his way to brutalize a defenseless Robin just because he can and looking forward to seeing Luffy's despaired expression when [[DeathSeeker Robin]] tells him [[UnwatedRescue she doesn't want to be rescued]].