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*** Chapter of the Binding Chain: [[InspectorJavert Farnese]] and her [[ChurchMitant Holy Iron Chain Knights]].

** Golden Age arc: Initially the [[TheEmpire Chuder Empire]], represented especially by [[DepravedBisexual Lord Gennon]], then [[TheCaligula the King of Midland]] (with [[PsychoForHire Wyald]] as DragonInChief), and finally the Godhand.
** Lost Children arc: [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Rosine]].
** Conviction arc: A BigBadDuumvirate of [[ChurchMilitant Bishop Mozgus]] and [[TragicMonster the Egg Apostle]], with the Godhand as GreaterScopeVillain once again.
** Falcon of the Millennium Empire arc: [[AdiposeRex Emperor Ganishka]] and [[DarkMessiah Griffith]], [[EvilVersusEvil opposed to one another]].
** Fantasia arc: [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Griffith]] overall, with other villains such as [[SeaMonster the Sea God]] taking center stage in various mini-arcs.

** Grand Magic Games arc: The first half has [[BadBoss Jiemma Orland]] and [[BigBadWannabe Ivan Dreyar]], along with Saber Tooth guild and Raven Tail guild respectively. The second half has [[spoiler:[[FutureMeScaresMe Future Rogue]]]], who's the whole arc's BigBad.

** Avatar arc: [[BadassPreacher Alok]] and Avatar.

** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]'': [[VampireMonarch Dio Brando]].

** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'': [[TheBusCameBack Dio... again]].

** ''Shibuya Incident Arc'': [[spoiler:Kenjaku, a Curse User who's taken over the corpse of]] Suguru Geto steps out of the shadows and reveals himself to be the mastermind of the Shibuya Incident as well as the previous arcs, while Mahito acts as the [[TheHeavy most persistent threat]] and the arc's [[ClimaxBoss final big fight]].

** Entrace Exam, Quirk Apprehension Test and Battle Trial Arcs: [[TheRival Katsuki]] [[TheBully Bakugo]], despite not exactly being a villain. The [[StarterVillain Sludge Villain]] from the first chapter counts as well.

** Sports Festival Arc: [[BrokenAce Shoto Todoroki]], with [[AbusiveParents Endeavor]] as the GreaterScopeVillain.

** Provisional Hero License Exam Arc: Gang Orca, who, like U.A. High staff, acts as a villain during the exam, and Inasa Yoarashi, due to his ItsPersonal with [[SinsOfOurFathers Endeavor]]. [[spoiler:[[MasterOfDisguise Himiko]] [[DepravedBisexual Toga]]]] is closer to this role than they are.

** School Festival Arc: [[AttentionWhore Gentle Criminal and La Brava]].

** Joint Training Arc: [[SitcomArchnemesis Neito Monoma]], because of his antagonism of Class 1A during the training.

** Hero Killer Arc: [[HeroKiller]] [[KnightTemplar Stain]].

** Oración Seis arc: [[MadScientist Brain]]/[[spoiler:[[SuperpoweredEvilSide Zero]]]] and Oración Seis guild.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Tomura]] [[OmnicidalManiac Shigaraki]] and [[ItsAllAboutMe All]] [[DiabolicalMastermind For]] [[CardCarryingVillain One]] are the most prominent villains in the series, but many arcs have their own villains:

** Hero Killer Arc: [[HeroKiller Hero Killer Stain]].

** Provisional Hero License Exam Arc: Gang Orca, who, like U.A. High staff, acts as a villain during the exam. Inasa Yoarashi is closer to the role because of his ItsPersonal with [[SinsOfOurFathers Endeavor]].

** Pro Hero Arc: The High End Nomu, Hood.

** Endeavor Agency Arc: [[SuicideByCop Ending]].

*** Introduction arc: The [[TheDon Debt Collector]], an elderly Yakuza leader who used Denji as a devil hunter in order to offload his debt due to his dead father unable to pay it, and is a scummy old man who made a [[DealWithTheDevil contract]] with the Zombie Devil and betrayed Denji just to get what he wants. His contract with the Zombie Devil lead to Denji fusing with Pochita and becoming Chainsaw Man.

*** Introduction: The [[TheDon Debt Collector]], an elderly Yakuza leader who used Denji as a devil hunter in order to offload his debt due to his dead father unable to pay it, and is a scummy old man who made a [[DealWithTheDevil contract]] with the Zombie Devil and betrayed Denji just to get what he wanted. His contract with the Zombie Devil lead to Denji fusing with Pochita and becoming Chainsaw Man.

** Secret Police Arc: 2nd Lietenuant Yuri Briar, Yor's older brother.

** The Hunter Chairman Election Arc: Illumi Zoldyck.

** Eternity Devil arc: The titular [[EmotionEater Eternity Devil]], the devil embodying humanity's fear of eternity, who puts the characters in a TimeLoopTrap as part of its plan to kill and eat Denji.
** Katana Man arc: [[DarkActionGirl Akane Sawatari]] and the titular [[TheBrute Katana Man]] serve as [[EvilDuo co-antagonists]] for this arc, working under orders of the Gun Devil to kill Denji. The two serve a BrainsAndBrawn dynamic, with Katana Man serving as the greater physical threat for Denji to take on, while Akane serves as more of an intellectual threat who's tied more to Aki's character arc.
** International Assassins arc: [[spoiler:[[TheChessmaster Doll Woman]], Tolka's master and the true identity of "Santa Claus", who ultimately comes out on top as the most dangerous of the various assassin parties, as well as the last one the characters face]].
** Justice Devil arc: [[spoiler:[[KnightTemplar Yuko]], Asa's FirstFriend, who makes a contract with the titular Justice Devil to lead a massacre at Asa's school in order to [[BullyHunter eliminate the bullies at the school]] under the belief that what she's doing is right]].
** Dating Denji arc: The Eternity Devil returns to serve as the villain of the arc, showing up to interrupt Denji and Asa's date at an aquarium [[spoiler:on orders by [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse Fami]] as part of her plan to convince Asa to turn Denji into a weapon]].
** Falling Devil arc: The titular [[EvilChef Falling Devil]], the devil embodying humanity's PrimalFear of heights and falling, who arrives on Earth serve humans as meals to her fellow devils, Asa included. [[spoiler:Like the Eternity Devil, it's revealed that she's actually working under order of Fami, as part of Fami's plan to prevent the arrival of the [[GreaterScopeVillain Great King of Terror]]]].

** Tenrou Island arc: [[FallenHero Hades]] and Grimoire Heart guild.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Tomura]] [[OmnicidalManiac Shigaraki]] and [[ItsAllAboutMe All]] [[DiabolicalMastermind For]] [[CardCarryingVillain One]] are the most prominent villains the series, but many arcs have their own villains:

** Tartaros arc: [[DragonInChef Mard Geer Tartaros]] and [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Tartaros guild]].

** Sub-Zero Emperor Lyon arc: [[RivalTurnedEvil Lyon Vastia]], with Deilora as the GreaterScopeVillain.
** Phantom Lord arc: [[SmugSuper Jose Porla]] and Phantom Lord guild, with [[AbusiveParents Jude Heartfilia]] as TheManBehindTheMan.
** Tower of Heaven arc: [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Jellal Fernandez]], with [[spoiler:Ultear Milkovich]] as TheWomanBehindTheMan.

** Tartaros arc: [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Mard Geer Tartaros]] and Tartaros guild.
** Avatar arc: [[BadassPreacher Arlok]] and Avatar.
** Alvarez Empire arc: [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Zeref]] and [[TheDreaded Acnologia]].

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia:''
** The Introduction Arc:
*** The Sludge Villain serves as a StarterVillain to Izuku Midoriya, Katsuki Bakugo, and All Might.
*** While not exactly a villain himself, [[TheRival Katsuki Bakugo]] is the closest it has to an antagonist, especially during the Battle Trial.
** USJ Arc: [[PsychopathicManchild Tomura Shigaraki]].
** Sports Festival Arc: While TheUnfought, [[AbusiveParents Endeavor]] (with his son Shoto Todoroki as a proxy).
** Hero Killer Arc: [[HeroKiller Stain]] terrorizes Pro Heroes he deems "fake", but ItsPersonal for [[spoiler: Tenya Iida, whose brother is forced to retire after Stain injures him.]]
** Final Exams Arc: The U.A.[[BadassTeacher staff]] plays as villains to test the Class 1-A students, who are tasked to treat them as such. Justified with this being a school setting, although some of them did go a bit too far.
** School Trip Arc: [[PlayingWithFire Dabi]] was the most active villain, although [[TheBrute Muscular]] was part of the arc's main subplot and fight, but Shigaraki was a GreaterScopeVillain as the plan to capture [[spoiler:Bakugo]] was all his.
** Hideout Infiltration Arc: Shigaraki started off as a RedHerring until [[spoiler: All For One]] showed up.
** Provisional Hero License Exam Arc: Gang Orca deliberately served this role for the second half of the exam itself, but Inasa is the closest thing the arc had to an actual antagonist.
** Shie Hassaikai Arc: [[{{Yakuza}} Kai Chisaki]] takes this trope as an especially dangerous villain who one-ups the [[spoiler: League of Villains... until the end.]] He plays this straight against Deku and many other heroes as he has a superpowered child for them to rescue.
** School Festival Arc: Gentle Criminal and La Brava attempt to disrupt the titular event, with Midoriya attempting to stop them.
** Pro Hero Arc: High End with [[spoiler:Dabi]] serving as the ManBehindTheMan.
** Meta Liberation Army Arc: An [=all-=]VillainEpisode with the titular group serving as the antagonist against the League of Villains.

** The Battle of Fairy Tail arc: [[TokenEvilTeammate Laxus Dreyar]] and Thunder God Tribe.

** Grand Magic Games arc: The first half has [[BadBoss Jiemma Orland]] and [[BigBadWannabe Ivan Dreyar]], along with Saber Tooth and Raven Tail guilds respectively. The second half has [[spoiler:[[FutureMeScaresMe Future Rogue]]]], who's the whole arc's BigBad.

** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]'': [[GodhoodSeeker Kars]] and the [[HumanoidAbomination Piller Men].

** Sub-Zero Emperor Lyon arc: [[RivalTurnedEvil Lyon Vastia]], with Deilora as TheGreaterScopeVillain.

** Grand Magic Games arc: The first half has [[BadBoss Jiemma Orland]] and [[BigBadWannabe Ivan Dreyar]], along with Saber Tooth and Raven Tail guilds respectively. The second half has [[spoiler:[[FutureMeScaresMe Future Rogue]]]] for the second half, who's the whole arc's BigBad.

** Macao arc: [[BitchInSheepsClothing Bora]]
** Daybreak arc: [[DirtyOldMan Duke Everlue]]
** Eisenwald arc: [[SinisterScythe Erigor]]
** Sub-Zero Emperor Lyon arc: [[RivalTurnedEvil Lyon Vastia]]
** Phantom Lord arc: [[SmugSuper Jose Porla]]
** Tower of Heaven arc: [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Jellal Fernandez]]
** The Battle of Fairy Tail arc: [[TokenEvilTeammate Laxus Dreyar]]
** Oración Seis arc: [[MadScientist Brain]]/[[SuperpoweredEvilSide Zero]]
** Edolas arc: [[TheCaligula King Faust]]
** Tenrou Island arc: [[FallenHero Hades]]
** Grand Magic Games arc: [[spoiler:[[FutureMeScaresMe Future Rogue]]]]
** Tartaros arc: [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Mard Geer Tartaros]]
** Avatar arc: [[BadassPreacher Arlok]]
** Alvarez Empire arc: [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Zeref]] and [[TheDreaded Acnologia]]

** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]'': [[HumanoidAbomination Kars]].

** Edolas arc: [[EvilOldFolks King Faust]]

** Avatar arc: [[BadassPreacher Alok]]

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' is divided up into different Parts (8 so far), each with both its own BigBad and main protagonist.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]'' has [[VampireMonarch Dio Brando]].
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]'' has the [[HumanoidAbomination Pillar Men]], led by [[UltimateLifeForm Kars]].
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'' has... [[TheBusCameBack Dio again]].
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'' has [[SerialKiller Yoshikage Kira]], who's more of an interesting example in that he's completely unrelated to the events of the first half of the storyline (where Keicho Nijimura and Akira Otoishi would be closer to the main villains).
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'' has [[TheDon Diavolo]].
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'' has [[SinisterMinister Enrico Pucci]].
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]'' has [[PresidentEvil Funny Valentine]].
** ''Manga/{{JoJolion}}'' has the Locacaca organization as a whole, lead by Satoru Akefu, [[spoiler:or rather his Stand user [[TheDogWasTheMastermind Tooru]]]]. [[BigBadEnsemble In addition]], [[AmbitionIsEvil Jobin Higashikata]] also serves as an antagonist.

** The Unforseen Simulation Joint Arc: [[PsychopathicManchild Tomura Shigaraki]].
** The U.A. Sports Festival Arc: While TheUnfought, [[AbusiveParents Endeavor]] (with his son Shoto Todoroki as a proxy).
** The Field Training Arc: [[HeroKiller Stain]] terrorizes Pro Heroes he deems "fake", but ItsPersonal for [[spoiler: Tenya Iida, whose brother is forced to retire after Stain injures him.]]
** The End of Term Test Arc: The U.A.[[BadassTeacher staff]] plays as villains to test the Class 1-A students, who are tasked to treat them as such. Justified with this being a school setting, although some of them did go a bit too far.
** The School Trip Arc: [[PlayingWithFire Dabi]] was the most active villain, although [[TheBrute Muscular]] was part of the arc's main subplot and fight, but Shigaraki was a GreaterScopeVillain as the plan to capture [[spoiler:Bakugo]] was all his.
** The Hideout Infiltration Arc: Shigaraki started off as a RedHerring until [[spoiler: All For One]] showed up.

** The Internship Arc: [[{{Yakuza}} Kai Chisaki]] takes this trope as an especially dangerous villain who one-ups the [[spoiler: League of Villains... until the end.]] He plays this straight against Deku and many other heroes as he has a superpowered child for them to rescue.
** Cultural Festival Arc: Gentle Criminal and La Brava attempt to disrupt the titular event, with Midoriya attempting to stop them.