History HandicappedBadass / AnimeAndManga

*** Levi gets another example near the end of the series. [[spoiler:After his attempt to prevent Zeke's escape goes horribly wrong, Levi is caught in a point-blank explosion. He is so badly injured that he is catatonic for hours after the fact, and Floch assumes he's dead upon seeing him. Despite requiring numerous stitches and bandages, losing sight in one eye, and having a mere two fingers on his sword hand, he still gathers the strength to fight in the final fight against Eren. In the epilogue, he uses a wheelchair, having used the last of his strength.]]

* Played with in ''{{Manga/Basilisk}}''.

** In the final battle of ''Manga/PhantomBlood'', [[spoiler:''both'' Jonathan and Dio. Dio is reduced to a head, yet he manages to kill Jonathan, the man who beat him a lot of times before and reduced him to this state. Jonathan, even though he is unable to breathe properly after Dio's first attack, still fights back to the point he makes Dio desperate and stops him for a hundred years.]]
** In ''Manga/BattleTendency'', [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Wamuu]] [[EyeScream gouges out his own eyes]], which just makes his [[RazorWind Wind Mode]] ''even stronger''.
** In ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'', [[MonsterOfTheWeek Stand User of the week]] N'Doul is completely blind, but his ability to see through hearing, combined with the power of his [[FightingSpirit Stand]], [[MakingASplash Geb]], causes him to become [[WakeUpCallBoss the deadliest enemy the Crusaders have encountered up to that point]]. He even temporarily knocks out [[spoiler:Kakyoin]].
** In ''Manga/GoldenWind'', [[spoiler:Polnareff uses a wheelchair]]. This doesn't actually make him any weaker, in large part because his Stand doesn't ''need'' legs (And if someone knocks the chair over, his Stand helps him right on it). In fact, since he grew even smarter, he finds a way to [[spoiler:counter and wound the main villain's powerful Stand]].
** Johngalli A, the StarterVillain of ''Manga/StoneOcean'', despite being blind, [[ColdSniper is a trained sniper]], something his Stand [[ImprobableAimingSkills only enhances]].
** Johnny Joestar, the [=JoJo=] of ''Manga/SteelBallRun'', is paralyzed from the waist down. This doesn't stop him from kicking ass, as well as ''participating in a country spanning horse race'' and [[spoiler:nearly winning]].
** Daiya Higashikata from ''Manga/{{JoJolion}}'' is near-completely blind, but still come close to actually beating [[TheHero Josuke]].

* ''{{Manga/Naruto}}'':
** Kimimaro suffered from a particularly nasty case of IncurableCoughOfDeath that rendered him full-body paralyzed. As luck would have it, however, his SuperpowerfulGenetics gave him the ability to [[EldritchSuperpower manipulate his skeletal structure]], effectively allowing him to animate his own body for OneLastDance. And what a dance it was: He bests, in short succession, [[TheHero Naruto]], [[BruceLeeClone Rock Lee]] and [[SandBlaster Gaara]], only failing to kill the latter two because his illness did him in at the last possible moment.

* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'':

* Early in the series, Red-Haired Shanks of ''Manga/OnePiece'' loses an arm to a sea monster. He goes on to become one of the four most dangerous pirates in the world. Outside of the other three, ''nobody'' screws with him.

** Shanks, an one-armed Emperor whose Haki is legendary, and also a person Luffy looks up to.

** In ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'', [[MonsterOfTheWeek Stand User of the week]] N'Doul is completely blind, but his ability to see through hearing, combined with the power of his [[FightingSpirit Stand]], [[MakingASplash Geb]], causes him to become [[WakeUpCallBoss the deadliest enemy the Crusaders have encountered up to that point]].
** In ''Manga/GoldenWind'', [[spoiler:Polnareff uses a wheelchair]]. This doesn't actually make him any weaker, in large part because his Stand doesn't ''need'' legs (And if someone knocks the chair over, his Stand helps him right it).

** Johnny Joestar, the [=JoJo=] of ''Manga/SteelBallRun'', is paralyzed from the waist down. This doesn't stop him from kicking ass, as well as ''participating in a country spanning horse race''.

** While he may not be missing an arm or a leg, or even his eyesight, [[CoolOldGuy Whitebeard]] definitely qualifies, as he manages to wipe the floor with several high-ranking Marines at once, shrugging off any wound on his person, after having been hooked on life support equipment for at least a few years. [[spoiler:He single-handedly defeated Blackbeard in one-on-one combat. With half his face. And ''slowly dying''. Blackbeard had to bring his crew to gang up and shoot and stab him until they ran out of bullets to finally kill him. It wasn't even an ''immediate'' death. And to top all that, he DiedStandingUp.]]

** Post TimeSkip, we also have [[spoiler:Zoro]], who has lost [[spoiler:an eye]].
** There's also Crocodile, who's missing a hand. His hook more than makes up for it.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' has [[spoiler:[[AntiHero Accelerator]], as [[TeleportSpam Awaki]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pREOMmhHyU8 learns the hard way]]]]. Him getting weaker certainly didn't make her any stronger.

* While his primary role in ''LightNovel/{{Corsair}}'' is that of an extreme [[TheWoobie woobie]], there is still a certain badassness about Canale, perhaps best exemplified by his effortless victory in a duel with another pirate, despite the fact that he's blind.

** After their second battle in [[spoiler:the Valley of the end]], both [[spoiler:Naruto and Sasuke]] lost their dominant arm. ''[[LightNovel/NarutoHiden Kakashi Hiden]]'' shows that [[spoiler:Naruto]] is more than capable of kicking ass even with one arm, although he gets a replacement one soon after that battle. [[spoiler:Sasuke]], however, doesn't get a prosthetic; ''Manga/NarutoGaiden'' shows he is still as badass as ever.
** During his battle with [[spoiler:Madara]], [[spoiler:Might Guy used the [[DeadlyUpgrade Eighth Gate]]]] and nearly killed his enemy, severely damaging his leg in the process. However, ''[[LightNovel/NarutoHiden Kakashi Hiden]]'' shows that despite a CareerEndingInjury, he's still more than a match for most ninja; just not up to his previous level of badassery.

* The titular ''LightNovel/VioletEvergarden'' lost both her arms during the war and by the time she woke up in the hospital, she already had replacement arms made of adamant silver. Even months out of combat practice, Violet can still defeat armed enemies all on her own, using her mechanical arms to now deflect bullets.

* In ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'', Colonel Moran might have a prosthetic hand, but it doesn't impact either his sniping or his hand-to-hand combat skills.

** Nagato nuked a village and he was in a wheelchair. Kimmimaro took Gaara and Rock Lee to the limit despite suffering from IncurableCoughOfDeath.

** Itachi, by the time of his battle with Sasuke, was suffering from IncurableCoughOfDeath that would've killed him long ago if he didn't take drugs to stay alive longer, and had gone near blind from overusing his Mangekyo Sharingan; and he still bested Sasuke (despite that he was deliberately trying to lose in addition to all these above).

* In ''LightNovel/MagicalGirlRaisingProject'', Ripple losing her left eye and left arm barely hinders her swordsmanship, martial arts, or throwing skills.

** [[spoiler: Roy]] is something of a DoubleSubversion. While he's unquestionably one of the series' premier badasses, his [[spoiler:loss of eyesight to [[JerkassGods Truth]]]] comes so suddenly that he hasn't gotten a chance to figure out how to work around it, which is a '''''bad thing''''' when it's the FinalBattle and one of the heaviest hitters just became TheLoad. However, he quickly gets around it by [[spoiler:having [[MeaningfulName Hawkeye]], who had been almost fatally injured a while ago (via a slit throat and heavy blood loss) and couldn't take direct part in the fight, correct and direct his aim]]. Furthermore, his encounter with the Truth still means that he can also perform alchemy without the need of a circle like Izumi and the Elric Brothers, allowing him to form large protective barriers from the ground quickly. His [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist 2003]] counterpart counts as well. [[spoiler:In ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheConquerorOfShamballa'' Roy is blind in one eye, as at the end of the series he [[EyeScream lost an eye]] while batting Frank Archer, but is as badass as ever. If anything the EyepatchOfPower makes him seem cooler.]]

*** According to [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} the Other Wiki]], left-handed people can develop ambidexterity much more easily than right-handed people. When you think about it, it isn't all that unbelievable.

** ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]'' has Master Asia who is not only of considerable age but also seems to suffer from IncurableCoughOfDeath and still kicks lots of ass. ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'''s resident [[FanNickname stupid, sexy Lockon]] loses an eye at the end of season one.

** In ''Manga/VentoAureo'', [[spoiler:Polnareff uses a wheelchair]]. This doesn't actually make him any weaker, in large part because his Stand doesn't ''need'' legs (And if someone knocks the chair over, his Stand helps him right it).

* Inspector Kansuke Yamato from ''Manga/DetectiveConan''. He lost his eye and severely injured his leg in an avalanche, but he was able to fight the thugs of the killer of the week in his introductory case and would have qualified himself as a OneManArmy had not been for Conan and Heiji's presence.

* In ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' Season II, [[spoiler:Hokuto]] makes his reappearance [[spoiler:in a wheelchair]] and ''still'' manages to {{curb stomp|Battle}} Tsukune.

** [[BigBad Dio Brando]] is reduced to a head for the climax of ''Manga/PhantomBlood'', and yet is still manages to [[spoiler:[[HeroKiller kill]] [[TheHeroDies Jonathan]]]]. And then there's the fact that his HealingFactor was weakened for most of ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'', and he was still able to hold his own against most of the Crusaders.

** Johnny Joestar, the [=JoJo=] of ''Manga/SteelBallRun'', is crippled from the waist down. This doesn't stop him from kicking ass, as well as ''participating in a country spanning horse race''.

** In a surprising twist, the legendary Kishou Arima is secretly one. [[spoiler: Suffering from Glaucoma, he'd already gone blind in his right eye and was slowly losing sight in his left. He compensated with his exceptional hearing, and a AttackPatternAlpha that left his blind spot guarded by his most trusted subordinate.]]

* In the anime version of ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'', Kushana wears armor on one arm and removes it to reveal that the whole limb is {{artificial|Limbs}}. She suggests that her armored legs may be similarly mechanical, and that her body may be further maimed: "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Whatever lucky man becomes my husband shall see far worse than that.]]"

* Gohē Takeda from ''Manga/{{Ginga Nagareboshi Gin}}'' after he [[spoiler:loses his leg]]. Made even more badass by the fact that he [[spoiler: cut it off himself]]!
* In the sequel, ''Manga/{{Ginga Densetsu Weed}}'', [[spoiler:Smith]] becomes this after [[spoiler:losing his leg to a car while saving GB]].
* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' has [[spoiler:[[AntiHero Accelerator]], as [[TeleportSpam Awaki]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pREOMmhHyU8 learns the hard way]]]]. Him getting weaker certainly didn't make her any stronger.
** After the events of NT 9, [[spoiler: Kamijou Touma suffers from [[ShellShockedVeteran severe PTSD]], and freaks out [[TraumaButton every time something reminds him of his battle with]] [[PhysicalGod Othinus]]]]. He can still punch your face off if you threaten to hurt innocent people or [[TrueCompanions his friends]].

** [[spoiler: Gold Roger. The Pirate King himself]] suffered from a painful and terminal illness for four years prior to his death. [[spoiler: These were the years in which he made his final journey, conquered the grand-line and became the Pirate King]]

* In the anime version of ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'', Kushana wears armor on one arm and removes it to reveal that the whole limb is {{artificial|Limbs}}. She suggests that her armored legs may be similarly mechanical, and that her body may be further maimed: "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Whatever lucky man becomes my husband shall see far worse than that.]]"

* The titular ''LightNovel/VioletEvergarden'' lost both her arms during the war and by the time she woke up in the hospital, she already had replacement arms made of adamant silver. Even months out of combat practice, Violet can still defeat armed enemies all on her own, using her arms to now defect bullets.

* Subverted, in ''Manga/BreakBlade'''s case. While not necessarily the character itself that was handicapped, Girge defeated an elite troop of five with a golem that has lost its left foot and arm. It still gave other characters an [[TheWorfEffect awe]], though.

** In Part 3, ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'', [[MonsterOfTheWeek Stand-user of the week]] N'Doul is completely blind yet is perfectly capable of slaughtering droves of people thanks to his sound-detecting Stand, Geb.
** In Part 5, ''Manga/GoldenWind'', [[spoiler: Polnareff uses a wheelchair]]. This doesn't actually make him any weaker, in large part because his [[FightingSpirit Stand]] doesn't ''need'' legs. (And if someone knocks the chair over, his Stand helps him right it.)
** Later on, Johnny, the [=JoJo=] of ''Manga/SteelBallRun'', has the same problem, even more so given the time period it takes place in. This doesn't stop him from kicking ass, as well as ''participating in a country spanning horse race''.