Anime: where the lines of reality are constantly blurred and anything can happen when you least expect it. Whether you’re a longtime fan or a casual viewer, we’ve all fallen victim to those jaw-dropping plot twists that leave us questioning everything. Here are ten of the most shocking, heart-stopping, and awe-inspiring anime plot twists that will have you screaming ‘Did I just see that?!’
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Tokyo Ghoul – ‘Here’s your new reality’
Imagine being a half-human, half-ghoul, forced to live on the fringes of society. Ken Kaneki’s life was turned upside down in this cruel world where ghouls are seen as nothing but beasts. Just when he thought he was finding acceptance, it was revealed that the infamous Arima is actually the long-lost father of the series’ main antagonist, Rize – throwing everything Kaneki knew into disarray.
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Steins;Gate – Okabe’s Sanity Hits an All-Time Low
Okabe and his group had been struggling to right their timeline wrongs. Just when they thought they were getting close, Kurisu, the love of Okabe’s life, was killed right before their eyes. Devastated and desperate to fix the timeline, Okabe tried everything – but who would have guessed that Kurisu was actually alive? The team discovered a D-Mail, which is essentially an email sent to the past, from the future – one sent by a much more intelligent Obabe from years into the future.
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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Father Cornello ain’t no Father
Edward and Alphonse Elric had been traveling the countryside for years, searching for their bodies. When they stumbled upon a city promising to grant alchemists powers, they jumped at the chance. Unfortunately, reality was a lot harsher than they anticipated. What started out as a quest for their bodies quickly led to Father Cornello’s shocking ‘reveal’: a man from their past who – in reality – was actually Greed in disguise.
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Death Note – The Twist I Should Have Seen Coming
Death Note – a show filled with hidden meanings and misleading information. No one foresaw Rem, a Shinigami, who was known as the right-hand of the legendary Shinsigami, to have the loyalty to risk it all. Only a handful of viewers could predict that she was hiding her emotions for Misa… So when Misa was on the brink of getting killed, Rem’s hidden love became something of a central plot point – in other words her reason to intervene.
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Psycho-Pass – An A+ from the Headmaster
In a dystopian world where you’re more inclined to accept anything, it came as quite a surprise to watch Akane Tsunemori uncover what those within their Sybil System actually are – what many had known all along – Cyborg Human Hybrids. As all pre-existing perceptions begin to fail Tsunemori, the twist made every other development easier to understand – especially when Chief Masaoka learned he would be replaced.
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Clannad – Ushio’s shocking sacrifice.
Nagisa’s miraculous recovery and the arrival of their daughter, Ushio, to the series offered what was thought to be some much needed comic relief – she turned out to be one interesting wild card. No reader foresaw Ushio being so close to death. In reality she, aware she was at death’s door, essentially, gives up her life, after several visions with her Mom; those close to her now have a little knowledge on how her final months played out.
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Paranoia Agent – Lil’ Slugger’s Reality Bending Confusion
Chief Keiichi Ikari found the 1st case really intense – who is Lil’ Slugger, you ask? At least no one predicted that this masked hero turned symbol somehow sprouted into humanity – revealing that is not what any viewers would class the term hero by any means; let this confusion run deep in some readers.
