25+ Anime Where The MC Starts Weak But Becomes OP

Hello guys, welcome to another amazing article. Have you ever watched any Japanese animation also known as anime where the Weak MC becomes an Overpowered Main Character? If not, then no problem my friends because today I am going to tell you about 26 Anime Where MC Starts Weak but becomes OP and I hope that these recommendations will be very helpful and interesting for all of you my friends! So, let’s begin!

Anime Where The MC Gets A Power Up (Recommendations)

26. Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash

MC's Transformation	Plot	Character Writing	Animation	Total
9/20	6/10	6/10	5/10	26/50

This anime series has a very unique and interesting plot as it follows the story of a boy named Haruhiro. When Haruhiro wakes up one day, he finds himself in a new world. He soon realises that he, as well as other people who were there with him in that world do not know how they came here. Now, the whole story of this anime revolves around the journey of Haruhiro and his new friends to survive in this new fantasy world which is called Grimgar.

25. Dragonar Academy

MC's Transformation	Plot	Character Writing	Animation	Total
8/20	7/10	6/10	5/10	26/50

So, my friends, the next one is Dragonar Academy, the story of my recommendations is very unique as it revolves around a boy named Ash Blake, who is also called a problem child by his classmates as he puts them in trouble. The poor Ash Blake is always bullied at school, however, the big star-shaped brand on him indicates that he will be a dragon master in the future.

But the dragon of the poor Ash Blake never appeared, therefore he has nothing to show. The whole plot changes as one day his dragon appears in full honour, however Ash Blake’s dragon is quite different from any other dragon ever seen since it comes in the form of a beautiful girl.

Unluckily for Ash Blake, he soon realises that his dragon has a pretty ill attitude—telling him that she is the master and he is the servant .

24. Strike the Blood

MC's Transformation	Plot	Character Writing	Animation	Total
9/20	7/10	6/10	5/10	27/50

The story of this anime revolves around Kojou Akatsuki, an ordinary high school boy who turned into a powerful fourth progenitor vampire and is now living at Itogami Island after an incident. Oh, you guys must be wondering what Itogami Island is? Let me tell you about it.

Itogami Island is a man-made island 300km south of Tokyo. It is managed by the government and is the house of various magical species that are on the verge of extinction like vampires, spirits, mermaids, etc. But the whole plot changes as an anti-terrorism agency sends a sword shaman there to watch over and kill the Kojou Akatsuki.

23. Tiger and Bunny

MC's Transformation	Plot	Character Writing	Animation	Total
9/20	6/10	6/10	6/10	27/50

The plot of this anime starts with an old superhero named Wild Tiger, who lives in Sternbuild City. Wild Tiger is not performing well continuously in reality shows at Hero TV wherein the hero earns hero points to become the new King of Heroes. As he is unable to cooperate with other heroes.

Due to his continued bad performance in the new season of the show, he is paired up with a brand new superhero named Barnaby Brooks Jr. also known as Bunny. Now with their different wild personalities, these two must learn how to work together to save their careers and their beloved Sternbuild City and win the game show as well.

22. Heroman

MC's Transformation	Plot	Character Writing	Animation	Total
8/20	8/10	6/10	5/10	27/50

The story of this anime revolves around a boy named Joseph Carter “Joey” Jones, who lives with his grandmother and works at a coffee shop. Due to his financial crisis, he has been bullied a lot in school. Joey Jones is a robotics enthusiast who wants the Heybo who is a toy robot more than anything.

One day, he and his friend, Simon “Psy” Kaina, found a discarded Heybo, who was thrown away by some rich kids. He takes it to his home and repairs it himself. He named him the Heroman. The whole story changes when one night, Heybo was hit a lot by lightning during a thunderstorm. As a result, it becomes alive and bigger in size. Surprisingly, the Centre city is attacked by Skrugg.

Skrugg is an alien species and they are attacking the city because of Joey Jones’s acquaintance professor named Matthew Denton as he made some attempts to contact them. Now, along with Joey Jones, the Heroman quickly reached the location where Skrugg was attacking.

All the people are in trouble along with Joey Jones’s friend, Lina Davis, and her father. Joey Jones soon realises that he can control the Heroman and command him to use his superpowers and rescue the people from the Skrugg with the help of an arm-mounted controller. Now as the Skrugg continue attacking the earth, these two are the only ones who can save humanity from destruction.

21. Stigma of the Wind

MC's Transformation	Plot	Character Writing	Animation	Total
9/20	7/10	6/10	6/10	28/50

The story of this anime revolves around a boy named Kazuma Yagami, who was expelled from the Kannagi family many years ago as he was unsuccessful in using their fire magic.

The story begins when Kazuma Yagami comes back to Japan after many years to only know that the Kannagi family’s existence is in danger. The Kannagi family does not know that in his absence, he becomes a contractor and gains expert skills in wind magic.

Kazuma Yagami does not show any remaining hatred towards the Kannagi family and he asks them to pay him a large amount for saving their family from this problem. Kazuma Yagami now together with Ren, who is his younger brother, and Ayano, who is the miraculous successor of the Kannagi family, fight to protect those he cares about for money.

20. Kenichi The Mightiest Disciple

MC's Transformation	Plot	Character Writing	Animation	Total
10/20	6/10	6/10	6/10	28/50

So, my friends, the story starts with a boy named Kenichi Shirahama, who is an ordinary student in a high school. Due to his weak legs, he has been often persecuted. But guys, the whole plot changes as he meets Furinji Miu.

Furinji Miu’s grandfather runs a dojo. Kenichi Shirahama became a student there but he did not know what he was doing with himself. The Kenichi Shirahama is becoming stronger day by day as its rough training continues. There is also some change in the story as he becomes a target of the Ragnarok gang accidentally.

Oh! You guys must be wondering who is the Ragnarok gang? No problem because I’m here to tell ya! The Ragnarok gang is a deadly strong group in our story. So with all of these physical and mental challenges, will the hero of our story, Kenichi Shirahama, be able to survive or will the dojo master of Kenichi Shirahama reach him first?

19. Hajime no Ippo

MC's Transformation	Plot	Character Writing	Animation	Total
10/20	7/10	7/10	5/10	29/50

The plot of this anime revolves around a boy named Ippo Makunouchi, who is always beaten by bullies as he was a loser and did not have any friends. Ippo Makunouchi in his free time helps his mother with her work.

But the whole story changes as one day he is saved by Mamoru Takamura. Oh, you guys must be wondering, who is Mamoru Takamura? He is a professional boxer who is the WBC champion.

Ippo Makunouchi’s life soon changes as he turns into a passion for this new sport. However, Ippo Makunouchi’s new life is not too easy as before thinking of becoming a champion he first has to compete with many rivals. Also, he has to know the real meaning of dedication.

18. Ben-To

MC's Transformation	Plot	Character Writing	Animation	Total
11/20	6/10	6/10	6/10	29/50

The next one in my recommendations is full of fantasy and thriller as it revolves around You Satou. One day when he was beaten up bloody in the streets, he did not remember what happened to him.

He only knows that he is going to buy a bento from the supermarket. You Satou soon realise that this all-out brawl is because of a half-price bento. Sen Yarizui, who is one of the top fighters of the Half-priced food lovers gang, invites him to train to compete with other fighters in this terrible war after seeing his poor fighting skills. Now You Satou will truly know the real meaning of fighting for food.

17. Ultimate Muscle

MC's Transformation	Plot	Character Writing	Animation	Total
13/20	5/10	5/10	6/10	29/50

The story of this anime series begins with Mantaro Muscle also known as Kid Muscle, a boy who is the son of the first Kinnikuman also known as the King Muscle. He has a great power called Ultimate Muscle but due to his laziness, immaturity, and a bad habit of releasing gas on the enemies rather than fighting with them he gets looked down on.

To escape from his duties, he uses his powers of flatus to blast away poeple. But the whole plot changes as DMP crashes on Earth and now only one kid has power to control them and that is Kid Muscle. Because he has the powers of Ultimate Muscle therefore he has been chosen to lead the new generation of wrestlers to overcome and get a victory over the DMP.

DMP are evil alien species of wrestlers. Kid Muscle also accidentally reached the Earth on his way and there he found the old trainer of his father named Meat, he is the one who bent upon making him a powerful wrestler. Now the question is, can Kid Muscle and the other wrestlers use their powers and skills to overcome the DMP?

16. Big Windup!

MC's Transformation	Plot	Character Writing	Animation	Total
12/20	6/10	7/10	5/10	30/50

The story of the next one in my list begins with Ren Mihashi, a scared boy who is a baseball pitcher. Bullied many times by his teammates, the poor Ren has no self confidence left now. He decided that he will never play baseball in his life again.

But when he went to a new school named Nishiura Prefectural High, he again got a chance to play baseball. Now with the help of the tough but encouraging Maria Momoe, a former student who turned into a coach and his other teammates, Ren Mihashi will regain his trust in himself and tell everyone who is the real boss of baseball.

15. Yona of the Dawn

MC's Transformation	Plot	Character Writing	Animation	Total
12/20	6/10	6/10	6/10	30/50

The plot of this Japanese animation revolves around a princess named Yona, who lived in the kingdom of Kouka with her peaceful father, the King. She has many watchful servants along with her bodyguard named Hak.

The only trouble in Yona’s peaceful life is her rowdy red hair and persuading her father to marry her with Soo-Wan, who is her cousin. But the whole plot changes as on the night of her sixteenth birthday, she loses everything along with her father and kingdom.

Only her security guard, Hak, is there to protect and serve her. She realises that to survive she must make herself strong. To reclaim the rule of her kingdom again, she goes on a journey to find allies and an ancient story that includes the Crimson dragon king and his four warriors.

14. Chivalry of a Failed Knight

MC's Transformation	Plot	Character Writing	Animation	Total
12/20	7/10	6/10	5/10	30/50

The story of this one begins with Ikki Kurogane, a boy who is an F-rated blazer and also known by his nickname, the Worst One. Oh, you must be wondering what blazers are? Some humans can utilise their souls to manufacture powerful weapons.

These people studied and got trained at Hagun academy to become Mage-Knights. The whole plot changes as an A-ranked blazer and also a princess arrives at the academy and an incident occurs with Ikki Kurogane and herself.

She challenges him to single combat in which the loser will serve the winner his whole life. The whole story revolves around Ikki Kurogane’s journey to prove himself in front of the world with his new friends.

13. Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy

MC's Transformation	Plot	Character Writing	Animation	Total
13/20	6/10	6/10	7/10	32/50

The story of my entry revolves around an ordinary schoolboy, Makoto Misumi who has been called into another world as a valiant warrior but unluckily, the goddess of that world takes his title from him and expels him to the borderlines of an abandoned area saying that his face is unattractive.

Makoto Misumi deals with various monsters like dragons, orcs, dwarves, and spiders while travelling in that abandoned area. After dealing with all these problems, Makoto Misumi shows remarkable skills in magic and battle and survives in this world. The whole plot revolves around Makoto Misumi’s journey with his friends to change society’s precepts.

12. Black Clover

MC's Transformation	Plot	Character Writing	Animation	Total
14/20	7/10	6/10	5/10	32/50

The story of my recommendation starts when two children named Asta and Yuno were both found as orphans on the same day. They grew up together in a world where magic is everything. But when they came to know about the title of Wizard King which is given to the most powerful magicians, they both promised to become the next Wizard King by competing with each other.

Yuno was bestowed with unusually great magical powers while Asta is the only one in that world who does not have any magical power. When they both reached the age of fifteen, they both got their Grimoires or magic books that would help them identify and utilize their magical powers more efficiently.

Asta’s Grimoire is the unique one and as it is a Grimoire with anti-magic that invalidates and repulses the magic of his opponent. The whole story revolves around these two rivals who are ready to face all the hard challenges to complete their dream of becoming Wizard King.

11. One Punch Man

MC's Transformation	Plot	Character Writing	Animation	Total
14/20	6/10	6/10	6/10	32/50

The story of this one in my listing begins with Saitama, a man who became a superhero for fun and to compete with tough enemies in a city where crime, monsters, and supervillains are common. But after training too hard, he became too strong and can one punch just about everyone.

Now his dream of fighting with enemies who are stronger than him and thought to defeat has been destroyed. Meanwhile, Genos, who is a cyborg, learns about him, begs in front of him to make him his student and help him to learn how to become a strong superhero like him. Saitama did agree. Now, will Genos be able to make Saitama teach him and will Saitama be able to find a strong enemy to fight with him?

10. Demon Slayer

MC's Transformation	Plot	Character Writing	Animation	Total
14/20	6/10	6/10	8/10	34/50

If we are discussing the anime where the main character starts weak but becomes overpowered then it is nearly impossible to forget the Demon Slayer.

The story begins with the life of a boy named Tanjiro Kamado. He was living a miserable life full of hardships. After all this toughness, at least he has his family; but the whole story takes a turn when one day, Tanjiro reaches his home and is surprised to know that the demons have taken his family away from him .

But it’s not only trouble, the real trouble arises when he finds that his sister is still there but she wasn’t herself anymore, she has become a demon now. From that day, the life of our MC changes drastically as he moves forward to become OP as a Demon Slayer.

9. Katekyo Hitman Reborn

MC's Transformation	Plot	Character Writing	Animation	Total
16/20	6/10	6/10	6/10	34/50

Guys, our next entry is going to revolve around mafias and great challenges as our weak main character is surprisingly chosen by a great mafia to be the next boss.

The plot of this anime revolves around our Weak MC, a boy named Tsuna. He was living a life full of difficulties. As the plot moves forward, Tsuna’s whole life changes drastically when he comes to know that he has now got a teacher who will completely change his life. This is not the only shock he got, he was amazed to see that this teacher is a baby named Reborn.

So, guys, the whole plot follows Tsuna how this new teacher completely changes the life of our main character and makes him overpowered.

8. Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest

MC's Transformation	Plot	Character Writing	Animation	Total
16/20	7/10	6/10	7/10	36/50

The story of this one begins with a boy named Hajime Nagumo, who is called into another world that is full of fantasy with his classmates as superheroes. But the problem is that all of his classmates got amazing and strong powers while the poor Hajime Nagumo did not get something we can consider as a good enough kind of power.

The poor Hajime Nagumo who is not valued enough and unready for this change falls into the deep underground prison full of monsters where he has only two options: fight and sacrifice. To survive in this terrible world, he has no other way than to welcome the abyss.

7. Dororo

MC's Transformation	Plot	Character Writing	Animation	Total
16/20	6/10	7/10	7/10	36/50

The plot of this one in my listing revolves around a boy named Hyakkimaru, who has lost his 48 body parts because they were taken by 12 demons even before his birth, and his father named, Kagemitsu Daigo, made the contract with them to save his land.

When he was born, he was thrown into the river by his father. When he grew up, he decided to kill 12 demons with the help of artificial body parts and get his real body parts back from them along with his young thief friend, Dororo.

6. Vinland Saga

MC's Transformation	Plot	Character Writing	Animation	Total
16/20	8/10	8/10	7/10	39/50

The plot of this begins at the era of the Vikings. The powerful Viking has been breaking out everywhere and the son of the greatest fighter, Thorfinn is now on a journey of revenge, seeking his purpose, and repentance. He was in the search for the land of fantasy called Vinland. The whole story revolves around this true warrior in a period of turbulence.

5. Guilty Crown

MC's Transformation	Plot	Character Writing	Animation	Total
17/20	7/10	7/10	8/10	39/50

The plot of my recommendations is very interesting and thrilling as it revolves around a young high school boy named Shu Ouma, who lives in 2039, an era in which Japan is taken over under the military administration of GHQ after a dreadful virus named the Apocalypse Virus outbreaks there.

GHQ is a global organisation created by the UN to control the outbreak of the Apocalypse Virus in Japan but at the cost of its freedom. There is only one group of freedom fighters named Funeral Parlour led by an ill-famed man named Gai Tsutsugami who is opposing the cruel and unethical dictatorship.

Inori Yuzuriha, who is a key member of Funeral Parlour while running from the soldiers of the GHQ, meets Shu Ouma while trying to save her Shu Ouma gets Void Gene, a strange power that lets him pull anything from others towards him. Now Shu Ouma, who is only seventeen years old, has to decide whether he will help the Funeral Parlour to get the freedom of Japan back or continue living his life as an ordinary boy.

4. Tokyo Ghoul

MC's Transformation	Plot	Character Writing	Animation	Total
17/20	7/10	8/10	8/10	40/50

The plot of this Japanese Animation revolves around an ordinary young man named Ken Kaneki who is very fond of reading books. He lives in modern Tokyo where all the people are now afraid of Ghouls.

Ghouls are some strange creatures that look like humans but they eat human flesh. But this didn’t matter to Ken Kaneki until one night, he turned into the first-ever Ghoul-Human half-breed after an incident.

Now, Ken Kaneki is trapped between two societies of humans and monsters. He must learn more about the society of Ghouls, his newly given powers, and the boundary between the humans and the ghouls to survive in this violent and deadly world.

3. The Rising of the Shield Hero

MC's Transformation	Plot	Character Writing	Animation	Total
18/20	9/10	8/10	8/10	43/50

This story revolves around Naofumi Iwatani, who is very fond of games and manga. Everything changes when one day he is called into another world where he comes to know that he is one of the four heroes who have been tasked to save this world from the predicted destruction.

All the other heroes along with Naofumi Iwatani are awarded amazing and powerful weapons but the poor Naofumi Iwatani is only bestowed with a shield that can only be used to protect himself, not to fight. Naofumi Iwatani is left alone and unappreciated as the shield hero is the weakest hero among them.

He is also accused of being disloyal to the nation he is a saviour of. No one is there to help him out. Naofumi Iwatani now must raise himself to become the strongest herand save that world, even if they don’t acknowledge him.

2. My Hero Academia

MC's Transformation	Plot	Character Writing	Animation	Total
19/20	9/10	9/10	8/10	45/50

If you guys are very fond of thrillers then my recommendation is the best option to watch for you as it revolves around a boy named Izuku Midoriya. He dreams to become a superhero but his dream is a big challenge for him as he does not have any superpowers.

In a world where almost eighty percent of people have some special powers, Izuku Midoriya is an unlucky person who was born as a normal boy. Although he does not have any superpowers but cannot stop him from taking admission in the world’s most popular superhero academy.

Now there is only one problem between Izuku Midoriya and that academy, which is the academy’s admission test and this problem cannot be solved easily even if he gets private tutoring sessions with the world’s strongest superhero.

1. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

MC's Transformation	Plot	Character Writing	Animation	Total
19/20	9/10	9/10	9/10	46/50

The plot of this anime series is quite different and interesting as it revolves around a boy named Lelouch Lamperouge, who is a Britannian student who lives in Area 11 formerly known as Japan. Oh, you must be wondering, why is it called Area 11? No problem, I will tell you. In 2010, The Britainnian empire subjugated Japan using Knightmares, a powerful mecha, and named it Area 11.

The whole story changes as one day, in a terrorist attack, he met a mysterious girl who gave him the power to control the minds of others. Now, will Lelouch Lamperouge use his new powers to battle for freedom or will his hatred overcome his good deeds and turn them into the worst methods of revenge.

CONCLUSION

So, in the end, the conclusion is that all of my recommendations have a different and interesting storyline. However, some of these have an outstanding story and some have good only but still, these all are the best recommendations to the anime where the MC starts weak but becomes OP and I hope that this article will be very helpful for all of you my friends. After reading this now, you can easily find the best anime where the Weak MC Power Up and becomes an Overpowered Main Character to watch.

7 thoughts on “25+ Anime Where The MC Starts Weak But Becomes OP”

Anonymous
June 12, 2022 at 9:02 pm

this dude must have smoked before writing this… how the hell is code gease animation better than demon slayer?

Dambacc123
June 2, 2022 at 8:12 pm

He’s rating the transformation not the animation

Jeff
May 28, 2022 at 1:14 am

tensei shitara slime datta ken

Tojay
February 19, 2022 at 2:34 am

Wtf, this guy gave demon slayer animation a rating of 6/10 …yeah i don’t think he watched it

1. Esji
  February 19, 2022 at 6:47 am
  
  Thank you for seeing the mistake! I fixed it. Do you see other issues with the blog?
  
  1. Lt201
    April 13, 2022 at 5:28 pm
    
    One punch man animation 6/10…. It has even better animation than demon slayer
    
    1. Esji
      April 14, 2022 at 7:51 am
      
      Not to sure about that chief

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