Anime where the MC is a Legend but no one knows

15+ Anime Where The MC Is A LEGEND But No One Knows

Listen up all you weebs! Today, we’re gonna be listing the top 16 Anime where our Main Character is a legend but nobody knowssss. Are you excited? ‘Cause I know I am, so without further ado… let’s get ranking!

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16. The Misfit of Demon King Academy (Anos)

Misfit of Demon king Academy
Intelligence Strength Total
56
67
125

Anos already stands out from the others, as he is the reincarnation of a highly feared person known as the Demon King of Tyranny who existed 2,000 years ago. 

He is adamant, unwavering, and invincible. Anos is an attractive, black-haired demon with black hair and red-black eyes. Many fans (as well as characters) describe him as being a “pretty boy” and he’s usually seen in the series wearing a school uniform a.k.a. a black shirt with a white jacket as well as trousers with a crimson belt.

What makes him a legend is the fact that he never originally announced himself as the Demon King, he still fully embraced the title as the rest of the world sees him that way.

15. Mushibugyou (Jinbei)

Mushibugyo
Intelligence Strength Total
67
73
140

Jinbei Tsukishima works as a constable of Mushibugyo. He’s the main protagonist from Joujuu Senjin!! Mushiugyo. When he was younger, Tsukishima’s father had purposely disabled his own leg in order to be able to take Jinbei’s forfeiture instead of Jinbei himself. 

This caused the irremovable guilt that Tsukishima carries with him his entire life. Yet still, Jinbei is a carefree, hot-headed guy who would never give up the chance for a good fight.

After a nearly fatal battle, Jinbei joins the Mushibugyo because of Kotori’s doing. He then earned the affection of a girl named Oharu, without him even knowing.

14. Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle (Lux)

Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle
Intelligence Strength Total
58
87
145

Lux Arcadia, a.k.a the “Weakest Undefeated” and sometimes goes by the name, “Black Hero”, was a former prince, as well as a member of the Seven Dragon Paladinem, and finally, the MC from the hit Anime series, Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle. 

Later in the series, he met with a princess of the kingdom called Atismata, and with her name being Lisesharte, things get hilarious, though, when he completely unintentionally gets into the girl’s bathroom in the dormitories.

A while later, after Queen Raffi’s death and an amazingly epic battle, Lux had earned the title of KING for the New Kingdom. And I’m pretty sure the title of King is enough to get him a spot on this list.

13. Trinity Seven (Arata)

Trinity Seven
Intelligence Strength Total
68
78
146

Arata Kasuga in fact, is a Demon, and not just any Demon, he’s the Demon Lord of the Superbia Archive as well as being the main character of the series. He even has the ability to remove and copy magic. (Awesome!)

When it comes to looks, Arata is a fairly skinny boy, with messy black hair as well as dark eyes. Even though he was a Demon Lord Candidate, he was born into a normal family. He’d lived a normal life, before both his parents died because of a plane crash. Because of this, he has to live with his cousin, Hijiri along with her family.

During their time at elementary school, these two gain a close relationship with each other, because Arata was the only one who was nice to her, even though he didn’t even know about her being a Magus.

12. Akashic Records of Magic Instructor (Glenn)

Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor
Intelligence Strength Total
90
58
148

Glenn Radars is our Main Protagonist here and is the Professor of class number 2 at a famous magic Academy As well as being a professor, Glenn is also known as ‘The Fool’ of the I.C.M.C.S.M.A.

Glenn looks like a typical young man, with long black hair that he wears in a low ponytail along with a red hair tie. Glenn is an overly lazy, and sometimes mischievous person who is almost always annoying the other characters. 

Some of these people are as follows: His mother, who is more than disappointed with him begging her not to force him to work, Sistine Fibel who is constantly lecturing him about taking his job seriously, and Halley Astrey, who is in fact also a professor, she looks down on his lack of professionalism he has during class.  

11. The King’s Avatar (Ye)

The King's Avatar
Intelligence Strength Total
90
70
160

Ye Xiu is a professional E-Sports player. He’s the former captain of the group “Happy” and of “Excellent Era” as well as a former user of One Autumn Leaf.

Currently, he’s a user of Lord Grim and he’s the leader of the Chinese Glory Team. Ye Xiu is known by the public as “the Glory Textbook.

The Kings Avatar 1

Ye Xiu cares for his closest friends as well as his teammates but he still tends to anger lots of people because he’s so straightforward and says exactly what’s on his mind. 

What makes him slightly different is that in contrast to many peoples’ beliefs, he is not pompous or self-important, and he proves this by playing Glory with everyone chatting, and having fun with them, even with the janitor. This was when he was in the Excellent Era.

10. Katanagatari (Shichika)

Katanagatari
Intelligence Strength Total
63
100
163

Shichika Yasuri is the main male protagonist of Katanagatari. He is also known as the seventh head of Kyotōryū school of Japanese Sword Martial Arts.

Shichika knows nothing about the outside world, making him oblivious to embarrassing situations. He is regularly confused by simple expressions and actions.

Katanagatari 1

He was unfortunately raised to be used as a weapon, making it hard for him to show emotion. He later states that he is in love with Togame, his wielder, and always follows her orders, no matter how hard they might be for him. 

Slowly, as he meets and learns about more and more people, he starts learning about society and becomes more human than before. At the age of twenty-four, he is asked by Togame to be a part of an epic mission to find the twelve ultimate Deviant Blades.

9. Strike the Blood (Kojou)

Strike The Blood
Intelligence Strength Total
78
98
176

Kojou Akatsuki is the Main Character of the striking anime series, Strike the Blood. He’s most commonly known as the elder brother of Nagisa Akatsuki as well as the childhood friend of Yuuma Tokoyogi

Although he might appear to be a typical high school student currently attending Saikai Academy, he’s the fourth forebearer; AND the strongest vampire to ever exist, he’s an immortal demon that was previously thought to only exist in strictly fictional legends.

Strike The Blood 3

Only three months before the start of the series, he was transformed into a vampire and became the fourth primogenitor. For a loooooong time during the show, he was completely unaware of how he became a vampire, and every time he’d even tried to remember, an intense headache would take him over. 

Later in the series, Yukina Himeragi, sent from the Lion King Organization, arrives to observe and analyze him and his actions, and to get rid of him if he seems like a possible threat or danger.

8. The Irregular at Magic High School (Shiba)

The irregular at magic highschool
Intelligence Strength Total
88
89
177

Shiba Tatsuya is the main male protagonist of the Anime series, The Irregular in Magic High School. In the beginning, he had enrolled at the National Magic University Affiliated First High School on the date of April 2095. 

Along with his younger sis, Miyuki. He was later accepted as a student in the Course 2 Curriculum and started the chain of events that were to all take place soon afterward in the series. 

During his second year, though, he had transferred to the newly made Magic Engineering Course.

7. Overlord (Ainz)

overlord
Intelligence Strength Total
94
87
181

Ainz, our protagonist, is a bit stranger than the other MCs on our list. He has an appearance of a Lich, a.k.a. an undead skeleton monster that lacks the human qualities of skin and flesh. When it comes to outfits he wears an irregular, pit-black gown decorated with gold as well as violet rims and patterns.

In his dark warrior form, he would wear a full-on pitch-black body armor that also has gold and violet marks and patterns. Along with all of that, he wears a blood-red cape along with two MASSIVE swords.

Ainz

When Ainz had started playing YGGDRASIL, a widely popular game in the Overlord worlds, way before the start of the first episode, he was nearly about to quit because of the fact that when he had played a Heteromorphic Race, other players had only seen him as a horrible monster that deserved nothing more than to be killed. 

Luckily for him, he was saved by a player named Touch Me, and they both join seven other players to start a new, epic PVP Guild, called Ainz Ooal Gown. All these people were viewed by the other players as monsters, evil creatures, so they thought it was finally time to strike back.

6. Samurai Champloo (Jin)

samurai champloo
Intelligence Strength Total
87
97
184

Jin is the main male protagonist of the hit Anime series, Samurai Champloo. In the beginning, he was one of Fuu’s two bodyguards, the other one being Mugen. 

Jin was a former student of Kenjutsu, and he had killed his own master, but purely for self-defense. He had then fled and at some point, met with Fuu and Mugen.

Jin is a young man with glasses being iconic to his appearance, and not unlike Glenn, he has long charcoal black hair that’s tied in a low ponytail with bangs framing his face like a photo, as well as dark, brown eyes.

Jin 2

Jin had been taught by his powerful teacher, Sensei Enshiro Mariya. He had trained in his sensei’s Dojo, and this was where he had become Enshiro’s absolute favorite student

Jin was also close with another samurai with the name Yukimaru, and he had become so close, he considered this man as a brother.  A while later, out of the blue, Enshiro had asked Jin, because of Kariya Kegetoki’s request, what he would think of turning the samurai school into a school for assassins

Jin 1

Jin had naturally refused this without a second thought. Because of this, Kariya had ordered Enshiro to kill Jin while he was asleep. When the night came, Jin had reacted on instinct, and accidentally killed his Master. He then knew he had to flee, as he was now a fugitive, which then caused lots of Ronins as well as samurais to be sent after Jin, because of the murder he had committed accidentally.

5. Chrono Crusade (Rosette)

Chrono Crusade
Intelligence Strength Total
98
87
185

Rosette Christopher is the main female protagonist of Chrono Crusade. She is an exquisite Exorcist who works at Order of Magdalene’s New York Branch

Even though she goes on lots, and I mean lots, of missions only for exorcising demons, and lots of other supernatural beings, her main goal in life is to search and locate her younger brother, Joshua, who was kidnapped by a demon named Aoin no less than 4 years before the start of the series.

Chrono Crusade 2

In order to find her brother, Rosette had created and signed a contract with a hornless demon named Chrono.  

Yes, there are still horrible consequences to this. One of which is the fact that Rosette’s lifespan gets shorter every single time she unlocks the pocket watch-shaped seal that contains Chrono’s powers. Sadly, since she accepted this dire consequence, it changed her lifespan so drastically that Rosette won’t even live until her 30th birthday.

Chrono Crusade 1

Despite the pain of this reality, Rosette manages to go on and continue, determined to get her brother back safely. Later, in the middle of trying to find her brother, she fails and unfortunately dies at sunset along with Chrono.

Rosette was a very positive, yet a hot-headed girl who couldn’t keep her mouth shut. She had enjoyed exploring as well as food the most. With her energetic personality, her sharp tongue, as well as her love for unique hobbies, she is set far apart from the others and is definitely a true legend.

4. Zetman (Jin)

Zetman
Intelligence Strength Total
98
88
186

This main character, named Jin, is already set apart by the fact that he had grown up on the streets. This had of course influenced his appearance, leading him to have a burly appearance, including messy hair and shaggy clothes. Still, as he got older, he most definitely had improved on this.

Jin is a quiet and stern-looking person and is hardly ever seen smiling or grinning during the series. But this doesn’t necessarily mean that he’s a bad person, in fact, we see the good and kind in him when he’s with his foster mother, and we know that he would do anything for those that he’s close to.

Zetman 1

But now, for the aspects that make him a legend, here they are.

Jin has the awesome ability to turn into a creature called ‘ZET’, which is in fact a mutant creature with amazing strengths and powers, yet he’s often mistaken for another player in the game.

Jin is also epic with combat and fighting, as he’s been using these skills in order to get money since he was as young as nine years old.

Zetman 2

As he got older, he also got more experienced along with age, and currently, he has the power to wipe out multiple enemies and opponents at once, even in the worst conditions.

And lastly, he has the amazing ability to regenerate. He can regenerate many injuries in short amounts of time, but the bigger the injury is, the longer it takes to heal. These abilities together make Jin nearly unstoppable, earning him the number four spot on our ranking!

3. Utawarerumono (Hukuowlo)

Utawarerumono
Intelligence Strength Total
100
87
187

Hakuowlo is the main male protagonist of Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen.

In terms of appearance, Hakuowlo is a lanky, towering as well as handsome young man. He has inky eyes as well as long, dark blue hair

When it comes to his outfits, he often wears a white Kimono that has a fitting blue trim on the edge, as well as blue pants and brown shoes to go along with it. 

Utawarerumono 1

Though his most iconic accessory is a strange, irremovable mask that’s made from pure bone and has a marking as well as two horns, making it significant.

What makes him a legend you ask? Well, he is incredibly intelligent and much wiser than any of the other Main Characters on this list.  

2. Tenjou Tenge (Souichiro)

Tenjou Tenge
Intelligence Strength Total
89
100
189

Souichiro Nagi is the main character of the famous manga and anime series, Tenjou Tenge. He’s a member of the knuckle bombs, a group he and his friend formed, as well as the Juken club. Souichiro is a self-assertive, blonde teenage boy with spiky hair. 

And already standing out, he is an MC who enjoys fighting. He has countless scars as well as horrible bruises on his back because of all the fights he had gotten into.

Souichiro’s story starts where he was bullied as a young child, and this was all because his family had consisted of demon exorcists, and because of this he might not have been the most liked person there.

Tengen Tenjou

As a result of this, he had started fighting people at an extremely young age. During elementary school, he decided to meet up with his best friend Bob Makihara, and they gave themselves the name, “Knuckle Bombs.” 

These two would then beat up everyone they could find at school until everyone had admitted that they were the strongest. Despite this, when Souichiro had arrived at Toudou academy, he soon found out that he wasn’t even close to as strong as he thought he was.

1. Code Geass (Lelouch)

Code Geass
Intelligence Strength Total
98
99
197

Lelouch vi Britannia is our main character for Code Geass. His story starts after they cast him out when he decided to use the alias, which he named Lelouch. Lelouch is in fact the 11th Prince for the Britannian Empire. He’s also the leader as well as the founder of a group called “The Black Knights.”

Giving him the absolute NUMBER ONE SPOT is the fact that he was the most liked male character of the year 2006, the year 2007, AND the year 2008 during “Animage Magazine’s” annual Anime Grand Prix

Lelouch’s Japanese dub Voice Actor also won the “Best Actor with a Leading Role” award for his work on the character, during the Seiyū Awards.

 

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Now that we’ve seen the absolute BEST anime protagonists who just haven’t been noticed yet, I think we’re all highly motivated to become just like them! Now, if you all would excuse me, I’m gonna go watch some Anime now, bye!

Oh! Before I forget, if you think we’ve missed someone or you have a different ranking in mind, don’t forget to comment down below! We don’t care if you have trash taste, because we all do!

4 thoughts on “15+ Anime Where The MC Is A LEGEND But No One Knows”

  1. Sistinefibelly

    Ngl Glenn Radars strength should be maxxed on here too from the LN, dude hasn’t revealed nothin yet in the anime. He and Gilgamesh are the strongest in anime from what I know so far.

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