Transfer Students. Yes, those guys that suddenly appear, steal the whole show, get the girl, and make us all feel like side characters. And if you add the overpowered to that, well…good luck buddy because you’re not the main character of this story.
Overpowered main characters in anime aren’t a unique concept. We anime fans love this overpoweredness and over-the-top action. These students, at first glance, look like your regular run-in-the-mill normies. But once they get into action, you can’t imagine their power level. You could say their power level becomes OVER 9000‼‼‼
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This anime trope is a classic. We all love it. May it be over-the-top like being the reincarnation of a Demon King, to being a student that can literally overthrow a Michelin-star chef, we got you covered.
Today, my lovely weebs, we’re going to talk about the Top 16 Anime Where The Main Character Is An Overpowered Transfer Student! Grab your popcorn and sit down with your waifu because this…will be one hell of a ride!
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16. Code: Breaker
Now hold your horses, this isn’t a Netflix series where people in red pajamas rob banks. Code: Breaker is all about that sweet sweet mystery, and true crime fans might love this one!
The story revolves around Sakura Sakurakouji (that was a mouthful), a skilled martial artist with a strong sense of justice. While going back home one day, she finds a mysterious figure that lit a number of people on fire. After she called the police, all evidence was just wiped out. No bodies, no burn marks, no arsonists. Thinking she might be hallucinating, she leaves.
On the next day, when she goes to school, she meets the new transfer student, Rei Oogami. Now here’s the kicker boys and girls! Rei was actually the guy that Sakura saw at the scene of the crime! Who really is Rei Oogami? And what secrets is he hiding behind his face of lies?
15. Noblesse
This anime is just like Tower of God and God of High School where it’s actually based on a Korean Webtoon. Not gonna lie tho, people who write Webtoons come up with cool titles. Not like some others that basically tell the entire plot. Like, here this one out, “World End: What do you do at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us?” Okay, that’s too many questions!
Well, moving on, Noblesse is all about Rai, also known as the “Noblesse”, Cadis Etrama di Raizel. After a really loooong sleep, Rai tries his best to blend in with the students of Ye Ran High and avoid the Union, a mysterious organization.
Rai now has to protect himself and his newfound friends from this dangerous group. With his trusty friend, Frankenstein, who is the school principal, by the way, they will do their best to uncover the questions lurking in this modern world.
14. The Asterisk War
What if the world changed because of an unprecedented calamity? What would you do? Well, this is the story of The Asterisk War, and no, punctuations don’t fight each other in mechs.
Invertia, an unprecedented calamity, changed the world. This disturbed the power level that the existing nation held, causing the formation of the Integrated Empire Foundation. Other than that, the Invertia caused the rise of Genestella, a new breed of humans who are capable of phenomenal physical capabilities. The elites among them are hand-picked to attend the six top schools.
Now that doesn’t seem that much of a problem till you introduce the concept of the school tournaments called Festas. I told you guys, school makes everything worse. P.S. That was a joke! STAY IN SCHOOL KIDS. Ayato Amagiri is a student who is transferred to one such academy with a scholarship.
His school doesn’t really perform well during Festas and they brought in Ayato in hopes of changing it. But little do they know that Ayato has no interest in the tournament but wants to find his missing sister.
13. Myriad Colors Phantom World
Not gonna lie, the art style is pretty cute at this one. What more can you ask? We have waifus, magic, good animation, and all-white school uniforms! You don’t get to see all-white school uniforms every day in anime!
Spirits or Ghosts known as Phantoms were only superstitions that adults used to scare children. That was until a virus infected everyone’s brain and those Phantoms became reality. However, that tragedy also gave birth to a particular generation of students with extraordinary abilities!
Here, we have Haruhiko Ichijou and Mai Kawakami. Haruhiko has the ability to seal and summon phantoms using drawings while Mai can combine elemental powers and martial arts to defeat them! Together, they form the Team E of the Hosea Academy. See how they deal with their daily lives in this phantom-filled world!
12. Tenjou Tenge
Ahhhh High School, a representation of a new start. A start where you can make a new life, new friends, a new you. BUT FORGET ALL OF THAT! In Tenjou Tenge, none of that happens! Here, students do not learn, they fight!
Souichiro Nagi and Bob Makihara would agree with me here. Their High School life is not all about the RomCom feel, but they use it as a stepping stone to becoming the top fighters in Toudou Academy, a school that aims to revive the lost martial arts of Japan.
However, they’re not the only strong ones in the school. The upperclassmen easily crush the dream of the duo. But this doesn’t stop them but instead makes them that much more enthusiastic about fulfilling their dream. Will the duo be able to surpass their limits? Well, only Yami Sukehiro can answer that.
11. Unbreakable Machine Doll
There’s always that one big school for a specific career. We all know that school and it always has the word “Royal” or “International” in its name. And it’s the same in Unbreakable Machine Doll.
Walpurgis Royal Academy is heaven for people who want to call themselves Puppeteers. Puppeteers are given the job to control automatons, mechanical dolls developed through magic and engineering. They are so powerful that Puppeteers are even recruited into the military. It’s basically Sasori from Naruto mixed with Gundam.
After failing in the entrance exam for the academy, Raishin Akabane and his humanoid automaton, Yaya, now have to climb their way to the top. To do this, they must fight in a showdown called Evening Party. The winner of the tournament will be given the title “Wiseman” and be granted access to the Forbidden Arts. What are Raisihin’s true intentions? And is he hiding his true powers?
10. Misfit of the Demon King Academy
The Misfit of Demon King Academy has the most overpowered transfer student in the history of anime transfer students. This guy literally killed someone using his heartbeat! Who does that? Ain’t no way I’m gonna fight him, it’s like fighting Goku in a Boxing Match.
The MC, Anos Voldigoad, is not your ordinary transfer student, but he is the reincarnation of the Demon King. After sacrificing his life for world peace, he returns to see how it’s going. Nothing like a quick check-up. But by this time, they forgot about him and his deeds and it’s up to him to get to the bottom of this mystery.
Again, he’s so overpowered that he went to school just one month after being born. If this isn’t overpowered, then I might as well watch Nickelodeon.
9. Trinity Seven
There isn’t only one OP character in this show but seven of them! Well, only one of them is a transfer student tho. But who cares about the small details, more overpowered equals more fun.
The destruction of Arata Kasuga’s town was inevitable when the bright red sun, which was bright, stopped shining. This triggered the “Breakdown Phenomenon.”
But all hope wasn’t lost as the world was reconstructed with the help of Hijiri Kasuga, Arata’s childhood friend. Using Hijiri’s magical grimoire, Arata enrolls in Royal Bibilia Academy to find the truth about the Breakdown Phenomenon and find his childhood friend.
In this school, he encounters six other magic users. He forms the Trinity Seven, a group of elite students with the highest skill and power. With their help, Arata sets on a mission to protect his hometown, find the truth, and get Hijiri back.
8. Tokyo Majin
No, not Tokyo Manji from Tokyo Revengers but Tokyo Majin. Don’t be confused, Tokyo Revengers has delinquents who can fight, but Tokyo Majin has teenagers who can fight but with MAGIC. Magic makes everything better.
Tatsuma Hiyuuu, a talented martial artist, was recently transferred to the Magami Academy in Shinjuku. Because of this, he also met other students like him in the academy. They were living normal high school lives until Ryumyaku hit. This event caused the flow of arcane energy to be disrupted and awakened something within Tatsuma and 4 others.
The phenomenon also caused Tokyo to be infested with demons. Now, the awakened students of Magami Academy must save the city using their newfound powers. So yeah, it’s basically Tokyo Revengers if it had a baby with My Hero Academia.
7. The Fruit of Grisaia
Imagine a school with only the principal and five other students. Weird, right? What’s weirder is that all of the students are girls! This isn’t one of those types of anime, trust me because everything changes when Yuuji Kazami, our MC enters the picture.
Yuuji enrolls in Miham Academy as a transfer student, hoping to live a simple high school life but he didn’t even know he’s the only guy there. With so few students he meets the rest of the students and gets to know them better. In short, he “socializes”, a word you usually wouldn’t associate with me.
While spending his days in the academy, he gets to learn about the past of each student and why they are called the “fruit”. Will Yuuji be able to save the girls from their past while saving himself?
6. World Trigger
What if you fought Neighbors? Yes, Neighbors. You know…those beasts that go wild and destroy everything. It’s the same here with World Trigger but the Neighbors here are literal monsters that come from another world.
On one normal day, Gates started appearing on various spots on Earth, one of which was Mikado City. You always see Gates or Portals in Isekai but this one is different because beasts known as Neighbors poured out of them. To counter this threat, Humanity formed the Border Defense Agency and used “Triggers” to fight them.
Osamu Mikumo is a high school student and a Trigger but he isn’t the MC. The MC is the transfer student, Yuuma Kuga, a really short boy. Shout out to my Short Kings out there! When the school was in trouble because of a Neighbor attack, Yuuma showed his abilities as a Trigger and his journey began!
5. Full Metal Panic
Full Metal Panic sounds like a video game name rather than an anime. Like those old-timey shooters in arcades. But I guess they’re the same? Because this anime involves a lot of shooting and I mean a looooot.
In a world filled with terrorism, a group of individuals takes it upon themselves to preserve peace. This is the private military organization known as “Mithril”. They use cutting-edge weapons and specialized troops to fight. The entire organization is powered by specific individuals known as the “Whispered”. The Whispered are believed to be experts in creating machines.
The MC, Sousuke Sagara, is only a sergeant under Mithril and was given a mission to bodyguard Kanama Chidori, a Whispered candidate. Sousuke was raised on the battlefield, but he now has to get in High School to keep an eye on Kanama. How will Sousuke adapt to his new environment while protecting Kanama? Find it out yourself!
4. food Wars
STOP! Don’t cry there and say how there is an overpowered MC in a cooking anime, hear me out. Overpoweredness doesn’t necessarily mean raw physical strength. It just means that someone is the best of the best in what they do and Souma Yukihira is just that!
Souma was forced by his father to join Totsuki Culinary Academy, a school where the top chefs of the world are raised and taught. When he got in, he was ridiculed by everyone for his simple and unique style of cooking, especially by the God Tongue, Erina Nakiri. But what everyone doesn’t know is that Souma is hiding something else up his sleeve, and it’ll blow everyone away.
Souma will use his knowledge to climb up the top of the food chain and prove his worth in Totsuki Culinary Academy. Just be prepared for this show, you might want to watch it with headphones. A tip from your friendly neighborhood weeb!
3. Chivalry of a Failed knight
Think about it…in this world, if luck is on your side, you’d be called a Blazer! Bro, forget about being called a President, I’d rather be called a Blazer. Now, you might be thinking, “What are blazers?” Don’t worry my sexies, I got you!
In the world of Chivalry of a Failed Knight, a number of humans called Blazers can use their souls to form powerful weapons. They are the sword of humanity to fight off disasters. All these blazers are trained in the prestigious Hagun Academy. Once they graduate, they become the Mage-Knights.
One particular Blazer, Ikki Kurogane, is the sole F-rank Blazer in the entire academy. He is a shame to the Blazer community, but his life starts turning when he meets Stella Vermillion, an A-rank Blazer. He doesn’t become an OP blazer in an instant but trains until he’s at the top of Hagun Academy.
2. Wise man's grandchild
In the kingdom of Earlshide, Shin, an orphan, had an everyday and peaceful life in the forest. There he lived with his grandfather, Merlin, and trained in the mystic arts of magic and also swordsmanship.
But on his 15th birthday, he had to leave his grandfather and join a school to get formally educated. His social awkwardness made him stand out alright, but the thing that made him well known was his skills.
He was on par, if not better than his grandfather, in every aspect of magic. And to the people Earlshide, there was no greater magician than Merlin. The only thing I have to ask here is where is King Arthur? There’s no Merlin without some kind of King Arthur.
But do you know what made Shin overpowered? It was because he’s actually a Japanese Salaryman that got reincarnated into this world. He uses his modern knowledge and mixes it with Merlin’s teachings to become the greatest magician in this realm!
1. Classroom of the elite
Ever wondered what a class full of elites would be like? Well, Koudo Ikusei Senior High School is a place that is filled with such classes. Among all the elite classes, class D is where the worst of the worst are dumped into.
But, if you’re thrown into Class D there’s always a way where you can climb back up, and that’s to get better merit than the other classes. Class D was hopeless, until Koro-sensei…I’m just kidding. It was until Kiyotaka Ayanokouji came in.
Your first impression of him might be dead inside and harmless but his giga chad brain and cunning can change the entire school! While looking like a deflating balloon, he’ll show everyone what it really means to be an overpowered transfer student!
Conclusion
And that’s it, my ninjas! There are thousands of OP transfer students but these guys stand at the top. These anime are the best of the best when it comes to this topic. They rise from the good, the bad, the ugly, and the beautiful of anime where the Main Character is an Overpowered Transfer Student.
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The moment I saw World Trigger this lost all credibility.
MC is not op at all, he is even weak
I sure am looking for anime where main characters are overpowered, and what you provided suits it. Though, if I may ask, why the f are all your choices ecchi? Like I tried ’em all, or at least the ones I did not watch, and like I understand Romance, or when a character likes the mc, but bro.. imma pass 😶🤚
You do have a fair point, actually. Can you suggest us any series that we can add?
Thanks for the feeback.