The world of anime is packed with a stunning variety of characters who have all kinds of hobbies and interests, from practicing magic to writing poetry or exploring the great outdoors. An anime character, regardless of genre, feels much better-rounded when the story explores their personal tastes and preferences, such as food.
Many anime series feature characters who love to eat huge amounts of food, or perhaps they have a taste for a specific sort of food, such as dessert. Plenty of anime characters have a sweet tooth, and they'll never say no to cake, doughnuts, Japanese dango snacks, pies, and other sweet foods.
10 L Is Always Eating Sweet Things (Death Note)
The supernatural thriller series Death Note is a grim and serious affair, but it still makes room for comic relief, from Light's dry remarks to L's notorious love of candy and desserts of all sorts. L claims that since he burns so many calories from using his brain so much, he won't gain weight from his eating habits.
L is usually seen dumping sugar cubes into his tea, munching on doughnuts, chowing down on cake, and even eating sweet fruit like cherries and bananas now and then. It's not a great diet, but evidently, it works.
9 Erza Scarlet Won't Say No To Cake (Fairy Tail)
Erza Scarlet is one of the Fairy Tail guild's strongest wizards, and she uses spatial magic to summon her armored suits and swords from a parallel dimension during battle. But there's more to her than that. Ezra is also known for her passion for theater, despite her serious stage fright, and her love of cake.
Time and again, Erza is seen with a strawberry cake in hand, and woe upon anyone who ruins her dessert time. She'll throw a violent tantrum if her cake is knocked out of her hands and hits the floor, and no one can blame her. Wasting food is never a good idea.
8 Narumi Momose Loves Dessert & Sweets (Wotakoi)
Wotakoi's Narumi Momose is known for many things, from her burning passion for BL fiction to her flamboyantly extroverted behavior and hobby of drawing her very own doujinshi manga. She is a cheerful and outgoing person whose sweet, generous personality is reflected in her culinary tastes.
Narumi has a bigger appetite than one might expect, and according to Wotakoi fluff, she has a second stomach for dessert. No matter how full she is, she's always ready for cake. No meal is complete until she's had a fine dessert.
7 Itachi Uchiha Enjoys Sweets (Naruto)
Itachi Uchiha has a fearsome reputation for being his own clan's killer and being a member of the terrifying Akatsuki organization, but secretly, he is a noble and kind person who will do anything for his beloved village. He also spared his innocent brother Sasuke on the night of the Uchiha massacre, despite his orders.
Itachi's hidden good side reflects in his taste for sweets, according to Naruto lore fluff. Most characters have a favorite food, such as Naruto's love of ramen, and Itachi is all about dessert and sweets like dango skewers.
6 Izumi Miyamura Helps Run His Family's Bakery (Horimiya)
Izumi Miyamura is a secretly edgy kid in Horimiya who loves tattoos and piercings, something he tries to keep hidden at school. He's actually a nice person despite his gloomy exterior, and befitting his kind personality is his fondness for cakes.
Izumi helps run the family's bakery and he always has the right cake for the occasion. It's something his friends appreciate, most of all his girlfriend, Kyoko Hori. Dessert isn't the only thing that defines Izumi, but it's still fair to call him "the cake guy."
5 Momo Akanegakubo Bakes Desserts Exclusively (Food Wars!)
Most students at the Totsuki culinary academy in Food Wars! have a certain theme or preference for their cooking, from Ryo Kurokiba's seafood to Terunori Kuga's love of Chinese cuisine. The same is true for most Council of Ten members, too. The petite Momo Akanegakubo is all about desserts.
Momo can bake any dessert to fit any theme and she fears no challenge. Not only can Momo bake absolutely any dessert imaginable but she can also make those desserts beautiful, like works of art that impress the judges. It's a feast for the tongue and the eyes.
4 Katarina Claes Won't Stop Snacking (My Next Life As A Villainess)
My Next Life as a Villainess's Katarina Claes is an otome isekai heroine who made it her mission to rewrite the story of Fortune Lover and prevent her own demise as the villainess, and she has largely succeeded. This new Katarina is nothing like the original, who was an arrogant bully.
The new Katarina is a playful and whimsical heroine who loves good friends, good food, and adventure. Before long, she had a reputation for her constant snacking, too. She loves all kinds of food, but she seems to love croissants and desserts most of all and will gobble them down all day long.
3 Alphonse Elric Is Looking Forward To Apple Pie (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
The kind alchemist Alphonse Elric is known for his diplomatic skills and generosity, unlike his tsundere brother Edward Elric — and he also has a sweet tooth. During most of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Al is trapped in a metal body, but he's looking forward to dessert when he gets his real body back.
In particular, Alphonse can't wait to try Winry Rockbell's apple pie, and that thought helps sustain him during his difficult journey across Amestris with Ed. Winry has been practicing all this time. Surely, Al's next apple pie will be the best he's ever tasted.
2 Milim Nava Can Be Bribed With Food (That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime)
The petite Demon Lord Milim Nava is vastly powerful in Reincarnated as a Slime, and she has a fearsome reputation as an ancient Dragonoid warrior. She eventually wandered into Rimuru's kingdom and challenged Rimuru to a duel, and not even Rimuru could defeat her. So, he prepared a flavorful bribe.
Rimuru gave Milim a sample of local honey, and that's all it took to convince her to become Rimuru's good friend. Ever since then, she has enjoyed sampling all kinds of snacks and treats in Rimuru's city, most of all desserts. More of this is seen in the Slime Diaries spinoff.
1 Yachiru Kusajishi Will Eat Dessert Anytime (Bleach)
Bleach's Lieutenant Yachiru Kusajishi is Squad 11's second-in-command, but she hardly ever acts like it — especially since her Captain and foster father Kenpachi Zaraki enables her to goof off all day long. Yachiru is also the president of the Soul Reaper Women's Association, and she doesn't take that seriously, either.
Instead, Yachiru acts her age and pulls pranks, calls people funny names, and snacks on everything she can get her hands on, most of all dessert and candy. In fact, she spends most of the Association's money on snacks and toys for herself, no matter what the other members think.