Many anime characters often have pets or animal companions in their respective series. However, there are some characters who talk to animals regularly and use these talents for many reasons, including companionship and assistance in battle. Koji Koda from My Hero Academia is one of these characters since he can control animals with his Anivoice, but he is not the only one.
From Kenji Harima and Hinako Sakuragi preferring to speak to animals than people, to Squala and Kathy utilizing their animal communication skills for battles, these anime characters also communicated with animals for companionship and assistance.
10 Koji Koda Prefers The Company Of Animals To Humans (My Hero Academia)
Koji Koda from My Hero Academia has a Quirk called Anivoice, which enables him to control and communicate with a variety of animals. The animal can carry out any command he gives them and exchange information with them, as long as he continues exerting control over them. He also can control animals over long distances since further vocal training increased the range of his Anivoice. Despite Koji's abilities, however, he is deathly afraid of bugs.
9 Squala Can Communicate With Dogs (Hunter X Hunter)
Squala from Hunter x Hunter uses his Nen abilities to manipulate and communicate with dogs. In exchange for caring for the dogs, he has their complete loyalty and obedience. Squala engaged in complex conversations with the dogs in a similar manner to Morse code, had them work as guards, smell foods to detect poisons, open doors, push objects including carts, or sent them on spying missions. This helped him work as one of Neon Nostrade's bodyguards and protect the Scarlet Eyes.
8 Princess Shirahoshi Can Summon Sea Creatures With Her Screams (One Piece)
Princess Shirahoshi from One Piece is a giant mermaid who controlled and communicated with many ocean creatures. She could even control larger sea creatures, including her iconic pet megalodon shark.
Shirahoshi inheriting the legendary powers of Poseidon enabled her to communicate and control the giant Sea Kings who are strong enough to destroy continents. Her communication with the most powerful sea creatures made her hard to beat in battle.
7 Kenji Harima Befriended Animals While Dealing With A Broken Heart And Can Read Their Minds (School Rumble)
Kenji Harima from School Rumble wandered into the wilderness while dealing with a broken heart. He ended up befriending several animals that followed him around, and he also gained the ability to read their minds. Even though the animals following him after befriending them was a running gag in this slapstick-comedy anime, he used his newfound talents to do fortune-telling on the streets. It also meant that he had new animal friends to keep him company, even though he was not so lucky in romance.
6 Cathy Katherine Can Speak To And Control Cats (Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL)
Cathy Katherine from Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL adores cats so much that she can speak to them and control their behavior to cause trouble for her opponents. Her entire house is cat-themed, she cared for more cats than most normal people would, she dueled using a cat-themed deck, and she openly expresses hating dogs.
Cathy also acts much like a cat, including curling her fingers to imitate cat claws, saying the word "cat" when talking, and dressing in cat-themed clothes.
5 Hinako Sakuragi Would Prefer To Speak To Animals Than People (Hinako Note)
Hinako Sakuragi, the protagonist of the slice-of-life anime Hinako Note, preferred speaking with animals over people. She joined a theatrical club in Tokyo to work on speaking to people more easily, but she froze and posed like a scarecrow when she became too anxious in front of people. Animals loved Hinako so much that she worked as an actual scarecrow back at her country home, helping farmers in her local area keep animals away from their crops. However, it created many awkward social moments for her after she moved to Tokyo.
4 Kiba Is A Natural Dog Person (Naruto)
Kiba from Naruto is part of the Inuzuka clan, where everyone must be a dog person. The clan members used beasts called ninken as fighting partners and loyal companions. Kiba shared a close friendship with his dog companion Akamaru since Kiba obtained Akamaru when he was a young child, and the two are perfectly in sync with each other. Their shared bond also added to Kiba's power in a technique called "Fang Over Fang," where both users resembled tornadoes in a barreling attack.
3 Yō Kasukabe Can Speak To And Mimic Animals (Mondaiji-Tachi Ga Isekai Kara Kuru Sou Desu Yo?)
Yō Kasukabe from Mondaiji-Tachi Ga Isekai Kara Kuru Sou Desu Yo?, also known as Problem Children Are Coming From Another World, Aren't They?, can speak to and mimic animals. She easily befriends animals and gets stronger based on their power whenever she speaks to them.
Her mimicry enables her to use various abilities similar to animals, including the cheetah's speed and an elephant's strength. She also creates equipment based on animals she befriends.
2 Shido Fuyuki Can Control Animals And Physically Take On Their Traits (Getbackers)
Shido from Getbackers has two animal-related abilities since he is one of the Maryuudo, a clan that communicated with animals. One of these abilities is controlling animals, though Shido considers this to be requesting their help since he sees animals as his friends. His second ability is physically taking on animal traits, including having enhanced agility with his Primate Form, sensing soundwaves with his Bat Form, and using fangs and claws in his Wolf Form.
1 Arachne Gorgon Can Create And Communicate With Spiders (Soul Eater)
Arachne Gorgon from Soul Eater created and communicated with spiders made from her own body. She scattered the spiders around the world and watched anything happening through their eyes to gain information. She also created webs made out of her own soul and used them to psychologically attack her opponents, turned her entire body into a giant spider form to spin and create webs with her body, and used this body to attack opponents.