When it comes to shojo anime, powerful villains and big fights aren't usually what is common, outside of magical girl-focused series. Normally, the drama is in interpersonal connections, namely romance between two of the characters. Most of the villains will destroy your life rather than the world as a whole.

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However, there are some exceptions, namely when it comes to Sailor Moon. That series and others like it had villains that could rival their shonen counterparts, causing more than just heartbreak.

10 Akito Sohma Is The God Spirit Of The Zodiac

Fruits Basket 2-06 Shigure Akito

As far as shojo antagonists go, few are as good as Akito is. She helps push Fruits Baskets into greatness and does so because she's so genuinely unlikable, even with her sad past. She's the god of the Zodiac Spirits and capable of getting them to bend to her every whim due to the Sohma curse. Even the more outspoken spirits fear her and the power she wields. While her powers don't translate far beyond the zodiac, it's hard to dispute her as a god.

9 Akura-Ou Is An Immoral Demon With Only One Equal

Akura-Ou from Kamisama Kiss.

In Kamisama Kiss, Akura-Ou is an immortal demon who was trapped in the body of a human, desperately trying to find his original body. More than just that, he plays the antagonist because his former love, Tomoe, spurned him for a human girl. He was an infamous yokai whose powers were only matched by Tomoe, the one he used to spread mischief and chaos with. As it wasn't the series focus, his true combat abilities weren't shown often, but they were, it was easy to tell why he was so infamous.

8 Princess Emeraude Has The Power To Summon A Powerful Rune God

Princess Emeraude and Zagato Cropped

Princess Emeraude is a tragic villain from the 90s anime show Magic Knight Rayearth. She was a goddess-level ruler who fell hopelessly in love with her head priest, Zagato. It was a love that could never be, leading them down a path that led to Zagato's death and her turn towards villainy.

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While she rarely did any fighting herself, she was capable of summoning a powerful Rune God, one strong enough to destroy Zagato's castle with a single blow and more than capable of dealing with the Magic Knights.

7 Croix Meridies Was Capable Of Holding Her Own Against An Entire School Of Witches

Croix Meridies

Croix Meridies is an underrated villain from the equally underrated Little Witch Academia. She was a fun mix of magical power and technology, fusing the two to create an interesting means of fighting. Her Magitronics put her on such a high level that she was able to hold her own against an entire witch academy. The fact she could harvest negative emotions from people through her inventions was the strongest power at her disposal.

6 Kyubey Is A Manipulator Who Creates A Wealth Of Magical Girls

Kyubey Madoka Magica

As far as magical girl shows go, Puella Magi Madoka Magica is one of the best new takes on the genre. It helped push the genre into a different direction and subverted a lot of tropes. One of those is the cute animal companion. Kyubey at first feels as if they'd fall right under that trope until the rug gets pulled out and its true motives get revealed. Its power to grant wishes and create magical girls, as well as mess with the minds of said girls, makes it such a dangerous force.

5 Rido Kuran Was A Pure Blooded Vampire Of Immense Power

Rido Kuran

Rido Kuran of Vampire Knight was a pureblood vampire who served as one of the primary antagonists of the series. He possessed all of the powers of a pureblood vampire, such as immortality and the ability to heal any wound that wasn't from anti-vampire weaponry.

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He was even able to wield some of those same weapons against others, killing countless other vampires. The most powerful of his abilities was transferring his soul into other people's bodies, possessing it.

4 Queen Beryl Is A Powerful Sorceress With Varied Magical Attacks

Queen Beryl Sailor Moon

When Sailor Moon villains are brought up, one name always sticks out above the rest, and that's Queen Beryl. She's a presence no matter the median, even the musical rendition of the series. She is the eternal arch-nemesis that they have to face. Her powers are always magical based but are varied in what they can do. She can send out energy projectiles, strike others with telekinesis, or even petrify them. If that weren't enough, her prehensile hair can be imbued with electricity.

3 Nakago Was Strong Enough To Knock Someone Out By Lifting His Hand

Nakago

As far as strong and borderline overpowered characters go, Nakago from Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play is up at the top. The man was the first and strongest warrior among the Seiryuu Warriors shown in the series. As a powerful sorcerer, he mainly used energy blasts for attacks, but that masked his true power. Thanks to his constellation mark, he could knock someone out by merely lifting his hand. It's power even Saitama of One Punch Man would be jealous of.

2 Ragyo Kiryuin Could Survive Being Decapitated

Ragyo Kiryuin Kill La Kill

Considering that Kill La Kill is a parody of the magical girl genre, it's not surprising that the final villain Raygo Kiryuin is incredibly powerful. Due to how strong Ryuko and Satsuki were by this point, it was kind of necessary to have such a strong enemy. Raygo's powers easily dwarfed theirs at first, fighting them both single handily. Most of this is due to the Life Fibers in her body, giving her superhuman physical prowess and regeneration that would make Wolverine blush. The fact she regenerated her head after decapitation is an unreal feat.

1 Sailor Galaxia Was The Most Powerful Being In The Galaxy

Sailor Galaxia

In the final season of the anime, Sailor Galaxia gets introduced as the strongest among the Sailor Senshi and the one who defeated Chaos in the Sailor Wars. Only that wasn't the whole truth, as she merely sealed it inside of herself. Over the years it ate away at her soul until she became a tyrant of the Galaxy, killing all in her path, even her soldiers. She was so powerful that she wiped out the Inner and Outer Sailor Guardians all by herself.

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