Isekai anime with the most selfish heroes

Isekai anime has a special place in the hearts of anime fans far and wide with its very dynamic fantasy worlds and beautiful characterization. Most Isekai anime heroes often try to change some of the negative aspects of their previous lives or be heroes who sacrifice their lives for others.

However, there are some whose selfish personality traits characterize their respective series. Rather than helping the world, these people prefer to do what pleases them, either for their own benefit or with a narrow vision. They usually take actions that have very little on their minds out of personal survival, revenge, greed, or outright stubbornness, regardless of the effect they have on the general public.

10 Problem kids come from another world, don't they?

Self-serving heroes

This anime revolves around three teenagers with extraordinary abilities who, tired of their boring lives, are summoned to another world called a small garden to participate in popular games. However, they must be in the same society, and the society of the person who summoned them had lost everything to a demon lord.

Now the trio decided to take back the wealth and dignity of their new home and enjoy what it has to offer. Although they end up working together as a group, each of them prefers to tackle challenges alone. Because they believe so much in their abilities, they prefer to achieve personal glory rather than teamwork, which can endanger the small garden.

9 Trapped In A Dating Sim: World Of Otome Games is hard on the mob

Selfish schemer who plays the reluctant hero

After grinding and completing a game he was forced to play, he falls down his stairs and gets knocked out, reincarnating in the worst possible place, the very game he was blackmailed into playing. Not only that, he also portrays the mobster character Leon Fu Bartfort. Now he must use his knowledge of the game he hates to survive in this world.

His hatred of this world fuels his selfish traits, and he uses his knowledge, experience, and technological advantages to maneuver and manipulate others without a care in the world. His actions are strictly self-interested, often oblivious to the chaos his manipulation of characters and events creates.

8 My instant death ability is such that no one in this world stands a chance against me!

Extreme indifference to the world around him

Yugiri Takato and his classmates are transported to a fantasy world by a sage named Sion, where they are expected to become heroes. However, not all of them received abilities and Takato was one of them. Abandoned, Takato faces danger and awakens his innate and overwhelming ability to kill anything with his mind. Now he is looking to return home and destroy every obstacle that stands in his way.

For such a grand ambition, Takato is extremely indifferent to the world around him. He avoids fighting in any way he can, only ensuring the survival of himself and his close circle without regard for anyone else, after all he was once abandoned.

7 Arifureta: From Ordinary to the World's Strongest

Cheating leads to a stubborn and self-centered personality

After transferring to another world with her classmates, Hajime Nagumo gains abilities that lack any real offensive power. Not only that, he is also betrayed by his classmate which leads to his downfall. Although he survives the fall, he immediately encounters dangerous monsters and misfortunes. Now he is fighting for his survival and desperate to return home.

Hajime is often unwilling to help others even after gaining immense power unless it aligns with his goals or benefits him, prioritizing his mission to return to Earth above all else. He is also willing to sacrifice anyone and anything that stands in the way of his dream.

6 Cautious Hero: The hero is defeated but overly cautious

Great focus on his own preparations

Seiya Ryuuguuin is summoned to another world to come and save them from destruction. Even though he already has super abilities, he still has a lot of training to do before starting his missions. He often engages with enemies that are much weaker than him and still equips himself with potions to be more cautious. However, this caution may be what saves this new world from doom.

While the long-term goal is good, the CIA's actions can be seen as selfish in the short-term. He often leaves fights he believes he can't win, trains to build up his strength, and ignores the immediate crisis until he believes he's ready.

5 Knight and magic

Prioritizing obsessions over the needs of others

A car-obsessed Japanese otaku falls victim to a car accident and is reincarnated in a world where his obsession is used to protect the peace of the land. The machines, called Silhouette Knights, are like giant humanoid weapons used to fight demonic beasts.

A genius programmer in his former life, a Japanese otaku, now under the identity of a member of the royal family, Ernesti Echevalier, plans to pilot one of these Silhouette Knights and even build one himself. Unfortunately, now a Silhouette Knight, Ernest puts his own ambitions above everything else without regard for others.

4 KonoSuba: God's blessing in this wonderful world

Selfish in a comedic way

After a tragic death, closed NEET Kazuma Sato is reincarnated in a fantasy world, the dream life of many closed people. He is allowed to choose whatever he chooses and chooses Goddess as his label, a choice he later regrets.

Kazuma's selfishness is basically the basis of this anime's comedy. He's always ready to get down to business and do questionable things for a quick buck without looking at the bigger picture. He also abuses his companions for his own survival and even goes to great lengths to defeat the Demon King, often choosing low-stress ways out of difficult situations. However, this is the kind of selfishness that cannot be hated.

3 The frame broke

Focusing on getting revenge on those who rejected him

Touka Memoria is summoned along with her classmates to become a hero. However, he gets stuck with an ability that is deemed useless and is abandoned and sent to die by the goddess Vinicius. Fortunately for him, when he realized that his supposedly useless abilities were actually safe attacks, he wanted to make amends.

Even though the circumstances are understandable, Touka selfishly seeks revenge on the goddess Vinicius and her classmates for abandoning her, manipulating others for her own sake and not caring about collateral damage. Even those he protects, he protects them because they are useful to him and can help him achieve his goals.

2 The saga of Tanya the Devil

A reluctant hero who prioritizes self-preservation

A man who does not believe in the concept of a superior being is killed by a former colleague and ends up being reincarnated by God, or Being X as he likes to be called, into the body of a little girl named Tanya DeGurechoff. Because of his lack of belief, Being X places him in a world at war, where he is forced to believe in a being he rejects.

While most of her actions benefit her country in some way, all Tanya dreams of is a world of peace, and she is willing to put anything and everything on the line, selfishly using her companions and manipulating them to achieve her dream. .

1 Mushoku Tennessee

Past regrets about current relationships

Life was not going well for this Japanese NEET, and it ended even worse as the infamous truck sent him to his death and he was reincarnated in a world of magic and swords. Now going by Rudeus Greyrat, he decides to succeed in this new life and live without regrets.

Especially early on, a lot of Rodeus' behavior and actions are about him acting in his own self-interest and putting his needs before others, especially in his quest for redemption. His actions and thought process can also be seen as self-serving, focusing more on personal regrets than his impact on others.