Top 10 Strongest Female Anime & Manga characters

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Asuka Langley Sohryu (Evangelion)

Asuka Langley Sohryu is the fourteen-year-old pilot of the Evangelion Unit-02. A child prodigy, she earned a university degree as a teenager. She even speaks several languages. Asuka has a high synchronization ratio and is an exceptional Eva pilot. However, her self confidence dwindles when she loses to the angel, Zeruel. This causes her sync ratio and effectiveness to decline. When Asuka is mentally sound she’s among the best if not the best Eva pilot. Unfortunately, in Evangelion, no one is mentally secure for long.

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Mikasa Ackerman (AOT)

Mikasa Ackerman is the adoptive sister of Eren Yeager. She is a genius, has mastered vertical maneuvering equipment, she can kill Titans with high speed and efficiency. She is considered to be “as valuable as a hundred average soldiers.” Her skills are rare among soldiers. When the Thunder Spears was introduced, she easily mastered them. Mikasa is able to carry up to eight spears and has greater accuracy than the weapon’s inventor. Mikasa’s stats are rated at 10/10 for Combat, 9/10 for Initiative, 8/10 for Wits and a 6/10 for teamwork.

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Genkai (Yu Yu Hakusho)

Genkai is the psychic pink-haired, foul mouth old woman. She’s the master of Yusuke Urameshi and Kazuma Kuwabara. Generally, Genkai has a hard and cold personality. Genkai can come across as a bit amoral. She is willing to do anything necessary to get what she needs for herself. Genkai was considered above a B class demon in her prime. She is among the most powerful characters in Yu Yu Hakusho. Genkai possesses a great amount of experience. She’s a smart fighter and master tactician. Toguro claimed that “she makes all tactics useless against her.”

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Sakura Haruno (Naruto)

Originally Sakura is a useless ninja that burdens her teammates, Naruto and Sasuke. However, after training under the legendary Sannin Tsunade, she becomes one of the greatest medical-nin. Early on she was proficient in chakra control. This allows her to use jutsu without wasting any. Her chakra control increases as she trains under Tsunade and is able to build chakra into her fist providing her with “monstrous strength.” Furthermore, she can “send chakra throughout her entire body to lift greater mass, and improve her ability to withstand crushing blows.”

When she releases her Strength of a Hundred Seal she can preform techniques at a greater scale. She can use the Summoning Technique. By summoning Katsuyu, Sakura can “have her split apart and attach itself to others, Sakura could remotely monitor many allies at once, healing and replenishing their chakra as needed.” Sakura can heal the most fatal injuries. Sakura is highly intelligent, with an excellent memory.

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Tatsumaki (One Punch Man)

Tatsumaki (Tornado of Terror) is an S-Class Rank 2 professional hero. She’s one of One Punch Man’s most powerful heroes. An esper, her sister considers her a “monster.” She’s the most powerful esper, even surpassing Geryuganshoop. Tatsumaki can lift hundreds of large boulders. According to Yusuke Murata, she can “lift the entirety of Z-City with ease.” She can sense when her younger sister is in danger, she has incredible reflexes, fly through the air at high speeds, and can withstand gravity 300 times normal. She can also erect barriers that can endure powerful energy blasts.

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Neferpitou (Hunter X Hunter)

Neferpitou was a Chimera Ant and one of Meruem’s three Royal Guards. She is one of the most powerful Chimera Ants. She is considered to be Meruem’s “top soldier.” She can see almost two kilometers away, hear from great distances, and has an immense smell ability. He is incredibly strong, able to rip off Nen user’s limbs. Neferpitou also has great speed, reflexes, agility, stamina, and durability. Having high intelligence, intense Nen, and generally keen instincts. According to the “Hunter X Hunter Manual,” Neferpitou’s stats are 4/5 Mind, 5/5 Skill, 5/5 Body, 5/5 Nen, 5/5 Ingenuity, and 4/5 Intelligence.

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Shihouin Yoruichi (Bleach)

Yoruichi is a former Captain of the 2nd division of the Gotei 13 and a former commander of the Onmitsukido. As a Shunpo Master, she has incredible speed that makes it appear that she can be in multiple places at once. Yoruichi is a Hakuda Master considered one of the best hand to hand in Soul Society. She was able to fight against three Shinigami Captains and four lieutenant level opponents without taking much damage. Yoruichi invited Shunko, a combination that fuses Hakuda with Kido. The technique ” enhances her arms and legs for combat, the technique allows her to instantly neutralize an opponent’s movement.”

Yoruichi is also a master of Kido, an expert swordsman, master assassin, and a master strategist. With all of this, she also has a Zanpakuto and has achieved Bankai. However, she has never revealed either her Shikai or Bankai.

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Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tail)

Erza is an S-Class Mage in the Fairy Tail Guild. Her magic, Requip: the Knight is a Spatial Magic that allows her to swap weapons, armor, and clothing. She is known for using her ability really fast and is the “only sword Mage known to be capable of Requipping weapons and armor while fighting.” Ezra has over 100 different armors, allowing a great deal of variety in her fighting ability. In addition to her Requip ability, Erza also is a master of “sword magic.” She’s a master sword user, an expert archer, high intellect, expert at hand to hand, enhance strength, endurance and durability. According to “Sorcerer Magazine,” Ezra stats are attack power 5/5, defensive power 5/5, speed 5/5, intelligence 4/5, and swordsmanship 5/5.

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Android 18 (DBZ)

Android 18 was the creation of Dr. Gero. Formerly a human she was transformed into an android along with her twin brother. Android 18 is extremely powerful, able to best a Super Saiyan with ease. What makes Android 18 so powerful is her ” continuous and virtually infinite energy supply.” This prevents her from becoming exhausted. She also can increase her skill and power level through training. In addition to this, she has extended youth and longevity. Android 18 also doesn’t need ” nourishment beyond water.” Android 18 is powerful enough to kick a Kamehameha from Super Saiyan Blue Goku away. During the Tournament of Power, she managed to defeat several powerful foes, like Ribrianne, Prum, Jimizu, Cocotte, and Sorrel.

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Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom (One Piece)

Big Mom is the Captain of the Big Mom Pirates and one of the four Yonko. Big Mom ate the Soru Soru no Mi. Allowing her to “freely interact with and manipulate souls.”She was also a member of the legendary Rocks Pirates. As a member of the Yonko, she is considered to be one of the four most powerful pirates in the world. The details of how strong she is aren’t clear. In order to assess how strong she is we have to compare her to other strong characters. For example, Luffy is considered one of the strongest characters in One Piece. He barely manages to land a hit on her. All Yonko are considered on par with or stronger than Admirals. She’s also on par with Kaido, another Yonko that is considered the “strongest creature alive.” Also:

• She defeated the strongest giant with one hit as a 5-year-old
• Even Pirate King Roger avoided her
• Sanji and Luffy’s Kong Gun had no effect on her

I limited my list to one character per series.

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