Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku is an anime and manga series known for its extreme violence and ruthless characters. The characters are well known for their sadistic tendencies, and their actions have earned them a reputation as some of the series' most feared and dangerous individuals.
From the executioners to the ruthless ninja Gabimaru, these characters are not afraid to cause pain and suffering to their enemies. They also possess unique skill sets and twisted mindsets, and their brutality has left a lasting impression on viewers. These are some of the most brutal characters in Hell's Paradise, and they provide a fascinating glimpse into the anime's fantastical world
This post contains spoilers from Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku manga series.
8 Tamiya Gantetsusai
Gantetsusai is known for his impeccable swordsmanship and his massive ego. He shows no mercy towards enemies, but he is a man of honor and won’t strike an unprepared opponent. He enjoys the thrills of battle and is always looking for a strong opponent to fight.
He has a massive and durable body that is very useful in battle on offense and defense. He possesses a gigantic blade that can be used to cleave nearly anything apart in a single swing; that’s how he got on death row- by cutting apart a Daimyo’s gate.
7 Yamada Asaemon Shugen
Shugen is a highly skilled warrior who enjoyed his duties as an executioner and took great pride in being an Asaemon. He had always hated criminals and believed that they were all evil, even from a young age, because his parents died at the hands of a murderer; he later avenged his parents by killing him. He believed that the Yamada way of executing criminals is too soft and should be more brutal because they deserve a painful death.
Shugen led a second team sent to acquire the elixir because he didn’t trust the criminals sent to retrieve it upon reaching the island and discovering that some of his Asaemon allies were dead. He issued a kill-on-sight order for all the criminals.
6 Yamada Asaemon Jikka
Originally portrayed as a carefree person who would rather live life to the fullest and be involved with the hassle of being an executioner. Jikka is later revealed to be a very self-centered and cold-hearted individual. He is the only member of the Yamada clan who shows little to no concern about the welfare of his fellow clan members.
Jikka conspired with Chobei and Toma to kill Shugen, Sagiri, and Shion to become the only surviving ranked Asaemon to secure his position as the next clan head in exchange for allowing them to leave the island. He is very deceptive and manipulative.
5 Yuzuriha
Yuzuriha is a female ninja called a kunoichi and was sentenced to death for her raid on Sagawa castle. She is selfish and manipulative towards others, often using her charms and seduction to get what she wants. She is willing to sacrifice anyone to achieve her goals, even if it means betraying her allies or lying to them.
Yuzuriha can use ninjutsu tailored to taking lives and had prior knowledge of Tao before being sent on the mission. However, she initially acted otherwise so she wouldn’t have to share her expertise on the mysterious power.
4 Chobei Aza
Chobei is well known for his exceptional strength and fighting skills, which he honed over the years from his experience as a bandit leader that terrorized villages. He is ruthless and violent but is very protective of his younger brother, Toma, and will go to great lengths to protect him.
Chobei’s physical attributes are way above that of an average human. He is skilled in using many weapons, but his primary weapon is a sword. Chobei’s Tao allows him to regenerate any part of his body, as shown when he restored his neck after it was ripped out and also grants him another form that can control vines.
3 Zhu Jin
They are a Tensen that was born 1000 years from the Tao of a single puppet created by Rien Jofuku’s research on immortality. They and other Tense relied on the Hōko to replenish his Tao, but after undergoing arborification, they plotted to lure the humans to Kotaku as replacements. Lord Tensen turned the humans into Tan to create an elixir of life.
Zhu Jin is sadistic, lacks emotional empathy, and kills humans without mercy to create Tan. They are also quite powerful; their enhanced Tao punches can easily puncture a target's body and control the Tao of non-living things such as corpses and weapons.
2 Rien
This was the true ruler of Kotaku and the leader of Lord Tensen. Rien had only one purpose, which was the revival of her husband, Jofuku, and had been experimenting with Tao to do so. After spending countless years trying and failing, she lost all her humanity.
After her Arborification, she became apathetic and developed a severe god complex and a sense of superiority over humans, believing they could never defy her. She has no remorse towards killing humans and treats them like livestock whose only use is their Tao, which she can use to make Tan, and has no problems killing the whole of Japan to achieve her goal.
1 Gabimaru
Gabimaru is a highly skilled ninja with a dark and violent past, having killed countless people. His fighting style is brutal and efficient, and he can use his fists and martial arts techniques to quickly dispatch his enemy.
He is not hesitant about killing his opponents and will use any means to take them down. This was evident when he quickly and brutally killed the criminals he came up against when fighting for the right to go on the elixir retrieval mission. He also shows no remorse for his actions. He has a pragmatic look on life and death and believes killing is sometimes necessary to achieve his goals.