Love is a complicated thing. Perhaps it is the greatest strength of the human will, but in the world of anime and manga, it's practically a magic power that, if wielded like a weapon, can often be treated as the most powerful element. Plenty of anime characters use it as a superpower.
On the other hand, love can be corrupted and used to manipulate people. And even when love is real, it's not much fun being the person on the wrong side of the love triangle. Because of this, love can be just as much of a weakness as it is a source of power, especially in the world of anime.
10 Powered By Love: Sailor Venus (Sailor Moon) Is The Literal Goddess Of Love
There's some debate over what exactly Sailor Venus' element is. Her attacks have her command light and once even sulfur smoke, much like her physical namesake planet, and she also seems to have a connection to metal, as a reference to Chinese mythology. But, of all the Senshi, she's the one with a planet name for a goddess, none other than Venus herself, the queen of love and beauty. In fact, Artemis even once claimed she's an incarnation of the goddess herself.
She invokes love itself and the human heart in many of her attacks, like "Rolling Heart Vibration" and "Love and Beauty Shock." She also tends to fall in love just as often as the goddess Venus.
9 Weakened By Love: Phantom Ace (Codename: Sailor V) Was Basically A Greek Tragic Hero
Adonis, the mythological lover of Venus, was doomed to an early grave, and his namesake character in the Codename: Sailor V manga loved Princess Venus, but was merely a foot soldier who could only love her from afar.
And if that wasn't bad enough, he is reborn as Danburite, a minion of the Dark Agency, and effectively Sailor V's enemy. He dons the Phantom Ace persona to hopefully protect her, but he can't find fate. Sailor V is destined to destroy him, for she is destined to place duty over even love itself, no matter how hard he wishes to change the wheels of fate.
8 Powered By Love: Wedding Peach (Wedding Peach) Is Practically Love Royalty
The Love Angels stand for love, hence the name, especially concerning the romantic kind, starting with their leader, Momoko, the titular Wedding Peach. In fact, the four angels serve Aphrodite, Venus' Greek counterpart, who also happens to be Momoko's aunt.
Tasked with protecting love from the evil Queen of the Devils and her minions, pretty much the whole story revolves around wedding motifs, like Momoko and her friends searching for the Saint Something Four (as in, "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue..."). Momoko's love is especially put to the test, as the boy she loves is soon revealed to be a devil himself. But this modern-day Juliet isn't letting her man go without a fight.
7 Weakened By Love: Princess Emeraude (Magic Knight Rayearth) Nearly Killed Everyone Over Love
Princess Emeraude of Cephiro seems like the stereotypical damsel-in-distress, the pure-hearted princess locked away by the wicked villain, Zagato. Of course, that's not the truth at all; she's in love with Zagato and risks her duty as the Pillar because of it. And her love is so painful for her that she summons the heroines and effectively started the plot in the hopes that they could kill her. And to make things worse, Cephiro is pretty much doomed because she was able to love something for more than a brief moment.
She tries to fall out of love, but it isn't easy. In fact, her love ends up bringing out the worst in her when Zagato loses his life. Ultimately, her happy ending is reuniting with him in death.
6 Powered By Love: Vanessa (Black Clover) Proves There Are All Kinds Of Love
There are different kinds of love and Vanessa is heavily motivated by the love she has for her friends, who she considers her true family — considering her mother kept her locked in a cage.
But love isn't just another motivation for her. Her love and desire to protect her loved ones help her magic, even unlocking her Red Thread of Fate spell, which explicitly defends those she cares about. In a sense, the spell illustrates love even having dominion over fate itself.
5 Weakened By Love: Ribrianne (Dragon Ball Super) Is The Love-Themed Heroine The World Neither Wants Nor Needs
Coming from Universe 2, Ribrianne is a parody of a magical girl, complete with magical love and heart-themed powers. At first glance, she seems to be powered by love, and that's technically true, but she seems to favor love in its most superficial form.
Because of this, real love is ultimately shown to be stronger than her and her comrades. Or at least be able to put her in her place. Added to that, their focus on superficiality also backfires on them; they nearly get blown up during their heart-themed transformation sequence for taking too long.
4 Powered By Love: Yumoto Hakone (Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!) Uses Power Of Love To Destroy Enemies
Technically speaking, the Battle Lovers is a rare group of magical boys, all seem to use love as their secret weapon, claiming to be heirs to the throne of love. Clearly, Yumoto Hakone has the most of a love theme out of his teammates, with his transformation sequence filled with red hearts. His wand is even called the Lumiere of Love. He's also the one associated with the finishing blows "Love Shower" and "Love Attack," where he bombards the enemy with flying hearts, the first of which even compels the target to say, "So, this is love."
The others derive their powers from the classical elements of earth, wind, fire, and water. Yumoto's element has sometimes been identified as "light," but both that and the power of love are essentially the same thing in anime, referring to power over a vague concept of goodness.
3 Weakened By Love: Ahiru (Princess Tutu) Proves Love Can Be Cruel, Even In A Fairy Tale
Not all fairy tales have happy endings, making being trapped in one all the more painful. This is illustrated with Ahiru, an anime heroine modeled partially off of the tragic heroine of Swan Lake.
She loves Mytho and wants to restore his heart, but she's destined to disappear into a speck of light when she confesses her love. But she isn't really in love with Mytho, considering all she's ever known is his emotionless shell. Her rival, Rue, is the one who has known the real Mytho all along and accepted him. While true love brings about a happy ending, it's not something Ahiru is meant to be a part of. It also doesn't help that she's actually a duck.
2 Powered By Love: La Brava (My Hero Academia) Has Love As A Quirk
One thing that makes love such a powerful thing is its practicality. After all, loving someone is the first step of getting the love of others. And making connections brings about the most powerful thing of all: networking.
La Brava's quirk is the power of love, which explicitly gives power to the one she loves the most, just by confessing it, limited only by the intensity of her love. Of course, even love has limits; she can only do this once a day and it doesn't last very long.
1 Weakened By Love: Akira Fudo (Devilman) Just Loves Too Much
Akira's kind, loving heart is what gave him the power to keep control when the demon Amon fuses with his body. This even allows him to use his new powers to protect those he cares about.
Unfortunately, his love can also be used against him. In many incarnations, the death of his beloved Miki, who is either a friend or a romantic love-interest — depending on the continuity — he is stripped of what little humanity he has left, all but ensuring his doom.
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