What makes for a good villain?

Fear not user it's just a regular hunter poster. Just give him the meds and carry on

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charisma, fuck goals and all that shit because everyone who read more than 50 manga has already seen all the types of villains that exist
execution is key, and also design plays a huge role

I must concur, the sound logic of a fellow erudite coomer is infallible.

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Eren's a weenie, he has always been a weenie, and as interested as I am in the direction of the story and the finale, his defeat is going to feel more like putting down (or talking down? either way) a sad, rabid dog instead of something triumphant or satisfactory

I posted Chrollo from HXH because, as aimless and meandery as the story is, he is a cool villain and the good guys beating him will feel like a real accomplishment, if it ever happens

Some will say that a villain requires a complex motivation. Some will say that a villain should be viewed as the hero of their own story. These people are massive assholes. A villain does not need to be complicated because people are not complicated. A villain does not need to be the hero of their story because that's fucking stupid. What a villain needs is presence. A villain just needs to show up to make everyone suddenly shit themselves. A villain is a wall for the hero to overcome and a threat to be dealt with. A villain can simply be the most basic incarnation of pure evil so long as they have the charisma to make every moment on screen exciting.

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The initial introduction scene and being present throughout the story

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This unironically. Even the most trash generic villains can seem cool if you just let them kill a side character or something. The worst (One Piece) is building up villains for hundreds of chapters and dedicating a ton of screentime towards setting up some big plan to topple them. It's a slog to sit through because we, the reader, all know that nobody is going to die and every hero, side characters included, will get away unscathed.

This is why Toguro is the best shounen villain

Maybe I've just gotten older and less patient but I'm really tired of people who try to make up some stories or excuses for their villains. A bit of a back story is fine and all but it should only ever serve as an explanation and explanations aren't excuses. But it seems like you always get some faggy ass shit were "OH MR BAD GUY IT'S OKAY YOU KILLED A BILLION PEOPLE! YOU HAD A SAD DAY!"

presentation

Jojobrownies have NO right to talk about what makes a good villain when their series is full of one dimensional, cookiecutter tier villains

how to make a good villain according to this fucking idiot:
>make them likeable
>write them well
>give them a good design

big brain shit right here who could have ever figured that out

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Pucci is the one three dimensional villain in Jojo

So why are we still having this thread then when my post already /thread'd?

There's no one size fits all formula. You can make a good villain with cool factor and charisma alone. You can make a good villain by having them be a very difficult challenge to overcome that forces other characters to grow. You can make a good villain by making them a complex character with interesting development. You can make a good villain by using them to make an interesting statement about the themes of the work or other characters. The list goes on.

At the end of the day its execution.

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im not on here enough to know what youre talking about does getting /thread'd mean youre not the load your mom should have swallowed?

Easily the best post in this thread.

As if we couldn't figure out from your initial post that you're a crossboarding faggot

what the fuck is this

>Easily the best post in this thread.
It didn't say anything new than what this user already said
even the last line is the same