15 Anime 'Knife Nuts' Who Prefer To Fight With Knives

In the world of Tokyo Ghoul, ghoul hunters use weapons called quinques, which are made from the kakuhou of a captured ghoul. This makes them far more powerful than ordinary weapons. Juuzou Suzuya's quinques take the form of various switchblades, which are collectively called the Scorpion 1/56. He keeps them in his shirt, and later in his prosthetic leg. Juuzou is highly skilled with his weapon, but he didn't earn it or make it himself - he straight up stole it.

As a member of the League of Villains, Himiko Toga is technically fighting to bring down hero society - but she's a lot more interested in getting her hands on the blood of the people she finds most compelling. She needs the blood so that she can eat it and activate her quirk, Transform, which allows her to change her exterior to resemble the person the blood came from. How does she get the blood? With a knife, of course!

Izaya Orihara is a villainous person whose goals more or less boil down to watching other people's reactions to his chaotic behavior. However, his weapon of choice is actually a pretty simple one: he uses a flickblade. Not only does he use it in combat, he also once used it to shave somebody's head.

Most people remember Maes Hughes for his passionate love for his family, but Elycia and Gracia aren't the only things he loves - he also loves a good push knife. It's not that he won't use a gun or any other weapon, but he favors blades in his work for the Amestrian State Military. You gotta stand out somehow when everybody else is using alchemy.

Thanks to his electrical powers, Hei is able to use his blade in a unique way. His weapon is equipped with a wire, which he funnels electricity through in order to attack his enemies with not just a slash but a shock as well. He also uses the thing as a grappling hook, because why not.

Dracule Mihawk is known as the "Strongest Swordsman in the World" but that doesn't mean he can't also wreak havoc with a smaller blade. The guy once defeated Zoro using only a small dagger, which he's been using on his dinner. This dagger is typically worn around his neck in a cross pendant, and it's one of his most formidable weapons.

The big bad of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is actually only seen using his signature weapon once - he doesn't exactly need them when he's an immortal vampire with a powerful Stand. Still, these weapons have become inextricably linked with his character. Dio is overjoyed by his throwing knives, which he is able to manipulate into perfectly hitting their targets by using his ability to stop time.

Yuno Gasai doesn't necessarily prefer small blades, but she sure does use them. She's not adverse to using knives, axes, swords, pistols and submachine guns, or really anything that will keep other people's mitts off of her precious Yukiteru. That said, she's handy enough with a knife that she can easily block a barrage of throwing knives - and her skills only grow more powerful when she's encouraged by praise from her beloved.

If she chose to, Tenten could easily learn a wide range of chakra-based techniques that wouldn't require the use of a weapon. But Tenten isn't interested: in fact, the only techniques she seems to care about are scroll seals in which she stores her various blades. She loves anything sharp and steely, be it the disposable kunai used by all ninja to legendary swords.

As a human, Palm Siberia consistently carries a set of blades around with her. She uses them to intimidate others, or to actually attack them. Once, when fighting Gon and Killua, she ties several knives into her hair. After Palm Siberia is reborn as a Chimera Ant, her fondness for the weapon goes by the wayside. Who needs it when you have super strength?

Chane Laforet is Huey Laforet's intensely devoted daughter. Despite knowing that he's using her and doesn't really care about her one way or the other, Chane only wants to be useful to him. One of the things that she does in his service is wreak havoc using a large collection of steely weapons. She's so adept with these weapons that she once deflects a bullet from Ladd Russo's gun.

While Shiki Ryōgi's primary abilities involve larger blades, she appreciates the ease and portability that smaller ones offer. She likes them so much that she even tries to sneak one out of the school dining hall during the sixth movie: and she gets caught. Because she's sort of an alternate universe version of Shiki Tohno from Tsukihime, her fighting style is quite similar to his.

Ryouko Asakura is a Data Overmind Humanoid Interface, which basically means that her function is to uphold the status quo. Ryouko is more than a little rebellious, however, preferring to do things like threaten Kyon with a blade in order to get a reaction out of Haruhi. Though she doesn't have much in the way of human emotion, she does seem to feel some level of attachment towards her weapon.

Xianming Lin is an assassin who largely relies on small blades to get the job done. In fact, he appreciates that style of weaponry so much that even when he uses firearms, they have to involve his favored weapon somehow. He uses a Norinco Type 82-2, which is a gun-knife hybrid.

Shiki Tohno was born to a family of demon slaying assassins. He inherited a switchblade called the Nanatsu-Yoru which he uses as his primary weapon. Though it appears plain, he's able to wield it with the precision and strength of a professional athlete. Using the Nanatsu-Yoru, he's able to use two separate techniques: Flashing Scabbard and Flashing Dash, both of which involve moving extremely quickly. Because he relies so heavily on this particular weapon, he's sometimes accused of having a "knife fetish."