The 15 Best Anime About Overpowered Transfer Students

In order to stop a war between demons and humans, Demon King Anos Voldigoad sacrificed his own life with the intention of being reborn later. In the meantime, the demons created the Demon King Academy, an organization that is tasked with confirming Anos' identity when he's reborn. Unfortunately, when he comes back, he finds out that his entire history has been remembered incorrectly. When he enrolls in Demon King Academy, his powers can't even be measured, let alone verified. Still, he's determined to make them understand just how great he truly is!

In an alternate version of Earth, humans called Blazers can manifest weapons through their souls. Students at Hagun Academy are selected as representatives in the Seven Star Sword Art Festival, a tournament held by the seven Mage Knight Academies in Japan that seeks to find the most powerful Apprentice Knight. Ikki Kurogane is an F-Rank Blazer, and things seem like they're going to be even worse for him when the incredibly talented Stella Vermillion transfers into their school. But after she loses a duel with him, they wind up being roommates. Will they be able to get along and get through school?

After being reincarnated into a magical world, Shin Wolford is adopted by a retired magician named Merlin. Because they're living an isolated life in the woods, Shin's magic skills dramatically improve while his knowledge of society stays basically non-existent. To remedy this, he's shipped off to Magic Academy. But leading a normal life won't be easy - with his lineage and his incredible skills, he's basically a celebrity from the instant he walks in the door.

After eating one of Sukuna's fingers, Yuji Itadori has two choices: be immediately slain by the Jujutsu sorcerors, or enroll in Jujutsu Tech and become a sorcerer himself. The cursed object he ate gives him access to Sukuna's powers, but he also risks being taken over by the evil creature. He uses that power not just to fight other curses, but to try and find all of Sukuna's fingers and neutralize him once and for all.

Yu Otosaka thinks that his only ability is to project his consciousness into someone else's body. He mostly uses it to cheat on tests and mess with people. But when Nao Tomori persuades him to enroll in Hoshinoumi Academy, he realizes that his powers are actually far more substantial than that - and they could be the key to saving every other teenage ability user out there from the danger coming their way.

After a disaster called the Invertia, the world's governments are thrown into chaos, and a new breed of humans with incredible powers emerges. These powerful beings, called the Genestella, attend prestigious schools and engage in battles called Festas. Ayato Amagiri transfers to the renowned but declining Seidoukan Academy not to participate in these competitions, but to find his missing older sister. But when he realizes that things are far more complex than he originally thought, he decides he has no choice but to fight.

After surviving an attack from an alien lifeform called Savage, Hayato Kisaragi is one of the people best equipped to use a high-tech weapon called Hundred. His prodigious skill earns him an invitation to Little Garden, a military academy on board a battleship. Not only does he have to deal with fighting Savages, he also has to handle his new female classmate's fascination with him.

After Arata Kasuga's hometown is destroyed by the mysterious Breakdown Phenomenon, he's able to artificially restore it using a grimoire. Lilith Asami appears and demands that he hand over the grimoire or forfeit his life - but instead he ends up enrolling in a magic school called Royal Biblia Academy. There, he joins six other powerful magic users, and sets about trying to bring his hometown - and all the people in it - back for good.

After Mikado City is invaded by aliens called Neighbors, the Border Defense Agency is established in order to fight them off using weapons called Triggers. Border trainee Osamu Mikumo is trying to obey the rules and not use his Trigger powers out of bounds, but he ends up having to defy orders when a transfer student is dragged into the forbidden zone by bullies and they're all surprised by a neighbor attack. Wen Osamu tries to save the transfer student, he soon realizes that the new student is more than capable of fighting them off - he's actually a humanoid Neighbor in disguise!

Seventeen-year-old Sousuke Sagara is a sergeant of Mithril, an anti-terrorist organization that's powered by Whispereds - people who can create advanced technology due to a Soviet experiment. His new assignment involves protecting a high school student and Whispered candidate named Kaname Chidori. With a ton of military experience and few social skills, getting along in high school isn't easy - especially when unexpectedly familiar threats start coming after his charge.

After leading a painful life spent as an assassin working under an international terrorist, all Yuuji Kazami wants is to lead a normal, happy life. But Mihama Academy isn't an ordinary school. There are only five other students, all of which are female, and all of which have pasts as troubled as Yuuji's own. While this isn't what he expected, this unusual school may be just what he and the other girls need to start healing.

Layfon Alseif used to be a Heavens-Blade wielder and one of the most powerful weapons against the Filth Monsters that prey on the world. He transfers to the Academy City of Zuellni in the hopes of leaving his violent past behind him. But his fellow classmates immediately recognize his talent and try their best to persuade him to fight for their purposes. Will he find the peace he seeks, or will he have to use his latent skills?

On the way home from school, Sakura Sakurakouji sees people being burned alive, and immediately calls the police. When the police find no evidence, she's confused - but when the culprit turns up in her class, she's able to confirm what she saw. It turns out that her new classmate is Rei Oogami - a "Code Breaker" or "one who does not exist." While he doesn't seek out violence, he believes that every evil act requires retribution, and works to do just that. Sakura decides to try and change his ways before he does something terrible he can't take back.

When Langa first arrives to Okinawa from Canada, it's not obvious that he's going to turn the underground skateboarding competition called S upside-down. He doesn't even know how to skateboard. But once his friend Reki starts teaching him, he's able to combine his snowboarding abilities to pull off some of the sickest moves anyone has ever seen. This catches the eye of S's eccentric founder, Adam - and that means big trouble for Reki and Langa.

After martial arts expert Tatsuma Hiyuu transfers to Magami Academy, he quickly makes friends with a wide range of people, including a notorious delinquent, the captain of the girls' archery club, the student council president, and others. When Tatsuma and his friends suddenly develop powers due to the flow of arcane energy, they start using it to take out Oni that attack the town. But something far more sinister than random monster attacks is going on, and they'll have to muster all their strength to deal with it.