Orochimaru

Intro Orochimaru from the Naruto anime and manga, a series filled with compelling, nuanced, sympathetic, morally ambiguous antagonists who weren’t *entirely* wrong, made some pretty solid points regarding the world/life/justice/peace/etc, had fairly noble- if misguided- intentions, and were generally cool AF- eg Madara, Pain, The Akatsuki, et al. Orochimaru is absolutely *not* one of them. This man is a walking crime against humanity. He should not be allowed within the same hemisphere of a school zone. He is so evil that the other evil guys are like “Ayo, this Ninja is out of pocket on God for real”. He is horrible, creepy as all hell, and lacks any redeeming qualities whatsoever. He is a bad man. But he is *not* a ‘bad’ Villain- on the contrary, his sheer terrribleness makes it that much more satisfying when he gets smoked by the hero, or another villain, or pretty much anyone. In that sense, Orochimaru is a ‘good’ character who plays an important role in the series. He is the quintessential mad scientist lunatic monster who will do literally anything because “something something immortality! Sassskaaaay!” He’s not relatable,or sympathetic, or ‘kind of right’- he’s just awful. But he is voiced Steve Blum, who is awesome. So there’s that.