In the Shonen anime world, one can often find some of the strongest and most impressive fighters in all of fiction. Usually these characters owe their strength to the particular power system of their franchise, or in some cases to incredibly powerful weapons that have given them extraordinary abilities.
Quite often these weapons tend to be swords or other similar hand-to-hand weapons. However, there are some franchises that have introduced incredibly powerful characters whose strength in the overall setting comes from their skill with a gun. So, in this article, let's go through the best gunsmiths in anime whose accuracy and strength with their weapon of choice is far above others.
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Guido Mista's stand revolves around his gun
Anime: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Mista was one of the prominent characters in Part 5: Golden Wind due to his hilarious personality and unorthodox way of fighting. His booth was called Sex Pistols, and it's essentially divided into six independent creatures that all revolve around his gun. The whole purpose of this booth is to ensure that Mista's goals are always met.
Essentially, these little creatures ride the bullets as they are fired from Mista's revolver at a target. However, should the bullet miss, the creature then kicks violently to change its trajectory to ensure that the target will always be hit, no matter what. This pretty much confirms Mista as a gunslinger with a very high success rate.
Ben Beckman is a notoriously powerful helmsman
Anime: One Piece
In it One Piece series, the first mates of all crews are usually much weaker than their captains. However, this is not quite true for the Red Hair Pirates, as Ben Beckman has repeatedly been said to exist on a similar level to his captain Shanks, which is precisely why the total reward for this crew is so high, as everyone is at a relative level of power.
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Unfortunately, Beckman hasn't been seen much in action, but most fans believe his power is still legendary. A hint of this was given in the Marineford War, where even someone as powerful as Kizaru backed down from Beckman's challenge. This at least proves that his Haki is so strong that it can hurt someone with as strong a Logia power as Kizaru.
Kenny The Ripper packs some serious firepower
Anime: Attack on Titan
As a notable antagonist of the third season of Attack on TitanKenny was the leader of the Anti-Personnel Control Squad who was also a terrifying serial killer known for slitting the throats of his victims. Due to his role in specifically picking off the members of the Survey Corps, Kenny had two large firearms at his side.
As an indicator of his unruly and dangerous nature, the weapons were only handheld weapons that could not even kill the Titans. In fact, they were only used to kill people. While his time in the series was short, his skill with his weapons was quite formidable, as seen in his fight against Levi.
Death The child is the son of death itself
Anime: Soul Eater
As the son of Death himself, it comes as no surprise that Death the Kid is an exceptionally powerful character in his series. Being a Gun-Type Meister, Death the Kid possesses the Demon Twin Guns, which is a testament to his power and skill as a gunner, as the power he wields with them is quite formidable.
More than just his innate power, Death the Kid also has incredible precision and martial arts abilities, all of which combine to make him one of the most dangerous characters in this franchise. Because of these skills and his incredible Demon Twin Guns, he becomes one of anime's best gunslingers.
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Alucard is the most powerful vampire
Anime: Hellsing Ultimate
Although Alucard has immense skill and accuracy with his firearms, his vast array of supernatural powers and general strength in all areas renders his weapons quite useless. But despite this, the skill he possesses with them is so great that he deserves to be considered one of anime's strongest gunslingers.
Due to the otherworldly perception and heightened senses given to him by his vampiric powers, Alucard becomes an insanely overpowered marksman who never misses a single shot. While he really has no need for weapons, he is incredibly talented when it comes to using them.
Vash hates guns, but he's the best at using them
Anime: Trigun
Although he comes across as incredibly goofy and funny, Vash the Stampede is arguably the greatest gunslinger in the entire anime industry. Considered by many to be an unstoppable force of nature, Vash has earned one of the highest rewards in all Trigunwhich is why he has spent much of his life on the run from bounty hunters seeking his head.
His easygoing and funny personality has been created in an effort not to scare others away, since he has become known around the world as a disaster in human form. Due to his troubled past, Vash prefers not to pick up his revolver ever again, despite being the best in the world at using it.
