Thank
you, Yuri-chan, for nominating Gin!
And thank you for your post

, reminding me I’d better get a move on

and cast my next votes for:
That stubborn “prince” of internalized pain

, and, as the personification of an unyielding, inflexible system, the hero’s main antagonist through the very best arc of this manga…
Kuchiki Byakuya – BLEACH
A bright light, snuffed out all too soon by the unfeeling will of remote superiors, and the unchangeable, embittered past

of his clan…
Yashamaru – Basilisk
And a villain

truly worthy of that title, an inhuman monster of his own making, with all too human failings and desires…
Orochimaru - Naruto
Now, let me see...
three more to follow...