Anime characters who stayed dead the longest
Flamme’s notes are 1,000 years old. Yoriichi is a Sengoku swordsman in a Taisho war: about 400 years. Himmel’s statue is visited after 50 years. Oden’s execution opens a 20-year plan.
Eight characters · years dead
- 01
Great mageFlamme
1,000 - 02
SengokuYoriichi Tsugikuni
400 - 03
HeroHimmel
50 - 04
WanoKozuki Oden
20 - 05
WhitebeardEdward Newgate
2 - 06
BrotherItachi Uchiha
2 - 07
Toad sageJiraiya
2 - 08
Fire fistPortgas D. Ace
2
What this comparison means
Years the character remains dead in the story’s present. Edo Tensei is a later interruption, not extra years alive.
1,000, 400, 50, 20, then 2.
Character details
Flamme
Dead about 1,000 years; her notes are still in the exam hall.
Yoriichi Tsugikuni
Sengoku era to Taisho: about 400 years dead.
Himmel
50 years between the hero’s death and Frieren’s return to the statue.
Kozuki Oden
Executed 20 years before the Wano war.
Edward Newgate
Died at Marineford, same two-year gap as Ace.
Itachi Uchiha
Real death before the war; Edo Tensei is later and brief.
Jiraiya
Killed in the rain village before Pain’s assault on Konoha.
Portgas D. Ace
Marineford, then the two-year timeskip.
