The One Piece series has featured some of the most iconic female villains known in anime history. These are the best of them.

One Piece is one of the most thrilling and hilarious anime filled with brilliant and unique characters and mind-blowing adventures. Viewers had a chance to visit some of the oldest kingdoms in the show as well as to meet iconic heroes and villains. This popular anime also has some of the most unforgettable and powerful female villains who often became fan favorites.

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Thanks to the exciting and powerful villains and heroes, One Piece also had some of the most iconic anime fighting stances and of course, brutal battles and heartbreaking deaths. Thanks to the well-crafted characters some of these villains became fan favorites and viewers even started rooting for some of these dark characters and hoping that they will eventually be redeemed.

Perona is one of the most popular female villains in One Piece. Most fans think that she's one of the characters who deserve a second chance and that she could change her ways under some positive influence. Thanks to the unique character design and special abilities she's still one of many fans' favorite villains.

The Ghost Princess was a fierce pirate commander and is also one of the most unique Devil Fruit users. Her ability is creating and controlling ghosts who can drain her enemies' self-esteem, and morale, and completely hollow them out when passing through their bodies. However, she also showed her kinder side during her lonely time on an island with Zoro and Dracule.

Sugar might not be one of the strongest One Piece villains but she's certainly one of the most iconic ones thanks to her unique powers. Despite her childlike figure she's surprisingly powerful and could even easily become one of the most powerful characters in the entire anime.

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She ate a special Devil Fruit that gave her the ability to transform her enemies into toys she can fully control. She not only turns them into toys but when the transformation happens they're also deleted from the memories of anyone who ever knew them. Since Sugar is aging very slowly she still has the deceiving look of a child and could be able to stay alive for many centuries.

Black Maria is one of the most powerful members of the Beasts Pirates and is also a popular One Piece female villain. She's not only strong and devious but also one of the coolest-looking female villains especially when she uses her Devil Fruit powers to transform into a hybrid spider or a full carnivorous spider.

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She's the most dangerous when in her Rosamygale grauvogeli spider form especially because she doesn't think twice when it comes to killing her enemies. However, she's one of the biggest flirts in the series with a chill personality.

Baby Five is one of the most hilarious and emotional female villains in One Piece who was both an ally and an enemy of the Straw Hat pirates throughout her adventures. Despite her emotionally fragile personality, she's a capable and brave fighter who attacks her enemies without hesitation.

She was both a servant and an assassin in the past and became one of the greatest female Devil Fruit users. She's capable of turning any of her body parts into any weapon she wishes. Her unique ability makes her one of the most powerful and visually fun fighters in One Piece.

Catarina Devon is one of the weirdest looking female villains and strongest Devil Fruit users in One Piece. She's not only one of the scariest looking but also the most powerful and dangerous pirates who ever lived. Catarina is a physically strong and devious female villain with deadly abilities.

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Her unique Devil Fruit ability allows her to transform into a deadly nine-tailed fox, and she's also capable of transforming into clones of other people. This iconic female captain proved to be one of the most intelligent and surprising fighters who is also skilled at using various weapons including spears and whips. Catarina was mostly sadistic and sarcastic during most situations. However, she also showed her romantic side when she was surrounded by beautiful women.

Big Mom is one of the most dangerous yet funniest female villains in One Piece. This iconic female character is so powerful that there are only a few Devil Fruit abilities that can counter hers. Despite her large size she's surprisingly fast and strong and has superhuman strength that gives her the ability to throw epic punches or throw far away even her largest enemies with ease.

However, her most dangerous ability is thanks to the Devil Fruit which makes her able to take fragments of others' soul and implant them into any object which then magically transform into a living being and becomes her loyal servant. She's also one of the most arrogant and mentally unstable characters which makes her both more dangerous and weaker at the same time.

Boa Hancock is not only the most iconic female villain in One Piece, but many anime fans consider her to be one of the most beautiful anime characters ever. However, she's far from being weak or delicate. She's one of the strongest characters and some of her most powerful attacks can easily defeat even the strongest Devil Fruit users.

Boa is capable of easily petrifying her enemies and uses her enemies' lust or perversions against them and can defeat multiple opponents at once and turn them into stones. Boa changed a lot during her long life and actually became a more sensitive character who cares about what others think.

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