| Edogawa Conan. This guy knows every fucking thing there is no matter how trivial. |
| Hunter x Hunter 2011 Zetsuen no Tempest |
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| Light Yagami, L, and Yang Wenli all essentially use mind-reading powers, but at least the latter two don't have idiotic worldviews. Intelligence can't really be portrayed well in anime because if their thoughts really are that smart, the viewer probably wouldn't be able to keep up with them. And if Yang and Reinhard were portrayed realistically as geniuses, you would think there would be some element of game theory in their thought processes rather than essentially just playing rock-paper-scissors. I really just can't understand why LOGH is considered so much smarter than Code Geass when they essentially use the same tricks. |
HalkenburgJul 28, 2015 5:49 AM
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| They just have to do the opposite of what Yoshio Kobayashi does. |
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Victorique of Gosick.
She possesses perfect, superhumanly keen observational skills, noticing the smallest details. She possess superhuman; senses, intuition, comprehension, adaptability, perception, and superhuman; detective/investigation skills, deductive/inductive reasoning skills, strategic/tactical skills, analytical skills, problem-solving skills, logic skills, and calculating skills. She can easily and perfectly analyze multiple streams of information simultaneously, and perform an infinite amount of calculations and simulations (from simple to unimaginably complex) simultaneously in her head without any outside aid, and without stress or problems on her part. This allows her to practically predict the future (very accurately), quickly solve any puzzle or problem, and work any situation into her favor by instantly coming up with perfect plans (adjusting if necessary) and always knowing the right move needed for success. She usually describes these abilities as "reconstructing the fragments of chaos using (her) wellspring of wisdom". She also possess superhuman learning capabilities, such as easily and perfectly memorizing and recalling limitless amount of complex information quickly, she easily understands whatever she learns, what she learns, and never forgets it (perfect eidetic memory) this doesn't put any stress or give any problems on her physically or mentally. She can perfectly and easily memorize whatever she reads (as shown how easily she showed Kujo the exact book he wanted, in the huge library, and the exact page, despite seemingly reading it once years before meeting Kuju), and later quickly and perfectly recall whatever information she desires from her wellspring. She learned minutiae, languages, and complex information quickly without need for repetition. She can also read extremely quickly, and can easily read multiple books in multiple languages simultaneously. Kujo once saw her read a book in advanced French while also reading a book in advanced German while understanding both with no trouble. She can perfectly apply whatever knowledge she learns to real life, immediately after learning it (such as mastering shooting a gun with pinpoint accuracy after only reading about the process once). --from Gosick's Wikia page for Victorique Given that description, her exploits in the anime can be considered realistic IMO. I disagree about anyone shooting a gun with pinpoint accuracy based on knowledge alone. She may be able to successfully load and shoot it if given the necessary information but not accurately without some practice, adjusting the sights, trigger pressure, etc. |
| Avatar: Anzu Kadotani from Girls und Panzer. Sig by MissIntrovert.  |
| A realistic portrayal of intelligence, like strength, is impossible and useless. The characters are only as smart as the creators make them. I can make a 10-year-old solve calculus by just having him mouth the solution. It doesn't take much effort. A story that cares about intelligence should use it as a theme to explore. This character is intelligent, now do how do intelligent people deal with things? Where does this intelligence help or harm them? Pi, the film is a perfect example. It has a character that can solve math problems in seconds, but that's there only to tell us he's the smart. The rest of the movie deals with how this person, who sees everything in mathematics deal with the world. This is how intelligence should be portrayed. |
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8oomer said: -snip- This has Mary-Sue written all over it to me. |
| The authors themselves need to be intelligent to pull off convincing intelligent characters. |
incisorr said: i love it when people start acting like some neutral almighty unbiased godly judge and they even believe their own shit, suddenly its not their thoughts and opinions anymore but the righteous justice god way, they are unbiased, non-subjective, they just are! To be honest, everyone is like this quite often, me included, but i don't forget myself and i still post a lot of personal shit which is what forums are made for , if they didn't want us to have our own style and posts it would be an article instead a forum thread. |
SuperRed said: 8oomer said: -snip- This has Mary-Sue written all over it to me. Just a genius detective. She isn't any good outside of it. Also, the description seems overkill for what she does in the anime. |
| hyouka. that's how logical mind works. yet soo many people hate itbecause boring and not enjoy the dialogue each f it. |
 "If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on." |
| Monster and Legend of the Galactic Heroes |
Take care of yourself |
| I'm really pissed at Near's intelligence stats being even higher than L. If from the beginning Near was the one investigating the kira case, I think he would have lost at the Misa arc. |
| There will never be a portrayal that fully satisfies because there are so many factors involved and the format of these series do not really allow for in-depth portrayals that will invariably be boring. Luck and unexpected twists will always play a part because they move the plot along faster. |
| "Let Justice Be Done!" My Theme Fight again, fight again for justice! |
RedRoseFring said: There will never be a portrayal that fully satisfies because there are so many factors involved and the format of these series do not really allow for in-depth portrayals that will invariably be boring. Luck and unexpected twists will always play a part because they move the plot along faster. What if I watched monster and was satisfied by Johan's intelligence? |
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Bacardi-x-Cola said: Read a Naoki Urasawa manga. |
PoeticJustice said: RedRoseFring said: There will never be a portrayal that fully satisfies because there are so many factors involved and the format of these series do not really allow for in-depth portrayals that will invariably be boring. Luck and unexpected twists will always play a part because they move the plot along faster. What if I watched monster and was satisfied by Johan's intelligence? Then all the elements of luck and semi-supernatural phenomena didn't affect your appraisal of it. That's the same for me and my favourite intelligent characters. |
| "Let Justice Be Done!" My Theme Fight again, fight again for justice! |
| The irony of 'genius' characters in anime is that fans complain that these characters make their deductions from they consider to be insufficient information. It all comes down to 'I wouldn't have thought of that, so this character is unrealistic'; meaning that a genius character would have to be as intelligent as the fanbase to be considered realistic, thus negating his genius. Armin is actually a good smart character. He doesn't say anything particularly smart, but what he says is what the viewer could easily deduce by themselves, and everyone in the show praises his plans as if they were extremely clever. So he doesn't get too ahead of the viewer, so no one's thinking 'how did he think of that', but also seen as smart by the other characters. |
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BatoKusanagi said: QFT.Armin is actually a good smart character. He doesn't say anything particularly smart, but what he says is what the viewer could easily deduce by themselves, and everyone in the show praises his plans as if they were extremely clever. So he doesn't get too ahead of the viewer, so no one's thinking 'how did he think of that', but also seen as smart by the other characters. |
| Y'all need Kaiji and one outs. |
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Forgetfulness said: forgot this masterpiese. sadly the translator in my country drop it. fuck it.Um, not really an anime, but the manga Liar Game is very smart. Makes good use of mathematics, psychology and logic in order to show why one method of approaching games is better than another. |
"If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on." |
TokonatsuYuu said: near had all information gathered by L to work with thoI'm really pissed at Near's intelligence stats being even higher than L. If from the beginning Near was the one investigating the kira case, I think he would have lost at the Misa arc. |
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| Shiroe from Log Horizon. Pretty realistic when it comes to MMORPG battle strategy. |
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| Spice and wolf, in their own subset of world, the premise, execution, and the references used in the anime was done pretty well. A lot of it's aspect remain untouched by the unenlightened mass that only sees a wolf girl and a merchant, not a harvest deity of abundance and human instinctive greediness. |
| The most important things in life is the people that you care about |
romagia said: TokonatsuYuu said: near had all information gathered by L to work with thoI'm really pissed at Near's intelligence stats being even higher than L. If from the beginning Near was the one investigating the kira case, I think he would have lost at the Misa arc. The intelligence stats are garbage. The author of the manga said L was the smartest because the "plot requires it". L is smartest by Word of God, which is all that really matters. |
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| kaiji , kaiji is not some mega genius like many MCs we know and his strategies are believable |
CharlRosso said: Sora and Shiro in NGNL universe. Both are so smart, even they can calculate every single thing. I don't see god-mode'd characters as realistically smart. Also, the only reason they seemed smart is because the rest of the people in their universe were incredibly dumb. |
| Kaiki Deisuu( smart + con artist ) |
PoeticJustice said: RedRoseFring said: There will never be a portrayal that fully satisfies because there are so many factors involved and the format of these series do not really allow for in-depth portrayals that will invariably be boring. Luck and unexpected twists will always play a part because they move the plot along faster. What if I watched monster and was satisfied by Johan's intelligence? How can you when most of his most incredible feats are done offscreen? juicykitten95 said: kaiji , kaiji is not some mega genius like many MCs we know and his strategies are believable Kaiji is an idiot who makes terrible life choices , naive, and cries whenever things go wrong but can do incredible things with whatever he has once a good idea clicks. It's pretty awesome to see a complete failure like him stick it to the rich man TokonatsuYuu said: I'm really pissed at Near's intelligence stats being even higher than L. If from the beginning Near was the one investigating the kira case, I think he would have lost at the Misa arc. Near had more variables to work with (like X Kira/Mikami) and had better assistance . |
gedataJul 28, 2015 3:41 PM
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gedata said: How can you when most of his most incredible feats are done offscreen? If I saw it, the magic would be ruined and it would kill the pacing of the story to be. |
CharlRosso said: Sora and Shiro in NGNL universe. Both are so smart, even they can calculate every single thing. it actually pisses me off how those two call them selves "weak" yet they can pull all that math crap even tho all they did was play video games,honestly their "intelligence" is more unrealistic and more OP then any magic |
Kreion said: it's not me. i enjoy hyoka. it's awesome. sorry forgot to give subject in my second sentence that make it ambigious.Unyilkdr said: If you don't enjoy Hyouka because you think it's boring blame your own attention span.hyouka. that's how logical mind works. yet soo many people hate it because they said boring and not enjoy the dialogue each f it. |
"If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on." |
| I like it when the author does not yell "hes intuleeyent" at your face |
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| Mahouka and Aldnoah MC's are unrealistically intelligent. The intelligence exhibited by the characters in Psycho-pass seems genuine/realistic enough, although Kougami's superb insight into Makishima and his "detective intuition" can get farfetched at times. Don't watch the 2nd season. |
| I refuse to hide behind the picture of a kawaii 2d girl. |
| Rinda Riko from the Q series. Logical thinking coupled to incredible knowledge on everything to its finest result. Trully incredible. Those are novels that don't have an anime but a partial manga adaptation as well as a drama adaptation. Didn't see those though, only read the novels. SuperRed said: 8oomer said: -snip- This has Mary-Sue written all over it to me. Congratulation for most probably being the first person in the world calling Victorique a Marie sue. Well, there's a first to everything.... I guesss... .... ...Sorry, I'm trying hard not to laugh right now. :) |
ZefyrisJul 28, 2015 4:59 PM
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gedata said: Arguably the most bullshit moment in the entire franchise. |
Forgetfulness said: No. The plans are not calculated well, Akiyama's plan at times are rushed and unrealistic.Um, not really an anime, but the manga Liar Game is very smart. Makes good use of mathematics, psychology and logic in order to show why one method of approaching games is better than another. Example. Anyway, I haven't seen yet any genius characters except they are self insert gary stu. |
DannyTheDonkeyJul 28, 2015 10:52 PM
| I'm too weird to live but much too rare to die. |
SuperRed said: she's not doe8oomer said: -snip- This has Mary-Sue written all over it to me. Other than being a smart mofo, she's not much anything else. Heck, the last arc is pretty much about her being useless, and it was the best arc. Not that I dislike her tho, that loli is good |
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| None Japanimation dont do such things like giving Science discoveries so noep |
| Twitter and it's consequences had been a disaster for the human race |
| it clearly not Edogawa Conan "i learn everything from my daddy when i spent holiday at hawaii ".... ballship it getting old fast. i vote Sou Touma From Q.E.D.(Manga) he can know criminal or true culprit by listening people who investigate case and run possibility way on everybody if that person is true culprit or not. |
Forgetfulness said: Ghiffaris said: It's been a really long time since I've read that particular arc, but No. The plans are not calculated well, Akiyama's plan at times are rushed and unrealistic. Example. |
| I'm too weird to live but much too rare to die. |
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