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** With [[ChekhovsGunman only a single clue pointing towards his existence]] and [[GainingTheWillToKill a hunch based on Yashima's own trauma]], [[EurekaMoment Maria successfully deduces]] the identity of [[spoiler:the mysterious third party responsible for Iijima's death]], who [[OhCrap starts sweating profusely when Maria confronts him]].
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* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'':
** Maria deduces that [[spoiler:Kowase and Kumiru]] [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere would run away the second they realized they were being hunted by a murderer]], so she kills them first. Given that they are both {{Dirty Coward}}s who break down when they are not in control, she is correct.
** From the circumstances surrounding the dissapearances and likely deaths of [[spoiler:Kowase and Kumiru]], [[BigBad Okaya]] deduces that the most likely suspect for killing them is one of Kiritaka's parents, being the only ones who would resent the gang enough to try and kill them since they killed their son.

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* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': The main protagonist, Yusuke Urameshi, is better at this than one would expect from your average street punk. Of note, he mastered Genkai's Spirit Wave technique after his first use of it, correctly deduced which of his friends was a doppelganger based on their personalities and traits, fought on even ground with the world's greatest martial artist after only one prior battle with him, and [[spoiler:found the weak point of Yomi's DeflectorShield technique, using this opportunity to bring a fight with a demon several times more powerful than him to a near draw]].

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The main protagonist, Yusuke Urameshi, is better at this than one would expect from your average street punk. Of note, he mastered Genkai's Spirit Wave technique after his first use of it, correctly deduced which of his friends was a doppelganger based on their personalities and traits, fought on even ground with the world's greatest martial artist after only one prior battle with him, and [[spoiler:found the weak point of Yomi's DeflectorShield technique, using this opportunity to bring a fight with a demon several times more powerful than him to a near draw]].draw]].
** Subverted with Rando, the second ArcVillain, who can perfectly [[PowerCopying copy any technique]] after seeing it performed once. He entered [[TournamentArc Genkai's tournament]] for the express purpose of stealing everyone else's moves, Genkai herself included, but [[spoiler:his downfall comes from the fact that while he can ''learn'' any technique just by seeing it, he is very much a MasterOfNone, and all it takes is one poorly-timed shrinking spell to become HoistByHisOwnPetard]].
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** An even more appropriate example is the villain Amiba ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS or Ameeba, or Amoeba, or whatever]]), who is able to get a grasp of any martial art by observing its practitioners. He uses it to impersonate [[spoiler:Toki]] and manages to pull off the sham for a while until he gets outed by Rei. However, his versions of whatever martial arts he copies aren't quite as pure as the original, and Kenshiro is able to fight out of his techniques, while saying that if the real [[spoiler:Toki]] had hit the same pressure points, Kenshiro would never, ever have been able to get out.

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** An even more appropriate example is the villain Amiba ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS ([[InconsistentSpelling or Ameeba, or Amoeba, or whatever]]), who is able to get a grasp of any martial art by observing its practitioners. He uses it to impersonate [[spoiler:Toki]] and manages to pull off the sham for a while until he gets outed by Rei. However, his versions of whatever martial arts he copies aren't quite as pure as the original, and Kenshiro is able to fight out of his techniques, while saying that if the real [[spoiler:Toki]] had hit the same pressure points, Kenshiro would never, ever have been able to get out.

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* In ''Anime/DigimonTamers'', one of the D-Reaper's agents was able to replicate the Digimon's attacks after seeing them only once.
* Yagami Taichi of ''Manga/DigimonVTamer01'' is very perceptive, especially when it comes to the flaws of any particular strategy or structure. He also takes on his findings, which [[TaughtByExperience he gets by taking notes and experimenting]].

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* This trope is why Inaho is literally the only member of the cast in ''Anime/AldnoahZero'' who was able to defeat the Martians and their mecha that seemed to ignore the laws of physics. His analytical mind was capable of always finding out the LogicalWeakness that they had and coming up with ways to exploit it.

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* This trope is why Inaho is literally the only member of the cast in ''Anime/AldnoahZero'' who was is able to defeat the Martians and their mecha that seemed seem to ignore the laws of physics. His analytical mind was is capable of always finding out the LogicalWeakness that they had have and coming up with ways to exploit it.



* Principal Asano from ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'' at his first day of learning karate was beaten so badly, [[HumiliationConga that he vomited on the floor.]] Next day after that, he simply sat and watched the instructor's moves. After just one day of observing, he was able to copy his instructor's moves, and create a strategy, that allowed him to defeat his black-belt instructor, [[CurbStompBattle without getting hit once.]]
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': Eren Yeager learned one of Annie's fighting techniques after seeing it only twice. Granted, one of those times was during a training session in boot camp. He probably saw it a lot more than twice [[LawofConservationOfDetail but seeing him get ass kicked for hours and hours by the same technique would get boring, right?]]
* In the [[SportsStories sports manga]] ''Manga/BabySteps'', Eiichirou's primary method of learning tennis is through careful analysis. When the natural talent Natsu looks at his notebook for the first time, she is amazed to see that he has taken careful notes of everything she's told him and every move he's made, complete with drawn diagrams, angles, and trajectories.
** Later, he meets Nabae Yuu, another player who makes even more detailed notes on his laptop and has the advantage of having played for much longer than Maruo has, making him [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter better at using]] AwesomenessByAnalysis. [[spoiler:Predictably, Maruo loses to him in their fist match]].
* From ''Manga/BlackCat'' we get Eve, who admits after [[spoiler:her battle with Leon, that he is stronger than her]], she still manages to beat him up, simply by knowing how he will react.

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* Principal Asano from ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'' at ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'': On his first day of learning karate karate, Principal Asano was beaten so badly, [[HumiliationConga badly that he vomited on the floor.]] Next day after that, floor. The next day, he simply sat and watched the instructor's moves. After just one day of observing, he was able to copy his instructor's moves, moves and create a strategy, strategy that allowed him to defeat his black-belt instructor, instructor [[CurbStompBattle without getting hit once.]]
once]].
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': Eren Yeager learned one of Annie's fighting techniques after seeing it only twice. Granted, one of those times was during a training session in boot camp. He probably saw it a lot more than twice twice, [[LawofConservationOfDetail but seeing him get ass kicked for hours and hours by the same technique would get boring, right?]]
* In the [[SportsStories sports manga]] ''Manga/BabySteps'', ''Manga/BabySteps'':
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Eiichirou's primary method of learning tennis is through careful analysis. When the natural talent Natsu looks at his notebook for the first time, she is amazed to see that he has taken careful notes of everything she's told him and every move he's made, complete with drawn diagrams, angles, and trajectories.
** Later, he meets Nabae Yuu, another player who makes even more detailed notes on his laptop and has the advantage of having played for much longer than Maruo has, making him [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter better at using]] AwesomenessByAnalysis. [[spoiler:Predictably, Maruo loses to him in their fist match]].
first match.]]
* From ''Manga/BlackCat'' ''Manga/BlackCat'', we get Eve, who admits after [[spoiler:her battle with Leon, Leon that he is stronger than her]], she yet still manages to beat him up, up simply by knowing how he will react.



** Yhwach, the King of the Quincies. He's not only awesome by application of this trope, but his powers can do all the work for him. As long as he can see a power, he knows and understands it like the back of his hand. This is achieved with his all seeing eyes. This manifests as three eyes on each eyeball. And, as soon as he understands a power, he cannot be harmed by it. Although, he usually fights with his eyes "closed", so it's possible that he doesn't want to feel like he's cheating until he is actually in mortal danger. Not surprising at all, since it's already established at that point that he's really, really badass, and probably has some sort of rigged, personalized [[SuperpowerLottery Superpower Lottery]].[[labelnote:Lengthy Info Here]]And he can loan [[PiecesOfGod parts of himself]] to others, so they get a power or two, themselves. Of course, [[PowerAtAPrice for a price]]. When they die, Yhwach [[TheAssimilator absorbs]] [[YourSoulIsMine their souls]]. And hence why he's so powerful. Rinse and repeat.[[/labelnote]]
* ''Manga/BungouStrayDogs'' has Rampo Edogawa (not the real guy but a NamedAfterSomebodyFamous version), who, despite being in a world where superpowers are the norm, keeps up by using his deductive skills. (He actually believes those skills are his power though.)
** There's also Alcott, whose ability allows her to foresee and plan for any possible event. [[spoiler:Actually, her ability is to slow down time. She comes up with all those plans herself.]]
* This trope is portrayed as a Superpower in ''Manga/CastleTownDandelion''. Haruka has this as his RoyaltySuperpower; ''Lots of Next'' allows him to calculate the probability of things succeeding or failing instantly and with absolute accuracy.

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** Yhwach, the King of the Quincies. He's not only awesome by application of this trope, but his powers can do all the work for him. As long as he can see a power, he knows and understands it like the back of his hand. This is achieved with his all seeing all-seeing eyes. This manifests as three eyes on each eyeball. And, eyeball, and as soon as he understands a power, he cannot be harmed by it. Although, However, he usually fights with his eyes "closed", so it's possible that he doesn't want to feel like he's cheating until he is actually in mortal danger. Not surprising at all, since it's already established at that point that he's really, really badass, and probably has some sort of rigged, personalized [[SuperpowerLottery Superpower Lottery]].SuperpowerLottery.[[labelnote:Lengthy Info Here]]And he info here]]He can loan [[PiecesOfGod parts of himself]] to others, so [[SuperEmpowering they get a power or two, themselves. Of course, two themselves]] -- [[PowerAtAPrice for a price]]. price]], of course. When they die, Yhwach [[TheAssimilator absorbs]] [[YourSoulIsMine absorbs their souls]]. And souls]], hence why he's so powerful. Rinse and repeat.[[/labelnote]]
* ''Manga/BungouStrayDogs'' has ''Manga/BungouStrayDogs'':
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Rampo Edogawa (not the real guy but a NamedAfterSomebodyFamous version), who, despite being in a world where superpowers are the norm, keeps up by using his deductive skills. (He actually believes those skills are his power power, though.)
** There's also Alcott, whose Alcott's ability allows her to foresee and plan for any possible event. [[spoiler:Actually, her ability is to slow down time. She comes up with all those plans herself.]]
* This trope is portrayed as a Superpower superpower in ''Manga/CastleTownDandelion''. Haruka has this as his RoyaltySuperpower; ''Lots of Next'' allows him to calculate the probability of things succeeding or failing instantly and with absolute accuracy.



** In short, The Raildex universe is ''an entire world of this'': usually what determines the outcome of a fight is not the strength of a person's powers, but how well the opponents can discern what ''exactly'' the enemy's power is and the weaknesses in it, and then how creatively they can apply their own abilities to exploit those weaknesses.

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** In short, The the Raildex universe is ''an entire world of this'': usually what determines the outcome of a fight is not the strength of a person's powers, but how well the opponents can discern what ''exactly'' the enemy's power is and the weaknesses in it, and then how creatively they can apply their own abilities to exploit those weaknesses.



* ''Literature/ChivalryOfAFailedKnight'''s protagonist, Ikki has a knack for creating counters by watching and understanding his enemies tactics in seconds. He states that, since nobody would ever actually ''teach'' him growing up, he had to learn by watching.
* ''Manga/ChoujinSensen'': Sasamura correctly deduces that Kaminashi will become solid at the moment of attack, so he countered Kaminashi by tripping his feet.
* [[TeenGenius Kotomi]] attempts to pull this off during a baseball game in the first episode of ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} After Story''. Results are mixed.
** Subverted in the VisualNovel when Kotomi attempts this with a claw machine.
* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'' this is how Lelouch, TheStrategist, is able to be one of the most effective characters in a series full of HumongousMecha fights despite not being a particularly skilled pilot himself:

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* ''Literature/ChivalryOfAFailedKnight'''s protagonist, Ikki Ikki, has a knack for creating counters by watching and understanding his enemies enemies' tactics in seconds. He states that, that since nobody would ever actually ''teach'' him growing up, he had to learn by watching.
* ''Manga/ChoujinSensen'': Sasamura correctly deduces that Kaminashi [[{{Intangibility}} Kaminashi]] will become solid at the moment of attack, so he countered counters Kaminashi by tripping his feet.
* [[TeenGenius Kotomi]] attempts to pull this off during a baseball game in the first episode of ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} After Story''. Results are mixed.
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mixed. Subverted in the VisualNovel when Kotomi attempts this with a claw machine.
* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'' ''Anime/CodeGeass'', this is how Lelouch, TheStrategist, is able to be one of the most effective characters in a series full of HumongousMecha fights despite not being a particularly skilled pilot himself:



** And he does it again late in ''R2'' when he rapidly calculates (partly in his head, partly using his Frame's computer) several dozens of environment parameters under extreme time pressure to [[spoiler:neutralize a FLEIJA warhead]]. Even the inventor of FLEIJA, Nina Einstein, admits she wouldn't be able to do it fast enough.
*** He also records a video that gives the appearance of talking to [[spoiler:Schneizel]] (already a MagnificentBastard in his own right) in real-time, purely by calculating all his responses beforehand--including ''exactly how long he would laugh for''.
*** In the second season Lelouch [[BigDamnHeroes shows up to just in time]] to command his forces who are outnumbered and outgunned. In under a minute and with two orders, ''he wipes out an entire fleet'' due to having taking the time to learn the topography of the location on the way over.
*** [[spoiler:In the Re;surrection movie, Lelouch pulls this on an even bigger scale to determine the Geass power of his new enemy, Shamna. After C.C. snaps him back to his senses, he has her take over the strategizing, devising a latge number of attack plans and allowing her to choose them. As C.C. is unaffected by Geass, she’s able to cross off which plans and fail and any irregularities in the battle from before. Going through strategy after strategy, Lelouch eventually deduces Shamna’s power (which turns out to be MentalTimeTravel) and creates a trap specifically designed to counter her powers.]]

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** And he He does it again late in ''R2'' when he rapidly calculates (partly in his head, partly using his Frame's computer) several dozens of environment parameters under extreme time pressure to [[spoiler:neutralize a FLEIJA warhead]]. Even the inventor of FLEIJA, Nina Einstein, admits she wouldn't be able to do it fast enough.
*** ** He also records a video that gives the appearance of talking to [[spoiler:Schneizel]] (already a MagnificentBastard in his own right) in real-time, purely by calculating all his responses beforehand--including beforehand -- including ''exactly how long he would laugh for''.
*** ** In the second season season, Lelouch [[BigDamnHeroes shows up to just in time]] to command his forces who are outnumbered and outgunned. In under a minute and with two orders, ''he wipes out an entire fleet'' due to having taking taken the time to learn the topography of the location on the way over.
*** ** [[spoiler:In the Re;surrection movie, ''Anime/CodeGeassLelouchOfTheResurrection'', Lelouch pulls this on an even bigger scale to determine the Geass power of his new enemy, Shamna. After C.C. snaps him back to his senses, he has her take over the strategizing, devising a latge number of attack plans and allowing her to choose them. As C.C. is unaffected by Geass, she’s she's able to cross off which plans and fail and any irregularities in the battle from before. Going through strategy after strategy, Lelouch eventually deduces Shamna’s Shamna's power (which turns out to be MentalTimeTravel) and creates a trap specifically designed to counter her powers.]]



* Both Laios and Senshi of ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'' have a lot of intel about monsters, down to their anatomy, behavior and varieties which proves to be a very valuable asset on several occasions as their party is battling them. In Laios’s case, it’s because he’s a lifelong NightmareFetishist; in Senshi’s, it’s because he’s been hunting monsters for food for most of a decade.
* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', due being born with the Demon Slayer Mark, and all abilities that one can awaken after it, Yoriichi saw the world through a different lens than everyone else around him from birth; when he was 7 years old he could fine tune his X-Ray vision, the Transparent World, to first perceive his mother was secretly sickly before the rest of his family could know, could accurately pin-point the perfect places to strike with a wooden sword despite never being formally trained before, only witnessing Michikatsu’s training on occasion. In his prime as a Demon Slayer, Yoriichi used his acute vision to perceive all of Muzan’s weak points to easily defeat him.

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* Both Laios and Senshi of ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'' have a lot of intel about monsters, down to their anatomy, behavior and varieties varieties, which proves to be a very valuable asset on several occasions as their party is battling them. In Laios’s Laios's case, it’s it's because he’s he's a lifelong NightmareFetishist; in Senshi’s, it’s Senshi's, it's because he’s been hunting monsters for food for most of a decade.
* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', due being born with the Demon Slayer Mark, and all abilities that one can awaken after it, Yoriichi saw the world through a different lens than everyone else around him from birth; when he was 7 years old old, he could fine tune his X-Ray vision, XRayVision, the Transparent World, to first perceive his mother was secretly sickly before the rest of his family could know, and could accurately pin-point the perfect places to strike with a wooden sword despite never being formally trained before, only witnessing Michikatsu’s Michikatsu's training on occasion. In his prime as a Demon Slayer, Yoriichi used his acute vision to perceive all of Muzan’s Muzan's weak points to easily defeat him.him.
* In ''Anime/DigimonTamers'', one of the D-Reaper's agents was able to replicate the Digimon's attacks after seeing them only once.



* In ''Anime/DigimonTamers'', one of the D-Reaper's agents was able to replicate the Digimon's attacks after seeing them only once.

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* In ''Anime/DigimonTamers'', one of ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
** This is how Goku first learns to do his trademark Kamehameha. He also learns
the D-Reaper's agents was able After Image Technique after seeing it only once and manages to replicate improve upon it after seeing it used a second time with a double. He also learns the Digimon's attacks Solar Flare after seeing it used only twice and uses it successfully against Tien, its creator, at the next tournament. In the 22nd tournament, he copies King Chapa's Hasshu-ken (Eight-Arm Fist) in his fight against Tien. Somewhere along the way, he also learns Krillin's Destructo Disc. Goku's copying ability is derived from [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest Sun Wukong]]'s ([[MonkeyKingLite the character Goku's based on]]) own ability to immediately figure out a technique by just watching it. Even the techniques Goku doesn't use himself, [[AdaptiveAbility he knows how to counter after seeing them only once.use once or twice]].
** Tien is able to copy the Kamehameha after seeing Yamcha perform it. He also copies the After Image after Goku uses it against him.
** Not to be left behind, both Yamcha and Krillin learn the Kamehameha from observation since Master Roshi never taught them. It takes them three years to do it and isn't instant like Goku and Tien. Krillin also learns how to use Tien's Solar Flare.
** In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', Chiaotzu is able to successfully copy the Saibaman's self-destruction technique after one of them uses it to kill Yamcha.
** Vegeta himself is an excellent example of this trope when he learns how to sense ki by having witnessed the Z fighters do so. This is a particularly odd case, given that sensing ki is, obviously, something you cannot ''watch'' somebody do -- thus, Vegeta learned to do it simply by being informed that it ''could'' be done. He also learned to used Krillin's Destructo Disc just by seeing it once.
** Android 16 seems to have a knack for analyzing the power and abilities of others, immediately sensing Piccolo's fusion. In a show where everyone is constantly underestimating their opponent, this sticks out.
** Mouri manages to cripple Freeza's forces by quickly determining that they require their scouters to sense energy and thus blew up all the remaining scouters they had, rendering them unable to find the remaining Dragon Balls until the Ginyu Force arrived with more scouters.
** Majin Buu is able to learn any technique instantly just by watching someone else use it. He learns the Kamehameha, Instant Movement, and Vegeta's self-destruct move and rapid fire ki attack just by observing them. That's not even counting the techniques he learned by absorbing people, including the gods.
** In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Frost shows elements of this when he encounters Master Roshi attempting to use the Mafuuba against him. It's a very exotic technique way outside normal ki attacks for the series, but once Frost gets hit with it once, he's able to come up with an effective counter within just a few minutes.



* ''Anime/DragonBallZ''
** Majin Buu is able to learn any technique instantly just by watching someone else use it. He learns the Kamehameha, Instant Movement, and Vegeta's self-destruct move and rapid fire ki attack just by observing them. That's not even counting the techniques he learned by absorbing people, including the gods.
** This was how Goku first learned to do his trademark Kamehameha. He also learned the After Image Technique after seeing it only once and managed to improve upon it after seeing it used a second time with a double. He also learned the Solar Flare after seeing it used only twice and used it successfully against Tien, its creator, at the next tournament. In the 22nd tournament he copied King Chapa's Hasshu-ken (Eight-Arm Fist) in his fight against Tien. Somewhere along the way, he also learned Krillin's Destructo Disc. Goku's copy ability is derived from [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest Sun Wukong]]'s (the character Goku's based off of) own ability to immediately figure out a technique by just watching it. Even the techniques Goku doesn't use himself, [[AdaptiveAbility he knows how to counter them after seeing them use once or twice]].
** Vegeta himself is an excellent example of this trope when he learns how to sense ki by having witnessed the Z fighters do so. This is a particularly odd case, given that sensing ki is, obviously, something you cannot ''watch'' somebody do--thus, Vegeta learned to do it simply by being informed that it ''could'' be done. He also learned to used Krillin's Destructo Disc just by seeing it once.
** Tien was able to copy the Kamehameha after seeing Yamcha perform it. He also copied the After Image after Goku use it against him.
** Not to be left behind, both Yamcha and Krillin learned the Kamehameha from observation since Master Roshi never taught them. It took them three years to do it and wasn't instant like Goku and Tien. Krillin also learn how to use Tien's Solar Flare.
** Chiaotzu was able to successfully copy the Saibaman's self-destruction technique after one of them used it to kill Yamcha.
** Android 16 seems to have a knack for analyzing the power and abilities of others, immediately sensing Piccolo's fusion. In a show where everyone is constantly underestimating their opponent, this sticks out.
** Mouri manages to cripple Freeza's forces by quickly determining that they require their scouters to sense energy and thus blew up all the remaining scouters they had, rendering them unable to find the remaining Dragon Balls until the Ginyu Force arrived with more scouters.
** In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Frost shows elements of this when he encounters Master Roshi attempting to use the Mafuuba against him. It's a very exotic technique way outside normal ki attacks for the series, but once Frost gets hit with it once, he's able to come up with an effective counter within just a few minutes.
* ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'':

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* ''Anime/DragonBallZ''
** Majin Buu is able to learn any technique instantly just by watching someone else use it. He learns the Kamehameha, Instant Movement, and Vegeta's self-destruct move and rapid fire ki attack just by observing them. That's not even counting the techniques he learned by absorbing people, including the gods.
** This was how Goku first learned to do his trademark Kamehameha. He also learned the After Image Technique after seeing it only once and managed to improve upon it after seeing it used a second time with a double. He also learned the Solar Flare after seeing it used only twice and used it successfully against Tien, its creator, at the next tournament. In the 22nd tournament he copied King Chapa's Hasshu-ken (Eight-Arm Fist) in his fight against Tien. Somewhere along the way, he also learned Krillin's Destructo Disc. Goku's copy ability is derived from [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest Sun Wukong]]'s (the character Goku's based off of) own ability to immediately figure out a technique by just watching it. Even the techniques Goku doesn't use himself, [[AdaptiveAbility he knows how to counter them after seeing them use once or twice]].
** Vegeta himself is an excellent example of this trope when he learns how to sense ki by having witnessed the Z fighters do so. This is a particularly odd case, given that sensing ki is, obviously, something you cannot ''watch'' somebody do--thus, Vegeta learned to do it simply by being informed that it ''could'' be done. He also learned to used Krillin's Destructo Disc just by seeing it once.
** Tien was able to copy the Kamehameha after seeing Yamcha perform it. He also copied the After Image after Goku use it against him.
** Not to be left behind, both Yamcha and Krillin learned the Kamehameha from observation since Master Roshi never taught them. It took them three years to do it and wasn't instant like Goku and Tien. Krillin also learn how to use Tien's Solar Flare.
** Chiaotzu was able to successfully copy the Saibaman's self-destruction technique after one of them used it to kill Yamcha.
** Android 16 seems to have a knack for analyzing the power and abilities of others, immediately sensing Piccolo's fusion. In a show where everyone is constantly underestimating their opponent, this sticks out.
** Mouri manages to cripple Freeza's forces by quickly determining that they require their scouters to sense energy and thus blew up all the remaining scouters they had, rendering them unable to find the remaining Dragon Balls until the Ginyu Force arrived with more scouters.
** In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Frost shows elements of this when he encounters Master Roshi attempting to use the Mafuuba against him. It's a very exotic technique way outside normal ki attacks for the series, but once Frost gets hit with it once, he's able to come up with an effective counter within just a few minutes.
* ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'':
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** Parodied by Sasuke Kanagushi of the Dokubari Scorpions, who learned to pay attention to the little gestures and tells in the opposing players' position to accurately predict their moves. However, this tactic is completely useless against experienced players who learned to hide their tells. How does [[MagnificentBastard Hiruma]] take advantage of that? Using ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext blush and lipstick.]]''
* Erza Scarlet from ''Manga/FairyTail'' was able to figure out the weaknesses of Midnight's powers after three exchanges.

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** Parodied by Sasuke Kanagushi of the Dokubari Scorpions, who learned to pay attention to the little gestures and tells in the opposing players' position to accurately predict their moves. However, this tactic is completely useless against experienced players who learned to hide their tells. How does [[MagnificentBastard Hiruma]] take advantage of that? Using ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext blush and lipstick.]]''
lipstick]]''.
* ''Manga/FairyTail'':
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Erza Scarlet from ''Manga/FairyTail'' was able to figure out the weaknesses of Midnight's powers after three exchanges.



* Kenshiro from ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', who can copy any technique just by seeing it once.
** An even more appropriate example is the villain Amiba [[SpellMyNameWithAnS (or Ameeba, or Amoeba, or whatever)]], who is able to get a grasp of any martial art by observing its practitioners. He uses it to impersonate [[spoiler:Toki]], and manages to pull off the sham for awhile, until he gets outed by Rei. However, his versions of whatever martial arts he copies aren't quite as pure as the original, and Kenshiro is able to fight out of his techniques, while saying that if the real [[spoiler:Toki]] had hit the same pressure points, Kenshiro would never, ever have been able to get out.

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* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'':
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Kenshiro from ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', who can copy any technique just by seeing it once.
** An even more appropriate example is the villain Amiba [[SpellMyNameWithAnS (or ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS or Ameeba, or Amoeba, or whatever)]], whatever]]), who is able to get a grasp of any martial art by observing its practitioners. He uses it to impersonate [[spoiler:Toki]], [[spoiler:Toki]] and manages to pull off the sham for awhile, a while until he gets outed by Rei. However, his versions of whatever martial arts he copies aren't quite as pure as the original, and Kenshiro is able to fight out of his techniques, while saying that if the real [[spoiler:Toki]] had hit the same pressure points, Kenshiro would never, ever have been able to get out.



** The homunculus Wrath has a superpower called "the Ultimate Eye". It means that he is able to analyse all possible factors in his vision and calculate the perfect battle strategy to any situation. [[spoiler:He is defeated by one of the heroes stabbing him through the body of a terminally wounded ally, which left a large blind spot in his field of vision]].
** All alchemists are this in general since they often have to understand and utilize the material in their surroundings to use their ability.
*** Special mention, however, goes to Ed, as he manages to defeat "The Ultimate Shield" of Greed by realizing his armor was composed of Carbon, and realigned that Carbon from a diamond-esque stratum to one of graphite--i.e., ''pencil lead''.
*** In the manga, he also manages to recreate Greed's trick using his automail and figures out how to [[spoiler:use his own soul as a Philosopher's Stone by using the energy from Envy's to escape Gluttony's stomach earlier on]].
** And it isn't just main characters. Scar has killed plenty of state alchemists and chimeras. However, Jerso and Zampano render his tactics totally useless because they've studied his commonly used moves and prevent him from doing them

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** The homunculus Wrath has a superpower called "the Ultimate Eye". It means that he is able to analyse all possible factors in his vision and calculate the perfect battle strategy to any situation. [[spoiler:He is defeated by one of the heroes stabbing him through the body of a terminally wounded ally, which left a large blind spot in his field of vision]].
vision.]]
** All alchemists are this in general since they often have to understand and utilize the material in their surroundings to use their ability.
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ability. Special mention, however, goes to Ed, as he manages to defeat "The Ultimate Shield" of Greed by realizing his armor was is composed of Carbon, carbon, and realigned realigns that Carbon carbon from a diamond-esque stratum to one of graphite--i.graphite -- i.e., ''pencil lead''.
***
lead''. In the manga, he also manages to recreate Greed's trick using his automail and figures out how to [[spoiler:use his own soul as a Philosopher's Stone by using the energy from Envy's to escape Gluttony's stomach earlier on]].
** And it It isn't just main characters. Scar has killed plenty of state alchemists and chimeras. However, Jerso and Zampano render his tactics totally useless because they've studied his commonly used moves and prevent him from doing them



* As the Cracked quote on the main page notes, this sort of skill is invaluable to a sniper - and is part of why ''Manga/{{Golgo 13}}'' is so good at it. In the chapter "The Eye of God", he works out, from the two locations he's told to go to, the exact orbit of a spy satellite... with such accuracy ''he can look ''straight at it''' as it passes and photographs him''.

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* ''Manga/Golgo13'': As the Cracked Website/{{Cracked}} quote on the main page notes, this sort of skill is invaluable to a sniper - -- and is part of why ''Manga/{{Golgo 13}}'' Golgo is so good at it. In the chapter "The Eye of God", he works out, from the two locations he's told to go to, the exact orbit of a spy satellite... satellite with such accuracy that ''he can look ''straight '''straight at it''' as it passes and photographs him''.



* ''Manga/HenkyouNoRoukishiBardLoen'': An offhand comment by an assassin that he has something else to do after killing Bard Loen clues him in that Coendera Family is searching for something and think he may have it ([[spoiler:Unbeknownst to either of them, he does actually have the McGuffin with him]]). He figures out what that is specifically later, along with the Kaldus Coendera's entire plan, and ruins it in a single move.
* ''Manga/{{Holyland}}'' chapter 168 explains that the ability to "read" an enemy is the real source of Masaki's ability, more than any of his physical prowess.
* In ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' many characters fall in this trope.
** Kurapika, after seeing Uvogin fighting only once, is able to make up a plan to engage him in an 1v1 fight, [[BatmanGambit knowing that he will not request backup from his fellows, and will defy him alone.]]
** Chrollo, in his fight against Hisoka [[spoiler:is able to outsmart even him, a Manipulative Bastard in his own right, taking into account the exact reactions of Hisoka to his plays, and ultimately kills him without even being hurt at all.]]

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* ''Manga/HenkyouNoRoukishiBardLoen'': An offhand comment by an assassin that he has something else to do after killing Bard Loen clues him in that Coendera Family is searching for something and think he may have it ([[spoiler:Unbeknownst ([[spoiler:unbeknownst to either of them, he does actually have the McGuffin MacGuffin with him]]). He figures out what that is specifically later, along with the Kaldus Coendera's entire plan, and ruins it in a single move.
* Chapter 168 of ''Manga/{{Holyland}}'' chapter 168 explains that the ability to "read" an enemy is the real source of Masaki's ability, more than any of his physical prowess.
* In ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', many characters fall in this trope.
** Kurapika, after seeing Uvogin fighting only once, is able to make up a plan to engage him in an 1v1 fight, [[BatmanGambit knowing that he will not request backup from his fellows, fellows and will defy him alone.]]
alone]].
** Chrollo, in In his fight against Hisoka Hisoka, Chrollo [[spoiler:is able to outsmart even him, a Manipulative Bastard ManipulativeBastard in his own right, taking into account the exact reactions of Hisoka to his plays, and ultimately kills him without even being hurt at all.]] all]].



* Ryosuke Takahashi of ''Manga/InitialD'', one of the hero's main rivals, is said to be the only racing driver who trains on the computer--not through simulations, but apparently by mathematical analysis of the performance of different cars.
** To further prove his awesomeness, in 4th stage once he asks Takumi to wait for his opponent for a few seconds, lowering his speed in the first part of the race, having understood just by watching him that the opponent is awesome by analysis himself. The opponent is in fact so good that in the little time he studies Takumi's car by following him he realizes Takumi's weak point. Ryosuke does that on purpose so that their opponent can prepare a strategy in the following race, to teach Takumi to understand his weak points and improve his ability. This means he is so smart that he actually uses another awesome by analysis character as a pawn, predicting all of his further reasoning and reaction. He's 3 steps ahead of a common awesome by analysis character.
* Toru of ''Manga/IrisZero''. In a world where people suddenly began developing special powers called "irises" (when someone with an iris sees someone or something, they see something else along with it that goes along with the power. One girl sees a devil's tail on anyone who is lying, another sees an "X" or "O" over someone's head when seeking out someone qualified for a position), Toru has no Iris at all, making him an "Iris Zero". However, he is so skilled at analyzing others that he was able to convince people that his Iris was being able to tell what other people's Irises were. Had he not been outed by the one person who could tell when he was lying, he'd still be doing it. He's so good at this that one character, whose Iris has yet to be revealed, admits that Toru is the only person he's ever met who was actually able to figure out what his Iris is. Toru isn't very good at solving "emotionless" puzzles, that is to say, IQ test-type puzzles, but he's exceptional when solving problems that involve other people.
* Tatsuya, the main character of ''Literature/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'', has barely any magical power, yet uses sheer breadth of spell knowledge, unarmed combat, magical gadgets and AntiMagic techniques to make what he has fight on-par with the others.
** Actually Tatsuya has [[spoiler:near Godlike magic power, but it is restricted to two primary game-breaking abilities (and some offshoot abilities) preventing him from using powerful magic in day to day life. His analysis ability, Elemental Sight is a necessary secondary power to his primary abilities.]] His Elemental Sight gives him an innate understanding of spells and magic as he cal literally read magic and the physical world. He analyses that and uses it to win. He can also read the physical history of anything/anyplace/anyone (limited to the past 24 hours).
* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'': This trope pretty much became a given amongst the characters, especially in the wake of Part 3 with the introduction of Stands. A major part of Stand battles has the protagonists actually having to analyze and determine their opponents’ Stand abilities in order to counter them.

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* Ryosuke Takahashi of ''Manga/InitialD'', one of the hero's main rivals, is said to be the only racing driver who trains on the computer--not computer -- not through simulations, but apparently by mathematical analysis of the performance of different cars.
**
cars. To further prove his awesomeness, in 4th stage stage, he once he asks Takumi to wait for his opponent for a few seconds, lowering his speed in the first part of the race, having understood just by watching him that the opponent is awesome by analysis himself. The opponent is in fact so good that in the little time he studies Takumi's car by following him he realizes Takumi's weak point. Ryosuke does that on purpose so that their opponent can prepare a strategy in the following race, to teach Takumi to understand his weak points and improve his ability. This means he is so smart that he actually uses another awesome by analysis character as a pawn, predicting all of his further reasoning and reaction. He's 3 three steps ahead of a common awesome Awesome by analysis Analysis character.
* Toru of ''Manga/IrisZero''. In a world where people suddenly began developing special powers called "irises" (when "irises",[[labelnote:Lengthy info here]]When someone with an iris sees someone or something, they see something else along with it that goes along with the power. One girl sees a devil's tail on anyone who is lying, another sees an "X" or "O" over someone's head when seeking out someone qualified for a position), position[[/labelnote]] Toru has no Iris at all, making him an "Iris Zero". However, he is so skilled at analyzing others that he was able to convince people that his Iris was being able to tell what other people's Irises were. Had he not been outed by the one person who could tell when he was lying, he'd still be doing it. He's so good at this that one character, whose Iris has yet to be revealed, admits that Toru is the only person he's ever met who was actually able to figure out what his Iris is. Toru isn't very good at solving "emotionless" puzzles, that is to say, IQ test-type puzzles, but he's exceptional when solving problems that involve other people.
* Tatsuya, the main character of ''Literature/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'', has barely any magical power, yet uses sheer breadth of spell knowledge, unarmed combat, magical gadgets and AntiMagic techniques to make what he has fight on-par with the others.
** Actually
others. Tatsuya actually has [[spoiler:near Godlike magic godlike magical power, but it is restricted to two primary game-breaking abilities (and some offshoot abilities) preventing him from using powerful magic in day to day day-to-day life. His analysis ability, Elemental Sight is a necessary secondary power to his primary abilities.]] abilities]]. His Elemental Sight gives him an innate understanding of spells and magic as he cal can literally read magic and the physical world. He analyses that and uses it to win. He can also read the physical history of anything/anyplace/anyone (limited to the past 24 hours).
* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'': This trope pretty much became a given amongst the characters, especially in the wake of Part 3 with the introduction of Stands. A major part of Stand battles has the protagonists actually having to [[PuzzleBoss analyze and determine their opponents’ opponents' Stand abilities in order to counter them.them]].



*** [[spoiler: Risotto Nero, during his battle with Doppio, manages to realize the true secret of the Boss (that being that he’s a split personality living inside of Doppio’s body) by observing the changes in Doppio’s mannerisms and behavior as the fight continues.]]
*** [[spoiler: The Boss Diavolo demonstrates this himself during the Chariot Requiem arc. He manages to deduce the full mechanics of Chariot Requiem’s abilities, including the means of destroying it, simply by analyzing its reactions to his enemies’ attempts to steal the Arrow from it.]]

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*** [[spoiler: Risotto [[spoiler:Risotto Nero, during his battle with Doppio, manages to realize the true secret of the Boss (that being that he’s (he's a split personality living inside of Doppio’s Doppio's body) by observing the changes in Doppio’s Doppio's mannerisms and behavior as the fight continues.]]
*** [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The Boss Diavolo demonstrates this himself during the Chariot Requiem arc. He manages to deduce the full mechanics of Chariot Requiem’s Requiem's abilities, including the means of destroying it, simply by analyzing its reactions to his enemies’ enemies' attempts to steal the Arrow from it.]]



* In ''Manga/{{Keijo}}'', Aoba's right hand, being more sensitive than a normal person's, is not just capable of picking up subtle changes in the wind such that she can predict the trajectory of a beach ball, but also able to determine physical quirks of every person she's touched. In the manga, she's covertly felt up nearly every one of her peers; the anime instead lets her get away with it via providing massages.
** Kotone's feet are sensitive to vibration which allows her to read her opponent's movements.
** In general, this seems to be a trait of the best players in the Keijo world. The protagonist Nozomi is exceptionally good at watching other players' techniques and figuring out how to counter them or how to use them to improve her own, and most of her closest friends have taken out opponents that should have been well above their level in this manner. Furthermore, while the source of the ability is still unknown, [[spoiler:Fuyuyu, the current strongest player in the entire Keijo world,]] manages to pull a PerfectPlayAI against every opponent she faces, which at least strongly suggests this may be involved for her as well.
* ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'':
** Siegfried and Odin also use a variant: they dodge and counter their opponent's attacks by learning their "rhythm", which allows them to predict the opponent's next move. In both cases Kenichi attempts to trip them up by performing random stunts unrelated to fighting (Siegfried) or radically altering his fighting technique at quick intervals (Odin).

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* In ''Manga/{{Keijo}}'', Aoba's right hand, being more sensitive than a normal person's, is not just capable of picking up subtle changes in the wind such that she can predict the trajectory of a beach ball, but also able to determine physical quirks of every person she's touched. In the manga, she's covertly felt up nearly every one of her peers; the anime instead lets her get away with it via providing massages.
** Kotone's feet are sensitive to vibration which allows her to read her opponent's movements.
''Manga/{{Keijo}}'':
** In general, this seems to be a trait of the best players in the Keijo world.players. The protagonist Nozomi is exceptionally good at watching other players' techniques and figuring out how to counter them or how to use them to improve her own, and most of her closest friends have taken out opponents that should have been well above their level in this manner. Furthermore, while the source of the ability is still unknown, [[spoiler:Fuyuyu, the current strongest player in the entire Keijo world,]] manages to pull a PerfectPlayAI against every opponent she faces, which at least strongly suggests this may be involved for her as well.
* ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'':
** Aoba's right hand, being more sensitive than a normal person's, is not just capable of picking up subtle changes in the wind such that she can predict the trajectory of a beach ball, but also able to determine physical quirks of every person she's touched. In the manga, she's covertly felt up nearly every one of her peers; the anime instead lets her get away with it via providing massages.
** Kotone's feet are sensitive to vibration, which allows her to read her opponent's movements.
* ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'':
Siegfried and Odin also use a variant: they dodge and counter their opponent's attacks by learning their "rhythm", which allows them to predict the opponent's next move. In both cases Kenichi attempts to trip them up by performing random stunts unrelated to fighting (Siegfried) or radically altering his fighting technique at quick intervals (Odin).



* Three-star Houka Inumuta, in ''Anime/KillLaKill'', appears to be this initially, defeating a berserk student wearing a [[PowerLevels five-star uniform]] with [[OneHitKill one perfectly-placed blow]]. [[spoiler:However, in his fight with Ryuko, she immediately figures out what he's doing and counters him by simply [[ConfusionFu adjusting her fighting style and making unexpected moves]]. When he activates [[InvisibilityCloak Optical Camouflage]] to force her to move more cautiously, she simply uses an AreaOfEffect attack to flatten the whole arena. This results in his visor flashing "DoesNotCompute"]].
** To be perfectly fair to Inumuta, it's not really his fault--[[spoiler:his Probe Regalia is simply not advanced enough to collect sufficient data to defeat an opponent wearing a [[AppliedPhlebotinum 100% Life Fiber]] outfit like [[EmpathicWeapon Kamui Senketsu]]]].
* Hiroto Kuragane's main ability of the 2011 UsefulNotes/{{Kendo}} manga, ''Manga/{{Kurogane|2011}}'', used to help offset his lack of physical abilities.

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* Three-star Houka Inumuta, in ''Anime/KillLaKill'', Inumuta from ''Anime/KillLaKill'' appears to be this initially, defeating a berserk student wearing a [[PowerLevels five-star uniform]] with [[OneHitKill one perfectly-placed blow]]. [[spoiler:However, in his fight with Ryuko, she immediately figures out what he's doing and counters him by simply [[ConfusionFu adjusting her fighting style and making unexpected moves]]. When he activates [[InvisibilityCloak Optical Camouflage]] to force her to move more cautiously, she simply uses an AreaOfEffect attack to flatten the whole arena. This results in his visor flashing "DoesNotCompute"]].
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"[[LogicBomb Does Not Compute]]"]]. To be perfectly fair to Inumuta, it's not really his fault--[[spoiler:his fault -- [[spoiler:his Probe Regalia is simply not advanced enough to collect sufficient data to defeat an opponent wearing a [[AppliedPhlebotinum [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman 100% Life Fiber]] outfit Fiber outfit]] like [[EmpathicWeapon Kamui Senketsu]]]].
* In ''Manga/Kurogane2011'', this is Hiroto Kuragane's main ability of the 2011 UsefulNotes/{{Kendo}} manga, ''Manga/{{Kurogane|2011}}'', ability, used to help offset his lack of physical abilities.



* One chapter of ''Manga/TheKurosagiCorpseDeliveryService'' involved a crooked insurance agent who convinces people to sign up for insurance (with him as a beneficiary), then murders them via probability: he uses a special notebook to calculate circumstances that are most likely to kill them in a freak accident, then lures them into such situations and collects the money. He tries to kill the members of the Delivery Service this way after they make contact with one of his victims. [[spoiler:His demise comes about due to a personal weakness--his deduction is that he'll die in a plane accident, so he cancels his flight--but "accident" is ''not'' synonymous with "crash"; a screw falls off the plane and hits him in the {{eye|Scream}} at terminal velocity]].
* Most of the characters in ''Manga/LiarGame''. To survive the games, you have to be good at analyzing your opponents, exploiting their weaknesses and using them to your advantage. And, slowly, with each round, Nao is [[TookALevelInBadAss becoming quite a force to be reckoned with]].

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* One chapter of ''Manga/TheKurosagiCorpseDeliveryService'' involved involves a crooked insurance agent who convinces people to sign up for insurance (with him as a beneficiary), then murders them via probability: he uses a special notebook to calculate circumstances that are most likely to kill them in a freak accident, then lures them into such situations and collects the money. He tries to kill the members of the Delivery Service this way after they make contact with one of his victims. [[spoiler:His demise comes about due to a personal weakness--his deduction is that he'll die in a plane accident, so he cancels his flight--but flight -- but "accident" is ''not'' synonymous with "crash"; a screw falls off the plane and hits him in the {{eye|Scream}} at terminal velocity]].
velocity.]]
* Most of the characters in ''Manga/LiarGame''. To survive the games, you have to be good at analyzing your opponents, exploiting their weaknesses and using them to your advantage. And, slowly, with each round, Nao is [[TookALevelInBadAss [[TookALevelInBadass becoming quite a force to be reckoned with]].



* You know those attacks [[spoiler:Vivio]] was flinging around at the end of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers''? [[AllThereInTheManual The DVD notes]] reveal that they're all attacks from [[spoiler: her mamas]]. How did she acquire them? [[ComicBookAdaptation Chapter 10 of the supplementary manga]] greatly implied that she learned it from watching their combat videos. That's the "gathering magical data" she meant during the penultimate episode of the season.

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* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'':
**
You know those attacks [[spoiler:Vivio]] was flinging around at the end of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers''? [[AllThereInTheManual The DVD notes]] reveal that they're all attacks from [[spoiler: her mamas]]. How did she acquire them? [[ComicBookAdaptation Chapter 10 of the supplementary manga]] greatly implied that she learned it from watching their combat videos. That's the "gathering magical data" she meant during the penultimate episode of the season.



* In ''Manga/MedakaBox'', this is how Kurokami Medaka's Abnormality "The End" primarily works. Through a combination of abnormal effort and abnormal talent, Medaka is able to analyze any technique and not only instantly learn it, but "complete" it to its maximum potential even if the technique's original user hasn't taken it that far (for example, copying someone's automatic super-reflexes, "Autopilot", but completing it by added the ability to turn it off). Later in the story, "The End" develops even further to the point where she can "complete" techniques merely by hearing about them, and even learn Minus skills that ''shouldn't/can't'' be "completed".

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* In ''Manga/MedakaBox'', this ''Manga/MedakaBox'':
** This
is how Kurokami Medaka's Abnormality "The End" primarily works. Through a combination of abnormal effort and abnormal talent, Medaka is able to analyze any technique and not only instantly learn it, but "complete" it to its maximum potential even if the technique's original user hasn't taken it that far (for example, copying someone's automatic super-reflexes, "Autopilot", but completing it by added the ability to turn it off). Later in the story, "The End" develops even further to the point where she can "complete" techniques merely by hearing about them, and even learn Minus skills that ''shouldn't/can't'' be "completed".



* In ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'', Allenby Beardsley is apparently able to copy the main character's [[FinishingMove Erupting God Finger]] attack just by having watched it. Which is rather strange, because it's an inherent ability of the God Gundam, and as far as we know Allenby didn't make any physical modifications to her Nobel Gundam to duplicate it. Then again, they're {{Super Robot}}s so it doesn't have to make sense.

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* In ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'', Allenby Beardsley is apparently able to copy the main character's [[FinishingMove Erupting God Finger]] attack just by having watched it. Which is rather strange, because it's an inherent ability of the God Gundam, and as far as we know Allenby didn't make any physical modifications to her Nobel Gundam to duplicate it. Then again, they're {{Super Robot}}s Robot|Genre}}s, so it doesn't have to make sense.



* In ''Manga/{{Mx0}}'', Taiga is a BadassNormal in a [[WizardingSchool school of mages]] and everyone believes that he has the [[FakeUltimateHero strongest magic]] possible for plot related reasons; because of that he gets in near constant fights that he wins by carefully observing the magic being used against him, its limitations, and putting terrain to very good use. He is so good at this that people in his school still believe that he has the strongest magic of any student.
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''[='s=] Izuku Midoriya is a hero {{Otaku}} who spent most of his life collecting intricate notes about every hero he saw, which gives him a virtual library of techniques and specs. On top of that, he's a very quick thinker who can deduce the powers (and limitations) of his opponents, analyze their fighting styles, and [[IndyPloy create plans on short notice]], letting him stand up to people much more powerful than him. He also took a few pages from his friends and mentors to add to his own fighting style, such as some of Katsuki Bakugou's punches, Tenya Iida's kicks, or Mina Ashido's dance training.
** Hence some fans suspecting that he DOES have a Quirk (superpower): this.
* This ability to copy techniques and instantly comprehend motion is the main source of the Sharingan's power in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''.
** The main character (post time-skip) develops his own form of battle analysis, using his Shadow Clones in Trial-and-Error fighting until he forms a winning strategy.
*** For example, when facing the [[OldMaster Third Raikage]] in battle, he learned from [[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu Hachibi]] that both of them fell from exhaustion while their jutsus were still active. That gives him the idea that maybe the Third Raikage's Nukite damaged him. Testing that theory out, he entered [[SuperMode Sage Mode]] since he couldn't use his Nine-Tailed Chakra Mode at the moment. Creating a [[SphereOfDestruction Rasengan]], he used his sensing abilities and Frog Katas to dodge the Third's strike, spinning around and hitting his arm with the Rasengan. Which sent it crashing into his chest, leaving him open for sealing.

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* In ''Manga/{{Mx0}}'', ''Manga/Mx0'', Taiga is a BadassNormal in a [[WizardingSchool school of mages]] and everyone believes that he has the [[FakeUltimateHero strongest magic]] possible for plot related reasons; because of that he gets in near constant fights that he wins by carefully observing the magic being used against him, its limitations, and putting terrain to very good use. He is so good at this that people in his school still believe that he has the strongest magic of any student.
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''[='s=] In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', Izuku Midoriya is a hero {{Otaku}} who spent most of his life collecting intricate notes about every hero he saw, which gives him a virtual library of techniques and specs. On top of that, he's a very quick thinker who can deduce the powers (and limitations) of his opponents, analyze their fighting styles, and [[IndyPloy create plans on short notice]], letting him stand up to people much more powerful than him. He also took a few pages from his friends and mentors to add to his own fighting style, such as some of Katsuki Bakugou's punches, Tenya Iida's kicks, or Mina Ashido's dance training.
** Hence
training, hence some fans suspecting [[WildMassGuessing suspecting]] that he DOES ''does'' have a Quirk (superpower): this.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
**
This ability to copy techniques and instantly comprehend motion is the main source of the Sharingan's power in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''.
power.
** The main character (post time-skip) Post TimeSkip, Naruto develops his own form of battle analysis, using his Shadow Clones in Trial-and-Error fighting until he forms a winning strategy.
***
strategy. For example, when facing the [[OldMaster Third Raikage]] in battle, he learned from [[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu Hachibi]] that both of them fell from exhaustion while their jutsus were still active. That gives him the idea that maybe the Third Raikage's Nukite damaged him. Testing that theory out, he entered [[SuperMode Sage Mode]] since he couldn't use his Nine-Tailed Chakra Mode at the moment. Creating a [[SphereOfDestruction Rasengan]], he used his sensing abilities and Frog Katas to dodge the Third's strike, spinning around and hitting his arm with the Rasengan. Which sent it crashing into his chest, leaving him open for sealing.



* It can be said that this is Negi Springfield from ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi''[='s=] real [[TheGift strong point]], in contrast to the [[WorldsStrongestMan outrageous raw power]] of [[IdiotHero his father]]. Several characters point out that the reason he's so strong isn't because of raw power, but because he's capable of understanding extremely advanced magical theories and combining various spells in unique ways. His advanced planning is the only reason [[spoiler:that he was able to fight the [[BeyondTheImpossible physics and magical law defying]] Jack Rakan to a draw, a feat that impresses [[OldMaster Eva]] enough to call him "[[RedBaron Boy Genius Mage]]"]].
** Same goes for Yue. She's able to recognize an illusory dimension and KO a griffin dragon by analyzing their properties. It helps that her artifact is a GreatBigBookOfEverything.

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* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'':
**
It can be said that this is Negi Springfield from ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi''[='s=] real [[TheGift strong point]], in contrast to the [[WorldsStrongestMan outrageous raw power]] of [[IdiotHero his father]]. Several characters point out that the reason he's so strong isn't because of raw power, but because he's capable of understanding extremely advanced magical theories and combining various spells in unique ways. His advanced planning is the only reason [[spoiler:that he was able to fight the [[BeyondTheImpossible physics and magical law defying]] Jack Rakan to a draw, a feat that impresses [[OldMaster Eva]] enough to call him "[[RedBaron Boy Genius Mage]]"]].
** Same The same goes for Yue. She's able to recognize an illusory dimension and KO a griffin dragon by analyzing their properties. It helps that her artifact is a GreatBigBookOfEverything.



* Luffy from ''Manga/OnePiece'' is extremely good at figuring out ways to dodge, parry, or even counter attacks after seeing them once, or at least very little. Thanks to that, he was even able to assimilate the [=CP9's=] Soru technique and use it himself.

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Luffy from ''Manga/OnePiece'' is extremely good at figuring out ways to dodge, parry, or even counter attacks after seeing them once, or at least very little. Thanks to that, he was even able to assimilate the [=CP9's=] Soru technique and use it himself.



* In ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'', this, combined with his [[TheDeterminator refusal to give up]] is what makes Garou so dangerous. Most of his fights start with him on the backfoot, taking shots from his opponent -- then he powers through their attacks with sheer will, and once he has learned their moves delivers a brutal ass-kicking. It even allows Garou to be one of the few people to stand up to Saitama without it immediately turning into a CurbStompBattle. By analyzing his movements and predicting his actions, Garou is actually able to stay a few steps ahead of Saitama for a while despite freely admitting that Saitama is faster than him, although he does lose in the end.

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* In ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'', this, ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'':
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combined with his [[TheDeterminator [[{{Determinator}} refusal to give up]] is what makes Garou so dangerous. Most of his fights start with him on the backfoot, taking shots from his opponent -- then he powers through their attacks with sheer will, and once he has learned their moves delivers a brutal ass-kicking. It even allows Garou to be one of the few people to stand up to Saitama without it immediately turning into a CurbStompBattle. By analyzing his movements and predicting his actions, Garou is actually able to stay a few steps ahead of Saitama for a while despite freely admitting that Saitama is faster than him, although he does lose in the end.



* ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'', anyone? There's a whole style of tennis based on analyzing your opponent's moves, abilities, statistics, ''et cetera'', and then using it to beat them. It's called Data Tennis. It's utilized most extensively by Yanagi Renji and Inui Sadaharu, although it is used to a lesser (or at least, less successful) extent by Mizuki. Konjiki Koharu and Dan Taichi also show a tendency for Data Tennis, though in Koharu's case it is largely overshadowed by his Comedy Tennis, and Dan is yet to actually use his data in a match (largely because, at least in manga canon, he is yet to HAVE a match).
** Jokingly subverted by all of Inui's non-Tennis sports attempts. When playing billiards, the others assume he'll be good at it, even going so far as to say "It seems like a game he'd be good at, neh?" He then proceeds to lose horribly. Another time, when they go bowling, he chooses a light ball because it should be easier to control...but in bowling, a light ball tends to get excessive spin, making it ironically DIFFICULT to control. He spends the whole game making one point per turn, because he can only get the ball to hit the far left pin.
*** Every time this happens, he grimaces, gets ScaryShinyGlasses, and thinks a stunned "''Illogical...''"
* Being a Deconstruction of the FightingSeries PlayedForLaughs, ''Manga/RamenFighterMiki'' deconstructs this trope with because Kankuro is the resident IdiotHero, so when he tries to apply this trope being a StalkerWithoutACrush following his enemy Miki, Kankuro uses InsaneTrollLogic to guess Miki's weakness:

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* ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'', anyone? ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'':
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There's a whole style of tennis based on analyzing your opponent's moves, abilities, statistics, ''et cetera'', and then using it to beat them. It's called Data Tennis. It's utilized most extensively by Yanagi Renji and Inui Sadaharu, although it is used to a lesser (or at least, less successful) extent by Mizuki. Konjiki Koharu and Dan Taichi also show a tendency for Data Tennis, though in Koharu's case it is largely overshadowed by his Comedy Tennis, and Dan is yet to actually use his data in a match (largely because, at least in manga canon, he is yet to HAVE a match).
** Jokingly subverted by all of Inui's non-Tennis sports attempts. When playing billiards, the others assume he'll be good at it, even going so far as to say "It seems like a game he'd be good at, neh?" He then proceeds to lose horribly. Another time, when they go bowling, he chooses a light ball because it should be easier to control...but in bowling, a light ball tends to get excessive spin, making it ironically DIFFICULT to control. He spends the whole game making one point per turn, because he can only get the ball to hit the far left pin.
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far-left pin. Every time this happens, he grimaces, gets ScaryShinyGlasses, and thinks a stunned "''Illogical...''"
* Being a Deconstruction DeconstructiveParody of the FightingSeries PlayedForLaughs, FightingSeries, ''Manga/RamenFighterMiki'' deconstructs this trope with because Kankuro is the resident IdiotHero, so when he tries to apply this trope being a StalkerWithoutACrush following his enemy Miki, Kankuro uses InsaneTrollLogic to guess Miki's weakness:



* Kenshin from ''Anime/RurouniKenshin'' is good at reading his opponent's moves and can even apply this to dodge bullets. However, one of his weaknesses is that he is a little over-reliant on this, meaning that he can be thrown off by opponents using unorthodox moves, like when Jin-e passed his sword behind his back to his other hand or when Saitou threw his broken sword as a distraction before whipping Kenshin's sword out of his hand with a belt.
** It also hurt him in his battle against [[DissonantSerenity Soujiro]] [[SuperSpeed Seta]], who was emotionless/ki-less, and therefore, unreadable. Kenshin flounders during the first half of the fight, but [[spoiler:is able to turn it around when Soujiro suffers a [[VillainousBreakdown nervous breakdown]]]].

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* Kenshin from ''Anime/RurouniKenshin'' ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' is good at reading his opponent's moves and can even apply this to dodge bullets. However, one of his weaknesses is that he is a little over-reliant on this, meaning that he can be thrown off by opponents using unorthodox moves, like when Jin-e passed his sword behind his back to his other hand or when Saitou threw his broken sword as a distraction before whipping Kenshin's sword out of his hand with a belt.
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belt. It also hurt hurts him in his battle against [[SuperSpeed Soujiro Seta]], who is [[DissonantSerenity Soujiro]] [[SuperSpeed Seta]], who was emotionless/ki-less, emotionless]]/ki-less and therefore, therefore unreadable. Kenshin flounders during the first half of the fight, but [[spoiler:is able to turn it around when Soujiro suffers a [[VillainousBreakdown nervous breakdown]]]].



** When Cetus Moses and Hound Asterion first fight Marin they get through her superior powers thanks to Asterion's ability to read minds, but commit the fatal error of sparing her to use her as a bait. Asterion later fights her again... And [[OhCrap goes into panic]] when he sees that Marin has figured out a way to block his mind-reading abilities. [[OneHitKill He goes down with one hit]].
** During the Poseidon arc, Seiya has to fight the Marine General Sea Horse Baian and is seemingly killed... Then Seiya stands up no worse for the wear and says that his techniques are pretty much identical to Misty's, only more powerful, and as Seiya has since surpassed Misty he has nothing to fear. [[CurbStompBattle He then demonstrates]].
*** This one is especially notable because Baian [[OhCrap realizes he's screwed]] the moment Seiya tells him about having already seen moves similar to his ([[JustifiedTrope to be expected]], seeing that Sea Dragon, leader of the Marine Generals, is [[spoiler:a renegade Saint]]), and has to actually steel himself to continue the fight... [[DefiantToTheEnd That he knew he would lose, even if he wasn't going to admit it out loud]].
* ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'' has [[GuileHero Sakai Yuji]] as its epitome of this trope. While Shana's default strategy is beating their enemies in a straightforward battle, it doesn't always work. In fact, most of the time, when faced with unconventional enemies, the direct approach never works. Then Yuji has to work out a strategy for them.
* Parodied with a {{mook}} in ''Manga/SoulEater'' who could predict and analyze the next 20 moves of an opponent in battle, and do the necessary calculations on how to deal with it. The first thing he did when faced with his opponent was to surrender, because his analysis told him that he had no chance to win anyway.

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** When Cetus Moses and Hound Asterion first fight Marin they get through her superior powers thanks to Asterion's ability to read minds, but commit the fatal error of sparing her to use her as a bait. Asterion later fights her again... And and [[OhCrap goes into panic]] when he sees that Marin has figured out a way to block his mind-reading abilities. [[OneHitKill He goes down with one hit]].
** During the Poseidon arc, Seiya has to fight the Marine General Sea Horse Baian and is seemingly killed... Then Seiya stands up no worse for the wear and says that his techniques are pretty much identical to Misty's, only more powerful, and as Seiya has since surpassed Misty he has nothing to fear. [[CurbStompBattle He then demonstrates]].
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demonstrates]]. This one is especially notable because Baian [[OhCrap realizes he's screwed]] the moment Seiya tells him about having already seen moves similar to his ([[JustifiedTrope to be expected]], seeing that Sea Dragon, leader of the Marine Generals, is [[spoiler:a renegade Saint]]), and has to actually steel himself to continue the fight... [[DefiantToTheEnd That he knew he would lose, even if he wasn't going to admit it out loud]].
* ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'' has [[GuileHero Sakai Yuji]] as its epitome of this trope. While Shana's default strategy is beating their enemies in a straightforward battle, it doesn't always work. In fact, most of the time, when faced with unconventional enemies, the direct approach never works. Then Yuji has to work out a strategy for them.
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* ''Manga/SoulEater'':
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Parodied with a {{mook}} in ''Manga/SoulEater'' {{mook|s}} who could can predict and analyze the next 20 moves of an opponent in battle, and do the necessary calculations on how to deal with it. The first thing he did does when faced with his opponent was is to surrender, because his analysis told tells him that he had has no chance to win anyway.



* ''Manga/TalentlessNana'' has two examples: Nana Hiiragi and Kyouya Onodera. The two of them are incredibly good at spotting minor details, inconsistencies in seemingly cut-and-dried crime scenes and uncovering the truth, and using inferences from details and behaviors to their advantage. Fittingly, [[spoiler:Nana is a serial killer while Kyouya is trying to stop her murders.]]

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* ''Manga/TalentlessNana'' has two examples: Nana Hiiragi and Kyouya Onodera. The two of them are incredibly good at spotting minor details, inconsistencies in seemingly cut-and-dried crime scenes and uncovering the truth, and using inferences from details and behaviors to their advantage. Fittingly, [[spoiler:Nana is a serial killer while Kyouya is trying to stop her murders.]]murders]].



* In ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'' titular character in his first fight with red nitro, used his signature Kugi Punch on him. After creature recovered from attack, it managed to replicate said move against Toriko's ally.
* This is how Vash the Stampede in ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' is so awesome with his gunmanship. In one episode, he even surreptitiously throws a rock between gun duelists to deflect a bullet in mid-flight away from a lethal trajectory.
** He, does, however, have the advantage of being [[spoiler:over a hundred]] years old and has had plenty of time to hone his skills. Still, his physical abilities combined with his high mental abilities are what allows him to pull off such stunts.
** Indeed, Vash was even able to dodge bullets by noting the trajectory of a gun just as the wielder began to pull the trigger, giving him a head start on moving out of the way.

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* ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'': In ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'' titular character in his first fight with red nitro, used Red Nitro, Toriko uses his signature Kugi Punch on him. After the creature recovered recovers from the attack, it managed manages to replicate said move against Toriko's ally.
* This In ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'', this is how Vash the Stampede in ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' is [[ImprobableAimingSkills so awesome with his gunmanship. gunmanship]]. In one episode, he even surreptitiously throws a rock between gun duelists to deflect a bullet in mid-flight away from a lethal trajectory.
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trajectory. He, does, however, have the advantage of being [[spoiler:over a hundred]] years old and has had plenty of time to hone his skills. Still, his physical abilities combined with his high mental abilities are what allows him to pull off such stunts.
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stunts. Indeed, Vash was is even able to [[DodgeTheBullet dodge bullets bullets]] by noting the trajectory of a gun just as the wielder began begins to pull the trigger, giving him a head start on moving out of the way.



* Satsuki, the local (evil?) brainiac of ''Manga/{{X1999}}'' begins her [[ADayInTheLimelight day in the limelight]] with a tennis match. Not only can she instantly analyze the angles of the ball and react accordingly, but she can also read her opponent's physique and (successfully) conclude that she cannot return the serve without "an 11 percent increase in muscle mass."
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': Want to beat Yugi at a game he's never played? A game of your own creation, no less? You will lose; even if you're lucky, it will take him a maximum of two turns to figure out the game to the point that he's able to invent a strategy to kick your butt. As mentioned elsewhere, the card game [[PlotTumor taking over]] was unintended. He ''is'' king of ''games,'' plural, and being able to do this is his thing.
** Also, while this aspect wasn't quite as prominent in the second anime, Yami is incredibly good at analyzing his environment and developing strategies against brutal gang members. One of the prime examples is the "trigger" trap in the chapter where Jounouchi gets tortured by Hirutani's gang with stun guns. Yami lets one of the guys hit him so that he can lead the gang to puddle, telling them that a time bomb is going up unless they find a trigger. Hirutani quickly figures out that if they use the stun guns in the rain, they might actually hurt themselves. This wasn't the trigger though. The trigger was the arm of one of the gang member's, who was lying by the puddle after getting kicked by Jounouchi, stun gun still in his hand that is kept up by a metal pipe. Above his head, Yami had tied his Millenium Puzzle so that water drops on his face, waking him slowly. The moment he stirs, the metal pipe that held up his arm falls to the side, and he drops the stun gun into the puddle.

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* Satsuki, the local (evil?) brainiac of ''Manga/{{X1999}}'' ''Manga/{{X 1999}}'', begins her [[ADayInTheLimelight day in the limelight]] with a tennis match. Not only can she instantly analyze the angles of the ball and react accordingly, but she can also read her opponent's physique and (successfully) conclude that she cannot return the serve without "an 11 percent increase in muscle mass."
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* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': ''Franchise/YuGiOh'':
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Want to beat Yugi at a game he's never played? A game of your own creation, no less? You will lose; even if you're lucky, it will take him a maximum of two turns to figure out the game to the point that he's able to invent a strategy to kick your butt. As mentioned elsewhere, the card game [[PlotTumor taking over]] was unintended. He ''is'' king of ''games,'' plural, and being able to do this is his thing.
** Also, while this aspect wasn't isn't quite as prominent in [[Anime/YuGiOh the second anime, anime]], Yami is incredibly good at analyzing his environment and developing strategies against brutal gang members. One of the prime examples is the "trigger" trap in the [[Manga/YuGiOh manga]] chapter where Jounouchi gets tortured by Hirutani's gang with stun guns. Yami lets one of the guys hit him so that he can lead the gang to puddle, telling them that a time bomb is going up unless they find a trigger. Hirutani quickly figures out that if they use the stun guns in the rain, they might actually hurt themselves. This wasn't the trigger though. The trigger was the arm of one of the gang member's, who was lying by the puddle after getting kicked by Jounouchi, stun gun still in his hand that is kept up by a metal pipe. Above his head, Yami had tied his Millenium Puzzle so that water drops on his face, waking him slowly. The moment he stirs, the metal pipe that held up his arm falls to the side, and he drops the stun gun into the puddle.



* In ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', Daichi Misawa analyzes his opponent's known cards via computer before a duel and writes complex math formulas on his walls to develop new strategies. Kagurazaka, a one-shot character in Season 1, manages to do this by copying Yugi's deck, and was implied to have done so with several more duelists. There's also Dr. Zweinstein in Season 2, who is implied to have spent most of his time since Duel Monsters came out mastering the [[SeriousBusiness game]] through analysis and "duel physics".

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* ** In ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', Daichi Misawa analyzes his opponent's known cards via computer before a duel and writes complex math formulas on his walls to develop new strategies. Kagurazaka, a one-shot character in Season 1, manages to do this by copying Yugi's deck, and was implied to have done so with several more duelists. There's also Dr. Zweinstein in Season 2, who is implied to have spent most of his time since Duel Monsters came out mastering the [[SeriousBusiness game]] through analysis and "duel physics".



*** He almost meets his match with Koral Q, a mamodo with spells specifically designed to counteract all of Gash and Kiyomaro's tricks. Kiyomaro pulls through by [[IndyPloy inventing a new trick on the fly]].
** Dufaux much? His ability [[spoiler:Answer Talker, which he shares with Kiyomaro]] is KNOWING EVERYTHING. He actually just walks into an attack from Ropes, [[spoiler:sustaining no more damage than a big hole ripped in the shoulder of his jacket]]. He then proceeds to [[spoiler:pin Apollo to a wall and burn his book, only casting his first spell the entire battle if I remember correctly. If not, only one mid-level spell to defeat their trump spell]].
** And Momon. And everyone. Really, it's about the premise of the show here.

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*** ** He almost meets his match with Koral Q, a mamodo with spells specifically designed to counteract all of Gash and Kiyomaro's tricks. Kiyomaro pulls through by [[IndyPloy inventing a new trick on the fly]].
** Dufaux much? His Dufaux's ability [[spoiler:Answer Talker, which he shares with Kiyomaro]] Kiyomaro,]] is KNOWING EVERYTHING.''knowing everything''. He actually just walks into an attack from Ropes, [[spoiler:sustaining no more damage than a big hole ripped in the shoulder of his jacket]]. He then proceeds to [[spoiler:pin Apollo to a wall and burn his book, only casting his first spell the entire battle if I remember correctly. If not, only one mid-level spell to defeat their trump spell]].
** %%** And Momon. And everyone. Really, it's about the premise of the show here.
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* ''Manga/SpyXFamily'' has Loid Forger aka Agent Twilight. He's not only a super-fast reader but also showcases exceptional situational awareness. He's even capable of spotting a thief in disguise by his walking pattern.
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* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', due being born with the Demon Slayer Mark, and all abilities that one can awaken after it, Yoriichi saw the world through a different lens than everyone else around him from birth; when he was 7 years old he could fine tune his X-Ray vision, the Transparent World, to first perceive his mother was secretly sickly before the rest of his family could know, could accurately pin-point the perfect places to strike with a wooden sword despite never being formally trained before, only witnessing Michikatsu’s training on occasion. In his prime as a Demon Slayer, Yoriichi used his acute vision to perceive all of Muzan’s weak points to easily defeat him.

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*** [[spoiler: Yoshikage Kira displays this when his Stand powers evolve. Specifically, when the Stand Stray Cat combines powers with that his stand Killer Queen, enabling it to create explosive air bubbles. That just so happen to be invisible to everyone, even Kira. In order to use them safely and effectively, Kira has to actually analyze and calculate their trajectory even though he can’t see them, which he manages to do through basic trigonometry skills.]]

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*** [[spoiler: Yoshikage Kira displays this when his Stand powers evolve. Specifically, when the Stand Stray Cat combines powers with that of his stand Killer Queen, enabling it to create explosive air bubbles. That just so happen to be invisible to everyone, even Kira. In order to use them safely and effectively, Kira has to actually analyze and calculate their trajectory even though he can’t see them, which he manages to do through basic trigonometry skills.]]
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'':
*** [[spoiler: Risotto Nero, during his battle with Doppio, manages to realize the true secret of the Boss (that being that he’s a split personality living inside of Doppio’s body) by observing the changes in Doppio’s mannerisms and behavior as the fight continues.]]
*** [[spoiler: The Boss Diavolo demonstrates this himself during the Chariot Requiem arc. He manages to deduce the full mechanics of Chariot Requiem’s abilities, including the means of destroying it, simply by analyzing its reactions to his enemies’ attempts to steal the Arrow from it.
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* Alisa of ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' might not be the best tank commander around and clearly needs a remedial course on good sportsmanship, but episode 5 of the series shows why she is Saunders' strategist: She accurately guesses Ōarai's positions at the time of the radio transmission (time-distance calculation + terrain analysis), translates the very vague "leftwards direction" into a specific set of coordinates (more terrain analysis) and accurately estimates how fast Rabbit Team would get there (time-distance calculation, and it wouldn't have worked unless she got the first two approximately right). She then coordinates the movements of two platoons so the platoon moving in the open comes into view shortly before the flanking platoon moves in through the forest and counters Ōarai's reinforcing element by moving in Naomi's platoon (latter is not quite as impressive because her team has visual contact now, but still requires time-distance calculations). She also figured out the feasibility of withdrawing two tanks back out of commitment and into envelopment ahead of Ōarai's tanks (same). Keep in mind that all this was accomplished using only a radio and a map, without even seeing the battle unfold.

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Alisa of ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' might not be the best tank commander around and clearly needs a remedial course on good sportsmanship, but episode 5 of the series shows why she is Saunders' strategist: She accurately guesses Ōarai's positions at the time of the radio transmission (time-distance calculation + terrain analysis), translates the very vague "leftwards direction" into a specific set of coordinates (more terrain analysis) and accurately estimates how fast Rabbit Team would get there (time-distance calculation, and it wouldn't have worked unless she got the first two approximately right). She then coordinates the movements of two platoons so the platoon moving in the open comes into view shortly before the flanking platoon moves in through the forest and counters Ōarai's reinforcing element by moving in Naomi's platoon (latter is not quite as impressive because her team has visual contact now, but still requires time-distance calculations). She also figured out the feasibility of withdrawing two tanks back out of commitment and into envelopment ahead of Ōarai's tanks (same). Keep in mind that all this was accomplished using only a radio and a map, without even seeing the battle unfold.unfold.
** In ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzerDerFilm'', Yukari puts her knowledge on armored fighting vehicles to use on figuring out what is dropping high-explosive bombs from the sky. She considers the Brummbär, but thinks the explosion size is too big for that vehicle's armament. She then recalls there was no rocket sounds as the shells drop so it couldn't be a Sturmtiger. Then considering the shell payload would mean that the shell's weight would be about a ton. She then narrows down the options to the [[spoiler:Morser-Karl]].
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* Alisa of ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' might not be the best tank commander around and clearly needs a remedial course on good sportsmanship, but episode 5 of the series shows why she is Saunders' strategist: She accurately guesses Ōarai's positions at the time of the radio transmission (time-distance calculation + terrain analysis), translates the very vague "leftwards direction" into a specific set of coordinates (more terrain analysis) and accurately estimates how fast Rabbit Team would get there (time-distance calculation, and it wouldn't have worked unless she got the first two approximately right). She then coordinates the movements of two platoons so the platoon moving in the open comes into view shortly before the flanking platoon moves in through the forest and counters Ōarai's reinforcing element by moving in Naomi's platoon (latter is not quite as impressive because her team has visual contact now, but still requires time-distance calculations). She also figured out the feasibility of withdrawing two tanks back out of commitment and into envelopment ahead of Ōarai's tanks (same). Keep in mind that all this was accomplished using only a radio and a map, without even seeing the battle unfold.
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** [=NaNaNa=]'s Quincy power gives him the ability to analyze the patterns in a person's reiatsu and then directly [[AttackItsWeakPoint attack weak points in it]] to paralyze his foes. He's able to do this just by observing his targets for long enough, and it's strong enough to incapacitate 'Aizen.'

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** [=NaNaNa=]'s Quincy power gives him the ability to analyze the patterns in a person's reiatsu and then directly [[AttackItsWeakPoint attack weak points in it]] to paralyze his foes. He's able to do this just by observing his targets for long enough, and it's strong enough to incapacitate 'Aizen.'''Aizen.''
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** [[MadScientist Szayel Aporro]] could easily deal with Abarai Renji from observing "video" of his earlier fights, and negated Quincy power simply by collected information on Uryuu's reiatsu from previous battles. He even tells Pesche and Dondochakka that their CombinationAttack failed simply because they didn't use it sooner.
** Uryuu is known in-universe for doing this, most notably in his fight with Cirucci Thunderwitch. During the Lost Agent Arc, Ichigo delays fighting the ArcVillain because he's waiting for Uryuu to analyse the enemy and come up with a plan... until he gets bored, that is.
** If he can, [[MadScientist Mayuri]] analyses everything and everyone before he'll get involved. Secretly infecting Uryuu with spy-bacteria allowed him to analyse the fight between Szayel Aporro, Renji and Uryuu. He didn't enter the fight until he'd replaced his bodily organs and tendons, making him immune to most of Szayel's powers. If he can't prepare in advance of a fight, he'll make sure he has someone around he can sacrifice to obtain information on the enemy. He sacrificed Nemu to obtain information on Uryuu when they first fought and he later sacrifices Kenpachi to obtain information about the mysterious Pernida.

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** [[MadScientist Szayel Aporro]] Szayelaporro Granz]] could easily deal with Abarai Renji from observing "video" of his earlier fights, and negated Quincy power simply by collected information on Uryuu's reiatsu from previous battles. He even tells Pesche and Dondochakka that their CombinationAttack failed simply because they didn't use it sooner.
** Uryuu is known in-universe for doing this, most notably in his fight with Cirucci Thunderwitch. During the Lost Agent Arc, Ichigo delays fighting the ArcVillain because he's waiting for Uryuu to analyse analyze the enemy and come up with a plan... until he gets bored, that is.
** If he can, [[MadScientist Mayuri]] analyses everything and everyone before he'll get involved. Secretly infecting Uryuu with spy-bacteria allowed him to analyse analyze the fight between Szayel Aporro, Szayelaporro, Renji and Uryuu. He didn't enter the fight until he'd replaced his bodily organs and tendons, making him immune to most of Szayel's powers. If he can't prepare in advance of a fight, he'll make sure he has someone around he can sacrifice to obtain information on the enemy. He sacrificed Nemu to obtain information on Uryuu when they first fought and he later sacrifices Kenpachi to obtain information about the mysterious Pernida.



** [[BarrierWarrior Hachi]] is able to work out how to defeat Barragan simply by listening to Barragan's {{Badass Boast}}s. He realises that if Barragan's power genuinely was absolute aging then he had to be protected from being destroyed by his own power. It allowed him to conclude that using FunctionalMagic to expose Barragan to his own power would defeat him. He was right.
** [=NaNaNa=]'s Quincy power gives him the ability to analyze the patterns in a person's reiatsu and then directly [[AttackItsWeakPoint attack weak points in it]] to paralyze his foes. He's able to do this just by observing his targets for long enough, and it's strong enough to incapacitate Aizen.
** Yhwach, the King of the Quincies, not only is awesome by application of this trope, his powers do all the work for him. As long as he can see a power, he knows and understands it like the back of his hand. This is achieved with his all seeing eyes. This manifests as three eyes on each eyeball. And, as soon as he understands a power, he cannot be harmed by it. Although, he usually fights with his eyes "closed", so it's possible that he doesn't want to feel like he's cheating until he is actually in mortal danger. Not surprising at all, since it's already established at that point that he's really, really badass, and probably has some sort of rigged, personalized [[SuperpowerLottery Superpower Lottery]].[[labelnote:Lengthy Info Here]]And he can loan [[PiecesOfGod parts of himself]] to others, so they get a power or two, themselves. Of course, [[PowerAtAPrice for a price]]. When they die, Yhwach [[TheAssimilator claims]] [[YourSoulIsMine them]]. And hence why he's so powerful. Rinse and repeat.[[/labelnote]]

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** [[BarrierWarrior Hachi]] is able to work out how to defeat Barragan simply by listening to Barragan's {{Badass Boast}}s. He realises realizes that if Barragan's power genuinely was absolute aging aging, then he had to be protected from being destroyed by his own power. It allowed him to conclude that using FunctionalMagic to expose Barragan to his own power would defeat him. He was right.
** [=NaNaNa=]'s Quincy power gives him the ability to analyze the patterns in a person's reiatsu and then directly [[AttackItsWeakPoint attack weak points in it]] to paralyze his foes. He's able to do this just by observing his targets for long enough, and it's strong enough to incapacitate Aizen.
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** Yhwach, the King of the Quincies, Quincies. He's not only is awesome by application of this trope, but his powers can do all the work for him. As long as he can see a power, he knows and understands it like the back of his hand. This is achieved with his all seeing eyes. This manifests as three eyes on each eyeball. And, as soon as he understands a power, he cannot be harmed by it. Although, he usually fights with his eyes "closed", so it's possible that he doesn't want to feel like he's cheating until he is actually in mortal danger. Not surprising at all, since it's already established at that point that he's really, really badass, and probably has some sort of rigged, personalized [[SuperpowerLottery Superpower Lottery]].[[labelnote:Lengthy Info Here]]And he can loan [[PiecesOfGod parts of himself]] to others, so they get a power or two, themselves. Of course, [[PowerAtAPrice for a price]]. When they die, Yhwach [[TheAssimilator claims]] absorbs]] [[YourSoulIsMine them]].their souls]]. And hence why he's so powerful. Rinse and repeat.[[/labelnote]]



** In the second season, his signature mech is so complex to handle, that people with normal intellect (like his "brother" Rolo) can barely utilize a third of its full combat potential. Overall it's not the strongest mech out there, but it does let Lelouch, despite being a NonActionGuy, hold his own against those more deadly mechs, allowing him to act FrontlineGeneral relatively safely.

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** In the second season, his signature mech is so complex to handle, that people with normal intellect (like his "brother" Rolo) can barely utilize a third of its full combat potential. Overall it's not the strongest mech out there, but it does let Lelouch, despite being a NonActionGuy, hold his own against those more deadly mechs, allowing him to act as a FrontlineGeneral relatively safely.



** And he does it again late in ''R2'' when he rapidly calculates (partly in his head, partly using his Frame's computer) several dozens of environment parameters under extreme time pressure to [[spoiler:cancel out the a FLEJA explosion]]. Even the inventor of FLEJA, Nina Einstein, admits she wouldn't be able to do it fast enough.

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** And he does it again late in ''R2'' when he rapidly calculates (partly in his head, partly using his Frame's computer) several dozens of environment parameters under extreme time pressure to [[spoiler:cancel out the [[spoiler:neutralize a FLEJA explosion]]. FLEIJA warhead]]. Even the inventor of FLEJA, FLEIJA, Nina Einstein, admits she wouldn't be able to do it fast enough.

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* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'': This trope is pretty much became a given amongst the characters, especially in the wake of Part 3 with the introduction of Stands. A major part of Stand battles has the protagonists actually having to analyze and determine their opponents’ Stand abilities in order to counter them.

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* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'': This trope is pretty much became a given amongst the characters, especially in the wake of Part 3 with the introduction of Stands. A major part of Stand battles has the protagonists actually having to analyze and determine their opponents’ Stand abilities in order to counter them.


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*** [[spoiler: Yoshikage Kira displays this when his Stand powers evolve. Specifically, when the Stand Stray Cat combines powers with that his stand Killer Queen, enabling it to create explosive air bubbles. That just so happen to be invisible to everyone, even Kira. In order to use them safely and effectively, Kira has to actually analyze and calculate their trajectory even though he can’t see them, which he manages to do through basic trigonometry skills.]]
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* Tatsuya, the main character of ''LightNovel/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'', has barely any magical power, yet uses sheer breadth of spell knowledge, unarmed combat, magical gadgets and AntiMagic techniques to make what he has fight on-par with the others.

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* Tatsuya, the main character of ''LightNovel/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'', ''Literature/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'', has barely any magical power, yet uses sheer breadth of spell knowledge, unarmed combat, magical gadgets and AntiMagic techniques to make what he has fight on-par with the others.
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* You know those attacks [[spoiler:Vivio]] was flinging around at the end of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers''? [[AllThereInTheManual The DVD notes]] reveal that they're all attacks from [[spoiler:[[HasTwoMommies her mamas]]]]. How did she acquire them? [[ComicBookAdaptation Chapter 10 of the supplementary manga]] greatly implied that she learned it from watching their combat videos. That's the "gathering magical data" she meant during the penultimate episode of the season.

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* You know those attacks [[spoiler:Vivio]] was flinging around at the end of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers''? [[AllThereInTheManual The DVD notes]] reveal that they're all attacks from [[spoiler:[[HasTwoMommies [[spoiler: her mamas]]]].mamas]]. How did she acquire them? [[ComicBookAdaptation Chapter 10 of the supplementary manga]] greatly implied that she learned it from watching their combat videos. That's the "gathering magical data" she meant during the penultimate episode of the season.

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