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#26: Aug 14th 2011 at 7:56:32 AM

Koshiba Kiri does her series a lot of good by being self-assured and laid-back, which doesn't sound exceptionally smart until you read enough shoujo to realize that much of the genre consists of Association Idiot Ball played on a sparkly floral pitch.

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Fawriel Since: Jan, 2001
#27: Aug 14th 2011 at 8:25:21 AM

Naruto has demonstrated some interesting tactics with his shadow clones from time time, particularly when he takes advantage his opponents' assumptions about where the original is.
Yeah, Naruto is a good example of what Desertopa said in the beginning: Being written as a smart character doesn't mean that the character actually does smart things. Conversely, a character being written as an idiot doesn't mean they can't act genuinely smarter than a lot of supposed "smart" characters.

I can't think of any specific instances, but the first thing I thought of for the subject was the fact that Naruto has greatly impressed me at least once with how quickly he thinks on his toes. And yet everyone thinks he's an idiot.

edited 14th Aug '11 8:25:56 AM by Fawriel

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#28: Aug 14th 2011 at 8:56:36 AM

The "Mahora vs. Martians" game from Mahou Sensei Negima. It would take an hour to explain it's brilliance, so let me just say that Negi deserves a freakin' medal for that.

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#29: Aug 14th 2011 at 9:01:40 AM

Speaking of Negima, Dynamis and his Sadistic Choice attack somewhere in Chapter 300+. The one where he attacks Negi and he can't dodge because there are people behind him.

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#30: Aug 14th 2011 at 11:10:52 AM

[up][up] So seconded. Negi is a freakin' genius.

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#31: Aug 14th 2011 at 6:53:03 PM

[up][up][up] Oh yes, definitely. Let's not forget his time travel battle and his fight with Rakan.

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#32: Aug 14th 2011 at 6:55:10 PM

I have yet to see anyone act significantly smarter than Negi in Shonen.

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#33: Aug 14th 2011 at 6:56:21 PM

[up] Well...Death Note is a shonen too, although not in a traditional sense that you are talking about.

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#34: Aug 14th 2011 at 7:30:59 PM

I can't really remember the SMARTEST thing I've seen an anime character do, but for an example I did like how Ed took out two Chimeras by transmuting the ammonia out of wet sticks of dynamite, taking advantage of their sensitive noses.

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#35: Aug 14th 2011 at 7:32:37 PM

[up][up]No, I included that. Don't assume I don't.

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#36: Aug 14th 2011 at 7:40:29 PM

The smartest I'ved seen yet? Lelouch trolling the world....[lol]

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#37: Aug 14th 2011 at 7:49:47 PM

I'd like to disagree. There have been a few bright moments, but overall I've never seen anybody in Code Geass make very smart decisions. Lelouch has won a few gambits (I especially like how he beat Mao when he had Nunnally tied up), but overall he's way too impulsive - and too blinded by his emotions - to really be too smart most of the time.

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#38: Aug 14th 2011 at 7:55:32 PM

He perrecorded convresationns wit his enemies by preddicing wat they would say, Lulu is smartest person evah! xD

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#40: Aug 14th 2011 at 8:18:31 PM

[up][up]And that in the end, he was able to achieve his goal, and more. It's not about "winning this battle" or "getting this weapon": It's about "achieving this goal". And from what I have seen, him Xanatosing, and his hidden Thanatos card, perfected his goal. Who knows, maybe he did become immortal and survived that wound.

edited 14th Aug '11 8:18:45 PM by djmaca

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#41: Aug 14th 2011 at 8:26:45 PM

@Excelion: And yeah, I always thought that was crap. No one is that smart. I did specifically mean the second time he beat Mao, where he Geassed himself, not the first time, which was kind of BS.

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#42: Aug 14th 2011 at 8:36:28 PM

[up]Eh, I actually thought the first one was pretty well done. If memory serves me well there was an obvious lack of synchronism between Mao's answers and lulu's talking. Lulu also only talked about generic stuff and kinda changed the subject at random. A bit far-fetched, but not much stupid.

His second 'conversation precognition' was much more bullshit, I believe, as it was a much more specific talk instead of the generic crap Lulu used against Mao.

But, anyway, I wouldn't call Lulu's plan in Code Geass 'smart'. They range from 'barely plausible' to 'pure bullshit'. It was clearly just working because the authors made it that way. (which is not necessarily bad, as long it is not blatant)

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#43: Aug 14th 2011 at 8:45:49 PM

Haters gotta hate...tongue

Sure he's a mad (even talks some BS at times), cruel(and laughs evilly) and egoistic siscon who likes to see his sister chained and in a skimpy clothing, is there really a reason to hate all his faults? He's human after all.

edited 14th Aug '11 8:46:30 PM by djmaca

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#44: Aug 14th 2011 at 8:50:43 PM

People hate humans all the time. What's your point?

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#45: Aug 14th 2011 at 8:55:53 PM

[up]I don't remember hating you... Or you deny your human?[lol]

back to the topic: Another one: 'Leaving your friend when you were trying to help him return an underwear that was accidentally lost when something goes wrong is actually a smart move.'

edited 14th Aug '11 8:56:13 PM by djmaca

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#46: Aug 14th 2011 at 9:01:27 PM

The mere fact that I am human does not disqualify me from being hated. Learn to parse, dude.

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#47: Aug 14th 2011 at 9:08:17 PM

[up]Eh, I actually thought the first one was pretty well done. If memory serves me well there was an obvious lack of synchronism between Mao's answers and lulu's talking. Lulu also only talked about generic stuff and kinda changed the subject at random. A bit far-fetched, but not much stupid.

Indeed. Watching that scene again with knowledge of what's going on, it's clear that there are unnaturally long pauses as well as a lot of "I'm going to annoy you by ignoring what you're saying" style transitions. It seems relatively plausible compared to everything else he does in the series.

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#48: Aug 15th 2011 at 2:25:55 AM

Lelouch is really inconsistent, when you got down to it - he's sometimes brilliant, and sometimes really dumb. He's also got a bad case of "Can dish it out but can't take it".

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#49: Aug 15th 2011 at 5:07:02 AM

Keep in mind we're talking about what's the smartest thing a character did, not who's overall the smartest character.

edited 15th Aug '11 5:07:11 AM by PsychoFreaX

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#50: Aug 15th 2011 at 5:28:59 AM

I really need to read Mahou Sensei Negima sometime.


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