The 14 Smartest Anime Characters of All Time
Tacticians, detectives, scientists and schemers - some famous for a single deduction, others for plans that span decades. Which mind wins?
1LDeath Note's detective, who narrows the world's population down to one suspect from a single televised broadcast.1000pts
2Lelouch vi BritanniaCode Geass's exiled prince, who wins battles as a chess problem and treats an empire as the board.600pts
3Kiyotaka AyanokojiClassroom of the Elite's protagonist, who hides his ability as carefully as others display theirs.551pts
4Armin ArlertAttack on Titan's strategist, physically the weakest soldier and repeatedly the decisive one.494pts
5Light YagamiDeath Note's protagonist, who plans several moves ahead and builds contingencies into his own memory loss.494pts
6Senku IshigamiDr. Stone's scientist, who rebuilds civilisation from first principles after humanity is petrified.428pts
7Sosuke AizenBleach's captain, who spent a century setting up a deception nobody detected.350pts
8MeruemHunter x Hunter's Chimera Ant King, who masters a board game to superhuman level within days.257pts
9NearDeath Note's third great mind, who beats Kira by being patient where L was impulsive.257pts
10Johan LiebertMonster's antagonist, who manipulates people so precisely he never needs to touch them.257pts
11Shikamaru NaraNaruto's tactician, an underachiever with a genius IQ who wins by planning ten steps out.0pts
12Kurisu MakiseSteins;Gate's neuroscientist, published at eighteen and the anchor of the series' time-travel logic.0pts
13NormanThe Promised Neverland's strategist, who plans his own escape as a piece of someone else's plan.0pts
14Koro-senseiAssassination Classroom's tentacled teacher, who out-thinks a class trained specifically to kill him.0pts
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Three of the fourteen names come from one series: L, Light and Near. No other anime supplies three separate entries to a ranking about intelligence: https://youpick.best/articles/death-note-ranked-many-ways
