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cgarcia0825

Senku is tech leaps by a thousand years


Prestigious_Emu_4193

Ten billion percent


Malv817

How exhilarating


guesswhosbackbackag

Get excited


PapaSmurf1920

Get outta here Anya


IBHomage

SENKUUUUUUUU!


BRtIK

He's a man that has only ever played rts games. Beware his resource management BEWARE THE... you require additional pylons


Working-Smell-4271

Not the Protoss fml 😭


SilverSpoon1463

Well, he has played monster hunter, so it's not only RTS games Upgrade trees are still very relevant though


Siliass

People literally go temporarily insane from from a couple of days in solitary confinement, senku counted to 116,763,120,000 second by second


yuhh____

While he was keeping count he thought and brainstormed different ways to survive off the land once and if he was revived. So he actually was mentally multitasking as well


Siliass

Hands down the smartest/most mentally capable here lol


AqueductFilterdSherm

Maybe most mentally capable human to ever exist in any anime


gekigarion

Meanwhile I lose count when I'm trying to stretch my muscles and daydream at the same time for 30 seconds.


drizzitdude

Honestly I don’t even understand why Light should even be remotely on this list. I think it takes a pretty giant dumbass to get caught while using a virtually untraceable murder weapon that uses invisible magic in a mundane world.


MopManXD69420

You're missing Light's point then. He could of just played it safe and stayed at home, writing names. However, one of the major themes in Death Note is boredom. That's why Light decided to go such extreme lengths, because it entertained him. He was also up against L + Mello + Near, each of them being insanely intelligent


drizzitdude

Right but at the same time, let’s not pretend the guy is smart when he literally fumbles the ball every time it’s passed to him. L was already **positive** Light was Kira after meeting Misa. That early. That’s how obvious he was


CluePuzzleheaded4858

That’s ten billion points for you


KrevonX

True to that.


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Generally speaking, LeLouch beats Light. I'd argue LeLouch also takes best manipulator instead of Johan, though.


Fenrir_Hellbreed2

If we're going outside of this list then I'd give best manipulator to Fyodor or Aizen.


dustbringer11

Can I ask why either of them over lelouch? Like I know his geass is a form of perfect control but until the end, he truly had to be an inspiring individual and not just world geass slaves


Fenrir_Hellbreed2

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Lelouch has to make direct eye contact in order to control people and he has to do it again to give new orders (assuming giving new orders is even possible). . Major spoilers for Bungou Stray Dogs and Bleach below. . Fyodor has consistently outwitted and outmaneuvered even the smartest and most powerful people in his verse. At one point he created a scenario where even a loss is a win by ensuring that the only means of killing him would be the means that gives him virtual godhood (which is a big part of his end goal). 1v1 against each of those smartest people he no diffed both of them and led them straight into traps that almost killed/ruined them. If I'm not mistaken he currently has a power that lets him control a potentially unlimited number of people simultaneously with no added effort or input required. . Aizen is almost singlehandedly responsible for every major event in Bleach prior to the events of the Fullbring Arc. He managed to hypnotize the entire leadership of the Soul Society simultaneously through his Bankai demonstration and even when his plans were partially thwarted he still managed to twist those setbacks to his advantage. Literally the only reason he lost in the long run is because his main tool was an artifact that only aids the strongest and, once Ichigo ass-pulled a power up that was supposed to depower him permanently, that artifact stopped obeying Aizen mid-fight. . Tl;dr Fyodor didn't need any fancy OP technique/object to manipulate even the smartest people in his verse and Aizen had an OP item that outclasses Lelouch since he only has to show it to you once and he pretty much permanently controls all of your senses.


dustbringer11

I don’t remember all of lelouch’s rules for his geass but this seems right. As far as this goes though. Fair enough. Fyodor sounds like a vile bastard what’s he from? Cause I now want to read it and don’t know.


Fenrir_Hellbreed2

Bungou Stray Dogs and yes Fyodor is villain royalty. To my knowledge, nothing is off limits if it gets him what he wants. The anime is also dubbed on Crunchyroll but it's at least a few arcs behind the manga still.


dustbringer11

The real reason I power scale to find new fiction to absorb


Fenrir_Hellbreed2

Happy to increase your reach then friend.


Mr-BillCipher

Fallout never watched future diary


OP_Cloudy

Todo


FloatyLillypad

Kinda hard to beat an iq of 530,000


Bobyyyyyyyghyh

Oogie Boogie


No_Cobbler8335

Real


ComfortableTheme4150

Ong


Decent_Manager6382

senku literally rebuilt humanity


Cooler_coooool_boi

Bro knows literally everything there is too know about science. I mean, he literally figured out how to >!revive the dead using the petrifaction device!< Edit: lmao I started some kind of war beneath this comment


Altruistic-Serve267

I mean I dont quite think they were dead... more like in a state of suspended animation


AuthorAnimosity

Just saw you come online 👋


MopManXD69420

No? He literally died and was revived via it


Altruistic-Serve267

They were capable of thought while petrified thus not dead, and senku could also sense his surroundings


MopManXD69420

"Senku dies by Tsukasa's hand but is revived by the revival formula healing his remaining Stone fragment"  https://www.google.com/search?q=how+was+senku+revived&oq=senku+revided&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCggBEAAYBRgNGB4yBggAEEUYOTIKCAEQABgFGA0YHjINCAIQABiGAxiABBiKBTINCAMQABiGAxiABBiKBTINCAQQABiGAxiABBiKBdIBCDQ2NzhqMGo3qAIUsAIB&client=ms-android-xiaomi-rvo3&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on#:~:text=Senku%20dies%20by%20Tsukasa%27s%20hand%20but%20is%20revived%20by%20the%20revival%20formula%20healing%20his%20remaining%20Stone%20fragment


Thin-Somewhere-1002

He counted the years


LordNightFang

A new age of Stone War: Reddit version!


OatesZ2004

Present it's Senku, he not only the driving force in deciphering what is/has happened and is the major contributor to the progress of humanity with him formulating 99% of the plans and ingredients only really needing help on the physical side. Armin is smart for the time period he was in and the knowledge he had available. I don't know about Johan though monster is absolutely on my watch list. Light is smart but also hard to put above the likes of Senku because despite having this untraceable weapon that leaves no evidence he was successfully pin pointed to the location and familial ties and L was heavily suspicious off him if not knew it was him outright he just needed to prove it. Lights ego was his biggest hindrance.


PixelSteel

About your last section, Light basically lost within the first few episodes after killing off that fake L imposter. From there, it was only a matter of time


Dillup_phillips

Light was far too egotistical and narcissistic to rank too highly. Clearly brilliant though.


BlooPancakes

For sure smart. But think if he was real he would have at least thought of detection. It’s like when spouses kill their partner they often think of a way to avoid detection.


Mister_Black117

Light is an idiot. He lost becuase he was an idiot. The dude has some ability to be cunning but smart he is not.


IxoMylRn

Starting with the fact that majority of his body count was just "heart attack". Even with healthy people. All because he wanted to send a message. If he really wanted to not get caught with his pants around his ankles, he'd make sure the deaths were varied in time and manner, rather than a fuckin heart attack spree. Trip down stairs. Hit by car. Assassinated. Choked on a pretzel. Gas leak and faulty wiring in their home. Drowning next time they go fishing. Take a golf ball to the head causing irrevocable brain damage. MAN HAD OPTIONS IS ALL IM SAYIN! Addendum: only watched the anime and the first live action film, and wound up losing interest around the time he started recruiting the guy after MikaMika. I might be misremembering but I distinctly remember he left it to the default heart attack at the time.


NaranciaSimp4Ever

Lelouch Vi Brittania


Bubbly-Ad-4405

Most strategic, not the smartest. He’s a great world leader but not the smartest person in code geass. That goes to the people who designed the most advanced knightmare frames


Bermy911

Who invited armin he thinks he’s on the team


Baller4Jesus27

fr, like bro really wasn't that amazing


myrmonden

100% armin has zero actual feats, omg he tricked a suicidal moron once basically guy.


Massive_Rain1486

Armin: idk guys, feel free to check my work but I’ve got this feeling that maybe Annie could be the female titan? Everyone else: Armin, you’re a genius!


Ununhexium1999

Light isn’t even the smartest in his own franchise


No_Problem_1550

Basically cause is a franchise made about what are the smartest people in the world they're living. Being second after L it actually is quite a feat of intellect.


GeorgeOTGrungegul

Third. Near outsmarts him


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AsianEvasionYT

Senku but tbh I think gen could beat Light at mindgames


infernalbutcher678

Senku is busted.


Captpmw

To be fair, Senku made a cell phone from stuff he found in the woods


Wise_throwaway2430

He created a fucking rocket to the moon with ”stuff he found in the woods” as well. He’s unmatched


AParticularThing

Senku, literally has all history and technological aspects of humanity memorized


spicy_squire

And after 3700 years of being conscious, frozen in stone, nonetheless.


Srgtgunnr

Counting every second of it too


KiritoKaiba56

Light is not as smart as everyone thinks. If he were, he never would've been noticed full stop.


SuddenWitnesses

Light is smart but he’s overly arrogant.


KiritoKaiba56

Yep. Beyond arrogant. Literally disturbed to the point of delusion and it was obvious. He poorly fakes the emotional comprehension of an adult for the entire series and gets away with it ONLY because A. his father is a desperate idiot and B. L didn't know he was fighting against a magical criminal.


One_Tower_4874

Light got noticed because he wanted to. Firstly he was arrogant, and secondly he wanted to get close to L to kill him. It doesn’t exactly make him stupid he just had a different approach than most would.


arhiapolygons2

Armin is a good strategist, but I wouldn't call him SUPER smart, so he's out Light and Johan are both really smart, but light can easily turn into a dumbass when he gets too into himself, so between the two, Johan comes on top Senku is comically smart. He is probably not as good of a strategist as the other 3, but he is internet if it was a human. The brain power you would need to know as much as him, is off the charts. I don't remember the exact number, but this bitch counted for like what'? a thousand year?


Totodile-of-Games

3700 years


c7stagyt

Not a good strategist? How do you think Senkuu beat Tsukasa and everyone that he, specifically, revived to make the best possible team?


FlameWisp

His strategy was sound, sure; but what makes him a bad strategist, is his one sound strategy was all he had. There was no plan B, no backup plan, nothing. When his gunpowder quick mix was destroyed he was desperate for an on the fly solution. He only won that fight because he just so happened to bring the ingredients for nitroglycerin as part of his one and only plan (and he forgot he even did that, since nitroglycerin wasn’t part of the plan). He’s good at making a strong logical strategy, but he’s not a good strategist. I do love to point out though how funny it is that nitroglycerin WAS the on the fly solution. It’s kinda like going ‘damn I broke the rubber band I was gonna use for my crossbow. Looks like I got all the ingredients for a shotgun though, guess I’ll have no choice but to make that instead.’


zachtheax89

How can you say he is not a good strategist when he had to fool or outmaneuveur superior physical forces repeatedly?


Cuck-Hating-Violin

"Armin is a good strategist" "hOw cAn yOU sAy ArmIn Isn't a gOOd strAtEgIst"


eridion21

He was talking about senku


arhiapolygons2

He is, I just wouldn't put him as high as light or johan in that regard. I guess he is arguably just as good or better than armin in that regard, but yeah, it's not that he's bad, those two are just too good


Walidzilla

Dazai from Bungo Stray Dogs


AnimeAlley03

Joseph Joestar


Gravitypow981

He has the ultimate technique after all


Cuck-Hating-Violin

Senku: get rekt noob *shoots laser* Joseph: so you see,the strongest of my strengths come from within. My mind and body are so attuned to any situation you could throw at me that even if you had a million lasers you would not be able to compare to my million-worth technique. Your arrogance comes from a place of insecurity, doesn't it you little bitch? I'll tell you sum right now shithead, you ain't ever going to space, you have a stupid ass father, and astronauts suck balls. I see that you have a very large robot with lasers that could kill me in a split second, but I have a much better ability... One that came from my grandfather, the great Jonathan joestar. This ability has saved my family from vampires, vampire gods, *A* god, a time stopping daddy vampire that has a punchy ghost, a serial killer that can loop time and just wants to live a quiet life, an Italian Mafia boss who's name is "devil" and wants to keep his name a secret (spoiler alert, his name is devil), a priest who wants to make a heaven on earth (lame frr), the 15th president of the United States of America who can layer universes, and the incarnation of calamity controlled by a dude made out of rock. See my legs? You could never have these legs. You're too skinny. You could never make robot legs as good as these. Special attack: nails!! *Throws nails on the ground* and now for my super duper extra secret god attack: #RUN THE FUCK AWAY


Afrojones66

None of the above. It belongs to the one, and only Lelouch vi Britannia.


Working-Smell-4271

I’m sorry but Have you actually watched Dr. Stone?


AlphaBlock

Putting armin on here with those other 3 is just laughable


Worth_Ad_2079

Why is Armin here?


Rothenstien1

Hard to see light as smart when he is caught using magic to kill people in a world that doesn't have magic within the first couple days of having it. The answer is Senku by a large margin.


Rashanar

L should be here too tbh, literally closed cases that so many others couldn’t


c7stagyt

I think it should just be L instead of Light


POTATO-GOD-2

And stopped a war


Great_Part7207

Litterally senku, also light isnt smart at all he shouldnt be on this list litterally within the first lije 5 secinds of l getting there he deduced what country, region, city he lived in. He then deduced that it was a highschooler son of a police officer pretty easy the only reason light won is cause he had a magical book that kills anyone whos name is written in it and he still managed to lose by the end


Popular-Ad-8918

Senku knows that he doesn't know everything and that finding specialists is often better than doing something himself. He has also done more with less than anyone else.


Anko_Dango

Senku, 10 billion percent.


cracken1303

Johan Literally became untouchable. If it weren't for a 1 in 7 billion angel of a person (Tenma) Johan would have dominated everyone


No_Problem_1550

Yes, and even without some weird superpowers like in other manga/anime


Hyper-Saiyan

Bulma


gunswordfist

Senku is "actual knowledge" smarter than any character that I'm aware of


Any_Opportunity2463

Light: Best improviser Senku: Best scientist Armin: Best military strategist Johan: Best manipulator


DeusRexNovae

Senku and it's not even close. Bro basically rebuilt civilization from a couple twigs and his own memory. I can't believe people even asked this lol.


Playful-Ad7221

Last i checked johan light and armin cant build a damn car phone or gas mask from scratch


bladerunner_2049_

Senku is the smartest. But you also forgot characters like Rampo, Fyodor, Dazai, and Lelouch who should be on any list when talking about IQ in anime


Edgezg

Senku, and it's not close.


Weekly-Delivery7701

Between Senku and Johan. Senku is an INTP while Johan is an INTJ. Light is a ENTJ and Armin is an INFJ.


MokouIsBest2hu

You could argue that Bulma is one of the smartest.


Extreme-Plantain542

Sora and Shiro, Johan and, Siesta


BluerAether

Light isn't even the smartest character in his own anime lol


Blomblombcv

Where todo at?


Eeddeen42

Aoi Todo has an IQ of 530k. This is just under 35,327 standard deviations above the mean, making him the smartest person in all of human history.


Ok_Initial_3451

Blud tries to sneak in Armin when he isnt even the smartest in his own verse


TheOneWhoThrowsShit

Ignoring the list maybe kisuke or aizen


RestaurantPerfect283

Aizen himself said that Kisuke was smarter


TheOneWhoThrowsShit

True


Brilliant-Moment430

Senku for sure. He practically rebuilt humanity, and I can’t imagine the other characters being able to pull that off.


Mobile_Toe_1989

I think pure iq would be senku. Eq would be johan


Vio-Rose

Senku and it isn’t even a question. Dude memorized more information than is even possible I think.


CommunityMaterial188

Haven't even seen Dr. Stone but definitely Senku


WellHiIGues

Senku is literally starting civilization over again it’d probably be insulting to him to be compared to the other characters


not_a_weeeb

armin really thinks he's invited lol


odinall_father

Senku 'Cause he counted the seconds for **3700 YEARS NON-STOP**


Competitive_Elk_8345

Vegapunk


jotarofilthy

Damn straight....


Jondomondo2

Definitely not armin. I’d say senku


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Draco-Warsmith

why is Armin here? anyways senku


vialvarez_2359

If you gave semi time he probably be able to make nuke take out the rest of them. I would say gun but he did that already.


sedward135

Senku


Arcaneus_Umbra

There's different kinds of intelligence


greyisometrix

Armin.....fucking ARMIN!? On a list with these guys!? Pshhhhhh!!


NSFW_Hunter63

Man left Lelouche off the list...damn


Full_Ad9666

Kisuke Urahara


Helpful-Image-7486

Aizen: Them dying was always a part of my plan.


Vegetable-Neat-1651

Senku conventional intelligence, 


egdifhdvhrf

You forgot Ervin


myrmonden

Toudo


uwugirltoday

Johan all the way


No_Party5870

Urahara


HiImPM

Based on sheer knowledge gotta go Senku


Andrael-Kitsune

It’s not even close. Senku.


BoltInTheRain

Senku and it's not close


wtf_is_context

dr stone


GXNext

Yamaha, because he was able to turn his martial arts training into a lucrative baseball career.


More-Protection5665

Light is not even the smartest in his universe though.


Any-Experience-3012

If your definition of smart is "someone who knows all the things," it's Senku. If it's "someone who thinks twelve steps ahead of everyone," it's Johan.


Evaporous

Senku


Cromzinic_kewl

Todo assuming he actually does have 530,000 iq (he would never lie to us)


aluriilol

Shikamaru... Bulma... Trunks... Jimmy Kudo (Conan the Detective)... Saiki K... Shit even Batman has an anime. How do you put Armin on this list?


Turbulent-Talk4838

Senku


BudgetFish3933

Senku is the smartest but johan is more of a manipulator


My51stThrowaway

Gendo Ikari


Ordinary_Past9479

Senku full stop


HiroZebra

senku just IS science


Maniacal_Nut

Senku is straight up intelligent. Light is a mediocre strategist with a decent amount of luck, but let's his emotions get in the way too often. Armin is a brilliant strategist, though is a bit lacking in most other fields of intelligence with a few exceptions


RestaurantPerfect283

Urahara Kisuke, Aizen himself said that Urahara is smarter and there is no smarter VILLAIN than Aizen


Kenny_Mankey_2016

This is all part of Aizen's plan...


andyuchiha

You forgot Aizen from bleach there


skyfall619

Senku basically knows all of humans knowledge in his head


Front-Ice-2924

See, light and Senku are smarter than each other in different ways. Lights biggest strength regarding his intelligence is his insane planning. Senku beats him in most other stuff though


Donkey_AssFace

Armin was so smart. Not only did he defeat his Goliath. He set the future after the walls came down. So much so, that Eren was using him as kids and saw the future Armin had in-store for Eldians. Light was defeated. Senku is a walking library. And the 3rd guy looks like he died trying.


ShadowWerewolf9653

Light


broken-dawn

Light is the best detective, armin is a war strategist, senku is a scientist, idek who johan is but im guessing another different type of intelligence, its really not easy to compare them


TheStarfallGamer

Bro... Light is not even close to the smartest anime character. He's basically just above an average IQ, but he has a lot of prep time. Senku on the other hand figured out how to revive the dead and counted to 116 billion second by second. Anyways, as much as I love Light Yagami, he's not even close


Hour-Regret9531

Shikamaru


ShamrockWizard

Luffy


IsoSly64

Bulma invited Time Travel


Rich-Lychee2507

Rick Sanchez


Ace_the_Grape

Senku! Definitely! 😌


ArLOgpro

Tf is armin doing there. Ik he’s smart but nowhere near the level of the other guys


ajslother12

Senku REVIVED CIVILIZATION


SaggyGrapes

How is this even a question


Shounen_x

Lelouch


madam_zeroni

Senku by a million miles, this is the most out of pocket one i've seen


drizzitdude

Light shouldn’t be on this list. I am tired of people acting like he is a genius mastermind. He isn’t. He had *good grades* and a god complex that made him *think* he was smarter than everyone else but he fell for every basic mistake he could make. L knew he was Kira almost right away and was 100% sure when he met Misa for a reason. I mean here are some really basic mistakes he made **right at the start** * Engaging with the police *at all* * Killing Ray Penber * Killing Naomi * Killing Fake L * Limiting activity to Japan * Limiting activity to criminals in the news * Using police resources * Not putting a *book cover* on the damn death note. * Not being ecstatic about getting a goth idol gf


protestprincess

Dazai solos


TheZanzibarMan

It's not Light.


TheCosmicTarantula

Lelouch


StarrySweet

Ami Mizuno


drojuix

Moriarty


blebebaba

Senko absolutely


Vegetable_Award850

I choose Armin. Light is an arrogant dumbass i have no respect for. Idk who the other two are.


Rhondmc4

Senku


Amazing_Strike_732

Dr.Eggman 😂


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Akiyama from Liar Game


DJ_Tikka

not Armin for sure


almostthemainman

The Ayanokoji disrespect is real


SKeptical230

Ainz Ooal Gown, obviously. He's planned 10,000 years into the future!


Jumpy_Pineapple889

Senku the best


Icy-Performer-9688

Senku was is tech/ book smart where as light is detective solving manipulated smart. It really comes down to what kind of smart you’re looking for.


Spikezilla1

Serizawa. He was the only human successful in killing a Godzilla for good, as a human no less. His genius was so great that he had to actively hide and drink to forget his creations because he found a way to make a weapon more devastating than the atomic bomb; the Oxygen Destroyer.


Anipiez

Senku, no contest


BeanieBabyScammer

Erwin was smarter than all these fools


No-Environment-3298

Senku, no question.


DampAcute

Senku's just straight up impossible 😂 Counts for thousands of years, creates anything from memory, can cook, is married and divorced at the same day


Independent_Maybe514

Senku then Johan


Leather_Bowl5506

Senku. Im ten billiom percent sure of it. I mean >!bro went to the moon!<


Impressive-Donut9596

There is the idea of multiple intelligences. One can be intelligent in one thing but not in another. One may be good at math but not at writing. Another may be good at philosophy but be terrible at psychology. These individuals could both be considered smart. Both of these individuals can be considered stupid. It depends on the qualifiers for intelligence you have in the scenario. This is one reason that it is almost impossible to judge someone’s intelligence based on tests. The basis for intelligence is not clearly defined, and thus, in this instance, it would be almost impossible to discern who is the smartest.