The smartest anime characters
L: world’s greatest detective, traps Kira. Light: 1st in the national exams, 100,000 names. Senku: 3,700 years of petrification, then a kingdom of science.
Eight characters · reasoning
- 01

L
World’s greatest detective. Builds the cage around Kira.
World’s greatest - 02

Light Yagami
1st in Japan’s national exams. 100,000 names in the notebook.
1st in Japan - 03

Senku Ishigami
Rebuilds science after 3,700 years of petrification.
3,700 years - 04

Lelouch Lamperouge
Geass plus the Zero Requiem: 1 plan that ends the empire.
Zero - 05

Shikamaru Nara
Shadow Possession. The chunin exam that lasted the whole night.
Shadow Possession - 06

Near
Successor to L. Closes the Kira case with the warehouse swap.
N - 07

Trafalgar Law
Heart fruit plus the 13-year revenge plan against Doflamingo.
D, surgeon - 08

Sosuke Aizen
100 years of planning inside Soul Society, then Kyoka Suigetsu.
Kyoka Suigetsu
What this comparison means
Canon feats of deduction, science and strategy. No invented IQ scores.
World’s greatest detective, 1st in Japan, 3,700 years of science recovered.


