When it comes to evaluating an anime character, most of us go forward with the strongest one’s as they reasonably dominate the series as compared to others. And due to this fact, fans fight over who’s the strongest. But, have you ever wondered who is the smartest anime character and what’s their IQ level?

If your answer is no, then you’re at the right place because, in this article, we’re going to draw the curtain from this truth and find out who is the strongest anime character according to their IQ level.

So, let’s get started then.

10. Shikamaru (IQ 200+)

Shikamaru is one of the most handsome and smartest guys from the Hidden Village of The Leaf. Among all his comrades, he was the first one to become a Chunin rank ninja at a very young age.

With an IQ level of more than 200, he has defeated many strong opponents by his incredible sense of the surroundings and perfect execution of the tactics. No one is capable of beating him when it comes to battle strategy and setting crafty traps for his enemies.

9. Sosuke Aizen (IQ 200+)

Sosuke Aizen, the mastermind of the anime series Bleach. He revolved the story around him without getting noticed by anyone until he revealed his true identity. Whether it is immense strength or intellectual powers, Aizen succeeds in both of them.

Even after being with the Ichigo group, he went unnoticed for a very long time. Setting his own plots and deceptive plans to become the heavenly king always put him ahead of his enemies. He surprised the fans as well through his unbelievable reveal. And, it will not be wrong to say that he is the smartest anime character of all time.

8. Lelouch Lamperouge (IQ 210)

Lelouch vi Britannia who declared a war against the Britannian Royal Empire all by himself is a true genius when it comes to mind battles. He is a great strategist and an excellent observer. Keeping his emotions aside, he never hesitated to sacrifice lives in order to achieve his goal.

Even without the special power of Geass, he turns out to be a tough opponent by his genius-level intellect of IQ 210. In every single fight of Code Geass, Lelouch always read his opponents tactics ahead of time and played his moves precisely.

Lelouch is always compared with Light Yagami on the fact that who is the smartest, but frankly, they both are excellent tacticians on their own level.

7. Light Yagami (IQ 211)

Light Yagami, best known as ‘Kira’ is one of the finest anti-heroes, we ever witnessed. Through his brilliant intellect, he not only defeated Interpol but also beat L in his mind games.

Having a Death Note and using it effectively, are two different things and Light balanced this preposition very well. Every time, through his sharp mind, he handled the situation perfectly by not leaving any trace of his deed on the crime scene.

It was Near who got the better of him, but honestly, Kira was defeated by himself.

6. L Lawliet (IQ 211)

L Lawliet or ‘L’ in short was the only guy in the entire Death Note series who knew about the real identity of Kira. Through his keen intelligence, L succeeded in pulling Kira to a corner such that Kira was forced to play his special card to eliminate him.

Without the help of L, it was almost impossible for the Japanese Police and Interpol to detect the culprit behind all the deaths. He guided the police throughout the series by predicting every single move of Kira precisely.

Not having any kind of special power or Death Note still going head-to-head with the smartest criminal like Kira is not an easy task, but L proved this theory wrong by his sharp mind.

5. Senku Ishigami (IQ 220)

The main protagonist of Dr. Stone, Senku is the king of the world of science. There is not a single thing that he didn’t know about. Give him whatever the situation is, he will come out as the winner from it.

Starting life once again from a world turned into the stone age and turning statues into humans again isn’t a joke, but Senku made it possible. With an IQ level of 220, he creates chances even from an impossible task by working on a little bit of information he gets from it.

He’s physically not that strong, but he’s a genius at mind level and he has proved it till now in the ongoing series of Dr. Stone.

4. Saiki Kusuo (IQ 300+)

From a very young age, Saiki possessed some extraordinary psychic powers that helped him throughout his teenage. Telekinesis, telepathy, clairvoyance and many other things like that make him superior to others.

Well, Saiki doesn’t show off his powers but, he is still a tough opponent to be defeated in a mind battle. He would have been an invincible hero if he had been in a shonen anime series like One Piece or Naruto. But, it seems like he was best suited for a comedy series.

3. Kars (IQ 400)

Kars is an extremely intelligent character from the infamous series JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. He is a great observer and a good strategist who plans his moves by analysing the opponent very well.

He even mastered his godly powers very quickly by utilising the power of Earth’s fauna and some uncertain materials to his advantage just because of his high intellect.

As confirmed in the series, after he transforms into the Ultimate Life Form, his IQ is stated to be 400, way more than the most intelligent human.

2. Power (IQ 1000)

One of the best girls from the upcoming hyped anime series Chainsaw Man, Power is the real role model of what a highly intelligent person looks like. She possesses every single trait that makes her the smartest anime character.

Blood Devils are not that much smarter, but Power is built differently. She has an amazing IQ level of around 1000 which is around 5 times from all the genius contenders listed above.

Power doesn’t look like an intelligent girl, but she really is and only a true Chainsaw Man fan can agree on this fact. If you’re not, then start reading Chainsaw Man right now.

1. Aoi Todo (IQ 530000)

Finally, the long-awaited name of this list comes. Don’t be surprised, but Aoi Todo is indeed the smartest anime character of all time. And he is way ahead of his opponents by an unbelievable IQ of 530,000.

The numbers are quite too high, but Todo in real is incredibly intelligent. He taught Jujutsu to Yuji in such a way that he became capable of fighting special grade cursed spirits in a single day. Additionally, his thinking speed is unmatched as he predicted Hanami’s next move in just 0.01 seconds.

Todo is on a par level from others in terms of IQ and he has to maintain that level in order to defend his only ‘Besto Friendoo’ Yuji Itadori.

With this, our list of smartest anime characters comes to an end. We hope you loved it. Let us know in the comments section, what’s your IQ score and the anime characters you want to be added to this list.

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