Random Anime Characters Won Fights In Clever Ways (15 items)

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  (#7) Sora & Shiro Take Jibril's Breath Away In 'No Game No Life'

  Nearly every battle in No Game No Life is one that requires some serious smarts to win - and that's exactly what the sibling-duo Sora and Shiro excel at. 

  During a battle of wits against the knowledge-loving Flügel Jibril, they play a game called Materialization Shiritori, in which players must say a word that ends with the final kana of the previous word, and whatever they say either materializes or disappears. First, the team tests whether Jibril is familiar with certain scientific words by creating a hydrogen bomb. When she seals the bomb to avoid ending the game, she also demonstrates that she isn't entirely sure what the bomb is. That allows them to do things like eliminate the Earth's crust and eliminate oxygen without her being able to put it back easily. To stay alive themselves, they basically perform mouth to mouth resuscitation on each other.

  Everything goes back to normal when the battle is over, but one thing has changed - Jibril is so impressed with their intelligence that she no longer sees herself as superior to Sora and Shiro, and wants to help them instead of stand in their way.
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  (#1) Shikamaru Nara

  • Naruto, Naruto Shippuden the Movie, Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds, Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire, Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel, Ninja World

  Shikamaru Nara's showdown with Hidan was impressive not because of Shikamaru's strength, but because of his smarts. 

  Using Shadow Jutsu, he led Hidan away from Kakuzu to an area in the Nara forest covered in traps and explosive tags. He tricks Hidan into consuming Kakuzu's blood, inadvertently destroying one of Kakuzu's hearts in an attempt to destroy Shikamaru's. Shikamaru then covers him in explosive tags, then activates a prepared trap that causes the ground beneath him to crumble. He throws Asuma's lighter at him, blowing up the tags and severely damaging Hidan's body. Because he's immortal, he'll be trapped, in pieces, underground for eternity. 

  The amount of planning that went into executing that strategy is wild. Naruto could never.
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  (#4) Kenpachi Zaraki

  • Bleach, Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion, Bleach: Fade to Black, Bleach: Memories of Nobody

  During Kenpachi Zaraki's fight with Tousen, he's plunged into darkness by Tousen's shifting vortexes. While most people would struggle to stay sharp after suddenly losing their senses, Kenpachi quickly adapts to the situation. In order to figure out where Tousen was and where his attacks were coming from, he relies on his fine-tuned sense of touch. Ultimately, he lets Tousen stab him in order to break the darkness. Risky, but clever as hell.
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  (#9) Cell

  • Dragon Ball Z

  Cell's primary goal is to achieve his 'perfect' form, something that's not easy to do with people like Vegeta interfering all the time. He decides to stop trying to force the issue and get Vegeta on his side through deception. He appeals to Vegeta's pride, claiming that if he achieves his Perfect Form, it'll be a real challenge for Vegeta. Driven solely by his fighting spirit, Vegeta fights with Trunks to allow Cell to absorb Android 18 and transform. 

  Thanks to his transformation and the havoc he's able to wreak as a result, Cell wins this particular fight - by the end of it, Trunks has given up and is offering up his neck to Cell. 
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  (#8) Kyoka Jirou & Koji Koda Use Present Mic's Phobia Against Him In 'My Hero Academia'

  In order to pass their final exam, the kids from Class 1-A are supposed to team up to defeat one of their teachers. Since their teachers are pros, it's difficult if not impossible for them to do this using raw strength alone, so most of these duos have to rely on some sort of clever plan. 

  One of those plans is enacted by Kyoka Jirou and Koji Koda. Through her exceptional hearing abilities, Kyoka Jirou is able to find a nest of insects. Koji uses his Anivoice quirk to send said bugs after their teacher, Present Mic. Mic is terrified of bugs, so as soon as they start crawling up his legs, he passes out.
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  (#2) Senku Ishigami Pretends To Have Weapons In 'Dr. Stone'

  Senku Ishigami gets into a surprising number of physical conflicts for somebody who can't lift to save his life - so he deals with them using the skill he does have, his intelligence. This is best demonstrated when Tsukasa's Army invades Ishigami Village for the first time. He's able to scare them off by convincing them that the village has managed to invent guns. To accomplish this, Senku shoves gunpowder into an iron tube and ignites it to create a sound while Magma hurls a rock at top speed to create a projectile.

  This is enough to temporarily end the conflict - though it won't be the last they see of Tsukasa's Army.

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