I still fondly remember characters like Light, Lelouch, and Senku. Her brilliance proved to be an endless source of hard-hitting moments and unforgettable scenes.
However, in order to practice true Thanosism, we must strike a balance.
And there are many silly anime characters worth appreciating.
Therefore, below I will list some of the not-so-smart characters that anime has to offer.
Prepare to see a lot of shounen protagonists.
20.Izuku Midoriya
Anime:My hero academy
I want to start with Midoriya as it might be the most controversial choice on this list.
Although he was literally written as a smart character who is constantly taking notes and strategizing, the guy is just plain stupid in my opinion.
The example of how I always strive to convince people of this opinion is the fact that it actually took him a day or two to remember that he has legs and can kick.
His knowledge of percentages also seems to be omnipresent.
And if you can't agree that he's stupid, you have to at least accept that he's stupid. In terms of both Uraraka's affection for him and Bakugou's apparent issues with him, Deku seems pretty clueless.
19.Okuyasu Nijimura
Anime:JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
With Okuyasu, it's pretty obvious why he's not the sharpest tool in the shed.
He just always relied on his brother to make any decision that affected him or their family.
But now that he's alone, my mate is struggling.
Even the most blatant lies that have ever graced this earth will fool Okuyasu as he has the reasoning skills of a seven year old.
Then again, considering how overwhelming his stance is, they probably had to balance him out one way or another.
18.Taiju Oki
Anime:dr Stone
This guy is just more than dense.
I will never forget that fateful episode in the first season when Taiju really revealed his intelligence and almost ruptured a blood vessel in my head.
Let me set the scene:
An extremely strong guy wants to kill the people you hold dear. You are also very muscular and have gorilla strength.
How are you? Why of course! Just stand in front of him and allow him to hit you repeatedly because then he doesn't feel like hitting other people.
In all my years of watching anime, I've probably never seen a dumber fight.
The only reason it worked reasonably well was probably because the stupidity gave the enemy a headache.
17.Kyouya Onodera
Anime:Talentlose Nana
This is another case where the character was supposed to be smart, but his actions proved exactly the opposite.
He is literally immortal and has suspected Nana of being a killer for some time.
And yet he just can't put two and two together.
Why don't you just follow her everywhere? you are immortal what will she do
Sure, it might be a little spooky. But at least you're stopping a mass murderer.
It amazes me that he never came up with such a simple plan. And don't get me started on mind reading.
He should have caught her in episode 1.
16.Remain
Anime:Black clover
Natsu just has a heavy dose of Shounen Blockhead Syndrome.
He's good in combat and all, but he's denser than rock.
He has two girls fighting over him and he can never figure out what their thing is. So instead he pursues a nun and her hand in marriage.
I really don't know who's going to bring poor Asta the news of what it means to be a nun.
Not to mention that she's like a mother figure to him.
At least he's a very likeable pair of walking biceps.
15.Naruto Uzumaki
Anime:Naruto
Naruto is probably one of the densest,the stubborn charactersAnime has even produced.
His obsession with Sasuke was chiseled to death. And there's a good reason for that.
Despite spending his entire childhood alone and isolated, he somehow never learned what it means when someone doesn't like you.
His combat tactics are a little more solid - but even in that regard, most can be blamed on the Nine Tails hacks.
He's usually destroyed early in the fight and only comes up with a winning strategy because his healing and infinite chakra allow him to take his time.
14.Milim Nava
Anime:This time I was reincarnated as a slime
Milim is your classic 1,000-year-old child, and her character fits that description pretty well.
The whole show would have just ended in season one if you didn't just distract Milim with a lollipop and be done with it.
Even the war she started was likely due to a childish resentment or because someone just pulled her very accessible strings.
I love to see her go crazy. And I'm always for an overpowering character.
But you have to admit that she spent all her power points and left the intelligence at zero.
13.Affe D. Luffy
Anime:One piece
This is kind of a giveaway as even characters on the show call Luffy stupid.
But as always only at a certain time and place.
When Luffy is serious, he has the aura of an old general watching over his troops.
But when the show is on the lighter side, you can't help but wonder if his brain is just a bouncy ball.
He cannot perceive social signals, even if his life depends on them. And he just refuses to understand certain things.
He will just call some things a mystery and move on.
Reminds me of myself in college if I'm honest.
12.Aqua
Anime:KonoSuba
Aqua is just another kid at heart, just sort of evenmoreridiculous.
A goddess who has spent most of her life admiring her own reflection, Aqua has the life experience of a newborn baby - plus a very whinnying attitude.
Don't get me wrong, I find them absolutely hilarious.
However, I don't recall her ever doing anything that requires a double-digit IQ.
She mostly just cries, gets drunk, and spends all her skill points on pointless emotes.
If she existed in the real world, she would definitely have loved Twitch.
11.Natsu Dragneel
Anime:Fairy tale
I honestly think Natsu's entire brain is made up of three thoughts.
The first is about fire, the second is about his friends, and the third is about the method of eating other people's powers to get stronger.
I don't think I've ever seen Natsu do anything that doesn't fall into one of those three categories.
I mean it's to be expected considering it's a shounen and all.
But they could have at least pushed my mate into double digits.
Especially since the character design itself can be pretty cool when he goes all out.
10.You will be Borea's gray rat
Anime:Unemployed reincarnation
Eris is just stupidly spoiled.
She has been so spoiled her whole life that she makes Aqua look like a wise sage who lives on a mountain and reads scrolls.
Eris hasn't even thought of the possibility that people don't like her, despite the fact that she spends every day yelling at them and physically abusing them.
Her attitude towards learning isn't too promising either. So I think she's going to be a contender for this list for quite a while.
At least she's getting better with the sword and not knocking out the teeth of those who care for her.
9.Mako Mankashoku
Anime:Kill la Kill
Mako is just the most adorable kind of stupid.
HerComic relief rollwas made with a lot of enthusiasm, making it a chaos of emotions, spotlights and monologues.
Even well into the show, Mako has no idea what's going on around her. And she never seems too eager to know.
She just speaks from the heart and relies on her perfectly healthy cuteness to get her through.
And it actually worksevery timeIf you ask me.
She did show promise when it comes to being a die-hard capitalist, though, so maybe all hope isn't lost.
8.Inosuke Hashibira
Anime:Demon Hunter
This man is 50% pride, 50% instinct, 0% intelligence and 100% memory of the name.
Getting Inosuke to do things honestly seems easier than getting a two-year-old to finish his dinner. All you have to do is add a little "if you can do it" to the end of your request and the task is pretty much done.
And since he basically lived in the wild, you can expect his knowledge of social interactions and traditions to be as good as that of a real boar.
However, he still makes for some amazing moments.
7.Rak Wraithraiser
Anime:God's tower
Next comes Rak as I find him to be very similar to Inosuke.
The guy is all about fighting and relies on his instincts more than any form of strategy.
In fact, if you put him in a situation where he has to make a difficult logical decision, he will literally just have a panic attack and start scaling the walls.
You have to be a special kind of character to be afraid of thinking too much.
But just like Inosuke, he's far from useless, and his stupidity only adds to his very goofy charm.
He's the best turtle fanatic I've ever seen.
6.at
Anime:The Promised Neverland Staffel 2
It is well known that Season 2 of The Promised is Neverlandone of the biggest disappointmentswatched anime for years.
And a big part of that is the fact that our awesome kids crew left all their brain juices at home.
Their plans are just different variations of "run away" and "break up" and Norman suddenly got the emotional intelligence of a shoe.
The guy has this whole plot about killing the demons. But all it takes is Emma to say, "But what if you hadn't?" to convince him to choose a new path in life.
This whole season was dumb, all the characters were dumb, and I was dumb for not dropping it after episode three and reading the manga.
5.Sakura Haruno
Anime:Naruto Shippuden
Remember how it was said in the very beginning of Naruto that Sakura had the best chakra control of anyone on Team 7?
Well, she obviously didn't fucking do it as it took her hundreds of episodes before she got the brilliant idea of actually using jutsu.
Naruto could be stupid. But at least the guy remembered he was a ninja.
Meanwhile, Sakura is out there right now cutting her hair, biting people's hands, and building her fifth Sasuke shrine.
And I swear, whenever she claimed to have caught up with Naruto and Sasuke, I had legitimate reason to wonder if she was insane.
4.jessie and james
Anime:Pokémon
It really takes a special kind of stupidity to fail hundreds of times in a row.
Especially considering that Ash wasn't even that strong and smart in the original story.
In fact, he was kind of stupid too, considering it took him years just to learn Pokémon types.
The fact that Jessie and James lost to this Einstein (despite having huge funding, the element of surprise, and more experience) just goes to show how many steps they were behind.
Then again, their stupidity basically made the show what it is.
So keep shooting, Team Rocket.
3.Son-Goku
Anime:Dragon Ball Z
From all of thisbeloved shounen protagonists, I think Goku is by far the tightest and dumbest.
Even though he has two sons, I'm convinced he doesn't even know what sex is.
Heck, sometimes I'm surprised he even knows Gohan's name.
And don't even get me started on the logic jumps he used when he gave Cell a senzu bean. It still gives me a headache.
There is no doubt that he is a great fighter and that his heart is in the right place. But with each successive installment of the franchise, Goku just keeps getting dumber and dumber.
2.Isaac and Miriam
Anime:Noise!
These two are my favorite duo in the entire anime.
They are just so stupid I can't resist their charm!
The heists they pull look like they're straight out of a Disney movie, with silly getups and all.
They literally stole clocks to steal time!
But to top it all off, it cost herseventy yearsto realize that they do not age.
I mean, that kind of density is dangerously close to black hole levels.
1.Riki Nendo
Anime:The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
I voted Riki as my number one, and if you've ever seen the show you know why.
The guy is just a riot.
He's the only person on earth who just doesn't have any thoughts, apart from maybe ramen. And his reasoning skills had me constantly busting my guts throughout the show.
The scene where he thinks the plane going through an earthquake works my abs more than an annual gym membership ever could.
So if you're really looking for the dumbest of the dumb, check out Riki in Saiki K.