u/ConversationSea1684

Some examples:

Yuuki Kagurazaki (That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime)

Ok deception and manipulation. His plans might be different from what I've read because apparently there is a webnovel, light novel, manga and anime of this show, and I've only read the manga. Probably need to analyse some of his feats, but he might be a low tier.

Naruto villains

It's been some time since I've read Naruto so idk, I only heard people say they're smart

Santa Claus

He has insane FSIQ, EQ, and ToM due to him knowing every address in the world, understanding every language (probably), and knowing who's been good and bad

There are a lot more but they just need analysing and stuff until people accept them as 'smart characters' ig

An unstoppable force is a character that has insane scheming + manipulation + foresight + trap setting and always has layers and layers of contingencies and traps in their schemes to trap their opponents

An immovable object is a character that has insane reasoning + thinking + AC + trap evasion + countering or something of the sort where they can see through any scheme and counter it perfectly

Do you prefer looking at characters that explain their feats step by step like Akiyama or do you prefer the offscreen merchants who 'plan' everything but their plans, although not explicitly explained, still make sense. Or a mix?

Help I need answers because I'm not sure if I should write down my character's explanation of his scheme in full detail which will take around 10 full chapters

Vs Johan

Sherlock takes FSIQ, AC, adaptability, thinking, reasoning, sensory, tactics

Johan takes EQ, SQ, manipulation, scheming, deception, foresight, ToM

Sherlock wins very high - extreme diff

Vs Yuuichi

Sherlock takes FSIQ, SQ>=, thinking, reasoning, foresight, sensory, tactics>=, ToM

Yuuichi takes EQ>=, AC, adaptability, manipulation, scheming, deception

Sherlock wins extreme diff or CGEW

Vs Kudo

Sherlock takes EQ, SQ, thinking>=, reasoning>=, manipulation, sensory>=, ToM

Kudo takes FSIQ, AC, adaptability, scheming, deception, foresight, tactics

Kudo wins very high diff

Vs Akiyama

Sherlock takes FSIQ, EQ>=, SQ, AC, reasoning, sensory, ToM

Akiyama takes thinking>=, adaptability, manipulation, deception, scheming, tactics

Akiyama wins high diff

Vs Kei and Satoshi (Chapter 20)

Sherlock takes FSIQ, EQ, AC, thinking, reasoning, sensory, ToM

Duo takes SQ, adaptability, deception, manipulation, scheming, tactics

Sherlock takes extreme diff