5 Anime Characters Who Are Smarter Than Sherlock Holmes

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Sherlock Holmes is arguably the most famous detective in fiction, so any character smarter than him has to bring more than sharp observation. Holmes is brilliant inside mysteries, but anime often places its smartest characters inside impossible cases and battles where one wrong assumption can destroy everything. The characters above him push intelligence into bigger and more dangerous territory. They use deduction, invention, strategy and manipulation in ways that would stretch even Holmes’ legendary mind.