10 Smartest Anime Characters Of All Time

At first glance, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure might look like nothing more than a meathead muscle fest. In reality, brains and brawn are on equal display, and there is no better character that's an example of this than series three protagonist Jotaro Kujo.

Battles in JoJo are just as much mental games as they are actual fights. Stands, the series' power system, provide countless different possibilities when it comes to their application in combat. They're basically like a box of chocolates, in that you never know what you're going to get. Jotaro however, no matter the situation or the pressure, always found a way to outsmart his opponent.

Take his game with D'arby for example. D'arby was a professional gambler, yet Jotaro, some delinquent kid, using nothing but an elaborate bluff and overwhelming confidence, makes the guy to have a mental breakdown so severe he admits defeat. This is only one of many fights in Stardust Crusaders where Jotaro uses his cleverness to defeat someone that, by all accounts, he should have lost to.

It's no surprise that by the time series four comes around that Jotaro has become a marine biologist. The guy, despite his punkish appearance, is smart as all get out.