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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  (#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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  (#12) Saki Watanabe

  • From the New World

  The biggest threat that the people of Kamisu 66 face at the end of the series is Akki, a human child who is exempt from the rest of humanity's biological restriction on taking lives. The reason she's exempt is that despite her biology, she doesn't see herself as human: she sees herself as a monster rat. But because she is human, anyone who tried to fight back would perish soon afterwards. 

  That, plus her psychic abilities, makes her the most powerful ally the monster rats have against humanity. 

  In order to defeat Akki, Saki Watanabe and her allies come up with a clever but horrifying plan - have her destroy a monster rat, triggering her own biological restrictions and ending her life. Kidomaru, a monster rat on humanity's side, acts as a sacrifice to pull off this plan. It works, but it's hard for Saki to feel good about their victory.
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  (#11) Goku

  • Dragon Ball Z Kai, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound, Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler, Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge, Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan, Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies, Dragon Ball: The Path to Power, Plan to Destroy the Saiya-jin, Dragon Ball: Ssawora Son Goku, Igyeora Son Goku, Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might, Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins, Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn, Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku, Dragonball Evolution, Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly, Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure, Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone, Dragon Ball Z the Movie: The World's Strongest, Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug, Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!, Dragon Ball

  While this isn't the move that decided Goku's match against Piccolo Jr. in the World Martial Arts Tournament, it did help him move the needle towards his ultimate victory - plus it was just really cool. Rather than using his arms to do his signature Kamehameha move, Goku uses his feet. This allows him to power up his whole body while leaving his hands free to punch Piccolo and knock him to the floor. 
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  (#13) Near

  • Death Note

  Near is L's successor, so it goes without saying that he's ridiculously smart. Already suspecting that Light is Kira and that Mikami might be one of his accomplices, he has Gevanni tail Mikami. When Mikami makes the mistake of going to the bank at an unusual time, Gevanni is able to find what he thinks is the Death Note, allowing Near to swap out some of the pages. This turns out to be a replica, but Near is able to figure that out when Mikami takes out Mello using the real thing. Near gets ahold of said real thing without Team Kira's knowledge. When Mikami tries to write down the names of everyone in the room except for Light, and fails because he's using a fake notebook, Near has the proof he needs that Light is Kira.

  It's a complicated ending to a long, drawn-out battle - one that proves Near to be a worthy succesor. 
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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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