Hermione Granger is perhaps the smartest character in the Harry Potter series. Hermione's main skills include her insane intellect, cleverness, and being book-smart. Hermione may be considered one of the smartest characters fictional characters, but she has some strong competition in the anime world.
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In the anime world, there are a plethora of intelligent anime characters who can give Hermione a run for her money. Just like Harry Potter, the anime Fairy Tail also features a world of wizards and magic. Therefore, Fairy Tail has some brilliant characters who are just as smart, if not smarter, than the famous Hermione Granger.
7 Lucy Heartfilia Is A Book Smart Character Who Loves To Solve Riddles
Lucy Heartfilia is the main character who joins the Fairy Tail guild and becomes a member of Team Natsu. Lucy might not be the strongest physically, but her intelligence makes up for it.
Just like Hermione, Lucy loves books and is in the process of writing her own book about her adventures with the Fairy Tail guild. Additionally, she loves solving difficult riddles and taking on tasking challenges by coming up with strategies to win. In fact, Lucy was intelligent enough to rewrite The Book Of E.N.D., which gave Natsu the edge he needed to defeat Zeref.
6 Freed Justine Is Proficient In Using Runes In Battle And Other Situations
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Freed Justine is a Mage of the Fairy Tail guild and a member of Laxus' Thunder God Tribe. Freed is another book-smart character that knows how to use runes, and he creates them with a high level of skill.
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In battle, Freed can position his runes to trap his enemies and divide them from each other. Freed has a wide variety of runes that can be used for any situation. When Laxus tried taking over the Fairy Tail guild, Freed was the key component of the strategy to take them down.
5 Levy McGarden Is A Brilliant Book Lover Who Can Solve Any Problem
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Levy McGarden is perhaps the most intelligent member of the Fairy Tail guild, and she is the leader of the three-person team, Shadow Gear. Like Lucy Heartfilia, Levy enjoys reading and is known to be very book-smart. Thus, Levy's brilliance and magic power make her very reliable for the guild.
Because of her intelligence, Levy is constantly asked by the entire guild to help figure out their problems, and she always comes through with her big brain. Another attribute Levy contributes to the guild is her knowledge of the field of languages; she can even translate several ancient scripts.
4 Ultear Milkovich Learned Ice-Make Magic Without Her Mother's Guidance
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Ultear Milkovich is a female Mage and the daughter of Gray's master, Ur. Ultear was a former member of the Magic Council and was also a former member of Grimoire Heart, where she was the leader of the Seven Kin of Purgatory. Ultear is so intelligent she was able to manipulate Jellal easily.
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Ultear was even able to break into the Magic Council's high-security prison and free one of their most dangerous convicts. Additionally, Ultear learned the incredibly difficult Arc of Time ability at a very young age and learned ice-make magic without her mother's guidance.
3 Jellal Fernandes Is A Wizard Prodigy Who Was Able To Manipulate His Way Into The Magic Council
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Jellal Fernandes was a childhood friend of Erza Scarlet, and before he lost his memory, Jellal was a Dark Mage who sought to revive Zeref via the R-System. When he was younger, Jellal was able to become the youngest Wizard Saint only using half of his powers.
Jellal is also a clever and intelligent Mage who tricked Erza and the entire Magic Council in an effort to bring Zeref back to life. He was even able to trick the Magic Council into letting him become a member, which is a huge feat, considering the Magic Council are the strongest mages on the continent. He did this all while keeping his real identity and agenda a secret.
2 Mavis Vermillion's Tactical Mind Can Come Up With Winning Battle Strategies
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Mavis Vermillion was the first Guild Master and co-founder of the Fairy Tail Guild. Known as 'The Fairy Tactician,' Mavis has the ability of a tactical mind with the brilliance to come up with battle strategies so good that it seems like make it seem like she can see into the future.
Because of Mavis, the kingdom's troops have seen victory in several battles. Battle strategies arent only Mavis's strong point, as she can also assess the character and personality of anybody she meets very quickly and predict how they would react in different situations.
1 Zeref Dragneel Studied To Find A Way To Bring The Dead Back To Life
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Zeref Dragneel was considered to be the strongest and most intelligent evil Mage of all time; he possesses extremely dangerous and powerful dark magic. Whenever he was young, Zeref's younger brother Natsu was killed by a dragon, and in order to bring him back to life, Zeref became a student at the Mildian Magic Academy.
Zeref researched the connections between life, death, and magic at the academy to revive Natsu. He eventually succeeded in his research and created the Black Art Magic, which allowed Zeref to bring his brother and other demons back to life.
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