Author: Japan Reacts Editorial

On 5ch’s Nanademo Jikkyo G board, a thread went up featuring a homemade ranking of anime and manga characters by “intelligence.” Tier 4 (ranks 76-100) was defined as “localized tactics and narrowly specialized expertise,” Tier 3 (ranks 51-75) as “situational dominance and clutch performance,” and Tier 2 (ranks 26-50) as “world-class big-picture thinking and refined specialized reasoning,” with characters like Dr. Gero, Piccolo, Sōsuke Aizen, Osamu Dazai, Meruem, and Shogo Makishima making the list. Debate broke out over how fair the rankings were, including a reply pushing back on Dr. Gero’s placement by pointing to Bulma’s inventions, with opinions split on how to judge each character’s intelligence.

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nanademo Jikkyo G) thread “All-Time Fictional Intelligence Rankings.”

A thread on 5ch’s Nanidemo Jikkyo G board asked whether it’s pathetic to be living in a 1K or studio apartment “at your age.” While some posters pushed back, arguing that “being single is the pathetic part—living in a 1K is still better than being a parasite still living with your parents (a ‘kodo-oji,’ slang for an adult man still mooching off his parents),” the discussion soon turned into an exchange of concrete housing details: a dilemma over choosing between a 1K at ¥30,000 and a 2K at ¥32,000 rent, a report of living in a 25-tatami-mat studio, and worries about eviction risk from a future rebuild while paying just ¥20,000 for a 1K. The view that cleaning effort matters more than room size also gained support.

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nanidemo Jikkyo G) thread “Guys living in a 1K or studio apartment at their age lolllllllllllllllllllllllll.”

A thread titled “Was it really bad enough to get this much hate?” popped up on 5ch’s Nandemo Jikkyo G board over Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX. Some posters praised the return of Amuro and Char, while others pointed to the abruptness of heroine Machu’s emotional arc, questioned the point of setting the story in a parallel world, and argued that the late-game “high-stakes mobile suit battle” arc was unnecessary. A few defended the show by citing rising overseas Gunpla sales, sparking a broader debate over how to separate a work’s quality from its commercial success.

64AnonymousSep 16, 2026 12:53

GQuuuuuuX's heroine really lacks star power

68AnonymousSep 16, 2026 12:54

Re: #64
Oh right, there was that 'Mabu' thing too.
Already forgot about it.

69AnonymousSep 16, 2026 12:54

Re: #64
The 'Aerial' branded snack was actually good!

*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “People were bashing GQuuuuuuX so hard — was it really that bad?“.