I absolutely loved the twisty convoluted battle-of-wits logic in Death Note (even though of course it would be very impractical in a real life battle of wits) and in theory I feel like Kaguya-sama’s comedy spin on it is actually really clever because it’s just as entertaining and it’s funny and it’s good satire. but omg as a former Gifted Kid™, it is way too real for me lol. I can’t watch it at all - it hurts

also I tried Code Geass because I had heard that it had similar battle of wits stuff as in Death Note, but the problem is that they handwave all of the clever stuff instead of showing how the characters are being clever. it’s just like “suddenly, Guy Protagonist has an army of mechs because he’s smart or something. don’t think about it”

strangely enough, I felt like No Game No Life (sexualized loli warning for that show btw) did a better job of giving me that same feeling of watching clever plots unfold, where I need to pause the video and think about things to be able to even follow it lol. I feel like the people who write NGNL are really nerdy about mathematically breaking down games using stuff like game theory and it shows and I’ve learned (and then probably forgotten) lots of cool stuff from that show

@kasdeya The whole "games are decided by the preparation you take before the game even begins" bit from NGNL has stuck with me for a long time 😎😅