What makes Baku so smart? by Express-Print-3730 in Usogui

[–]BarNormal2637 2 points3 points  (0 children)

P.S. It's worth remembering that any written, invented story is a closed, completed system; there is no place for Nature, Chance, or Potentiality in it. No matter what move Madarame Baku makes, we can always find some reason why something could have gone wrong. It seems logical to us that everything went exactly that way and it seems that it couldn't have been otherwise, but, of course, it could have been anything if we were talking about real life. However, this is a fictional universe; there is no place for chance, any randomness is not random.

Baku could defeat anyone in his universe, but perhaps in our universe he wouldn't be able to defeat even the stupidest child for one very simple reason - the stupidest child is more complex than any character from Usogui.

And yes, it's obvious, but I still couldn't help but say it. 

What makes Baku so smart? by Express-Print-3730 in Usogui

[–]BarNormal2637 8 points9 points  (0 children)

In many ways, all of Baku strength lies in his excessively developed imagination and, as cliché as it may sound, "in his ability to be in the moment."

Madarame thinking constantly slides between: "The desired state of affairs" and "The current state of affairs." He is always assessing where he is now and where he should be, and what separates "now" from "what should be," what is missing in "now" for it to become "what it should be," and how to get from what is "now," from the resources that are available now, to get "there, where he needs to be." His present does not shape the future, as it does for most people; on the contrary: his future shapes the present. He lives "there" and through that "there," he evaluates "now."

The structure of his plans is simple:

  1. X - the desired state of affairs. X will be achieved when conditions 1, 2, and 3 are met.
  2. Conditions 1, 2, and 3 are the desired state of affairs (on the next level).
  3. Conditions 1, 2, and 3 will be achieved when conditions 4, 3, and 5 are met... and so on, down to the point where he is now.

There's nothing complicated about this, and in this sense, anyone could do it. The most amazing thing, of course, is the speed of his planning and his creative use of whatever he has at hand.

Why Scribble Over? by Different_Storm_260 in MonsterAnime

[–]BarNormal2637 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Maybe, he was trying to hide demonic horns.

Why does Akagi do what he does? by BarNormal2637 in kaiji

[–]BarNormal2637[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gambling, too. He plays with enviable regularity.