The smartest protagonist of any book, movie, anime, cartoon and song is Light Yagami from death note, change my mind

[Ellieporter]

Senku Ishigami from Dr. Stone

 

[Ymadthepirate]

My Top Picks, that Light Yagami would hardly outsmart.
1. Sherlock Holmes (It's obvious, right? Tell me if you don't think SH deserves the top.
2. Ayanokouji kiyotaka (He's the wolf among the sheep, he is a manipulative badass that hides among the smartest people in the world)
3. Lelouch Lamperouge (Mostly at warfare and related stuff, even without the sci-fi fancy weaponry, he's good)
4. L (cuz he already beats Light once)
5. Detective Conan (He's at the bottom cuz he tends to relies on fancy advanced gadgets)

Depends on which sherlock holmes

Deadpool, joker, Dr strange, riddler, people who are able to fool beings of godly powers and we have a edgy teen who can't outsmart normal people and police

To be fair It does depend on what Joker it is same applys for the rest

Seto Kaiba is smarter AND sexier!

I mean weird but alright

 

[Alfir]

Depends on which sherlock holmes

The OG of course. I mean, he's almost psychic. If not the OG, maybe the BBC version because that is when the memory palace was first introduced. I want to say the Robert Downey Jr. version, but in terms of aesthetic, the guy is quite far from the SH I know in terms of appearance. He's a good Sherlock though. I don't know about Benedict Cumberbatch though, I haven't watched it. They say it's good, but seeing its trailer... meh...

PS.
The OG Holmes also has something like a memory palace. Doyle termed it as the brain-attic in his work, so the OG doesn't really fail in comparison with the flamboyant versions we see in many adaptations like games and films. Welp, I just want to say, no one can beat the original, right? (or is it?)

 

[Ymadthepirate]

The OG of course. I mean, he's almost psychic. If not the OG, maybe the BBC version because that is when the memory palace was first introduced. I want to say the Robert Downey Jr. version, but in terms of aesthetic, the guy is quite far from the SH I know in terms of appearance. He's a good Sherlock though. I don't know about Benedict Cumberbatch though, I haven't watched it. They say it's good, but seeing its trailer... meh...

PS.
The OG Holmes also has something like a memory palace. Doyle termed it as the brain-attic in his work, so the OG doesn't really fail in comparison with the flamboyant versions we see in many adaptations like games and films. Welp, I just want to say, no one can beat the original, right? (or is it?)

Alright makes sense