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Originally Posted by Terizent
What? Medaka is most definitely, at the very least, an academic genius, except not in the originality part. She's got to have a ridiculously high IQ, judging from her ability to do extremely high level math at like, age 5 or something.
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Have you not been following the rest of the conversation? We've been talking about how IQ alone is not necessarily enough to amount to anything. There are people in real life with 180+ IQs who don't even have college degrees. If you consider the millions of people who, for all their relatively high IQs, never manage to actually
do something with their intelligence, it'd be a far cry to call them geniuses.
Medaka's present success and achievements certainly have more to do with her passion, effort, and the aid of people who have supported her than anything to do with her intelligence.
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I thought that Nisio was emphasizing that we cannot reach up to Medaka's level. Just look at that outrageous tug of war game. Seriously, if Medaka was really human, she'd have been dragged onto the ground as soon as the entire 1000+ student body started pulling. No one can be on equal ground with her in a physical or mental arena. It'd be foolish to even entertain the idea that you could somehow climb to her level of ability. Moreover, hating or fearing someone has nothing to do with whether or not you are on that person's level. It's perfectly possible to be equals with someone, and still hate them. Like, you know, with the Arch Enemy and the Protagonist.
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What does that make Zenkichi then, who clung onto the rope to the last straw in the tug of war game? Physically, at least Hinokage Kudou and Kamimutsuro Tsue (Exercise Committee Chairwoman and Karate Club president) have fought with Medaka on a completely equal level. The point is, if people find their strengths it is perfectly possible to challenge Medaka in those arenas. As far as hating Medaka though, you've missed the real point that if you really do consider yourself equal to Medaka there is zero good reason to hate her, unless (like Unzen or Kumagawa) you initially start out with some ideological conflict like hating all people or wanting them all to be as weak as you.