Bakemonogatari

[shinta|hikari]

While the last episode was mainly about Hitagi-san, it still had valuable information about Tsubasa. Hitagi-san, who is considered quite smart in the show and practically consists of 90% pride (albeit mostly a facade), actually admits that Tsubasa is on a completely different level in terms of intellect.

This makes me like Tsubasa a bit more as a character, since not only is she academically smart, but also has incredible insight. These qualities can be seen on how much trivia she knows, and how she manages to teach Araragi quite a number of lessons throughout the show.

It is very rare in anime to see an actual intelligent person. Most of the time, they are praised as having good grades yet have little to no mental maturity (Kotomi, and tons of others), or they act dumb all the time then suddenly give insightful comments (Sunohara, and a lot of comic relief side characters).

Has anyone seen the commentary videos? They are freaking hilarious, with Hitagi-san and Tsubasa chatting it up, usually at Araragi's expense.