@DARK_RITUAL:
Well your going into category of intelligence, If we go like that then I will be proud to say this-
As far as characters shown Luffy is by far the smartest when it comes down to fighting/combat abilities.
I can't disagree with you. Heck, I always thought that by the end of the series Luffy would look like the most intelligent guy in the world. (seriously).
On a different note, Luffy is very creative, or at least a very Divergent Thinker, which is very important to intelligence, it can 't stand on it merely. Contrary to my point, the few rare moments when Luffy acts as serious as the Gurosei if not more he makes the most intelligent decision mostly which some are understood as such in hindsight. I would never call Luffy unintelligent.
@Supernova122:
But CC is not just 'knowledge' - he's been coming up with things and developing things too, which one would expect would require genuine intelligence? (WMDs like Shinokuni; Smile -> artificial DFs; gigantification of normal humans)
i'll play against CC here a bit, while he has quite the knowledge compared to the average OP character and isn't stupid he did made all of these things. But, Smiles are essentially CC's take on vegapunk's failed experiment, same with gigantification and shinokuni is combining an existing idea (of inanimate zoan) with his DF abilities. Sure, even to make these ideas requires some whit and knowledge, but he didn't hink out of these on his own. I believe CC's true calling os acting :ninja: