Sometimes a plan can be so good, it's almost like the planner could see the future. Is it genius or pure luck? Depending on the anime and the particular character, it's usually one or the other. Sometimes characters will make plans that are so perfect they're able to account for every possibility, no matter what their opponent does to counter them or how the situation changes. Other times, characters make it up as they go, but always ensuring they attain their goals.
Anime fans will always either marvel at the intricacy or laugh at the impossibility of these plans, as such plot devices have become a constant in anime over the years, effectively spanning time and genre.
10 Gate: What Will Happen When A Modern Military Faces Guys With Arrows & Swords?
When a modern mechanized military comes into contact with a medieval military, the result is inevitable. And as fans of Gate: Thus The JSDF Fought There! know, nothing really ever goes wrong with expeditionary force's plans in the world beyond the Gate. This overpowered display of one-sided military engagements is oddly satisfying to viewers, as every battle ends with the predictable victory for the modern military forces and complete destruction for their opposition.
Whether they're faced with the largest allied army the medieval world can field or a legendary dragon, the JSDF units face little opposition as they firmly establish their political and military might in this world.
9 The Plan Is Simple In Overlord: Rule The World
In the famous isekai Overlord, Momonga is trapped inside a shutdown MMORPG and is transported to another world as his game avatar, along with his NPC minions in the Tomb of Nazarick. Establishing himself firmly as their leader, he commands absolute authority and seeks to determine their whereabouts and what to do next.
From there, everything works in Ainz Ooal Gown's favor. He uses his overpowered skills and commands his mighty force to bring his allies into awe and his enemies into submission. From the beginning of this anime to its end, no decision Ainz makes turns out wrong, as he ever further cements his position as Overlord of his new world.
8 Plans For Revenge Are Never So Smooth As In Redo of Healer
Keyaru's early moments in Redo of Healer definitely don't go his way at all, as he is abused and injured over and over again by his perverse and heartless teammates, who view him with contempt as the lowly healer on their squad. But once he finds a way to reverse time and start over at the beginning, he sets a plan in motion to exact horrific revenge on everybody who abused him. His plans are a complete success.
He abuses and humiliates many of his former teammates until they mentally become his slaves, thereby adding their strength to his own as he builds a team of powerful and immovably loyal followers.
7 Cautious Hero: No Way Anything Could Go Wrong With That Much Preparation
In a very typical isekai fashion, Seiya Ryuuguuin in Cautious Hero is given epic powers and transported to another world by a goddess tasked with saving that world. But contrary to typical isekai, Seiya doesn't set out on adventures to gain strength and learn about his new environment.
Instead, he refuses to step into this new world until he feels not only adequately prepared but extremely over-prepared by anyone else's standards. Add that level of over-cautiousness to his already beefy stats, he has no chance of going wrong once he finally heads out on a mission. He doesn't intend to encounter any setbacks, and he never does!
6 That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime: No Amount Of Storm Can Disrupt Rimaru Tempest
Rimaru Tempest in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime becomes a slime through a random incident, but thereafter grows into the most powerful being in his new world. His plans are usually minimal and limited in scope, but always go the way he wants them. He plans to grow and learn slowly at first, but eventually meets new friends and foes along the way, ultimately envisioning and planning to establish a country where monsters can live together in peace.
He is highly successful in these plans, creating a nearly impregnable stronghold which he rules with gentle peace towards his friends and ruthless dominance to his enemies.
5 Anos' Plans Cannot Be Moved In The Misfit Of Demon King Academy
The demon king reincarnates and goes to school. That basic premise of The Misfit of Demon King Academy is enough to produce an overpowered main character whose plans cannot possibly be thwarted, no matter how many powerful opponents, stubborn doubters, or tsundere high school girls stand in his way.
Anos Voldigoad begins to reassert his dominance over this world, and he begins with his new class at the magic academy established in his name. He unravels the rewritten history and the political plots of his enemies, standing immovably for his goals and his new friends.
4 Can One Have Less Of A Plan & Still Have A Plan? (Great Teacher Onizuka)
Whether he plans it all out from the beginning or just makes it up as he goes along (the latter being more likely), Onizuka-sensei helps solve his students' problems one after the other in Great Teacher Onizuka. His gangster personality and appearance, his completely unconventional methods, and nearly total lack of qualifications to teach drive other members of the faculty at the school crazy.
They assign him to teach a class of "problem students," but no matter what crazy scrapes he and his students get into, he exerts a very positive influence over them individually, and his students end up becoming some of the most successful at the school.
3 The Battle Is Won Before It's Begun In No Game, No Life
Sora and Shiro from No Game, No Life always have a plan. They see the path to victory from start to finish in every game they play, predicting every counter and every possible turn of events. They easily predict the flow of events in shorter games, judging their opponent's body language and personality even before the game starts.
Even in longer games, they easily see through opponents' individual approaches and predict their actions even before the game starts. In this single-season anime, they are never seriously challenged, as opponents fall to them time and again.
2 Light Yagami Checkmates L In Death Note (First Half)
Excluding the second half of Death Note, during the first half, everything turns out as Light Yagami wants it. His intricate schemes are countered effectively by the detective prodigy L all the way up until the end, when Light finally outmaneuvers L and defeats him.
Though it may seem like this was simply the one scheme that worked out for Light, it was the setup from all the other plans that enabled this final masterstroke. Even as L continued to foil Light's plans, L knew that he was getting behind, and Light could smell the blood in the water more distinctly with every successive counter from L, ultimately leading to L's demise.
1 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: The Plans Always Go As Predicted—Or Do They?
From the moment Nagatoro lays eyes on Naoto Hachiouji in Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro, she has him in the palm of her hand. She knows how he will react to every little tease she throws at him, baiting him and trolling him over and over, as she laughs shamelessly when the predicted outcome occurs.
Her plans are brief and simple but always produce the desired result. But perhaps she hasn't predicted every result: as this series progresses, Nagatoro's confidence seems to slip just a little, as she perhaps begins to experience unpredicted feelings.
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