Talk:Overlord Volume 10/@comment-88.235.242.24-20160907132847/@comment-45.45.33.21-20160907213757

I personally agree with both of you. I did enjoy volume 10 and liked it a lot, but at the same time I too find that Ainz is far from stupid. So far, we've been shown several moment in which Ainz acts in a very smart and analytical manner, yet he is often depicted as clueless in situations that are less complicated that those he overcame with his intellect.

However, we can't change what Maruyama has decided for the story and Ainz. So, I decided to view things a bit differently. While it's true that Ainz is often clueless almost purely for "comedic" purpose, there's nothing we can change about it so let's look at the positive.

While it's true that Ainz is very clever and tactical, rather than being super smart himself, it's more that he has an incredibly good memory, that he's a very fast learner, and that he is extremely dedicated and meticulous to improve himself for his goals(thus making him not only learn faster, but also allows him to master what he's learning with great efficiency).

Rather than Ainz himself being super intelligent, the really smart ones were some of his guildmates(who just so happent to have taught a lot to Ainz). I personally think that he's a lot better at discussing, argumenting and pushing his adgenda across(such as in a business, interacting with clients, etc). Basically, his main strength is to convince the person in front of him that its in their best interest to do what Ainz want. When it comes to this kind of things, he's very good, smart and experimented. Talking about experience, this is also what makes him good in other fields, since most of his knowledge and tactics come from how experienced he is and from what he has learned from his guildmates. And I think his experience is also the reason why he is clueless from time to time. He relies so much on his experience that when he's in a situation or a role for which he has no experience, he panics(inside) since in those cases, he would have normally went to his comrades for help.

So yeah, I think this volume showed us a bit more of this business side of Ainz and how much better he naturally is at doing it compared to his current capacities in and understanding of the shrewd maliciousness of politics. He's simply still too naive when it comes to his understanding of politics.