Question:Does Gatts have a brain?

[John Faulkner]

From what I gathered,he is a bit stupid-Griffith told him to assassinate Yurius,and he goes up with his bloody big sword and kills about 20 people.Gatts left Griffith for a year,only to come back-during that year,he didn't do much except train.Also,he admires Griffith-a selfish pretentious poncy prat.Still,he is powerful!

[Rulakir]

I think of it this way: his mind is like that of a soldier. Not all soldiers are dumb and not all have brains. Intellectually, we may never know if Gatts did have brains unless it is specified in the manga, which I kinda doubt. However, later on at the end of the anime series, I think he becomes smarter emotionally when his relationship with Caska unfolds. He's also smart in battle.

...don't know if that's the answer you were looking for...oh well...

[Morbius]

You don't need to be smart or even try to be smart when you can smush anyone you want with your giant sword...

He's a soldier like L said... He swore a loyalty oath to Griffith and he has to live by it... I would do the same in his position...

[schauni]

Well, he was a follower so he had to obey orders. At the time, he saw Griffith's dream as his dream so he did whatever Griffith told him to do to achieve that dream. Also, I think admiration, friendship and loyal obligation was part of the reason why he did all the things for Griffith not because he didn't realize what he was doing. He had reasons to admire Griffith. After all, Griffith was a genius strategist and a natural leader.


schauni

[jblaze]

I agree with what schauni said. Gatts, from the time he can remember, was told what to do by another person. All he knew was the way of the warrior and his sword, thus he never came up with his own dreams, ambitions, goals, etc. That's why he made the decision to leave the Band of the Hawk and to go discover why he existed, what he wanted to do with his life, etc. But he realized that being the the Hawk and his relationships with Caska, Griffith and the others is what he wanted to do, so he went back. His relationship with Caska also helped him realize this. But now he just lives to kill God's Hand and all associated with them:D

[schauni]

Actually the reason why Gatts left the Hawks was because of Griffith. He wanted to be an equal to Griffith so he could be a friend not a subordinate as he once heard what Griffith said to Charlotte.

schauni

[fooj]

I think if Gatts was smart he wouldn't have lived through all of his battles.

[Rulakir]

Originally posted by fooj
I think if Gatts was smart he wouldn't have lived through all of his battles.
If Gatts did have brains(IQ-wise), he'd find ways to outsmart the demons and defeat them with all the strength he's got...

...or maybe not. He'd probably be a doctor or something and get killed.

eh...just a thought...

[Shenrezade]

There's some wierd stuff on this board..... Anyway, Gatts does have a brain, and he is smart. He killed all those guys during the assination by accident when he panicked. He had never killed an unarmed person before, not mention a kid. I think he shouldn't have taken his sword with him, because everyone knew that only one person used a sword that big. Also, if he weren't smart, there's no way he would've lived as long as he did. He left the Hawks because that was Griffith's dream, not his. He just... grew sick of it, I guess. He's just not a genius, but he's not a moron, either.

[Drizzten]

I agree with the general sentiments. To survive as long as he did, Gatts must have developed a more attuned sense of space, time, and physics...not to mention a decent ability to detect and play off of the pschyological weaknesses of his foes.

I wouldn't want him doing my algebra, but then again, he never wanted anything complicated in life, did he? He's a True Warrior.

[Nagha's revenge]

Gats never learned anything else but to fight. So he did. He let Griffith use him because he himself did not have purpose, and he thought serving another mans dream would give him one. This I think is the reason why he never became 'smart'. He lived from battle to battle with no thought on how to 'develope' himself intelectually or emotionally, he did what he knew because it was all he knew or ever had known.

In the end if he had not saved Griffith I believe he would have become 'smart'. Like Griffith but just with a different goal. Then again Caska doesn't strike me as being smarter than Gats ...

[Maccy99]

Stupid people can't rise to prominent positions in ANY military.

[Petezilla]

If you read the manga you would see that gatts always seems to come up(and fast too) with a clever scheme to lure the enemy into a trap.

[Alesil]

Gatts is in no way stupid, just single minded. In AD&D terms I`d say he has an above average intelligence, but a low wisdom value. He is smart in the way he fights, but wishes to do little more than that and is no in depht thinker. In other words the optimal warrior. :)

[Nilrem]

he's no einstien, but he is pretty smart when it comes to military matters.

Don't let the fact he tends to use his sword and strength to get out of trouble fool you (a lot of the time it is the only means he has available to him).

He seems to have a pretty good grasp of tactics etc, which is what is important in a military leader (it's no good being able to work out how the world works if you can't spot a trap your enemy is setting up).

I suppose it's like a lot of people, he's good in the feild he works in, but would be lost if you asked him a theorectical question (some of the best military tacticians, and some of the best engineers in the past couldn't read or write very well if at all).

[Kusunagi]

Look at the period of time they were in, sorta midevil. At that time a soilder's duty was to fight, generals did the tactic's... So know I just think he was loyal to being a soldier, well until he feel in love with CASKA... what a babe!