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Keep in mind this is likely still a child, so intellectual work is still going to be harder for him than it would be for an adult. Plus the monsters being kinda dumb makes the writing easier. It doesn't get in the way of the battles being satisfying and fun to read since those "battle genius" archetypes are usually surrounded by artificially stupid characters anyways to make them seem smarter.

Could still fix it some by having the perseverance soul be very unlucky. So even if his schemes work, there's usually some kind of complication that forces him to improvise. And of course, unlike the other monsters, Gerson isn't dumb. So simple tricks won't work on him.