Shonen Math

Research art · 2026 · Archive 03 / 11

Semi-serious LaTeX papers that treat anime powers as mathematical and scientific systems.

Shonen Math is where I take anime abilities too seriously. Each paper starts with one power, gives it a compact technical model, and keeps the joke understandable in a sentence.

What I made

The first volume models Domain Expansion as a bounded game, alchemy as constrained optimization, and shadow clones as parallel compute with delayed synchronization.

The papers share one LaTeX style, notation file, and bibliography. TikZ diagrams carry the explanation, while a small Python check catches broken sources before pdflatex does.

How it works

5 steps
01Pick a power

Start with an ability that has an interesting rule.

02State the thesis

Reduce the idea to one technical claim.

03Build the model

Define the variables, constraints, and diagrams.

04Typeset

Write the paper in the shared LaTeX system.

05Check

Run source checks and compile the final PDF.

A compact map of the main product loop.

Repository breakdown

This comes from GitHub's detected language breakdown. It measures source size, not the time or difficulty of the work.

Language mix

GitHub source bytes
TeX95%
Python3%
Makefile2%
Role

Writer and developer

Status

Private project

Source

Private GitHub repository