Try harder. Jeez, Izuku broke his fingers TWICE for crying out loud!
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Try harder. Jeez, Izuku broke his fingers TWICE for crying out loud!
I don't have bestgirls to impress.
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Well...it didn't get interrupted, but what I said about the rest of the tournament not mattering now that Midoriya is out seems to have been spot on. 6 matches in one episode?
Hopefully the finals at least will get something substantive.
They were short, but i would still call them serviceable matches; at least better than a flash forward or, like you said, an interruption. Good to see a new villain and a loss to 'the heroes' to keep the stakes high.
The Hero Killer looks cool as fuck, hopefully he delivers.
He's a fucking tryhard edgelord.
A person carrying multiple blades but not taking care of them in the slightest isn't too cool in my opinion. His sword was totally wrecked. He's just an ignorant savage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Munsu
I don't mind the quick fights. That's just how fights go when one side isn't suited to fight the other. Only a fool (like Deku) would try to stretch a fight for no purpose whatsoever.
I don't feel like that was the case with either of the girls. Plant girl should have been able to do much better against Iida. And acid girl should have been able to to better than nothing again against birdguy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
I mean, for Christ sake, a girl that could literally root herself into the ground let herself just get scooted out of the ring.
It's not like I wouldn't understand your pov, but an abnormally high speed is one thing that many would have a hard time dealing with, unless she had had the wits to fully plan her actions beforehand (like Deku would do) and then be able to execute the plan. As we saw in the ep, she didn't do what she should have done and instead tried to attack immediately. She had no chance of connecting that attack.
What exactly would the acid girl do against the shadow?
Meh, badass then.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
She beat a guy...with LIGHTNING POWERS! If her vines are faster than lightning, then they're faster than Iida.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
Same thing she did against the laser guy. Skate around and dodge it until she could attack the guy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
This is the problem. Not that they lost, but that they were both much more competent in previous rounds, and in this round, they just stood there and didn't do anything.
I'll be sure to let Kenpachi know your thoughts on him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
It's not really a sword with Kenpachi. It's a "living" (or whatever they are) being with the shape of a sword. He can't maintain it. I haven't read the Bleach manga, so I don't know if he learned how to communicate with it. Of course it's possible this dude is the same, but somehow I didn't get that feeling. I might be totally wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarthEnderX
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Well, that was disappointing. Fighting Midoriya was supposed to fix Todoroki, but it seems to have just made him worse...
4:54 Did that song just say "fucking superstar"?
Anyway, there were a bunch of funny scenes after the credits, which this show doesn't usually do, so make sure you don't miss em.
Sucks that Todoroki stayed in pussy-mode, so I fully empathize with Bakugo.
Was it ever explained how Recover Girlīs "distribution" is organized? We see Lidaīs brother in critical condition ... something that Recovery Girl could easily fix.
lol, yes it did.Quote:
Originally Posted by DEX
Todoroki taking time to think about shit makes sense. Instantly getting over a lifetime's worth of trauma and hatred from one kid's advice would be the more unrealistic outcome. What I don't get is why their mother is in hospital for so long. That simply doesn't happen.
Well...If you were planning of creating and raising the ultimate hero the most promising one got attacked by their mother....How would you react? What do you think Endeavor did to her?
You could interpret his father saying "I put her in the hospital" a few episodes back either way, I guess. I like that Bakugo's mom? is even louder than he is.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoCybercoin
When he said hospital, I assumed he meant "mental institution".Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
Todoriki is Endeavor's best chance of realizing his goal, and his mother basically went nuts and attacked him. He basically used his influence to have her indefinitely committed.
He probably didn't even have to try that hard. Having a breakdown and pouring scalding water on your child is probably a pretty reasonable reason to be committed.
I'd rather say Todoroki giving up made sense. He realised that competition was meaningless for him. It's not like Izuku would have healed him. Izuku merely made him think, get out of his old, tepid, unproductive groove. His conclusion was that he needs to fix his relationship with his mom, save her, if he wants to really become a hero in his own mind. Winning that competition would have done nothing for him, in fact if it was what he previously wanted to do, it would be better to drop it. It's not his priority anymore.
It quite funny how Bakugo is so empty. Maybe he's actually sensing it himself and is trying to mask it with his violent and noisy act. He has got not troubled background, no uphill climb, nothing bigger in the background that would drive him forward more than competitions like this. If you give your everything to win a contest, but some other public favourite can drop it suddenly without a second thought, it's going to piss you off. Of course a whole bunch of the students are like that, but he's not really paying attention to most of them.
I'm actually really psyched about finding out their hero names next week.
I'd say pretty much everyone EXCEPT Todoroki is like that, even Midoriya. Winning the contest is just a symbol of your determination and resolve to be a top hero, which is what all of them want.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
Todoroki refusing to fight at full strength is more or less shitting on their determination. Because it shows he's not resolved enough to give it his all himself.
It's why Bakugo is so pissed off. Because Todoroki was willing to fight Midoriya at full strength, but not Bakugo. Which means he acknowledges Midoriya, but doesn't Bakugo.
From Bakugo's pov it undoubtly looks like that, which is why he's so angry, but it's also because Bakugo can't understand someone might have something more important in their sights than winning this tournament and proving they are the strongest. It was a different thing when Todoroki was fighting Izuku as back then he was still confused and hadn't figured out what to do, so the only thing he could do was to push forward on the same old path. Between these fights and still during this fight he had enough time to realise what he wants to do, and winning that contest had nothing to do with it. He doesn't care about being recognized as the strongest hero candidate, he only cares about saving his mom for the time being. Yeah, if he can't even save his own mom, how could he be a hero who would save numerous other people?
You can say he's shitting on the determination of most of the students there, but so what? It's up to him to decide what he wants to do. If the others have something to complain about, they can start by getting strong enough to face him in the first place.
Because it's not something a real hero would do. And he still wants to be a hero. At least, that's what he told Midoriya.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
It's not even about whether Bakugo understands or not. Even if he does, he doesn't care. The fact that he wasn't able to beat Todoroki at full power alone pisses him off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
I assumed he physically assaulted her, and also reasoned that no injuries would make you unstable enough to stay in hospital for 10 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neo
Now her setting didn't look like a mental health ward, but that idea actually makes sense in a way. (It actually doesn't when you think about current trends in healthcare towards community based cares, but it makes more sense than having ongoing medical instability by far).
It's a profession. If you took a hundred police officers or firemen and asked why they chose that job, do you reckon every single one gives the same answer? Aside from the fact self-sacrifice is also something a hero would do. He realised this competition doesn't matter to him, so he handed over the victory to a guy for whom it seemed to be of utmost importance. From the audiences point of view I'm sure Todoroki looked far more heroic than the guy one was in chains on the podium. Bakugo looked like a fricking villain.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarthEnderX
You mean it doesn't look like an Arkham Asylum? No. Nor should it. The series takes place in modern/near future Japan, where they deal with such things in a more modern way, and mental institutions basically just look like hospitals.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
They made it clear though why he wants to be a hero. Like Midoriya, he wants to be like All Might. Which leads us back to "That's not something All Might would do."Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
Bakugo ALWAYS looks like a villain. It's SUPER unclear(but also super humorous) why he wants to be a hero instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
No. I mean it doesn't look like the 3 mental health wards I've seen over the past 4 years working in Australian hospitals. For one, acute mental health wards are designed to be low risk and low stimulus.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarthEnderX
Her room looks like any other cookie cutter anime hospital room. If she's well enough to be in such an environment she's well enough for discharge and community cares.
If you say so. The only one I've been to here in the US looked exactly like a hospital.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
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Acid Queen (2) is a totally good and valid name. Pinky is so bleh.
Bakugo probably just settled with his own name as well.
Yeah, "Alien Queen" was very fitting for Ashido. Midnight was wrong to dissuade her from it, so she ended up with a dull name.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
Midnight has a track record at this point of considering things almost exclusively by her personal taste.
Whelp, I'm officially forgetting all their Japanese names and using the hero names from now on.
I'm not sure why I didn't know Midoriya was going to go with Deku, but it should have been obvious...
Gran Torino? Uh oh, Deku's going to intern with racist Clint Eastwood!
If I have a complaint about this series, it's the way Deku's narration sometimes gives away future plot elements. Things like "I'll always regret what happened that day." I don't need to spoiling the story for me, show character.
Froppy sucks too...Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
NO! IT'S LORD EXPLOSION MURDER!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
Froppy is great. Just makes her so much cuter, if that was even possible :>
Yeah, Midnight was out of line and misusing her authority as a teacher by rejecting Alien Queen. Although I'm not terribly surprised considering the general manga/anime principle is that girls/women need to be cute/beautiful, everything else being of secondary importance. Lord Explosion Murder was more understandable to deny as it's clearly a villain name. Lord Explosion would have been just fine, though, so once again Midnight failed. She fixed other students' names before, but suddenly couldn't do such a simple thing for Bakugo. She's an incompetent failure.
Is it Acid Queen or Alien Queen? You guys keep changing between the 2 :>
I remember it being Alien Queen.
Both were mentioned I think.
Alien Queen is what was mentioned in the anime.
Yep, just the teacher afterwards made a comment about the "acid thing". But it's indeed Alien Queen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
So that references the Alien Queen in the Alien movies, right? Because of the acid.
Yep, that seemed to be the case and the image as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
I assumed she picked it because her antenna make her look like an alien. And then their response was that it made them think of the monster from Aliens.
She probably should have just gone with Alien Princess.
So I watched the Training of the Dead OVA.
Heads up for anyone thinking of watching it, it seems to take place later in the series than where the anime is currently at, and there's some elements in it that I think might be spoilers(i.e. people doing things they can't do in the series yet).
Still, it had some real funny moments in it.
I have exactly the same thougts regarding that OVA.
It does not add much to the show, but it's fun and enjoyable. You might even laugh out loud like I did.
So do you regret watching it despite spoilers?
There's not much spoilers. Really not a big deal
Incidentally, I just went back and watched OVA1 as well, which I hadn't seen till now.
It takes place between the two seasons. It wasn't as entertaining.
Nah. It's really obvious stuff I expected was going to happen, it just hadn't happened yet. I'm just letting people who are really sensitive about it know ahead of time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
For those that are, they straight up say in the OVA that their internships just ended. The internships they're just starting now in the show. So maybe wait an arc to watch this?
Have they revealed what Sugarman and Anima's powers are yet? I've been watching this show for two seasons now and I have no idea what they are.
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That was fun. Looks like everyone is going to have an interesting internship.
Seriously though, what exactly is Shoto's reasoning for picking Endeavor's agency?
The new ending is cute.
Ochako finding someone else cute :3.
I think it's simply a matter of the way he talks doesn't match up with the, like, supersoldier battleguy that his appearance would suggest.
I don't think I like that so many of these trainers feel like they have to tell other heroes how to act.
I do. This is workplace etiquette. Especially Bakugo's trainer. Beat that shit into him.
Okay episode.
I like that this anime is logical for once. Applying all-for-one as a permanent upgrade to your whole body rather than using it for special attacks is exactly whatīs rational.
Superheroes are not salarymen. They're more like rock stars or professional athletes. Their personas are a huge part of their ability to be successful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
On the one hand, that makes logical sense. On the other hand, if they did that, he might as well not be in the series anymore, because his attitude is the only thing that makes him entertaining to watch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
I feel like Bakugo ended up really unlucky. He had a TON of offers, I'm betting they weren't ALL looking to teach him a lesson in humility.
Nonetheless, they're students. And regardless other's actions reflect upon the whole group as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarthEnderX
Looking at it from another pov, would the people who don't feel like teaching and lecturing even accept a total newbie under their supervision? Unless a person feels like teaching someone, they likely don't want such a burden on their back. It's likely most of the genuinely coolest heroes won't accept trainees, aside from special circumstances (somebody they know, etc).
It was weird to watch this episode, 27th ep, and see Izuku finally realising he needs to fricking train and master his power. That should have been like episode 4 or something.
Yeah, but as we can see from the variety of students, there are a lot of different THINGS that the various heroes want to teach.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
Bakugo is unlucky that he picked someone who's more interested in giving him shit about his personality than he is about, say, making him stronger or something.
How is he unlucky? It'll be for the good of humanity in general (in show) if he fixes his rotten personality.
What does what's good for humanity have to do with what Bakugo wants?Quote:
Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
Humanity includes Bakugo. Kids want stupid things. That's why we have education. It's for his own good in the long run.
For the good of humanity, he needs the right dose of discipline/education so that he does not fall to the darkside.
He's already quite skilled and powerful. That world does not want another strong bad guy...
I think if Bakugo was going to become a villain on his own, he'd have done it already.
If you pay attention, a lot of the villains seems to have a problem with what they deem the oppressiveness of society. A lot of them are simply nonconformists.
I think if ANYTHING was going to make Bakugo become a villain, it'd be trying to tell him how he can and can't act.
He doesn't have to become a villain to become a pest to society. Bakugo is so volatile, he's like a kid with an AK47. Remember his outburst just from Shoto not using his other hand? Teachers had to chain him down. What if there was no one strong enough nearby to stop him? How many civilians can he hurt or kill by accident because of his temper tantrums? Remember how he went nuts during the cavalry battle and ignored his teammates? How can he even work together with other heroes with how he behaves?
He needs to learn patience and humility. That's all part of becoming an adult.
Different people learn things in different ways. Something tells me trying Bakugo down and tying to force a lesson into him isn't going to work very well.Quote:
Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
Bakugo is already a completely different person than he was at the start of the series. And he did that just by adapting to his circumstances. Not because All Might or Eraser Head tied him up and told him to behave.
Completely different how? He still goes batshit insane and thinks he is the best and whatnot.
The guy needs to be kicked in the teeth. You can't baby asshat bullies like him.
Because he used to be the guy worshiped by everyone around him. He used to be the center of attention. But that's not the case anymore. NOBODY in his new class treats him the way people in his old class treated him. He's not the superstar to any of them. He's just the loud agro guy.Quote:
Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
And he WAS kicked in the teeth. When he lost to Deku. It's completely changed his character. His personality APPEARS the same, but it's not. He's all bark and no bite now. And he hasn't bullied anyone since then.
Then he has to change his appearance for it to be a complete change. Looking and acting like a dick bully, even if he doesn't mean harm, isn't gonna help anyone, much less him.
I'm actually surprised people are tolerating someone like him. In any other scenario, he'd be disciplined/gang-bullied severely from the start. That time simply came now. He's like Ranta, only with no excuse for acting like a fool.
Question, was that letter implying that Mei made Deku's new costume, or just that people in support must all have Mei's same mindset?
Also, I just rewatched the entire series recently and just now realized that "that's my starting line"
is this series' "that's my ninja way".Perhaps. But then he wouldn't be entertaining.Quote:
Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
Well, again, being a superhero is kind of a profession that encourages you to be a diva. Most of his negative characteristics can also be found in various members of the school staff even.Quote:
Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
While I think that some people do find Bakugo entertaining as he is, my point was he being disciplined is going to be good for him and his world in the long run. Even if his bad qualities can be found in mature heroes, the extent of his attitude is a little too much for an upstart. Just imagine how he'd behave in the future if left unchecked.
They must all have Mei's mindset. If Mei did the costume then there's no reason to assume everyone else is like her.Quote:
Originally Posted by DEX
So they said in this episode that Deku is the 9th user of One For All.
The quirk supposedly lets you transfer your abilities to someone else. I wonder if that included their quirks. Because I get that All Might it strong, but he seems a hell of a lot stronger than just 8 people strong.
Not sure why you're drawing a correlation from "a lot stronger than just 8 people strong" with transferring including their quirks. Quirks doesn't equal strength. So, not sure why you're seemingly discounting the intrinsic strength of the One For All itself.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarthEnderX
Now, I'm not saying that transferring may not be doing just that as you mention with the Quirk, but so far there has been no evidence to lead one to believe that's the case. All Might being incredibly strong is not a good enough justification to believe that.
It does if one of those 8 people had super strength as a Quirk.Quote:
Originally Posted by Munsu
All Might said that he was Quirkless, but that the person who had One For All before him wasn't. So it is possible to have other Quirks in addition to having One For All. If one of those other 7 people had a Super Strength Quirk, and Quirks got passed on along with everything else with One For All, then it would explain why All Might has the strength of, like 100 people, when he should only have the strength of 8.
I doubt it. That would mean Izuki now has several powers aside from All Might's super speed and strength, unless all that came before him are quirkless, a detail that would've been mentioned when All Might spoke about himself being quirkless.
Also, All Might never showed different quirks even in desperate battles, so I think One for All is just incredibly enhanced physical abilities. I also think the latent power of the transferable quirk was already very high from the start.
Why would it have been mentioned? He didn't even tell Deku how many people before him there WERE. Much less what each of their quirk status' was.Quote:
Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
Erm, no. All Might having all that strength is already explained by One for All intrinsic characteristics as it is. That the series at some point might want to come up with some alternate idea on how One for All works, so be it. But to this point there's nothing needed to explain why All Might is incredibly strong beyond simply that's what One for All does.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarthEnderX
Not sure where you're getting the "should only have the strength of eight" bit.
But...that's NOT what they said One For All does.Quote:
Originally Posted by Munsu
He specifically said that the One For All allows a person to cultivate their power, and then pass that power on to another person. That's how he described it. At no point did he say "One For All makes me super strong".
The way it's described, you receive the power of the people who possessed it before you, then you add your own power to it, so that the next person that receives it is even stronger than you.
From memory, I believe it was mentioned that One for All is indeed a skill that is built up as it is passed on, but they also never said that it wasn't powerful from the get go. So I think it was strong from the start and gets stronger with more successors.
This is how I see it as well. At some when this Quirk manifested I would assume it was damn strong intrinsically, and successors from then on have been making it even stronger.Quote:
Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
Edit: Maybe this can make some sense and make it more palatable for you, and it could "explain" a lot of it as you say. Maybe even if we consider All for One having great intrinsic strength, maybe if one already has a Quirk in possession it gives more "strength" to All for One than a Quirkless owner would. So maybe it isn't about transferring Quirks, but more about how much All for One's strength increase process gets exacerbated.
Would a theory in that direction make more sense?
Don't you think it possible it could have a drawback mechanism included as well? So, if a person inheriting One for All doesn't train and master it all, and then passes it on to the next person, it might actually get weaker? This would also make perfect sense in my opinion. A stylish Lamarckistic power.
Maybe? Who knows. It might as well simply be kinda like a passive characteristic that absorbs what it can get and move on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
It's possible, but given that the holder of One For All has to actually pick someone to pass their power on to, it seems unlikely they'd pass it on to someone who just wouldn't do anything with it.
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That feels like the most budget I've ever seen spent on a training sequence.
A whole squad of Nomus. Presumably they've been made up with different powers than the one that fought All Might.
Best Bakugo Jeanest hair made the episode for me, in spite of all the other hype.
After this, Deku just needs some general martial arts training. He's still calling out his moves as special attacks instead of treating them as regular punches.
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I was expecting this to be more of a three way battle between Stain, the main characters and the Nomus. But it seems like the Nomus are just there to make sure no grownups can show up to help.
Still too much "SMAAASH. did it work?"
Keep punching him until he stops standing dude. I love the counter movements though.
This was an incredibly cool episode to watch, lots of well animated action.
I just wish Izuku used his 100% smash on Stain's face. End of fight.
Yeah, but then he'd have to spend the rest of his internship with a fucked up arm.Quote:
Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
Better than being dead.
And I'm pretty sure the intern who defeated Stain would be exempted from any other duties after his heroic sacrifice.
Yeah, but knowing Deku, he wouldn't WANT the week off because he WANTS to spend the whole week being taught stuff.
Rest of his life. Recovery Girl is not healing him anymore if he fights that way.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarthEnderX
I'd LOVE to see her refusing to heal him after stopping the Hero Killer who was about to kill 2 more heroes who were paralyzed due to his quirk.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryllharu
Are heroes allowed to kill enemies? Honest question.
Also, was it established that Recovery Girl cannot heal serious injuries? Because otherwise itīs bullshit if she doesnt just heal Lidaīs brother.
I believe she was specifically referring to the kinds of wounds he inflicted on himself during the Shoto fight(i.e. double injuring himself to the point where he ended up permanently scarred). I think she's still willing to heal his normal self inflicted injuries.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryllharu
Well, she wasn't able to heal All Mights injury, so obviously she has limitations.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFauli
I hope Iida gets over his uselessness complex fast. It should be more obvious that there isn't much he could do with being paralyzed and all. Thanks are in order, not "let me handle this" when he would need help moving his body to give his revenge speech to stain anyway.
It is interesting that Todoroki has finally been able to separate the hero Endeavor from the man Endeavor. Assuming he's the number two hero for a reason means there is something to be learned from interning with him (he's the only hero shown deducing the hero killer's pattern other than Iida). It shows either moral compromise, or maturity, depending on how you look at it (and how much you can't stand Endeavor).
Also enjoy Stain's twisted pruning of the heroes. Being judged "worthy", Midoria and Todoroki actually aren't in danger even if they lose, because Stain won't kill or even hurt them, as far as I can tell.
For as much as Iida completely worships his brother, it's really weird to me that he thinks he can beat someone that defeated his brother. Does he think he's better than his brother? Because nothing else about his character seems to suggest that.
Rage > reason + fear.
He also admires his brother's qualities, but it was never established that Ingenium was a particularly strong hero. He was famous and performed good deeds, but not particularly mighty.
Still, I'd very much put Ida in the rookie category still. Overdrive is his only decent offensive move and it burns out pretty damn quickly.
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Well, asshole he may be, there's no denying that Endeavor is a huge badass.
When his mask came off, I was expecting Stain's face to be burned, showing that being wounded by Endeavor previously was the origin of his vendetta against fake heroes.
When it comes down it it, the wife beater is also a fine hero, not skimping on combat, command, or actually saving people.
If he was ready to jump out of those ropes, can you really call it "capturing" him? Stain even specifically saved midoria in addition to killing the nomu; also, on screen killing in a non-HxH WJS adaptation? More, please.