Boku no Hero Academia

[DarthEnderX]

I think the villains are going to be disappointed if they think they can recruit Bakugo.

[Buffalobiian]

Interestingly the Stain-inspired villians this episode (or at the very least just Reptile guy) see a true hero in Deku. I wonder what he thinks about All Might if he showed up to fight.

[neflight86]

Seems like only the lizzard dude (spinner?) is actually carrying that torch.

Red head has her work cut out for her if the full extent of her powers amounts to "can ruin gloves".

[MFauli]

I agree that %1,000,000 smash was a poor move name. I seriously doubt that that signified anything more than his resolve. After all, All Might isn't actually throwing around American states with each dramatic punch.

It wasn't satisfying; I get that, because most other fights in MHA so far have had more thought put into them. For a one episode fight, I'll take it and assume this won't be the norm because it hasn't been the norm. A sub-par encounter: MHA is in good company. Naruto had years of filler. One Piece has less material to work with each episode than a single manga chapter. Bleach was Bleach. Hunter even had some boring episodes and overwrought concepts. I'm not worried about MHA in the least. Any disappointment is a direct result of expectations which have been risen by a great series!

That said, if this is enough to 'break' the show for you, there's not much that can help that. There's plenty of great animu out there to try.

I take deep offense from you comparing shitty bnha to hxh. The only 'boring' episodes were those who focused on explaining concepts, and even that was only 'bad' because we had to wait a whole week for the next episode.

Bnha is, currently, really bad. And unlike Naruto filler, this is supposed to be the real deal. That's bad.

I know that people like you are incapable of accepting such criticism, so I won't write any more of it. But I'll say this: If this season ends without the villains accomplishing something truly evil, I'll drop the anime. And no, kidnapping Bakugo or killing Allmight Wouldn't count. Because those are expected and lame.

[shinta|hikari]

Something like ending the career of Iida's brother?

[MFauli]

Something like ending the career of Iida's brother?

"Boohoo, I made you lose your job! Buahahaha!"

[neflight86]

I take deep offense from you comparing shitty bnha to hxh.

I meant no offense, and I do actually think that HxH is the better show, but not by as much as you do.

I know that people like you are incapable of accepting such criticism, so I won't write any more of it.

I think you're selling people like me short. I even admitted that episode 4 wasn't very satisfying. I would encourage you to drop this sooner than then end of this season though, because I can tell you this is a show with a fairly positive outlook/worldview and the villainous victory you hope for, if it does occur, won't be on the level that I assume you are looking for.

[shinta|hikari]

If losing your life's work/goal isn't enough, then I guess a looot of deaths are in order to satisfy Mfauli, which basically means he should look elsewhere.

[DarthEnderX]

"Boohoo, I made you lose your job! Buahahaha!"

His career is over because he was cripplingly injured, not because he was fired.

I swear you seem to hate all these shows because you can't stand fun and you don't fucking pay attention.

[MFauli]

Guys (and girls?), a side-side-character is the only accomplishment of those villains' villainous actions in 3 seasons so far. Excuse me if I'm not convinced of both their 'evilness' and the threat they're supposed to pose towards the world.

A good villain needs to be allowed to set the tone before then the hero(es) stop his ill-doings. One of devil-Piccolo's underlings casuallly off-screen killed Kuririn and it was fucking on! In Naruto, the introduction of everything was so tough and depressing that when team 7 first met Zabuza, you felt as if the main heroes were at risk of getting killed there. And HXH is so unpredictable, you're simply left with permant nervosity, hoping that Gon will succeed.

Bnha is not like these. It has one proclaimed source of danger, but that one source fails to produce results. Think of all the greatest story, anime or otherwise - they usually start out with a victorious, accomplished villain. Which creates motivation to see him fall eventually.

That's where my criticism comes from. And I don't think bnha deserves a throw-away defense like 'then this show isn't for you'. Nah, it's just bad.

[shinta|hikari]

I don't think bnha deserves a throw-away defense like 'then this show isn't for you'. Nah, it's just bad.

I missed you, man.

[Munsu]

Bnha is not like these. It has one proclaimed source of danger, but that one source fails to produce results. Think of all the greatest story, anime or otherwise - they usually start out with a victorious, accomplished villain. Which creates motivation to see him fall eventually.

So, you just want more of the same.

And if you've been paying attention, the main threat villain hasn't even entered the stage yet.

And I don't think bnha deserves a throw-away defense like 'then this show isn't for you'. Nah, it's just bad.

It deserves that defense because the issues you're pointing out has little to do with the show itself, but your misplaced expectations on shows of this nature.

[MFauli]

So, you just want more of the same.

If 'same' is defined as 'excitement', then yes.

And if you've been paying attention, the main threat villain hasn't even entered the stage yet.

How many seasons do we have to wait then for the villains to show how evil and dangerous they are?

[shinta|hikari]

Just watched the latest episode. Utter bullshit. Revolvers don't have that much stopping power. If your entire body is made of metal, you can easily plow through the entire ammo of a revolver and pawn the shooter. And did that metal dude just punch a flesh and blood human into the ground with his metal fist? The villain should be dead then.

And did we really just see a girl with huge hands fan away gas? That is strangely creative yet absurd. For a fog that size, you'd need a chopper or something larger to have an effect. Oversized hand fans will just swirl the contaminated air because the surrounding poison gas will just move into the displaced poison gas. It's not like fresh air was just around the corner...

[Munsu]

Just watched the latest episode. Utter bullshit. Revolvers don't have that much stopping power. If your entire body is made of metal, you can easily plow through the entire ammo of a revolver and pawn the shooter. And did that metal dude just punch a flesh and blood human into the ground with his metal fist? The villain should be dead then.

And did we really just see a girl with huge hands fan away gas? That is strangely creative yet absurd. For a fog that size, you'd need a chopper or something larger to have an effect. Oversized hand fans will just swirl the contaminated air because the surrounding poison gas will just move into the displaced poison gas. It's not like fresh air was just around the corner...

Agreed. But about the bullet vs metal, part of the premise was that he was being weakened partly by fatigue and diminishing strength. Also, I guess it puts into question... how strong is his metal really. And by metal, we mean steel and by extension, how thick is it? Also, remember that the strength of his steel also can depend on what he has ingested or at least how long he can go with it. Also there's been already precedence of his steel weakening after extended use. He had it activated for a bit now, and remember that they should be some exhaustion from the training earlier.

[DarthEnderX]

How many seasons do we have to wait then for the villains to show how evil and dangerous they are?

I dunno. How far into One Piece was the Whitebeard War? Like over 10 years? And that was the first time any character on that show was killed that wasn't killed before the start of the series.

[MFauli]

I dunno. How far into One Piece was the Whitebeard War? Like over 10 years? And that was the first time any character on that show was killed that wasn't killed before the start of the series.

That's such bs. We had the first encounter with Mihawk when Sanji was introduced where it felt as if Zorro would die. We had right after that Nami's home island where that fish guy was terrorizing people and killed anyone he'd like to. Crossing the Calm Belt meant to pass dangerous giant sea monsters. And so on. One Piece did a great job to keep things exciting all the time.

Meanwhile, crippling a side-side-character is the one accomplishment of bnha's villains so far.

[shinta|hikari]

@Munsu - I'm mostly talking about the impact of the revolver bullets. One shot was enough to toss metal guy around, when in reality, it shouldn't even toss a normal human around. You could say that the handgun fired magnum bullets, but then the recoil wouldn't make sense. A teen can't really fire those with one hand. But then again, the humans in this series show ridiculous power despite having a quirk completely unrelated to physical prowess (i.e. Erasersensei, Firedaddy)

[Munsu]

@Munsu - I'm mostly talking about the impact of the revolver bullets. One shot was enough to toss metal guy around, when in reality, it shouldn't even toss a normal human around. You could say that the handgun fired magnum bullets, but then the recoil wouldn't make sense. A teen can't really fire those with one hand. But then again, the humans in this series show ridiculous power despite having a quirk completely unrelated to physical prowess (i.e. Erasersensei, Firedaddy)

OK, I see what you mean.

[Buffalobiian]

I totally agree about the revolver and hands.

The chopper comment was spot on. Actually, on that note, modern tech can actually counter superheroes more than they let on here. Tasers should cover most of the population, except for the armoured or the electrically inclined. For everything else, you have Mastercard pepper spray.