Boku no Hero Academia

[MFauli]

Sigh. It was an okay-to-good episode. But so much hinges on how the situation plays out. If all the heroes survive, it will have been bad. Hawk better be dead. I'll scream if the only dead hero will be the obvious dead guy who's near Shigaraki. What a plot-sacrifice if there ever was one, lol.

What THE HECK is the glass of these tubes made of btw?! These heroes are bursting through stones and walls, but a thin, glass-like layer can withstand 2 of Miruko's kicks? Wat. Was a bit dumbdumb.

Btw the weirdest part that I just realized: Deku is nowhere to be seen.

[DarthEnderX]

What THE HECK is the glass of these tubes made of btw?!

Btw the weirdest part that I just realized: Deku is nowhere to be seen.

He's with the group that doesn't get to do anything unless the villains get past the rest of the pro heroes.

Technically, none of the students should be there, at all. But they took 3 of them because "big AOEs".

[Buffalobiian]

Bunny girl was kicking with torn limbs. Cut her some slack.

[MFauli]

Season 5 - episode 4:

Ugh, so now the nonsense started. Why is that Machia guy alive even thouhg Shigaraki sent Decay into all directions? And is any of the villains alive that was at the hospital? They didn't feel. And who is that Machia guy anyway, feels like such an "out of nowhere" thing to introduce, yet carrying so much importance to the plot suddenly.

Hawk surviving was what I feared, as expected only side-heroes nobody cares about died.

Well, can't really say much more, because we'll have to see what the new status quo is next week. Although I wonder: If all Shigaraki wants is to destroy the world, why doesn't have just keep his decay ability active until he's exhausted? He could just eat into the world from where he stands.

[David75]

Machia was in a training arc 2 cours ago I think. He was there to train young vilains à la My Vilain Academia or Boku no Vilain Academia.
Shigaraki had to progress to be deemed useful by Machia.
Now that his decay got upgraded and he seems to have gotten all for one, he's become Machia's master.

We don't know how powerful Machia is, but I'd say he's a gigantic berserker destroyer.

Edit: Shigaraki probably can shape his power at will and didn't go too far below the surface where most of the villains are.

[DarthEnderX]

Brutal...

Ugh, so now the nonsense started. Why is that Machia guy alive even thouhg Shigaraki sent Decay into all directions? And is any of the villains alive that was at the hospital?

Two different locations.

Only the Doctor, Shigaraki and the Nomus were in the hospital. Everyone else is at Liberation Front HQ.

[neflight86]

RIP Crust going out like a terminator.

[KrayZ33]

that episode was really intense. I actually felt the horror.... amazing.

[MFauli]

It will be the absolute lamest if Gran Torino died in this arc. "Yay, let's self-sacrifice the OLD hero". :|

[KrayZ33]

It will be the absolute lamest if Gran Torino died in this arc. "Yay, let's self-sacrifice the OLD hero". :|

It's not like they could possibly make it right for you, could they?

"NO IMPORTANT CHARACTER EVER DIES"
- important villain dies
"NO HERO EVER DIES"
- hero dies
"NO NAMED HERO DIES"
-named hero dies
"OH OF COURSE THEY'D CHOOSE THE OLD ONE TO DIE"

with this trend going, you'd be annoyed when the main character dies and has to pass on his trait.

[MFauli]

It's not like they could possibly make it right for you, could they?

"NO IMPORTANT CHARACTER EVER DIES"
- important villain dies
"NO HERO EVER DIES"
- hero dies
"NO NAMED HERO DIES"
-named hero dies
"OH OF COURSE THEY'D CHOOSE THE OLD ONE TO DIE"

with this trend going, you'd be annoyed when the main character dies and has to pass on his trait.

Lol, nah.

I'm basically criticizing the same as with Naruto: None of the kids dies. Well, except Neji, because Kishimoto hated Neji for "reasons".

[KrayZ33]

Oh great, would that be the thing you say when someone of the main cast dies? I couldn't make this shit up any better.

Either way: This episode still has the feeling of an ominous force about to win or get it's prey.
I think they are doing great to achieve that kind of feeling. I didn't expect it from this show.
It's almost on the level of being scary/creepy. *I* felt "hunted" during this episode.
I just hope the heroes "winning" here won't be a complete ass pull.

I do understand that it has been shown that his revival is incomplete and all that, but that shouldn't be the only excuse.

[DarthEnderX]

I just hope the heroes "winning" here won't be a complete ass pull.

Shigaraki ain't Madara. There's enough heroes here that him losing wouldn't be much of an ass pull.

[KrayZ33]

Shigaraki ain't Madara. There's enough heroes here that him losing wouldn't be much of an ass pull.

As long as Eraser is there maybe.
But as soon as he can use Decay basically no one can do a thing anymore due to his enhanced physical abilities (speed etc.)

[David75]

As I understand Decay, it should also work through air as it is a physical/matter medium. But for the sake of the show, they had to limit that since Shigaraki is already OP.

Deku basically also has the multiple quirks attributes. He's just extremely late compared to Shigaraki's growth.

[DarthEnderX]

As long as Eraser is there maybe.
But as soon as he can use Decay basically no one can do a thing anymore due to his enhanced physical abilities (speed etc.)

I mean, there's a whole army of heroes there. Who knows what they can do that could effect the fight.

[David75]

Probably not much. My guess is that showing number 5 is out and number 5 couldn't get much done shows how helpless current heroes are.
Somehow that villain who was slaying what he saw as fake heroes was not entirely wrong now that Shigaraki is so steong: weak heroes are not what the world needs.

[DarthEnderX]

What the world needs is dependent on whatever powers Shigaraki uses. He has superspeed? You need a guy with a slow beam. Flame attacks? Send in the ice guy. Disintigrates whatever he touches? Need a guy who can phase though-...oh wait.

Point being. Even if Shigaraki has 10 different powers, you just need 10 different heroes that can counter those powers.

The trick right now is figuring out the breadth of his abilities without everyone dying.

[shinta|hikari]

Or you can have a hero strong enough to deal with all of those, like a Superman or Scarlet Witch.

[David75]

I'm wondering if Eri has the opposite power to Shigaraki's decay.
Then there's EraserHead, but he needs to be close enough to see Shigaraki or he can die from a decay wave.