Boku no Hero Academia

[shinta|hikari]

What are you even talking about? I've repeatedly said that this show is good. I already know what kind of show this is. There's nothing to mistake.

Granny's "limitation" is not a limitation of her powers. It's the limitation of her targets. That's clearly different from Izuku and Gravity Girl, who suffer directly from their use of powers. That's what I'm talking about. A real, physical limitation, not some conditional, emotional deterrent. Even if I do accept that rationalization as a proper limitation, her powers are still OP. Just like Ice dude's.

Though I say 92.4% certain, I'm still hopeful that my expectations will be betrayed. It's just better to expect less and be surprised positively, than to expect more and be disappointed. Who knows? Maybe Ice Guy will actual abuse the hell out of his infini-ice ability and brutalize enemies left and right.

I already got disappointed thinking that this show was gonna be unique and subversive, which it isn't, but that's not a problem. It's charm is in being traditional, so I'm moving forward expecting something like that.

EDIT:
To repeat, most of what I'm saying are all minor gripes, ones I won't even bother mentioning in worse series. The only real complaint I have is the NarutoXSasuke rivalry going on, which I feel detracts from Izuku's original goal of being a hero. Other than that? Just nitpicks.

[Buffalobiian]

I think so too. So far, only All Might (because of his injury) and Izuku (because he is, wait, what exactly does his body not being ready even mean? No amount of training will ever allow him to withstand smashing a building to pieces with his fist) have limits.

That's an inconsistency I've brought up before. All Might looks like a twig but is still able to use his powers fully during his transformation.

On the other hand they've done a good job of not explaining that. Is his reduced state his real, pre-powers state? Or was he previously all muscular and got reduced to that post-injury? It's up in the air, and makes this plausible.

[Munsu]

That's an inconsistency I've brought up before. All Might looks like a twig but is still able to use his powers fully during his transformation.

On the other hand they've done a good job of not explaining that. Is his reduced state his real, pre-powers state? Or was he previously all muscular and got reduced to that post-injury? It's up in the air, and makes this plausible.

Well, it's only inconsistent because, since you mention, it hasn't been explained yet. So, guess we'll have to see if they address some of that in the future or not.

It does lend to the believe that this might not be all a physical limitation per se (body strength), but part control and maybe part the body "atuning/synchronizing" itself with the power. Or something along those lines. We've barely begun the school term though.

[shinta|hikari]

It's stamina.

[DarthEnderX]

Watched all of this today.

New as soon as they said the robot was worth 0 points and there was no reason to fight it exactly how that exam was going to unfold. Endless shounen has prepared me too well.

He didn't care about the exam and helped her. Glasses thought about this in the context of an exam, with them being rivals. You don't help rivals.

Unless you're, you know, a hero. If you're a true hero, you help people regardless of the situation.

Not quite, he's also losing everybody else in the future he could have saved, but won't (because he's now dead).

But the alternative being presented is that they simply not be a hero at all. Meaning they won't be saving anyone else in the future anyway, because they won't be a hero.

[Buffalobiian]

But the alternative being presented is that they simply not be a hero at all. Meaning they won't be saving anyone else in the future anyway, because they won't be a hero.

The original context was this:

If a hero sacrifices himself stopping that villain, the hero has saved ten thousand people and lost one (himself).

Not quite, he's also losing everybody else in the future he could have saved, but won't (because he's now dead).

The question being discussed is "what is the price of a hero sacrificing himself to save someone?". It's about the mentality going forward in this career.

It wasn't about:

"I should sacrifice myself to get into this academy, because there is no alternative anyway."

edit: HS - Episode 09

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I like this new development. Now Izuku doesn't have forever to play around. He's got to become worthy successor to fill in for All Might soon. This sense of urgency is what we need. All Might having his back was starting to feel too safe.

[Kraco]

Yeah. Although there has always been something going on, lacking any sense of filler content, I still think we should have had a scene of Deku desperately trying to train and meditate alone to understand the control over his power. Now it's like he's just living his school life normally hoping that one day he will automatically and magically understand the power, despite the fact he has to go to considerable lengths to avoid using it. In the first place I reckon he doesn't actually need to ruin his body to train the power. There seems to be that charging up phase that probably does yet break his bones and muscles. He just can't control that at all, so it's always 0% charged or 100% charged.

This show has quite interesting characters. The author has gone to some lengths to avoid generic heroes and villains, I think.

[Kraco]

Episode 10 - HS



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Pretty clear the Pervert hero's quirk was born out of a desire to trap girls and bind their arms and legs to the floor or a wall so that he could molest them at leisure. It really is a good question why he joined the hero academy and not that League of Villains. Perhaps he was just too cowardly to face other villains. However, the application of his power in this fight was quite effective.

I wonder when Deku finally grows tired of broken body parts and tries to control his power.

[shinta|hikari]

I can't be the only one who facepalmed when the villain politely explained his/her main goal to the heroes, right?

And Izuku's comment that Dry Eye sensei is a good fit for many vs one combat when he can only erase one power at a time makes no sense. If you have more than a dozen fighters surrounding one enemy, erasing one of their powers isn't gonna affect their teamwork. Team sports prove that much. Dry Eye sensei is built for one vs one.

That scene felt like a forced explanation to show how "badass" Dry Eye sensei is rather than a natural conclusion from the nature of his powers. It would have made more sense if Izuku was impressed how someone who was built for 1 on 1 like sensei could handle the mob with just his physical prowess and experience.

The music in this show is awesome. It always kicks in at exactly the right moment.

[neflight86]

Love the character design on frog girl. Her voice isn't what I imagined it would be, though. she sounds much older, like she could be sharing a voice actor with recovery girl.

[DarthEnderX]

Love the character design on frog girl.

Eh, Eruka Frog from Soul Eater is better.

[Buffalobiian]

Episode 11

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Nomu seems impervious to Quirks. That's the only explanation I have.

If the impact happened anyway however, then Izuku's arm should still be damaged. There's no way a freaked-out attack was controlled. Given that it still produced a massive amount of force, there should still be consequences to his arm.

[shinta|hikari]

Nomu isn't impervious to quirks. It's just a genetically engineered monster as strong as All Might.

Izuku managed to do a proper smash this time, so his arm didn't break. It wasn't about muscle training or anything. It was all about controlling this mysterious One for All Power, which is as intangible (and unintelligible) as "stamina." I guess his junkyard beach training was all just to make him overall more fit and resilient because those are needed to be a hero anyway.

Why the hell is Eraserhead still alive? I really hate scenes like this. You have a monster that can break arms like twigs riding on your back, but for some inexplicable reason, it doesn't just pull off your head the first chance it gets. It's... juvenile.

And if the villains did have Nomu from the start, what the fuck was it doing the entire time? If it was built to fight All Might, there was no need to waste time with the mob. Just friggin' sic Nomu on Eraserhead and kill him in like 10 seconds...

The warp guy is also hilarious. Why the heck would you chase after a speeder from behind when you can warp yourself (including your real body) right at the door, thus preventing anyone from escaping? Why? Plot, I tell you.

Why the fuck did astronaut teacher not stop her power when it started eating her from behind? That scene seemed long enough for her to realize that, uh, I should stop killing myself.

And why did all the enemies just stop themselves from killing Izuku and the others just because the door fell down when in .01 second they could've? They would've lost no time whatsoever and delivered a devastating blow to All Might...

At least Ice Guy knows how to use his powers. I hope he doesn't turn out to have a random weakness that doesn't make sense given what we've seen him do (and his bragging) so far.

The only thing I liked in this episode:
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[Ryllharu]

Sounds like you hate shonen.

/just sayin'

[Kraco]

Nomu doesn't seem to be a totally successful genetic engineering product. Something went wrong and left his brain exposed. Even if he avoids physical damage to the bare brain, it's much harder to avoid infections. Not to mention he still has a funny danger of having his brain drop out of the skull cup during high deceleration, such as if he's sent flying backwards and then hits a wall. The brain might just continue flying while the body stops.

But yeah, that was a jolly good part, Shinta. I suppose one could say as expected from a girl who willingly chose such an attire to begin with, when for example Nice Person was lamenting her (awesome) choice.

[shinta|hikari]

@Ryll - I don't. I just dislike certain aspects of them because they ignore logic, practicality, and consistency. Being in a genre isn't an excuse. There's HxH after all. I bring up parallel complaints in shoujo shows despite those issues being prevalent in the genre.

That said, I appreciate the other things shounen shows bring, like great action, music, and the high when they get it right. They didn't get it right this episode.

Just because it's also done wrong by the rest of its contemporaries doesn't make it right.

Disclaimer:
It's a pet peeve of mine when villains are idiots just because they are... villains.

@Kraco - That brain design was hilarious.

[NeoCybercoin]

You're talking about how it looks weird that his brain is sticking out when we have a guy that has 6 freaking arm-like wings sticking out of him?

[Buffalobiian]

Izuku managed to do a proper smash this time, so his arm didn't break.

"Proper smash" is all about control (and/or endurance). He screwed up his fingers last episode when he threw everything into conserving himself and it didn't work.

Five minutes later he freaked out and only thought about smashing fuckface to save Tsuyu, and somehow that got his control right? I don't think so.

I also think it's about training his body. It's not about strengthening in the physical sense, but having it get used to its effects (whatever the hell that means). If it's just about "controlling", then that means One for All can only be weaker than Izuku's "all or nothing" punch. That's sad.

[shinta|hikari]

I'm thinking it's simply like timing a 1 frame combo in a fighting game. You just have to practice it enough to get it right most of the time, and sometimes you just get lucky, like he did this episode. Holding back won't affect the success or failure of the execution. It's either you get it right and break nothing, or get it wrong and break whatever you used for the smash. One for all lol.

To be clear, I'm not defending the concept. I find it flimsy at best because of all the mixed messages of what One for All is since the start of the show.

@Neo - Extra arms make sense to get an advantage in combat. Having the most vulnerable part of your body sticking out in an engineered fighting machine, well, is another story,

[DarthEnderX]

Why the hell is Eraserhead still alive? I really hate scenes like this. You have a monster that can break arms like twigs riding on your back, but for some inexplicable reason, it doesn't just pull off your head the first chance it gets. It's... juvenile.

Weird. It's almost like this is a show for young boys.