Good finale. It's interesting how many people on the internet (where you can find validation for really ANY opinion) are always 'cautiously apprehensive' about praising Endeavour due to Todoroki's traumatic experience. Take the good with the bad; people can be complicated.
I ain't cautious about shit.
He's necessary right now. But he's still a complete piece of shit. And as soon as the next generation is ready to take over, he'll hopefully die horribly.
He's a great hero and a shit dad. That's fine.
Michael Jackson was a great musician and has a sketchy reputation around children. I still like his music all the same and he deserves any music award he's gotten.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
And also his early removal from the world.Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
Characters and actual human beings are, of course, different, but I try to view characters in a similar lens. We only 'see' a very small portion of their lives and character, which lends itself to a reductive view of them an a entity. That's a documented flaw in human psychology- we lessen our cognitive burden by boiling down character perception with the bare minimum of information we need to form an encompassing opinion about someone. It's why I would argue we're very poor judges of character more often than not.
I would argue Endeavour isn't even a particularly 'bad' dad, either. His kids are fed, clothed, and pretty well off seemingly. His wife (suffering from his abuse, I know) is getting treatment at a mental care facility, and he has made steps to reconcile- he is trying harder than some broken families I've heard of.
Are there some transgressions that are beyond redemption (harming women and children); is that why people are so judgemental about this particular character? I admit that his characterization is a bit more complicated, it is revealed, than we typically get in the good versus bad shounen landscape, but these grey characters are becoming a bit more common. I'll also admit I have a soft spot for the theme of redemption in general, as a christian.
I mean, I don't want to SAY that some things are beyond redemption, because then there's no reason for those people to stop being awful and try and redeem themselves. So I'll say nothing is beyond redemption, if only to trick those people.
But...some things are beyond redemption. You want to do good things from now on, cool. You can go on living then. But don't ever expect me to give you a thumbs up and a smile.
I always wondered why the public doesn't hate him for that.
More or less, Heroes are the famous people of our world. If someone like that abuses his children and word came out (and I'm sure word will come out when someone is constantly exposed to the public like that) they would get shit for that (rightfully so)
Probably got treated as fake news by his manager or agency.
Peace.
I actually dislike how our current world does this.
If the hero mistreats his children, you can give him as much shit for it as you want, but it shouldn't lead to things like denying him work or necessarily tank his "hero rating" if it was based on hero work ethic and merit.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
I'm just assuming that word hasn't come out.
Lots of famous people have shit in their personal lives that becomes public, but just as many have shit in their personal lives that doesn't.
Hero rating is expressly NOT limited to work ethic and merit. Fan approval is taken into account, and people finding out you're a scumbag is going to tank your approval rating.
Oh boy ...
The second movie has been available for some time now and aside from the very end where they went with your typical non-canon superpower up, the fighs and animation looked amazing and fresh.
I loved the villains style(s) and fight choreography has been *amazing* at times. The shield + laser finger combination was so much fun to watch, especially since he used the shield to push shit around and stuff.
Super cool, fluid and natural.
Other than that, obviously a generic movie but still entertaining.
I actually thought that up to a certain point, this movie could easily be considered "canon" and part of the U.A students growth. Like.. a real arc.
They would just have had to change the ending (basically everything after the psy-strom tornado scene). Yes, the villains would have needed more background too.
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What's the deal with these two episodes that just showed up on Horriblesubs?
Plan to watch them this week. Seems like some kind of OVA in 2 parts about a training session that becomes serious (like pretty much every arc so far, lol)
I watched em.
I thought the huge orbs on Froppy's hat were lights. Either they aren't, or the writers forgot.
Edit: Apparently they're just goggles. But I've never seen her wear them, and they wouldn't cover her eyes if she did.
Meh, if it was canon, I can understand why they left it out.
Finally caught up.
Liked Overhaul as a villain, wish to have seen more of him. The Lemillion episode was awesome, probably one of my all-time favorite shounen fight episodes.
The episodes after this arc were pure shit. The concert was an incredible waste of an opportunity, they should've gone all-out and given us some Suzumiya Haruhi's God Knows-like type of thing.
Gentle Criminal, didn't care for his arc, but felt sorry for the dude in the end and La Brava. Wouldn't mind to see more of them in the future, but after Overhaul he was just a waste of an arc all told.
Don't mind that Nighteye died, but was disappointed that he did so while Deku was into his early training... didn't really learn anything from him. If we go by how Lemillion developed to the point he can fight this well quirkless, it would've been great to see Deku gaining some of that before Nighteye died.
Also hated, if I recall correctly, that he was practically ignored when the Hero Rankings came out. All the top heroes talked about All Might and how he was going to be replaced, but there was literally no mention of Nighteye (his former partner). I would've thought an actual death of an high ranking active hero would've had more impact between them.
Lastly, the last episode had another great fight with Endeavor and Hawk.
Still need to get through the extra episodes, and next season should be out in a few months.
Well, just a reminder that we're 2 days give or take from the start of the new season.
Good. I'm sad to see this season end...so many shows I was watching at once...
Yep, it was a very good anime season, but I think this one will be quite good as well.
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