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My Hero Academia S2 |OT| This is Going to Stain my Hero Record. No Manga Spoilers!!!
- Thread starter SalvaPot
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Like I love to say, it is like the Villains in MHA are from a different manga/anime, you have the disturbing Shigaraki and the crazy looking stain, when almost all the heroes and student follow the same and more simplistic pattern of design.
Even Kirohoshi knows villains get the best designs and lines. I love how deku's costume evolves as well.
Stain has a relatively weak quirk but he makes up for it in spades. He is like an evil batman.
Same here exactly since they showed him before in this episode. Seeing Todoroki was awesome.
He was inspired by the edgy antihero stuff in the late 80s and early 90's.
Dedication Through Light
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Todoroki saves a dull episode from being boring, the start was kind of really slow, also if the nomus were weaker than the other one the anime really made them seem way more powerful, though its probably due to all the explosions and massive truck throwing. Also kind of strange Todoroki got way more development than Iida is getting in this Iidas own miniarc.
Endeavours opening was awesome as was Todoroki's doing like his dad when it was time to save Midoriya (and Todoroki even shouted Midoriya's name, so awesome). So glad we saw some of the agency and his inner dialogue recognizing and accepting Endeavours professional success and thinking. Hopefully we see more of them and they begin to improve on the family front. Can only go up from here.
Stains motives are just kind of weird here, why is he wasting time with these kids when theres all these other heroes around,
Endeavours opening was awesome as was Todoroki's doing like his dad when it was time to save Midoriya (and Todoroki even shouted Midoriya's name, so awesome). So glad we saw some of the agency and his inner dialogue recognizing and accepting Endeavours professional success and thinking. Hopefully we see more of them and they begin to improve on the family front. Can only go up from here.
Stains motives are just kind of weird here, why is he wasting time with these kids when theres all these other heroes around,
Because they're attacking him?
Dedication Through Light
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He could have easily run after knocking Iida down, or even after Midoriya was immobilized.
awilliams213
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Damn that was an amazing episode. Loved the teamwork at play. This series is going plus ultra never a dull moment.
Lmao
Isaac Otherworld
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I have to think you just instinctively know how to use it, like any limb.
Hellwarden
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Really liked how clear it is Stain is listening in this scene.
Yo man, I was thinking the same after watching the episode, my man...
Yea...his character doesn't feel like the running type. At all.
Solid episode. It did feel a bit slow at the start, but man, the action just does not let up once it gets going! Loved the animation of Midoriya's movements - it just felt good to watch him zip from wall to wall like that. Kid's gone a long way in a very short time. (Man, he could really have used that during the sports festival, huh?)
Iida is kind of annoying me with how far from a hero's mentality he's strayed, but then, it's understandable considering his circumstances. Was quite interesting seeing Todoroki getting pushed so hard after his utterly dominating performance at the sports festival, too. Despite being a combination of two disparate quirks with strong synergy, he definitely has some glaring weaknesses in this kind of combat situation. Reminds me of Jojo, really, with the strong discrepancies in power and yet a lot of it coming down to a sort of complicated mind game.
Quite looking forward to seeing how things climax in the following episode. Hopefully they can keep up this momentum!
Iida is kind of annoying me with how far from a hero's mentality he's strayed, but then, it's understandable considering his circumstances. Was quite interesting seeing Todoroki getting pushed so hard after his utterly dominating performance at the sports festival, too. Despite being a combination of two disparate quirks with strong synergy, he definitely has some glaring weaknesses in this kind of combat situation. Reminds me of Jojo, really, with the strong discrepancies in power and yet a lot of it coming down to a sort of complicated mind game.
Quite looking forward to seeing how things climax in the following episode. Hopefully they can keep up this momentum!
ElectricKaibutsu
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This week's episode was AMAZING. I had to finally jump in this thread. This show has consistently great animation and story.
Dude probably licked his own blood as a child
Newtype-001
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I imagine he just licked his own blood at some point.
Like i cut my lip today and licked some blood 🤔
Also
Deku and todoroki after sports festival
Like i cut my lip today and licked some blood 🤔
Also
Deku and todoroki after sports festival
Holy fuck. It was way better than the manga, I was hype as fuck seeing it finally come to life. Well well worth the wait.
Despite being a dope ass fight, it's also a great showcase of how the Kohei juggles and mixes characters, world building, and plot in some really cool ways. Deku figuring out Iida's location was in character, as was Todoroki's breakdown of the situation when he arrived. I loved how organically the three of them teaming up against Stain happened. Seeing Deku in Full Cowl was just...ace. I found my next avatar. Stain is the best antagonist in the series IMO, I hesitate to call him a straight up villain. Turtle Bro has layers
Bring on next week!
Despite being a dope ass fight, it's also a great showcase of how the Kohei juggles and mixes characters, world building, and plot in some really cool ways. Deku figuring out Iida's location was in character, as was Todoroki's breakdown of the situation when he arrived. I loved how organically the three of them teaming up against Stain happened. Seeing Deku in Full Cowl was just...ace. I found my next avatar. Stain is the best antagonist in the series IMO, I hesitate to call him a straight up villain. Turtle Bro has layers
Bring on next week!
What a great episode, can't wait for the next. Hate being all caught up.
Did it to himself first most likely.
Did it to himself first most likely.
Spread the word! It's the best anime people don't know about. I got some of my students into it last year and they loved it. It deserves to be up there in popularity with DBZ and Naruto. When the hell is Toonami going to start airing it?
DriftingSpirit
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That Deku and Todoroki entrance.
The Dub airs 2 weeks after now, starting from last week. Before then it was same day airing.
Oh ok, thanks.
Nah, we're still in the first half of the second cour.
Oh fuck yeah.
I thought the studio is going all out because its almost over
That's his real quirk. Menacing wind.
You guy might be right about how he might have found out about his quirk by accident while licking a wound or something. We've seen that some people are effected by their own quirk after all.
Like Deku noticed, Stain is not just a petty crook who is simply in pursuit of violence for the hell of it. He's a man on a mission that he truly believes in and defends, no matter how twisted it may seem to others.
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Like Deku noticed, Stain is not just a petty crook who is simply in pursuit of violence for the hell of it. He's a man on a mission that he truly believes in and defends, no matter how twisted it may seem to others.
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Oh man that next episode preview.
That GIF is too slow. Make it faster!