Yes, the focus is Deku. He is narrating this story. So any character he is being with at the moment will have the focus too, and when they aren't their lives and actions still happen. You see it in the backgrounds and small details and they tell so much.
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My Hero Academia (Shonen Jump) move over pirates, ninjas, reapers, its Hero time
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Yes, the focus is Deku. He is narrating this story. So any character he is being with at the moment will have the focus too, and when they aren't their lives and actions still happen. You see it in the backgrounds and small details and they tell so much.
Trojita
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No, but he's my favorite chuuni <3
Probably one or more of his parents is a bird.
Most people have weird anatomy that don't directly relate to how their quirks work. He just looks cool.
FlowersisBritish
fleurs n'est pas britannique
Again, I like the rotations now, but the problem's really surface when you get a character you really start to like and then they get sidelined for a longtime so another character can have five minutes. For example, the problem first surfaced for me with tape guy. I really love him in that festival when he taped onto Boku, that was a really clever move. And I was super excited for his fight with Ice Ice BBQ, and even as he got beasted I still really enjoyed him. Then he got rotated out and we barely saw him again until now. And also Frog Girl who was amazing and has disappeared. This isn't a problem unique to Hero, just a basic problem with any large cast. It's a compounding problem, especially in these kind of manga where they need to introduce new characters constantly. Hero is still relatively young and early with its story in my eyes, and these problems really aren't that big now, but they'll get there over time.
I want more of an explanation why he is just a bird head stapled onto a normal person. Seeing his human hands always creeps me out
So...beastiality is a thing here....?
Anyway, Best Jeanist.
Some of the superheroes here are just awesome. Some are weirdly awesome. And some are.....
I mean... Best. Jeanist.
Poodlestrike
Banned
This. The way Quirks work, children tend to inherit one or both of their parents' quirks, at varying levels of strength. In all likelihood, one (or more) of his parents were bird people, and one (or more) of his parents had an animated shadow, and this is the result.
Like, the dude with the rock-looking head? He controls animals. Totally unrelated to his appearance.
Jeanist is awesome yo
Respect #4
FlowersisBritish
fleurs n'est pas britannique
I hate gimmick characters so much, especially in superhero things. Why does batman have to dress like a bat? That's dumb. Manbat would be a way better hero, he makes so much more sense. Sidenote: huge hypocrite because I love JJBA and that's basically gimmick of the week. Side Side Note: Best Jeanist is actually really cool.
Poodlestrike
Banned
He's actually got fiber control. It's a pretty solid quirk so long as the opponent is, you know, wearing clothes made of fibers. Which is... most of them.
I meant they're a bird like Tsuyu is a frog.
Although the Principal is an unspecified animal who has a quirk that makes him intelligent.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Maybe that's where the animal people came from originally.
Like Best Girl Habuko Mongoose.
His quirk is the power to control fiber. Jeans more so. He's really powerful so of course he wears jeans.
SoulUnison
Banned
So if the Principal is an animal whose quirk is "being more intelligent" along with some degree of "anthropomorphism," that means animals can have quirks, right?
So there's, like, invisible sharks and flying bears out there. Pudge controls the weather.
FlowersisBritish
fleurs n'est pas britannique
Yeah but he looks dumb.
You know that there is a Manbat, right?
Yes, I forget which chapter or omake, but it was explicitly stated that animals can have quirks although it is extremely rare.
NHarmonic.
Member
Oh Veelk, i love you <3
You nailed perfectly how i've been feeling lately about One piece, and you described masterfully the implications of the Ochako vs Bakugou fight, my favorite fight on MHA. I felt exactly the same way when i was reading those chapters, and i was left in awe with how they handled her. That was the point when this went from funny, interesting shonen to top tier IMO.
I'm at the part where Stain is attacking Deku, Ida, and Shoto.
I have to say, this guy is really good at drawing villains. He seems to draw one or two features in very high detail, which gives a kind of creepy effect to it. Hands for Handy Handerson, brains for the Nomu's, and now this Stain guy's tongue and bandage wraps. His costume is pretty vicious looking too. It makes him look pretty intimidating.
I have to say, this guy is really good at drawing villains. He seems to draw one or two features in very high detail, which gives a kind of creepy effect to it. Hands for Handy Handerson, brains for the Nomu's, and now this Stain guy's tongue and bandage wraps. His costume is pretty vicious looking too. It makes him look pretty intimidating.
Poodlestrike
Banned
It's an extremely effective contrast, I have to say. The world of heroes is bright and cheery, with cartoonish proportions and big, earnest faces. The villains are gritty, filled with lines and unsettling details.
Stain is a really fascinating character, in my opinion. You can tell he's been through some shit.
In a way, it sorta reminds me of some of the earlier renditions of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? I get a shredder vibe from Iida's outfit as well.
The artist is, unsurprisingly, a gigantic fan of western comic books, so it wouldn't surprise me.
OniBarubary
Banned
End of the Stain fight/aftermath is probably one of my favorite moments in the manga.
I always liked how Todoroki's sister looks like an average person, undefined and not particularly fit. Compare (say) Ochako, who doesn't give that impression even in loose clothing.
And it makes sense! Ochako is a hero-in-training who needs to be physically strong, Fuyumi is a kindergarten teacher.
And it makes sense! Ochako is a hero-in-training who needs to be physically strong, Fuyumi is a kindergarten teacher.
Fuyumi is also older.
There are lots of animalish quirks.
This is different from Chocobro though. He's still drawn cartoonishly. The principle too.
This is some uncanny valley shit
There's an officer with a cat head who is also realistically drawn.
Oh, and who can forget Habuko Mongoose.
Tokoyami also has human teeth. This is just humor set in this crazy world. I love it.
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
PHEW. Just finished reading all of this over the past four days or so. Looks like I'm gonna have to switch groups if I wanna read the chapters when everyone else is, kind of a bummer since when I compared 106 between the two the slower (purposely delayed to my understanding) group seemed to have a clearer and more understandable translation. Not different enough that it'd really be worth reading em both tho.
I like it tho. I'm a big fan of how the artist draws intense scenes/faces, some great expressions and power-lines, tons of personality. Most manga I follow weekly I had been following as animes for years and finally swapped over to hundreds of chapters in, it's kinda neat to hook onto one so relatively early in its lifespan. Seems like there's still a enormous amount of potential for these characters.
What's the consensus in here by the way, U.A. or Yuuei?
I like it tho. I'm a big fan of how the artist draws intense scenes/faces, some great expressions and power-lines, tons of personality. Most manga I follow weekly I had been following as animes for years and finally swapped over to hundreds of chapters in, it's kinda neat to hook onto one so relatively early in its lifespan. Seems like there's still a enormous amount of potential for these characters.
What's the consensus in here by the way, U.A. or Yuuei?
It's not a debate, UA is correct. It's even on their uniforms.
8 X 11 Printer Paper
Member
Pretty much I read the fast/shit scans on Thursday, and then the official Viz WSJ release on Mondays.
Trojita
Rapid Response Threadmaker
lolololol
She's the most fucked up of them all.
I just looked this up. I thought it was Engrish gobbledygook.
Made it to the end of chapter 70 today. Will probably catch up by tomorrow.
I'm starting to see what everyone means about the series not quite reaching the highest of highs. For me, it nailed the emotional stakes of the battles for the characters, and does a lot of cool stuff with that, like Bakugo and Midoriya teaming up, and using it to keep developing the side characters in the background. The only problem is that now that they have the big villain threat slooooooowly building up in the background, a training exercise is starting to seem less and less important, even if it's doing some pretty major character stuff. I don't think of this as a serious flaw or anything, but when you have a series that's got so many side characters you need to develop, and then you present this new super cool and threatening villain, you risk a bit of impatience, even though the way he's developing side characters is still good.
Anyway, does anyone else think this is the best art in shonen? To be fair, I don't read much of shonen, I don't even know exactly what else is being published besides the few stuff I read, but while the main characters all look good, he seems to go all out on stuff that isn't the main characters. I just stopped where the forest devil beast showed up and it looks awesome. And we've already gone over how the villains get all the detail. This shit right here is going to appear in my nightmares tonight.
I'm starting to see what everyone means about the series not quite reaching the highest of highs. For me, it nailed the emotional stakes of the battles for the characters, and does a lot of cool stuff with that, like Bakugo and Midoriya teaming up, and using it to keep developing the side characters in the background. The only problem is that now that they have the big villain threat slooooooowly building up in the background, a training exercise is starting to seem less and less important, even if it's doing some pretty major character stuff. I don't think of this as a serious flaw or anything, but when you have a series that's got so many side characters you need to develop, and then you present this new super cool and threatening villain, you risk a bit of impatience, even though the way he's developing side characters is still good.
Anyway, does anyone else think this is the best art in shonen? To be fair, I don't read much of shonen, I don't even know exactly what else is being published besides the few stuff I read, but while the main characters all look good, he seems to go all out on stuff that isn't the main characters. I just stopped where the forest devil beast showed up and it looks awesome. And we've already gone over how the villains get all the detail. This shit right here is going to appear in my nightmares tonight.
The Forest Arc is kinda meh but it does have a fairly big Deku fight in it and it directly leads into a huge moment afterwards which has some of the best chapters of the entire run. Also the pacing of the manga so far has definitely been on the quick side, so even some of the mediocre arcs don't drag too much.
For a weekly series, it has some phenomenal art. Horikoshi must have some godly assistants to keep everything on track.
For a weekly series, it has some phenomenal art. Horikoshi must have some godly assistants to keep everything on track.
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