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My Hero Academia (Shonen Jump) move over pirates, ninjas, reapers, its Hero time
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FlowersisBritish
fleurs n'est pas britannique
Welp, dudes dead. Did not see that coming, though, like everyone else, didn't see the deal going south.
Ha! Glad everyone's coming around to my line of thinking on the Villian's Alliance! Like the introduction of the Yakuza in this, adds a neat little power struggle that Shigaraki will overcome and finally prove he can do something successful.
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Never enough Toga in a chapter.
Ha! Glad everyone's coming around to my line of thinking on the Villian's Alliance! Like the introduction of the Yakuza in this, adds a neat little power struggle that Shigaraki will overcome and finally prove he can do something successful.
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Never enough Toga in a chapter.
Starfish Hero
Member
First named character. Dabi killed some thugs in Twice's chapter.
NHarmonic.
Member
Meh, i liked it, a little bit of depth in his farewell. If he was just blown up it'sd have been quite meh because we didn't knew much about him.
No chance they were all twice's clones right?
Nope, Twice's clones disintegrate completely when they recieve too much damage. Mr. Compress remained intact and so did Magne's lower body.
OniBarubary
Banned
Man, that chapter was brutal.
The manga hasn't shied away from harshness or brutality before (Stain's killing of the Noumu comes to mind) but this chapter just kinda hammered it in really hard. We haven't seen two people get merc'd like that on screen and both deaths were not exactly clean. One dude's top half exploded and the other disintegrated into pieces.
I think this chapter only did good things for both sides of the conflict. Obviously Overhaul and his group come out looking like a fucking real danger because we haven't seen that quick and fast brutality in this manga before, and his down-talking of the VA lends him an air of legitimacy. But I'd also argue that Shigaraki has seemed to mature quite a lot so that even though the VA has chumped it up a bunch in this particular instance he didn't get heated and showed that his power (which we've only gotten indications of it's strength) ain't nothing to fuck with. And past that he also didn't press the attack or let his emotions about Magne's death get the better of him in a shit situation.
Also, was I blind or was Warp Guy not there?
Explains why it went so badly, Warp Guy is the real MVP.
The manga hasn't shied away from harshness or brutality before (Stain's killing of the Noumu comes to mind) but this chapter just kinda hammered it in really hard. We haven't seen two people get merc'd like that on screen and both deaths were not exactly clean. One dude's top half exploded and the other disintegrated into pieces.
I think this chapter only did good things for both sides of the conflict. Obviously Overhaul and his group come out looking like a fucking real danger because we haven't seen that quick and fast brutality in this manga before, and his down-talking of the VA lends him an air of legitimacy. But I'd also argue that Shigaraki has seemed to mature quite a lot so that even though the VA has chumped it up a bunch in this particular instance he didn't get heated and showed that his power (which we've only gotten indications of it's strength) ain't nothing to fuck with. And past that he also didn't press the attack or let his emotions about Magne's death get the better of him in a shit situation.
Also, was I blind or was Warp Guy not there?
Explains why it went so badly, Warp Guy is the real MVP.
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
Wasn't warp guy the one who got his arm blown off?
FlowersisBritish
fleurs n'est pas britannique
No, Oni is talking about Black Mist
OniBarubary
Banned
That's what I said, Warp Guy
Everything is pretty symmetrical. Both All Might and All for One are "gone", so it's a race for the top for both. At the same time, the heroes are looking for experience through internships, while the villains are potentially getting experience through the old Yakuza. Overhaul = Tintin, for the most part.
Poodlestrike
Banned
I was just thinking this. It's a fairly strong contrast to a lot of Shonen where the villain is structured more as a fixed obstacle for the hero to level up and overcome. Here, they're opposing forces, closer to equals in stature, and we get to see the villains develop too. Very nice.
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
I know, I thought that was him. Guess not huh.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Uhhh, does this dude just have Killer Queen? How do you fight that
Trojita
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He's got a power to turn people to fucking ash.
Thanks for the music on the last page, I didn't get a chance to say so until now. You Say Run is really great and the other songs are nice as well.
I really like Overhaul. His powers and bird mask are creepy as fuck and I like how his goon squad emulates that. And I think the only reason we see Shiragaki struggling so hard is that we don't see how the are relative underdogs in a world full of really powerful guys. We follow Deku around all the time, so we are constantly faced with his superiors since he's...you know, a kid. I think there is an expectation for Shiragaki to be better than he actually is in a position to be.
Either way, I look forward to seeing them both grow. I wonder if Shiragaki's arc will include by usurping the underworld itself.
I really like Overhaul. His powers and bird mask are creepy as fuck and I like how his goon squad emulates that. And I think the only reason we see Shiragaki struggling so hard is that we don't see how the are relative underdogs in a world full of really powerful guys. We follow Deku around all the time, so we are constantly faced with his superiors since he's...you know, a kid. I think there is an expectation for Shiragaki to be better than he actually is in a position to be.
Either way, I look forward to seeing them both grow. I wonder if Shiragaki's arc will include by usurping the underworld itself.
Deku can punch out a mechanical robot 300 times his size. This series isn't about power, but influence.
Trojita
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Which happened when he couldn't control his power and would break his whole arm.
What is Shigaraki's power's downside?
He likely killed his parents and can't touch anyone. (This is probably why he hates hero society)
Either way, my point is that Shiragaki is weak in terms of what he needs to do. Sure, he can turn a person to ash, but that's not really going accomplish his goal. Deku being the strongest guy in UA isn't really going to accomplish his either. It's about Deku's capacity for heroism vs Shiragaki's capacity for evil. They both are maturing.
Requires direct contact and doesn't seem to have many applications. It's not very flexible.
8 X 11 Printer Paper
Member
Find someone who's quirk is putting souls into inanimate objects, put a dog's soul in a ash pile and Shigaraki will turn good!
NHarmonic.
Member
The problem with shigaraki is that his power is too all or nothing, so that kinda forces the probable final battle to be a One hit KO for both sides. AfO was different, it gave some space for a proper fight.
The final battle is probably not Shiragaki v. Deku. It's likely Deku vs either AfO or someone who gets AfO's powers.
All for one was gathering powers for Tomura i'm guessing whatever plans he had was cut short and he is hoping tomura would be capable on his own in pissing off all might provided he didn't plan on getting caught
Also #teamoverhaul i was always worried that VA is going to be villains for the future, while Tomura is improving it's hard to take him serious at times considering the kids at their current level already give them trouble and they haven't done anything impressive besides Bakugo for like a day.
Having actual villains is nice.
One thing I'm wondering if we will ever see is Quirks that are just too dangerous or too much to allow in public. Like an Akira level quirk user who is basically a walking atomic bomb and can't be trusted not to nuke an entire city when they have a bad day. Could add an interesting element to things if the Heroes were basically jailing people who were too dangerous to let walk around because their quirk was far too OP. Not a very original idea mind you but I always like that sort of thing.
In fairness, if their goal was to make destruction, they could do that pretty easily. But that would attract an equal response from heroes. It's less that the villains are weak and more that they are trying to permanently dismantle society in a world where society is safeguarded by some seriously powerful people. It's just straight up not an easy thing to do.
I'm sure there's atleast one out there, but I like that Horikoshi is doing work to make sure they establish a functional society with quirks before they bring out the doomsday quirks.
... isn't it really obvious that Shigaraki is going to get All for One?
Till he fucks up thirty more times and All For One gives his powers to Mirio
All ofr One intends to give it to Shigaraki. All part of his revenge.
Bounceounce
Member
I can't wait for Shigaraki to punk Overhaul, we all know it has to happen.
Well DTL might like it.
Are the lightnovels getting translated? Someone mentioned their just day to day activities that Class 1-A does, but I'd actually be interested in that.
I think Horikoshi pulled off a similar sort of thing to Overwatch, where he gives JUST enough info to about his characters to make them interesting and now I'm obsessed about finding out little details about them. Stuff like Tsuyu's life before UA was great and I want to see more.
I think Horikoshi pulled off a similar sort of thing to Overwatch, where he gives JUST enough info to about his characters to make them interesting and now I'm obsessed about finding out little details about them. Stuff like Tsuyu's life before UA was great and I want to see more.
Not yet. Wait for a fan-translation group or Viz to pick it up. But the former isn't going to happen, so...official release it is. Which isn't super unlikely anymore!
That probably is a gigantic statue of Iron Man.
I should go look for the picture Horikoshi took of his stash of superhero stuff
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edit²: Oh shit! I didn't know there was a video!
He has stuff from Ashley Wood, dope.
Dedication Through Light
Member
Thats an awesome Kaminari!
Trojita
Rapid Response Threadmaker
HNNNNNNNNG Yaoyorozu.
Dedication Through Light
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Kaminari's eyes are so pretty.
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