OniBarubary
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I cain't trust a man who don't laike heem no Ashido
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My Hero Academia (Shonen Jump) move over pirates, ninjas, reapers, its Hero time
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I've mentioned this before, but I've always liked how relatively mature the class is, like most series would contrive to make Bakugou the popular kid and Deku the underdog nerd, like how the middle school scenes went. But everybody in UA knows what should be immediately obvious, that Deku is the far more likable guy and Bakugou's a total dweeb.
That kind of relatively mature cast is a bit atypical for high school settings, so I always wonder if that's a residue from the time MHA was set during university and everybody were young adults instead of teenagers. It'd make a lot of sense!
Deku's behavior is pretty easily chalked up to his (former) lack of self-esteem vs someone who was better than him in every way (which is something I totally understand, and is pretty common), and him just not being the kind of guy to hold grudges. Mix that up with Deku's insistence on being a hero and saving people whenever he possibly can, and Bakugou having nobody else who knows enough about him to help him with personal issues, and that pretty much explains everything he does.
Otherwise, Deku pretty much avoids talking to the guy and clearly doesn't like him as a person. Maybe that'll might change since Bakugou's starting to chill out, but it was always a silly interpretation to say that Deku likes him.
That kind of relatively mature cast is a bit atypical for high school settings, so I always wonder if that's a residue from the time MHA was set during university and everybody were young adults instead of teenagers. It'd make a lot of sense!
I've never really gotten the impression that Deku actually likes Bakugou. Like yeah maybe you could read it that way, but that's a really shallow read of what's going on.
Deku's behavior is pretty easily chalked up to his (former) lack of self-esteem vs someone who was better than him in every way (which is something I totally understand, and is pretty common), and him just not being the kind of guy to hold grudges. Mix that up with Deku's insistence on being a hero and saving people whenever he possibly can, and Bakugou having nobody else who knows enough about him to help him with personal issues, and that pretty much explains everything he does.
Otherwise, Deku pretty much avoids talking to the guy and clearly doesn't like him as a person. Maybe that'll might change since Bakugou's starting to chill out, but it was always a silly interpretation to say that Deku likes him.
Whoever that wants to ask Byakugo out probably has to be as aggressive as his mum.
Rushersauce
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She is the best girl.
Dedication Through Light
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what? I think at the least he considers him a friend and someone he cares about and enough to at least look and learn from even if they had strained conversations. Why else would Bakugou give him advice?
I think Bakugou does have relations with others, why else would he have his crew around him, I think its just the authors fault for speeding through stuff and not showing more development around him and others. He isnt an antisocial loner.
That's what I meant by Bakugou chilling out. I doubt Bakugou likes Deku enough to want to hang out with him even now, though.
Bakugou literally is. Kirishima's the first real friend he's ever had.
probably a bit silly to reply to DTL, but hey
Poodlestrike
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Bakugou's treatment in the series is actually really true to life from what I've seen, though it's more common at a college level (so agreed on that front). Massively talented athlete/student breezes their way through highschool, acquiring acclaim and popularity just on sheer ability, then hits college and runs face first into a brick wall 'cause suddenly, they might be good, but so's everybody else. Not nearly so impressive by comparison.
And yeah, I wouldn't say Deku likes Bakugou very much, but the relationship is a little complex due to the self-esteem issues and former childhood friend status. I wouldn't say that he dislikes him either.
Yeah, the way Bakugou went from "popular" to disliked felt a lot more like high school -> college than the middle school -> high school, and in context it kinda feels like Horikoshi adjusted the dates back?
Plus, though it's a general "anime high school" trope, UA kinda feels like a college or trade school, with things like internships and whatnot.
Yeah, agreed. He doesn't like him, but he doesn't hate him either.
NHarmonic.
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The girls don't care about bakugou because they all have dignity and self-respect. The guy's shitty behaviour is a turn off, logically.
So that's why we'll get kirishima x bakugou.
So that's why we'll get kirishima x bakugou.
Dedication Through Light
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Nice outcome with Midoriya, its not like he would have not managed to get chosen anyway.
Hopefully this arc makes Chisaki interesting, having someone in his possession is not giving me hope.
Tomura Shigaraki just seemed so well done for an antagonist.
Hopefully this arc makes Chisaki interesting, having someone in his possession is not giving me hope.
Tomura Shigaraki just seemed so well done for an antagonist.
Poodlestrike
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I will say that while parts of Bakugou are definitely a holdover from the original setting, it does occasionally happen when you see a kid transfer from a regular public school program into one for gifted students, so it's not really as odd as all that.
Yeah, that's how I'd normally look at it too; just making some guesses based on knowing what Horikoshi originally had planned.
MrSaturn99
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What was with the art in this chapter?
Dedication Through Light
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Maybe they put draft pages in their submission by mistake.
It's only a theory, we don't actually know for sure
GoldCrusader
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What an awesome chapter! I liked the reason why he took Deku in in the end. BUT that ending!
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Dedication Through Light
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omg if I were in JPN Id so get the Kaminari one
You know, pics like that make me wonder about how the world has restructed itself around quirks. For example, in baseball, Deku would have an INCREDIBLE advantage over any normal player. His strength would mean that every hit he made would be inevitably a home run while his speed would mean he probably catch baseballs.
What about heroes that can fly or have super speed or something? Are these quirks regulated? Do they not allow people like those quirks to play?
What about heroes that can fly or have super speed or something? Are these quirks regulated? Do they not allow people like those quirks to play?
All regular human sports are probably irrelevant now.
silenttype01
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It is also explained that the sports festival eclipsed the world olympics as the must-see event in one of the earlier chapters.
So it's safe to assume all other sports have seen declining viewership/fanbase?
So it's safe to assume all other sports have seen declining viewership/fanbase?
FlowersisBritish
fleurs n'est pas britannique
Every sport except blernsball
The MHA world seems to be deliberately imitating pre-apocalyptic 20th/21st century society and trying to suppress non-hero use of quirks (though that'll probably fall apart since All Might is no longer around to enforce it). Way back at the beginning, Aizawa says something like "you've never been allowed to use your quirks in PE" and complains a bit about the Japanese Ministry of Education being backwards.
So presumably quirk sports do exist, but are pretty heavily restricted, and might not be a common thing in Japan specifically? I'unno.
(...as an aside, the Japanese word for "quirk" literally means 'individuality', so that hints pretty strongly at the metaphor Horikoshi's going for)
So presumably quirk sports do exist, but are pretty heavily restricted, and might not be a common thing in Japan specifically? I'unno.
(...as an aside, the Japanese word for "quirk" literally means 'individuality', so that hints pretty strongly at the metaphor Horikoshi's going for)
OniBarubary
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you missed the best reveal:
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GoldCrusader
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I wonder if we will ever see those OVA released here in NA. Did VIZ ever release special editions of mangas? I know Kodansha did with AoT, but thats the only time I heard of it.
Maybe Funimation could have them released with season 2. I know wild dreams, but I really like the Funimation dub cast for MHA.
Maybe Funimation could have them released with season 2. I know wild dreams, but I really like the Funimation dub cast for MHA.
Trojita
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Poodlestrike
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No need for a war when there's already a winner
Battle for the 2nd place will be interesting tough
NHarmonic.
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I'll give you 2nd place. Ochako still best.
Poodlestrike
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Who dat
Dedication Through Light
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I guess theres no chapter this week since its not listed on the table of contents.
Newtype-001
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No chapter...
Rip horikoshi
Rip horikoshi
Pls don't die
Dedication Through Light
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Called it. Hopefully this leads to an eventual yearly release of episodes. I need kiribaku handholding animated as well as epic kaminari saving bakucrew.
Welp, was hoping the anime's pacing would improve considering they're adapting Stain but if they're doing that many episodes then I guess maybe not.
Well, let's hope they don't just adapt to Stain with 24-26 episodes. Unless they add a lot of original material, the manga chapters are just not enough to stretch that many episodes.
It really should get to All for One if it's 2-cours. Let us hope.
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