/a/ - Animu & Mango

So that she looks intimidating. It'd probably be fine to take it off for both you and her too.

>>816892

>intimidating

My dick is undeterred. Quite the opposite, actually.

>>816885

If I pull that off will I die?

>>816885

Well at least she can talk.

>>817070

>SUMMER DRESS

>>816885

She's working with the gas guy.

Why are there hardly any Toga doujins sans ryona/snuff?

Evil psychos need vanilla too.

I really liked all the screaming in the back ground the episode had.

>>817297

I guess its fair to point out he's not wearing his metal shoes

>>817313

In one case you either get winded the fuck out or get your ribs broken.

In the other you get a concussion and possibly die or get you skull cracked and possibly outright getting your brains spilled.

You can't really compare head to torso.

>>817297

No one actually dies from anything in this manga unless it's from a bladed weapon.

Normally I'd reckon launching his gargantuan ass with New Hampshire Smash would have All Might killing everything, including Deku.

>>817297

Poor gentle....

>>817451

Well, with so many healing Quirks arround you need to make sure someone is dead if you really want to get rid of someone.

>>817512

Did he deadeded?

>>817481

I thought healing quirks were super rare.

>>817522

Still we are focused in the UA students, so they have one healer two if we count Punished Loli.

>>818212

This a final chapter or something?

>>818221

I don't think so. The next chapter should come out end of this week, I think.

>>817108

Who is she?

>>816885

Because she a big girl 4u

>>818568

It doesn't matter who she is.

>>818887

Oi, where you watching this?

>>818964

Viz is hosting officially translated chapters of Vigilantes on their website. Translation is passable as far as I can tell.

>>818979

>Unabailable in my country.

Thanks anyways, anon.

>>818986

Just like look up "Vigilantes chapter XX imgur" and you'll most likely find it in the first five results.

Golden Week starts on the 29th. So shouldn't there be new chapters out for this week? I read an article claiming chapter 903 wouldn't be coming until next week because of Golden Week. I guess they shut down operations so they could prepare to celebrate?

>>818997

Seems like everyone is late with the usual batch of SJ series. Jaimini usually have One Piece, Dr. Stone, and BNHA up by midnight on thursday.

>>818999

>>819000

Oh good, it didn't make sense to me that this week would get delayed. Especially without a message on the chapter.

>>819006

Muscular vs Deku is tommorow's episode? Or will it span two episodes?

>>819086

Yeah I mean personally I excepted Eri to suddenly grow three sizes larger and go on a violent rampage throughout the school with a tank but it's sad that they ended up with this predictable trash.

>>819009

>>819006

I reckon Deku vs Muscular could be a two episode brawl.

>>819144

Pretty sure Deku meant that it's been his hardest fight emotionally, because he really understands Gentleman's feelings but knows he has to stop him.

It can't be a subtle renouncing of Overhaul because we've still got Eri, Mirio and Shigaraki with the bullets floating around. The Overhaul arc is here to stay.

>>819144

In this fight he needed to win

>unscathed

>in time

>fighting someone who wasn't pure evil

The big difference is he has people who depend on him not breaking himself. No other fight asked that of him.

>>819199

>>819197

These are both really good points.

>>819144

I think it was really obvious that he didn't mean it was the most difficult because Gentle was the strongest, but because of all the conditions surrounding the fight.

Some people really need everything spelled out to them.

>>819220

It is weird that people took it so literally. I think people are looking stuff to be upset about.

>>819220

>>819222

Also a fight where the level of violence couldn't be elevated due to the residential setting and the school festival. Also a fight where a high level of violence was inappropriate.

>>819243

It would have been funny if both parties had been fighting quietly. Like whispered smashes and proclamations of not being understood.

>>819009

Today's episode is called An Hero I'm 90% sure it end with Deku screaming right at the end of chapter 76.

The newest chapter is out on Jaimini. No more action, but damn, the hound teacher is intense as fuck.

>>819308

I thought the mods might do some work in this thread. Cheers.

>>819318

Does he become more dog like the angrier he gets? Will he teach Froppy how to maximise her frog potential?

>>819348

Her maximum frog potential is her singing Michigan Rag in a top hat and cane

>>819363

It's an odd situation. It's a huge fight for Deku, but there's so much shit that's about to go down that they probably can't spare the budget. It still came out decent, but you're right that the episode was a bit off. The music choice was strange, but it worked.

>>819363

Yeah. 1 million definitely was a lot limper than I remembered.

Truthfully after this I'm not really hopeful for United States of Smash anymore.

>>819363

>>819402

I think it was alright, and I liked it. But I get what you guys are saying.

My biggest gripe is probably the fact that it's paced way too quickly. The anime has made it a point to take its time with everything, and the fights in the anime have felt very grounded and timed well. But with this, it's clear they wanted to speed up the pace of this, so as to inevitably get up to UNITED STATES OF SMASH by the end of the season, which in hindsight I think was a big mistake.

Not only for the timing, but also because the art suffered. >>819363 is right, Muscular in the manga is fucking horrifying in the way he's drawn. The smile in particular really suffered.

This all really felt like it should've gone a bit slower, ended mid fight, and resumed next episode, ending instead at the midpoint of said episode.

>>819432

>Two years for this

Was it worth it?

>>819487

>Season

We're getting United States of Smash at the end of the first cour, unless you meant spring season.

>>819520

>Two years

More like a year and a bit of change.

>>819567

>First off - this season is 25 episodes and is going to Bakugo vs Deku.

If they keep up this pace they might end the series on Mirio's introduction. We'll have what, two/three episodes tops for the rest of this arc, then probably an episode setting up the hideout raid, an episode following the raid itself ending with AfO's appearance, then a second, maybe two episodes with All Might vs AfO ending with united states of smash. Let's be generous and say that's 7 episodes.

The next would most likely be the fallout of All Might's retirement and the room king skit, most likely ending with the training dreamland being introduced or maybe even shoot style. Let's be generous and say those are two episodes, so that's 9+4=11 episodes so far. Let's be really generous and say the license exam is 8 episodes. That's 19 episodes, so either there's going to be some hopefully not but most likely filler original content or my estimates are too halfassed(which they are) to be accurate.

>>819580

Oh and I guess Deku vs Kacchan is the 20th episode, that still leaves 5 episodes.

If they are original shit I just hope they aren't flashback central like that fucking first episode.

>>819580

Nigger I calculated it last thread, last season they did 50 chapters that were 2 per episode and now they have done 2 chapters per episode as well so if they don't hurry up the pacing the season would end right at Bakugo's win.

>we had a small dispute

Yes, I guess you could call that fight a "small dispute" Deku. Not as if you broke any limbs this time~

>>819375

I teared up.

>>820867

Nice job. I was thinking it would've been a good time to break out Jet Set Run. That and Trinity were criminally underused, though there hasn't been a real moment where you could play them in full.

>>820867

>That scene

I haven't watched since the first season since I'm so far ahead in the manga. If it's that far along, does that mean we'll get to see the cat girl get raped?

>>820867

I have to say, if I liked one part of that fight it's Deku calling out to his mother and All Might. It was done really well.

>>820867

>USE YOUR OTHER ARM DIPSHIT

>>820998

They're both broken.

anyone read the new Vigilantes chapter? Here's the Viz link for those interested https://www.viz.com/shonenjump/chapter/my-hero-academia-vigilantes-chapter-28/6794?read=1

This one was pretty heavy, Idk if it's hinting at the end of the manga though, seems like it.

>>821002

one of them is completely red and torn to shreds, the other one is visibly fine; even if it's internally cracked, it's still MUCH better off than the right

>>821003

I think it's that we're getting a time skip and a change in the team, Knuckle Duster out. Someone new in.

Why is she always blushing? Is she always horny?

>>820867

I expected worse honestly.

The only real complaint I have is them cutting out the scream.

>>820867

On one hand they could have reused that track. On the other, I don't want it to turn into HxH where they reuse the same 3 tracks for every single chapter over and over and over (ad nauseum) again.

The scene was pretty good but it got a 'clash' feeling to it while in the manga the whole thing felt almost instantaneous. Perhaps a dramatic slow down with internal monologue would have been better from 0:33 all the way up to 1:50

>>819432

Came here to more or less make this exact post

>>821188

>Koichi and Pop are basically living together

I'm incredibly jealous.

>>821054

Yes. Most of the League of Villains get off on their quirk. Muscular had a raging erection when he was pulverising Deku. The tooth guy was a BDSM freak. Spinner is a degenerate NEET. Magne is a transsexual. It goes on and on. Shigaraki and Black Mist are the only two not popping boners mid battle.

>>821220

What kind of Quirk would Pop Step and Crawler's kid have? Limited flight? Double jumping, kind of like Gentle?

>>821225

It might be either just a fusion where say the offspring can freely levitate off the ground up to 10 meters or maybe full on flight. Or just one of their quirks.

>>821225

>>821227

It looks like Gentle used to have actual flight, or potential for it.

Pop's quirk lets her leap super high and land without harm, but if she's falling without having used her quirk to launch herself then she still risks hurting herself. So it's two parts: the enhanced leap and the immunity to damage from the leap.

Hauler's quirk lets him glide along the ground so long as three limbs are touching it. Before his mother completely fucked his growth up, he was able to levitate to some extent. He also doesn't have a known limit for his glide speed and can change direction and acceleration ridiculously well.

So if the kid does inherit their quirks in a combined form, it might just be super fast flight with no fall damage. Or double (infinite) jumping?

>>820867

This doesn't work at all. You Say and Jet Set Run are too upbeat for the first part of this scene. It takes all the tension away from Muscular nearly killing Deku. The music choice at the beginning of the scene is fine and works well in the original version. It's when Deku counter attacks after Kota splashes Muscular when the music choice goes to shit.

>>821280

Not bad. Not bad at all.

>>820867

>>821280

You faggots are trying too hard. Just because it could have been better doesn't mean you can mindlessly slap some track and make it work.

>>821319

I'm pretty sure that second one was a joke I hope.

>>821280

If you feel so brave, do it with any of One Piece's fight themes.

>>821740

Get either a receiver and/or amp with real speakers and a good subwoofer, it really changes how it feels.

>>821923

I knew what was coming and still wasnt ready.

No new chapter this week. It's Golden Week.

>>821003

>heavy

You don't fucking say. Sniff

If a guy were to put his dick in Toga's mouth, would she bite?

>>822246

Depends on the guy.

>>822272

Not you.

>>822272

No it doesn't. Regardless of who does it, anyone that puts their dick in her mouth is losing it.

>>822303

Especially Deku?

>>822306

Especially Deku.

>>822303

Losing their dick to pleasure.

God damn! What an episode. They nailed the immense pressure the students are under.

Kendo best girl.

I've been wondering, what are your favourite arcs? I think the summer camp arc is one of the best for how much shit goes down and how many quirks we get to see. Really any arc that shows off a bunch of quirks from the class and gives them time to shine is great. I think that might be partially why I didn't enjoy the Overhaul arc as much, we really only got Red Riot's quirk battle and then a bunch of characters we'd just been introduced to. It's better when the quirks displayed are from characters we've seen for a while but haven't gotten a good look at yet.

>>816885

I'm still half way into the second season. I'm not really into the second season lads, I liked the first one but this just seems rushed for shekel milking.

>>822246

It would be extremely painful.

>>822484

Would hardening his dick cause his semen to shoot out at a high velocity? I shudder to think if his unbreakable mode could produce enough pressure to act like a water jet cutter.

>>822732

Their kid is literally going to be gas chamber

>>822732

>>822775

Their kid will be capable of turning into a liquid form and hardening into different shapes.

>>822851

One of the main draws of early MHA for me was that every side character felt like they could be a protagonist. This arc really highlights that.

>>822865

>Even in self defense

Thats not true though. You have full right to use it in self defense unless its some instant kill shit like shiggy.

>>822865

If it's anything like gun laws, you get charged for using your quirk, but not for harming someone in self-defense.

>>822885

>>822872

But Deku got semi-scolded by Eraser Head, because he was not authorized to use his quirk in combat, even though mister muscles was definitely trying to kill both him and a small child

>>822913

Probably because he's a teacher and would prefer Deku not risk killing himself, especially when Deku didn't explain anything at all.

One thing that bugs me is Deku didn't even attempt to run away with Kota. He immediately went to brawl.

>>822919

Muscular was way too fast on top of the fact that Deku was exhausted and had his arm broken before he could even realize whats happening.

>>822913

Well eraser is a lawfag and he even addresses that allowing student to battle would be like saying "yeah, we let them risk their lives" towards the authorities and media.

>>822829

>Kirishima and Ashido's daughter will just be a goo girl

I'm okay with this.

Why is Deku able to use his 'broken limbs' as if they were only bruised most of the time? The anime made it look like OfA used to turn his arms and legs into paper flailing in the wind. In Muscleman's fight he got one arm broken by blocking and his other arm 'broken' by OfA. He could still use that second broken arm, flex his elbow, hit with it and it didn't immediately shatter in pieces when it had to withstand a hit.

>>823170

The bone is something that generally holds everything in place/keeps stuff from moving around like a limp noodle, but theoretically if you tense your muscles enough, you can mimic the behavior of the bone. If he just strengthens his forearm/bicep/triceps/shoulder muscles, it would be extremely painful, but in theory he could punch something just fine even with bones that were turned to dust (and since the bones aren't turned to dust/just broken, he still has their support other than along the breakage areas).

>>823170

Considering that he can heal just fine from a single 100% OfA use I would guess that it cracks the bone and has like two full fractures whiles with more than that the bone literally turns to bits. Thats why Recovery girl had to do operation to remove a bunch of the bits so they don't get stuck in joints.

>>823100

As for the feel of the song, though?

I've always thought You Say Run sounded very confident, powerful and prominent. It sounds like All Might feels...

Jet Set Run, however, is essentially the same song but in a different flavour. In less of a Big, boisterous form but more of an electric, fleeting variant. It really reminds me of Full Cowling, and i feel both songs are essentially the same thing but in different flavours - kinda like Jet Set Run being You Say Run but in a different colour scheme.

Does that make sense?

>>823319

Chisaki had a lot of potential to fuck with people, seeing as he's got the equivalent of Crazy Diamond. He didn't get too creative.

>>823334

>derp eye

>man neck

>looks constipated

would not save/10

>>823193

Adding to this, the human tongue is a pretty easy example of this in action, being 100% muscle.

>>824134

Gentle's quirk isn't harmless at all. In fact, it's a wonder he flunked out of life so hard with such a top tier quirk.

>>824162

He is/was a fucking goof. He just needed a character that believed in him instead of everyone telling him to fuck off.

>>824134

We've been over this, mate. If Gentle got it the festival would have been called off and UA's reputation would have been dragged 7 meters under.

>>824262

The series has attracted more autists.

The arc had been dragging.

His story was told in flashbacks during the fight el faggot naruto style.

I liked him though and think he is way cooler than people paint him. I also think he has the best design and thematical tie the series. The only thing his design doesn't give away is what exactly his quirk is and how good he is at combat.

>>824310

This manga used to be so promising. How did everything go so wrong?

>>824348

>rent free

I'm sorry have I not met the official 8chan optimism quota?

>>824357

For starters you should stop being a fucking lier. Not only did deku learned something new, he currected a fault he had during the yakuza arc.

And its clear that the overwhelming amount of negativism comes from cross posting faggots like you.

>>>/cuckchan/

Oh my god the art this chapter is horrendous

>>824520

Its not finished, not horrendous. The parts that Hori got to finish look amazing.

>>824262

The way he uses his quirk makes no sense.

>>823504

Was she actually raped or is it just a meme?

New chapter is out and it's almost nothing but partying.

https://jaiminisbox.com/reader/read/my-hero-academia/en/0/182/page/1

>>824522

>publishing unfinished works

The question is: is he pulling a Togashi and just being a fucking slob, or is he pulling an Oda and overworking himself into death?

>>824559

He is pulling a Golden Week where he has to crunch even harder than normal. From what I gather Black Clover also has unfinished artwork this release and One Piece's chapter is shorter than usual.

>>824561

There's been a handful of chapters not long ago with similar unfinished panels though. There is reason to be concerned about his health.

>>824563

Are you talking about the lower quality one during the build up for the festival? Which aren't specifically unfinished, Hori just choose to make them that way. If that I fully blame Hori for doing them real quick so he has extra time for the Deku vs Gentle chapters which are top tier in art. And even if you look at the unfinished panels on this chapter they still clearly have great depth which means Hori has a way better basis for them than the other chapters so its clearly a time limit since he planned this one out to be more complex. And about Golden Week he actually has to crunch 2 chapters almost in the time for one and this was actually drawn before the actual Golden Week.

Hori is immune to illness now anyway since he got fan letter

>>823193

Thats not how muscles and bones work.

>>824554

>haha wow this looks a little rough

>I guess he's just trying to convey motion and energy...

>..that panel looks kind of like a napkin doodle

>and that one looks like a making-of shot...

>...and that one literally has the perspective lines and blocking still in place

What the actual fuck?

>>824516

I'm well within my rights to have a negative opinion, faglord.

>>824651

>>824554

This is just like how greed island ended.

>>824651

The panel with the Aoyama laser disco not being done is really painful. It's something that's been built up for so long that I think everyone was looking forward to seeing it. All we got were some scribbles that won't be fixed until the next volume is released.

At the very least I'm glad that the art last week was alright because this would have been way more awful if it had happened at the climax of the Gentle fight.

>>824663

I meant the art quality.

>>824666

Even the art quality is better. In the GA end it was actual scribbles most of the time. Here very low quality but you still get a feeling of who it is and depth. Only in a few places you have no idea who it is. But thats just because Hori is a better artist.

>>824663

Bull fucking shit. Greed Isle was trash.

Got nothing against Deku but I wish Kirishima was actually the main protagonist of the series.

>>824679

Thats what I meant.

>>824676

Greed Arc ended with really shitty chicken scratch art, the worst art I've ever seen in a published manga.

This arc ended with panels that looks like sketches.

I was making fun of this chapter's shitty art, that's it, that's the joke, it's not very complex, I think you might have the autismo.

>>824682

Kirishima with just the power he has now? Or Kirishima with OFA?

>>824703

He would literally turn into a solid piece of rock that cant move.

>>822913

He tells the little kid after that he only scolded him because of his responsibilities as a teacher, and then authorises everyone to fight with him being responsible. He didn't mean it when he scolded him he just did it because he was obligated to (and because deku hurts himself everytime he fights seriously).

>>824703

Just his hardening. I figure he will eventually form "excess" hardening on parts of his body which allows him to form shapes out of his quirk like a ball of rock and start literally throwing his weight around(See 1:22)

I just like his personality. He's manly through and through and he does everything he can to live up to it.

Enjoyed the first season, probably going to watch the rest of it though I'm quite disappointed in the injuries so far. Was hoping eraser head would actually get his spine ripped out by birdman attorney at law and die. The sound work for it was great though.

Is this what it's going to be like the whole way through? How much plot armour do the main characters get? Why did that guy freak out that the invisible chick takes her shoes off when she already has her tits, ass, and vag flapping in the breeze? Do they ever explain why no one cares she's naked all the time? Does she get raped or molested at any point? If you ejaculated in her would your jizz still be visible? Would the baby if it wasn't invisible? If no then could she conceal things inside herself simply by them being under her skin?

>>824798

I like this idea. I hope we get more Kirishima because he's really enjoyable. Like I've said before though, every character feels worthy of being a protagonist.

That was a pretty good episode.

>>824816

Nothing wrong with a hentai hero. Just think about what situations women could find themselves in if they run afoul of his sticky balls.

>>824842

>Nothing wrong with a hentai hero.

But everything wrong with being a manlet with a micro-dick.

>>824843

>implying he's not a tripod

The physical embodiment of lust wouldn't have a micro dick.

I love Ochako's one CQC move. It's probably the most exciting thing since the first training where Midoriya almost beats Bakugo without using his quirk.

>>824900

With her quirk she could very well suplex a freight train.

>>824900

Truthfully I kind of wish Midoriya was the original quirkless guy who goes into the support classes and starts vigilantism with his super hero autism and gadgets he makes. When I think about it the Gentle fight(and maybe Stain's fight) is the first fight he's won without it ending with "And then Deku went 100% and someone's shit got pushed in".

>>824929

What person? Batman?

It's sort of a grass is greener on the other side type of thing, I just can't help wonder what could have been and whether it would have been better or not.

>>824932

Thats the point. It wouldn't be better. Now it has a way stronger core premise and way more options for growth for the MC. Making bootleg Batman which is already shit if i might add would have never taken off. Hori would be probablybe hanging from a rope if this series failed.

>>824941

I think Deku's quirk is awful since it's just the ability to always be stronger than whoever he's fighting against. But having the perfect gadget for whatever villain of the week you're fighting against already describes so many western comic book heroes that I'm totally sick of it.

>>824945

Gadgets are a deus ex machina because you can always ass something that will help. Literally look at Batman. And his quirk is always stronger the whole premise is for him to be able to use it without shitting on himself. Giving a single basic bitch source of power for Deku just makes it cooler when he applies it in different ways. Its like a video game system where the more you level up(aka increase %) the more perks you unlock. This arc we got finger flicks on top of Deku learning how not to be so predictable (contrary to all the "nothing happens" fags).

>>824953

BnA would have made a great game if we weren't stuck with these shitty Bamco fighters.

>>824957

We could still get something if they utilise the right studio. It's bizarre that they're doing so little with the IP with how popular it is.

Hire on ArkSys for a FighterZ equivalent, or CyberConnect for a Ninja Storm style game. Either would be great. Hell, a Platinum game would really suit if they made an original story set around the Overhaul arc.

>>824888

I feel like they make her too conventionally cute.

>>825111

>wants to suck Dekus blood through his dick with a straw

>conventional

Jokes aside, what do you have in mind?

>>825121

Oh, no, I mean the way the anime draws her makes her seem too round and soft like other girls. Like she's not far from Uraraka. It makes her look "mildly mischievous" rather than "wants to eat your eyes." Needs sharper lines and more pronounced teeth, maybe another thing or two to emphasize her Toga-ness.

Hey so I wanna catch up in the manga, but the last thing I can remember was the ultimate move challenge. What sites still have the chapters as old as that?

I want gifs of Toga's suck face and Uraraka taking off her shirt.

>>826076

>downplayed Dark Shadow's power and range

This fucking hurt me.

That panel of Tokoyami slamming Moonfish halfway across the forest is one of the best moments in the arc and they made it seem like he got tossed a couple yards. His teeth breaking had hardly any impact, either.

This is the second OP in the row that I thought was awful the first time I heard it, and now actually kind of like. I don't really know how they manage it.

>>826211

This keeps happening to me with OPs in general.

>"This OP sounds pretty crappy compared to the last one."

<listen to it a dozen times the next day

>>826219

It wasn't quite that fast for me, but it was definitely faster than I expected. For this one it was, episode by episode:

>I hate it.

>I might get used to it.

>I am used to it.

>I like it.

Sora Ni Utaeba grew on me a bit faster. I liked the first two OPs right away, though. I'm kind of ambivalent to most of the EDs overall, except for Datte Atashi no Hero, which is just nice.

>>826249

Sorry blonde, giant-mouthed psychotic smug girls.

How would you rank the quirks?

>Coldsteel tier

Deku Todoroki

>Top tier

Bakugo Tokoyami Momo

>High tier

Uraraka Denki Eijiro

>Mid tier

Denki Eijiro Yuga Mina Tenya Koji Mezo Turo

>Low tier

Tsuyu Kyoka Hanta Rikido Minoru

>It's literally just a tail tier

Mashirao

>>819363

I'm still trying to cope with 1000000% smash not destroying his already broken arm beyond repair.

>>824922

>Truthfully I kind of wish Midoriya was the original quirkless guy who goes into the support classes and starts vigilantism with his super hero autism and gadgets he makes.

This, I completely agree. I was very hyped for this series when I watched the first couple of episodes. In the first two episodes, it endlessly drives home that there is NO WAY for a quirkless person to get a power if they were born without it. The first episode ends with the strong implication that Midoriya somehow becomes the greatest hero without having a power.

That's what I really wanted to see, a series about a powerless guy in a setting full of superpowered people, yet he still somehow manages to beat the odds and become an amazing hero anyway.

But, what I got was a show where it acts like it's going to do that for the first 2 episodes, then suddenly says "JUST KIDDING, THE SUPER STRENGTH POWER IS ACTUALLY TRANSFERRABLE, SO NOW THE MC IS YET ANOTHER SUPER STRENGTH GUY". It really felt like a complete bait-and-switch.

>>824929

>>824932

>>824941

I honestly didn't think that Midoriya should've been a gadget-using Batman guy. I wanted him to be more like a really clever strategist who can figure out his enemy's weaknesses very well (which was kinda hinted by the fact that Midoriya kept a notebook full of information on various heroes). I wanted to finally see something where the MC is very outclassed in terms of raw power, but he just barely scrapes by using a combination of wits, strategy, and sheer ballsiness. I was thinking he'd fill a "team leader/strategist" type of role, where he's not very strong on his own, but he can tell his allies how to exploit enemy weaknesses and how to effectively combine their powers, etc.

This seemed entirely possible to me, at the beginning of Hero Academia, because there were multiple other heroes who had very weak powers, yet were still viable as heroes.

Plus, look at Eraser-Head. He might have the ability to deactivate most quirks, but he mainly just uses his own natural fighting ability, which he can even use to kick the shit out of villains whose quirk can't be deactivated. It's even directly said by Tomura that, against an enemy with inherent physical powers that can't be deactivated, Eraser-Head is basically quirkless (and yet, Eraser-Head continues trying to fight anyway).

I think the series would have been a lot more interesting if Aizawa actually was Midoriya's mentor instead of All Might. Or something like that. At the very least, the existence of characters like Aizawa shows that it wouldn't be as impossible as naysayers claim, when they claim that there's no possible way Midoriya could have been quirkless for the whole series and that it was 100% necessary to give him generic super strength powers.

Also, before you say that his powers aren't "generic" super strength, because he harms himself with them... that's barely one step above generic super strength, and it's pretty much just as generic as regular super strength in terms of how interesting it is for the plot/characters (meaning, it's not interesting at all).

With my first impression that Midoriya would be quirkless for the whole series, it left a lot up to my imagination for what kind of stuff he could do to defeat enemies without having any powers. But once he got One For All, I immediately knew exactly how the entire series was going to play out: Deku is going to punch the bad guy REALLY HARD!!!!!!... and that's exactly what has been happening. Every time a villain has either All Might or Deku on the ropes, All Might/Deku just get super determined by the power of friendship and EXCEED THEIR LIMITS! It's so rote and predictable, compared to all of the possibilities that would be opened if Midoriya didn't have a quirk, and would actually have had to use interesting strategies with the environment and stuff.

Yes, I know most of the existing villains would be way too powerful for that to be possible, but... the author could've just made it so Midoriya tends to fight somewhat weaker villains (but, if he were quirkless, that would make it so his fights against weaker villains would be more tense than a strong hero vs. a strong villain).

You can argue until the cows come home that Hero Academia was never meant to be a show about a powerless guy who becomes the greatest hero... but you're just plain wrong, because the original one-shot pilot manga DID have Midoriya being completely powerless and using gadgets instead of having super-strength. And the beginning of the series constantly foreshadows and drives-home that Midoriya has no powers but really wants to become a hero despite having no powers. To me, that's what made Hero Academia catch my interest, because that idea was original and stood out. I was desperately hoping that the author wouldn't ass-pull some way for him to get powers, ESPECIALLY not super strength powers, and that's exactly what the author did.

>>826431

I had your same feelings but I'm a bit more hopeful after the Gentle fight, but not so much as to want to stick around with the manga weekly(I'll give it a couple of months without then see where it goes). I had my hopes up after the muscular fight where now there was a reason why Deku can't just break his arm on some guy when all else failed, but then the Overhaul fight completely dropped it by having all of Deku's strategies fail and having him resort to using the loli to go 100%. Gentle's fight restored some hope for me because at the very least he's being clever with his break dancing and air cannon so I'm all for it.

To me the very first parts of the series, that is the mockup hero battle was the highlight because Midoriya was showing some sick martial arts there and any excuse for a drawn out fight that focuses more on grappling, strategies and counters is in my opinion much more desirable than 5 minutes of getting pummeled before a one shot knockout. To an extent the breaking of the limbs was more or less comparable to Wild Tiger's 5 minute powerup where it was all about the timing and how you used it.

>>826431

>>826490

Jesus, off yourselves.

>>826613

>y-you can only talk about stuff that I like! talking about BnHA in that way is wrongthink!

>>826613

You can like something and still acknowledge that it has flaws.

Deku's story isn't about him overcoming superhumans and teaching everyone that you don't need a quirk to be a hero. That's something that can already be shown through his actions when he tried to save Bakugou. He reminded All-Might and the other heroes there and then what being a hero was about. If he went through the series fighting without a quirk the series would stagnate because it'd be the same arc over and over.

>Heh, this kid is quirkless, he's done for!

<Deku strategises and overcomes at great risk

>Woah! Guess I was wrong and quirkless people can hold their own!

Having a supreme power that requires Deku learn how to use it without destroying himself and teach/learn lessons about what he has to be capable of to really be worthy of the top spot and change society as a whole. If anyone has that analysis anon's posts screencapped, he broke it down really well.

>>826431

>a series about a powerless guy in a setting full of superpowered people, yet he still somehow manages to beat the odds and become an amazing hero anyway.

There is always Knuckleduster for that

>>826715

Not anymore

>>826904

Femaledrawninamongoloidartstylewithquestionmarksnexttoher.pdf

>>827040

Eri represents that just physically saving somebody isn't enough. Eri is a broken child and deku not only needs to comfort her but show her the joy of the world. Putting on a smile. Because heroism is also about faith. Eri is pretty important in that regard.

>>827475

>>827472

WHO FUCKING CARES ABOUT THESE ASSHOLES.

ONLY MIRIO MATTERS.

>>827494

>Mirio mimicking Eri.

I fuckin love this goofball.

>tfw La Brava will probably go full villain and Gentle will have to take her down

>>827655

Physical pain from cheese.

>>827655

>>827718

It was so forced and unnecessary.

Will they show Bakugo playing board games with the League?

>>827815

Did that happen? I forget. It's been a while since I read that part.

>>827836

Yes, he won and Shiggy got really pissed.

>>827836

Yeah but I can't find or remember which chapter or omake it was in.

>>827906

The omakes should be canon. There's so many moments that would make for good character development.

>>827475

Did I miss something? Is Mirio leaving UA, because I don't recall it being brought up despite it being the logical conclusion of losing your quirk.

>>826431

>all that shit

I actually read it and I didn't agree until the muscleguy fight where he used smash 1000000% to instawin. Having Deku getting stronger as he goes in raw muscle/stamina would be enough to make him not completely defenseless against all but the powerup villains (which he already only beats because of plot buffs anyway).

>>827944

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think we've seen Mirio at UA at all after Overhaul, save for the times he was clearly just there to show Eri around.

>>828005

>>827944

He is going to graduate since it was stated that Centipede will head Nighteye's agency until Mirio inherits it.

>>828032

>ENGLISH DUB

>>827944

Right? You know I was expecting Hori to clarify that part instead of returning to Gentle. So either Hori forgot, or his quirk retrieval plotline is going to be important in the future.

And I really don't see Eri fixing it.

You know what I hope? [/spoiler]I hope finally we see how desperate he is and he makes some kind of bargain with the devil to get his/a quirk back.

>>828048

Maybe he tries a bargin with AFO? He was said to win over people by giving them or taking away quirks.

>>828067

Well he can force quirks on people like he did with his brother and does with the nomu's, although that's not what I had in mind.

>>824922

I originally thought that for maybe the first season, but the story misses a lot of the heart it has without Deku using a power that actively injuries him and ruins his body to save people. The story isn't actually about Deku becoming a totally radical badass, it's about a kid who wants nothing more than to help people, and the shit he'll put himself through to make that happen. Think about how the Deku vs Todoroki fight would have played out is Deku were a normal dude with equipment. You could have still had the back and forth where Deku is trying to help Todoroki, and Todoroki finally unleashes his full powers and wins the match. But without OfA, it's nowhere near as moving of a scene, because Deku just wants to help his friend, and all he had to do was throw a fighting match. In the anime, Deku is desperately trying to win. You know that Deku doesn't take this lightly, because he is literally wrecking his body so he can prove himself worthy. Deku risks being crippled because he wants to prove that he can become a hero, and despite all the pain he's going through and how much risk is entailed, he still can't fight his basic instinct to help people. If you take away the aspect that Deku's power is self-destructive he becomes an incredibly boring character. He instead becomes 100% bland wish fulfillment.

>>826350

According to word of god, Hori says Deku was just shouting something to hype himself up, but that makes even less sense than it not vaporizing his arm

>>827475

I hope to god Mirio shows up later, running a training camp for people with "shitty" quirks and developing them into kick-ass powers.

You know, the delivery of Bakugou's

>Deku

>Don't come

line, was completely different than I had pictured it. I thought it was prideful or angry, but in this it clearly has a very strong undercurrent of desperation and pleading. As if to say

>Please don't try to save me right now, you'll die

It's a small thing, but I think it really does a lot to show the changes ocurring with Bakugou's personality, that will become more apparent later.

>>826350

It's not like he's actually using %1000000 of his power. It's clearly an exaggeration he uses because he knows he's going way above what he thinks is his %100 at the time. It's not like these are power levels or anything. I'm more upset that he just does all of this with broken arms.

>>828211

I'm pretty sure this is one of those moments where Deku is using OFA properly and doesn't cause further injury even though he's at max power.

>>827944

Mirio held off Overhaul and a few of his goons for a number of minutes, without his Quirk, while protecting a little girl. If fucking Eraserhead can be a Pro-Hero, Mirio should damn well be able to continue.

Like, for all of the complaints about the Overhaul arc, I think Mirio's scenes were probably the best example of a "super-hero" that I've seen in any medium in a long time. He absolutely overshadowed Deku in that arc, and I'm honestly more impressed with him than All Might or any of the others.

>>828173

I'm with you. I'm not honestly sure which I think is better, because I think either makes sense for the situation.

>>828211

The Tournament Arc sort of establishes that Deku can do shit even with his broken limbs, what with the fingers. It's not completely out of the blue.

>>828235

Mirio really was the best part of the arc.

>>826681

>Heh, this kid is quirkless, he's done for!

<Deku strategises and overcomes at great risk

>Woah! Guess I was wrong and quirkless people can hold their own!

You can oversimplify any plot like that to make it seem retarded and simplistic. But it would be much more interesting if he actually had to come up with interesting strategies to beat powered people despite being powerless. There would be infinite possibilities there. But now that he has super strength, he's just going to win every fight by... using super strength.

It's not just about proving that powerless people can be heroes, too, and not every fight would have to be about proving that... but that's part of it.

In my opinion, it actually completely ruins the theme of "quirkless people can be heroes too" by actually making it so no quirkless people are heroes, and making it so the main character can't become a hero (and can't do anything of use) until the major ass-pull reveal that he actually can be given one of the most powerful powers by his childhood idol.

>>828277

>But it would be much more interesting if he actually had to come up with interesting strategies to beat powered people despite being powerless. There would be infinite possibilities there. But now that he has super strength, he's just going to win every fight by... using super strength.

Remember all those time Deku used clever strategies that utilized his super strength? Neither do I, must have been his imagination.

>it actually completely ruins the theme of "quirkless people can be heroes too"

You're clearly an incompetent retard, who missed the entire point of the second episode. It didn't matter that Deku didn't have a quirk. He was the only real hero there. Him having a quirk or not is not what makes him a hero. The ENTIRE FUCKING POINT of the series is that Deku is a hero, with or without superpowers. The fact that he is given OfA is not the point of the series. The point is that he's the one man who actually deserves it, because he's a genuine hero. Throughout the entire series, Deku has never shown himself to be the greatest hero through skill. He didn't pass the entrance exam because he was strong, he passed because he was the only person to show consideration for another person's well-being. he tries to go against Nomu because someone is in danger, twice. He fights Stain not because he hinks he can win, but because people are in trouble. He tries to help Todoroki through his own personal trauma, in the middle of a competition that could decide their future. He fights Stain not because he thinks he can win, but because someone is in trouble and he wants to save them. When attacked at the training camp, Deku is the only person to consider the safety of a missing child above all else, and nearly fucking dies from it. He plans a rescue for Bakugo, his childhood bully, despite the fact that doing so could threaten his career as a Hero, the only thing he's ever wanted. What the FUCK makes you think this story is about Deku learning how to give someone a superpowered beat down? His super strength is nothing more than a cool looking icing on the cake, and has nothing to do with what the story is about. Every improtant story arc has nothing to do with Deku's physical ability. While he tries to prove himself worthy of being a hero, every single arc is actually about him proving himself as a hero to the viewer, not to a panel of judges that give his physical powers a numeric score.

>>828235

>I'm with you. I'm not honestly sure which I think is better, because I think either makes sense for the situation.

I think it's about 50/50, on either end. Which, again, makes a lot of sense, given the point in Bakugou's character development we're in. We're a far cry from the Bakugou of recent chapters, where there's enough of a change, that I can see some people (incorrectly) theorizing that he's just playing up the anger because it's expected of him.

But like, seeing this bit animated again also had me noticing other subtler changes to his character, that Hori slipped in.

Remember at the start of the series, when he was furious at Deku for saving him?

Well now he's being escorted, and all he does is mildly protest once, before muttering to himself and going with it.

Honestly I'm pretty impressed with the character Hori's written, with Bakugou. The guy has some serious fucking writing skills, to have both such a subtle, and realistic, depiction of an asshole getting humbled, and gradually losing his edge. Looking forward to seeing Deku (attempt to) kick the shit out of him.

Where is the New Japan Quirk Wrestling arc? When is Ejiro "The Rock" Kirishima going to infiltrate the company because he's the only hero man enough to do so and find out that the league of villains has been hired by a businessman and Kirishima, alongside Deku and Okada(Quirk: RainMaker) to fight the League of Villains' "Degeneration Stain" stable, featuring a new addition to the League of Villains, a powerful villain who never gives up and cannot be seen?

>>828294

You're the one missing my point. Yes I know that Deku acts heroic even though he knows he'll probably lose (despite getting one of the most powerful quirks).

But that's exactly what ruins the impact of the cool things that Deku does without using his powers. He'll do a few cool things without using his powers, but ultimately he's going to always have a ridiculously powerful super-strength trump card, which really lessens the impact of him doing things without powers, because he always has a power to rely on when the author feels like having the MC fight someone really powerful.

>It didn't matter that Deku didn't have a quirk. He was the only real hero there. Him having a quirk or not is not what makes him a hero

You can say "OH IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS POWERS BECAUSE IT'S WHAT INSIDE THAT COUNTS!", sure go ahead and keep uttering these mindless platitudes while my actual point goes completely over your head. The part where Midoriya runs to help Bakugou when he's being smothered by the slime monster only has any impact BECAUSE Midoriya was quirkless. But he was still pretty much 100% useless, aside from how he encouraged All Might to use his SUPER LIMITED POWER THAT HE CAN NEVER EVER USE BECAUSE IT HURTS HIM AND LESSENS THE AMOUNT OF TIME HE CAN USE IT (except he goes on to use it all the fucking time and continuously wins every major fight he gets into). Which is also exactly how Midoriya's use of OfA has been working. All the fanboys of this show will endlessly argue "OH BUT MIDORIYA CAN'T USE HIS POWERS ALL THE TIME BECAUSE IT HURTS HIM SO HE NEEDS TO USE IT SPARINGLY AND USE CLEVER PLANS AND DO STUFF WITHOUT USING HIS QUIRK!" But, that's not even really true, the whole thing with "Midoriya getting severely hurt by his own power so he has to use it really sparingly" wasn't really a thing for very long, and he's pretty much just been winning all of his major fights by EXCEEDING HIS LIMITS AND HITTING THE BAD GUY REALLY HARD!!!! And, even if it were true most of the time that Midoriya has to do all kinds of clever stuff without using his power at all, my point still stands that all of those things would have much more impact if it were a powerless man doing all of that, rather than some guy with an absurdly powerful power who just decides not to use it when it's convenient to the plot, then goes ahead and uses it at full power (with little to no lasting consequences) when it's convenient to the plot.

It's all just too convenient.

And, if the point is to drive home that he doesn't NEED to have powers to make him a hero, then.... why give him powers? (obviously I know why Midoriya was given super-strength powers, because that's more conventional and convenient, doesn't go against the grain or try anything too innovative, and requires less clever writing). No matter how much the series tries to SAY that quirkless people can be great heroes, too... it really SHOWS the opposite by making pretty much zero quirkless people actually be good heroes, and having the MC be 99-100% useless until he gets conveniently handed one of the most powerful powers in the setting (which just comes across as a very convenient ass-pull)

>>828722

Hori is a fan of western comics. Deku getting OFA is like when Captain America gets the super soldier serum. He has the power but the power alone is not what makes him a hero

>>828722

Try reading Chapter 0. What you want was the original concept for the series, and it was absolute shit.

>>828810

There's no room for logic here. Don't you get it? Deku having powers is a terrible story decision because one dumbass on the an anonymous image board doesn't like it.

>>828888

Having a quirk is almost a necessity to hero work because it can be such a huge edge over someone quirkless. Unless you've got boatloads of fight experience and high physical skill, you're not gonna be able to compete in the highest ranks of the hero game. All-Might fighting Noumu is where Deku needs to compete. Guys like Knuckleduster and Mirio are absolute beasts, but there's a gap you can't clear without that edge.

>>828812

>Try reading Chapter 0. What you want was the original concept for the series, and it was absolute shit.

Like I said before, I actually don't like the idea of Midoriya using a bunch of gadgets like Batman. I would prefer it if he had instead been more of a team leader/strategist type who can figure out enemy weaknesses really well.

>There's no room for logic here. Don't you get it? Deku having powers is a terrible story decision because one dumbass on the an anonymous image board doesn't like it.

I explained my reasoning, you cunt. I have given more logical reasoning for why Deku should have remained quirkless than any of you have given for why he absolutely needed to be given ass-pull super strength powers.

Sure, it's subjective. But at the very least you have to admit that it's a much more unique and interesting concept to have a powerless MC in a superpowered setting, compared to yet another MC with super strength.

>>828888

>The entire point of quirks in Hero Academia is that, yes, while you need a power to truly be a hero, that isn't the only thing that makes a hero, nor is it a guarantee you'll even be a hero.

That only supports my point that it would have been totally viable, and more thematically fitting, if Deku had remained quirkless throughout the series.

Also, you're forgetting the example of Eraser-Head. While he does have the ability to deactivate quirks, that's merely an equalizer. He has to mainly rely on his normal, mortal fighting ability to defeat enemies, and he has a really cool, improvized fighting style. I think it would have been awesome if Deku had remained quirkless and started to develop his own improvized way of brawling (and that's what I was imagining/hoping for in the beginning).

Again, Eraser-Head can't erase the quirks of villains whose quirks have permanent physical properties, and yet he still beats their ass using his bandage-scarf thing and his bare hands. Given that Eraser-Head proves that a mostly-mortal, normal human is capable of beating villains with his own mortal strength and fighting skill, I don't see why it'd be such an enormous difference to have a completely quirkless hero

>>828936

>Guys like Knuckleduster and Mirio are absolute beasts, but there's a gap you can't clear without that edge.

But, does the MC necessarily have to be able to defeat the most ridiculously overpowered villain in the setting? Does the MC always have to be the most powerful hero in the setting?

And does the main villain even have to be so ridiculously overpowered in the first place?

Personally, I just think it would be a lot more interesting if Deku was quirkless, and the author could've written it so that Deku tends to go up against villains that aren't so ridiculously OP, but still a serious threat, particularly to a quirkless person. The stakes would've been much higher, even if he was fighting weaker villains in that scenario.

>>829135

> I have given more logical reasoning for why Deku should have remained quirkless than any of you have given for why he absolutely needed to be given ass-pull super strength powers.

You're reasoning was literally, "But it would have been cooler," and nothing else.

>>829136

The story is also about how unfair it can be circumstances decided at age 8 can be to people. Deku was given an amazing chance that never should have happened, and he has to constantly be reminded of that fact. Deku wants to help people so much, he was willing to give up his quirk to Mirio to allow him to be a hero, even though it would have completely fucked him over. In a world where there's plenty of people in Deku's same situation, he has to prove that he's worthy of actually having the chance in his mind. The complaints you guys are making basically boil down to, "But it was neat when Deku was strategizing instead of using brute force," and acting as if we aren't all in perfect fucking agreement on that. But Deku didn't need to be quirkless or weak for that, Hori needed to put more effort into writing fight scenes.

>>829202

It also goes to show how wrong the hero society is. Stain was right all along.

>>829235

Probably the only reason some of the people are "heros" is because they can profit off it easier then being a villain

>>829235

The Top 10 in this series are on par with the S-Rank jobbers in OPM. Endeavor is the only one out of his entire lot that might last more than a round against All for One, and he's also a shitty human being.

This chapter also confirmed that Mirio is 'on hiatus', despite the the fact that, even the way he is now, I'd still give it to him over some of these future jobbers.

>>829239

Funny thing is as soon as the villains take power they'll decide the best way they can keep their rule is to limit the use of powers against them and build the same society but with different people at the top.

>>829342

Mandalay's body is pure sex.

>>829342

>>829347

Practically every girl is built for sex in this series. The only exception is the school nurse. Even then, I recall there being something about her being a babe in her youth.

>>829342

>I think MHA's society is more a commentary on how similar vague ideas of "good" and "evil" are.

But MHA is incredibly concrete of whether or not people are heroic. I would argue the commentary in the show is about how you can't judge people based on surface level shit (as in what they do, not how they look or anything.) Deku and Bakugo are characters with the exact same goal. Be the number 1 hero. The show portrays that as neither a positive or a negative. Striving for and becoming the number 1 hero isn't good or bad. What determines that is your intentions that drive you to that goal. Bakugo simply wants to be able to beat the fuck out of everyone else, which makes him bad. Deku wants to be #1 so he can guarantee his ability to save people, which is good. Many heroes are explicitly in the business because it's profitable, like Mount Lady, and Mount Lady is portrayed as extremely unheroic. But Uraraka has the same exact goal [GET MONEY] but her reasons for doing so are portrayed as positive and heroic.

I'd argue the social commentary is more toward how people laud celebrities as heroes. Plenty of the heroes are literally celebrities in the standard sense, outside of being heroes. We've seen supermodels, fashion designers, probably some I'm forgetting and likely even more on the way. In real life people consider celebrities "heroes" despite them doing nothing more than their fucking job. Hori might be trying to make a point that doing shit that looks dope as hell and inspires you doesn't make you a hero, it's in the person you are beneath what everyone sees normally. Then again maybe we're looking way too hard into this, and it's just a simple story about wanting to help people.

The author is 100% absolutely going to give smiles his quirk back.

>>829367

If he does, that would be two out of three strikes for it turning into long-running shounen cancer.

>>829373

>Vault Boy will be everything Deku was shilled as in the oneshot (a quirkless schlub who gets by on guts, strategy, and raw effort) but then he'll end up being an eternal c-lister who barely does anything just to spite the readership in a manner similar to Rock Lee. Such is the way of Jump trash.

But that would all make complete sense in the context of this world and story

>Side question, did anyone else feel kinda cheated when they revealed tailboy didn't have an actual superpower and was mostly just good at kung fu? I feel it kinda made the "no quirkless heroes" thing fall flat when tail guy got into the toppest tier school in the country. All Deku had to do was, like, take some Saturday kickboxing classes at the YMCA and he'd have been fine.

First of all, the tail is a superpower. It's a giant bundle of muscles and "fuck you" to any normal. It's not an amazing quirk, but it's a solid one that would fuck up a lot of people. Secondly, while he seems pretty shitty compared to the main character, during the school tournament arc, it was pointed out that almost everyone was blown the fuck away by how ridiculous Class A was. They said that on any normal year, Class B would have been moderately impressive, but Class A is so far beyond the norm that there's no possible way for them to be on the same level.

>>829375

Yeah, which is why it's total bullshit.

Most of Class A has powers that are beneficial to have in a fight but none of them are genuine gamechangers outside, what, five people? There's actually very little barrier of entry for a quirkless guy who actually got gud if these kids really are the cream of the crop, which is why Deku needing crutch powers comes off as him being kind of a whiny loser. Knuckleduster from Illegals is basically living proof you can totally fight crime with nothing but some basic brawling skills and a lot of muscle.

>>829379

>Most of Class A has powers that are beneficial to have in a fight but none of them are genuine gamechangers outside, what, five people?

Of all of Class A, there are 8 students that could win against a normal person without even touching them.

>Knuckleduster from Illegals is basically living proof you can totally fight crime with nothing but some basic brawling skills and a lot of muscle.

Yes. Also remember that Knuckle Duster and Eraserhead are some of the only characters with physical scarring. It's possible to fight without a quirk, but you're going to fuck up and die at some point eventually.

>>829381

>8 students that could win against a normal person without even touching them

Even accepting your premise, that's twelve who can't. For the highest grade of superhero candidate, those aren't very good numbers even before bringing in the fact that most supervillains have their own powersets and people in BNHA's world show dramatically higher levels of baseline toughness and strength than anyone does in real life.

And besides that you yourself are saying that these are SUPER IMPRESSIVE BEST EVER STUDENTS which, of course, implies that you understand these are outliers.

>you're going to fuck up and die at some point eventually.

Wow, it's almost like punching criminals in the face is a dangerous activity. Also you're wrong about the scars thing. Hell, just off the top of my head you got All Might, who has a giant scar where he's missing most of his organs after getting gutted by a supervillain. You know, All Might. The strongest hero ever.

But adding to that you can't use scars as a point because we've seen people get fucked up horribly and show up with no visible aftereffects a week or two later. The only time serious aftereffects came into play was Deku repeatedly exploding his hands and even that has mostly disappeared, visually speaking.

>>829379

KnuckleDuster always risk taking damage when fighting and he won the bara genes lottery. Faggots should stop bringing up Eraser because he specifically has a quirk to level the playing field which was shown to be unreliable when faced with powerhouse mutants.

>>829386

>Even accepting your premise, that's twelve who can't. For the highest grade of superhero candidate, those aren't very good numbers

Except you aren't even focusing on what those powers might be. Because yes, Uraraka has to touch a person to win the fight, but touching them is literally all she has to do. Two of the characters have fucking superstrength, and one of them is Spider-man. Probably around half of Class A is "normal" quirk level for the Hero Academy, but those quirks are still impressive, and allow them to do a fuck ton more than being a standard human. Knuckleduster isn't supposed to show you that you can totally be a hero despite being a normal human. He's amazing because he's a normal human. And even then, he was able to successfully fight certain small scale criminals. Through hard work and determination, he was able to beat a criminal that basically had Kirishima's quirk from Class A. Except all the criminal had to do to win was not get pummeled like a bitch and actually hit Knuckles.

>Scars

All-Might and AfO are the two most powerful characters in the entire setting, and they scarred each other. Knuckles and Eraser are two basically normal humans who got their shit caved in by nameless mooks.

>The only time serious aftereffects came into play was Deku repeatedly exploding his hands and even that has mostly disappeared, visually speaking.

Every time the students get attacked, Eraser gets fuck up and is shown to be more scarred than before. Scarring in the show is not just something added because it makes characters look more badass, they have a story and purpose behind them.

>>829396

>AM got his shit caved in by Wolverine and that was what really did a number on his lungs

It was a mistranslation. Deku asks if it was [insert villain] and his response was mistranslated because his response was weird and could be interpeted in both ways, but it was supposed to be a negative "No he didn't" statement.

>This would be easier to discuss if you didn't have this weird obsession with playing up how powerwank everyone is?

I'm not, I'm pointing out in universe why people would think Class A is impressive. But you're too busy jacking off in your own fantasies about how cool Knuckleduster is and how pointless powers because of him, despite the fact that him being quirkless is supposed to be a badass surprise. He's supposed to be so fucking ridiculously tough that it's equal to a useful-ish quirk. Eraserhead literally made the assumption that his power wasn't working right than assuming Knuckles was quirkless at first in their fight. He is not supposed to represent actually quirkless people, he's supposed to be ridiculously badass despite it.

>>829404

All-Might's injuries are from AFO. Deku thought it was from a fight with Toxic Chainsaw. AFO and All-Might went all out and still couldn't take each other down. AFO had the top of his head punched clean off.

I'm guessing the reason there's no licensed, quirkless heroes around is there's a law preventing those without quirks from operating as heroes for their own safety and to ease off on resource consumption. Why dedicate efforts towards propping up a quirkless' training, gear, ammunition etc. when you could spend less on a guy who naturally produces fire?

There's also the running theme that those without quirks or with shit tier ones are often made to feel like they're worthless. Deku comes from that world and that's what makes his fights so much harder. He's coming from the position of being the absolute lowest member of quirk society.

He has to:

<Compete with people using quirks since birth.

<Prove himself to classmates, teachers, pros and society as a whole

<Deal with a lifetime of self-doubt and inferiority

<Overcome his guilt of being GIVEN the quirk that's seen as the greatest of all time, this comes up constantly, notable times being against the brainwasher and with Mirio's quirk getting erased

If there were quirkless heroes running around, we wouldn't have the story of Deku's struggles. Hell, if we had them and quirkless Deku still, why would we even care to see him become Batman?

>>829466

>those wonky tits

It's either DFC or maximum mega milk. Not whatever the fuck this is supposed to be.

>>829472

>whatever the fuck this is supposed to be.

It's called tumblr "art".

>>829472

>>829475

Its a nigger who drew a lot of shitty pics of vivian for the GG threads on /v/.

>>829404

>UA's Class A has characters who, despite being the absolute cream of the crop, are actually pretty tame in powerset (Hagakure, Ojiro)

You're ignoring that "having a quirk" is normal in this setting. Whether or not that quirk actually has a functional use is an entirely different matter.

>Deku still managed to do reasonably at the sports festival and make it to the finals with, for the most part, ingenuity and a suicidal drive to win (landmine surfing)

Yes, Deku was able to accomplish something without his powers, and that was fucking badass. But the moment he had to fight people with quirks he was fucked.

>We've established that there are lesser hero schools with lower standards (Gentle's backstory)

And with a pretty kickass quirk, Gentle only got into a lesser school, and failed at his one attempt at being a hero.

>We've established there are heroes who actually do very little crimefighting at all (Stain arc)

Nigger, they mention that long before the Stain Arc. a "Hero" is officially someone who is legally allowed to use their quirk whenever. And you get introduced to plenty of heroes who specialize in disaster relief and rescue. not crimefighting. This is not new information.

>We've established a crazy man who works out all day can body midgrade criminals despite actually having very little formal fight training (Illegals)

Once again, all you do is jack off to one fucking character, when the entire point is that he's badass DESPITE the fact that he shouldn't be effective at all. Faggots like you are the reason there's now 27 different flavors of Batman active at once in comics, acting like just because one dude managed to do it successfully, anyone should be able to.

>>829410

>Since humans in MHA are so much stronger than normal humans basic gadgets do jack-shit.

You're apply Vandal Savage fan theories to the Hero Academia universe, bud. People can take more punishment because it's cooler, that's all it is.

>>829493

It should be noted that the students had to pass a written test as well. So class A having a mixture of OP and unexpected quirks like Ojiro can be a result of him having decent combat performance with great written work.

In the end though, I've lost focus of what these two anons are even trying to say. It feels like they're just counterpointing each other for the sake of it.

>>824554

Those unfinished panels were unfortunate. It looked like a really cool set up, and the finished ones look nice.

Poor Hori. It's never nice when you fuck up your schedule.

>>829868

I think they were just promoting the start of the new arc this chapter.

But yeah I do anticipate it to be a turning point, I don't think the whole of 1-A is going to be relevant any more now that the second school year is approaching.

Tokoyami getting stronger was being teased at, and I don't remember if someone interned with Edgeshot but I anticipate they would get more focus as well.

>>829868

Will this series finally turn into a superpowered wrestling manga?

>>829868

Will invisible girl finally be revealed to be the mole?

Nothing will happen, that claim has never meant anything

>>829915

I thought it was the principal considering he's got that underlying hatred of humans.

>>829944

If the mole isn't either a member of Class A or someone incredibly close to Class A, the series will get a huge strike against it because of it's refusal to make dramatic impacts. Plus, Invisible Girl is one of the few characters that hasn't had a character development moment, nor has she ever show cased an internal monologue.

Vlad King is the mole. He was sick of Class A getting all the attention and as such decided to reach out to the league of villains, thinking they would be some USJ tier punks who couldn't pose much of a threat to the students but would give some experience to Class B.

>>829948

He isn't the mole, he was right there when the detective called All Might but the LoV didn't know about the raid.

>>829366

>Then again maybe we're looking way too hard into this, and it's just a simple story about wanting to help people.

Nah, that's horse shit. This was a good post that I enjoyed reading.

Though I will say that I think you might be on to something with the motivations being more important than the goals, and the ways various people are depicted in this.

In my opinion, all of the nuance to the characters in Hero Academia comes from Hori just really understanding how people behave, and what makes them do what they do. He also understands interactions between two people, and how there's two sides to every story, even if in some cases how one side is basically completely right. Using Bakugou again, since you did too. I made a post earlier in the thread, but he really is a pretty realistic depiction of an asshole who's well meaning just enough to ultimately want to "do the right thing" and, deep down, stop being such a prick. He starts off horrible, and over time he slowly comes to grips with not being the absolute best.

But at the same time, he's still a fucking asshole, and you only get to that level by refusing to address any internal turmoil or conflict, going on in your life. What he needs is to admit he's human, has emotions, and get a grip on them, but that also requires admitting weakness. And go figure, the first blatant glimpse into this we see is him reaching a breaking point at Deku, and even then it's only because he's too fucking angry at everything, especially himself, to keep it in any longer.

Later on, whatever he's doing off screen, talking to Kirishima or just contemplating shit silently, whatever it is, we see that he's learned his fucking lesson completely. When he tells the kid to stop being so arrogant, otherwise he'll never realize his own weaknesses, he drops the anger for just a moment, long enough to convince the kid through his sincerity.

There's more examples, but you get the idea. The TL;DR is backing up the claim that Hori understands human behavior, and incorporates it in his story.

How did invisible girl deal with the machines in the entrance exam? Last I checked they could turn a regular human to mush, and that's all she is.

>>830091

Climbed on a weak spot and disabled them or something. It's easy to fuck something up if it has no idea you're there. Or, she's the mole and cheated.

>>830120

The robots, having infrared vision, saw Jirou's rockin body and overheated.

>>830120

>Or, she's the mole and cheated

Where does that idea come from? That would come dangerously close to good writing, so we can't have that.

>>830280

It wouldn't because she is still a nobody. Also the robots had a off switch, how many fucking times does stuff like this have to be repeated?

>>830449

I read the spoiler synopsis. This chapter didn't seem like a game changer to me...

>>830449

What's that page from?

>>830578

Nevermind. I somehow missed the last page.

>evolved nomus

Meh. Hawks at least seems like a pretty neato character.

New chapter one is out.

https://jaiminisbox.com/reader/read/my-hero-academia/en/0/185/page/1

What takes to be in the billboard lower than Wash?

>>830627

Bad hygiene.

>>830596

The eyes remind me of that portal guy. I wonder if they killed him to reconstitute his power into a Nomu.

The attack will probably coincide with All For One escaping from Tartarus somehow.

>>830655

"Portal guy" Kurogiri was captured by the police. This is implied that its in the doc's basement.

>>830655

>The eyes remind me of that portal guy. I wonder if they killed him to reconstitute his power into a Nomu.

Why the fuck would they take a very smart underling with a extremely tactical power, and give it to a brain-dead underling?

This week's episode isn't worth watching without next week's pay-off.

Any news about Hori being in Comic Con? I'm concerned about westerners infecting him with their cancer.

>>823504

Did they give Ragdoll a modesty sheet on this episode or is it just cropped out of this picture?