#bnha criticism

[sapphic-agent]

Why yes I do and I'm glad you asked.

Homeboy from the other day is back. This isn't his whole post, but the rest is quite close to jibberish, so I'm gonna focus on the unrealistic part.

Of course things in manga/anime are unrealistic no matter what. But you're bringing up the subject of quirks- a lot of them mutant quirks whose entire purpose is to change anatomy- in comparison to how a normal human body typically works. Bakugou doesn't have any anatomical anomalies that would explain his survival and his injuries were very severe. Even looking away from his heart for a moment, his lungs were crushed. Explain to me how he's even breathing let alone up and standing.

(If he was barely conscious and still out of commissions that would be one thing. But he's fully standing and moving around)

This wouldn't have even been a problem if Hori hadn't given him injuries that would (or should have) immediately kill him. He could have severely injured Bakugou without piercing his heart and crushing his lungs. He had him basically dead for shock value because that's Horikoshi's crutch (especially concerning Bakugou).

His heart also stopped and they didn't restart it (they did CPR and that doesn't restart the heart, it might help the heart beat by keeping blood/oxygen pumping into it, but if a heart as completely stopped that won't help it). That's not how that works. You can patch a heart all you want but that means nothing if it isn't beating.

If Bakugou was being treated by doctors, I might have accepted it. However, he was treated by two pro heroes who have extremely basic (if that) medical knowledge. For a procedure as serious as this, the world's best surgeon would only have a 15% (that's being generous) chance of even stabilizing him.

So yeah, it's unrealistic even by MHA standards. And before you come at me with, "oH otHeR ANimE cHAracTerS suRvivE." Yes because generally we're told the limitations of their universe. Itadori survived because he made a deal with the literal King of Curses. Inosuke survived because he can shift his organs around (we're also never told that his injuries were life-ending, not like Bakugou's were). Eren survived because of the entire premise of the series.

The rest of this post is another story, but as far as being unrealistic, I think we covered that🫡

#anti bakugou #anti bakugou katsuki #mha critical #bnha criticism

[obsidianstrawberrymilk]

Debating having Bakugo get into 1A in my rewrite just so I can have absolutely everyone utterly destroy him and he can be expelled the first time he tries something violent so Aizawa's character actually makes sense for his stated past and motivations <3

#aizawa's treatment of his students (specifically bakugo and midoriya) makes no sense btw <3 #aizawa shouta #bakugo katsuki #anti bakugo #anti bakugo katsuki #mha #mha critical #mha criticism #bnha #bnha critical #bnha criticism #my hero academia #my hero academia critical #my hero academia criticism #boku no hero academia #boku no hero academia critical #boku no hero academia criticism #mha rewrite

[gartenofbanny]

the way vizepop write her female characters reminds me how the creator of mha writes his female characters

Don’t have a personality outside of being there for the male characters

just there for fanservice

gets taken out of the story and never comes back unless for plot reasons

the list can go on

That's a pretty accurate comparison that I didn't think of, but there is one small difference between how Horikoshi writes females and how Viv writes females.

Horikoshi actually gives his female characters some form of personality or character while Viv just doesn't. It's a problem with Horikoshi's because it's missed potential, Horikoshi focuses more on his top male characters (Mainly Bakugo, Deku, and Shoto) and doesn't bring up the females until it's explained what they think about them or how impressive they are, yada, yada, yada. And yes, they aren't important or just straight up nonexistent until the plot demands it like Stars and Stripe.

Helluva Boss' female characters are just there. They don't serve any purpose unless it's for a fight or to look pretty. Even when they are important for the plot, there are no lasting effects or development afterward. Such as, Millie loved being famous, but after she lost all of that fame she just didn't care. What's the point of establishing that development when you aren't gonna use it again? At least Horikoshi has some of his characters go through development and their personalities are consistent for the most part, Helluva Boss just makes up these character traits with no build-up and gets rid of them later on.

#helluva boss #vivziepop critical #helluva boss critical #helluva boss criticism #vivziepop criticism #helluva critical #vivziepop #helluva boss critique #vivienne medrano #helluva criticism #helluva critique #bnha criticism #bnha critical #bnha #mha #mha critical #mha criticism #mha critique

[justidiothings]

Potential Spoilers

I’m pissed at Shigaraki character,

It's true that Shigaraki was revealed to be manipulated by All For One, and that his motivations were essentially manufactured by AFO himself. AFO orchestrated the events that led to Shigaraki's transformation. But the bitter taste of disappointment lingers.

When he was first introduced, The series seemed to be setting up a classic hero vs. villain dynamic, where Shigaraki would evolve and challenge the protagonist, much like the way the heroes were growing and I thought he would be a compelling villain who would grow and become the parallel to the protagonist, the World's Greatest Villain.

"My Villain Academia" showed his growth and potential, and I was excited to see where he would go. He’s one of the characters that I had found interesting, so I was beyond excited when he was developing, when it felt like he was growing and then his growth just regress now he’s someone who was mentally shattered by AFO to be used as a puppet, it doesn’t feel like him anymore, am I overreacting? Maybe, but I can’t stand reading the last chapters that involves him anymore,

Initially, I thought Shigaraki's relationship with AFO was a twisted version of Izuku and All Might's mentorship, with AFO trying to mold and have him surpass his mentor. I founded that interesting, his background, his quirk, they were interesting because it felt like was going to become an embodiment of destruction

Remember that epic speech he gave to the heroes during the war arc? That was a moment where he felt like a genuine and intriguing villain with his own motives and convictions. But now, he's reduced to a psychologically dissociated character under AFO's control. It's frustrating because he had so much potential, and it feels like that potential is wasted.

it fucking frustrates me how Shigaraki is a former self of himself, With the whole mind take over thing, I understand that Shiggy is still kind of there, but it really doesn’t feel like it, it doesn’t feel satisfying seeing him anymore, it’s just Afo, who isn’t interesting.

I have no problem with characters being "pure evil" villains if it's done well. However, AFO is just incredibly boring. He's a generic "evil mastermind" who spouts meaningless monologues. His so-called "schemes" are never successful, and it's frustrating to watch, his master traitor plan gets discovered and used against him as soon by a bunch of 14 year olds, for fucks sake. He doesn't have the same depth and complexity as Shigaraki, and that's what makes it even more disappointing.

He doesn’t have the same feels as Shigaraki, and it makes it even more disappointing, it feels more frustrating when the whole “Deku has to save the child inside Shiggy” plot line happened.

I enjoyed Shigaraki's backstory, his character design, and his quirk. He was an embodiment of destruction, and that made him a captivating character. It's disheartening to see him reduced to this state, the abrupt shift in Shigaraki's character arc has left me feeling disillusioned.

#tomura shigaraki #1 am ramblings #Tomura had potential #It #feels like I’ve been robbed of Shigaraki #critical bnha #bnha critical #bnha criticism #kinda?? #beyond pissed #frustation #Shiggy got me up at 1am ranting how frustrated I am #bnha spoilers

[heartbreakercupcake]

I've got to say even though we have differing views on Todoroki Enji I respect the hell out of you for still advocating for Rei to divorce him / take half of everything and still recognising all the Todokids as abused children.

I think Endeavor stans get a bad rep because we see a few vocal ones shitting all over Rei and Touya to excuse Endeav or minimising his child abuse to make Endeav look better. I respect that you don't do that.

As I will always say, as much as I love Enji as a character, I will NEVER sugar code or downplay what he did, Enji is a grown man and he KNEW what he was doing, divorcing Rei and letting her take half is the most he can do that isn't him going to jail, he should count his blessings that he's still walking around free.

Trying to share the blame with what happened to Touya and turning him into like this crazy murder that hates his family IS DUMB AS HELL! Cause you get braindead takes, that Rei manipulates her kids or calling her just as bad as Enji and people not bothering to give Touya sympathy (unless you're like one of his fangirls) cause they made him an obsessed murder to lighten/soften what Enji did, HOW BOUT WE DON'T DO THAT?!?

I ship Rei/Enji in my own little AU where she has more agency and actually married one another out of love.

In canon? Rei should divorce him while Enji is the one on his knees apologizing to her for the disrespect and putting her in the mental hospital for 10 years.

#LIKE #can we talk about how even though she was locked away in the mental hospital #FOR 10 YEARS #BNHA #people still managed to blame here #i wish Hori saw women as like people #not just interesting plot devices for the male character #rei todoroki #enji todoroki #touya todoroki #bnha critical #bnha criticism #mha critical #asks

[yellowbluemoonshine]

What’s funny to me is that MHA’s Shoto Todoroki/Momo Yaoyorozu was the supposed “canon” ship for the characters involved. Especially before it became (increasingly) apparent that their “canonicity” is HIGHLY unlikely. Yeah, it’s easy to assume that the pair are “supposed” to be together due to their looks and socioeconomic status. However, I think Todoroki/Yaomomo will likely struggle to function as a “healthy, romantic couple” (much less resolve conflict in a healthy way). During the exam with Eraser Head, their behaviour/attitude toward each other were very telling (in my opinion). Given Kohei Horikoshi’s writing style, he’ll probably come up with some bullshit adjacent to “wiping tears with money.” Doesn’t help that neither Todoroki or Yaomomo have enough differences to balance/contrast each other.

This coming from someone who doesn’t mind the pair platonically. (No offence to the non-toxic fans. 👈💅)

(Response to this.)

Agreed. No hate to shippers though. I actually do understand the idea, yknow, two beautiful smart rich kids together, they would look perfect together but i personally always find it as forced and superficial.

First of all, as you mentioned anon, they dont have 'the balance'. Usually, if two characters are 'parallels', their similar sides may lead them to understand and relate each others while their opposite sides may lead them to attract, challenge and even balance each others. That kind of pair always works. Because thats actually how most healthy partnerships works, whether its romantic or platonic.

For example, Shouto and Izuku are both abuse victims which is why they can relate and they would rather trust each others than trusting an adult or any autoharity figures while Izuku's expressive and anxious nature match with Shouto's calm natures. Or Shigaraki and Toga. Toga's positive nature balance Shigaraki's hatred while their bratty monstrous side make them relate to each others.

Ironically Shouto and Momo is opposite of this.

Their similar side is that they are both airheaded, rich, beautiful kids with amazing quirks. They are both sheltered kids, this is why their similar side would limit their worldview. Because neither of them does know nothing about being an outcasts or common people. They live in their own world. I think both of them need to see outside of world of their own. But neither of them seems to realize they even need to develop that side of them. This is why this doesnt work. Even their opposite sides, such as Shouto's being abused child while Momo never experienced that. She is naive. There is no abuse in her world. No pain. She wouldnt understand the signs or other things. For example, Ochaco is similar to Momo about this. She isnt abused but because of her family's sitution and all, she notices when people are in pain but Momo isnt. Not blaming her though since thats how she was raised. But this is why their relationship doesnt work. Momo and Shouto cant balance or challenge or really relate each others as characters is why i dont ship them.

Though, i wouldnt be surprised, if it becomes canon because Momo is the only 'female student' he seems to really interact with and Momo repeatedly said she trusts 'Todoroki-san' or how she appears randomly each others arc, such as how happy Momo looked for Shouto on license exam from background or how Shouıto randomly starts talking for Momo at class a vs class b arc. These are actually my problem with this ship. Because it isnt earned.

As you said anon, Aizawa is the one who noticed Momo was having problem and thats why Shouto helped her. Not because he noticed that she was having trouble. And he gave her courage by saying he voted for her.

Look, i do understand why Momo would admire Shouto. He is the best, strongest student in her class. Who wouldnt be happy, if class best student said they trust you to win the match and i do understand why Shouto would trust her abilities since she is smart and very good at making plans. But thats it.

Why would Momo trust Shouto to the point she would go against the rules to save Bakugou? I mean, we know Shouto is kind, trustworthy as audience but Momo doesnt know that?? He never showed that side of him to her. She knows nothing about him. She puts him on high regard since the beginning even when he was Earlyroki, just because boy looks perfect but Shouto needs someone who wouldnt view him as perfect. I would rather to see this as just some admiration or small attraction than actual love. It makes more sense that way.

Compare this to Iida, Izuku, Ochaco, Shouto group. Group trust Izuku because he broke his own body to help people, to help Ochaco, to help Shouto, to help Iida but what did Shouto do for her to trust him that much? Nothing.

Also the scene when Shouto speaks for her of all people is kinda laughable to me. Like, Shouto, you know nothing about Momo. You guys dont even talk at all. You wouldnt know how she would feel or think. It would makes more sense if it was Jirou who said that since 1- they interacts a lot 2- at usj attack, she saved her and Kaminari. Wouldnt it makes more sense Jirou to speak for her, like how much smart she is or show she feels lack of confidence sometimes and all.

I keep saying it feels forced and superficial because they trust each other's abilities and thats why they trust each others but as person, they are strangers.

Well, lack of interaction between kids in class1a is one of the issues with writing. Especially between female-male relationships. This is why 'gay' ships seems more makes sense lol since author doesnt really bother to develop others (especially female characters). But i think some of those relationships still feels deep and makes sense, while those two doesnt. And it isnt well build at all. Though, just as i menitoned at first, because of their dynamic, i still wouldnt like it. Its like shoujo manga romance, kinda innocent cool handsome rich boy x pretty rich girl dynamic, to me, its undermines both of their characters because they are more than this.

During the story;

Momo is hardly part of main plot. She is beautiful. She is talented. She has parents and friends who uncontionally loves her. She is smart. She is good girl. She seems to interacts with Jirou and others. Her rivalry with Kendou is interesting. She hardly even talk with Shouto.

Shouto is one of the main characters. Story focus on his relationships with family the most. His main hero partners are Izuku and Bakugou. His best friends and only people he seems to prefer to hang out is Izuku and Iida. And he is literally experiencing one of the most important events in his life during the story. And yknow what? Momo is not part of it. She is just there with others.

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Though, it is always fun to explore different ideas or ships and thats why i was kinda interested in some analysis. But yknow, when you read some posts, you feel 'its reachin'. Thats how i feel about Todo//momo, Kacch//acho and Bakugou/Aizawa posts.

Like when two characters existing in same scene or wearing similar clothes or just standing side by side, some fans immediately look for making it look deeper than it actually is. (Though, you might say this is the case for every ship but some of them at least makes sense.) This is how i feel when i read comments about todomomo. It feels a lot like kinda crack ship in canon while it treated as it is better than that.

Another biggest example of this is Uraraka vs Bakugou. People like the idea of Bakugou trusting Uraraka so much that they ignore the fact that she is the only person he asked 'are you sure?' before the match, or how he thought it was Izuku's plan or we all know the only reason Bakugou is serious when it comes to matches ebcause he couldnt care less if others person gets hurts. People really think that romance would fix the problem with Bakugou. Especially, of all characters, its Ochaco. It doesnt make sense emotionally intelligence girl like Ochaco who was raised with love to fall in love with abusive guy like Bakugou who calls people with nicknames and constantly being rude to them for no reason, instead of kind boys like Izuku, Iida or Shoutoo respects who her as person since the beginning. Only girls who would date with toxic guys are whether they are naive or most likely they are abused at home. Ochaco isnt either of them. And Bakugou already has someone whom he naturally bond, it is Kirishima. Which is why even though i dont personally ship, i think kiribaku makes sense.

And with Bakugou, i dont know. I feel like fandom is kinda protective of his character. You cant make posts about it without being 'anti'. Like, certain part of the fandom treats them as just people who wants Bakugou to suffer, despite the fact that %90 of the 'anti bakugou' fans has problem with writing. Most posts less about 'hatred for character', more about 'writing criticism'. I mean fandom is very comfortable with cricitising Izuku for every single mistake he does, they cant do that with Bakugou too? Izuku becomes copycat for copying Allmight but when Bakugou does, it is cute. Izuku gets hate for telling Shouto, he is kind for forgiving, even though he clearly didnt mean to say not forgiving is unkind while Bakugou shouts at Fuyumi for no reason and he gets away with narrative and fandom. It is really weird how much narrative (and fandom) overlook Bakugou's abuse towards Izuku and the fact that Bakugou has big plot armor.

Recently, i realized there is similar problem with Aizawa and Endeavour too.

Or Someone's comment about how Bakudeku is simiar to spinnaraki. Yeah, i kidna see the parallels but except yknow, Bakugou abused Deku while Shigaraki never once judged or looked down on Spinner and they actually bond because they both feel empty, not forced connection such as 'you two need to learn from each others'. I would say it looks more like Dabi-Spinner dynamic since Dabi is kinda jerk to Spinner but boy still admires Dabi for his power and all, though at least Dabi isnt really bully to him specifically and Bakudeku dynamic is a lot simişlar to Koutaro-Shigaraki dynamic, Bakugou is literally parallels with Endeavour but its not mentioned enough. So yeah, Bakudeku is another forced relationship and worse, it is toxic.

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Basically, Todomomo ship feels forced, unearned and, mostly empty. Supercifical. This story isnt even really about romance whether Shouto or Momo's character isnt about romance at all but in stories, romances can happen but yknow, if its gonna happen, it should be well written. In their cases, well, its not. I would prefer them as good hero partners than as romantic couples.

#anon ask #platonic todomomo #bnha analysis #bnha ship meta #bnha ship analysis #mha meta #anti kacchaco #anti kacchako #anti bakudeku #yaoyorozu momo #todoroki shouto #bnha criticism #writing criticism

[harichan]

sexism is real bc horikoshi can pull some bullshit out of his ass about why toogata’s hero costume doesn’t fall off but yaomomo, a whole child, needs to be drawn with a boob window. 

#bnha #bnha criticism #boku no hero academia #horikoshi kohei #kohei horikoshi #anti horikoshi #momo yaoyorozu #yaoyorozu momo #togata mirio

[villainsandvictimsalliance]

A reminder that Spinner canonically compares himself to Dabi and feels inferior to the rest of the League of Villains.

Part of the reason he allowed AFO to manipulate him is because he wanted to be reliable, as in he wanted to be stronger to be of use to Tomura. So again, he's canonically kinda jealous not only of Dabi's quirk, but of him as a person.

#as much as I'd like to joke about how Spinner is sooo gay for Tomura please acknowledge that this is a critical point in Spinner's character #him feeling unworthy or inferior comes from the discrimination he has faced all his life #he doesn't value himself like he should #and since Tomura is the person who has showed him the most that he matters exactly like he is #Spinner ended up sacrificing everything to save the one friend that has offered to destroy the world for him #AFO did all of that deliberately to break Spinner btw #He saw Spinner's loyalty to Tomura and used it against them #AFO can't allow someone who loves Tomura to be whole and safe #he's like a bad kid with a toy #bnha #mha #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #league of villains #lov #mha spoilers #bnha spoilers #spinner #shuichi iguchi #dabi #touya todoroki #toya todoroki

[pinkypastal]

Fandom please...

#meme #fandom #fandom critical #bnha #genshin impact #childe #tartaglia #batfam #Jason todd #fandom discourse #my art #doctor who #eleventh doctor #raiden shogun #Steven universe #raiden ei #talia al ghul

[pikahlua]

MHA Chapter 416 spoilers translations

This week’s initial tentative super rough/literal translations under the cut.

tagline 1 コミックス40巻4月4日発売‼︎ コミックス40かん4がつ4かはつばい‼︎ KOMIKKUSU 40kan 4gatsu 4ka hatsubai!! Volume 40 release on April 4th!!

tagline 2 No.416　こじ開けろ！緑谷出久‼︎　堀越耕平 ナンバー416　こじあけろ！みどりやいずく‼︎　ほりこしこうへい NANBAA 416  kojiakero! Midoriya Izuku!!  Horikoshi Kouhei No. 416 Pry it open! Izuku Midoriya!! Kouhei Horikoshi

1 待テ まテ maTE "Wait."

2 デクさん… DEKU-san... "Deku-san..."

3 助けないと…‼︎ たすけないと…‼︎ tasukenai to...!! "I have to help...!!"

4 アソコマデ何百キロモアルンダヨ アソコマデなんびゃっキロモアルンダヨ ASOKO MADE nanbya KIRO MO ARUNDA YO "That place is hundreds of kilometers [away]."

5 乗ってきたノで戻れば…！ のってきたノでもどれば…！ notte kita NO de modoreba...! "We rode here, so if I go back...!"

6 荼毘ヤマキアソシテAFO… だびヤマキアソシテオール・フォー・ワン… Dabi YA Makia SOSHITE OORU FOO WAN... "Dabi and Machia, and then All For One..."

7 想定以上ニ戦闘規模ガ広ガリ避難システムニモ影響ガ及ンデイル そうていいじょうニせんとうきぼガひろガリひなんシステムニモえいきょうガおよンデイル soutei ijou NI sentou kibo GA hiroGARII hinan SHISUTEMU NI MO eikyou GA oyoNDE IRU "The scale of the battle spread more than expected, and the effect is reaching the evacuation system."

8 今ハ動カセナイ いまハうごカセナイ ima WA ugoKASENAI "We can't move it now."

9 でも…！ demo...! "But...!"

10 ソレニ… SORE NI... "Additionally..."

1 「巻キ戻シ」エネルギーモ 「まキもどシ」エネルギーモ 「maKImodoSHI」 ENERUGII MO "the Rewind energy"

2 マダ溜マッテナイダロウ マダたマッテナイダロウ MADA taMATTENAI DAROU "hasn't accumulated yet, right?"

3 …行ケタトシテモソレデハ殆ド意味ガ無イ …イケタトシテモソレデハホトンドイミガナイ ...IKETA TO SHITEMO SORE DE WA HOTONDO IMI GA NAI "...Even if you could go, there would almost be no meaning."

4 イレイザーノ時ニワカッタダロウ イレイザーノときニワカッタダロウ IREIZAA NO toki NI WAKATTA DAROU "You understood when [you were with] Eraser, right?"

5 ちょうとダンプカーにひかれたけど相澤先生　元気ダヨ ちょうとダンプカーにひかれたけどあいざわせんせい　げんきダヨ chouto DANPUKAA ni hikareta kedo Aizawa-sensei genki DARO Aizawa-sensei was run over by a dump truck, but he's fine.

6 気持ハ痛イ程ワカルガ きもちハいたイほどワカルガ kimochi WA itaI hodo WAKARU GA "I understand the feeling is painful, but"

7 我々ハ信ジルシカナインダヨ われわれハしんジルシカナインダヨ wareware WA shinJIRU SHIKA NAINDARO "there is nothing we can do but believe."

1 エリちゃんの夢!⁉︎ エリちゃんのゆめ!⁉︎ ERI-chan no yume!!? Eri-chan's dream!!?

2 じゃあ jaa Then,

3 僕も尚更頑張らなくちゃ！ ぼくもなおさらがんばらなくちゃ！ boku mo naosara ganbaranakucha! I have to do my best even more!

4 緑谷兄ちゃんは みどりやにいちゃんは Midoriya-niichan wa "Midoriya-niichan,*" (*Note: This word means "big brother" or is an honorific for a young boy/man a younger person looks up to.)

5 すぐ泣きべソかくんだよ… すぐなきべソかくんだよ… sugu nakibeSO kakunda yo... "his face [looks like] it's about to cry, so he's hiding it..."

1 こうたくん… Kouta-kun... "Kouta-kun..."

2 僕も泣き虫だから…！ ぼくもなきむしだから…！ boku mo nakumushi dakara...! "[I can tell] because I'm a crybaby too...!"

3 兄ちゃんが頑張ってるとね にいちゃんががんばってるとね niichan ga ganbatteru to ne "Big brother (niichan) is doing his best."

4 何かしなきゃって思うんだ なにかしなきゃっておもうんだ nani ka shinakya tte omounda "That's why it feels like we have to do something."

5 おまえがここで休んだら おまえがここでやすんだら omae ga koko de yasundara If you rest here,

6 俺たち元の暮らしに戻るのかよ？ おれたちもとのくらしにもどるのかよ？ ore-tachi moto no kurashi ni modoru no ka yo? will we go back to our old lives?

1 皆がいてくれるから みんながいてくれるから minna ga ite kureru kara Because everyone is here [with me],

2-3 全部取り戻します ぜんぶとりもどします zenbu torimodoshimasu we'll get it all back.

1 物間っ！しっかり‼︎ ものまっ！しっかり‼︎ Monoma! shikkari!! "Monoma! Hang in there!!"

2 緑谷さん…また黒いお姿に…！ みどりやさん…またくろいおすがたに…！ Midoriya-san...mata kuroi osugata ni...! (literal) "Midoriya-san...[his] black form again...!" (contextual) "Midoriya-san...[he's turning into] his dark form again...!"

3 ねえヤオモモ nee YAOMOMO "Hey, Yaomomo."

1 コミックで KOMIKKU de "In comics,"

2 よくあるじゃんね… yoku aru jan ne... "[there's this thing that] happens often..."

3-4 「俺はあいつを信じてる！」ってさ 「おれはあいつをしんじてる！」ってさ 「ore wa aitsu wo shinjiteru!」 tte sa "'I believe in that guy!'"

4 俺とか切島くらいの立ち位置の奴が言うの… おれとかきりしまくらいのたちいちのやつがいうの… ore toka Kirishima kurai no tachi ichi no yatsu ga iu no... "It's something some guy in a role like mine or Kirishima's says."

5 そのような作品にはまだ出逢えてなくて… そのようなさくひんにはまだであえてなくて… sono you na sakuhin ni wa mada deaete nakute... "I haven't come across any works like that yet..."

6 少年系読まんもんね… しょうねんけいよまんもんね… shounen-kei yoman mon ne... "You don't read the shounen genre..."

7 緑谷さ…多分今世界で一番強ェのに… みどりやさ…たぶんいませかいでいちばんつえェのに… Midoriya sa...tabun ima sekai de ichiban tsueE noni... "You see, Midoriya...is probably the strongest person in the world right now, but..."

8 何でだろうなあ… なんでだろうなあ… nande darou naa... "I wonder why..."

9-10 オールマイトみたく"もう大丈夫"って…思えねェんだよなあ… オールマイトみたく"もうだいじょうぶ"って…おもえねェんだよなあ… OORU MAITO mitaku "mou daijoubu" tte...omoeneEnda yo naa... "I can't imagine...that 'it's all right now' like what All Might says..."

11 ヤオモモ…… YAOMOMO...... "Yaomomo......"

12 心配すんのは信用してねェってことになんのかなあ？ しんぱいすんのはしんようしてねェってことになんのかなあ？ shinpai sun no wa shinyou shite neE tte koto ni nan no ka naa? "Does my worrying mean I don't believe in him?"

1 そう‼︎予断を許さない負傷者から！ そう‼︎よだんをゆるさないふしょうしゃから！ sou!! yodan wo yurusanai fushousha kara! "Yes!! From an unpredictable injured person!"

2 雄英の子‼︎グラビティみたいな名前の…わかんない！とりあえず　すぐ着くから‼︎ ゆうえいのこ‼︎グラビティみたいななまえの…わかんない！とりあえず　すぐつくから‼︎ yuuei no ko!! GURABITI mitai na namae no...wakannai! toriaezu sugu tsuku kara!! "A UA kid!! The one with a name like Gravity...I don't know! Anyways, [we'll] be there soon!!"

3 雄英ロボが向かっているそうです ゆうえいロボがむかっているそうです yuuei ROBO ga mukatte iru sou desu "It looks like the UA robots are on their way."

4 グラビティって子が危ないみたい グラビティってこがあぶないみたい GURABITI tte ko ga abunai mitai "It looks like the Gravity kid is in danger."

5 あ a "Ah!"

6 おい oi "Hey!"

7 緑谷の映像来てるぞ何じゃコリャ みどりやのえいぞうきてるぞなんじゃコリャ Midoriya no eizou kiteru zo nan ja KORYA "The video of Midoriya is coming, what the hell is this?"

8 今はいいので早く！ いまはいいのではやく！ ima wa ii node hayaku! "It's fine now, so hurry!"

9 ウラビティ…… URABITI...... Uravity......

10 あの子だ…… あのこだ…… ano ko da...... It's that kid......

1 もしも moshimo If

2-3 もしも全員が少しだけ"みんな"のことを思えたなら もしもぜんいんがすこしだけ"みんな"のことをおもえたなら moshimo zen'in ga sukoshi dake "minna" no koto wo omoeta nara If all of us could think of "everyone," just a little bit

1 何で私が緑谷についたか なんでわたしがみどりやについたか nande watashi ga Midoriya ni tsuita ka "Why did I head for Midoriya?"

2 あいつは aitsu wa "Because that guy"

3 心をこじ開けるんだ こころをこじあけるんだ kokoro wo kojiakerunda "pries open hearts."

small text 1 レディ・ナガン REDI ・ NAGAN Lady Nagant

small text 2 元・ヒーロー敵 もと・ヒーローヴィラン moto ・ HIIROO VIRAN Former Hero/Villain

small text 1 プロヒーロー・ロックロック PURO HIIROO ・ ROKKU ROKKU Pro Hero Rock Lock

4 悪人にとって あくにんにとって akunin ni totte "For the bad guys,"

5-6 一番嫌な事をしてくるんだよ いちばんいやなことをしてくるんだよ ichiban iya na koto wo shite kurunda yo "he's come to do what they can't stand the most."

7 まァ maA "Well,"

8 敵退治はいかに早く戦意喪失させるかだからな ヴィラン(たいじ*)はいかにはやくせんいそうしつさせるかだからな VIRAN taiji wa ikani hayaku sen'i soushitsu saseru ka dakara na "the key to eliminating villains is how quickly you make them lose the will to fight, that's why." (Note: This line was originally spoken by Fatgum in chapter 134.)

9 多分 たぶん tabun "Perhaps"

10 今もそうなんだ いまもそうなんだ ima mo sou nanda "now is also like that."

11 勧善懲悪を徹しきれない かんぜんちょうあくをてっしきれない kanzenchouaku wo tesshi kirenai "It's not enough to devote himself to rewarding good and punishing evil."

12 茨の道に夢を見てる いばらのみちにゆめをみてる ibara no michi ni yume wo miteru "He's dreaming on a path of thorns."

13 その面があまりに必死なもんだからーーー そのつらがあまりにひっしなもんだからーーー sono tsura ga amari ni hisshi na mon dakara--- "That aspect of him is so desperate* that---" (*Note: This word in Japanese means that this aspect of Izuku is something that he does "desperately, frantically, with all his might.")

1 ついつい応援したくなっちまう ついついおうえんしたくなっちまう tsuitsui ouen shitaku nacchimau "against my better judgment, I want to root for him."

2 がんばれ ganbare "Do your best!"

1 来るなあ くるなあ kuru naa (literal) "Don't come!" (contextual) "Stay back!"

2 やめろ yamero "Stop,"

3 転弧 てんこ Tenko "Tenko!"

tagline デクの前に現れたのは⁉︎ デクのまえにあらわれたのは⁉︎ DEKU no mae ni arawareta no wa!? What has appeared in front of Deku!?

1-3 あの家から連なる全ての崩壊だ あのいえからつらなるすべてのほうかいだ ano ie kara tsuranaru subete no houkai da The decay of everything extending from that house.

#my hero academia leak translations #mha 416 #bnha 416 #my hero academia manga spoilers #final arc spoilers #the foreshadowing in this chapter is reaching critical mass #horikoshi i don't think you could look into the camera any harder even if you wanted to

[delawaredetroit]

As I've said, Aizawa as a character demonstrates the false rationality of emotional men who have rationalized to themselves that all of their decisions/opinions are the most logical and everyone else is irrational/emotional.

What do I mean and why these panels? Torture doesn't work for intelligence. And logically speaking, how much would pain motivate a guy covered head to toe in self-inflicted third degree burns. Regardless of his rationalizations, Aizawa was breaking Dabi's arms here to feel more in control and because he felt afraid.

To be fair, at least Horikoshi didn't reward his actions here, as Aizawa doesn't get anymore useful intelligence than what the League wanted him to know anyway.

#bnha reread #bnha 77 #bnha #aizawa shouta #aizawa critical #dabi #todoroki touya

[sapphic-agent]

In relation to your (awesome) write up of Izuku, I want to address the victim blaming (I'm not sure if that's the right word, but I honestly can't think of anything else) that both the narrative and parts of the fandom tend to place on him.

Bakugou bullies Izuku due to his Quirklessness? Well, obviously Izuku didn't properly communicate his feelings with him, so he gets the blame for that!

Aizawa refuses to give Izuku the time of day outside of criticisms and putdowns? Well, obviously Izuku's refusing to properly get a handle on OFA, so the Problem Child nickname is warranted!

Sir Nighteye takes Izuku as an intern with the sole purpose of breaking down his confidence to the point that he gives up OFA? Well, he was being selfish in offering Mirio OFA (an actual take I saw) and Mirio was way better anyway!

Recovery Girl witholds medical treatment from Izuku? Well, it's his own fault for not having control over OFA!

I would certainly call it victim blaming, especially in regards to Bakugou.

The characters, plot, and fans have a tendency to try to make it as though Izuku is an active participant in his and Bakugou's rivalry. Except he isn't. He has stated multiple times that he doesn't want to compete with Bakugou. He doesn't provoke Bakugou, he barely talks to him prior to D vs K part 2. But for some reason, Bakugou's aggression towards him is a problem that he has to take blame for.

Every single time, it's been Bakugou who's instigated a confrontation between them. And yet for some reason, Izuku is the one who has to take responsibility. He's the one who has to figure out how to get Bakugou to cooperate. Everyone, Aizawa especially, makes it out like Izuku is part of the problem when he never did anything wrong.

The Problem Child nickname came about right before the Shie Hassakai Raid because Aizawa claimed he couldn't trust Izuku after Kamino. But you know what a major problem with this is? Kirishima is right in the room with them. Kirishima was also part of that rescue plan, in fact it was his idea. So why is Izuku being the only one scolded for it? Why is he the Problem Child?

Idk what Aizawa has against Izuku, but no matter what the kid does he's wrong in his eyes.

I think people really miss the point of Mirio's character. Yes, he would have made a fine holder. But Mirio is someone who's worked hard to master the quirk he was born with. He took pride in what he was given and I would say he even loved his quirk. He would have never taken OFA even if All Might did choose him because he doesn't want anyone else's power, he's content with the one he put years of work into.

That's literally what Sir Nighteye realizes as he dies. That Mirio deserves to be looked at as more than a potential successor to All Might. That he's his own hero.

But that doesn't make Izuku selfish. This is such a bizarre take because I would say this makes him selfless. He was willing to give up his dream so that Mirio could still live out his because Mirio was a true hero. He was doing what he thought was the right thing.

Recovery Girl is the only one I can kind of defend here. She was trying to push Izuku into being more careful with and mindful of his body. That being said, she went about it in the entirely wrong way. As not only a pro hero but a school nurse, it's her job to help anyone she can recover. It's not her right to pick and choose. And Izuku was put into situations where it was entirely unavoidable. It was either break his arms or him and Kota both die. He didn't have a lot of choices.

I think a lot of this comes from the idea that Izuku is a Gary Stu (false) so Horikoshi constantly gives him flack from other characters

#anti bakugou katsuki #anti shota aizawa #bnha criticism #mha critical #izuku deserves better

[obsidianstrawberrymilk]

Rewatching S1E8 it's a shame Kaminari (and everyone else) didn't keep that same attitude when it came to Bakugo. Maybe if everyone had made it more clear he was a piece of shit he would've actually had development.

#mha #mha citical #my hero academia #my hero academia critical #bnha #bnha critical #boku no hero academia #boku no hero academia critical #bnha criticism #boku no hero academia criticism #mha criticism #my hero academia criticism #denki kaminari #kaminari denki #bakugo katsuki #anti bakugo #anti katsuki bakugou #class 1a

[gartenofbanny]

This blog is going to be something new, so if you were expecting a HB or HH Critique, don't worry it's coming. Today I'm really going to criticize MHA and something I didn't like in My Hero Academia's War Arc that being, Midnight's Death.

The War Arc in MHA isn't the perfect Arc and in my opinion, isn't really my favorite arc either. There were stakes and potential in this arc that were erased later on such as Deku's arms, but there's one thing in this arc that I didn't like and that's Midnight's death.

Midnight isn't my favorite character, but I knew that she is a fan favorite and she's one of the teachers in UA High that has a lot of screen time. I believe she's only behind Aizawa and technically Toshinori Yagi (All Might), but you guys are all free to correct me on that. I read the manga and when I first saw Midnight die, legitimately I was mad and my anger honestly fueled up more once the manga continued. At first, I was mad that she died, but now I'm just mad that she had a pretty bad death and wasn't even mentioned later on. So I'm gonna start with what I don't like the most.

She died by random villains

Midnight died by some random ass villains that we never heard of and she was seemingly jumped by them as well. I know people die in wars and I know that you can't expect everyone to live, but come on. She's one of the more developed characters in MHA if you count Vigilantes and was in MHA since the beginning, yet you let her die by random villains that we don't even know the names of?

With how powerful Class 1-A or Class 1-B is, I'm pretty sure that the stronger or even the at least average members of those classes are able to beat up those villains. I am aware that Midnight was injured, but her quirk literally allows people to fall asleep with the effect working stronger on men. And what gender were the villains that jumped her? All male. Yes two of them had a gas mask, but Midnight does have combat skills aside from her quirk.

So that's one complaint, let's move onto another

Minor Characters have had better-written deaths than Midnight

For this argument, I'm just going to bring up one character that in all honesty had a better and more understandable death than Midnight and that character is Crust. Crust is the 6th highest-ranked hero in Japan and he died after saving Aizawa due to the speed of Shigaraki's decay quirk catching up to him.

Now this death is pretty understandable as Shigaraki is one of the most powerful characters in MHA and his quirk is immediate death once it makes contact with you. So why am I comparing these two deaths? Well, Crust's death makes sense while Midnight's doesn't. She fell from a tall height and was also possibly crushed by the debris that Mr. Compress spawned and was injured as a result then she was jumped by some villains she most definitely could've defeated unless those villains are powerful too. That's fine and well until you realize that Izuku completely shattered his arms and was still able to fight, Bakugo was impaled and even tried to fight, and Mr. Compress had a chunk of his torso missing and still tried to fight.

So why should her death make sense when there are characters that had more damage inflicted on them and survived? Crust's death made sense because he was disintegrated and his quirk couldn't counter Decay, meanwhile, Midnight was jumped while injured and possibly didn't even defeat the villains that jumped her. So onto my next complaint.

She was barely brought up after the war

Midnight was never really mentioned or even bought up after the War Arc which is honestly pretty disappointing. Midnight wasn't brought up again past the War Arc despite the fact that Aizawa was her best friend since their teenage years and Mina and Momo were her students she had a close bond with. I won't be elaborating further here because I'll go into manga spoilers. Onto my next complaint

Characters that should've died, didn't

Many other major characters in My Hero Academia who have suffered through fatal wounds and injuries that should've killed them, did not die. Yet Midnight who at most was injured by Mr. Compress was killed by being jumped by a bunch of villains that we don't even know. There are a couple of instances where characters should've died, but they didn't, and I'm gonna use the most popular instance. Bakugo was impaled by Shigaraki/AFO in multiple areas yet he was still alive and even tried to fight throughout the War Arc. There's no way that Shigaraki/AFO intentionally or unintentionally missed any vital organs that Bakugo was stabbed through, yet he survived and even had some energy left to fight.

Gran Torino should've straight up died when Shigaraki plunged his fist into the old man's abdomen but it's revealed that he was alive and was injured. Ok wait, Gran Torino was able to survive getting impaled by Shigaraki but Sir Nighteye wasn't able to survive getting impaled by a sharp stone?

Pixie Bob honestly should've died too when Shigaraki's decay wave caught up to them. Yeah, she can manipulate the Earth around her, but how can she manipulate something that's being disintegrated.

Also, Gran Torino points out that even a small speck of the debris can disintegrate someone upon contact, it's wildly convenient that Pixie Bob wasn't even touched by the decaying debris.

This can also extend to a certain villain, Mr. Compress who had a chunk of his torso missing and was knocked out by Mirio. However he didn't die despite the fact that a chunk of his torso missing, he likely lost a lot of blood, and he could've been in shock. So he really could've died in three separate ways, but he didn't.

So remind me again why those characters didn't die, but Midnight did? Well, I have a reason why.

Killed for shock

Yeah, I believe Midnight was killed for shock value, similar to why Bakugo was presumed to be dead in that same arc, shock value. Midnight was inflicted wounds that other characters could survive, she wasn't brought up either by the students or Aizawa or Present Mic in the future, and she just died from characters we've never heard of.

I wouldn't have minded if Midnight died, but give us a long-term impactful and understandable death and not a short-term semi-impactful and BS death. Anyway, thank you all for reading this blog and I hope you all have a nice day! ❤️

#mha critical #mha criticism #mha #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #mha critique #bnha critical #bnha #bnha criticism

[class1akids]

Act 3 Fumbles in the Todoroki arc

The decision to keep Endeavor alive with no clear narrative plan came with some terrible writing fumbles in Act 3 of the Todoroki arc which walked back previously established themes and failed to deliver on certain set-ups.

Off-screening Rei's reunion with Shoto.

Saving Rei from the hospital was Shoto's starting line back in Ch 44. After 250+ chapters of visits and letters, it was a huge milestone for him to see her out of the hospital and would have deserved a proper highlight and dialogue. Yet it was off-screened in favor of Endeavor getting the reunion scene.

2. Spreading the blame for Toya to Natsuo and Fuyumi who are victims and children themselves

In a clunky attempt of parallels between the passive civilians of hero society, Natsuo and Fuyumi incomprehensibly are being framed as part of the blame for Touya's escalation.

3. Walking back the Act 2 narrative of all victim responses are valid in favor of "it's heroic to prop up your abuser"

Instead of having Hawks feel bad about killing Twice, he was used as a prop to call into question the victim's right to walk away by making it seem as if he's done something wrong by cutting off the parents who abused and sold him.

Shoto's choice is valid, but he shouldn't be pitted against other victim responses.

4. Focusing only on Endeavor's side of the fall-out for the scandal, while off-screening the impact on Shouto and only making coy references to it

It's convenient to hide the implied backlash at Shouto. Since his feelings never matter in relation to his family. His POV conveniently focuses on his friends helping him.

5. Endeavor failing to step up for his family gets excused constantly, and turning everyone into Endeavor's cheerleader, while not having anyone anything to say about the abuse.

This was personally for me awful to watch how Hori kept using characters to shill for Endeavor, and did not make a single effort at an honest condemnation.

6. Endeavor never delivers on becoming a father - in fact, Shouto spends Act 3 playing parent to Endeavor and carrying his burden and his arc of emancipation is invalidated as he gets no real choice

Shoto's arc was about freedom to decide who he wants to be. The emancipation cannot really happen though. He is bound by Endeavor's abuse, toxic legacy and past. While his peers rise into incredible heights, Shouto is condemned to pick up the pieces after Endeavor fails to step up.

Endeavor's arc was leading to a moment where he would choose to be a father over a hero. The moment never comes. Endeavor breaks every promise he made to the family, his solution for Touya is to kill him and has to propped up and saved by his victims throughout Act 3. He never gives them anything.

7. Endeavor gets a bonus fight he doesn't need then sits back and waits while all the victims step up to save him and Toya. He gets no consequence at all for breaking his promise to the family since it would invalidate Shoto's arc of "family hero".

See above. Endeavor's fight with AFO is cool aesthetics and lots of internal pain. What it doesn't do is to step up for the family.

8. Shouto's fight in 352 has a clear narrative vision and strong, beautiful visuals, yet it gets invalidated for Round 2 which is a mess of short chapters that need heavy revision.

I'm convinced 352 was the original ending for Shouto vs Touya. It has a strong visual and great focus on their themes as brothers.

9. By contast, Todoroki Shoto: Rising in fact in the weekly version had not a single strong visual for Shouto

Clearly Hori had no idea what point he wanted to make about Shouto. We don't really learn anything new about him - he steps up when Endeavor fails, like every time before. I'm still incredibly angry about this fumble. In fact, Hori doesn't really know what to do with this Todoroki family which has to embrace its abuser in order to save its "villain" without the abuser ever stepping up or giving anything back to the family and especially to Shouto. Even the masterpiece line which could be read as a reproach to Endeavor is scrapped.

10. Ending the Todoroki climax on Endeavor's word is an awful disservice to Shouto as a character, which is why I fervently hope this is not the end for Shouto who deserves much better.

He doesn't even get to say anything.

By keeping Endeavor alive without a plan, Horikoshi couldn't stick the landing of the Todoroki arc.

Sure, he has some cool visuals, but the overall message is terrible. In Act 3, the victims take on the burden of the abuser who keeps doing the same thing as he's always done: run away and play hero.

To make matters worse, the narrative is at most half-hearted in calling Endeavor out for this, and rather uses characters to shill for his heroic qualities.

The rebuilding of the family is hangs on the victims (apart from Touya) never getting to voice their feelings. In order to heal, not only they have to save their villain, but they have to embrace their abuser, who in turn doesn't have to do anything for them.

#bnha critical #endeavor #bnha meta #todoroki shouto #todoroki touya #dabi #todoroki rei

[shadowed-dancer]

Horikoshi recently revealed that Endeavor was supposed to die during the PLF war and that honestly validates something I've been feeling but couldn't quite articulate: "Horikoshi doesn't know who the central Todoroki is" (or he does, but he changed it halfway through to the worse option)

Endeavor dying would have been AMAZING if Shoto were the central character in the Todoroki subplot. The main reason this is so is that Endeavor would be out of the way. Shoto would have full reigns on how he wants to handle Touya (the "final villain" of the Todoroki subplot), and the rest of the family can play a role in this as a supporting cast.

However, Shoto is NOT the central character in the Todoroki subplot. Or, at least, he used to be, but he's not anymore. He's not allowed to have a final fight with Touya because Touya needs to still confront Endeavor. Regardless of how that fight ends, whether it's Shoto saving his brother or knocking him out, Shoto isn't allowed to end the conflict until Touya and Endeavor interact.

At the start of the series, it was really obvious that Shoto was the central figure (and was our pov character) for his family drama. During the sports festival, HE'S the one who shared the backstory. The flashbacks are framed around what HE saw. HE is the one taking a step forward to fix his family, and it starts with reconciling with his mom. At this point, Endeavor is what I'll call "the instigator". He is the cause for the family drama, and though we may not know Touya at this point, Endeavor has already released the future final boss of the subplot into the world.

In the Pro Hero arc, Endeavor becomes his own central figure as a pov character into the world of pros. He then overlaps with the Todoroki subplot by wanting to atone and remove himself from the role of the instigator. The thing is, he can't. What was done cannot be undone, and the most he can do at this point is try to make things better for his family moving forward. At this point, he and Shoto can coexist as central figures because the final boss has not yet been introduced.

The second Touya confirmed his identity, either Endeavor or Shoto had to stop being the central figure. Having Touya need to fight two heroes before being able to come to any end just feels sloppy, and since Shoto was given the first fight, it makes him seem like the less important figure. Even Touya doesn't care! He spends a good chunk of the fight talking about how he'd rather fight Endeavor. This makes Endeavor into the central figure as he is now the one to end the fight. HE'S the one the final boss has been waiting for, not Shoto.

The thing is, this started as Shoto's story, so it would have made sense for it to end as Shoto's story as well. Even if it meant killing Endeavor to force Shoto to be the ONLY central figure (probably to Touya's dismay) it would have allowed Shoto the space he needed to lead the ending he deserved, rather than be pushed to a side character.

TL;DR Endeavor surviving forced Shoto into the role of a supporting character in a plot line that started as SHOTO'S plot line.

#bnha #bnha spoilers #bnha critical #shoto todoroki #touya todoroki #dabi #enji todoroki #endeavor #bnha meta