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6, 12, 21, 24 for salty asks
Omg thank you for sending me an ask I Love talking abt my opinions (+ Iâm procrastinating rn lmao)!!
6. Has fandom ever made you enjoy a pairing you previously hated?
I donât know about hated, since most of the bnha ships I hate I hate for very specific reasons & they make me uncomfortable to the point where I have the tags filtered, but the fandom has sold me on a surprising number of bakugou ships (bakukami, bakusero, shinbaku, etc), which is kinda surprising since I stillâŠdonât really like bakugou lol.
12. Is there an unpopular character you like that the fandom doesnât? Why?
I mean he was in the top 40 in the most recent popularity poll, but I absolutely havenât forgotten how a large portion of the fandom used to hate Monoma, to the point where he was frequently headcanoned as an awful person and made a bigot and a bully in fics even though there is absolutely no evidence to support that (HATE that btw) :/ Like yeah heâs antagonistic towards class a, but 1) he just wants his classâs skill to be recognized since class a and b werenât divided by skill and yet 1a gets all the attention (and yes I know that this is bc traumatic stuff is always happening to them so he shouldnât blame them for it, but itâs still unfair to class 1b, especially because whether they like or hate class 1a most people seem to play into it, including present mic at the sports festival, which is supposed to be their hero debut but hardly anyoneâs paying attention to them), 2) bkg was an asshole to not only class 1b but also the whole school and acted like he was better than them all, so a little bit of his hatred is justified, 3) he was bullied growing up bc people didnât like his quirk and told he wasnât useful by himself, and most people donât (or at least didnât) acknowledge that, and 4) heâs actually a really sweet person when not interacting with class 1a, but even within the manga people assume heâs just straight up a horrible person (I love mirio but why would he tell eri that monoma was âthe dark side of uaâ?!?!? Especially since he immediately proved him wrong by toning down his theatrics a bit and being so sweet and gentle with eri). In conclusion, I love monoma & he deserves better treatment >:/
I also really like Hagakure people hate her bc she doesnât do much but she has a lot of potential as a character itâs just that horikoshi doesnât care about writing women so people donât care about her cause sheâs not that deep in canon but I care & Iâm making her that deep <3
21. What are your thoughts on crack ships?
Honestly for the most part I love them I think theyâre fun <3 I donât always ship them but sometimes I do (saw Iida/Monoma once in a fic and now I think abt that regularly. I also rlly like Hatsume/Melissa, bc imagine how powerful they would be together) and in general since I think shipping is just for fun and doesnât have to be that deep, I totally support crack ships (except if theyâre nasty ofc but that goes for all kinds of ships)
24. Would you recommend XXX to a friend? Why or why not?
I have recommended bnha to friends before and absolutely would again not because I think itâs the best piece of media ever (or even that itâs good a lot of the time) but because I hate it and I love it and I have brain worms about it and my policy is âif Iâm suffering my friends have to tooâ. Of course I wouldnât recommend it to every single friend, and Iâd tell them the problems with it beforehand (when I introduced Elliot to bnha I made a 39 slide PowerPoint abt it that was like 75% me ranting about my favs & 25% me ranting abt the stuff I hated about it lmao), but I absolutely would recommend it to people who I thought would actually watch it. I would tell them I hate and love it so they can make their own decisions, but I like talking abt it too much to not recommend it to people <3
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My Top 10 Todobakudeku Moments
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So a while back I did a post about the OT3 moments of Baku/Deku/Ocha, since iâd noticed a bunch of em. But since weâre in the Todobakudeku arc in the manga right now, I figured Iâd do another one for the OT3, especially since Iâve made posts about Top 10 moments for each component (a whole whopping 40 in total for BKDK, since I had 2 lists of 20). These three are basically considered the three MCs of BNHA, and I may as well talk about the bits that throw âem all together.
BTW Iâm pretty sure this current arc will add about ten more to the list so this is a preemptive strike for now.Â
#10. What about our extra lessons?
Episode 61Â âDeku vs Kacchan Part 2âł
What happens; After the big BKDK blowout, Todoroki takes the time to ask Bakugou if heâs still gonna have time for their extra lessons. Bakugo gets annoyed and yammers about how this has nothing to do with Shoto.
Why I Like It: Both Ochaco and Shoto throw their hats into the ring after the big blowout in terms of their role in the rivalry; on the one hand, this looks like Katsuki telling Shoto to butt out of their Rivalry bromance...but it still means we highlight Shotoâs place in this group, nonetheless.
#9. "Perceptive and Denseâ
Chapter 217Â âOne for All and All for Oneâ
What Happens: MANGA SPOILERS Shoto goes up to Deku to ask him about his new power and how he apparently lied to him about having multiple quirks. Deku comes up with a plausible lie, while Bakugo rolls his eyes at Shotoâs inability to get it.
Why I Like it: After a big BKDK chapter, where we see their new dynamic, Shoto again pops up to remind us that he has a stake in this part of the story: he has a connection to Midoriya, and now to Bakugo, that is important to his personal growth. Also it does, as fans pointed out, look like a shot out of TDBKDK doujin.
#8. Locker room Challenge & Obstacle Race
Episode 15-16Â âRoaring Sports Festivalâ/âIn their Own Quirky Waysâ
What Happens: Shoto goes over to Deku and challenges him. Bakugou gets rather jealous of this and insists that Shoto âdeclared war on the wrong personâ. Deku surpasses them both, coming in first place by jumping on their backs and riding the wave.
Why I like it: This is kind of the official âbeginningâ of TDBKDK as a thing, since before this Todoroki just kinda exisited in tandem with the Wonder Duo instead of being a part of their rivalry thang. Itâs not entirely clear how this triangle works - is Bakugou jealous because Deku picked another rival or because Todoroki isnât interested in him? Is Deku more keen to surpass one or the other? Would Todoroki challenge Kacchan if Deku wasnât connected with All Might? Itâs not so simple.
#7. âHow sad, Todoroki Shotoâ
Episode 45Â âWhat a Twistâ
What Happens: Knowing that the LOV wants to kidnap Kacchan, Todoroki, Deku and some other people band together to save him. In the moment of his kidnapping, itâs both Deku and poor, frantic Shoto who fail to save him, highlighted by âhow sad, Todoroki Shotoâ and âDonât come, Dekuâ.
Why I Like It: While everyone in Class A is protective of Bakugou in this arc, Todoroki and Deku go the few steps beyond into Shippy territory. Not only do we have Shoto take the time to express his concern for Deku in the ep before this, but we also have Todorokiâs uber-protective giant-ice-wall attack on Compress, Dekuâs âGive him backâ, and this final, devastating failure, to remind us of the reciprocal OT3-ness of them. Nicely played.Â
#6. Hideout Raid Arc
Episodes 46-50
What happens. Following the aforementioned failure, Deku and Shoto are among the most gung-ho of all Class A to go do the incredibly stupid and reckless thing and save him. When he is before them again, they both move in sync to save him, with Iida having to stop them both. Thanks to Dekuâs planning, they succeed.Â
Why I Like It: Continued mostly from the appeal of the previous one, but this one has: Todobaku (Todoroki risking everything to save Kacchan), Tododeku (Todoroki and Midoriya moving in sync to save him) and of course BKDK all over the place (âI canât help feeling I have to save himâ âYouâre the most concerned of allâ âDonât give up All Mightâ, etc.) Itâs very nice and circular.Â
#5. Deku vs Todoroki
Episode 23Â âShoto Todoroki Originâ/chapters 38-40
What Happens: Midoriya gets furious at Shoto for holding back on him, because everyone else, including OP bosses like Kacchan, is using everything theyâve got to win. Channelling Baku, Deku refuses to lose, and eventually does the âYour powerâ thing, which makes Todoroki have his big epiphany moment and change forever. And throughout it all, we cut back to Bakugou, reminding us of his role in this whole thing.Â
Why I Like It: Well, obviously first and foremost because âDEKU VS TODOROKI OMGâ. But for TDBKDK, this is another one that just keeps them all inside each otherâs orbits in this pivotal moment. Bakugo is deeply interested and invested in Todorokiâs deal. BKDK show their mind-mates sync think when they talk together, like they just know everything. And of course itâs the #1 big TDDK moment. But significantly, the inspiration on Dekuâs side is a very Kacchan-like moment of âtake me seriouslyâ from him.Â
#4. Bakugo vs Todoroki
Episode 25Â âTodoroki vs Bakugouâ/Chapters 43-45
What Happens: Where to start? Bakugou and Todoroki brooding over Deku in the prep room; Todo losing his spark post Deku-match and Baku being jealous, Baku yelling about how thereâs no point in not doing better than Deku, Deku cheering Todoroki on to do his best and Baku appreciating it...itâs more like five moments but Iâm counting it as one.Â
Why I like It: So much TDBKDK vibe in this one. Bakugo needs to do better than Deku and wants respect from Todoroki. Deku wants Bakugo to get his respect and Todoroki to take care of himself. Todoroki feels guilty for hurting Bakugo and comes alive at encouragement from Midoriya. They all kinda benefit from each other in ways that go in all 3 directions.Â
#3. Wanna come intern with me? (MANGA SPOILERS!!)
Chapter 242Â âMerry Christmasâ
What Happens: Todoroki notices how Midoriya and Bakugou both have nowhere to intern. He offers to let them come learn from the #1 with him.
Why I Like It: This one is pure, fanservice-y fun, though it did set the direction for this new arc. But while there isnât too much BKDK in this one, outside of their posing, Todoroki noticing his two bfs issues and offering them a way out is just pure peak Shoto. Heâs so nice, yaâll, and he cares so much about both Deku AND Kacchan at this point. If you donât believe me on that one...
2. Training with these Guys (MANGA SPOILERS)
Chapter 247Â âProgress Checkâ
What Happens: Todoroki, relaying his backstory after Deku and Kacchan already gave theirs, explains how his entire perspective was changed âby fighting with these guysâ - not just Midoriya, but both of them. He makes it very clear that theyâve changed his life.
Why I Like It: This chapter also has some bKDK-y goodness in it too, since Baku flashes back to his adorable childhood with Deku in his motivation monologue. But here, Todoroki firmly establishes how much both characters mean to him, how theyâve affected him. I love that little correction, too, as he reminds himself thereâs other people he cares about too.Â
BONUS:
#1. Todorokiâs Backstory
Episode 19/Season 2 Episode 6Â âThe Boy born with Everythingâ/Chapter 31
What Happens: Todoroki tells Deku his backstory and Bakugo overhears.Â
Why I Like It: Iâm a big sucker for âI know your secretâ stuff. This one has Todoroki opening up to Deku about his tragic life, which Bakugou also over hears, making these two the only people who know what Todorokiâs real deal is and therefore able to help him through with it. Bakugo followed them there, either to follow Deku or Shoto or really both, and gets a wake-up call from hearing the extremes this can bring. Deku thinks of Kacchan when he thinks of âthose who have helped meâ and tells Todoroki the best version of his backstory he can. Itâs just...such a reciprocal moment.Â
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Omg, omg, omg!! Sorry, those were little bkdk squeals. Alright, this is amazing. First of all, I love Katsuki having the freaking walrus sized balls to walk up to these two and demand to be included in their personal business just because he knows the secret. Like, just because he knows the secret doesnât mean he needs to be told this! But he knows itâs important and wants to be in the know for, I think, not entirely selfish reasons. Also, Bakugou is actually pretty astute in social situations, even if he usually does his own asshole thing anyway. He says here that it looks bad that the two of them are talking privately in front of everyone like thisâwhich it totally does. Thereâs a frame earlier where Mina comments on it and everything. So I wonder if he thinks that it looks less suspicious if heâs allowed to walk up and take part, since no oneâs ever noticed him having a strange relationships with All Might or anything. I honestly bet that he does and I love, love, love that.
Also, I just freaking love his winter costume.
Sorry, just the previous panel wasnât enough XD I have to include All Might saying that this is Katsuki showing that he cares BECAUSE IT IS. I mean, I know that heâs being an asshole in this panel but, you know, we get to see Katsuki in his old, yelling ways but Dekuâs not afraid of it. And Katsuki sees that heâs not afraid of it now, and it no longer throws him into a rage. This is his usual assholishnessânot the unbridled rage that used to make him wanna destroy Deku. And he was showing he cared in the previous panel by treating Deku like a rival which, you know, is kind of their dream relationship. Them being amazing rivals is everything I want for them.
Omg, I did NOT see this coming. Not the content of this panelâIâll talk about that in a secâbut getting more backstory at all in this moment. I almost couldnât tell that this was a different scene than the old one with baby Shou vomiting, but the next panel shows his scar. Itâs another scene with the exact same treatment. Oof. This was his every day (or every week at least) for how many years? And still, heâs willing to see how Endeavor can change at this point? He only sees his mom as the victim that heâs holding this grudge over?
But this line about Touya. Itâs actually really funny because my friend has only seen bnha up to the Forest Training arc (she sucks, I know, Iâm trying to wear her down) but even before that, she had guessed the Dabi is a Todoroki theory. BEFORE FOREST TRAINING. She had guessed that he was a Todoroki just from the flame quirk. And she figured that his skin was like that because he had a constitution like Reiâs, and that his flames were stronger because they were blue. She guessed it beat for beat and I was like durrr. Iâm the worst at guessing things. If it werenât for the fact that the moment I went on the internet I saw content in every direction about the Dabi theory but it would have never occurred to me otherwise. Never.
Okay, I LOVE this too. Is Shouto asking âdid I?â (in regards to looking troubled during his flashback) because 1. heâs so desensitized by and used to compartmentalizing these memories that heâs blocked off all emotion towards them and doesnât know why his face would have shown anything or 2. he thinks heâs better at hiding it? Probably 1, right? But the fact that Iida notices! Because, yeah, Ojirouâs rightâShouto has a practiced pokerface. But this is such a good callback to the results of the Stain arc and Iida having that keen eye for these types of things nowâfor Shouto especiallyâand asking if anythingâs wrong. I mean, I kind of hate people asking if somethingâs wrong in public because, yo, I wouldnât tell you here, but still. The real shame, though, is that Shouto does think itâs nothing. Even in private, he wouldnât feel the need to share. My poor baby T^T
Overall: Okay, omg, this chapter was a BIG fave. Iâm shook. One day Iâll have to search all my documents to take note of all the chapters Iâve said were my favorites so that I can have those all on hand, but this one makes the list. We have the awesome bkdk (again, I donât want bkdk to be canon, but you can pry all the canon hints from my cold, dead hands) and we have more Todoroki backstory. Also, we get some GREAT facial expressions from Shouto. Love, love.
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I read Honenuki got in through recommendation like todoroki and yaoyorozu why do you think he ended up in class B instead of A?
Oh, Iâm pretty sure the sorting is somewhat casual - I say somewhat because I think the classes are made trying to keep the overall strength balanced between the two groups, but thatâs about it? Itâs not like class A is inherently better than class B just because theyâre called âAâ, itâs mentioned more than once during the story that the potential should be overall the same and the only difference is the battle experience class A has
Anon said:holy shit I lose my shit bc of that text of yours. I mean I knew already how the case was between Baku and Kiri, but it still hit my heart to read that all in one text. I'm so blessed welp X'D
I nearly cried while writing it so guess what youâre not alone anon we can cry together ( Ő± Ì„Ì„Ì„ ïŸ Ő± Ì„Ì„Ì„ )
Anon said:Â I started watching BNHA because I love your art and I wanted to understand it (came for Haikyuu!! stayed for everything) and oh wow I'm only 7eps in so far but I really like it!!!! Thank you! Your art is incredible keep up the good work! : D
Anon said:Franeri-san, do you read the BnHA spin-off Vigilante? They showed Iida's big bro!
I read the first chapter back when it came out and nothing else, but youâre the second person to mention it to me in one day so I guess Iâll have to give it a proper try!!!! And if Tensei is there then itâs definitely worth it!!! *O*
Anon said:Hi! How are you today? I hope you are well! I just wanted to let you know that I use to be strictly a kats.udeku shipper, but ever since I saw your work (and a few others) I have become multishipping trash, so thank you. Also, I know you've been having it tough with demands and reposts, so Im sorry, and hope you stay happy and healthy.
B O I thank you!!!!!! *O* I hope youâre well and youâll keep on being well too, anon!!!!
Anon said:OMG!!!! Shinsou and Izuku look sooooo adorable in your style!! What do you think of them as a pairing?
I SHIP IT - actually every time I go through their fight I remember I ship it and then after a while I sorta forget until I read it again, itâs interesting probably I just have too many Deku ships lmao
Anon said:let me just take a moment to praise ur artstyle............Blessing, u are blessing TvT I just feel like I've seen the most inspiring and good looking art syle ever : > That's really close to something I want mine to be. and the best thing is that u like same animes than I do and u draw ma babies with that gorgeus style of yours U.U Blesssssss uuuuuuu, lemme kiss ya
...man Iâm crying. Holy heck, how am I supposed to answer to this even - thank you??? so much for liking my stuff??? and for such kind words too, this ask means so much I literally have no clue how to tell you just how happy this made me!!!
Anon said:hey i usually don't ask thing to people (well, it's more like a confess), but ugh your art is so cute and everything, i mean, i smile everytime i see one of your drawing on my dashboard. So yeah that's all i wanted to say... HAVE A GOOD DAY DON'T FORGET TO EAT, SLEEP AND DRINK (water) *throw hapinness to you* (sorry if i made mistake, english isn't my first language)
YOU TAKE CARE TOO ANON!!!!!!! And thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( Ë ÂłË)â„â„â„â„â„
Anon said:I really likes when you include Mina to bakusquad, she's one of them and she deserves to be with them ,and u know I really hate it when people kick her out of it that really pisses me off
Oh, I get this, I love Minaâs relationship with the boys in the squad so Iâm kinda sad when sheâs left out too - though in a certain sense I understand it, as far as Bakugou goes her direct interactions with him arenât nearly as many as Kirishima, Sero and Kaminariâs? But when she isnât with Hagakure or the girlsâ group sheâs always hanging with those three so sheâs definitely part of the squad too, which is why I like including her as much as I can haha
Anon said:You: draws Kuroiro like 3 times maybe, Me: !!!! A GOD HAS BEEN SENT (also so much good Bakugo and Kirishima and Kaminari content >-
I???? love how much you guys love Kuroiro because really same even though he hasnât done much at all heâs too good and he deserves all the love !!!!
Anon said:Have you ever drawn homestuck?
Yeah!! But a super duper long time ago back when I still didnât have this blog, so there shouldnât be anything of it here sadly (not, my homestuck period was the one in which my style made the least sense since I could kind of do whatever I wanted, which in hindsight helped me shape my current one but as things are now no one should see that stuff ever)
Anon said:omg after what the other anon said, now I really wanna see a drawing by you of Kiri where he just gets closer and closer. That made me laugh really hard too!
OH MY GOD WHY THO HAHAHA
Anon said:i've literally been procrastinating from studying and instead been looking at your art for the past hours. I LOVE YOUR ART!!
Iâm glad you like my stuff but please donât procrastinate on that too much!!!!
... Iâd say if I hadnât spent my high school years procrastinating my afternoons away, but I have so actually who am I to tell you what to do there anon lmao rip
Anon said:LOVE YOUR ART SO MUCH!!!!!!!, its so cute and love your drawing style. '3'
AAAHHHHHH thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!! àž
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Anon said:Dear Fran, just wanted to let you know that I've been through so much lately and it made me so depressed but thanks to your bnha art I was able to smile again. You always make me feel better and i just wanna thank you for being such a gitf to this world. Love ya and your art! Your amazing!
Iâm so sorry you had to go through a hard time, anon ( ;-;) but!!! Iâm glad I could help you at least a little??? Thank you for liking my stuff!! I love you lots too!!!!
....Anon w h y
Tho I guess watermelon season is starting so why the heck not đđđđÂ
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BnHA Chapter 251: Help I Love a Manga Too Much
Previously on BnHA: Horikoshi answered the age-old question of âcan the Todorokis ever be together for more than five minutes without lapsing into a daytime soap opera?â with a resounding âHAHAHAHA.â Fuyumi and Shouto sat down with Kacchan and Deku and told them all about their super-dead brother Touya, whose death -- and youâll be shocked to hear this -- apparently had something to do with Endeavor. What exactly happened, though, we donât actually know, because they didnât tell us, because of course they didnât. Anyway, so then Fuyu bid everyone farewell and they piled into the Endeavormobile and started to drive away. Except they didnât get very far, because all of a sudden some guy was like âHEY ENDEAVOR IâVE KIDNAPPED YOUR SON, NATSUOâ and Endeavor was like â!!!â and the guy was like âAND IâM GONNA KILL HIM, WHEEEEâ and then the chapter ended. Anyway so we all agree this family is cursed, yes?
Today on BnHA: Ending, who really doesnât have much depth to him beyond continuously screaming âSO ARE YOU GONNA KILL ME ENDEAVOR?? HUH?! COME ON AND DO IT! I FUCKING DARE YOU TO DO IT! COME ONNNNNNNâ, keeps on doing that. After about three seconds, the Terror Trio gets bored of sitting around not kicking ass, so they explode out of the car to join in the action. Since they all have impeccable senses of narrative timing, they simultaneously choose this moment to figure out all that shit Endeavor was trying to teach them a few chapters ago, with the end result being that (1) Shouto uses Flashfire, (2) DEKU USES BLACKWHIP YESSSSS, and (3) Katsuki rockets himself at fucking lightspeed to save Natsuo in the nick of time. Then Endeavor wraps Natsu (and Katsuki lmao) in a big olâ panicked dad hug, which fully destroys me, and the chapter ends! So that was pretty quick, actually, but it sure was intense!
lmao -- what?? -- are you --
ME, TALKING TO A FOREST WITCH: so youâre saying that once I peer into this cauldron, the spell will reveal the thing I love most?
WITCH: yeah basically
ME: [peers, sees this]
WITCH: ...
ME: ... I can explain
[wiping away tears] yep so anyways. thatâs my son. thatâs my boy. so handsome. and talented
anyways so I guess that answers the question of whether or not the kids are gonna get involved lol. the title presumably refers to the one week of winter break that they had, which was also their time limit to try and beat a villain before Endeavor. GEE I WONDER IF THEY WILL DO IT
so Ending, our friend from last week (who apparently isnât the âTakamiâ guy he was monologuing about, so so much for that), says that even under the most extreme circumstances, heroes will never choose to kill someone. and god I am so tempted to say something snarky about real life law enforcement here. but you know what, Iâm not even gonna go there because this is supposed to be my happy weekly manga reading time, and lord knows Horikoshi is good enough at fucking that up himself without me adding on to it
anyway, so Ending says that despite that principle, Endeavor chose to kill that Noumu at Fukuoka. so I guess he assumes this means Endeavor just doesnât give any fucks nowadays and will just kill ANYONE, ANYTIME, WHENEVER! sound, logical deduction there! airtight fucking reasoning
anyway this guy actually sounds seriously depressed though, and yeah this is getting dark real fast you guys
a few people pointed out to me last week that this guy is manipulating the lines painted on the road, and thatâs what his quirk is (and it was also pointed out to me that he shot himself up with something akin to Trigger before he got started, so presumably heâs hopped up on those quirk roids at the moment), and now that I know I can see it actually should have been really obvious lol. anyways so yeah, looks like heâs been busy. Iâm sure the three buckos strapped into the back seat of this vehicle know when theyâre beat, and will use this opportunity to just take a nap or something
honestly, I could have predicted this coming even without that thumbnail lmao
also is anyone else dying at Katsuki being all BOOM!! while Deku and Todo are just âBANGâ further back by the car. just a slight difference in intensity, here. itâs subtle but you can spot it if you look real close
anyway if I were Ending, this right here would be the point where I said âOH SHITâ real loudly, and screamed and dropped Natsuo and turned and hightailed it out of there with my road stripes whipping out behind me in the wind like tin cans dangling from the back of a newlywed car
LMAO CHAUFFEUR ARMSTRONG IS ALL âYOU FORGOT THESE!â AND YEETING THEIR COSTUMES OUT AFTER THEM, AND FUCKING LOOK AT THIS SERIES OF PANELS OMG
Endeavorâs face is fucking SENDING ME, man, oh my god. the man has gone FULL SURPRISED PIKACHU, someone help me I canât breathe dfklsk
AND WHAT ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO, CATCH THE BRIEFCASES AND THEN THEYâLL JUST MAGICALLY UNFOLD THEMSELVES OUT OVER THEM LIKE IN IRON MAN 2? actually, scratch that, thatâs exactly what should happen. please do this. I promise I wonât even poke fun, Iâll just accept it unconditionally
LOL IT KEEPS GETTING BETTER HOLY SHIT
â911, whatâs your emergency?â YES HELLO PLEASE HELP, I LOVE A MANGA TOO MUCH. âmaâam, thatâs not a real emerg ââ  NO, LISTEN, YOU DONâT UNDERSTAND
Kacchan doesnât even look back, he just reaches his hand out and knows exactly what Deku is doing without looking, and trusts his aim to be perfect. Iâm so fucking weak for this teamwork I fucking sighed in real life you guys, itâs unbelievable
I canât tell if this is Deku using âShoutoâ the hero name, or if itâs now âShoutoâ as in his actual name lol. because heâll keep on using âKacchanâ no matter what, in any and all circumstances, so we canât even use that to try and gauge lol. but anyway Iâm choosing to believe itâs âShoutoâ the name because theyâve now graduated to the next level of friendship after that dinner, and after Fuyu clasped his hand in both of her own and was all âI want you to know that I approve of the two of you together with all of my heartâ or whatever it was she said, but it was basically that. so anyways yeah after that theyâre now on a first name basis. YOU HEAR THAT, SHOUTO?
and then, with these bottom three panels, I know this is supposed to be all âclick/bzzz/whrrr/other high tech costume-changing soundsâ and itâs supposed to be a near-instantaneous costume change, presumably while still in motion because THEYâRE JUST BADASS BITCHES LIKE THAT, but like. in reality I pictured them all instantly grinding to a halt, and unclicking the locks on the briefcases, and Kacchan just giving his a shake to spill all the contents out haphazardly on the ground, while meanwhile Shouto is much more fastidious and respectful, and kneels on the ground and opens his case with both hands, and Deku is hopping around on one foot trying to drag his gloves on with his teeth while putting on his metal shoe-thingies, and the entire time Ending and Endeavor are just staring at the three of them like, â.....â
so anyway thatâs what I choose to believe is actually happening. lastly, you also need to understand that pretty much this entire time, Iâve had the Powerpuff Girls theme playing in my head AT FULL INTENSITY on repeat, including during the part where they stop for five minutes to suit up. so thereâs that, too
moving on!
TODOROKI SHOUTO, AFTER STOPPING TO CLICK OPEN HIS BRIEFCASE, RUMMAGING AROUND FOR HIS SHOULDER GUARD THINGS, LOOPING THEM OVER HIS ARMS, PAUSING TO WIPE THE SWEAT OFF HIS FOREHEAD, AND THEN FINALLY STANDING BACK UP:Â Natsuo!
lmao so anyway, now Endeavor is fully engaged in the fight once again, and thinking that Ending is âA FOOLâ for letting himself get temporarily distracted by the internsâ shenanigans. but like. is he, though? seeing as heâs flat-out admitted to you that he wants to lose this fight? because he wants to die? did you hear that part? like, ??
so now there are some very intense closeups of Endeavorâs eye, and Natsuoâs face, and Endeavorâs feet
intense
(ETA: actually in hindsight of the hug, I fucking love this, because this is the moment where, right after he psychs himself up and is all, ânowâs my chance!â, he sees Natsuoâs face and he sees the fear in his eyes, and all of a sudden heâs frozen in place, terrified of making a wrong move when his sonâs life is at stake.)
-- oh snap, look whoâs getting beaten to the punch!
do you guys remember that season 3 anime filler where Deku somehow beats Iida in a race and everyone just accepts it like that could ever actually possibly happen, like...?? if he canât even keep up with Kacchan and Shouto, I hardly think he could pose a challenge to the guy whoâs basically the Usain Bolt of heroes. but itâs not like that still keeps me up at night or anything. anyway!
so Ending here is giving the Todorokis a run for their money in the drama department, which is really saying something
okay, but what exactly is he supposed to do, then? youâre saying he should focus on killing you to save his son? so what, just like try to fry you and hope he doesnât also hit Natsu? it seems to me like he has the same chance of success here whether he aims for lethal or nonlethal. so idk but go off I guess dude
oh damn, but in the meantime it looks like Todo is having some sort of badass awakening moment
YESSSSS SHOUTO UNLEASH THE INFERNO
(ETA: so Shouto just burned off his entire uniform, yes? boy youâd better keep that fire going now for modestyâs sake until you figure something out sob.)
lol so anyway I just had a flashback to Shoutoâs fight against Tetsu back in chapter 205, and I realized that if Ending really wants to fight someone who absolutely doesnât give a fuck, and will straight up kill a bitch with his quirk if they test him, then HEREâS YOUR GUY LMAO
now Endingâs saying âbecause you took your time...â and I have no idea where this is going, but Iâll take this as confirmation that they really did take a time-out for five minutes to gear up
oh damn
friendly reminder that gravity in BnHA tends to follow normal rules, unlike in most shounen manga. but even so, Iâm finding myself hard-pressed to be concerned considering Kacchan and Deku are on the job. youâre gonna have to do better than that Ending my dude
wow is he shoving Natsu right into oncoming traffic?!
where the fuck did all these fucking cars come from out of nowhere like this?? the highway was like empty two minutes ago, geez
anyways now weâre seeing another âcondense it!â panel, and is this one Bakugou??
I mean it looks like his gauntlet there, and Iâm pretty sure Shouto was wearing sneakers in the panel earlier, and those obviously arenât Dekuâs shoes, so...!
YEPPPPPPPP
listen you judgey forest witch, I donât need to justify myself to you, okay?? just!! I LOVE HIM END OF STORY
(ETA: and hey can we also just stop for a second and talk about how insanely fucking fast that was, though?? and Kacchan was fast to begin with -- remember how quickly he saved Jirou during the joint training arc. anyway so heâs basically moving at teleportation speeds now, and Iâm here for it, and also terrified that heâs going to blow his fucking arms off at some point because holy fuck though.
also, once again I would like to express my gratitude for Horikoshi for once again giving Katsuki the big rescue moment, rather than having him go immediately for the bad guy. this is such an important thing to show. heâs really giving his all towards this âsaving peopleâ thing and trying his hardest and Iâm so proud.)
and now itâs Dekuâs turn to get to work!
that guy gripping his steering wheel for dear life has the most perfect expression Iâve ever seen, like thatâs exactly the face I would be making in that situation. this chapter has had so many great facial expressions overall. I feel spoiled
[LUNGES TOWARD THE SCREEN IN ANTICIPATION!!] MOTHERFUCKER, ARE WE ABOUT TO SEE SOME BLOOP ALL UP IN THESE PAGES!?! PLEASE!!!!?
I FUCKING CANâT WITH THIS BUILDUP?? THIS IS PAGE ELEVEN OF THE CHAPTER, AND I JUST KNOW WEâRE ABOUT TO END IT WITH A TWO-PAGE SPREAD ON THE NEXT PAGE. THIS HYPE IS TOO MUCH, IâM GONNA LOSE IT
OH SNAP NO IT WAS JUST A SINGLE PAGE!!
THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF BLACKWHIP YESSSSSS
lmao Ending looks so fucking shocked at being completely taken apart by these three kids with basically no effort. and I see that ice creeping up around him. oh, son. you tried
and then the last page is -- oh
I mean, Deku and Shouto being complete badasses (ETA: and I so wasnât kidding when I said that Shouto will straight up murder a bitch omg), but then
aaaaand there goes my heart. hey would it kill you to give me a heads up before you just go and STUFF IT FULL OF FEELS like that?? like
just. Endeavor just ran up and gathered him up in his arms, and heâs holding him with this desperation that weâve never seen from him before, and just... wow. itâs completely disarming and Iâm almost at a loss for a coherent response. meanwhile poor Katsuki nearly got wrapped up in it as well due to proximity, but itâs not like itâll hurt him to see this moment up close. I still have another essay Iâm working on for you, you little honey badger
(ETA: on closer inspection it seems like poor honey badger actually has been fully included in the hug lmao. and at first I was thinking it was just the proximity as I said above, but you know what? if some punk kid flew in out of nowhere and saved my childâs life, you can bet Iâd be wrapping them up in a bear hug too. so maybe itâs just the dad emotions getting the better of him. either way Katsuki you just gotta put up with it!)
anyways donât mind me, Iâm just sitting here thinking about how Endeavor has already lost a child (and yes I know, but like I said last week, I genuinely believe it was a tragic accident. to me that makes infinitely more sense than all of the darker/more sinister explanations. but anyways weâll see eventually), and his family has been in shambles for so long and heâs been estranged from all of them (for good reason), and I think he finally even is coming to terms with that, and the fact that it may always be this way for him because of what heâs done. but to then almost have a second child taken from him, right before his eyes, and knowing that once again it would have been his fault, was apparently more than he could handle
and then, just the fact that he reacted in this of all ways. by openly showing tenderness and emotion, without even thinking about it, because he was so shaken up by the whole thing. this from Todoroki Enji, the most stoic, impassive, closed-off motherfucker to ever walk the earth! like, even after he clearly established that he was on the redemption path, he still never showed this kind of vulnerability. weâve had a window or two into his thoughts and reflections, so we know heâs been experiencing remorse, and we could see it also during some of the quieter moments like him thanking Fuyumi or kneeling at the shrine for Touya. but I will tell you that I never for a moment could have imagined a scene like this. and I know itâs probably going to make some people angry because they feel like he hasnât âearnedâ it or whatever. but Iâll be fully honest, at this point Iâm kind of over feeling like I have to put a disclaimer every week explaining that yes, I like the Endeavor redemption arc lol. just, yeah. I like it. and anyway, so this was feels all over the damn place. fuck
(ETA: and I feel itâs worth adding here that even though Endeavor didnât do anything to save Natsuo himself directly, itâs his guidance that enabled those three padawans to reach the next level so quickly. so in a way he did save his son: by finally moving past his self-centered mentality and taking these three kids under his wing and helping them grow. this wasnât a victory he could have pulled off alone. but because he finally learned to see past himself, they were able to win the day and save Natsu.)
anyway, so now that all this has happened, Iâm curious as to whether this is the end of this little arc! if so itâs much shorter than I expected. though obviously their internship is going to continue even after they head back to school, so itâs not like the action is just gonna come screeching to a halt. but maybe weâll take a little break after this to catch up with the rest of 1-A, and maybe follow up with All Might to see who the great-great-grandfather of One for All is, oh snap
AND MAYBE A CERTAIN SOMEONE CAN HIT US UP WITH HIS THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS ON WHAT HE LEARNED DURING THIS WINTER BREAK, AND WHETHER OR NOT HE TOOK AWAY ANYTHING FROM THIS THAT MIGHT STEER HIM A BIT MORE TOWARDS HIS NEW HERO NAME. THAT WOULD BE SPLENDID. JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE
and having said that, I donât really have a clean way of ending this recap this week lol so just. uh. I liked it a lot, thank you, good night
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BnHA Chapter 243: Happy New Year
Previously on BnHA: The government was all âshit what are we going to do about Shigaraki Tomura and his Actual Fucking Army of villains, oh I know, why donât we draft some child soldiersâ and so they brought back internships and made them mandatory. Class 1-A had the Christmas party to end all Christmas parties, featuring 20 unique custom-tailored Santa costumes, enough chicken to feed Tomuraâs entire Actual Fucking Army, and one (1) giant sword that somehow made its way into the hands of Eri, First of Her Name. Tidings of comfort and joy were had by all, and to cap things off, Shouto invited Bakugou (who by the way was having a lot of thoughts about how Best Jeanist asked him to reveal his new hero name the next time they met, because Horikoshi knows what kind of angst I like) and Deku to come intern with him at the motherfucking Endeavor Hero Agency and make everyoneâs OT3 dreams come true.
Today on BnHA: Deku visits his mom on New Yearâs Eve and the two of them ball out at the Make Me Cry Olympics. There is a whole plotline all about Hawks getting coffee, and Iâm trying to figure out if itâs really just coffee or if THE ENTIRE SERIES SECRETLY HINGES ON THIS ONE SCENE omg. The next day at the Endeavor Hero Agency, Endeavor is all, âwelcome! fuck you,â which may or may not be setting the tone for this whole arc. Thereâs a brief flashback to All Might congratulating his sons on their internship and saying foreshadowing things like âyour new quirks probably wonât go fucking apeshit againâ and âyouâre a lot like Endeavor, this internship will be good for you!â Back in the present, Endeavor dramatically leaps over a railing and blasts off to go fight Monk Gyatso with the disaster trio hot on his heels. Hawks then shows up out of nowhere and the text is literally all, âWHATâS HAWKS DOING HERE?â and seriously though. What are any of us even doing here. This arc has only just started and I already have no idea whatâs going on and I fucking love it.
(All comments are my unspoiled reactions from my initial readthrough of the chapter. I did a quick edit for grammar and clarity immediately afterward, and added a few ETAs in the process, but aside from that there are no changes.)
loooool
is she going to be all right
-- also! WEâRE GOING TO SEE THE PARENTS AGAIN HOMG YES. HORIKOSHI YOUâRE ON FIRE WEEK AFTER WEEK YOU MAD DOG
(ETA: literally the only way he could end his streak was by going on fucking hiatus. son of a.)
oh shit I forgot that they had the cover and a color page this week! this is great
by the light (ba da dum ba da dum) of the silvery moon (ba da dum ba da dum) I want to spoon -- holy shit, what. do you ever look up the lyrics to a song you vaguely remember from your childhood twenty-five years later in order to make a bizarre joke in a manga recap and youâre like â!!?!?â lol what the fuck. this shit is from 1909. old timey pervs
anyways this may be my favorite Jump cover ever. colors are amazing, art is super cute, itâs the whole package. Aoyama and Iida are killing me. I need that Iida ball in real life, I would seriously pay real money
and now the color spread!
where can I buy that U.A. hoodie. Iâm not kidding, I need it in my life. the U.A. logo is great because it doesnât scream âLOOK AT ME IâM AN ANIME FANâ unless the other person also watches said anime, in which case thatâs awesome because the two of you can become best friends and bond over how youâre both nerds with impeccable taste
Kacchan out here holding a fucking root beer like we donât all know the truth. yeah tough guy you go to bed at eight-thirty and youâre third in your class at the top high school in Japan. but you keep on trying to preserve that image. also this kid is singlehandedly making wifebeaters high fashion I swear to god. itâs a talent
Kirishima looks so good in v-neck shirts yes you go Kiri!
Mina is here!! Mina is part of the main character squad now, everyone! thatâs right!! Iida Tenya was booted out after he refused to partake in this photo shoot due to moral outrage over the fact that theyâre shooting this at what appears to be a crime scene. a vacuum cleaner was murdered in cold blood omg
Ochako not smiling is such an unusual look for her (and Mina and Kirishima too for that matter) but holy shit. I like it
TODOROKI IâM TRYING TO REACH THROUGH THE COMPUTER SCREEN AND UNBUTTON YOUR TOP BUTTON. HOLY SHIT HOW CAN YOU EVEN BREATHE. RELAX
so the new character book is out October 4, eh? I think we knew this already, but maybe this time the date will actually stick in my mind. anyways, so doing the math, that leaves Kacchan three more chapters (including this one) to reveal his hero name. boy you have a deadline get to work!
YESSSSSSSSSSS
MY NEW YEARâS ARC MAY NOT BE HAPPENING, BUT AT LEAST WE STILL GET TO SEE THEM RING IN 2217 HOORAY
damn thatâs a lot of narration in the first panel
âwhile accompanied by guardsâ oh shit. and yet, I get it. I like how they refer to it as âthe chain of events that led us to move into the dormsâ rather than âthat time Bakugou got fucking kidnapped.â they are not letting that happen again. good
IZUMAMA YESSSS
at least heâs being open with her about it! come on Inko, push through this. heâs already got 240 other things heâs still not telling you, donât give him any more reason to keep being secretive
oh my god now Deku is like âanyways do you remember Eri?â and heâs reaching into his pocket now, holy shit?? WHATEVER HEâS PULLING OUT IS GOING TO BE SO FUCKING CUTE, ISNâT IT
oH MY GOD!!!!!
THIS SON OF A BITCH IS JUST GONNA KEEP ON AMASSING A COLLECTION OF ADORABLE AND HILARIOUS LITTLE KID LETTERS, ISNâT HE. LISTEN HERE DEKU YOU MOTHERFUCKER!! THAT PIC OF âMISTER DEKUâ IS -- IâM -- !!!!
âI was hardly able to do anything for herâ ?? you SAVED HER LIFE?? you BODYSLAMMED OVERHAUL INTO THE GROUND?? YOU GOT US ALL OUT OF THAT ACCURSED BASEMENT? listen here you modest little shit you need to stop doing this. you even taught her the true meaning of quirks for crying out loud. you are the actual best
god the way he is staring at this letter is giving me too many feels for a Thursday afternoon. these are like Saturday night feels. this manga never goes easy on me
same Inko same
oh my god now Inko is launching into a speech about Dekuâs sad childhood I canât with this, MAâAM PLEASE
âcovered in bruisesâ oh my problematic ship. oh this nuanced manga with its intricate layers of feels. this is the lasagna of mangas
hello page 3 is just one big assault on all my emotions and I would like to report this to someone help I am being besieged
oh my fucking god Midoriya family. Iâm trying to process all of this and just!!
like. sheâs known all this time how big his heart is and that he doesnât care about himself and just wants to protect others. but for the longest time he was powerless to do it. but still he kept dreaming and she kept looking on waiting for that day heâd finally give up, ready for his heart to break, bracing herself. and then this miracle happened and he got a quirk and all his hopes came true and he got to go to his dream school, and now heâs training to become a hero just like he always wanted
and everything special she always saw about her boy is shining so brightly now, and everyone can see it, and heâs become so strong. but also heâs growing up so fast. heâs gone from being someone she had to protect to someone whoâs strong enough to protect not only her, but everyone. strong enough to carry the world on his shoulders
just. can you even imagine. how much pride she must feel, in addition to the relief sheâs expressing now. but also the loneliness of knowing she canât hold on to her baby boy forever and heâs on the verge of going out into the world and leaving her. in fact he basically already has. anyways I came here today for some Three Musketeers antics and now Iâm sitting her with Izumama empty nest feels, what is this
-- yo, what?? heâs starting the internship on New Yearâs Fucking Day? U.A. doesnât fuck around, goddamn
(ETA: seriously, no rest for the weary here. both Endeavor and Hawks are as busy as ever too. poor Hawks, who never wanted to be a hero to begin with, spent New Yearâs Eve undercover trying to drown his sorrows in sugary coffee. of course, Jeanist is spending his New Yearâs either in hiding or dead, so.)
anyways so heâs bidding his mom goodbye and getting onto a bus, and heâs all bundled up in a scarf but canât be assed to wear a jacket, apparently. whatever Deku
AHHHH WHAT IS THIS NOW
AND OH MY GOD LOOK WHERE HE IS
THE LEAGUE OF PLIFFâS HEADQUARTERS AT THE OLâ OVERLOOK HOTEL. watch out for the elevators. Toga probably really likes them though
âwhere did you run off to number 2â um, heâs still a top ranked pro hero? what, do they just expect him to never do his job ever again? even if they think heâs on their side, they must realize that he needs to maintain his so-called cover
anyways, fucking Slidinâ Go is back, guys. when is someone going to punch this slippery bitch in the face
wow heâs seriously chewing Hawks out for flying off without permission. can someone please just deck this mouthbreather already
oh my god
this motherfucker really truly believes he is Hawksâs senpai. imagine having the same power as a fucking banana peel, and being so deluded you actually think you outrank a double agent of indispensable value, who also just so happens to be Dabiâs best friend, and oh yes, THE NUMBER TWO FUCKING HERO. I donât even know where to begin with you, Slidinâ Go
oh snap but heâs immediately being called out on his BS lol this is great
twenty microdevices?? holy shit. thatâs gonna make it really difficult for him to actually report back to the heroes
maybe if the PSC gives him twenty of their own little spy cams. then the only challenge is for him to try and remember which are which
lmao look at this little metaphorical drawing
isnât this the Hyrule Castle level from Breath of the Wild
anyways donât mind me, Iâm just sitting here trying to figure out if thereâs a double meaning to these two panels
is Skeptic just really bad at making small talk, or is there something here that Iâm totally missing?? did he witness something during Hawksâs coffee run?
(ETA: this seriously reads to me as some kind of coded threat, but it makes no sense given the rest of the conversation. he goes on and on about how useful Hawks will be in helping them spy on the heroes, but then calls attention to him sneaking out to buy a single can of coffee. in conclusion I am probably overthinking this way too much, but itâs odd. maybe he really is just trying to be nice and coming off as weird and creepy.)
now weâre flashing back to Hawksâs last report to the PSC
if this is after he met up with Dabi then why does he still have the bag? WHEN WILL THIS STOP HAUNTING ME. IâM SO TIRED OF WAKING UP AT NIGHT IN A COLD SWEAT ONLY TO SEE HAWKâS BACKPACK STANDING THERE RIGHT NEXT TO MY BED, WATCHING
-- SDLKGHSLDKHFL
lmao this scared the shit out of me. Enji what the fuck
yesssss itâs mah boisssss
wow, heâs pretty weirdly enthused about the whole thing, huh? I expected him to bitch about it more. since Shouto basically offered his friends the gig all on his own without any consultation whatsoever. thatâs called nepotism Shouto but itâs okay I forgive you
anyways. so are the Endeavor offices located in THE FUTURE. or what. is this Epcot
DKFJWELKFJL
LOL THATâS MORE LIKE IT. FOR A MOMENT I THOUGHT WE HAD SLIPPED INTO SOME WEIRD ALTERNATE UNIVERSE
hahaha exactly
well Iâm glad Iâm not going crazy, at any rate. anyways though, Endeavor trying his best to be a good dad and caving in to his sonâs ridiculous demands because heâs trying to make up for TWO DECADES OF BEING COMPLETE GARBAGE is pleasing to me as always. deal with it Endeav
HE SAID DEAL WITH IT!!
oh my god Katsuki is saying something holy shit, the next few panels will set the stage for what could be the sleeper hit character dynamic of the year. ghghkghhhhhh
( â° o â° )
oh my god
(ETA: Katsuki I have written whole essays about how perceptive you are and then you just. sob. now that heâs finally starting to ease up on the whole Angry Asshole thing, his inner dumbass is really shining through.)
YES HE IS AND THEREâS NOTHING YOU CAN DO, YOUR BOURGEOIS SON HAS FALLEN IN WITH THIS CHURLISH ROUGHNECK FROM THE HOOD, DIE MAD ABOUT IT!!
lmaooo
that mental image omfg. HE WILL PUT UP WITH THIS SUFFERING IN ORDER TO GET CLOSER TO HIS GOAL. what a sacrifice. the pros outweighed the cons. itâs logic. I canât, I
and Endeavor being so fucking mad that Shouto picked this asshole to be his new best friend sob. YOU CANâT STOP THEIR BROMANCE IT IS UNFOLDING BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES
anyways I love everything and Iâm all set for the mentoring to begin. bring it onnnn
so now Deku is being surprisingly earnest and thanking Endeavor for accepting them into his agency
and weâre getting our first glimpse of Dekuâs Upgraded Feelings About Endeavor oooooh juicy
Deku is so good at seeing into peopleâs hearts. and so forgiving. we already knew he was -- the inciting event that led to the whole fucking series wouldnât have even happened if he wasnât -- but Iâm honestly still so impressed every time I see it
(ETA: and also, this means that he still went and told him off during the sports festival even though he was scared of him. kid is the fucking role model to end all role models.)
also Iâm already sensing that this chapter (and indeed, this entire arc) is going to prompt more Discourse up in the olâ fandom. thatâs going to be fun. anyways, Iâve already essayed more than once regarding Endeavorâs redemption arc, so Iâm not going to spend too much time hashing out the same old points. but basically my stance is Iâm fine with it. I think itâs good to show that people can change no matter how far theyâve gone down the wrong path. it may not be easy, but if theyâre genuinely remorseful, and if the desire is there, then why not? Iâm not gonna get up in arms because someone is trying to become a better person. the alternative is that they stay terrible, and that doesnât help anyone
anyway, so now weâre flashing back to what appears to be a conversation with All Might, and oh my god
but you guys. listen. Katsuki is there, again. theyâre not even discussing OFA this time and heâs still there! elbowed his way into this mentorship like the determined little shit he is, and now heâs not leaving and you all just have to deal with it. oh my god itâs everything I ever wanted, someone please pinch me is this real??
lol and now they are discussing OFA, but thatâs okay. itâs only natural that would also be on the agenda
really, All Might?
you consider that âjust fineâ? that bloop? just as planned?? I know you love your son, but maybe consider raising the bar for him just a little bit. he is capable of so much more, and now of all times is not the time to go easy on him
and heâs still talking about the SIXQUIRKS as though unlocking more of them right now would be a bad thing. I really think this is the wrong approach. maybe I just want to see Deku go buck wild and fucking lose it though, idk
Katsuki has no patience for this either
âI donât doubt it.â please Deku weâre not worthy of you and your wholesomeness. and heâs so sincere, too?? how does Kacchan continuously absorb all of this shameless admiration and affection day after day, week after week. how is he not humbled by it
anyways time to shut up about that though because All Might is now mentoring Bakugou directly and this requires my full fucking attention
yessss let the character development commence! Iâm so excited ddhkshl
and now weâre back in the present and the conversation is taking a very interesting turn!
YES! HE DID! DO YOU REMEMBER? YOU WERENâT REALLY PAYING ATTENTION BEFORE BECAUSE YOU WERE STILL IN ASSHOLE MODE. what do you have to say about it now?
...
mysterious
what
(ETA:Â âis he always like this?â)
lol what
hahaha. this arc is off to a fucking hysterical start
oh snap yâall look at this
100% chance Deku is right fucking behind him lol. probably they all are
YEP
BITCH, WHO THE FUCK DID YOU THINK YOU WERE DEALING WITH. YOU THOUGHT THESE WERE JUST ANY OLD INTERNS?? FUCK YOU, THESE ARE PREMIUM, CLUB-LEVEL, OCEAN VIEW INTERNS, YOU UNAPPRECIATIVE LOUT. YOU INGRATE
lol but heâs not missing a beat though, and heâs ordering them to stay behind and watch him oh shit. what is even going on
now weâre cutting to some fucking yogi bobbing around town in a lotus position screaming about a divine revelation he received from fucking space. okay
AHHH WHAT
HAWKS IS ALREADY GETTING IN ON THE ACTION, JESUS CHRIST. DOES THIS FUCKER EVER PUT ON THE BRAKES?? THIS ARC IS LIKE TWELVE DIFFERENT PLOTLINES INTERSECTING ALL AT ONCE AND I CAN BARELY KEEP UP. THIS SHIT IS A TRAINWRECK WAITING TO HAPPEN AND IâM STANDING HERE MESMERIZED
BUT!!!
cue Celine Dionâs âAll by Myselfâ while I fall down dramatically nooooo. the lord giveth and he taketh away. YOU OPENED A DOOR AND CLOSED THE WINDOW YOU BASTARD sob why
well shit. and that means that Katsuki has only one chapter left to reveal his hero name, too. (ETA: keeping track of the important things here lol.) and somehow I donât see that happening unless the focus of the next chapter takes a very dramatic shift, since we seem to be launching into full plot mode before any of us even have our seatbelts on. not that Iâm complaining about that because sdkljk
anyways. see yâall in two weeks I guess. the My Plots Academia arc sure is off to a crazy fucking start
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BnHA Bonus Diversion: Horikoshiâs Sketches
of all the things I could have spent time writing a post about on my morning off, it ended up being this. but in my defense, Horikoshiâs sketches are actually amazing and this was kind of overdue.
so! as you may know, Horikoshi Kouhei frequently gets bored and doodle-y and is then kind enough to share the resulting drawings with us. sketchy boi. but not sketchy like that. though he did invent Mineta so maybe a little.Â
anyway, because heâs so disgustingly talented, these pictures are usually amazing. and there are a lot of them. when I finally got around to doing this post, I ran a search for âHorikoshi sketchesâ and it turned out there was a whole wiki page dedicated just to them (god bless whoever is running the BnHA wiki, they do such a good job). and, well...
two hundred and eighty-eight. you may recognize this as being nearly fifty more than the current number of chapters. this would mean heâs releasing at least one sketch a week and has been doing so for the past five years! fortunately (for me, who has to do a recap of all these), this number is slightly misleading, as this page apparently includes some of the character sketches he did for the volume omakes. so I donât have to go through 300 sketches omfg. but still, there are a lot! so Iâll just go through them and post my favorites and see how many we can get through in this post I guess.
these are all in alphabetical order according to their file names on the wiki, and like I said, Iâm not doing all of them, just the ones that catch my eye the most. which is still a ton of them. honestly weâre about to find out whether tumblr text posts have image limits. (ETA: the limit does not exist!)
right off the bat we are getting off to a great start! love me the ladies of class 1-A. these girls are all so, so valid. I love how Deku is there too and his hair is transforming into a tree or something.
this is a sketch from chapter 10. this cat I guess just came up to them and they were like â...â and the cat was like â...â and long story short theyâve been like this now for a whole hour. meanwhile Aizawa is wondering where his cat has gone.
why are they dressed like itâs world war I. ??
holy fuck this cat. did it eat the other cat. anyway do you guys think Momo and Todoroki were walking to school together because thatâs some cute shit omg. we know there is a cat that hangs out around Shoutoâs house, so heâs probably good at playing with stray cats, and they probably really like him because he is calm and kind.
holy shit.
oh my god I need Tsuyuâs siblings to come visit the dorms at U.A. and play with Eri!! now.
posting this one because itâs cute, but also because it notably has nothing at all to do with the actual chapter 120. but thatâs okay.
what, and I mean this sincerely, the fuck.
are they making chocolate?? you know, canonically we havenât actually had a Valentineâs Day yet in the series, and now Iâm really hoping we get a little mini plot. things that would happen:
every single girl makes chocolate for Todoroki and he just accepts it very politely and obliviously.
they actually make enough chocolate for everyone (except Mineta. and honestly they would have, except they know how thatâs gonna go down, and no. Tsuyu really would have made you some pity chocolate dawg, but you brought this on yourself). but donât end up giving it to everyone. specifically several of them thought better about giving some to Bakugou after seeing him react to the first unlucky person to give him some (yâall know that song I THREW IT ON THE GROUND by the Lonely Island? Iâm sure you can understand my meaning here). and also Jirou gets way too flustered about giving some to Kaminari and chickens out. she gives it to Momo instead. hmmMMMM.
Satou also makes chocolate for everyone, EVEN BAKUGOU, and itâs delicious. no one is throwing his chocolate on the ground.
Aoyama makes chocolate for Deku because!! â â WE ARE FRIENDS, MON AMI â â â oui oui baguette.
I love everything about this, but especially Ochakoâs face. sheâs just like. sincerely trying to figure out exactly where she went wrong.
excuse the fuck out of me but DID HORIKOSHI SERIOUSLY HINT AT THE FUCKING A-BAND A WHOLE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY CHAPTERS BEFORE IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. omfg. âwhat a cute AU!â âyes... AU,â Horikoshi agrees, nodding to himself. although after giving it some thought, he made the wise decision to switch Kaminari and Bakugouâs instruments. because we all know Bakugou was born to play the drums.
NO!!! VIDEO GAMES!!! IN CLASS!!!!!!!! [does a fucking aerial while emitting furious little huffs and bitchslapping Kirishima in the face]
I canât figure out whatâs going on in this picture. it appears to be baseball, except that Bakugou doesnât have a bat. which I guess is the joke?? because his quirk is so strong he doesnât need the fucking bat? except that I feel like that would result in either a broken arm or a blown-up baseball. idk this would make more sense with him as the pitcher.
âwe really do love this AU, Horikoshi-sensei.â âyes... AU.â
this time itâs Shouji on the drums. I get that we all want to see Bakugou shred guitar, but it feels like he was just postponing the inevitable.
a full 85 chapters before he actually did this in the manga. god he really does enjoy foreshadowing with these things. I need to start paying more attention to these.
I have no words.
actually I do have words, and they are, âis that a fucking toothbrush.â
also is it just me or does he look, like, really swole in this pic. like, this is what the scarf has been hiding the whole time?? here we all thought he was a beanpole who subsisted off of energy bars and plain rice, but like. nope.
:) showing that thereâs no hard feelings about the whole shooting-you-in-the-fucking-face thing. All Might is squeezing his hand awfully tightly, though.
all of them are so good-looking when theyâre not trying. and then they open their mouths.
I am pained that there hasnât at least been a karaoke chapter in one of the light novels yet, guys. pained. I NEED THIS.
holy fuck Todoroki. what are you, a mermaid?? I feel like this is a result of a prank gone wrong. like the other guys were sick of the girls always pining after him, and so they tried rubbing a balloon on his head in an effort to make him look ridiculous, only IT BACKFIRED COMPLETELY. shit.
fuck me I love this. of course Kami blowdries his hair and puts a ridiculous amount of effort into achieving the same kind of boyishly tousled look Todoroki is JUST NATURALLY BORN WITH. some things in life just arenât fair. also lmao Deku.
oh my god. how are they all so cute. this was from episode 12 btw. youâre welcome for saving your life All Might.
I donât have the slightest idea wtf is going on here but omg.
this was for episode 16 of the anime, a.k.a. the obstacle course episode of the Sports Festival arc in season 2. I canât read what theyâre saying, but Iâll tell you what, I know Bakugou is being a rude little shit and Iâm here for it.
SHINSOUUUUUU. this was for episode 20. his one and only appearance in the anime so far. he knows heâs here for a good time not a long time.
lmao. my headcanon is that Monoma actually ended up losing after this, but somehow still managed to be smug about it.
lmaoooo. Kacchan refusing to even acknowledge that this is a thing that is happening for some reason.
HAWKS DID YOU REALLY KILL THIS MAN. COME ON OUT HERE I JUST WANT TO TALK.
I feel like taming Dekuâs hair is arguably even more of a feat than taming Bakugouâs. meanwhile Iida looks 90% the same. and Todoroki is. well. just goes to show that this look is not for just anyone.
I have never in my life seen Katsuki so full on just done with life. like he is so fucking over this shit. heâs just rolled over and accepted it. I have never seen Bakugou fucking Katsuki just sigh and be all, âyou know what, this might as well happen.â not until this moment. wow.
you guys Iâm crying.
is it just me or do the little matroyshka dolls actually look like little nun Jeanists. though the hair swoosh is going the wrong way. Monomas, maybe.
HOLY SHIT I LOVE THIS? my god, how useful would Shoujiâs quirk be for this sort of thing. and Shouto looks so surprised (on like, a Todoroki scale) to have actually caught something. oh my god. so fucking cute. câmere you. someone needs a hair ruffle.
I feel like this is how Tokoyami would want to be remembered. yes I know heâs not dead.
oh my god. so Iâve seen this one floating around on tumblr, but like. ffff. itâs my favorite ever. they are. so. fucking. cute. both looking up to All Might. and then the contrast between their innocent happy faces and their shocked and worried expressions watching All Might at Kamino. god it fucking destroys me. all four of these kids need hugs goddammit. the older ones because theyâre heartbroken, and the little bubbas just because theyâre so stinkinâ cute omfg.
I LOVE HER AND IâM NOT SORRY. please Horikoshi give me more Bakufam in this upcoming arc. who do I have to bribe or threaten.
STRANGER DANGER omg. Toga no. thatâs not nice.
Horikoshi what did my heart ever do to you for you to treat it like this.
villain Iida from episode 7 holy fuck Iâm dying.
here come the New Yearâs sketches! Iâve been looking forward to these. Kacchan photo strategy: never look directly at the camera.
I wonder which animal year 2016 was. rooster, probably.
fucking look at Todoroki fucking Shouto stuffing his face yet again. can you stop chewing for one fucking second. weâre trying to take a picture you slob.
the year is 2018. Horikoshi Kouhei attempts to draw a dog, because itâs the year of the fucking dog. it does not go well. panicked, he takes the All Might heâs already started drawing, and for some reason attempts to turn it into another dog. it goes even worse. now heâs really starting to sweat. âoh shit,â he whispers, drawing Deku upside-down in his unrest. âoh fuck.â finally he just draws Bakugou shouting the words HAPPY NEW YEAR in giant letters across the screen, hoping thatâll be enough to distract everyone from all the rest of it. it is not.
oh my god. thank you so much to everyone who went to SDCC and made him so happy. this is the purest thing Iâve ever seen. also loving Bakugou tolerating the shit out of All Might leaning on him omg. Iâm so fucking weak for this as always.
this is Horikoshiâs most recent sketch! lookit, heâs so happy with the toy him omg. it actually is really badass.
league of dorks. I love Togaâs face. and how Horikoshi clearly put more effort into drawing Tomuraâs Face Hand than the entire rest of the picture.
I donât understand a single element of this. wow. also this is twice now that Horikoshi has drawn the fucking Predator in these sketches. just pointing that out. of all the films to make multiple references to. whatâs going on here. and is Mineta playing the fucking little sister in Totoro. am I losing my fucking mind.
this was for the season 3 premiere. I love how Bakugou and Deku are wrestling for control of the screen. but he knows better than to touch Mineta I guess.
Iida and Ochako are the only two reacting appropriately here. Bakugou just looks concerned. to be fair I guess thatâs appropriate too. but Deku is all âfuck YEAH All Might you go ahead and SMASH YOUR FACE RIGHT THROUGH THAT MONITORâ and I feel like his blanket approval of all his mentorâs actions has finally gone too far.
this just goes to show you that even a very simple sketch concept can pay off dividends if you play your cards right. good job Horikoshi.
he could run faster if he just pulled his fucking pants up. does anyone have any brain cells to spare for my son here. please he needs them. I donât know what he thinks a belt is actually for...?
hello this is the cutest thing Iâve ever seen and also is Kirishima doing the kage bunshin pose from Naruto or.
sob Aizawa Iâm dead. I fucking love how Mineta is like HEâS CLEARLY FINE IT WAS A FLOP as though Kirishima is not literally covered in fucking grape balls. something else I also love is that Katsuki is number 10 and Deku is number 11. even in a soccer match he canât stand to be lower then his rival sob. also Ochako is straight up about to rip off Minaâs head jesus christ girl run.
there arenât even words for how much I ship this. just emotions. omg.
this is one of those pictures that keeps getting more wtf the longer you stare at it. naturally your eyes are drawn to Todorokiâs reindeer antlers first. by contrast, Ochako looks relatively normal, even with the odd pose. but then you notice Dekuâs Christmas tree hair. from there your eyes are drawn down to his strange lack of a shirt. and then, finally, you spot him. Tokoyami. you wonder if the mangaka has finally gone too far. youâre still not sure.
for once itâs not Todoroki whoâs leaping into action with his mouth full. never one to back down from a challenge, Bakugou has picked the absolute least practical food to consume whilst in the middle of battling. I can barely eat spaghetti without making a mess when Iâm not throwing down. Iâm not sure what a good food to eat while throwing down would be, but maybe something more portable, like a calzone.
I feel drawn to him the same way one might be drawn to a stray cat, even though youâre pretty sure the cat is really wary of people and will probably try to claw or bite you if you get too close. I would like to pat him on the head, but he might try to blow me up. eh, worth it.
look at the Baku Protection Squad trying to do some fucking Abbey Road thing. damn you can really see how short Tokoyami is in this. also Bakugou buys pants that are at least three sizes too big I s2g.
and thatâs it! anyways, this was fun as heck. Iâve bookmarked Horikoshiâs Twitter now so I can keep up with the new sketches as theyâre released. this is fucking great, and a whole new bonus to being caught up with the manga that I havenât been appreciating until now. fucking love it.
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BNHA Rewatch: Two Heroes
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And before we start Season 3, one more road stop: The Big Freaking Movie, Two Heroes, last yearâs surprise anime blockbuster and HeroAcaâs first excursion onto the big screen. Time to share my thoughts and rewatch this very entertaining film!
We open with bald eagles, deserts, and cowpoke themes, to make sure we know weâre in America. We fly into âCaliforniaâ which looks more like Las Vegas (not really complaining, I loooove that they picked my hometown state for this) to find young, white schlera eye-having All Might and his hunky bro David Shield kicking ass and taking names. My stateâs name, to be precise.Â
Some exposition follows, basically recapping the premise of HeroAca, as Iâm reminded of what a stroke of genius Hori had when he decided to make the MC an easy expositor thanks to his geeky knowledge of all things Hero. Deku will always be Captain Exposition.
Melissa! Sheâs fun and adorable and amazing, and I just love that the first HeroAca movie chooses to focus on a geeky, kind and energetic lady.Â
Deku looking back and forth between Melissaâs breasts and All Mightâs crotch belt is peak Bi energy.
Iâm so jealous that Melissa gets to touch Dekuâs hand.
Melissa describing All Might as someone David âlovesâ is just throwing away all pretence of his heterosexuality, if it ever existed. How the hell did this guy end up with a kid?
Deku blushing around and enthusing over both Melissa and David is max bi energy.
Urarakaâs Annoying Crush Counter: 5
But Iâm glad the girls are here! The Bones animators clearly know well what the fanbase wants to see, choosing to give all 6 class 1-A girls at least a cameo in the film, and three of them involved in the main plot. I especially love that, despite being initially pitted against each other, Uraraka and Melissa develop a bit of a womance in the film. OchaLissa ship!
My one major regret about this film is that Mineta is included in the Main Cast. I wish either Mina or Tsuyu had come along for the ride instead - one, theyâre better, more lovable characters who could do the same job he does, and two, then weâd have a nearly gender-even cast! (6 Boys: Deku, Katsuki, Tenya, Shoto, Kiri, Kaminari; 5 Girls: Ochaco, Momo, Jiro, Melissa, Mina or Tsu).Â
Kacchan makes his appearance! This bit was leaked online before the filmâs release and drew quite a lot of ire from BKDK shippers and Bakugo fans. Iâm mostly annoyed that Deku is acting OOC here; this is Post-Final Exam Deku, post Hero Killer Deku. Would the guy who punched All Might in the face and Bakugo in the face and the Hero Killer in the face be cowering in fear behind Iida, the guy whose life he saved, from the guy he, only a few weeks ago, punched in the face?! Badass Deku Rights!
Ooh a wild Todobaku moment! I always love when they bicker. Or rather, Katsuki bickers and Shoto ignores him.
OH NO you cannot slap me with the Ingenium OST theme and hardcore feels out of nowhere! God this scene is heartbreaking. I love, however, the cut to the whole of Class 1-A and Melissa when they talk about the future.
AH Bakugoâs feet! Why are we staring up his crotch? So this movie has a lot of KiriBaku scenes, and I should probably talk about them a little, since their friendship is a big deal in S3. Theyâre the only major HeroAca ship Iâve never shipped as a romantic pairing, per se. Like, in this scene, I see Kiri as Katsukiâs wingman, his bro, the guy who teases him about his obvious feelings from someone, not as the guy he has feelings for.
And for Kiriâs sake, I kinda dislike making him basically Bakugoâs sidekick. He willingly hangs out with the guy, when he wants to, in canon, he doesnât follow him around and become the butt of the joke, and he has lots of other relationships in canon to draw from, so this dynamic between them doesnât appeal to me.
Melissa being a quirkless kid like Deku is a great idea for the film, especially since she and David still find a way to help others. Theyâre a brighter image of the person Izuku could have been.Â
Full Gauntlet is pretty cool
Everyone dresses up pretty! The movie suits/dresses are awesome and (almost) everyone looks great. Why Deku is wearing a baggy zoot-suity mess is beyond me, but hey, he sheds it pretty quickly so Iâm not complaining.Â
If by âfemale assassinâ you mean Beauty Queen. Jiro is gorgeous.
OK the plot ensues! Darn, I couldâve easily enjoyed a movie that was just everyone hanging out and goofing off...ah well, I still love what we got.
This villain does what neither Tomura nor All for One could ever do! Subdue All Might! My god heâs a criminal mastermind!
Deku wants to help, and everyone but Shoto basically piles on the bandwagon afterwards. âAnd me!â âAnd me!â âMe too!â âAnd Meâ âNobody cares Mineta.â I like how they bring up the Powers dilemma, since thatâs a big deal in Season 3.
I was pretty impressed by the amount of level grinding our heroes had to do to make it to the top floor. 200 freaking floors, thatâs impressive.
Todoroki saved Bakugo! Yay! BTW I love all the tactical planning stuff in this portion, and how lots of characters get to contribute.
10 little superheroes, trying to save the day. Two got lost and then there were eight.
8 little superheroes, escaping from the garden. One saved the others and then there were seven.
7 little superheroes running against the sea, four were trapped by robots and then there were three. (i donât count mineta).Â
Three little superheroes, reached the top and flew; one had to float them so then there were two. (sheâs fine, Bakugo saved her. Save to win!)
Two little superheroes, faced with a gun. One fell out the window and then there was - never mind, she saved him, heâs fine.
That was fun. Anyway, to sum, the group gets split up as they work to get to the top, leaving only Deku and Melissa to reach the final boss dungeon. Highlights include the usual Kamijiro bantering, Todobaku making an awesome combat move, Uraraka standing against the coming onslaught of robots in a weirdly dramatic scene, and Reciproburst.
Dislikes include Kirishima being portrayed as not much use and kind of stupid (câmon, he can do better than that!) and Uraraka not getting to kick any real ass other than floating Melissa and Deku.Â
So we make it to Dramatic Plot Twist Tower and find out that David set up the whole thing. I joke, but I actually didnât see this coming the first time around and was genuinely surprised. I also think it fits really well with the story theyâre telling here: about trying to hold onto the past and forgetting to look to the future. I usually measure good plot twists in terms of how they change the story, characters and themes, and this one does.
On the other hand, Sam betraying him is just kind of silly. âOh no, not...that guy!â
The villain being named Wolfram makes me wonder if there are any secret Buffyverse fans on Bonesâ writing staff. With the next movieâs villain be named Hart?
I love how Melissa is a quirkless character who gets to save the day every bit as much as the powered ones. Also, Deku is freaking awesome in this scene, ngl. It has vibes of his fight with Muscular, that âpinned by an unstoppable wallâ thing.
And this has vibes of Deku vs Overhaul trying to save Eri. OMG S4 IS GONNA KILL ME. Anyway Deku tries really really hard to save David Shield and does lots of cool leaps and gets beaten up while doing it, enough to earn some of Wolframâs respect, but is unable to. Fortunately...
Watashi Ga Kita!
But then...duh duh duh! Wolfram has that power-enhancer-plot MacGuffin! Actually, itâs not a MacGuffin now, because now we the audience kind of care about it. It has weight, itâs significant. The characters care about it, but thereâs more to it than just being an interchangeable object.
I LOVE how they animated the metal on this guy. Thatâs Metalbending. OMG.Â
Class 1-A showing up and kicking ass as always. I just wanna quibble for a second with how this movie uses Howitzer Impact: a giant mind-blowing explosion in manga canon, a small underwhelming fizzle here.
DUH DUH DUH DRAMATIC PLOT TWIST. Again this one floored me the first time around. My jaw actually dropped when AFOâs theme started playing. Holy crap WHAH How what how. Iâm not as excited about this plot twist, as it basically just happens for the sake of being shocking, but hey, that is clearly something AFO would do, and I like seeing him and hearing his theme here anyway, so who cares. Just roll with it!
And now, the reason this movie was made and the premise behind it. We never, in the canon of the manga, actually get to see All Might and Deku fight the same villain at the same time, so the movie I think was made for that purpose: DOUBLE DELAWARE DETROIT SMASH + YSR
OH YOU SAY RUN. You could soundtrack a scene of people sitting around staring at the wall and turn it into the most epic thing ever. I will never get tired of this beautiful, peerless, impossibly good composition. And this is honestly one of my favorite YSR scenes, because dayum, you canât get much cooler than the Double DD smash.Â
Visual storytelling here is on point. David Shieldâs image of All Might turning into Deku is perfect.
We end on a sunrise, fittingly, and Long Hope Philia sountracked credits - with a small bit of depressing to end on, as we see David is probably gonna get arrested and All Might canât do nothing about it.
Two Heroes is great. My quibbles with it are all minor. Itâs the perfect first movie for BNHA; it is big and bombastic and action-packed, but more important, it gets what MHA is about at itâs core. BNHA is a story about the prior generation of heroes (and villains) passing the torch down to the next one. You know, like how teachers pass info onto their students in Academia. The movie gets that, and it delivers it with aplomb. Itâs a great script, every scene and moment is necessary and everything happens in the right place and right order. Itâs a thrill to watch, and I canât even begin to imagine what insane stuff theyâre gonna put in Movie #2 BKDK Boogaloo. Starting S3 tomorrow!
BKDK CORNER:
On a rewatch, Iâm a little more OK with this scene, because Deku pretty quickly bucks up and takes the challenge - and he doesnât exactly cower from Kacchan, Iida just gets in the way. I also love that gay sounding âKacchan, people are watching!â line in the sub.Â
All of Dekuâs Love interests where white flowers on their fancy wear.
NGL this is my favorite part of the movie. That is the sweetest, softest, most endearing smile Bakugo has ever had, and Todoroki seeing it and smirking is just perfect. Baku is peak Tsundere in this scene.
RANKER: The Formal Wear
Girls:
4. Momo - I like the tiara, and the dress is kind of a nice color.
3. Melissa - pretty but a little birthday cake-y.
2. Ochaco - Very cute and well-tailored. The tights really sell it.
1. Jiro - unconventional is the winner of the day here.
Boys:
6. Izuku - Deku where the f did you get that suit? Take it off, please. Why is your taste in clothing so bad.
5. Kirishima - itâs ok, but a little generic.
4. Kaminari - the waiter look isnât half bad on him
3. Iida - sharp dressed, of course. It looks nice!
2. Todoroki - perfectly handsome, and of course his suit is white.
1. Bakugo - that vest tho. damn.Â
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BnHA Chapter 214: 4th Popularity Poll and 5th Set Climax
Previously on BnHA: Deku met a Hellboy-looking dude in another one of his One For All Dreams and they had a chat! This friendly yet intimidating fella told Deku that the power that had just exploded out of him was actually the dudeâs quirk, Blackwhip. It turns out that OFA hasnât just been stockpiling physical power; all six of the prior wielderâs quirks are included in the package as well! Itâs just that up until now, none of the other wielders has ever been able to access them. Before vanishing back into the dream abyss, Dekuâs new friend told him he needed to gain better control of his emotions, as his anger toward Monoma was what triggered Blackwhipâs rampage and made it so difficult to handle. Back in the real world, Deku awakened unharmed thanks to Ochako and Shinsouâs efforts. But since the teachers hadnât called off the battle yet, Monoma came rushing in to attack, with the rest of Team B not being far behind. Mina and Mineta showed up to battle Yanagi, Shouda, and Kodai (they really need to do something about that number disadvantage), while Ochako battled Monoma and Shinsou got ready to take on Deku. The teachers are still watching btw, but it seems like they want to see how this plays out.
Today on BnHA: The newest popularity poll results are revealed and I have a lot of thoughts. A lot of thoughts. Vlad and All Might question why Aizawa wants to let the kids keep fighting, and Aizawa says itâs cuz theyâre all still trying their hardest to win. Mineta saves Minaâs life and then completely ruins it because of course he does, but she takes it in stride and uses him to attack the others by flinging him at high speed to ricochet endlessly off of his grapes in a Gran Torino-esque fashion. Monoma tries to attack Deku with One for All but it doesnât do anything (fortunately for Monoma), and Ochako then takes him down while Deku goes after Shinsou. Deku by the way is fighting quirkless because heâs worried that if he tries to use OFA right now heâll lose control and put everyone in danger again. He and Shinsou start tusslinâ and we have a flashback to when Ponytail!Aizawa (omg) was training Shinsou on how to use his capture weapon. Back in the present, Shinsou uses the scarf to send a bunch of heavy pipes crashing down towards Deku. But Deku chooses this moment to make peace with himself and his quirk, and catches the pipes using Blackwhip.
(As always, all comments not marked with an ETA are my mostly-unspoiled reactions from my first readthrough of this chapter. Iâm caught up with the manga now at chapter 225, so any ETAs will reflect that.)
how are BnHAâs Jump covers always so epic you guys
Shinsou you better watch out, Dekuâs fist is too close for comfort. well youâre the one who wanted to fight him again buddy
all right now letâs check out that character poll
oh, nice
BUT WHERE ARE MY POLL RESULTS. HOLD ON A SECOND, IâM GOING TO THE WIKI TO INVESTIGATE
...okay so apparently the results were actually in chapter 207? but the color spread wasnât released until this chapter wtf why
okay well let me analyze the color page first, and then Iâll go find and complain about the poll results
BAKUGOU AND DEKUâS SWORDS. okay Iâve seen this image before and I love it so much, and that is of course because itâs a sequel to the color page from chapter 120. and the two of them are now each carrying one half of All Mightâs sword. basically this is symbolic confirmation that the two of them together will carry All Mightâs legacy forward. this is so important to me you guys. this brings me so much joy and happiness
can we talk about what Hawks is wearing. I thought this was a medieval AU, but heâs looking rather steampunk to me. what, are you too cool for D&D, Hawks? also is that a literal hawk. that youâre holding. for some reason. huh
can we talk about what Todoroki is wearing?? and also what the actual hell is going on with his face? heâs wearing some sort of weird mask. and his outfit looks nothing like it did in the previous AU color spread. was Horikoshi just being extra or is this some indicator of a crazy plotline coming up for him somewhere down the road?
I notice my boy Aizawa is missing from the top ten, which is AN ACTUAL CRIME THAT SHOULD BE REPORTED TO THE POLICE, but! on the other hand! BEST FUCKING JEANIST OH MY GOD. WELCOME BACK BEAUTIFUL PRINCE. PLEASE HEAL UP SOON
loooooool Endeavor being in the top ten must have pissed off lord knows how many people. it would have pissed me off, before the Endeavorhawks arc. but Iâm cool with it now. I get it. having him as your favorite doesnât mean youâre giving a ringing endorsement of all his actions; it just means heâs a compelling character whoâs been getting some really good development lately. still absurd that heâd be ranked over Aizawa, but if Iâm honest with myself it really should be Jeanist who was bumped down for that. heâs just there because Japan apparently shares the same weird tastes as myself. by the way how fucking strange is it to see Jeanist without any Jeans holy shit is that even allowed
and winding down here, (1) Iâm glad to see All Might still in the top ten ranks at least, (2) Iida is a handsome boy and I love how his armor is reminiscent of his Ingenium costume here, and that heâs the one actually riding the dragon (be careful Iida or my idiot son is going to fall right off its head), (3) Kirishima is still as popular as ever I see, and lastly (4) Momo being in the top 10 is giving me life and I hope she gets some more spotlight this year! it was great to see her as the head of her respective Joint Training battle team
okay! so now let me find the list from chapter 207
holy shit, okay so first of all let me just say that apparently this poll received almost 81,000 votes. for comparison, the third poll only received about 36,000
so having said that, it is absolutely astounding that my boy Bakugou came in at number one yet again, with a margin of over 1000 votes. glad to see you being appreciated boyo
and Shouto made it to #2 for the first time! good job hot and cold! the Endeavorhawks arc definitely gave him a boost as well I think. and well deserved!
and my boy Deku at #3, but while the difference between Katsuki and Shouto is only about 1200 votes, the difference between Shouto and Izuku is more than 7,400. basically the top two are in a league of their own here goddamn
and Hawks is all the way at #4! holy shit! more than 4,500 votes between him and Deku, mind, and Kirishima is nipping at his heels less than 200 votes away from him, but still, thatâs amazing given how recently he made his debut and how relatively few chapters heâs been in. I expect the number of votes for him to skyrocket in the next poll, assuming we get more of that double agent storyline. Touya -- I mean Dabi -- is probably gonna get a boost too lol
my boy Finest Jeanist on Godâs Green Earth is next at 6th, and then MOMO IN 7TH PLACE YAAAAAY GO MOMO
and Endeavor made it to 8th! HOLY SHIT ENDEAVOR YOU FINALLY BEAT ALL MIGHT IN THE APPROVAL RATINGS. THESE TRULY ARE MAD DAYS
Iida beat All Might as well and made it to #9! though only by 100 votes
and All Might is in 10th, and then Aizawa is at 11th. oh Aizawa. you were upstaged by a crotchety old man seeking to make amends for his past sins, and a denim-clad meme who nearly made the ultimate sacrifice against AFO and then proceeded to not be in the manga for 120 chapters and counting. but itâs okay you were never in this for the fame
anyways the rest of the results are listed here, but some quick parting remarks:
Gang Orca came in at 15th, presumably thanks to his EXTRA GUIDANCE
my boy Denki is in 16th place and I want him to keep moving up! go kick Shindouâs ass. how the hell did that tool make it all the way to 14th place
Ojiro is still inexplicably popular to me. heâs a nice guy but you could replace him with a cardboard cutout of himself probably and I bet you it would take some time before anyone noticed something was off
Jirou is at 21st despite her performance in the Band AU arc and that is fucked up, people. WHERE IS THE RESPECT
Shinsou somehow went down despite finally making his reappearance in the series?? I seriously donât understand how popularity works, at all
Overhaul beat Mirio by 3 votes and while Iâm so psyched Mirio did better than the last poll (up to 26th place! these 455 people have impeccable taste), this fact is utterly depressing to me. did these people actually read the arc, for real
NIGHTEYE IS AT 27TH AND IâM SO SAD. not about him being at 27th, because thatâs actually pretty good. but just, you know. because once again I am reminded that heâs dead sob
lastly, in the American popularity poll Bakugou received 38,000 fucking votes holy shit. we may not have any fucking clue how to vote for presidents but at least we fucking got something right, goddamn. and Mirio in 9th place. and Aizawa in 6th. you guys are all right, US fandom
anyways that took like 25 years and if Iâd known it was going to be this long I would have saved the poll to be its own damn recap lol. but now on to the actual chapter!
lol so Vlad is like ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS, YOU DONâT WANT TO STOP THEM??
Vlad this is just how we do things around here. not all of us can be ~safe~ teachers whose students donât get attacked and abducted every Wednesday afternoon. some of us like to live on the edge and be super irresponsible because weâre lazy and also because the students will honestly manage to get into trouble regardless of whether we do our jobs or not
and anyways Aizawa says that if Dekuâs quirk acts up again heâll stop it so itâll be fine
and All Mightâs asking Aizawa why
well itâs obviously because he wants to give Shinsou a chance to complete his examination. and maybe he wants to see how the kids deal with this unexpected twist as well. so long as nobody gets hurt, why not
oh my god Aizawa
this man is fighting to reclaim that top 10 spot. never give up. never surrender
so weâre cutting to panels of all 9 battlinâ kids, and he says all of them are still trying to win this battle
because fucking plus ultra, in other words
sob I should be more indignant shouldnât I. has this school actually made me come around to their way of thinking
nah, itâs only because everything is clearly fine now. had this scene taken place even 90 seconds earlier I would have been all âWHAT ARE YOU DOING, OF COURSE YOU SHOULD STOP THEMâ
lol what
he just shows his affection in some very strange ways tbh
anyway so here we go! back to the kiddos! Deku and Shinsou are each holding onto Shinsouâs scarf and staring each other down!
and now Shinsou has GONE FISHINâ
this is beyond hilarious to me. oh my god. Deku you could just let go
but I guess he thought he could out-muscle him. like if anything, heâd be the one pulling Shinsou down to where he is. but instead heâs falling off of the platform where he and Ochako were standing
and Ochakoâs running over and sheâs all âDeku lost...?! in a power struggle?!â
that makes it sound like Game of Thrones lmao
Dekuâs glancing back up at her and says he canât use his quirk right now because heâs worried about putting everyone in danger again
yeah, thatâs probably a good call. at least until you get a handle on your emotions. even olâ Hellboy was all âmuch as I love my awesome fucking quirk, itâs been powered up to here and back now so results may varyâ
Ochako says that in that case they should retreat and regroup
lol how are you going to fucking retreat. this has already turned into a melee battle, theyâll just follow you
and Deku says that if they retreat now, theyâll lose
ah, good point
this is their chance to capture him, when heâs exposed and his quirk which relies heavily on stealth and surprise has been neutralized
Ochakoâs jogging over to him
oh my god
ITâS THE BATTLE HEâS BEEN PREPARING FOR HIS ENTIRE LIFE
oh to see Katsukiâs reaction to this. sigh
oh. but Deku is dotting and he says ânot exactlyâ
what are you up to you mysterious little chia pet
meanwhile ASHIDO MINA IS BEING A TOTAL BADASS AND IâM HERE FOR IT
THIS ACID MAY STING! A BIT!!
(ETA: you know, I made fun at the time, but given all the other shit weâve seen today, I have to give her credit for at least warning her opponents before attempting to maim them.)
and class B is just doing the same damn thing as before
Iâm surprised theyâre not trying to go on offense. mind you, it shows that they have a lot of respect for Minaâs offense and they donât feel like getting pummeled by acid this fine afternoon, which is understandable
oh shit but here we go
MINA YOU BETTER DODGE THAT SHIT, SHOUDAâS QUIRK HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL TO BE RIDICULOUSLY BROKEN IF HE USES IT RIGHT
...holy shit
QUICK, LETâS ENJOY THIS BEFORE HE SOMEHOW RUINS IT. WHY CANâT WE LIVE IN THE ALTERNATE UNIVERSE WHERE HORIKOSHI GAVE US A LOVABLE, FUNNY, AND COOL MINETA AND NOT THE HOT GARBAGE PERV THAT WE HAVE TO PUT UP WITH INSTEAD
good job Mineta. how many panels before you say something stupid to enrage us all again
oh shit I scrolled down to the rest of the page and SO FAR SO GOOD?! wow this is like a record
Mineta did something smart and creative and swooped in to save a teammate and didnât say or do anything perverted to ruin it?? better get me an umbrella cuz I suspect the other shoe will be dropping shortly
(ETA: 3... 2...)
aaaaaaaaaaaand the very first panel on the next page is him being smacked into Minaâs chest as a result of the twin impact, apparently just as planned
well so much for that. he made it a whole five panels though
hey, imagine if Horikoshi had written that scene and then not thrown in that last part in for absolutely no reason. imagine if Mineta was like that all the time. underestimated and mostly overlooked because of his mascot-like appearance and oddball quirk, but impressing us all with surprisingly clutch saves at crucial moments. kind of like the little niche that Aoyama has established for himself. it honestly wouldnât be that hard to make Mineta an interesting and actually funny character, and the fact that weâre going on five years of the same old shit instead is kinda disheartening
anyways, enough mourning what could have been, I guess. in the meantime Mina is grabbing him and hurling him lmao
and heâs bouncing around like a ping pong ball and class B is trying to avoid getting hit by him
oh my god. he is the special attack
ainât nobody wanna get hit by that. thatâs a smart move
Shouda says he wants to pull back, but theyâre kind of surrounded now and itâs hard to come up with a plan in the spur of the moment
all credit to Minaâs astounding creative mind, which has fucking flourished in these last couple of arcs and I hope it continues to do so. she is brilliant
Tsuburaba says Shouda is having to protect the other two because theyâre weak at close-range combat? say what now?? how is a telekinesis quirk weak at close-range combat, exactly?? just float some metal shit into the air and wait for Mineta to inevitably ricochet into it and concuss himself and just like that youâre free to take on Mina three against one. even someone as awesome as her would struggle with that
meanwhile, Jirou is wondering why the hell the teachers havenât stopped the battle yet
and hereâs the first weâve seen of Katsuki since The Thing happened, so yeah you bet Iâm posting that shit
he looks openly confused, and not in his normal âI donât know whatâs going on and that pisses me off so Imma make an angry faceâ way. but in a more overtly âwhat the fuckâ way. not that dissimilar to the way he looked when he was watching All Might battle AFO, but with less panic, thankfully
it definitely says a lot about how far his relationship with Deku has come that this is his reaction, though. confusion and maybe slight concern, rather than anger or jealousy or automatically thinking this is something new Deku had up his sleeve that he was purposely hiding from him. he really has come such a long way since Ground Beta
anyway so hereâs Deku and Ochako taking on Monoma
at least someone is using that TK quirk. or is that twin impact that heâs using. well either way, at least heâs doing something and not just standing there
oh look more Monoma monologuing
officially the most dramatic motherfucker who ever lived. but more importantly,
OH MY GOD HEâS GOING TO USE ONE FOR ALL LASKDFLKJSLKDJFLK DONâT DIE MONOMA
why he would attempt to use a quirk that he has seen breaking its original ownerâs bones and only MOMENTS AGO causing its owner intense pain as he flailed around out of control is beyond me. he kind of snapped here and got all go big or go home, I guess
Deku I assure you it very much can
now Ochakoâs telling Monoma to stop and that itâs dangerous! and sheâs charging toward him!
OH MY GOD
HE WAS FUCKING BLUFFING?? HOW
AND OH MY GOD OCHAKO, I STAN YOU SO FUCKING HARD RIGHT NOW THOUGH. IS IT JUST ME OR ARE THE LADIES THE UNDISPUTED MVPS OF THIS FIGHT!? DEKU DOES SHE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING HERSELF OR WHAT
wow what??
so he was trying to activate it but it wouldnât work?
well (1) heâs damn lucky it didnât, and (2) is that because Dekuâs technically quirkless? or is it because the nature of OFA makes it so it canât be copied or passed on to anyone against the ownerâs will? that is really convenient if so
(ETA: or (3) he did copy the quirk but not the accumulated power stored within it. oooh I have some thoughts on that. gonna try and take some time this evening to type out that OFA essay.)
Shinsouâs trying to save his partner, but!
oh shit
he looks so caught off guard sob. Deku are you gonna punch him. please be gentle he is still new to this
once again, I submit for your consideration: your MVP
you see Monoma, this is how you take a supposed âsupporting characterâ quirk and elevate it to its max potential
so now Dekuâs tackling Shinsou and theyâre tumbling onto the ground
Shinsouâs making another attempt to get Deku to talk but our boy is too smart for that shit now. fool him once, shame on you. fool him twice, shame on him. but you still havenât managed to fool him thrice so it looks like he can be taught!
and Shinsou is again saying heâs not the same as when they last fought
ahhhhhhhh weâre cutting back to the teachers now ARE WE GONNA GET SOME SHINY MENTOR FEELS
YESSSSSSSSSSS
HOWIRHFALSKDLFJL THE PONYTAIL LIVES, MY FRIENDS
oh my god oh my god
mentor feels! All Might youâre not the only one whoâs been training kids out in the woods in the wee hours of the morning!
Aizawa is self-taught holy fucking shit this manâs talent is severely underrated
THE PONYTAIL. I NEED TO MENTION IT AGAIN FOR OBVIOUS REASONS
and I donât think Iâve rambled about this yet, but! now weâre finally getting to see why Aizawa took such a personal interest in Shinsou, and Iâve been waiting and waiting for this and Iâm so happy weâre finally getting to it. he sees himself in him. they both have powerful quirks capable of incapacitating even the strongest opponents, but the catch is that those quirks are mental rather than physical. physically they are essentially quirkless, and so if they ever get caught off-guard -- or pitted against giant robot opponents, or opponents who are otherwise immune to their abilities -- theyâre at a huge disadvantage
so hereâs this kid whoâs very much like him, and Aizawa has no obligation to reach out to him, but he does so all the same, because he cares, and if he can help this kid fulfill his dreams and not have to stumble along and make it up as he goes the way he had to, isnât that worth doing?
Aizawa Shouta let me just once again say that itâs a war crime that you were not ranked in the top ten, and I think we need to conduct a special investigation into these poll results. Iâm only seeking justice and the truth
OKAY BUT THIS IS SOME INDIRECT HIGH PRAISE FOR THE ENTIRETY OF CLASS âNOT A SINGLE ONE OF US WAS EXPELLEDâ 1-A THOUGH AND I CANâT EVEN DEAL
AND THEN THE FLASHBACKS TO SHINSOU AFTER HIS FIRST BATTLE, AND BEING SO HARD ON HIMSELF. BECAUSE HE WANTS TO LIVE UP TO AIZAWAâS FAITH IN HIM. OH MY GOD I CANâT, THIS IS SO GOOD THOUGH AND IâM EMOTIONALLY COMPROMISED
so now Shinsouâs shouting again that heâs not the same as he was back then!
and heâs using his capture weapon to bring a bunch of heavy pipes crashing on top of them!
BUT NOW DEKU IS HAVING SOME MENTOR FEELS OF HIS OWN OH GOODNESS
;________; WHY DID THAT MAKE ME TEAR UP, SOMEBODY EXPLAIN
(ETA: I think because itâs a reminder that all of the past wielders of OFA are just as good and pure as All Might in their own ways, and theyâve all been working tirelessly to fight evil this whole time, and itâs like Deku doesnât have just one mentor, but he has eight now.)
AAAAAHHHHHHHH
LOOK AT HIM USING BLACKWHIP IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE CAPTURE SCARF WEAPON, THOUGH?? DID SHINSOU INSPIRE HIM
(ETA: of course he did. this is Deku, he takes and learns from everyone. I love it.)
AND JUST LOOK AT THIS FUNKY LITTLE SUCCESSOR LIVING UP TO THE FAITH THATâS BEEN PLACED IN HIM
oh my god. what a damn chapter. this recap is almost 4000 words and it was worth it. I love this arc
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BnHA Chapter 218: Purse Pilferage and Mouse Murder
Previously on BnHA: Kacchan and Deku sparred in an attempt to draw out Dekuâs mysterious new power once again, but to no avail. In a brief flashback, the OFA Scooby Squad (now including Bakugou!) discussed Dekuâs recent visions and his multiple quirks. Kacchan pointed out that it was very similar to All for Oneâs power, which seems to be weighing on Dekuâs mind some. That evening at the fanfic dorms, Shouto approached Deku asking if he had been hiding a second quirk. Deku assured him that the new quirk surprised him as much as everyone else, and fibbed that it was probably derived from his original quirk. Meanwhile the U.A. faculty accepted Shinsou into the hero course, and Aizawa acted all weird and cagey about someone from his past named âShirakumo.â Later, Monoma met with Aizawa, Mirio, Deku, and Eri at the teachersâ dorms and unsuccessfully attempted to copy Eriâs quirk. Eri apologized for being so troublesome, and the others assured her that she wasnât and Deku told her that even seemingly dangerous quirks can be used for good. It wasnât lost on him that this applied to his own powers as well, and he resolved to keep working to master OFA.
Today on BnHA: Early one December morn, the kids of 1-A gather in their common room to watch some TV while they wait to hear if Bakugou and Todoroki passed their provisional license retest. The news is reporting on a company called Detnerat which has recently entered the hero equipment business. Their CEO is some Joker-looking dude whoâs apparently a big fan of AFOâs old nemesis Destro of Meta Liberation Army fame. Destroâs book has recently been republished and is making the discussion rounds. DetCEO discusses it with his cute lil mouse subordinate Miyashita, but Miyashita isnât really a fan. This proves unfortunate for Miyashita, as DetCEO is all âthatâs too bad, guess Iâm just gonna have to snap your neck then.â Like, for real though. Anyway so then DetCEO heads to a secret meeting of like-minded individuals who are apparently Destroâs descendants and are seeking to make his goals a reality. We then segue to a group of purse-snatchers led by someone who I really thought was Shirakumo for a hot minute, ngl. Heâs not, though. Anyway so theyâre wreaking some havoc and stealing peopleâs shit -- that is, until two good boys who just earned their provisional licenses after three months of hard work show up to spoil their fun.
(As always, all comments not marked with an ETA are my mostly-unspoiled reactions from my first readthrough of this chapter. Iâm caught up with the manga now at chapter 225, so any ETAs will reflect that.)
HOLY SHIT
BABY WE GOT OURSELVES SOME MOTHERFUCKING SNOW IN THE FANFIC DORMS!!!
holy shit. and itâs the weekend! ARE WE GONNA HAVE SOME ANTICSSSS YES PLEASE I REALLY NEED THIS SO BAD RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE NO IDEA
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
KIRISHIMA WHY ARE YOU TAKING YOUR CLOTHES OFF
I hope they get a ton! I WANT SNOWBALL FIGHTS AND SNOW FORTS AND TODOROKI TO LET IT GOOOOOO LET IT GOOOOOOO
ahh but apparently he and Bakugou are away right now
wow they even got that class on Sundays now, huh
also, who did Sero borrow the tankoubon from? because more likely than not it was Bakugou since I canât even picture Shouto reading manga (unless he borrowed some volumes from Deku, maybe). so that means Bakugou is (a) a big olâ manga-reading nerd who brought his manga to school with him, and (b) sharing with friends. both of which make me so, so happy
(ETA: Viz translated this as âI want to borrow the next volume of this manga from Todoroki,â but as far as I can tell, in the RAW version he doesnât specify who he borrowed it from. I think Caleb Cook just doesnât think Bakugou is capable of sharing. give him some credit, Caleb Cook.)
Deku says they should be back around six, and Iida says itâs apparently the last day of their provisional class!
OHMYGOSH. hold up. so that means that their re-test is in like a week, no? holy shit. oh my god Iâm so hypppppped ahhhhhh
SDLFKHASLDFKJLK HOLY SHIT
ITâS TODAY!?!??
YOU CAN DO IT KIDS I BELIEVE IN YOU. YOU GOT THIS
KACCHAN ARE YOU READY TO OFFICIALLY BECOME KACCHAN THE HERO
(ETA: maybe weâll actually get Kacchanâs hero name before I grow old. maybe.)
SDFKASLDHK AND LOOK AT THIS SETUP!? AHHHHHH PLEASE DONâT CUT AWAY FROM THIS. OH MY GOD
but snow antics though. oh my god Iâm so torn lsdkjlk
anyways of fucking course we cut away, and I donât really mind because I love cozy 1-A snow day dorm antics also. plus everyone is gossiping about Todo and Baku, and Satou is baking a cake like the Princess Peach he is
Kami is playfully lamenting the fact that heâs about to lose the one leg-up he had on those two, and flipping on the news
oh shit are we gonna get some Plot
I guess so. what is this
Detnerat?? is that a portmanteau of something? an acronym? or another Star Wars reference I failed to pick up on??
(ETA: yeah so itâs the word âtalentedâ spelled backwards. except with an r instead of an l.)
so the news is showing some people with mutant quirks, including a four-armed lady, a jello child, and a walrus with a bowler hat
and the narration is talking about how people like this used to be a minority but now âtheir era arrivedâ
interesting. I guess thereâs pretty much no such thing as âone size fits allâ anymore these days huh. so does that mean thereâs been a shift back to custom-made tailored items?
this pointy nose guy is extremely theatrical
calm down buddy
so he says his company has come all this way while building products that meet the needs of each of their customers individually
this is cool and all but Iâm trying to figure out why this new arc is opening with an infomercial
Iâm expecting things all right, but I think itâs a little too early to say if theyâll be great
and now weâre cutting to this guyâs office, where his employee is concluding his presentation. apparently he was showing his boss the finished commercial
and now theyâre discussing the thus-far lukewarm reception to their recent announcement
(ETA: holy shit. famous last words. fuckinâ jinxed it Miyashita.)
are you guys... good guys? bad guys? how is this related to the plot?? a new arc all about stock holdings and market shares. Iida did you write this arc
so pointy nose says that theyâve been doing this on a much larger scale for a long time already, so heâs confident theyâll be successful
oh shit
it only just occurred to me that he used the word âsuperpowersâ instead of quirks
AND LOOK AT THIS SHIT
ITâS THAT BOOK. THE ONE THAT WAS PROBABLY WRITTEN BY DESTRO OMG
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
IT WAS DESTRO. CALLED IT WOOP WOOP
Mishiwhatsa says he read the book too but âitâs a load of crap if you ask meâ
he says that what the army was doing was nothing but terrorism at the expense of innocent people, and yet Destro âhad the gallâ to act like he was in the right
hot damn this guy really was Magneto. are we going full-on X-Men in this arc. I want the works. I want fucking sentinels and everything oh god please
oh shit Iâm starting to worry about olâ Mishi here
MIYASHITA, RUN
OH SHIT
IS HE GOING TO SNAP HIS FUCKING NECK!?? HOLY SHIT!??
holy fucking shitballs oh christ
this dude is straight up murdering his best employee, Nezuâs cousin, all because he didnât agree with his favorite book!?
...
holy shit
fuck. Iâm speechless
okay. okay shit. well. uh. Detnerat, huh
you have my attention, plot
hooooooooooly shit
holy shit holy shit holy shit
okay. calm down, self. letâs jot down some thoughts real quick
okay so one, that one shot of that guy with his hand on his hat has a decided Ian McKellen vibe to it. Iâm telling you guys. X-Men references all over the damn place in this arc
two, the word âsupremacyâ was used. meaning this wasnât just a âquirk rightsâ group, this was a quirk supremacist group. or is a quirk supremacist group, I should say. these people believe themselves to be the future of humankind. they donât want liberation, they want control. and assuming we continue to follow the X-Men parallels here, they also believe themselves to be superior to those without superpowers and theyâre looking to assert their authority over them
they clearly believe the current laws restricting the usage of quirks are a form of oppression and persecution and are looking to eradicate them
this seems like exactly the type of philosophy the League of Villains would be eager to spread, and I wouldnât be surprised if another team-up is in the works here
lastly, if these guys are now in the business of making hero equipment, whoever buys from them had better be really careful, as I can easily see some sort of Iron Man 2 plotline going down in which thereâs a secret command built into the coding of the new equipment which will sabotage its users once activated. or if youâd rather think of it in Star Wars terms rather than MCU, call it an âorder 66â ploy
(ETA: well I partly called this one. still up in the air honestly, who knows.)
also: friendly reminder that Bakugouâs gauntlets were recently destroyed and heâs gonna be needing new ones! (:
so having said all that, letâs see how this pans out!
and right away, the prediction about them teaming up with the League is panning out. waste no time, huh
so Hooknose is telling him to do so at once
oh shit hold up
WELL I SURE GOT THAT BACKWARDS NOW DIDNâT I
lol oh shit. I totally forgot that AFO was the one who bombed the Armyâs HQ all those decades and possibly centuries ago. I canât believe these guys still remember that and know how AFO was connected to boot
also, is there a Rorschach thing going on here? I wonder if itâs a reference to the psychologist or to the comic book character from Watchmen. Iâm betting the latter given the way theyâre using the inkblots as masks, and also because this is a manga based on superhero comics after all
(ETA: yeah, Rorschach, Joker, and Magneto... drawing on a lot of classic villains and anti-heroes in this arc.)
ah so now weâre getting details on their new bid to enter the hero market
HOLD UP
WHAT THE FUCK THIS GUY LOOKS AWFULLY FUCKING FAMILIAR
IS THIS SHIRAKUMO??? AIZAWA WERE YOU NOT CONTENT WITH THE STRIKING SIMILARITY YOU ALREADY BORE TO KAKASHI? HAD TO GO AND ADD THE OLD FRIEND TURNED EVIL BACKSTORY TOO?? OR WHAT
given that this guy seems to have some sort of cloud-based power (look at what heâs riding! and now the people he just harassed and stole from are describing it as âcarbonated waterâ), and kumo means âcloudâ...
(ETA: nope, this is just good olâ Soda Sam. Carbonation Carl.)
okay and now weâre cutting to a conversation between two as-yet-unknown parties that seem to be witnessing this robbery from a distance, and deciding whether or not to intervene
for a moment I entertained the idea that this might be Kacchan and Shouto with their hot-off-the-presses licenses, possibly talking to All Might? but none of this dialogue seems to have that Kacchan flair, and it also doesnât make much sense for them to have attended the lesson accompanied by All Might and no one else. Aizawaâs been pretty good about making sure thereâs always at least one other fighting pro accompanying them
so now this group of merry bandits is celebrating their new haul
OH SHITTTTTTT
ODDS OF THIS BEING BAKUGOU AND SHOUTO JUST SHOT WAAAAAAAAAY WAY UP OH MY GOD?!
OH MY GOD IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT?!
I SHOULD STOP DOUBTING MYSELF AND HORIKOSHIâS PROPENSITY FOR GIVING ME EXACTLY WHAT I WANT ALL OF THE TIME
motherfucker. you just know Kacchan spent that entire cab ride with his nose pressed to the window trying to sense danger and keeping his fingers crossed something like this would happen
(ETA: him and Shouto both, since the dialogue suggests it was Shouto that spotted it first! so basically one of them stationed at each window with All Might sandwiched in between wondering if heâs even going to survive this trip. the answer is yes, All Might, but not without it becoming Eventful.)
also, 30 minutes or 30 seconds, it hardly matters All Might. you know these two spent the last three months anticipating this moment every single minute of every day. theyâre gonna go do reckless hero shit, All Might. THEYâRE JUST GONNA
oh my godddddddd
TodoBaku fighting against Aizawaâs possible friend-turned-villain in the snowwwwww having JUST EARNED THE SHIT OUT OF THEIR NEW LICENSES HELL YEAHHHHHHHHH
and it appears Kacchan does have a gauntlet. goddammit. make that propensity for giving me almost exactly what I want, most of the time
anyways, I donât really care! life is good. life is fucking amazing, fam
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BnHA Chapter 184: JP Hero Billboard Chart
Previously on BnHA: We spent the whole chapter enjoying the cultural festival. Class B entertained with a fantasy play that drew inspiration from no fewer than four separate intellectual properties, proving that itâs not just Monoma who likes to copy stuff. Hounddog handed out some of the most terrifying discipline weâve seen since Orcaâs EXTRA GUIDANCE. Eri regaled Deku with her enthusiastic recap of the concert in vivid detail including sound effects and both Deku and Mirio were thrilled to see her so happy. Those jerk upperclassmen from before apologized for their bad attitude. Everyone was grateful to class 1-A for lifting the schoolâs spirits. Hadou won the Miss Con competition at long last. Bakugou conquered the warped wall. Shinsou traumatized several class A students for life. Mei successfully wowed people with the support team expo and then promptly passed out afterward. Deku presented Eri with a handmade candy apple and bid her farewell. And lastly, over at the police station, the cops processed Gentle and La Brava and seemed to be taking steps to rehabilitate them. All in all it was the most wholesome chapter ever and Iâm almost sorry to see this arc end, but the plot must go on.
Today on BnHA: Aizawa brings Eri back to U.A. and is all âoh yeah by the way, she lives here now.â We learn that Tokoyami interned with a hero named Hawks and YOU ALL KNOW WHO THAT IS. The Pussycats visit the 1-A dorms and announce that theyâre coming off their hiatus and that Ragdoll will be supporting them as an OL which is some bullshit but at least sheâs okay. Pixie-Bob explains that shockingly, All for One was not inclined to just give her quirk back just like that! We learn that the JP Hero Billboard Chart, the organization that ranks active heroes, will be presenting the new official rankings -- the first without All Might -- shortly. Right now, in fact! We then travel to Kamino for the live presentation. The top 10 heroes are introduced, the highlights of which are Ryuukyuu at #10, Kamui Woods at #7, my new bunny fave Miruko at #5, Edgeshot at #4, Best Finest Elite Superlative Jeanist at #3, and THAT MAN, Hawks, at #2. Oh and Endeavor at #1. With a new suit. I WONDER WHO THIS ARC IS GOING TO BE ABOUT.
(As always, all comments not marked with an ETA are my unspoiled reactions from my first readthrough of this chapter. Iâve read up through chapter 207 now, so any ETAs will reflect that. Just to clarify real quick, my stopping right smack dab in the middle of my boyâs big fight isnât by choice, lol. Iâve been sick for the past few days, but Iâm finally starting to feel a bit better, so hopefully Iâll have the energy to resume soon.)
GASSPPPPPPPP
ITâS THE THING. THE THING WITH THE RANKS. THE HERO RANKINGS!!
omg. are we going to get to see how they do it finally? AND ARE WE FINALLY GOING TO MEET FORMER NUMBER THREE AND CURRENT NUMBER TWO HERO IDOL HAWKS?? THE MYSTERIOUS HAWKS WHO HAS WINGS, AND I ASSUME HE HAS THE POWER OF HAWKS. MAYBE. EXCEPT THATâS KIND OF A LAME POWER TO SOMEHOW GET HIM ALL THE WAY TO NUMBER TWO ABOVE PEOPLE LIKE EDGESHOT AND FUCKING BEAST JEANIST. HAWKS WHAT ARE YOUR SECRETS
maybe I should READ THE CHAPTER and find out. hmmm
anyway so November is ending! that means weâre entering December! which also means I think Bakugou is going to get a new costume soon! and also he and Todoroki have only one month left before they get to retake their exam oh gosh. so much excitement so little time
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
ERI GOT ADOPTED BY EVERYONE!?!??!??!
AIZAWA IS OFFICIALLY HER DAD. OH MY GOD. IâM GOING TO CRY. LOOK AT HIS NONCHALANT FACE. âhey Deku meet my new kidâ
(ETA: and he says âU.A.â but we all know itâs really just him. I donât see anyone else from the school stepping up. Aizawa itâs okay you can admit that youâre completely incapable of turning your back on a child in need and so you stepped in and took responsibility for her and only afterward actually went and asked Rat Principal if it was okay and thankfully he said yes because heâs also a pretty cool guy. just like you. my god I love you)
ERIâS SO HAPPYYYYY
LOOK AT ALL OF HER NEW BIG BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!!
THE FULL STORY IS YOU ALL ADOPTED A KID, DEKU!!!
Nejire put her hair in pigtails omggggg
and Tsuyu, she is your sister now. GET USED TO IT
so now Aizawa and Mirio are leaving her with Tamaki and Nejire and calling the 1-As outside to talk
so they found out that Eri was abandoned by her parents, and that her grandpa is the comatose Precepts boss
and Mirio says that her horn, which you recall had shrunk quite a bit after the Overhaul battle, started to grow again recently. although itâs still pretty small
so they figured U.A. would be the safest environment for her, rather than a foster home
GOOD. IâM GLAD YOU ALL FIGURED THAT OUT
AHHHHHH
(ETA: btw Mangastreamâs translation says âteachersâ dormitoryâ rather than lounge, which makes a great deal more sense)
HE REALLY DID ADOPT HER ITâS OFFICIALLLLLLLLLL
oh my god. he cares so much. obviously itâs not something he had to do, but he obviously grew fond of her and knew it was going to be the best option for her
so now you have a six-year-old daughter, Aizawa. good thing your twenty other kids can help babysit
and also this guy!
so Mirio is now a full-time live-in nanny. I approve
omgggg
yesssssss
but thatâs not to say that this the only reason heâs doing this. that will be the happiest ending but he still loves her regardless
âitâs been a while since we did anything gay, Mirio. how bout itâ
yes. pretty neat
now Aizawa is asking if the third years can take Eri for a little bit. I guess he has to go and take care of some teacher things. heâs such a busy guy
Mirio says theyâre happy to, and heâs saying they should all play Othello
apparently this is not referring to the Shakespeare play but itâs another name for the board game Reversi. that was really confusing for a sec lol. Iâve never heard of this game before
Dekuâs asking if they can join in, but Aizawaâs telling them to go back to the dorms
ah??
OH? DO TELL
and now weâre cutting to the dorms and Tokoyami is suddenly sneezing quite forcefully
LOOK AT THESE CUTIESSSSS
why is Kiri wearing a button down shirt. are you going on a date. none of your usual suitors seem particularly dressed up
(ETA: and what is going on with Kami and Momo there oh my. you two sure look mighty cozy)
Kaminari is teasing Tokoyami about the old superstition that if you sneeze it means someoneâs talking about you somewhere
AHHHHHH WHAAAAAAAT
THE FUCK!?
fuck me, what? Tokofuckingyami interned with the former number three himself and no one fucking said a thing?!
and was this his actual internship or his work study? I wonder how many other kids had actual internships that we didnât hear a damn thing about
also why does Ochako look about 8 years old in that panel. holy shit her eyes are big
anyway, Toko is flatly saying he doubts he has any fans yet and that itâs too early
and now the door is cracking open and Iida is announcing that their guests are here!
EYYYYYYYYYYYY
ITâS BEEN A WHILE YOU ASSHOLES
Ragdoll! â€â€â€ glad to see they didnât dump you and that youâre keeping your spirits up even after everything that happened
DID THEY BRING KOUTA. THEY SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT KOUTA. heâs probably in school now though. damn
-- NO HEâS HERE!!!
BE CAREFUL WHEN GREETING HIM YOU KNOW HOW HE GETS!
I love that everyoneâs so happy to see them and Mina and Hagakure are even running over for hugs. thatâs so heartwarming to see, especially given how the camp ended and the scared and sad terms they must have parted on last time
speaking of those events!
itâs nice that he apologized. even though it wasnât their fault (mostly). but Iâm sure Bakugou doesnât particularly like to be reminded of it and would rather just pretend like nothing happened. so I hope they take their cue from him and try not to make him uncomfortable
something like 90% of AO3 is convinced Bakugou has Secret PTSD from this incident, and while I tend to stick to Confirmed Canon Only and thus am more on the side of he probably doesnât, Iâm sure that itâs not something he likes to think about all the same and the subject probably does put him on edge
(ETA: and! come to think of it, the one thing we do know he came away with for sure is a lot of guilt! so itâs more than possible that he actually blames himself for being the cause of the attack and for indirectly being the reason why Ragdoll lost her quirk. so to have them come up and apologize to him when from his perspective heâs the one who caused all the trouble to begin with... now that is something I can see really bothering him, actually. oh Bakugou)
Jirou, who as you recall was also injured during the attack, says that theyâre all doing well
and meanwhile Tora brought bread for all of them and Minaâs waving it around excitedly and Ochako looks over the moon. she always loves sweets
YESSSSSSSSSS
MY TINY ANGRY SON
LMAOOOOO
DEAR MIDORIYA IâM REALLY SORRY
lmaooooooo
look how much better heâs gotten now, though! heâs graduated from groin punching to handshaking! heâs actually super thrilled to see Deku again and you can tell and heâs trying so hard not to show it and I fucking love it omggg
OH MY GODDDD
HE MATCHED DEKUâS SHOES HOLY SHIT. HOW DOES THIS SERIES KEEP OUTCUTEING ITSELF!?
oh my god. Deku really is his hero. I canât. why do I suddenly want to cry omggg
anyway! so now Satouâs asking why theyâve come to visit U.A.
and Pixie says they came âto celebrate her reinstatementâ
???! Ragdoll???
:(!!!!!!
OH COME ON WHAT THE HELL
okay but like. her quirk was all mental anyway. physically sheâs still just as strong as she ever was. I donât see why she couldnât be out there fighting crime even without the pokedex quirk. sure, it leaves her a bit more vulnerable not being able to track people or knowing their moves and stats ahead of time, but thereâs still a lot she could do goddammit
and now Pixie says they got a report from Tartarus omg!
(ETA: okay so I posted Mangastreamâs translation here as it makes much more sense than Jaiminiâs version. so you can ignore all the confused commentary below. this makes it clear heâs just taunting them and saying âwhy sure, Iâd love to give back all the quirks I stole, but I canât do that while youâve got me all tied up :â) too bad.â)
oh my god sudden All for One holy shit. I donât think weâve seen him since like chapter 116?? oh snap
so Iâm not quite sure what heâs saying here. is he saying he physically canât return the quirk, or that itâs use it or lose it type of deal? or is he just saying he doesnât feel like returning it, sorry, too bad so sad?
Iâm going to assume itâs that last one, seeing as heâs a dick
but like, there was never really any chance of that happening anyway. we all know the only way that quirk is coming back is if Deku does in fact turn out to be his kid and he takes the quirk himself and gives it back to her
AHHHHHHH
OKAY BUT. THE SHOT OF KACCHANâS FACE THOUGH! Kacchan being part of the inner circle yesssssss. holy shit. Iâve been waiting so long for this?? thank you, manga, for this friendly reminder that he is the only other one who knows the full story of All for One and his connection to Deku. I love how serious and somewhat apprehensive they both suddenly look just at the mention of him
anyway, so Mandalay is saying itâs going to be broadcast soon, but that on the most recent JP Hero Billboard Chart they were ranked 411th
holy shit what?! werenât they in the top 50 before?! thatâs an insane slide. I know they lost a member and also had a kid get kidnapped on their watch, but still
AHHHH DETAILS ABOUT THE JP HERO BILLBOARD CHART YESSSSSSS
lol actually this is all stuff that we already knew
BUT LOOK AT THAT SILHOUETTE IN THE NUMBER THREE POSITION THOUGH! fucking Rawk Hawk is about to be revealed at long last omgggg
okay yeah, Deku says the Pussycats were previously ranked at #32
so Kiri says oh, thatâs why theyâre starting things up again, so they can fight their way back to the top after such a steep drop
oh my god
âNO YOU GUYS DONâT UNDERSTAND, WE FUCKED UP REALLYÂ BADâ
theyâre saying that the fact that they didnât drop even lower means that there are still fans rooting for them, and so they have to work hard
lol Kiriâs sobbing into his arm at how manly they are
and now the kids are all âoh yeah come to think of it, the second semester rankings havenât been presented yetâ and that itâs probably because of all the crazy shit thatâs happened recently
are they usually presented before now? I just figured it was a twice a year June-and-December type thing
âexcitingâ isnât quite the word Iâd use, but okay. sounds more depressing than anything :(
ahhhh now weâre cutting to the presentation!
theyâre broadcasting from Kamino of all places
so there are a ton of people and a bunch of stretch limos and such, and it seems to be like an Oscar-level event
oh, but apparently itâs not normally like this
RYUUKYUUUUUUUU
HEY WHAT THE FUCK
WHAT FUCKING GIVES. THERE HAD BETTER BE AT LEAST ONE MORE BADASS LADY IN THE TOP TEN THEN OR IâM GOING TO BE REALLY FUCKING PISSED THAT THE TOP TEN RANKINGS GO âGUY GUY GUY GUY GUY GUY GUY GUY GUY, AND I GUESS WEâLL THROW IN A GIRL HERE AT THE END NOW BECAUSE WEâRE SO GENEROUSâ
ffff
number 9 is some old samurai asshole
go fuck yourself Yoroimusha. what makes you so special that youâre ranked above my dragon queen
number 8...
...okay he can stay
oh shit Kamui fucking Woods made it all the way to number 7!
fffffff they showed Mt. Lady and for a moment I thought it meant she was at no. 6! but noooooo sheâs all the way at #23. despite having participated in the same missions as Kamui. do you know what, the JP Hero Billboard Chart can go fuck themselves
who the hell
âCrustâ lmao. toast hero. sandwich hero
OH GOOD
so now women make up a full 20% of the top ten rankings rather than a measly 10%. we really smashed that glass ceiling, yâall. gender equality has been achieved. youâre welcome
(ETA: I feel like this needs more :/ faces to get my full feelings across. :/ :/ :/ :/ :/ :/ :/ okay thatâs better)
anyway if sheâs in the top 5 she must be pretty cool and I hope we get to see what her power is someday
(ETA: seems to be your basic run-of-the-mill animal-themed super strength, but damned if Dabi did not want to fuck with her though. you go Miruko)
Edgeshot is at number 4, which is expected since he was previously in the number 5 spot before All Mightâs retirement. good boy Edgeshot
except for Mt. Lady apparently
AHHHHHHHHHHHH
BEAST JEANIST
GET WELL SOON YOU SEXY PUNK
AHHHHHHHHHHHHH
ITâS HIM!!!!!
RAWK HAWK
HOLY SHIT HEâS SO FINE. LOOKS JUST LIKE I REMEMBER FROM ALL THE FANART. HAWKS YOU SEXY BITCH
âHOW EXCESSIVEâ
ITâS LIKE AIZAWAâS FACE AND ATTITUDE WITH ALL MIGHTâS HAIR, OH SHIT WHAT A LEGEND
BUT DONâT THINK YOU CAN JUST AUTOMATICALLY WIN MY APPROVAL OVER JUST LIKE THAT! YOU STILL NEED TO PROVE TO ME WHY YOU DESERVE TO BE RANKED ABOVE MY BOY BEST FORKING GODDAMN ONE AND ONLY JEANIST
and of course, number one is Endeavor
lol what he gets the whole last page to himself. why. just because he got a new costume?? I honestly didnât even notice the difference lol
but okay fine letâs take a look
well, heâs definitely trying! did he make himself a fire antennae thing. and does he have a cape now I canât tell
god thereâs so much fire. just turn it off when youâre not in action and be fucking normal you asshole
and so thatâs it. I guess
what I took away from this chapter is that the people of Japan voted in a washing machine over a fucking dragon. given the choice, they would rather have him on the scene, tossing in red shirts with the villainsâ white loads to turn all of their clothes pink. I mean, sure then. whatever
BONUS: Mirukoâs profile!
OH SO YOU LIKE CARROTS HUH. I donât know what I was expecting lol
so her last name means ârabbit mountain.â I guess the mountain part is just cuz sheâs strong as hell? idk
and I wonder if her first name has any meaning since itâs just written in katakana. I know the notes say something about it being a reference to a professional fighter, but I have a feeling thatâs talking about her hero name rather than her given name
I fucking love her. I wish to god there were more than two fucking female heroes in the top ten, but at least the two we have are pretty badass
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BnHA Chapter 126: Introduction
Previously on BnHA: We caught up with the villains for a spell and shit was wild. Twice brought in a new guy by the name of Overhaul who apparently has yakuza roots. Tomuraâs group was under the impression that he wanted to join them, but Overhaul informed them he had grander intentions -- now that All for One is gone, he intends to make himself the new ruler of the underworld. In other words, heâs a challenger to Tomuraâs as-yet-not-very-established throne. Tomuraâs group predictably didnât take to this very well, so Overhaul fucking blew one of them up by way of persuasion. Tomura in turn disintegrated one of Overhaulâs own men because why not, itâs been a while since we had anything really gruesome and shocking in this manga so hey! So in the end it was kind of a draw, and Overhaul left after telling Tomura to give him a call. Back at U.A., Deku and Mirio dropped by to chat with All Might, presumably to set up an internship for Deku.
Today on BnHA: Aizawa announces that the first year students will be allowed to do internships. Deku asks All Might if he can introduce him to his former sidekick, Sir Nighteye. All Might says no, partly because he thinks itâs too dangerous, but mostly because for some reason he thinks it will be awkward. But after some imploring from Deku, he gives in and asks for assistance from Nighteyeâs current intern, Mirio. Mirio agrees to introduce Deku to Nighteye. A few days later the two boys travel to his office. Mirio warns Deku that although Nighteye is famous for his stoic demeanor, he actually has a hidden side that prizes humor above all else, and Deku will have to make him laugh in order to win his favor. Deku meets Nighteye and promptly contorts his face into some bizarre All Might impersonation. But Nighteye seems less than impressed.
(As always, all comments not marked with an ETA are my unspoiled reactions from my first readthrough of this chapter. Iâve read up through chapter 155 now, so any ETAs will reflect that.)
so weâre opening with Aizawa talking about the possibility of the first year students doing internships
he says that the majority of the faculty, including the principal, were like ânah thatâs crazyâ
(ETA: oh so now yâall care about the safety of your students, huh)
so all the kids are like âwhat?!â because they were just starting to get really into the idea
also Kaminari is playing with Ojiroâs tail. just cuz itâs there and he can
meanwhile Bakugou is like âHAHA SUCKERSâ because he wouldnât have been able to do the internships anyway lol
(ETA: Bakugou is in like three scenes in this entire arc, and one of them is a flashback. Iâm just gonna enjoy this while I can. hereâs his obnoxious shit-eating grin.
I MISS YOU SO MUCH YOU LITTLE SHITHEAD)
but now thereâs a âhoweverâ coming from Aizawaâs direction!
oh snap
sorry Bakugou
youâll have your license in a few months and then you can go back to Best Jeanistâs agency (PLEASE??!) or wherever else you want to go and youâll be all caught up in no time
Iâm glad the teachers gave it such careful consideration, too. this seems to be an unusual amount of deliberation from a school which until now has mostly stuck with the philosophy of âjust throw âem right into the deep end and see if they sink or swimâ
so now over in the staff room, Dekuâs asking All Might if heâll introduce him to âSir Nighteyeâ for an internship
Ectoplasm is in the background thinking about how he wants to go to karaoke. just making a note of that. this man is clearly pent up and he wants to sing some damn Journey songs goddammit
(ETA: this was mentioned in his bio back in the extras for chapter 61. âfavorite thing: karaoke.â Iâm so curious about this. why does he love it so much. who does he con into going with him. Hounddog and Vlad, probably)
oh shit look at this man not playing any favorites
damn. harsh
he says heâs not doing it just to be mean, and of course not. All Might doesnât have a mean bone in his body. so why, then
apparently there are three reasons!
reason one, he was one of the teachers that were against it. he thinks itâs too dangerous right now with the recent resurgence of villains
(Midnightâs in the background saying that internships have always been risky, though, and that the school should support the students who still want to go. fuckinâ love Midnight, man)
reason two, he says Deku should strengthen his shoot style first
now Ectoplasm and Cementoss are also chiming in with their two cents, in addition to Midnight (and Thirteen) from the previous panel omg. and All Mightâs face loool
IT TAKES A VILLAGE, ALL MIGHT
oh my god
I love this man so much
haha. all of these reasons actually suck though. heâs just feeling overprotective at the end of the day isnât he. and also that last one. awk
but we all know Deku has been extremely fired up recently, and this appears to be why:
(ETA: âhonestly, if Bakugou told you to go jump off a bridge would you do it?â âpshh! no. thatâs ridiculous. ...how high a bridge?â
heh. is that too similar to the roof thing to be funny. should I just shut up. whatever I love them)
my god I love their relationship so much
and since theyâre in a room filled with other U.A. staffers, all Deku says is âmy quirk is very similar to All Mightâsâ (HINT HINT. WINK WINK), and he thinks that if he works under Nighteye heâll be favorably compared to All Might
and heâs bowing imploringly and says he needs to become stronger
special attack: Guilt Trip Smash omg
All Might looks to possibly be having a change of heart. but he says he still canât be the one to give Deku the introduction
he canât, but...
so I assume this is where Mirio comes in
Mirio is REALLY PSYCHED to have been summoned by All Might himself. such an honor oh goodness
did All Might not have classes with the senior students before? Iâd think that would have taken some of the mystery away from it. but hey, maybe heâs just pumped to actually be able to do him a favor
meanwhile Deku is like âI donât really understand this situationâ and Mirioâs like âHAHA ME TOOâ
obviously Mirio is Nighteyeâs current intern Deku you boob
see
so apparently heâs been his intern for the past year already
Dekuâs really impressed by this
All Mightâs asking Mirio if he thinks Deku is up to working under Nighteye
oh my god
Mirio is such a good fucking bro
(ETA: the best bro on godâs green earth)
heâs asking why All Might doesnât just ask him himself though. he says Nighteye would be thrilled to hear from him
...but All Might says heâs too ashamed to show his face? :(
âin the end... things turned out exactly as he forewarned they wouldâ
I donât like All Might feeling awkward or ashamed about having lost his powers damn it
should I be mad at Nighteye?? idk right now
(ETA: honestly I canât really be mad at any of them. which is a bit exasperating for me as a reader having nowhere to direct my frustrations, but also thatâs some damn good writing though)
anyway so heâs asking Mirio what he thinks of Deku
Mirio is asking Deku what kind of hero he wants to be. ah, this oneâs easy!
oh snap what a great fucking answer
ladies and gentleman, our fucking protagonist. the GOAT
and he was unconsciously clenching his fists in determination while saying it
Mirioâs like wow thatâs crazy dude
Mirio youâre definitely knocking on my top ten here. Iâm not even sure who it is right now honestly. there have been a ton of great new characters recently. ugh itâs hard dammit
(ETA: if you really want to know, the top six are the same as before -- Bakugou, All Might, Izuku, Aizawa, Ochako, and Todoroki -- followed by Momo, Toga, and then yes, this bright-eyed fella. and then idk. Kaminari, Kirishima, Jirou, Best Jeanist, Iida, Mina, and Sero are all vying for that tenth spot. this series has a problem with its characters being too good.
but seriously itâs Best Jeanist)
anyway, he adds that heâd been thinking about it already since their training session earlier
All Mightâs looking pensive :/
whatâs on your mind dude
heâs flashing back to his meeting with the Rat Principal that we saw a little bit of back in chapter 121. when RP was telling him he had someone in mind who would be a good successor
and naturally it was Mirio
and now All Mightâs watching him and Deku, and thinking about how Mirio would have been the successor if heâd never run into the latter
in hindsight we owe quite a lot to that sludge villain, huh. but those are the kind of little fateful coincidences I fucking love in stories like this. so many what-ifs. what if All Might hadnât chosen that day to come to Dekuâs hometown. what if Katsuki hadnât delayed Dekuâs walk home that day by blowing up his notebook. what if Deku hadnât fucking grabbed onto All Mightâs leg like a crazy person and caused him to drop his villain bottle. what if All Might hadnât already been close to his limit at the time. what if the bottle hadnât landed exactly where Kacchan was walking with his stupid middle school lackeys. all these little things that came together. I like it, because when you think about it all it feels like destiny
anyway. not only did I go on a nostalgic tangent there, but I also went back and reread the entire first chapter just now whoops. Iâm so easily distracted
so now itâs the weekend!
and the other boys are hanging out lazily having breakfast, but meanwhile Dekuâs like
meanwhile these two are also up early, and Todoroki is trying to be friends, but Bakugou doesnât want to be awake yet omg
(ETA: and off they went, never to be seen again)
haha. I love them
I really really really really really love Kaminariâs bedhead
I want to ruffle his hair and never stop. power him up. static quirk. worth it
now Mirio and Deku are arriving at Nighteyeâs office
itâs really nice. Deku is intimidated
Mirioâs reminding Deku that Nighteye has very strict standards. but it appears that Deku is already aware
but Mirio says thereâs another side to him that he doesnât show to the media
he says if Deku doesnât want to get turned away, then he needs to make him laugh at least once. lol what
apparently Night respects humor above everything else. in spite of his stoicism, or maybe because of it
Mirio says all he can do is introduce Deku and then the rest is up to him
well it sure is a good thing Deku is such a naturally funny guy. always crackinâ wise, that Deku. weâre not fucked at all, no sir
now Dekuâs asking Mirio why heâs doing this for him. itâs because heâs just a nice guy, Deku!!
damn, he would have been a great successor. Deku is still the best of course. but wow
thereâs a page of Nighteye having a weird conversation with some girl named Bubble Girl whoâs only wearing about one third of a shirt
heâs chastising her for not having enough enthusiasm or vigor
damn itâs just like Mirio said huh
holy shit heâs hooked her up to some kind of weird bdsm-y tickling machine what the actual fuck
wowwwwwwwwww okay letâs skip right on past this. just. wow
(ETA: I feel like I know way more about Horikoshiâs fetishes than I ever wanted to. this is easily the single most uncomfortable panel in the entire series and I wish it never existed)
so now Deku is being stared down. and having a dramatic moment where heâs intensely thinking about how far heâs come and that he needs to show him some damn humor!!
Deku just show him your collection of t-shirts with weird shit written on them
or. you could try this I guess
this is apparently his All Might face. this is his best shot
he says a sense of humor is the thing he lacks the most. goddamn, itâs true. EXCEPT FOR THE SHIRTS
lol this response
and now Deku is sweating and Mirioâs thinking âit bombed!â but I actually donât think it did omg. I think he fucking nailed it
(ETA: boy was I wrong on that one)
but this is the end of the chapter. wow
 bonus:
âthe quintessential Japanese to All Mightâs quintessential Americanâ
I donât even know what to think. Iâm still trying to retroactively erase the tickling machine from existence by sheer willpower alone. but itâs not working dammit
(ETA: it really was not a good introduction. he makes a much better impression in the next chapter coming up.
I also just noticed that he doesnât have a real name listed here. is it supposed to be a secret?? why
also is this fucker really going to die. fuck Overhaul so goddamn much. this arc is going to give me trust issues from here on out. any character whoâs introduced with too much of an OP quirk is on borrowed time. fml)
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BnHA Chapter 059: The Origin of One for All
Previously on BnHA: Deku said farewell to Gran and headed back to U.A. Bakugouâs Jeanist hair was featured in just one panel, but forever left its impact on me and henceforth I will observe a moment of silence for Bakugouâs dignity each year on the anniversary of this day. The kids discussed their internships. Iida, Deku, and Todoroki received extra attention due to the whole Hero Killer thing. All Might conducted some training. Deku showed off his new skills. All Might asked Deku to visit him after class SO THAT HE CAN FINALLY TELL HIM ALL OF HIS SECRETS AND EVERYTHING ABOUT HIS PAST AND ABOUT ONE FOR ALL. OH MY GOD SOMEONE HOLD ME, HOW I HAVE WAITED FOR THIS DAY.
Today on BnHA: Mineta gets some comeuppance. Deku chats with All Might. All Might reveals the origins of All for One, a man whose quirk allows him to steal other quirks as well as grant them to others. We learn that One for All came to exist when this same man transferred a quirk to his brother which mutated and allowed his brother to pass on that power from generation to generation. All Might warns Deku that he might have to face All for One someday. Deku says heâll be fine as long as All Mightâs by his side. (: Aizawa announces a summer trip to a forest training camp. All for Oneâs face is finally revealed (!!).
(As always, all comments not marked with an ETA are my unspoiled reactions from my first readthrough of this chapter. Iâve read up through chapter 132 now, so any ETAs will reflect that.Â
**There are manga spoilers in this post for BnHA chapter 131, which has not yet aired in the anime.** These spoilers are marked, but itâs the first time this has come up, so please take heed. If anyone has any feedback regarding ways to possibly do this better, Iâm definitely open to it!)
something about that number 59 that I really love... canât quite put my finger on it :)
(ETA: present me is feeling less playfully cryptic than past me, and realizes that not everyone reading a BnHA recap is going to have detailed knowledge of the KHR fandom and all of its weird idiosyncrasies, which include, among other things, a system in which each character has a corresponding number. so just to be clear, 59 is a reference to this asshole, a.k.a. my favorite character now and always. and I could, in fact, actually put my finger on it, and if there ever comes a day when I donât associate that number with him, itâll be safe to assume that I am either an impostor or dead.)
anyways I have skyhigh fucking expectations for this chapter now, so letâs hope it can deliver!
JIROU PROFILE!
imagine being able to fuck up someoneâs internal organs with the sound of your own heartbeat
six meters is nothing to laugh at; thatâs some pretty decent range there. and she seems to have full control over the jacksâ movements the entire time
so I read Jirou as a lesbian, and Iâm curious what everyone elseâs thoughts are. yay? nay?
and I mentioned this a while ago, but Iâve shipped her and Momo since like chapter 16, and I still ship it lol
on to the chapter!
the kids of class A are changing back into their normal uniforms after All Mightâs training session. Deku is wondering what All Might wants to talk to him about, and heâs a little nervous
Mineta is calling Deku over and saying heâs made a discovery. Mineta how dare you pollute my chapter 59 with your garbage presence
yep itâs exactly what I thought it was. little shit found a peephole leading to the girlâs locker room on the other side
Iidaâs telling him to stop, but heâs not doing nearly enough
omg
I feel like this should have some kind of trigger warning. in fact, I was originally going to post the closeup of the earphone jack stabbing right into his eye, but then I was like, you know what, letâs just err on the side of caution
have I mentioned how much I fucking love Jirou omgg. only regret is that she didnât take out both his eyes
OH MY GOD SHEâS USING HER QUIRK TO FUCK UP HIS EYE EVEN MORE
âYOU REAP WHAT YOU SOWâ YESSSSSSSSSSSS. THATâS MY CHAPTER 59!!!!!
NOW DEKU IS IN ALL MIGHTâS BREAK ROOM. OH MY GOD ITâS HAPPENING
OH MY GOD
RIGHT??!?!
All Might says heâs sorry he wasnât by Dekuâs side. âyouâve been through a lotâ
omgggggggg
-- OH FUCKING SHIT
OH SHIT OH SHIT I JUST REALIZED
âdo you remember what I said when I granted you this power?â omg. DNA. oh my god oh my god
THANK FUCKING GOD?!?! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO ME, CHRIST
jesus. okay so he says One for All wonât transfer to a new recipient unless the user wills it to
so it canât be taken by force, but he does interestingly point out that it can be passed on to someone else without their consent. which is true, and something I hadnât considered! if you got someone to unknowingly take in some of your DNA (or hell, it doesnât even have to be unknowingly, does it. can you also transfer One for All through makeouts or sexy times?? omg), you could pass the ability to them without their knowledge. or even against someoneâs will. though I have no idea why anyone would ever want to do that
(ETA: actually, itâs since occurred to me that there is at least one scenario where someone might be forced to do that, and thatâs to prevent the quirk from falling into All for Oneâs hands once again. and now I really want a plot line in which Deku is forced to do this. talk about the ultimate sacrifice play. I donât necessarily see it happening in the series -- although it would be amazing!! -- but my god I would read the shit out of that fanfic. just so long as it has a happy ending in which Deku escapes and One for All is restored back to him, though. oh man. now Iâm thinking about this wayyyy too much hahaha.)
he says One for All comes from another quirk!
ALL FOR ONE?!
-- it ROBS others of their quirks omg
okay so obviously All for One must have this quirk. and I mean, itâs the perfect villain quirk. it ties into whatâs been going on with the Noumus. and most importantly, itâs the antithesis of All Mightâs own (former) quirk. One for All vs. All for One. literally doesnât get more balanced than that
exactly like with the Noumus
calling it right fucking now, someone Deku knows is going to have their quirk stolen
imagine if it was Bakugou. and all of a sudden he was rendered quirkless. the thing he despises the most. omg. I think I mentioned in a previous post that I know weâre gonna get some Baku angst at some point, and now that I know this is fucking possible, holy shit. it really could happen, maybe. omg
(ETA: lol get ready for all my speculation from the Forest Training Camp arc up until basically the end of the Hideout Raid arc to be tinted by this lens. I fucking spooked myself a bit there.)
okay so apparently this all started back when quirks were just becoming a thing. so weâre talking a ways back. and I guess that makes sense, given that Deku is supposedly the ninth-gen user of One for All
so basically when quirks first came onto the scene, it was like X-Men. everything was in upheaval, people were scared of people with quirks, and basically no one knew what to do and society went nuts
but some guy came along and âbrought the people togetherâ
wow the dude fucking took over the entire country of Japan. I would fucking hope Deku had heard of this guy, then?
he has heard of it, but only through ârumorsâ, and he thought it was all made up. apparently they kept this incident out of the textbooks. so this guyâs influence must be extraordinary even now
now All Mightâs explaining how One for All came about from all of this!
just like fucking Noumu omg
thatâs what I just said, Deku. geez. fine Iâll be quiet
so All Might says that in some cases when people were granted quirks, their quirks mutated and blended together
omg
holy shit
so he had a quirk that did nothing except allow itself to be passed down to someone else. but then for some unknown reason, Big Bad gives him a crazy powerful new quirk, and that new quirk merges with the passing-down quirk
can I just quickly say, I love that the brothersâ original quirks were so closely related, since it makes sense what with them being blood related
All Might says justice is always born from evil. thatâs a good line, dammit
Dekuâs asking so then how can that original guy from all those years ago still be around. Iâm guessing he must have stolen some sort of immortality quirk
and All Might theorizes the same
holy shit. so the brother kept opposing him but couldnât beat him, so he ended up passing his quirk on to the next generation, and the cycle kept repeating itself again and again
(ETA: I couldnât think of where else to put this, but I just wanted to mention that since One for All works by stockpiling power -- meaning its power increases with every subsequent generation -- this means that Deku is destined to become even stronger than All Might, and thatâs so damn exciting.)
what?! thatâs all the detail youâre going to go into about this part??
so anyways, this is why he hadnât told Deku about this yet. because of the whole âyouâre destined to have to face this guy yourself one day, maybeâ thing. wow
heâs more Dumbledore than I originally thought
but Deku is pretty damn Gryffindor
oh my god ;_;
the fact that he said âas long as youâre with me...â
and now All Might is looking so fucking anguished all of a sudden
oh my god donât be dying. please donât be dying All Might
oh god
oh my god. donât tell me itâs what I thought earlier. that once you give up One for All thatâs it and youâre doomed. please donât let that be the case. if it comes to him thinking heâs going to die, Iâd rather it be from the injury. like, something about how modern medicine can only do so much. because at least then thereâs hope that someone will come along with some miracle cure quirk or something, maybe. but if his own quirk is killing him, then there probably isnât anything that can be done, and I donât know if I can handle that after the bond that these two have formed!! I donât care if itâs thematically perfect!!
(ETA: ***SPOILER WARNING FOR CHAPTER 131***)
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okay so! this has finally been explained and of course, itâs perfect. the idea of a prophecy is something I didnât see coming, but once Nighteyeâs quirk was established, it made a whole lot of sense. and yet somehow if you can believe it, I still didnât see it coming lol.
but I like this a lot! because it works as both something that feels inevitable, and something that the characters are determined to fight nonetheless. and it adds an ominous clock-ticking-down feel to everything thatâs going to come after this point. although Iâve only read one chapter since then, lol, so I donât actually have any idea where this is going to head just yet.
but anyway, Iâm just happy it was finally addressed, and that Dekuâs reaction was as angsty as I could have hoped for, and that All Mightâs subsequent response was more perfect than I could have ever dared to dream, and have I mentioned to you guys how much I love Toshinori and Dekuâs relationship because oh my god. I love it so damn much.
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ALL OF A SUDDEN WEâRE CUTTING BACK TO CLASS A. FINE. GOOD. LETâS PUT THESE FEELS ON HOLD FOR NOW
Aizawa says summer break is approaching. I feel like this is a good time to pause for a sec and take stock of who is still fifteen and who is sixteen, because I realized the other day that Bakugouâs April birthday means heâs among the oldest in the class (ETA: in fact he is the oldest), and already turned sixteen before the sports festival
okay, so Aoyama, Hagakure, Satou, and Kaminari have already had their birthdays for sure, and Deku, Iida, Sero, and Mina either also just turned sixteen or theyâre going to shortly, because they all have birthdays in the back half of July, and the Japanese summer break is usually in August
interestingly (well it is to me), Todoroki is actually one of the youngest kids in 1-A; his birthdayâs not till January. the only younger ones are Kouda, Tsuyu, and Shouji of all people (Shouji you sure are a big guy aincha)
okay now back to your regularly scheduled programming
oooh Aizawa says theyâre going to a summer break forest lodge!! yessss omg. this immediately sounds amazing
lol these kids have seriously misinterpreted what kind of trip this is going to be. what fucking school do you all think youâre attending here
yeeees this is my favorite thing, not even gonna pretend. I wonder just how many fanfics are set during this arc hahaha
Aizawa says that if any of them fail the end of term exam, theyâll be stuck in school, and I guess that means they miss out. YOUâD ALL BETTER PASS THEN. EXCEPT MINETA -- YOU CAN GO TO HELL
aww, poor Deku is still sitting there completely distracted by his conversation with Dumbledore -- I mean All Might -- earlier
he really didnât. and Iâll try not to let any associations with Dumbledore cloud my fondness for that bravest and most selfless and noble of men, the Symbol of Motherfucking Peace, who just doesnât want to dump all of this on Deku just now, and wants to let him be able to enjoy school and being a kid for as long as he can like normal
and I mean, similarities aside, All Might never pulled any shit like dumping Deku in an abusive household for eleven years, or basically raising him for slaughter and keeping mum about a prophecy that said he had to die
so yeah. All Might, youâre good
my god this has been a good chapter 59
oh my god weâre cutting to THE OTHER END OF THE SKYPE CHAT OH MY GOD. HOLD ME I CANâT BREATHE
WHEREâS YOUR HEAD OH MY GOD I CANâT TAKE IT?!
heâs chatting with some mad scientist-looking guy
so he has that same regeneration quirk that the Noumu had, but he received it after All Might wounded him. actually, his fight with All Might was supposed to have taken place five years prior to the start of the series (so six years ago), right? so that would mean he only just got the regeneration power recently
OH SHIT!!!!!
YESSSSSSSSSSS
OH MY GOD HEâS PERFECT. EXACTLY AS CREEPY AND THREATENING AS HE NEEDS TO BE. THE LACK OF EYES REALLY HELPS. WHAT WITH THEM BEING THE WINDOW TO THE SOUL, ITâS ONLY FITTING THAT THIS GUY DOESNâT HAVE ANY
SERIOUSLY, IT IMMEDIATELY MAKES HIM THAT MUCH MORE THREATENING IN MY BRAIN, JUST, LIKE, INSTINCTIVELY. LIKE A SLENDERMAN VIBE ALMOST
and he says All Might should enjoy this âtransient peaceâ while he still can
holy fucking shit
Iâm so fucking hyped omg. like this dude absolutely can be the final villain for the next 140 or 240 or 540 chapters, however long it takes to tell the rest of this story. heâs got it. All for One. so fucking perfect holy shit
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