That ask you submitted about NO ONE being happy/giving encouragment to Izuku during the interview exercise made me way angrier than I thought.
Like you said, it would have been one thing if a few of 1A didn't (Sero and Kota since they're canonically not as close with Izuku, maybe Jirou since she just don't give af), but for EVERYONE including Tokoyami and the Deku Squad? Absolutely not.
Like Jesus fucking Christ, Hori can't just throw Izuku a win every once in a while? All Might's the only one who consistently praises him and gives him encouragment, and the narrative likes portraying as this being wrong because it "encourages Izuku's self-sacrificing tendancies."
It's bad enough that Izuku has no other talents or hobbies to speak of, he can't even have his friends in his corner?
All this does to me is paint Hori as indecisive about what he wants to do with these characters that aren’t named Midoriya or Bakugou. And it’s absolutely infuriating because Hori wants us to think 1-A is a complete unit and family together yet scenes like this tarnish that idea.
Moments when Midoriya rallies the bulk of 1-A during the provisional license exam and they all back him up with NO hesitation, and Iida and Todoroki wanting to let him know if he needs someone to talk to when they see him stressed about something during the Overhaul arc. I LOVED those scenes because they demonstrated how high of an opinion most of 1-A had of him. At the bare minimum, even those who didn’t canonically interact with him a lot or at all, like Sero or Koda, they trusted and respected him. That’s why, while I understand the feeling and can get where people are coming from, I can’t get behind the notion that Midoriya doesn’t have friends. They are simply acting out of character for dumb reasons, such as, like I said in my post, a very cheap laugh.
Honestly, it’s like the entire dynamic between Midoriya and the majority of 1-A shifted by the time you know who started to get more and more unnecessary screen time.
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MHA Chapter 416 spoilers translations
This week’s initial tentative super rough/literal translations under the cut.
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コミックス40巻4月4日発売‼︎
コミックス40かん4がつ4かはつばい‼︎
KOMIKKUSU 40kan 4gatsu 4ka hatsubai!!
Volume 40 release on April 4th!!
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No.416 こじ開けろ!緑谷出久‼︎ 堀越耕平
ナンバー416 こじあけろ!みどりやいずく‼︎ ほりこしこうへい
NANBAA 416 kojiakero! Midoriya Izuku!! Horikoshi Kouhei
No. 416 Pry it open! Izuku Midoriya!! Kouhei Horikoshi
1
待テ
まテ
maTE
"Wait."
2
デクさん…
DEKU-san...
"Deku-san..."
3
助けないと…‼︎
たすけないと…‼︎
tasukenai to...!!
"I have to help...!!"
4
アソコマデ何百キロモアルンダヨ
アソコマデなんびゃっキロモアルンダヨ
ASOKO MADE nanbya KIRO MO ARUNDA YO
"That place is hundreds of kilometers [away]."
5
乗ってきたノで戻れば…!
のってきたノでもどれば…!
notte kita NO de modoreba...!
"We rode here, so if I go back...!"
6
荼毘ヤマキアソシテAFO…
だびヤマキアソシテオール・フォー・ワン…
Dabi YA Makia SOSHITE OORU FOO WAN...
"Dabi and Machia, and then All For One..."
7
想定以上ニ戦闘規模ガ広ガリ避難システムニモ影響ガ及ンデイル
そうていいじょうニせんとうきぼガひろガリひなんシステムニモえいきょうガおよンデイル
soutei ijou NI sentou kibo GA hiroGARII hinan SHISUTEMU NI MO eikyou GA oyoNDE IRU
"The scale of the battle spread more than expected, and the effect is reaching the evacuation system."
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今ハ動カセナイ
いまハうごカセナイ
ima WA ugoKASENAI
"We can't move it now."
9
でも…!
demo...!
"But...!"
10
ソレニ…
SORE NI...
"Additionally..."
1
「巻キ戻シ」エネルギーモ
「まキもどシ」エネルギーモ
「maKImodoSHI」 ENERUGII MO
"the Rewind energy"
2
マダ溜マッテナイダロウ
マダたマッテナイダロウ
MADA taMATTENAI DAROU
"hasn't accumulated yet, right?"
3
…行ケタトシテモソレデハ殆ド意味ガ無イ
…イケタトシテモソレデハホトンドイミガナイ
...IKETA TO SHITEMO SORE DE WA HOTONDO IMI GA NAI
"...Even if you could go, there would almost be no meaning."
4
イレイザーノ時ニワカッタダロウ
イレイザーノときニワカッタダロウ
IREIZAA NO toki NI WAKATTA DAROU
"You understood when [you were with] Eraser, right?"
5
ちょうとダンプカーにひかれたけど相澤先生 元気ダヨ
ちょうとダンプカーにひかれたけどあいざわせんせい げんきダヨ
chouto DANPUKAA ni hikareta kedo Aizawa-sensei genki DARO
Aizawa-sensei was run over by a dump truck, but he's fine.
6
気持ハ痛イ程ワカルガ
きもちハいたイほどワカルガ
kimochi WA itaI hodo WAKARU GA
"I understand the feeling is painful, but"
7
我々ハ信ジルシカナインダヨ
われわれハしんジルシカナインダヨ
wareware WA shinJIRU SHIKA NAINDARO
"there is nothing we can do but believe."
1
エリちゃんの夢!⁉︎
エリちゃんのゆめ!⁉︎
ERI-chan no yume!!?
Eri-chan's dream!!?
2
じゃあ
jaa
Then,
3
僕も尚更頑張らなくちゃ!
ぼくもなおさらがんばらなくちゃ!
boku mo naosara ganbaranakucha!
I have to do my best even more!
4
緑谷兄ちゃんは
みどりやにいちゃんは
Midoriya-niichan wa
"Midoriya-niichan,*"
(*Note: This word means "big brother" or is an honorific for a young boy/man a younger person looks up to.)
5
すぐ泣きべソかくんだよ…
すぐなきべソかくんだよ…
sugu nakibeSO kakunda yo...
"his face [looks like] it's about to cry, so he's hiding it..."
1
こうたくん…
Kouta-kun...
"Kouta-kun..."
2
僕も泣き虫だから…!
ぼくもなきむしだから…!
boku mo nakumushi dakara...!
"[I can tell] because I'm a crybaby too...!"
3
兄ちゃんが頑張ってるとね
にいちゃんががんばってるとね
niichan ga ganbatteru to ne
"Big brother (niichan) is doing his best."
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何かしなきゃって思うんだ
なにかしなきゃっておもうんだ
nani ka shinakya tte omounda
"That's why it feels like we have to do something."
5
おまえがここで休んだら
おまえがここでやすんだら
omae ga koko de yasundara
If you rest here,
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俺たち元の暮らしに戻るのかよ?
おれたちもとのくらしにもどるのかよ?
ore-tachi moto no kurashi ni modoru no ka yo?
will we go back to our old lives?
1
皆がいてくれるから
みんながいてくれるから
minna ga ite kureru kara
Because everyone is here [with me],
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全部取り戻します
ぜんぶとりもどします
zenbu torimodoshimasu
we'll get it all back.
1
物間っ!しっかり‼︎
ものまっ!しっかり‼︎
Monoma! shikkari!!
"Monoma! Hang in there!!"
2
緑谷さん…また黒いお姿に…!
みどりやさん…またくろいおすがたに…!
Midoriya-san...mata kuroi osugata ni...!
(literal) "Midoriya-san...[his] black form again...!"
(contextual) "Midoriya-san...[he's turning into] his dark form again...!"
3
ねえヤオモモ
nee YAOMOMO
"Hey, Yaomomo."
1
コミックで
KOMIKKU de
"In comics,"
2
よくあるじゃんね…
yoku aru jan ne...
"[there's this thing that] happens often..."
3-4
「俺はあいつを信じてる!」ってさ
「おれはあいつをしんじてる!」ってさ
「ore wa aitsu wo shinjiteru!」 tte sa
"'I believe in that guy!'"
4
俺とか切島くらいの立ち位置の奴が言うの…
おれとかきりしまくらいのたちいちのやつがいうの…
ore toka Kirishima kurai no tachi ichi no yatsu ga iu no...
"It's something some guy in a role like mine or Kirishima's says."
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そのような作品にはまだ出逢えてなくて…
そのようなさくひんにはまだであえてなくて…
sono you na sakuhin ni wa mada deaete nakute...
"I haven't come across any works like that yet..."
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少年系読まんもんね…
しょうねんけいよまんもんね…
shounen-kei yoman mon ne...
"You don't read the shounen genre..."
7
緑谷さ…多分今世界で一番強ェのに…
みどりやさ…たぶんいませかいでいちばんつえェのに…
Midoriya sa...tabun ima sekai de ichiban tsueE noni...
"You see, Midoriya...is probably the strongest person in the world right now, but..."
8
何でだろうなあ…
なんでだろうなあ…
nande darou naa...
"I wonder why..."
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オールマイトみたく"もう大丈夫"って…思えねェんだよなあ…
オールマイトみたく"もうだいじょうぶ"って…おもえねェんだよなあ…
OORU MAITO mitaku "mou daijoubu" tte...omoeneEnda yo naa...
"I can't imagine...that 'it's all right now' like what All Might says..."
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ヤオモモ……
YAOMOMO......
"Yaomomo......"
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心配すんのは信用してねェってことになんのかなあ?
しんぱいすんのはしんようしてねェってことになんのかなあ?
shinpai sun no wa shinyou shite neE tte koto ni nan no ka naa?
"Does my worrying mean I don't believe in him?"
1
そう‼︎予断を許さない負傷者から!
そう‼︎よだんをゆるさないふしょうしゃから!
sou!! yodan wo yurusanai fushousha kara!
"Yes!! From an unpredictable injured person!"
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雄英の子‼︎グラビティみたいな名前の…わかんない!とりあえず すぐ着くから‼︎
ゆうえいのこ‼︎グラビティみたいななまえの…わかんない!とりあえず すぐつくから‼︎
yuuei no ko!! GURABITI mitai na namae no...wakannai! toriaezu sugu tsuku kara!!
"A UA kid!! The one with a name like Gravity...I don't know! Anyways, [we'll] be there soon!!"
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雄英ロボが向かっているそうです
ゆうえいロボがむかっているそうです
yuuei ROBO ga mukatte iru sou desu
"It looks like the UA robots are on their way."
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グラビティって子が危な���みたい
グラビティってこがあぶないみたい
GURABITI tte ko ga abunai mitai
"It looks like the Gravity kid is in danger."
5
あ
a
"Ah!"
6
おい
oi
"Hey!"
7
緑谷の映像来てるぞ何じゃコリャ
みどりやのえいぞうきてるぞなんじゃコリャ
Midoriya no eizou kiteru zo nan ja KORYA
"The video of Midoriya is coming, what the hell is this?"
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今はいいので早く!
いまはいいのではやく!
ima wa ii node hayaku!
"It's fine now, so hurry!"
9
ウラビティ……
URABITI......
Uravity......
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あの子だ……
あのこだ……
ano ko da......
It's that kid......
1
もしも
moshimo
If
2-3
もしも全員が少しだけ"みんな"のことを思えたなら
もしもぜんいんがすこしだけ"みんな"のことをおもえたなら
moshimo zen'in ga sukoshi dake "minna" no koto wo omoeta nara
If all of us could think of "everyone," just a little bit
1
何で私が緑谷についたか
なんでわたしがみどりやについたか
nande watashi ga Midoriya ni tsuita ka
"Why did I head for Midoriya?"
2
あいつは
aitsu wa
"Because that guy"
3
心をこじ開けるんだ
こころをこじあけるんだ
kokoro wo kojiakerunda
"pries open hearts."
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レディ・ナガン
REDI ・ NAGAN
Lady Nagant
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元・ヒーロー敵
もと・ヒーローヴィラン
moto ・ HIIROO VIRAN
Former Hero/Villain
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プロヒーロー・ロックロック
PURO HIIROO ・ ROKKU ROKKU
Pro Hero Rock Lock
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悪人にとって
あくにんにとって
akunin ni totte
"For the bad guys,"
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一番嫌な事をしてくるんだよ
いちばんいやなことをしてくるんだよ
ichiban iya na koto wo shite kurunda yo
"he's come to do what they can't stand the most."
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まァ
maA
"Well,"
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敵退治はいかに早く戦意喪失させるかだからな
ヴィラン(たいじ*)はいかにはやくせんいそうしつさせるかだからな
VIRAN taiji wa ikani hayaku sen'i soushitsu saseru ka dakara na
"the key to eliminating villains is how quickly you make them lose the will to fight, that's why."
(Note: This line was originally spoken by Fatgum in chapter 134.)
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多分
たぶん
tabun
"Perhaps"
10
今もそうなんだ
いまもそうなんだ
ima mo sou nanda
"now is also like that."
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勧善懲悪を徹しきれない
かんぜんちょうあくをてっしきれない
kanzenchouaku wo tesshi kirenai
"It's not enough to devote himself to rewarding good and punishing evil."
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茨の道に夢を見てる
いばらのみちにゆめをみてる
ibara no michi ni yume wo miteru
"He's dreaming on a path of thorns."
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その面があまりに必死なもんだからーーー
そのつらがあまりにひっしなもんだからーーー
sono tsura ga amari ni hisshi na mon dakara---
"That aspect of him is so desperate* that---"
(*Note: This word in Japanese means that this aspect of Izuku is something that he does "desperately, frantically, with all his might.")
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ついつい応援したくなっちまう
ついついおうえんしたくなっちまう
tsuitsui ouen shitaku nacchimau
"against my better judgment, I want to root for him."
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がんばれ
ganbare
"Do your best!"
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来るなあ
くるなあ
kuru naa
(literal) "Don't come!"
(contextual) "Stay back!"
2
やめろ
yamero
"Stop,"
3
転弧
てんこ
Tenko
"Tenko!"
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デクの前に現れたのは⁉︎
デクのまえにあらわれたのは⁉︎
DEKU no mae ni arawareta no wa!?
What has appeared in front of Deku!?
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あの家から連なる全ての崩壊だ
あのいえからつらなるすべてのほうかいだ
ano ie kara tsuranaru subete no houkai da
The decay of everything extending from that house.
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You know, I was just thinking about the UA entrance exam.
Specifically, how terribly designed it is, but not for the reason they seem to give in the story itself.
Like, here's how it is: Aizawa is shown criticising the UA Entrance Exam once, during the Sports Festival. And the ONE criticism he makes, is that the use of Robot enemies during the exam would disproportionately affect people whose Quirk work against biological opponents, essentially.
His one criticism, is that the exam is not designed to also cater to people like him, and that's it. The way therefore it's set up, it'd be logical to assume he'd ask for a restructuring to the exam to remove the Robots and substitute them with live enemies, possibly Ectoplasm clones.
This is never brought up again, aside from maybe a stealth bring up during the mid term exams when they switch the exam from fighting robots to fighting teachers.
The exam is, and I just got to it myself while watching this video about how Copaganda paints police training and the relative risk police officers face on the job, set up in a very specific environment:
An empty town, where what is essentially a murder spree is taking place. The ONLY entities in the place, outside of fellow examinee, are robots that have been literally designed to attack everyone on sight, and that need to be destroyed to pass. The points granted from saving people are hidden, so they can be more "genuine" of course, and are, ultimately, also part of the problem.
Because here's the fucking thing.
When the fuck is that ever going to happen.
When the fuck, is a superhero, after their 5 years of Hero training in high school, then entering the work force without a need for a decree in higher education, ever going to find themselves in an environment where they can use LETHAL FORCE on civilian targets? With no restraint or care for collateral damage?
And where they are ENCOURAGED to kill as many criminals as they can, and NOT collaborate with other heroes? Because that's another thing, you need to steal points from other people to pass, by culling the number of limited robots, much like heroes are paid by the arrest and by popularity.
You do understand how fucked up that starts to sound right? The other, the enemy, is reduced as a caricature Droid from star wars, there only to kill and destroy, and against whom your only TWO methods of defeat are outright destruction or sneak attacks on their off buttons.
And here's the cherry on the shit too, because, AGAIN, when is that EVER going to be the case?
Do you know how many heroes show up in the first villain attack in BNHA?
Five.
Two are engaging a purse snatcher, three are doing crowd control, the Slime Villain, who may I remind you was guilty of robbery at a convenience store before he got the hostage, gets THE NUMBER ONE HERO, as well as those same FIVE heroes involved, of which only BACKDRAFT is actually doing anything.
Now, imagine you are a hero school, and you produce 40 heroes a year, just like every other hero school out there. How many of those heroes will see active duty, if the rate of crimes demand FIVE heroes to react to ONE criminal?
And people will say "but EDS, this mentality is later rewarded when All Might retires and it all falls to shit," Except NOT REALLY, because that's an externally forced situation caused by, and I can't stress this enough, a hundreds of yeas old NEET boomer who read too many Doctor Doom comics as a kid and decided to become a supervillain, the riots, the open air warfare, is only caused by AFO forcing the hand and inciting popular unrest, which is an unrealistic thing to expect off any society.
In one of the movies, Class 1-A is sent to open an hero agency on a small island with barely a village on it. 20 Heroes. Until the movie truly picks up, the best they do is help kittens from trees, and Bakugou, the sort of person for whom the Entrance Exam was designed, is useless, left in his tent like Achilles, the perfect cowboy cop who peeked in highschool and didn't realize just how much paperwork and dead time his dream job actually entailed.
So that's the ACTUAL Issue with the entrance exam. It take no account for any other mean to beat the robots but brute force, it takes no account for collateral damage, or the sanctity of life of your opponents, and it tests nothing but how good at ending lives you are.
Which is a problem when you're picking future heroes.
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Hypothetical Rewrite: Ochaco Uraraka
Okay so here's on I know a lot of people were waiting for because a common criticism people had with MHA was its depiction of female characters which makes it worse do to the fact that the creator has shown that he could do so much with these characters but never lets them do anything plot relevant. And Uraraka is easily patient zero of this, because they are so many things that she's been shown to able to do in the main series that make her lack of relevancy worse especially with the fact with her and Ida being established as Midoriya's best friends and they get sideline in favor of Bakugo and Todoroki as the series progresses toward the finally. I will say this in advance that I will admit I have no idea how I can integrate Ida do to him and Kubo (The name for Midoriya that I'm using for the hypothetical rewrite and coming up with a character arc for him is hard) If you have any idea's let me know.
Back on topic in rewrite like I brought up in my part for All Might she's going to teach Airi something that will help her improve herself and truly become the greatest hero she can be. Her lesson; Love, now when I say that I don't mean love in a romantic sense (though that will happen) I also mean the ability to love yourself; making sure you put your well-being and happiness in high regards. I mean this is a lesson abuse victims should definitely learn a hell of a lot more than making nice with their abuser.
I want her to become the first real friend that Airi makes and become the one that encourages her to improve her mental state which in turn makes her quirk more powerful and make Airi a lot braver. Don't worry she's not going to be relegated to Manic Pixie Dream Girl status as she'll still have her reason for becoming a pro for the money and I thought with this level of relevancy that she should be someone that advocates for Japan's work ethics culture to change due to the fact of overwork/underpay is extremely rampant in the country to the point that population decline is an issue because of its work ethic (I know weebs are going to accuse me of xenophobia because I'm criticizing how capitalism is effecting Japan since it also applies to the anime and manga industry but they're objectively the last people you should talk to about when it comes to what it's like in Japan)
She also going to become the first person One for All's power amplification is going to work on due to their friendship and how it's going to work in her case is going to extend her reach in a way that will make it almost look like telekinesis and give her more time before she develops nausea. As for her fighting style while she is going to specialize in rescues more so, she will have learned aikido and systema just in case she'd have to fight back against any villains that could bring harm to others.
Now on the costume I honestly don't mind it too much especially because it has a massive resemblance to an astronaut but I thought that if we're trying to make the protagonist a shounen action hero that we need a partner that's on other side of the coin should be a magical girl protagonist. So the costume I'm thinking more a retro sci-fi aesthetic much like what the female characters in the Jetsons would wear with a cowl that goes over her head covering up her hair and that same cowl having a visor for extra protection and keep her from being nauseous; it also has an AR set that analyzes building structures, medical analysis, keeps in contact with allies, and up to date on villain activities.
The attire also has a pair of wrist and ankle bands that release air pressure that help her use her quirk to fly the same device is also on her belt. Her belt also is equipped with metal canisters that contain medicine, bandages, and a means of arresting villains as well as the canisters can be used to knock out an opponent using her quirk.
Name: Mochizuki Koroya
Hero: Starlight
Quirk: Zero Gravity
· Negates the gravity of any physical thing
[Part 2]
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