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pikahlua · 5 months

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MHA Chapter 408 spoilers translations

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

1 "与一"と名付けたのは自分に最初に与えられたものだったからだ "よいち"となづけたのはじぶんにさいしょにあたえられたものだったからだ "Yoichi" to nadzuketa no wa jibun ni saisho ni ataerareta mono datta kara daHe named [his brother] "Yoichi" because [his brother] was the first thing given to him.

tagline 1 自分のものにならないのなら… じぶんのものにならないのなら… jibun no mono ni naranai no nara... If he won't become his...

tagline 2 No.408　努努‼︎GANRIKI　堀越耕平ナンバー408　ゆめゆめ‼︎がんりき　ほりこしこうへい NANBAA 408 yumeyume!! ganriki Horikoshi Kouhei No. 408 Relentless eyes*!! Kouhei Horikoshi (*Note: This chapter title is as interesting as it is incomprehensible. "Yumeyume" is a word that means basically "more, extra, whatever it is but PLUS ULTRA," and "ganriki" is something of a meme Horikoshi loves and uses a lot in MHA that refers to eyes bright and extra detailed to the point of being distracting or over-defined. It can refer to the eyes or even just the "power within the eyes" or one's gaze. All together it's basically just some nebulous sort of concept of eyes that are bright/sharp with dreams or effort or toil or just EYES, BUT EXTRA.)

3 弟が彼の元を去ってからおとうとがかれのもとをさってから otouto ga kare no moto wo satte kara Since his younger brother had left him,

4 約２ヵ月が経っていたやく２ヵげつがたっていた yaku 2kagetsu ga tatte ita about 2 months have passed.

1 所有物を奪った青年と目が合うもおとうとをうばったせいねんとめがあうも otouto (kanji: shoyuubutsu) wo ubatta seinen to me ga au mo He met eyes with the young man who stole his younger brother (read as: property), but

2 彼の眼球は生まれつき薄膜が張ったように艶がないのでかれのがんきゅうはうまれつきうすまくがはったようにつやがないので kare no gankyuu wa umaretsuki usumaku ga hatta you ni tsuyaganai no his eyeballs were lackluster from birth, as if they were covered with a thin film, so

3 その瞳に青年が映り込む事はなかったそのひとみにせいねんがうつりこむことはなかった sono hitomi ni seinen ga utsurukomu koto wa nakatta the young man was not reflected in those eyes.

1 僕が「与えた」筈の異能が消えていたぼくが「あたえた」はずのいのうがきえていた boku ga 「ataeta」 hazu no inou ga kiete ita The meta ability I definitely gave him had disappeared.

2 「他人から奪ったモノ」「隷属させる為に奪ったモノ」はいらないと拒み続けた与一に無理矢理与えた力… 「ひとからうばったモノ」「れいぞくさせるためにうばったモノ」はいらないとこばみつづけたあいつにむりやりあたえたちから… 「hito (kanji: tanin) kara ubatta MONO」「reizoku saseru tame ni ubatta MONO」 wa iranai to kobami tsudzuketa aitsu (kanji: Yoichi) ni muriyari ataeta chikara... The power he forcibly gave Yoichi, who kept refusing, saying he didn't need "something taken from others" or "something stolen in order to enslave"...

3 こんな事は今までなかったこんなことはいままでなかった konna koto wa ima made nakatta This sort of thing has never happened until now.

1 いや…与一に"異能"がないのは僕の力で確認しているいや…よいちに"いのう"がないのはぼくのちからでかくにんしている iya...Yoichi ni "inou" ga nai no wa boku no chikara de kakunin shite iru No...I'm confirming with my power that Yoichi does not have any meta abilities.

2 自我も芽生えぬ頃に「奪った」かと思っていたが… じがもめばえぬころに「うばった」かとおもっていたが… jiga mo mebaenu koro ni 「ubatta」 ka to omotte ita ga... I thought I stole it before I even had a sense of self, but...

3 僕の"異能"が認識できぬ程に小さく機能しないゴミが検査で見つかったぼくの"いのう"がにんしきできぬほどにちいさくきのうしないゴミがけんさでみつかった boku no "inou" ga ninshiki dekinu hodo ni chiisaku kinou shinai GOMI ga kensa de mitsukatta I found upon inspection a piece of trash that was too small to be recognized by my meta ability.

4 形成時の栄養不足によって形にならなかった因子のようなもの… けいせいじのえいようぶそくによってかたちにならなかったいんしのようなもの… keiseiji no eiyou busoku ni yotte katachi ni naranakatta inshi no you na mono... Something like a factor that did not take shape due to lack of nutrition during its formation...

5 まさか…動いたのか…？まさか…うごいたのか…？ masaka...ugoita no ka...? It can't be... Did it move...?

6 リーダーあの敗戦の時ー�� リーダーあのはいせんのときーー RIIDAA ano haisen no toki-- "Leader, at the time of that defeat--"

7 AFOには触られてないんだよな？オール・フォー・ワンにはさわられてないんだよな？ OORU FOO WAN ni wa sawararetenainda yo na? "you weren't touched by All For One, right?"

8 しつこいなブルース shitsukoi na BURUUSU "You're so obstinate, Bruce."

9 結果だけ伝えろけっかだけつたえろ kekka dake tsutaero "Just tell me the results."

10 「あの日以降全身に違和感」…よく気付いたよ… 「あのひいこうぜんしんにいわかん」…よくきづいたよ… 「ano hi ikou zenshin ni iwakan」...yoku kidzuita yo... "You noticed it well...how since that day something's felt out of place all over your body..."

11 因子が２つある… いんしが２つある… inshi ga 2tsu aru... "You have two factors..."

12 生来のものと…出来損ないのような小さいものがせいらいのものと…できそこないのようなちいさいものが seirai no mono to...dekisokonai no you na chiisai mono ga "Your innate one, and...a small, seemingly useless* one." (Note: FYI this term, "dekisokonai," is the word Izuku uses in DvK1 to tell Katsuki that his "Deku" name won't always mean "useless.")

1 ……なんとなくそうじゃないかと思ってた ……なんとなくそうじゃないかとおもってた ......nantonaku sou ja nai ka to omotteta "......Somehow, I was thinking that was the case."

2 与えた"異能"が消えたのは…足りない部分を補う為に取り込み…「奪った」…！あたえた"いのう"がきえたのは…たりないぶぶんをおぎなうためにとりこみ…「うばった」…！ ataeta "inou" ga kieta no wa...tarinai bubun wo oginau tame ni torikomi...「ubatta」...! The [reason] the meta ability I gave him disappeared...was because he took it in to make up for the missing part... [He] stole it...!

3 僕は兄さんを止められなかったぼくはにいさんをとめられなかった boku wa niisan wo tomerarenakatta "I couldn't stop my older brother."

4 僕を生かしてくれたぼくをいかしてくれた boku wo ikashite kureta "[You]* kept me alive." (*Note: Yoichi is likely speaking to AFO in this frame as implied by the art.)

5 他人が玩具やゲームにしか見えてないひとがおもちゃやゲームにしかみえてない hito (kanji: tanin) ga omocha ya GEEMU ni shika mietenai "He saw other people as nothing more than toys or games."

6 もしほんの少しでも他人を思い遣れていたらーーーーもしほんのすこしでもひとをおもいやれていたらーーーー moshi hon no sukoshi demo hito (kanji: tanin) wo omoiyarete itara---- "If [you]* could be even a little considerate of other people----" (*Note: Yoichi is likely speaking to AFO in this frame as implied by the art.)

7 俺の中に与一の意志がおれのなかによいちのいしが ore no naka ni Yoichi no ishi ga "Yoichi's will is inside me."

8 まだ在るのかまだあるのか mada aru no ka "So it still exists?"

1 与えるも奪うもあたえるもうばうも ataeru mo ubau mo "Whether giving or taking away,"

2 世界一優しい力になったかもしれないのにせかいいちやさしいちからになったかもしれないのに sekai ichi yasashii chikara ni natta kamo shirenai noni "it might have become the kindest power in the world."

3 涙を出せば狼狽させられるから出したなみだをだせばろうばいさせられるからだした namida wo daseba roubai saserareru kara dashita If I shed tears it would make me flustered, so I shed them.

4-8 嫌がる事と望んでいる事を操り貶めそうやって手中に収めてきたいやがることとのぞんでいることをあやつりおとしめそうやってしゅちゅうにおさめてきた iyagaru koto to nozonde iru koto wo ayatsuri otoshime sou yatte shuchuu ni osamete kita I took possession of that which I hate and that which I desire through manipulation and degradation.

9 なのにおまえは nanoni omae wa But you

10 思い通りにならないおもいどおりにならない omoidoori ni naranai did not go the way I wanted.

11-12 ただ欲しいだけなのにただほしいだけなのに tada hoshii dake nanoni I only* want [you], but (*Note: He's not saying he wants Yoichi and nothing else but that the only thing he feels is desire in this situation. You could read the "only" here as "simply" to have it make better sense.)

13 追ってもおっても ottemo even though I chase

14 追ってもおっても ottemo and I chase,

1 すり抜けていくすりぬけていく surinukete iku [you] slip through the cracks.

1 おまえのせいだ omae no sei da "It's because of you,"

2 駆藤‼︎ くどう‼︎ Kudou!! "Kudou!!"

3 駆藤！奴の血縁は絶やした！それだけじゃない奴に近しかった女も子どもも疑わしきは全て！くどう！やつのけつえんはたやした！それだけじゃないやつにちかしかったおんなもこどももうたがわしきはすべて！ Kudou! yatsu no ketsuen wa tayashita! sore dake ja nai yatsu ni chikashikatta onna mo kodomo mo utagawashiki wa subete! Kudou! I eradicated his blood relatives! Not only them, but all the women and children and anyone suspicious who were close to him!

4 もし奴の血ならばーーーもしやつのちならばーーー moshi yatsu no chi naraba--- If [Bakugou] has that guy's blood---

5 あの時何か感じるものがあった筈！あのときなにかかんじるものがあったはず！ ano toki nani ka kanjiru mono ga atta hazu! I surely would have felt something back then!

1 ー眼が！あの時はまだその眼じゃなかった‼︎ ーめが！あのときはまだそのめじゃなかった‼︎ -me ga! ano toki wa mada sono me ja nakatta!! --His eyes! Back then, he didn't have those eyes yet!!

2 ただの空似だただのそらにだ tada no sorani da It's just an accidental resemblance.

3 だが今確かに駆藤に似た意志がだがいまたしかにあのおとこににたいしが daga ima tashika ni ano otoko (kanji: Kudou) ni nita ishi ga But right now, there is certainly a will similar to that man's (read as: Kudou's)

4 時空を超えてじくうをこえて jikuu wo koete transcending space and time, and

5 僕を阻んでいるのだ‼︎ ぼくをはばんでいるのだ‼︎ boku wo habande iru no da!! it's blocking me!!

1 "ワープ"で強制的に引き剥がそうにも転送可能ポイントは "ワープ"できょうせいてきにひきはがそうにもてんそうかのうポイントは "WAAPU" de kyouseiteki ni hiki hagasou ni mo tensou kanou POINTO wa Even if I were to forcibly remove him with a warp, the transferable points are

2 すぐ近くのオールマイトか弔の位置しかない…！すぐちかくのオールマイトかとむらのいちしかない…！ sugu chikaku no OORU MAITO ka Tomura no ichi shika nai...! only the positions of nearby All Might or Tomura...!

3 これ以上交戦し体を小さくするわけにはいかない‼︎ これいじょうこうせんしからだをちいさくするわけにはいかない‼︎ kore ijou kousen shi karada wo chiisaku suru wake ni wa ikanai!! I can't afford to engage in battle any more than this and make my body smaller!!

4 弔の元に辿り着いてもとむらのもとにたどりついても Tomura no moto ni tadori tsuitemo Even if I reach where Tomura is,

5 彼は既に僕を拒否しているのだ争いは必至かれはすでにぼくをきょひしているのだあらそいはひっし kare wa sude ni boku wo kyohi shite iru no da arasoi wa hisshi he has already refused me. A fight is inevitable.

6 "譲渡"を成立させる為余力を残しておかねばならない "じょうと"をせいりつさせるためよりょくをのこしておかねばならない "jouto" wo seiritsu saseru tame yoryoku wo nokoshite okaneba naranai I must leave enough energy to make the transfer happen.

7 …と思っていたがもういい… …とおもっていたがもういい… ...to omotte ita ga mou ii... "...or so I thought, but enough..."

8 おまえを殺すのもゴールも譲渡も… おまえをころすのもゴールもじょうとも… omae wo korosu no mo GOORU mo jouto mo... "I'll kill you, [reach my] goal, and [do the] transfer..."

9 一括だいっかつだ ikkatsu da "all at once."

1 来るくる kuru "[Here it] comes."

2 全因解放ぜんいんかいほう zen'in kaihou Unleash all factors

3 "全ては一つの目的の為に" "オール・フォー・ワン" "OORU FOO WAN (kanji: subete wa hitotsu no mokuteki no tame ni)" "All for the sake of one goal (read as: All For One)"

1 押し通るおしとおる oshitooru "I'll push through."

2 あの膨大なエネルギーを推進力に…⁉︎ あのぼうだいなエネルギーをすいしんりょくに…⁉︎ ano boudai na ENERUGII wo suishinryoku ni...!? "He's using that huge amount of energy for propulsion...!?"

3 一気に総取りするつもりだ…！いっきにそうどりするつもりだ…！ ikki ni soudori suru tsumori da...! "He plans to take everything all at once...!"

4 ……赤ん坊にまで戻るぞ！賭けに出たか！ ……あかんぼうにまでもどるぞ！かけにでたか！ ......akanbou ni made modoru zo! kake ni deta ka! ......He'll return to being a baby! He's taking a gamble!

5 避けろ少年ン!!! よけろしょうねんン!!! yokero shounenN!!! "Dodge, young man!!!"

6 バカがてめえんなもん BAKA ga temeenna mon "You really are such an idiot."

7 勝てるわけねーだろかてるわけねーだろ kateru wake nee daro "There's no way you can win."

tagline しかし、確かに、希望を見据えてーーしかし、たしかに、きぼうをみすえてーー shikashi, tashika ni, kibou wo misuete-- However, certainly, looking toward hope--

#my hero academia leak translations #mha 408 #bnha 408 #my hero academia manga spoilers #final arc spoilers #EYES #but with oomph #relentless gayze #unapologetically stealing that joke

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bakuhatsufallinlove · 10 months

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Chapter 348's "Shitty Nerd" Narrator Isn't Omniscient (And It's Not Bakugou Katsuki)

So, for a good bit there we were all theorizing about what was up with the narrator of chapter 348 calling Izuku a "shitty nerd" for not recognizing Toga's feelings for him, right?

Now, in a previous post I explained the different expectations Japanese audiences tend to have for frame narratives in weekly serialized manga. I posited that this may mean that the identity of 348's third-person narrator isn't necessarily of direct importance and, as a result, may never be explicitly revealed. I maintain the validity of this observation in general, however I no longer think it is relevant to understanding Horikoshi's approach to writing.

Because I am confident I have figured out who the narrator is: Best Jeanist.

To be clear, I do not believe that Best Jeanist is the source of every third-person narration in the series so far—I have yet to go back and research earlier chapters enough to theorize about that. I believe he is specifically the frame narrator who is explaining the critical moments of the Heroes’ final battle against AFO/Shigaraki, most notably in chapters 348 and 377.

Let’s go over the supporting evidence for this reading.

Best Jeanist's speech patterns match the idiosyncrasies found in 348

Back in February, pikahlua pointed out that 348's narrator uses "de aru” (である, also conjugated as であり, de ari) and I have been thinking about this detail ever since. Early on I described 348’s narration to a friend as sounding almost like a textbook, and it is “de aru” which contributes most to that tone. It functions as a connecting verb meaning "be" or "is," but it feels uniquely literary, even a bit archaic. Due to this, I pretty readily imagined that 348 was narrated by an omniscient figure who was telling the story to us as a historical event, like it was a passage from a book on “the great Hero Deku” or something like that.

But I kept wondering if, among all the fanciful characters in MHA, there was anyone who fit the bill for this type of language. Lo and behold:

On top of Shigaraki escaping, we sustained tremendous damage. But… nevertheless, we Heroes must continue the fight with the threads of our faith utterly unrent! This is the hope of our scattered comrades, and it will be spun into a new era… Plus Ultra!

The back cover of the Japanese volumes all have in-character narration blurbs that match the speech patterns and personality of the character featured on the spine of the book. This is not replicated in the English releases, so the above translation is my own. Here, Best Jeanist uses “de aru” (highlighted in blue) for that same literary effect 348 uses. I looked through other volume covers and a few dozen chapters, and I found only a couple other uses of “de aru” in total--by Iida and a member of Spinner’s army shown in 370, neither of whom are likely candidates for 348’s narrator.

Best Jeanist in general speaks in a deliberately refined, elegant way. He uses polite speech at times and, even when talking casually, his word choices are rather serious and poetic. Notice the top orange text highlighted: 一糸の綻び (isshi no hokorobi) meaning the tear of a single thread, an evocative metaphor. Keep this and the bottom orange text in mind (散って, chitte, describing the “scattered comrades”).

Side note: Best Jeanist has used “kare” (彼, meaning "he") in canon to refer to Izuku, seen here in chapter 323:

This is less of a smoking gun than “de aru,” but the politeness of 348’s narration and the word “kare” specifically rule out Katsuki as a potential narrator, so it is worth mentioning.

Volume 31 covers chapters 296-306, with the last chapter entitled, “The Final Act Begins.” I think it is significant that Best Jeanist is the narrator on this volume cover; it may be foreshadowing for his role as the narrator for the Final Battle itself, which leads us to...

Best Jeanist's Threads of Hope

Best Jeanist's Quirk and his entire schtick are about fibers and threads. He makes this a direct metaphor for the Heroes’ struggle against the League of Villains in 292 where he says that they will stop the League by weaving "threads of hope" (一縷の希望, ichiru no kibou). He develops this metaphor further in 294, describing their victory over Gigantomachia.

He also used this kind of language in 311 and 317.

And don’t forget, he sutured Katsuki’s damaged heart back together in hopes of reviving him.

Then, we got this sequence in 377:

A faceless, elderly individual speaking about the Final Battle in the past tense. This person directly references that thin thread to describe the Heroes’ chances and their gambit against the villains.

The blue text in the top panel, which is curiously absent from the English release, says:

「舞い散る桜のように・・・」

maichiru sakura no you ni…

Like falling cherry blossoms…

The verb for “falling” here is actually two verbs joined together meaning “to fall as if dancing.” Literally, maichiru means dance-scatter. The Heroes’ gambit relies on dividing the villains, and in their efforts, they themselves are being scattered, like cherry blossoms. Remember how Best Jeanist described his comrades as scattered? The second verb here is that very same one.

The thread and snap (or cut) wording even gets brought up six chapters later by Tsukauchi:

The “hope” part is technically not present in the Japanese here, but I think official translator Caleb Cook caught on to the thematic parallel. And in my opinion, it is a pretty significant parallel.

So, with all this in mind: My bet is that Best Jeanist is the primary narrator for the final arc of the series.

This is a very interesting choice; it definitely raises questions about whether All Might survives. Best Jeanist is currently in his late 30s, so for him to be the elderly narrator seen in 377, he would have to be relaying these events from 30-40 years in the future, which might mean All Might survives the final battle but dies of old age later.

Whatever happens in the battle against AFO/Shigaraki, I think both Best Jeanist and Katsuki survive. Sometime post-battle, everyone gets the explanation for what happened when Izuku was warped away by Toga, and Katsuki—hearing that Izuku didn’t recognize Toga’s feelings for him—utters some iteration of 348’s infamous line about how, no matter what he does, he is still "a shitty nerd.”

Best Jeanist quotes him in 348’s narration, because... well, even though it is vulgar, it is a pretty accurate and even affectionate description of Izuku’s oblivious nature from his childhood friend, who knows him quite well. I think Best Jeanist, having mentored and watched over Katsuki all this time, deferred to him on the subject of Izuku’s personal life.

But he also did it because it’s funny as hell, and we should never forget that MHA is a comedy.

#translations #meta #mha manga spoilers #mha spoilers #bnha spoilers #bnha manga spoilers #final battle predictions #mha 348 #mha 377 #more bkdk adjacent #due to different readings of 348

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codenamesazanka · 2 months

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There was that joke in the fandom about Horikoshi looking through fanfics to see what theories to make canon like the "Dabi being Touya" or "the UA traitor" (even tho most of those were just stuff hinted at in the canon before hand). Since we're doing the whole "sharing memories" bit, the one fanfic trope he can definitely throw in the manga right now is the "Spinner tells Shigaraki he used to have a tail that got cut off by bullies"

Is that a popular trope? Enough to be a thing Horikoshi would pick up on. I don't think it's anywhere near the same level as 'Dabi is the lost Todoroki son' and 'UA Traitor is _____'… but it would be interesting if Spinner Tail Trauma is made canon.

Though at this late stage, I don't know if I want it, to be honest! If it's a memory, it's angst fuel to develop characters other than Spinner - guy wouldn't even be there for it. It would a real iffy choice to show something deeply personal and traumatic that happened to Spinner, something so unjust, without Spinner there—and really only for the benefit of the contrived connection between Shigaraki and Deku.

I guess because Spinner is still unaccounted for, he can still show up so it doesn't have to be just a memory, but. Still leaves a bad taste in my mouth. HeroAca resolutions are less about the victims and what they're owed, and more about how cool and merciful the Heroes are for saving them. This would be that, but even more so, and infinitely worse.

Plus, it would make the heteromorph riot mini-arc even more of a mess. Not to say there's levels of suffering that can be compared, but in-universe and in story, Shoji is kinda framed as having been worst off - his parents weren't heteromorphic like him, he got bashed in the face with a rake and was heavily scarred for life after he saved a girl from drowning, then he even has to wear a mask to prevent people from thinking he's resentful for being the victim of a hate crime. All that, but he came out of it with a strong and golden moral core, ready to be a great and inspirational Hero who protects the status quo.

Shoji's positioned as being in the right: here was a kid who suffered terribly, but he still managed to overcome the odds and be a Good Person, who thought deeply about the Right Way to end discrimination and is putting it into action (which is being a model minority). So what's everyone else's excuse?

Meanwhile, Spinner's backstory is that he only gets sprayed with pesticides, succumbs to being a NEET hikikomori, and goes running off to join terrorists without a single original thought in his head. For the narrative to work, he needs to be the selfish, hypocritical loser who didn't try hard enough to overcome his hardships that were comparatively mild.

If Spinner was revealed to have a tail cut off by bullies, the bnha balance of heteromorphic good and evil would collapse. A young boy's classmates mutilates him as the apex of heteromorphobic bullying, and the victim was left to languish as a high school dropout shut-in? That's not something that can be fixed by waiting out generations (just wait for the adults to die! their mindset would go with them—oh, but the perpetrators are the new generation…) or having the victim change their behavior (there's just no excuse for chopping off a child's body part). That reveals something much darker in the fabric of society that Heroes' plucky 'work-harder! plus ultra!' optimism are unequiped to handle.

At the very least, it's something that "Stop holding a grudge" and "Sorry for not realizing earlier" (as the rando hero tells the PLF guy in Chapter 373) and "Shine bright until your torments feel ashamed" are utterly insufficient and unconvincing in resolving. Not quite as inspirational, you know?

I'm sorry anon! I know you were asking as a joke, offering a fun idea. And I do like it! I'm still not opposed to Spinner having that canon backstory if the writing around it was to suddenly radically change the story and expand it by 300 more chapters to fix everything. I still love the idea that Spinner had a tail. I just took it too seriously and overthought it. My apologies. Thanks for the ask.

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villainsandvictimsalliance · 1 year

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Tomura Shigaraki presented himself in the manga with a whole speech about how it was all about a cycle of violence he wouldn't break, because it was that heroes job and he, victim and villain in equal parts, can't break it.

Horikoshi showed us a villain fully aware, someone who painfully understood what was going on, and then proceeded to display why Tomura could do nothing about it.

Tomura was trapped. They gave him a role (the villain) and he said "okay, I will play it out perfectly, because that's gonna force the hero side to either go forward and beyond or die".

It was plus ultra or it was nothing.

Do you get how great that is?

#Tomura shigaraki ultimate character of my heart #bnha #mha #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #league of villains #lov #shigaraki tomura

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feng1wei · 1 year

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Okay, but can we talk about how much the artstyle changed in mha manga over the years?

This is shigaraki from one of the earlier chapters.

And this is shigaraki from the lastest chapter.

Can you see this difference? The lineart, the framing, the expressions. It's all so much... More. "Plus Ultra" - how All Might would say.

Also, the way Horikoshi narrates and shows the fights has changed a lot as well. This is a panel of Midoriya in the middle of his first fight with Bakugo. A view from the front, some action lines, but nothing to extra.

And there's Midoriya during the lastest fight with shigaraki. SO MUCH has changed. Horikoshi really improved his artstyle over the years, and I think we're not giving him enough credit for it.

Where did all the years go?

#midoriya izuku #izuku midoriya #bnha deku #bnha manga spoilers #kinda???#boku no hero academia #shigaraki tomura #tomura shigaraki

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aashi-heartfilia · 9 months

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My honest view on all MHA movies + Movie 4 expectations...

I would say they're okay at best, boring at worst.

The movie I liked the most was Heroes Rising, partially because it had most Horikoshi involvement and he is the author of our main story.

Plus, it gave a chance to all of class 1a to show their skills and make them go plus ultra without changing too much from the story.

The first one was good too. I really liked David Shield and Melissa, and how cleverly Horikoshi used it in chapter 396.

It might be my most controversial opinion but, for all the hype it had, I find it pretty meh.

Especially the villain and Deku's solution to beating that villain. Like what was the point?

At least while beating the 1st movie villain, it was a dream team up between Deku and All Might. A Deku that could use OFA 100%!!

In the 2nd movie Bakugo shared OFA to land the final blow. IT WAS EPIC!!!

In the 3rd movie, it was just "Ok, normal punch didn't work? LET'S PUNCH IT HARDER!!"

This shouldn't be a solution to every freaking thing!! Plus, so less of Bakugo and Todoroki. I was extremely disappointed.

I went to the movie theatre with high hopes that at least Bakugo and Shouto will entertain me but nope! They had such a small role!

I have many other things to rant about but that's not the point here.

My opinion on a 4th movie?

Only if it has all of class 1a involved like movie 2. It will be set up after the Dark Deku arc, so I seriously don't want Deku roaming around the entire country with some random stranger this time. Rather, him going on strolls to find AFO and encountering another villain and that villain maybe sending them into a parallel world or something!

MHA is such an interesting concept that literally anything creative can be done with it! Plus, they all have so many new moves! They can all showcase it and form interesting match-ups.

There could even be a gang of villains and they could divide in a group of 4-5 and fight them.

So basically I'm going to watch only if all of class 1a is involved.

Cheers!

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hopefulsidney · 7 months

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Some people believe that AFO could be Deku’s father, while some others believe Monoma could be AFO’s son, or related to him in some way. But, ever considered that both Deku and Monoma could be AFO sons?

With the end of the series rapidly approaching, and the amount of evidence that has been gathered, it's very likely that the DFO theory could be true and that AFO could very possibly be Deku’s father. But there’s another character that could very possibly be related to AFO; Monoma. As characters have developed and with the discovery of quirk marriages, it is very likely that AFO would have multiple children, very much in the same idea of Endeavor and having the “perfect” child. This could be backed up by the fact that there’s a possibility he could have experimented on them due to the knowledge of his work with Dr. Garaki. These ideas make it a possibility that Monoma and Deku could both be children of AFO, in turn making them half-brothers.

Monoma & AFO

Parallels/Similarities

Quirks - Monoma’s and AFO’s quirks are almost exactly the same, and some people see Copy as a weaker and inferior version of AFO since there’s a time limit and an inability to use two quirks at once. Plus they’re two of the three quirk-based quirks.

Monomania - They both have a singular obsession, Monoma’s being Class A and AFO’s being OFA and becoming Demon King.

Poses - AFO and Monoma do very similar poses, and have one of them for their pop figures.

Comics - AFO has said that he’s influenced by comics (Chapter 364) and Monoma has Franco-Belgian comics listed as his likes in his Shifuku. If he was his son and/or groomed by AFO, he could’ve had Monoma read the comics that he and his brother read in their youth to influence him to help with his plan to become “Demon King,” then resulting in him having his hobby in reading Franco-Belgian comics.

Similar appearances/features with AFO and Yoichi

Monoma and Yoichi have similar features, some being similar hair and eye shapes, and they both have white pupils. In my opinion, if someone drew Monoma or with longer hair I don’t think anyone would be able to tell the difference. And it’s not uncommon for a parent's child to take after their siblings instead of themselves due to the complexity of genetics.

I also noticed that Young AFO looks like a slightly older Monoma. They have similar eye and head shapes, other than AFO having a more defined chin, which makes sense as facial features tend to sharpen with age. As of recent chapters, as AFO continues to de-ages with the effects of rewind, he gains a similar appearance to Monoma as seen in these panels.

Monoma’s Birthplace

This could be a coincidence, but The League of Villain’s old bar base and Nomu warehouse was located in Kamino Ward, Yokohama City. This is located in Kanagawa prefecture, which happens to be where Monoma was born. (Ultra Analysis).

Horikoshi Loves Making Star Wars References

In Class B’s Sports Festival play, ‘Romeo and Juliet and the Return of the Prisoner King of Azkaban,’ Monoma reenacts the “I am your father” scene from Empire Strikes Back with him portraying Romeo, who’s an amalgamation of the characters Romeo, Luke Skywalker, Frodo and Harry Potter. Tetsutetsu could be a representation of AFO, as both Kamino Ward and Final Arc AFO and Tetsutetsu's play character are based on Darth Vader, like AFO. Monoma, being in the role of Luke, could be a foreshadowing element of his connection to AFO. Additionally, this is the only scene of the play we see illustrated/animated which potentially highlights its importance to the overall story.

On top of that, Mirio and Eri referred to him as the “dark side of U.A.'' which can be a reference to the dark side that the Sith practiced and was associated with in Star Wars, that could anticipate a connection with AFO.

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Now, it is possible that Deku being AFO’s son could be a red herring. However, with all of the evidence supporting the 'AFO is Deku’s father' theory, I find this doubtful. This also brings attention to all the evidence supporting the 'Monoma could be AFO's son' theory. I am surprised that I have never heard anyone talk about a possible relation, and with all of this in mind I believe there is some likely evidence that could point to Deku and Monoma being half-brothers.

Horikoshi loves making Star Wars references pt 2

When the original DFO theory became popular people would say Deku, All Might, Gran Torino and AFO would fit into the role of Luke Skywalker, Obi Wan, Yoda and Darth Vader. However, we’re missing out on who would fit into the role of Leia. Most people would answer with Shigaraki but it wouldn’t make sense for Shigraki, the main villain, to be Leia since Luke and Leia were always allies. So if Deku and Monoma were, in fact, half-siblings, this would mean that the role of Leia would fit Monoma more than it would Shigaraki.

Mirror AFO and Yoichi

The Deku and Monoma quirk dynamic shares a similarity to the Shigaraki brothers, Yoichi and AFO. Monoma and Yoichi share similar features/appearances, like them sharing the trait of white eyes. However, Monoma has a similar power to AFO and also shares similar personality traits with AFO, like having a singular obsession over one thing. Deku, on the other hand, shares similar features with AFO, most notably his curly hair and people have said his silhouette could look like an adult Deku. Even so, Deku is the one that possesses the power of OFA and shares personality traits with Yoichi like their similar strong sense of justice.

Battle Intellect

AFO is shown on multiple occasions to have a genius intellect. Deku and Monoma have both proven that they have a high intelligence and skill when it comes to strategizing and analyzing in battle. They could have inherited their intelligence from AFO if he was their father.

Ability to hold multiple quirks naturally

AFO, Deku and Monoma are the only 3 characters who have quirk-based quirks, meaning that their base level quirks only work when coming into contact with another quirk. They are the only ones who can naturally hold multiple quirks without body modifications or suffer any repercussions, i.e. becoming incapacitated, having cracks form on their body, having their lifespan shortened, etc.

Class counterparts

Speaking of parallels, Monoma and Deku are very similar to each other to the point they can be called each other's counterparts for class A and B. Both characters share similar backgrounds, being told they can’t live up to being a hero because of their quirk status. Both are the biggest influences to their classmates, despite not being the official leaders or representatives. Their quirks are direct counterparts as well; Deku’s quirk can be given to others and Monoma’s “takes” quirks from others. They’re also, coincidentally, both placed in seat 18 of their respective classrooms.

However, I believe Deku isn’t the only counterpart Monoma could have. It’s been shown multiple times that Aoyoma and Monoma counterpart each other as well. Their personalities are very similar; both are fond of posing dramatically, frequently attempt to grab the attention of their classmates, despite frequently being ignored or brushed off, and are highly insecure of themselves and their quirks and try to hide it by acting eccentric and flamboyant. Additionally, both characters have a habit of breaking the 4th wall in their own respective ways, both shown to be very observant, hinted to come from French descent, and are highly insecure of themselves and their quirks and try to hide it by acting eccentric and flamboyant.

These character traits that all three characters have could indicate all of them having a connection with AFO, especially since two characters already have a canon connection.

#monoma neito #neito monoma #my hero academia #mha theory #mha monoma #mha deku #bnha monoma #bnha theory #boku no hero academia #all for one #izuku midoriya #midoriya izuku #deku #afo

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s0fter-sin · 1 year

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general society is such an underthought aspect of mha. obviously there’s the big things like the obsession over heroic quirks and the demonisation of villainous quirks. quirkless people are dismissed entirely but i don’t think we talk about how society in general would have to handle a world with super powers.

we know after afo’s first uprising, the government overcorrected and outlawed public quirk usage. we know people have their quirks registered and go through quirk counselling as well as a type of gym class where they practice under teacher supervision.

how in the hell is that supposed to work?

the closest equivalent i can think of is mental health services. someone would have to study for a long time to be able to pursue quirk counselling as a career. it’s also a highly personalised system: everyone has a different quirk - even similar ones have different activations, triggers, exceptions and drawbacks - so no two sessions could ever be the same. if anyone’s been through mental health services, you know how rough it is; it’s an overworked, underpaid system and if you live somewhere that only offers a few free visits, it can also be expensive.

and that’s an elective service.

almost everyone on the planet would need quirk counselling.

there’s no way they could implement such a labour intensive and individual public system and we literally see that they can’t.

we see the gym class in amajiki’s flashback and he only has a few minutes with his teacher before he’s chided for not being more impressive and utilising his quirk to the fullest and they move on to the next student. say a standard class is twenty students like it is at ua. that leaves just over two minutes for each student to learn and practice their quirks. you can’t focus on just one kid per lesson bc what will the other nineteen do? do teachers also have to have a degree in quirk counselling? is that part of becoming a phys ed teacher or is it some random joe schmo trying to wrap his head around literal super powers?

given that inko goes to garaki - a doctor - to confirm izuku’s quirklessness, it can be assumed that quirk counselling is entwined with the medical system. i don’t know if you’ve ever had to apply for a specialist before but you can be on their waiting list for a while. a quirk counsellor is essentially a specialist. are there subcategories of counsellors? do you focus on either emitter, transformation or mutation the way doctors become cardiologists, paediatricians and neurologists? or is one person expected to be equally knowledgeable about all three?

we see through toga that her counsellor identified her need for blood but they didn’t find a way to curb those instincts or even find a supplement for her. she’s left to be abused by her family for something she can’t control bc it’s literally in her dna. compare that to iida who knows he needs orange juice to power his quirk. his entire family are pro heroes so it would be easy to assume they could employ a private quirk counsellor the same way richer people can employ private doctors.

how many people have specific requirements due to their quirks? changes in their physiology that have to be treated the same way nutritional deficiencies and allergies do? even people without mutations probably have those requirements: does kirishima’s shark teeth mean he’s an obligate carnivore? does mina’s acid change her ph levels and what vitamins and minerals she needs? how would they figure that out? quirk counselling.

what about kids like touya who would need extensive counselling so he could figure out how to live with his quirk without hurting himself? kaminari essentially has seizures and they’re so normal to him and everyone around him that they’re the butt of jokes. they wouldn’t be a one and done patient; there’s always going to be people that need continued support the exact same way there’s people that need developmental and disability support. there would be so many quirks that harm their user, are they just taught to bury their quirks? as if that wouldn’t cause any physical or mental consequences?

governments can’t create a system that applies to only some people, we’re expected to believe they’ve made one that applies to all of them?

#bnha #my hero academia #mha meta #i imagine its similar to therapy in that the first session would be free since its probably required in order to register a child’s quirk #they probably figure out activation in that time and thats it #onto the next kid bc there will always be another kid #you want more information on your child’s power? you better be able to pay for more sessions #even quirkless people need to be fully assessed to ensure theyre quirkless #i doubt anyone else is as interested in this as i am but it feels like just another world building aspect horikoshi just kinda skipped #quirk counselling is just sort of thrown in with toga and curious and it becomes just another concept that is brought up and discarded #quirk counselling quirklessness mutant prejudice the quirk singularity theory general mutations outside of mutant quirks #theres so many little interesting concepts that are never given the development they deserve #and when they are like in the last few chapters its done in such a shallow handwavy way that i wish hed just leave them alone altogether #no wonder the plf exists quirks are so suppressed in society while also being a status symbol #and yet its a completely hypothetical advantage if they dont become a hero or a villain #if a kid has a heroic quirk theyre held on a pedestal and if they have a villainous one theyre demonised at best and abused at worst #koichi was almost given a fine bc he was using his quirk to get through foot traffic quicker how is there not a riot every year about #quirk freedom and rights violations?#and yet its completely glossed over #go beyond plus ultra #coming out of my cage and ive been doing just fine.txt

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class-1b-bull · 10 months

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Class 1-b as random things me and my friends have said to eachother!

I tried to get everyone multiple times but some characters got more than others </3

There is a lot of cussing, name calling and mentions of virginity but dats about it. Plus a brief mention of drug dealing.

:] :] :]

Manga- BRO! IS THIS THE BOKU NO HERO ACADEMIA ULTRA ANYLISIS BOOK THAT LETS YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT THE CHARACTERS, THEIR QUIRKS, AND THEIR RELATIONS WITH OTHER CHARACTERS FROM THE SAME SERIES?! PUBLISHED BY HORIKOSHI, THE AUTHOR OF BOKU NO HERO ACADEMIA, HIMSELF?!?!

Bondo- uh yea?

Manga- i knew you were cringe but a virgin? Do better man.

:] :] :]

Sen- WHERE THE FUCK IS CTRL+Z?!?!?

Awase- ctrl z dosent work on tattoos actually..

:] :] :]

Kuroiro - the atoms will align because im hot like that. *runs straight into a wall*

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Kamakiri - the riddle isnt that fucking hard your just dumb as shit.

Kosei - can I give them a hint?

Kamakiri - no, fuck you.

Awase - you had to high expectations for me and tokage when making this riddle.

Kamakiri - I litterally looked up riddles for kids.

Tokage - well im obviously not a kid so that probably why I cant figure it out..

Kosei - can I pleasssseeeeeee give them a hint.

Kamakiri - fine whatever.

Kosei - ASS!!

Kamakiri - you know what? Actually... shut the fuck up!

Kosei - its a good hint!

Kamakiri - no the fuck its not.

Rin - no actually thats a great hint. Want me to demonstrate?

Awase - what is there to demonstrate???

*litterally 3 1/2 hours later*

Tokage - WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK DOES ASS HAVE TO DO WITH THE MOON?!?!??!

AWASE - FUCKING MOONING!!!!!

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Kendo - just letting you know, your a great friend. And I really care about you.

Kodai - being nice to me wont change the fact that your ass at mario cart.

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Shiozaki - *running up to kendo full sprint* hey um- quick question, could jesus do a kick flip? SPECIFICALLY with the kids hello kitty skatebord that crack dealer tried to sell us...

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Shishida - I dont like gossip but I thought I should let you know that monoma thinks your a drug dealer...

Kosei - why? Is he a cop?

Shishida - no but-

Kosei - is he buyin?

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Shoda - *crying in a voice message to the class b group chat* I just got into a car wreak and the cop had to pull me out of my carrr *loud as sniff* while fucking doja cat was talking about sucking dick... and it was really embarrassing. Oh! And I broke my leg I guess but whatever.

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Pony - Want my autograph? Too fuckin bad bitch! Im Beyonce type famous now I dont have TIME for your annoying ass.

Kodai - what happened?

Komori - she got 15 likes on a tumblr post.

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Tetsutetsu - MEN CAN LACTATE?!?!?!

Kosei - *loudly starts playing carless whisper in the distance*

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Kamakiri - shut the fuck up I only came over to your house to watch madoka magica and pet your cat now where the fuck is kitty kitty bang bang?!

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Honenuki - hand.

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Honenuki - HAND!

Kuroiro - TAKE ME TO DINNER FIRST?! I aint ready for that kind of commitment man.

Honenuki - if you dont let me finish painting you nails I am going to kill your cat.

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Bondo - *crying while eating pretzels* he really did crank that soulja boy...

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Monoma - statistics show that I am better than you at litterally everything so riddle me this? If I am so fucking awesome why do I cry myself to sleep every night?!

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Reiko - that toddler is so fucking metal..

Like get it bitch. Tell your mom to fuck off for putting you in time out. Girlboss shit.

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Rin - that kid is litterally me.

Kosei - *earth shattering scream and falls off ceiling*

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Shiozaki - so is everyone that does crack jesus or just your mom?

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Shoda - thats a nice fucking rock...

Kodai - please dont fuck the rock...

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Awase - WTF WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEYRE NOT REAL?!

Rin - awase why would sen have a LIVE jellyfish inside of a lava lamp...

Awase - he would if he wasent a beta cuck.

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Pony - if I give you $20 can you draw the dude from highschool musical pregnant? Its for my cousins birthday.

Manga - first of all what the actual fuc-

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Shiozaki - believe it or not. But being a man. Ok? And sucking another mans dick. BEFORE MARRIAGE. Hear me out on this one... Is slightly againt the great lord above.

Kodai - jesus?

Reiko - no, ace ventura: pet detective.

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Reiko - specifically after he climbed out of the rinos ass, naked.

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Sen - bro what even is this? Its low key ugly as fuck.

Rin - thats litterally me...

Sen - daymn *sticks photo in pants* ANYWAYS-

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Shishida - I get everyone is trying to stay calm but twerking to the fire alarm wont stop the fire!

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Rin - cute dogs!

Kosei - *lifting his foot* thanks I moisturize~

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Pony - i knew something was wrong with you when you laughed at my joke but not in the 'I watched mean girls' type of way.

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Komori - *walking around the house frantically*

Reiko - we would be out the door already if you didnt kiss all of your plants goodbye..

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Awase - I couldn't even hear that because me and kosei were talking about how hot she was.

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*Rin buddled up in like 20 blankets in front of a fire place*

Kosei - hot girl shit. *dives into the pile and face plants right into his balls.*

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Manga - can I eat your knees tall man?

Bondo - no thanks.

Manga - what if I asked in a uwu voice?

Bondo - still no.

Manga - daymn... alpha male type shit.

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Rin - you realize i am a dude right?

Awase - guys can have long hair?

Sen - of course they can have long hair dipshit.

Kosei - who cares if rin used to be a girl?! Hes a guy now and thats all that matters!

Rin - no I was always a guy...

Kosei - its ok man :D ill always be your friend <3

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buttercupshands · 13 days

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just played some Case Files with LoV part in it and just thought about a giant project like "every LoV filler ever in ANY media"

like games, manga (including those SMASH!! pages) or irl events (like ONE of LoV seyuu playing as LoV without any real footage of it) and most importantly - Ultra Impact events, but sadly I don't have ALL of them of at least I can't share jp server events that I know at least one happened before global started

I'm not that good with knowing what Ultra Rumble has as something special other than emotes, some phrases or outfits and I don't exactly play it

One's Justice 2 (the one Horikoshi named chapter with Hawks and Twice after) on the other hand has literally tons of interactions from just battle things and recruit talks that depend on your trust of something level to Arcade where defeat and a win give you a mini dialogue and LoV has levels with each other

the only problem with the latter is that I either did level them all up too much already and it would be a pain to lose progress or I'm not really interested in doing already hard to make screenshots one by one FOR EVERY SINGLE LOV FIGHT twice.

But since I've never found actual archive of those things aside from occasional video of Plus Ultra attacks or voicelines without any subtitles for jp vers or again Plus Ultra attacks only for the new characters... that's either worthless or it doesn't matter as much

Still! While 1-A class fillers and stories are so easy to find - literally in the novels or 90% of SMASH!! and Team-Up Missions (and I saw one thing that suspiciosly had LoV in there but still looking through it) while anything semi-canon or at least that can be considered such with LoV is either serves it's purpose in the final arc of the manga now or is actually hard to find since wiki doesn't actually keep up with the official games

maybe it's just an excuse to show little things that Ultra Impact keeps as it's canon for events like Tomura being good at poker and it first was in his "holiday story" and then it appeared in the event much later chronologically with MLA already working with LoV

Also if I remember correctly there are multiple vids with LoV somewhat main point of focus and there are still cool (like that one part of Peace Sign with villains suddenly being there for couple of seconds)

but meh... it's still just 1 am thoughts mostly

#bnha #league of villains #ultra impact #a little bit lazy to even go get some oj2 and ur screenshots #but I do have the case files screenshots and they brought me some joy #Spinner being a Stain fan that actually alerts the true one after the copy doesn't get to keep the figure that it actually existed #Tomura and Dabi were literally chilling while it happened bored even #after that it went to the heroes side and I got bored REALLY quickly #still pissed that LoV side doesn't exist in the novels #at least last time I checked!#oh and I think with all of the volumes in jp you can ACTUALLY make a collection of LoV on the spines of the volumes #it's not every single one here yet #just Twice Tomura and Toga ones #in any case LoV got a lot more recognition in the filler side of things last couple of years #and I totally forgot about Blu-ray stuff there's like one or two stories with LoV in there #shigaraki tomura #toga himiko #dabi #spinner #twice #there should also be mr compress but that's a lot of screenshots already #in any case that one bar post is still in my mind constantly #not art

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class1akids · 9 months

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I don't know why people still freak out about deaths here, it's like they forget this is a shonen death has no meaning if you're even slightly important. I'd love it if horikoshi stopped with these fake outs and let one death actually stick but we all know that isn't gonna happen. I don't doubt horikoshi will undermine this moment in any number of ways. Kurogiri still kicking around with warp, kamui woods, tiger, tsu, jiro, any number of heroes who can get help to them or get them to help. Hell a rescue hero could show up, maybe hawks helps. If someone else gives some blood too no one has to die. She could somehow get super regeneration since we got 2 afos on the field. Eri could Rewind her, we always got eri. And it doesn't even have to be as complicated as that, the clones are gone the news is watching so maybe just medics show up and save everyone. The point stands even if they completely destroy toga I won't believe she's dead till the Mangas over. So until then, regardless of what we hope, we can assume she's alive and well.

I think the biggest argument in this case is that Toga's death doesn't make sense for the story. If Toga dies here, the new gen didn't really achieve anything important.

Toga's self-sacrifice is needed the same way Bakugou needed his "Rising" moment. It's a pay-off to show that approaching villains who show no remorse with compassion can save their hearts and not just neutralize them but turn them from a force of destruction to a force of good. They can become society's strength if they are given a chance, which should make the adults reflect if the way they've approached hero society was the right way.

If Toga dies here, it's a failure for Ochako and in the end proves that her method and Hawks' lead to the same result.

If the first war was about both sides going all out the "old way" and both sides really losing, then the second war is about the ideals the story expanded on mostly through Deku's and Bakugou's arcs - "save them all" and "complete victory with no losses".

These are the pure ideals they represent which go beyond even All Might's achievement. It's these ideals being put to the test in a society that's changing - where everyone is going plus ultra to save the ones they can reach, where formerly complacent civilians are taking action, where pragmatism is thrown into the wind to be replaced by idealism and optimism. And it's the kind of story that will prove its child protagonists right in the end and have them inspire everyone around them.

Trying your absolute best and still just ending in tragedy is not particularly inspirational and would be abandoning the themes the story developed.

#c1a asks #bnha manga leaks #bnha manga spoilers #bnha 395

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pikahlua · 2 years

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MHA Chapter 356 spoilers translations

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

tagline 1 対AFO白熱‼︎ たいオール・フォー・ワンはくねつ‼︎ tai OORU FOO WAN hakunetsu!! Versus All For One--incandescence!!

1 ツクヨミ！ TSUKUYOMI! "Tsukuyomi!"

2 黒影ダークシャドウ！ DAAKU SHADOU! “Dark Shadow!”

tagline 2 No.356 敵について　堀越耕平ナンバー356 てきについて　ほりこしこうへい NANBAA 356 teki ni tsuite Horikoshi Kouhei No. 356 Regarding the Enemy Kohei Horikoshi

3 大チャンスだよ！んじゃまた後で！だいチャンスだよ！んじゃまたあとで！ dai CHANSU da yo! ‘nja mata ato de! “It’s [your] big chance! See you in a bit!”

4 ホークスの力では致命の一撃には届いていない…！ホークスのパワーではちめいのいちげきにはとどいていない…！ HOOKUSU no PAWAA de wa chimei no ichigeki ni wa todoite inai...! “With Hawks’ power, we haven’t reached a deadly blow...!”

1 深淵ブラック BURAKKU Black

2 暗躯アンク ANKU Ankh

3 終焉ラグナロク RAGUNAROKU Ragnarok

1 「儚」!!! 「ぼう」!!! 「bou」!!! "Ephemeral!!!"

2 "時間稼ぎ"だと思ってたんでしょ "じかんかせぎ"だとおもってたんでしょ “jikan kasegi” da to omottetandesho “You were thinking we were buying time, weren’t you?”

3 羽虫って実際けっこーー煩わしいスよねはむしってじっさいけっこーーわずらわしいスよね hamushi tte jissai kekko---wazurawashii SU yo ne “Gnats are actually---pretty annoying, you know?”

1 今のは避けなければならない攻撃だいまのはよけなければならないこうげきだ ima no wa yokenakereba naranai kougeki da “Now I have to avoid this attack.”

2 認識が遅れるにんしきがおくれる ninshiki ga okureru “My recognition is delayed.”

3 感覚機能のほとんどを失ってからかんかくきのうのほとんどをうしなってから kankaku kinou no hotondo wo ushinatte kara “Because I’ve lost most of my sensory functions,”

4 振動や赤外線…いくつもの感知"個性"を手に入れしんどうやせきがいせん…いくつものかんち"こせい"をてにいれ shindou ya sekigaisen...ikutsumo no kanchi “kosei” wo te ni ire “those such as vibrations and infrared light...I got my hands on multiple sensing quirks.”

5 僕の認識能力は人のツレよりも遥かに高いぼくのにんしきのうりょくはひとのツレよりもはるかにたかい boku no ninshiki nouryoku wa hito no TSURE yori mo haruka ni takai “My perception ability is much higher than that of a human.”

6 あの小娘の未成熟な"音"だけでは何ら支障は無いのだ原因はーーーあのこむすめのみせいじゅくな"おと"だけではなんらししょうはないのだげんいんはーーー ano komusume no miseijuku “oto” dake de wa nanra shishou wa nai no da gen’in wa--- “That little girl’s juvenile ‘sound’ by itself is no real hindrance. The cause is---”

7 "個性"たちの "こせい"たちの “kosei”-tachi no “My quirks’“

8 叛逆！はんぎゃく！ hangyaku! “rebellion!”

9 こんな事は初めてだ「複製品」ゆえの脆弱性だというのか「僕の力」に比べてこんなことははじめてだ「ふくせいひん」ゆえのぜいじゃくせいだというのか「オリジナル」にくらべて konna koto wa hajimete da 「fukuseihin」 yue no zeijakusei da to iu no ka 「ORIJINARU (kanji: boku no chikara)」 ni kurabete “This is the first time something like this [has happened]. Is this a vulnerability due to their being replicas? Compared to the original (read as: ‘my power’)”

10 権力が弱い‼︎ けんりょくがよわい‼︎ kenryoku ga yowai!! “my influence/power/authority is weak!!”

1 先刻まではなんとか虚を突くだけで致命傷を入れられなかったがせんこくまではなんとかきょをつくだけでちめいしょうをいれられなかったが senkoku made wa nan toka kyo wo tsuku dake de chimeishou wo irerarenakatta ga “Until the last minute, I managed to only poke cracks and couldn’t deliver a fatal injury.”

2 今ならいまなら ima nara “But now”

3 一閃いっせん issen "in one flash"

4 殺ころ koro- "I’ll kill-"

1 浅ましい‼︎ あさましい‼︎ asamashii!! "Shameful!!"

1 ーーー…！

2 まったく…‼︎ mattaku...!! “Jeez...!!”

1 その執濃さがそのしっこさが sono shikkosa ga "That obsession,"

2 君を歪めたのだろうに‼︎ きみをゆがめたのだろうに‼︎ kimi wo yugameta no darou ni!! "that’s likely what distorted you!!"

3 エンデヴァー‼︎ ENDEVAA!! "Endeavor!!"

1 更に弱くなったさらによわくなった sara ni yowaku natta "You became beyond weak." (Note: "Sara ni" or "beyond" is the first half of the Plus Ultra school motto when translated into Japanese.)

2 立場とたちばと tachiba to “Your standpoint and”

3 償いとつぐないと tsugunai to “atonement and”

4 過ちとあやまちと ayamachi to “mistakes and”

5 責任がせきにんが sekinin ga “responsibility.”

1 おまえの生来の弱さを曝き出しおまえのせいらいのよわさをあばきだし omae no seirai no yowasa wo abaki dashi “You exposed your innate weaknesses”

2 見るに堪えない愚図へと引きずり下ろしたみるにたえないぐずへとひきずりおろした miru ni taenai guzu e to hikizuri oroshita “and were dragged down into an unsightly, hesitant dullard.”

3 超人にはなれないんだよ炎司はちょうじんにはなれないんだよおまえは choujin ni wa narenainda yo omae (read as: Enji) wa “You can’t become a superhuman, Enji.”

4 原点を思い出せげんてんをおもいだせ genten wo omoi dase “Remember your origin.”

5 敵がてきが teki ga "The enemy"

6 何だったのかをなんだったのかを nan datta no ka wo "what was it, [I wondered.]"

7 悪漢から少女を救おうとしあっかんからしょうじょをすくおうとし akkan kara shoujo wo sukuou to shi "He tried to save the girl from a villain."

8 結果少女もろとも肉塊と化した父をけっかしょうじょもろともにくかいとかしたちちを kekka shoujo moro tomo nikukai to ka shita chichi wo "As a result, along with the girl, the father had turned into a lump of meat..." (Edit: I believe there is sufficient evidence now to change this sentence to “As a result, along with the girl, my father had turned into a lump of meat...”)

1-2 真の超人への羨望と僻みをしんのちょうじんへのせんぼうとひがみを shin no choujin he no senbou to higami wo "My envy and inferiority complex toward a true superhuman..."

3 "努力"と名乗る "エンデヴァー"となのる "ENDEVAA (kanji: doryoku)" to nanoru "I call myself 'Endeavor' (read as: 'effort')."

4 卑屈な性根をひくつなしょうねを hikutsu na shoune wo "My servile nature..."

5-6 誇示していなければ保てぬ程度の醜い心をこじしていなければたもてぬていどのみにくいこころを kojishite inakereba tamotenu teido no minikui kokoro wo "The extent to which I sustain my ugly heart if I'm not showing off..."

7 そう sou "Yes."

8 おまえはオールマイトにもデクにもなれない omae wa OORU MAITO ni mo DEKU ni mo narenai "You cannot become All Might or Deku,"

9 炎司はいつも自分の弱さとしか戦ってなかったからおれはいつもじぶんのよわさとしかたたかってなかったから ore (read as: Enji) wa itsumo jibun no yowasa to shika tatakattenakatta kara "because I (read as: Enji) was always fighting with nothing but my own weaknesses."

10 だから dakara "Therefore,"

11 生まれ変わろうなんて考えるなうまれかわろうなんてかんがえるな umare kawarou nante kangaeruna "don't think of being reborn."

1 "己の弱さ"を呪い続けろ "てき"をのろいつづけろ “teki (kanji: onore no yowasa)” wo noroi tsudzukero “Continue cursing the enemy (read as: your weaknesses).”

2 唯一ゆいいつ yuiitsu “That”

3 それだけが sore dake ga “is the only thing”

4 おまえを生かしてきただからおまえをいかしてきただから omae wo ikashite kita dakara "that has kept you alive."

1 そうだ…俺は…しつこい…‼︎ そうだ…おれは…しつこい…‼︎ sou da...ore wa...shitsukoi...!! "That's right...I am...persistent...!!"

2 だから…この先生涯… だから…このさきしょうがい… dakara...kono saki shougai... "That's why...[my] life from here on..."

3 「よくやった」と自分をなぐさめるような日は来ない…！「よくやった」とじぶんをなぐさめるようなひはこない…！「yoku yatta」 to jibun wo nagusameru you na hi wa konai...! “No day will come when I can comfort myself by saying, ‘Well done’...!”

4-5 この戦いを終わらせるのがこのたたかいをおわらせるのが kono tatakai wo owaraseru no ga "Ending this battle,”

tagline 豪炎ー…その生き様を見よごうえんー…そのいきざまをみよ gouen--...sono ikizama wo miyo A gorgeous flame--...look at that way of life

6 俺の使命だおれのしめいだ ore no shimei da “that is my mission.”

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