My Hero Academia II - A true Hero
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PffftAll Might's response was the best lol.
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I like the focus on class B, but I think I'll be taking a break from this series.
It's still good, but I'm very much just waiting for another shoe to drop. OP is like this for me right now, too.
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It's still good, but I'm very much just waiting for another shoe to drop. OP is like this for me right now, too.
I know exactly what you mean.
Man, that Kuroiro's ability. I'm always a sucker for conceptually simple abilities than can offer a lot of versatility with some imagination. Btw, why isn't the dude carrying air sprays or paint bombs and/or carrying a big black skateboard with him? He could definitely benefit a lot from tech department.
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The latest episode went all out. Good fight, good everything. Solid all around.
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Yay! I'm so happy with this episode. Bakugou's voice actor does some great work. The preview for next week has me hyped.
Uhhh….So we never did see an explanation for that random guy in the opening did we?
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Nope he was just an opening only character lol
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That's so weird and misleading lol.
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Will we ever know what wing tatoo guy's deal was?
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Unless he haunts us next season lol.
As for the episode itself I wonder why they choose to have Deku initiate the conversation in the dorm and not Bakugo like in the manga. It kinda makes a difference in his development plus I have to have proof on hand for arguments about his character progress with anime only viewers lol.
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Unless he haunts us next season lol.
As for the episode itself I wonder why they choose to have Deku initiate the conversation in the dorm and not Bakugo like in the manga. It kinda makes a difference in his development plus I have to have proof on hand for arguments about his character progress with anime only viewers lol.
It was a mistranslation in the scans, the speech bubble is pointing at deku but they changed it so bakugo said it
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@Long:
It was a mistranslation in the scans, the speech bubble is pointing at deku but they changed it so bakugo said it
Ahh. Dangit scans! Thanks for clearing that up.
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Will we ever know what wing tatoo guy's deal was?
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If I remember well, that opening had quite a few unused fighting scenes.
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Chapter's out. And shit En has a daughter.
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Who would have thought this chapter would end with Momo tripping balls. Lol
There hasn't been a chapter I've disliked with Hawks in it yet. Cool to see his and Tokoyami's relationship and it was neat advice. Black fallen angel is simple yet badass.
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Crap, you're right.
is she gonna be as overpowered as En, though? Now I'm curious about the limits to her mushroom growing.
(And I guess no nightmare fuel body horror will take place. . .Right?)
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- I knew you were going to do that.
- Yeah? I knew you knew I was going to do that.
- Too bad I knew you knew I knew it.
- No problem because… (...)
The flashback was cool, but the rest of the chapter had just too much according to keikaku for my taste.
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I hope Hori is okay, the chapters are getting shorter, though I prefer them instead of full unfinished ones though. If he needs a week off from time to time he should ask for it, it would be a pity if he ends like the author of World Trigger.
The chapter itself was pretty fun to read, it´s a little sad that the chuuni conection was a ruse to manipulate Tokoyami, still Kuroiro is indeed a chuuni (the keikaku doori type) and I still like him. Hawks keeps being cool, but I can understand why Tokoyami was mad at him the first time. Looking foward to this battle of wits between Momo and Kendo, also the Mushroom girl seems cool (the shiitake mushroom pupils is a nice detail)
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I wonder how many assistants he has. Any popular Jump artist should have lots of assistants to keep himself healthy.
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I wonder how many assistants he has. Any popular Jump artist should have lots of assistants to keep himself healthy.
He has 6 of them. Horikoshi credits them on every volume.
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There is a limmit on how much the assistant actualy do, the core work is still taxing and takes the whole week for each chapter.
The issue is not more or less people, with this little possibility for delegation, and the fact that more than 3-5 then the time saved by them is consumed by organizing the assistants, delegating, quality checking, etc.
If a page could be completelly done by one person, then each successful or promissing author would have 18 assistants and be done with stress.
The issue is the 7 days a week work schedule.
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Short, but sweet. Maybe Hori's saving his energy for a chapter 200 color spread.
The "I know what you're thinking" doesn't bother me, yet. This will be a tactics fight through and through. I hope Hori goes with different match themes. I can see Team Bakugou being about power and Deku's fight focusing on combo attacks (Mina wishing for it and Monoma's quirk makes me think that).Mushroom girl's AoE quirk will be the one to beat for Class A to win, unless, Manga's quirk blows everyone out of the water. Please let it be absolutely ridiculous.
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What if Manga's quirk is some kind of telephaty, where the thoughts of the target are drawn on the pages.
AND THAT'S HOW WE FIND THE TRAITOR.
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Viz has My Hero Academia: All Might Rising on their site (the short manga released in Volume 0). But, you need a Viz account to get it.
https://t.co/RWYope9RiUWhat if Manga's quirk is some kind of telephaty, where the thoughts of the target are drawn on the pages.
AND THAT'S HOW WE FIND THE TRAITOR.
I'm getting at the point where the traitor will be revealed in a classic right place, wrong time way. But, I wouldn't mind seeing more clues thrown about using quirks. Hagakure could even bust herself using some sneak attack or stealth move that'll make sense she's the traitor later down the road. This is the best time to see what she's capable of.
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16 chars Who is En?
The sexy mushroom magic user from Dorohedoro
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A webcomic artist I like, Mary Cagle of Let's Speak English, Kiwi Blitz, & Sleepless Domain, did some art of Yaoyorozu, but with some minor tweaks to the costume (something she's been doing with Fate/Grand Order characters, too, incidentally)
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Another good episode. I think I almost always enjoy the villain parallel stories. Twice is still probably my favorite villain overall.
I didn't realize there was gonna be another episode after this week.
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Anyone else kind of disappointed with the first half of the episode? The bright colors and general composition sapped some of that grimy noir feel that made this chapter such a standout. I really feel like here, and in some other places in the past, Bones hasn't doesn't enough with shadows or light effects to create intensity. And Jin just looked lame and unfocused in some of those shots too!
Feels like a pretty weird spot to end the season next week, but Mirio is still Mirio and that's all that really matters.
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What chapter would next week's episode be ending on? The yakuza arc wasn't my favorite so I don't recall what's next after Mirio takes down the class.
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What chapter would next week's episode be ending on? The yakuza arc wasn't my favorite so I don't recall what's next after Mirio takes down the class.
Whatever chapter Shigaraki first met Overhaul. Either the cliffhanger where we see them meet face-to-face or after Shigaraki's crew gets owned.
EDIT: Chapter 124 or 125.
EDIT #2: I feel like crying whenever I remember that the anime fans will probably go crazy for Overhaul instead of realizing how underwhelmingly bland he is.
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@Count:
Whatever chapter Shigaraki first met Overhaul. Either the cliffhanger where we see them meet face-to-face or after Shigaraki's crew gets owned.
EDIT: Chapter 124 or 125.
EDIT #2: I feel like crying whenever I remember that the anime fans will probably go crazy for Overhaul instead of realizing how underwhelmingly bland he is.
I've mostly been seeing manga fans loving him already. I imagine it'll just be worse cause now we'll have colors a voice and probably a little bit better fight choreography.
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I've mostly been seeing manga fans loving him already. I imagine it'll just be worse cause now we'll have colors a voice and probably a little bit better fight choreography.
The manga fans liking him is actually why I'm so sure many anime fans will like him lol.
Hopefully we get decent filler for the girls fight.
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Next season is definitely the one where there's the most room for improvement from the manga. Cleaning up Overhaul's fights and giving the girls some quality filler will go a long way towards making the arc better.
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Next season has some nice things, mostly characters though, Fatgum, Mirio, Suneater, Rappa and so on, so I am sure people will like them (Hori is great at making likeable characters) Personally the two things that they have to improve the most are the girls fight and change the position of Kirishima´s flashback to improve the final part of the versus Rappa.
Still, even if Bones manages to make Team Ryukyu vs PlagueMask Bane feel as dangerous and important as the other teams, Hori would still need to improve how he treats his female characters in the actual manga. The current arc seems nice in that aspect, that´s a relief, I hope Uraraka gets the chance to shine here, but also in another arc with real stakes.
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My Hero Vigilantes chapter 38 is out!
https://www.viz.com/shonenjump/my-hero-academia-vigilantes-chapter-38/chapter/15909?read=1Koichi is the greatest.
! His quirk just gets better and better! Early on, I thought he'd live a normal life at the end, but his quirk is too awesome now. He seriously has the quirk of a hero. It'd be a waste for him not becoming one. Nice reference to him continuing to love sticking to walls.
! I love the way the police tried to figure out Speedy guy's quirk. Smart. And, now I'm actually interested in the guy and his connection toThe FlashO'Clock. It'd be great if he was a former sidekick. Also, like the talk about heroes laying low after retirement. I wonder if the government provides help in doing so. And, we get confirmation hero licenses are renewed. So many world-building nuggets this chapter.
! Great chapter. Everything is moving forward. Aizawa seems to be playing a bigger role in this arc too. He may be the one helping to take down the Speedy guy with The Crawler. -
Next season has some nice things, mostly characters though, Fatgum, Mirio, Suneater, Rappa and so on, so I am sure people will like them (Hori is great at making likeable characters) Personally the two things that they have to improve the most are the girls fight and change the position of Kirishima´s flashback to improve the final part of the versus Rappa.
You just reminded me how Suneater got a full fight and small flashback instead of the girls. Ew, just ew. That's actually one part of the arc I wouldn't mind outright cutting lol.
I have no idea how they can make the timing of Kirishima's flashback work better. There isn't a time for it to be relevant aside from the alley drug quirk fight and the Fatgum teamup.
Still, even if Bones manages to make Team Ryukyu vs PlagueMask Bane feel as dangerous and important as the other teams, Hori would still need to improve how he treats his female characters in the actual manga. The current arc seems nice in that aspect, that´s a relief, I hope Uraraka gets the chance to shine here, but also in another arc with real stakes.
Horikoshi's always been fine with writing the girls in teams with other guys. He did it in the Sports Festival, Final Exam, Forest Training, and License Exam arcs. What we are seeing right now is nothing new.
But he is strangely uninterested in seeing female characters and ONLY female characters shine in combat. It's weird, especially since he's also decent at characterizing them, providing endearing internal conflicts, and giving them plot relevancy. You know, aside from being forced into commercials and contests based around their sex appeal for cheap humor.
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It's cool that Tsuyu, Momo, and Kendo have all been the pretty clear leader of their groups so far, but I definitely agree that the lack of solo focus in a combat setting is frustrating. So many of the girls are popular, I can't imagine receiving some badass fights for them would hurt the series' popularity in any way.
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But he is strangely uninterested in seeing female characters and ONLY female characters shine in combat. It's weird, especially since he's also decent at characterizing them, providing endearing internal conflicts, and giving them plot relevancy. You know, aside from being forced into commercials and contests based around their sex appeal for cheap humor.
I really think it is an unconscious thing for him. He had to cut fat in the arc for his 10 000 flashback and he naturally went for the female roles. Sometimes you have prejudice that you have to actively fight. Similarily unless you pointed it out I don't think Oda would realize how much he screwed with Smoothie. But this author is better because it seems he actually wants to do good in representation and realness it's just about being aware of his bias. I can see him reread the arc and like "Damn I need to do better to make the girls shine".
I don't not like Overhaul. I think he is a fine villain with a pretty neat power(except the BS at the end). Having a villain that is actually threatening and have a decent plan was a nice change of pace. Facepalm is to vague, to baby-like and too subordinate to Sylar to be all that interesting for me. He proved to be a moldable figure but I cannot say the shape he is taking is interesting yet. I don't think I espescially hate different characters I am quite interested in Endeveor arc, I found the gender Issue of pole man interesting and I lived the fucked up nature of twice(probbly the most interesting villain to me). But Facepalm just seems like a giant baby and I am waiting what he grow up to be.
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You just reminded me how Suneater got a full fight and small flashback instead of the girls. Ew, just ew. That's actually one part of the arc I wouldn't mind outright cutting lol.
I have no idea how they can make the timing of Kirishima's flashback work better. There isn't a time for it to be relevant aside from the alley drug quirk fight and the Fatgum teamup.
Yeah, Suneater fight could have been a little shorter, but the main problem is that the girls didn´t get anything relevant to do, aside from being baited by Toga, not even Nejire or Ryukyu got show off like Fatgum, Suneater and Mirio did. Even if the Overhaul arc is the longest one so far, adding a few chapter about the girls fight would have made it more enjoyable, there is no need to cut down things. Also if they can make Bane seem more threatening than the trio that fought Suneater it would be great.
About Kirishima flashback, I dunno, they could show the full flashback when he breaks down and then have Kirishima do his thing and Fatgum release the special attack, the fact that we had a flashback between Kirishima tanking hits and Fatgum´s attack release seemed weird to me.
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Horikoshi's always been fine with writing the girls in teams with other guys. He did it in the Sports Festival, Final Exam, Forest Training, and License Exam arcs. What we are seeing right now is nothing new.
But he is strangely uninterested in seeing female characters and ONLY female characters shine in combat. It's weird, especially since he's also decent at characterizing them, providing endearing internal conflicts, and giving them plot relevancy. You know, aside from being forced into commercials and contests based around their sex appeal for cheap humor.
Well, compared to those you named this one seems the best one so far for me, for example in the tournament almost no girl got to fight and none made it to the top three and in the exam only Momo and Tsuyu got quality screentime. In this arc everyone is doing things and showing off. That said, you are right about Hori treating them better when they are part of a team with male characters.
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Stuff I liked in the Overhaul arc:
-Everything with the League of Villains. I didn't really care about them before this arc, but now I like them.
-Most things with the Big 3
-Early parts with Deku meeting Nighteye
-Most of the fightsStuff I didn't like about the Overhaul arc:
-Overhaul and his crew. I can't even pin down why in Overhaul's case. Even disregarding character writing, on paper he should at least be a very physically threatening and intimidating villain ala High End. His Quirk is the second most dangerous a villain has had to date (next of AfO), he has a strong introduction where he completely outclasses the main villains, he manages to KILL multiple characters, and the thing that finally brings him down is a borderline Deus Ex Machina. But for most of arc I didn't really feel any suspense from him.
-Fate/Destiny plotline
-While I've warmed up to her character now thanks to the Culture Festival arc (and maybe even the very tail-end of this arc), I spend most of my first readthrough not caring about Eri.The thing everyone seems to hate that I honestly have no feelings for:
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The thing everyone seems to hate that I honestly have no feelings for:
-The Girls. I mean, yeah it kind of sucks, but I just think it's a weird hiccup for a series that's otherwise been fine about this sort of thing, and has been fine ever since.I would disagree with that, just look at Uraraka since her Bakugo fight. She doesn't have much to show for it.
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I would disagree with that, just look at Uraraka since her Bakugo fight. She doesn't have much to show for it.
That one slipped my mind. I agree with you, he could definitely do better with her. Still, I think that on the whole Horikoshi's done more good than bad with his female characters.
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I really think it is an unconscious thing for him. He had to cut fat in the arc for his 10 000 flashback and he naturally went for the female roles. Sometimes you have prejudice that you have to actively fight. Similarily unless you pointed it out I don't think Oda would realize how much he screwed with Smoothie. But this author is better because it seems he actually wants to do good in representation and realness it's just about being aware of his bias. I can see him reread the arc and like "Damn I need to do better to make the girls shine".
I don't not like Overhaul. I think he is a fine villain with a pretty neat power(except the BS at the end). Having a villain that is actually threatening and have a decent plan was a nice change of pace. Facepalm is to vague, to baby-like and too subordinate to Sylar to be all that interesting for me. He proved to be a moldable figure but I cannot say the shape he is taking is interesting yet. I don't think I espescially hate different characters I am quite interested in Endeveor arc, I found the gender Issue of pole man interesting and I lived the fucked up nature of twice(probbly the most interesting villain to me). But Facepalm just seems like a giant baby and I am waiting what he grow up to be.
Little off topic but I think about smoothie it wasnt so much as oda would have had a male smoothie fight, as IMO he held her back because someone on that level would have seemed like too much. Woth that and snack showing up out of nowhere to get a bounty and say something but do nothing and the lack of fights in general I dont think smoothies sidelining is as bad as in the yakuza raid arc. Still I hope bones fleshes out the girls fight and smoothie does something in Elbaf.
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My Hero Vigilantes chapter 38 is out!
https://www.viz.com/shonenjump/my-hero-academia-vigilantes-chapter-38/chapter/15909?read=1Koichi is the greatest.
! His quirk just gets better and better! Early on, I thought he'd live a normal life at the end, but his quirk is too awesome now. He seriously has the quirk of a hero. It'd be a waste for him not becoming one. Nice reference to him continuing to love sticking to walls.
! I love the way the police tried to figure out Speedy guy's quirk. Smart. And, now I'm actually interested in the guy and his connection toThe FlashO'Clock. It'd be great if he was a former sidekick. Also, like the talk about heroes laying low after retirement. I wonder if the government provides help in doing so. And, we get confirmation hero licenses are renewed. So many world-building nuggets this chapter.
! Great chapter. Everything is moving forward. Aizawa seems to be playing a bigger role in this arc too. He may be the one helping to take down the Speedy guy with The Crawler.Cant wait to see crawler fighting ZA WARUDO in the future
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Little off topic but I think about smoothie it wasnt so much as oda would have had a male smoothie fight, as IMO he held her back because someone on that level would have seemed like too much. Woth that and snack showing up out of nowhere to get a bounty and say something but do nothing and the lack of fights in general I dont think smoothies sidelining is as bad as in the yakuza raid arc. Still I hope bones fleshes out the girls fight and smoothie does something in Elbaf.
It is fairly possible that he had to put down one commander. But I don't think it is a coincidence that the one sideline also happen to be the one he made female. In the context of the arc it is not as bad as the yakuza for sure.
I think it will be interesting how things go forward. I genuinely think Oda was good at it up to Alabasta but then started to be bad at it. I could see an opposite direction with that author because he seems weirdly interested in social issues.
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@Count:
Horikoshi's always been fine with writing the girls in teams with other guys. He did it in the Sports Festival, Final Exam, Forest Training, and License Exam arcs. What we are seeing right now is nothing new.
But he is strangely uninterested in seeing female characters and ONLY female characters shine in combat. It's weird, especially since he's also decent at characterizing them, providing endearing internal conflicts, and giving them plot relevancy. You know, aside from being forced into commercials and contests based around their sex appeal for cheap humor.
He's actually quite good at doing that with Toga, who is unusually skilled for a high-schooler.
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Yeah, Suneater fight could have been a little shorter, but the main problem is that the girls didn´t get anything relevant to do, aside from being baited by Toga, not even Nejire or Ryukyu got show off like Fatgum, Suneater and Mirio did. Even if the Overhaul arc is the longest one so far, adding a few chapter about the girls fight would have made it more enjoyable, there is no need to cut down things. Also if they can make Bane seem more threatening than the trio that fought Suneater it would be great.
What I was pointing out is how Suneater, a completely forgettable and expendable one-time character, got a whole fight and mini-flashback but all four ladies got a handful of bare minimum panel scraps. If Horikoshi felt the arc was too long and planned out the plot better, he could have realized that, hey, maybe having two of the series main recurring characters that happen to be female getting a fight would be more profitable than Suneater getting one.
The best case scenario is that everyone gets their own fights, which the anime will probably do. But if it had to come down to one or the other when the arc was happening in the manga, Horikoshi made the wrong choice period.
About Kirishima flashback, I dunno, they could show the full flashback when he breaks down and then have Kirishima do his thing and Fatgum release the special attack, the fact that we had a flashback between Kirishima tanking hits and Fatgum´s attack release seemed weird to me.
I think having a fight happen simultaneously with a flashback can work. Having a fight stop awkwardly in its tracks to fit in a whole flashback can be just as jarring. It just depends on how well you can sync the frequent switching and how they feed into Kirishima's state of mind, like juxtaposing Kirishima's cowardice in the past with him getting slaughtered in the present and eventually deciding to take heavy hits in the present. I think it might look a lot better in the anime given how the pacing feels a lot more like the seamless scene switching a show or movie is capable of compared to a rigid twenty-page manga with still images.
Well, compared to those you named this one seems the best one so far for me, for example in the tournament almost no girl got to fight and none made it to the top three and in the exam only Momo and Tsuyu got quality screentime. In this arc everyone is doing things and showing off. That said, you are right about Hori treating them better when they are part of a team with male characters.
Uraraka still got a whole fight in the Sports Festival against Bakugo, where she looked decently impressive. Although she lost in the most anticlimactic way possible lol. She also got her backstory focus earlier in the arc and was a bit useful in the Cavalry battle, although Tokoyami was easily the star there. And Momo easily outclassed most of the entire class with her built-up internal conflict focus and plan to take down Aizawa, with only maybe Deku and Bakugo outshining her in their fight against All-Might. I think you're looking at this too much from a quantity over quality standpoint, although both genders deserve both quality and quantity in their highlights.
But I agree that everyone can shine in this arc. Which is a huge first for this manga.
I really think it is an unconscious thing for him. He had to cut fat in the arc for his 10 000 flashback and he naturally went for the female roles. Sometimes you have prejudice that you have to actively fight. Similarily unless you pointed it out I don't think Oda would realize how much he screwed with Smoothie. But this author is better because it seems he actually wants to do good in representation and realness it's just about being aware of his bias. I can see him reread the arc and like "Damn I need to do better to make the girls shine".
I can maybe see that happening. But I don't know. He didn't just off-panel the girls, he purposefully grouped them all together for the sake of them all being girls and also had Suneater save Aizawa even though Tsuyu or any other girl was also around and never got to do anything. And then there's Uraraka tackling Overhaul to make her look like she's badass when she's really pinning an unconscious man onto the ground lol. She at least laments being useless, but then that circles back to wondering why that had to be the case even if Horikoshi has development planned.
But yeah, it might just be an unconscious habit.
I don't not like Overhaul. I think he is a fine villain with a pretty neat power(except the BS at the end). Having a villain that is actually threatening and have a decent plan was a nice change of pace. Facepalm is to vague, to baby-like and too subordinate to Sylar to be all that interesting for me. He proved to be a moldable figure but I cannot say the shape he is taking is interesting yet. I don't think I espescially hate different characters I am quite interested in Endeveor arc, I found the gender Issue of pole man interesting and I lived the fucked up nature of twice(probbly the most interesting villain to me). But Facepalm just seems like a giant baby and I am waiting what he grow up to be.
Why Overhaul sucks:
! I don't like his power. It makes Shigaraki look redundant and even if Shigaraki never existed, it's still way too OP and is basically three whole different superpowers in one (deconstruction, healing, and fusion). Overhaul is basically Josuke Higashikata but hilariously broken.
! Threatening schemer villains are nice, but those are such broad general villain types that they hardly count as specific character traits for Overhaul. Which is close to zero. Wanting to revive the Yakuza is a little interesting worldbuilding-wise, but I could hardly care about that. And his other motivation to cure the world of Quirks never got explored enough for it to make sense or be captivating.
! His one and only actual unique characterization trait, being a germaphobe, was definitely interesting at the start of the arc, but then it never gets referenced ever again which is disappointing. That phobia could have even been exploited as a psychological weakness that makes him lose the battle similar to how Twice will never clone himself again.
! The arc hinges a lot of its drama on him abusing Eri, which works as a motivation for the heroes. But we never learn anything uniquely interesting about Overhaul and Eri's relationship or interactions other than Eri having docile abuse victim traits so that too barely interested me. Especially compared to whenever a One Piece supporting character has a tragic flashback connected to an arc villain like Nami and Arlong, which is usually a lot more memorable.
! Overhaul doesn't even work in a Disney villain way where the villain has no unique personality but is at least fun to watch. He never does anything memorably cool or over-the-top, he's just… serious. And Horikoshi was definitely trying to give Overhaul depth so the simple but effective Disney villain excuse One Piece antagonists like Crocodile have can't even work.I think the best villain we've had in this series so far is Gentle. Not that I don't have my own small gripes with him, but he's fun, can be a bit intimidating, has one of the most creative powers and fights in this series yet, a decent design, and has room for future character growth. And most of all, I appreciated the manga not immediately trying to top Overhaul and instead having a smaller villain focus and personal conflict. It helps keep the story fresh, versatile, and colorful, which a series based around a concept as expansive as superhero tropes/worship should.
You already know I have a lot of hopes for Shigaraki. But even I can agree that even if he is guaranteed to have future development and unpeeled layers, he isn't really a charismatic character yet. I like the steps of his development, but the actual character himself is still rather… eh. Especially compared to Twice.
And while I like him caring about his teammates in the Yakuza arc, that development came out of freaking nowhere. I get that he still probably wants to keep them a huge mystery, but Horikoshi could spend a little more time focusing on the League of Villains bonding with each other instead of skipping from checkpoint to checkpoint with little-to-no meat in-between.
You can see this in how Dabi underwhelmingly contributes nothing to the Endeavor arc other maybe foreshadowing himself being Endeavor's long lost son unless that's a red herring. Even the Hawks double agent twist could have been done with literally any other villain and nothing changes.
Stuff I liked in the Overhaul arc:
-Everything with the League of Villains. I didn't really care about them before this arc, but now I like them.
-Most things with the Big 3
-Early parts with Deku meeting NighteyeAgreed.
-Most of the fights
I still don't care for that final Deku + Eri v. Overhaul fight no matter how much people bring up how it shows Deku's potential. Even though that's supposed to be what All-Might's presence for the first 95 or so chapters in this manga was supposed to do lol. I really would have preferred a grand team-up fight with psychological warfare against Overhaul so much more.
Stuff I didn't like about the Overhaul arc:
-Overhaul and his crew. I can't even pin down why in Overhaul's case. Even disregarding character writing, on paper he should at least be a very physically threatening and intimidating villain ala High End. His Quirk is the second most dangerous a villain has had to date (next of AfO), he has a strong introduction where he completely outclasses the main villains, he manages to KILL multiple characters, and the thing that finally brings him down is a borderline Deus Ex Machina. But for most of arc I didn't really feel any suspense from him.You highlighted every single shallow tactic both manga and western comics use to hype up their new bland edgy villain. When you type it all out like that, it's no wonder he failed to impress lol.
-Fate/Destiny plotline
Why Horikoshi didn't want to use his perfectly available Toga shape shift and Twice clone out to fool Nighteye's prediction in favor of the blandest "willpower overcomes fate" battle in shonen yet, I will never know. Well, I guess I do know since it sort of ties into Deku convincing All-Might he can beat his death sentence and thus beat the future, but there are a bunch of ways that could have been done better.
I want to also add to this point how both Nighteye and Eri show why time-based powers are awful and should almost never be used in fiction unless planned extremely well in advance.
-While I've warmed up to her character now thanks to the Culture Festival arc (and maybe even the very tail-end of this arc), I spend most of my first readthrough not caring about Eri.
If I only I could say the same.
The thing everyone seems to hate that I honestly have no feelings for:
-The Girls. I mean, yeah it kind of sucks, but I just think it's a weird hiccup for a series that's otherwise been fine about this sort of thing, and has been fine ever since.Think of it this way. Would you agree that the girls were so useless during that arc that the arc might have not changed at all if Tsuyu and Uraraka were taken out of it? Keep Ryukyu and Nejire there if we must keep the whole entrance diversion plot point with plague mask Bane.
The only difference that comes to mind is how Toga fools them into luring plague mask Bane into the basement, but even then the same Deku tactic or use someone else's blood like Aizawa's easily could have worked. All in all, it makes you wonder what the point was in even including them? That's why it's so disappointing. And I say this as someone who doesn't care much about Tsuyu and Uraraka other than liking their designs and powers.
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Little off topic but I think about smoothie it wasnt so much as oda would have had a male smoothie fight, as IMO he held her back because someone on that level would have seemed like too much. Woth that and snack showing up out of nowhere to get a bounty and say something but do nothing and the lack of fights in general I dont think smoothies sidelining is as bad as in the yakuza raid arc. Still I hope bones fleshes out the girls fight and smoothie does something in Elbaf.
No matter how much you want to rationalize, we could have at least seen how Brook got past Smoothie while still making the latter look like an impressive opponent.
I don't think every single Sweet Commander needed a full fight, but I would still argue they needed actual visual reasons to be Sweet Commanders in the first place.He's actually quite good at doing that with Toga, who is unusually skilled for a high-schooler.
True, but she's also never definitively won a fight either. She mostly stalls and escapes, and maybe incapacitates a minor supporting character no one cares about off-panel. Which is fine, but not particularly noteworthy to me. I'd say that's the easy copout way to make your female characters look competent but never reaching the heights the guys always do many manga like to do. "See, they do things! Even though those things are never all that important…"
Damnit, you made me remember how frustrating it was to see Horikoshi waste Deku's blood for such a trivial baiting tactic for the girls in the Yakuza arc instead of something much more grand in the long run.
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Gentle being considered a better villain that Stain? I respectfully disagree.