My Hero Academia II - A true Hero

[Purple Hermit]

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Macadamia**_ is a genus of four species of trees indigenous to Australia and constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae.[1][2] They are native to north eastern New South Wales and central and south eastern Queensland. The tree is commercially important for its fruit, the macadamia nut /ˌmækəˈdeɪmiə/ (or simply "macadamia"). Other names include Queensland nut, bush nut, maroochi nut, bauple nut, and Hawaii nut.[3] In Australian Aboriginal languages, the fruit is known by names such as bauple, gyndl, jindilli,[3] and boombera. Previously, more species with disjunct distributions were named as members of this genus Macadamia.[2] Genetics and morphological studies more recently published in 2008 show they have separated from the genus Macadamia, correlating less closely than thought from earlier morphological studies.[2] The species previously named in the Macadamia genus may still be referred to overall by the descriptive, non-scientific name of macadamia; their disjunct distributions and current scientific names are:

• New Caledonia endemic genus Virotia in 1975 having only the type species, then by 2008 all six endemic species
• North eastern Queensland, Australian endemic genus and species Catalepidia heyana in 1995
• North eastern Queensland and Cape York Peninsula, Australia, three endemic species of Lasjia in 2008; in Australia still informally described as northern macadamias
• Sulawesi (Indonesia) two endemic species of Lasjia in 2008, based on the 1952 name M. hildebrandii and the 1995 name M. erecta

Macadamia is an evergreen genus that grows 2–12 m (7–40 ft) tall. The leaves are arranged in whorls of three to six, lanceolate to obovate or elliptic in shape, 6–30 cm (2–10 in) long and 3–13 cm (1–5 in) broad, with an entire or spiny-serrated margin. The flowers are produced in a long, slender, simple raceme 5–30 cm (2–10 in) long, the individual flowers 10–15 mm (0.4–0.6 in) long, white to pink or purple, with four tepals. The fruit is a very hard, woody, globose follicle with a pointed apex, containing one or two seeds.
The German-Australian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller gave the genus the name Macadamia in 1857 in honour of the Scottish-Australian chemist, medical teacher, and politician John Macadam.[4]

[desa]

I love those fruits. My mom wasn't a fan of me eating them when I was a kid because she was worried I would choke on them.

I wonder if the festival will continue or be interrupted. They are so many activities that has been mention that I have trouble seeing it stop but at the same time HoundHero is already on the lookout and Deku don't exactly fight discreet.

HoudHero will secretly be a softie?

@Robby:

Hiriluk was dying anyway. Kureha knew full well he had no time left, and she would have told Chopper as much. It's not like he was a fully healthy man with 50 years left to live that took the mushroom. He was a dying man that did a kindness for his son that suffered so much to help him.

It might have tainted Chopper more to have gotten battered and bruised and nearly killing himself to get a cure only to be told on the spot that he'd gotten hurt for nothing. Hiriluk encouraged the kindness and the effort. Kureha then gave him the study afterward.

Similar to how Luffy learned his lesson about not being ready yet when Shanks lost his arm.

Or he could praise his dedication and tell him that this kind of dedication makes great doctors. He will leave him with a good friend of his that will give the knowledge that will transform into the greatest and what he did to get that mushroom proves that he has the right heart for the job.

I mean it's not like he had a secret way of curing himself. Chopper was going to learn it didn't work anyway. Once he is gone he could easily believe it was for nothing. But if he stayed he could have tell him how all he did proves he has the heart and is only lacking the knowledge and make sure Chopper doesn't beat himself over it.

But he chose the option where his son who wanted doctor would be helping to kill someone due to faulty care.

I believe he handled the matter incredibly poorly. And I believe Kureha is more sympathetic role model than he ever was.

I respect your opinions greatly even if I don't always agree with them. I am not saying that people that disagree with me read the manga wrong just that I saw the matter differently than others.

Shanks told Luffy he wasn't ready before that so he was honest from the start. Even supposing Shanks let his hand be bitten purposely and not becasue saving Luffy and protecting couldn't be done together he didn't just leave Luffy. He made sure to cheer Luffy up and encourage him with his hat and a promise to make sure he kept him on the right tracks.

[Nobodyman]

[Shobu Yoruichi]

I don't read this shit, but must accept that till now, this thread is made of pure win.

[Long John Silvers Rayleigh]

Since this is a fresh thread does anyone here think the story will go beyond the 3 years of high school they have in japan? I remember horikoshi wasn't thinking it was gonna be super long and people having estimates of it being a 300-400 chapter series but while we are around halfway through that prediction, I don't really feel like we are approaching that point right here. But then again because of the pacing being a lot quicker than other long running series I don't know if we'll ever really know the half way point is coming unless a big event highlights it. Like All Might Dying for instance.

[Cyclone_Baroness]

@Long:

Since this is a fresh thread does anyone here think the story will go beyond the 3 years of high school they have in japan? I remember horikoshi wasn't thinking it was gonna be super long and people having estimates of it being a 300-400 chapter series but while we are around halfway through that prediction, I don't really feel like we are approaching that point right here. But then again because of the pacing being a lot quicker than other long running series I don't know if we'll ever really know the half way point is coming unless a big event highlights it. Like All Might Dying for instance.

I would like it to do beyond the high school years. I mean it would be odd to have Deku get an epilogue of being the greatest hero. Like what happened with Naruto becoming Hokage.

We know Deku is already getting recognized but it would feel lame to have him the best and not see the actual journey. I don't expect Endeavour and hundreds of pros to drop off the face of the earth. Unless the whole system breaks down. This series just has too many things it could explore after all the school stuff.

[Long John Silvers Rayleigh]

@Cyclone_Baroness:

I would like it to do beyond the high school years. I mean it would be odd to have Deku get an epilogue of being the greatest hero. Like what happened with Naruto becoming Hokage.

We know Deku is already getting recognized but it would feel lame to have him the best and not see the actual journey. I don't expect Endeavour and hundreds of pros to drop off the face of the earth. Unless the whole system breaks down. This series just has too many things it could explore after all the school stuff.

Yeah I thonk thinga will start to move faster after this year though otherwise itd be chapter 600 when they graduate and that seems way to long so we might get longer time jumps, in a vein similar to dr stone

[Count Mario]

The con to having it move past high school is that the series loses a huge crux of what make it unique among superhero stories to begin with. After high school, he basically becomes a celebrity superhero that occasionally gets called in for threats like a SWAT team. Which is pretty much the MCU Avengers.

The only unique interesting routes I can see are Deku becoming a teacher or starting his own hero firm.

What I'm surprised about is the series STILL being in its first year. I would have thought that All-Might losing his powers would have capped off that milestone, but nope. I keep feeling like the second year or third year is going to be skipped because it's hard for me to see how Horikoshi can keep coming up with more unique content for three whole in-manga years unless he drastically messes with the status-quo at some point.

[desa]

I don't believe one second it will go beyond the school. It changes to much of the actual format of the manga and the setting the mangaka gave himself. It's a main cast and it isabout their inexperience. One you are passed those school years you can easily cap it of with Deku discovering the kind of hero he will be and going into a new journey.

[Cyclone_Baroness]

They could create the next half of the series "My Hero Higher Learning" "My Hero Doctorate" lol.

[maxterdexter]

The "Pilar of justice" has to fall in order for Deku to rebuild it from the ground up.

[Nectar]

^Agreed. Shigaraki has to pull off some massive wins. The entire country has to hit a deeper level of fear Kamino Ward fight brought. Thinking about it that way these are good times. No major LoV victories. Toshinori's still around. All For One is locked up.

I don't think Toshinori's living past freshman year. There's not much more he can teach Deku fighting wise. Gran Torino can take over just like after Nana died. If Hori really wants to go nuts he'll drop Toshinori's death, Hagakure's true intentions, and Government Guy's anti-hero plan all during freshman year.

[CCC]

The crazy part is that we're only in term 2 (out of 3) of year 1 (out of 3).
Only 6 months have passed since Izuku started at U.A., and it's taken us nearly 4 years of serialization to reach this point.
So either years 2 and 3 of U.A. are going to be abbreviated to some extent, or we're in this for 20 more years. Buckle in.

[MajinArekkusu]

We are in for the long run anyway, cause no sane person would end a hit manga like that anytime soon.

[Cyclone_Baroness]

Oh this also reminds me. We still don't know who the number 2 Hero is since All Might retired.

[kevo_koma]

@CCC:

The crazy part is that we're only in term 2 (out of 3) of year 1 (out of 3).
Only 6 months have passed since Izuku started at U.A., and it's taken us nearly 4 years of serialization to reach this point.
So either years 2 and 3 of U.A. are going to be abbreviated to some extent, or we're in this for 20 more years. Buckle in.

Oh my god, I hope we get to skip the later years. I just can't imagine reading another manga for such a long time.

[maxterdexter]

Considering how much an afterthougth the current 2th years are, meaning, those who would be the "senpais" next year, I don't think that it is planned to go on like that.

Granted, I'm very wrong already because Mirio and co weren't featured at all until they became relevant, but I'm willing to take that risk.

[pariston_hill]

Maybe My Hero Academia evolves into My Hero Life.

[kevo_koma]

@maxterdexter:

Considering how much an afterthougth the current 2th years are, meaning, those who would be the "senpais" next year, I don't think that it is planned to go on like that.

Granted, I'm very wrong already because Mirio and co weren't featured at all until they became relevant, but I'm willing to take that risk.

I can just imagine the author introducing new older students and giving an excuse like they were on some Student exchange program or something.

Sort of like how Buffy's sister just appeared out of nowhere after 5 seasons.

[CCC]

Or they could literally do it the way it worked with Michelle Trachtenberg on Buffy and just say that somebody's Quirk magically inserted this fully-formed character into reality and altered everyone's memories to convince them the new person was always there.
Or that!

Ideally a side effect of this would be erasing Mineta from existence and nobody remembers/speaks of him ever again.

[maxterdexter]

Yah, using Dawn as an example, when the whole point is that she was popped into existence it's not the best "organic introduction of a character" example.

Those days were weird, at first you'd guess that she had gone with the dad and just returned, after 3 years, but suddenly everyone knew her, and she knew of everything that happened. In the end it mostly worked, but at the moment was weird.

[Brainyz]

I don't see the problem at all, My Hero Academia can easily surpass 500 chapters without becoming boring.
None of the students has a complete character arc just yet, and those that got more focus more than the others still have room for development. And that's only talking about class 1-A, 1-B are comparatively shafted and should definitely get more spotlight someday.
And there's also the League of villains, which despite their recurrence in almost every arc so far, they appear to have more to them than what was already shown, and it seems they'll only grow bigger going forward.
Speaking of villains, more groups and independent villains will be introduced for sure, as well as heroes, these could potentially play integral roles in upcoming arcs.
The single biggest problem the manga might face is the future of the school activities, which is pretty questionable because the manga is showcasing each one of them in the first year. That might leave some people wondering what more could the manga show, especially considering interrupting them won't be very surprising as most of them was interrupted in previous arcs already. There's also the looming threat of cancelling all the public activities if villains show up in one.
For starters, the manga can easily repeat the same activities, this time with minor changes that will cause major changes on the plot itself. For example, the second sports festival can have all the hero schools across the country joining in, maybe even let foreign schools participate. Or perhaps let the next trips be in more grandiose places, like floating cities or underwater cities, I know those sound like a stretch in the academia-verse, but they can simply be man-made with strong quirks keeping them stable the way they are. These extreme versions of previous arcs will most likely be much longer, and that can let the manga skip the events that could get stale if repeated like the exams without rushing the second and the third years.

[FolhaS]

@Cyclone_Baroness:

Oh this also reminds me. We still don't know who the number 2 Hero is since All Might retired.

Iirc, Blue Jeanist was the number 3 hero, so i'd guess he's now number 2.

[maxterdexter]

Jeanist was seriously hurt in the attack, it is very likelly he is still out of comision, and unless the foldable ninja was no4, then we don't actually know who is the current no2.

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@maxterdexter:

Jeanist was seriously hurt in the attack, it is very likelly he is still out of comision, and unless the foldable ninja was no4, then we don't actually know who is the current no2.

Checked the wikia, aparently only known rankings (before the kamino incident)

1.- All Might
2.- Endeavor
4.- Best Jeanist
5.- Edgeshoot (folding ninja)
9.- Ryukyu (dragon lady)
10.- Gang Orca (the gangster orca)
32.- Ragdoll (the Pussycat who's quirk was stolen)

Lots of holes on the rankings.

[Robby]

The school setting is what keeps it fresh and once its past that it turns into most american comics…. but since it IS a self contained series and not a muli-generational ongoing collaboration perpetuation machine where status quo is god like American comics, it could certainly do bigger more permanent changes to the status quo. Take a look at something like Invincible and how radically it changed every couple years... or like the web serial WORM which managed to keep escalating until it brought in the Endbringers and then eventually the end of the world. There's ways and places for it to go.... though a title change might be in order when that happens.

@desa:

I don't believe one second it will go beyond the school. It changes to much of the actual format of the manga and the setting the mangaka gave himself. It's a main cast and it isabout their inexperience. One you are passed those school years you can easily cap it of with Deku discovering the kind of hero he will be and going into a new journey.

Dragonball had Goku grow up, get married, and have a kid. Radically different from what came before and yet…

[desa]

@Robby:

Dragonball had Goku grow up, get married, and have a kid. Radically different from what came before and yet…

I might be wrong but I feel the author is less erratic than Toriyama was and likes to play it safe. Toriyama needed to constantly change while I feel he has a clear of what he wants to tell as a story and I doubt it is Deku as hero but rather kids learning to be heroes.

At best I can imagine a sequel series where he gets to change all the cast except Deku. His sidekicks/employees would be the new main cast with him. But I don't picture him cutting the current cast out and I think he would want to keep the school settings to keep them.

Also his fear of cancellation makes it unlikely he planned something that far away in my opinion. I picture school as the journey and the rest as the untold stories.

[Robby]

Its not about your initial plans its what you do when its a success and you have the freedom to make the story as long as you want it.

Shuiesha would be really happy to have another super long runner now given all their long runners and biggest successes have ended in the last couple years.

[maxterdexter]

And some of the big hits of recent years have been designed with a limited timespawn, and it would be interesting to see how that has affected them.

Like Assassination Classroom that had the graduation day as a hard end date, and the manga keept on a pace that made it certain that the end was getting closer.

Unlike One Piece that every new piece of information seems to extend the series 2 years.

[Cyclone_Baroness]

MY HERO ACADEMIA｜KOHEI HORIKOSHI
I was surprised and happy to hear that some people have gotten married thanks to My Hero Academia! Congratulations!

What? How? I need this to have more details lol.

[Nectar]

YonkouProductions posted Shonen Jump Issue 21/22 Cover

Plus Ultra, indeed.

[Shuhan]

Thats a fantastic young Gentle wearing Dekus suit in front, ballsy move making him the star of the cover.

[Cyclone_Baroness]

@Shuhan:

Thats a fantastic young Gentle wearing Dekus suit in front, ballsy move making him the star of the cover.

Huh? Young Gentle?

[Razh]

@Cyclone_Baroness:

Huh? Young Gentle?

Before he awakened his devil fruit.

[Nitwit]

[https://www.facebook.com/Toonami/posts/1896709853953186

L](https://www.facebook.com/Toonami/posts/1896709853953186)ucky!

[Oga Simpson]

Not gonna lie, that SJ cover has triggered me greatly.

[Long John Silvers Rayleigh]

@Oga:

Not gonna lie, that SJ cover has triggered me greatly.

Same, Deku should be wearing the strawhat not asta

[Count Mario]

@Long:

Same, Deku should be wearing the strawhat not asta

Look at it like this.

Deku is the horse Luffy is betting on as the next big successful shonen protagonist while Asta is trying to fit into the hat shoes that will always be too big for him to ever fill.

[Coookie]

https://jaiminisbox.com/reader/read/my-hero-academia/en/0/180/page/1

Hoo boy, people won't be happy with this development.

[Satsuki]

Hmmmm . . . . well:

! He didn't die, right? If Gentle surrenders, what possible relationship could that create in the future? Will he become an accomplice of Stain? Become an ally of the students? Get sucked into the warp hole that is All for One's plans?

Still, what a punch to the gut. Our guts, I mean.

[desa]

And now the inclusion of this 2 in the arc becomes strange.

[MrBits]

Fantastic chapter. I love these two.

[Count Mario]

@Coookie:

https://jaiminisbox.com/reader/read/my-hero-academia/en/0/180/page/1

Hoo boy, people won't be happy with this development.

I know that CCC was hoping for Deku to deal with this threat without ever talking about it to show a true hero's humility. So I think at least he will be happy..

[Black Leg]

Send both La Brava and Gentle to jail!

Deku saying this was his toughest fight was a bit strange considering the scale of the fight against the mafia guy

[Mr. Burns]

Ahoy-hoy everyone, as I'm new I hope you will forgive any blunders on my part in regards to formatting. While I feel that there is still petrol in the tank for Gentle’s story arc this point is sufficient for at least a cursory glance at Gentle and La Brava. If there was any disservice in this arc it would be the back stories of Gentle and La Brava. Each back story, while generally engaging, lacked depth and made the villainous couple appear to have shallow motivations. La Brava’s abrupt spiral is perhaps the greatest example, but Gentle’s story is similarly sparse with detail—each backstory leaves us guessing rather than clarifying motivations. Was there only one incident for La Brava? If not, why was that one the most damning? Gentle’s backstory fairs little better upon examination because it paints the picture of a glory hound with little bite to back up his bite. There never is an explanation as for WHY Gentle wants glory—he just does. One angle that I was hoping for was that Gentle was the son of a former hero who had gone rogue and lost his good name or that Gentle’s family were pushing him to be this great hero. However, I can’t expect an ongoing series to always explore every facet of a hero or villain—I must make due with what I can get. With that bluster out of the way let me at least give a few thoughts on the chapter itself.

Deku’s battle with Gentle is perhaps his best to date. Hori still struggles with framing action and impact scenes, but I feel that he is beginning to gradually become more comfortable. The real star of this fight is not Deku but Gentle and La Brava. Yes, I know I just wrote a paragraph lamenting the rather subpar backstories, but the character’s themselves are a joy. Both serve as a fantastic foil for Deku, and their relationship is on full display here. I find it rare that I have ever rooted for the villain in fiction, but I found myself rooting for the diabolical duo more than once. Hori does appear to be framing them in a heroic light, or at the very least flipping a heroic staple on its head. It was equally refreshing that not once did Gentle attempt to sacrifice or double-cross La Brava. Innumerable villains before have done so for worse, but Gentle tells La Brava to flee. Bravo Hori, I am fully invested in how Gentle and La Brava will affect the story from here on out. Ultimately I fear that these villains will be lost to what I refer to as the Shonen Shuffle, and I feel that would be a disservice to them as characters. I appreciate the fact that the two need to be punished for their villainous activities just that their defeat at this juncture leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.

[AfroSamurai]

I'm struggling to understand what Horoikoshi wanted to achieve with Gentle and La Brava, other than have them be quirky villain side characters. Also,to throw them in during the school festival, with Eri's subplot and all that… eh. Not a fan. I hope there are consequences to this, for Midoriya in particular.

[Nekketsu]

@Black:

Send both La Brava and Gentle to jail!

Deku saying this was his toughest fight was a bit strange considering the scale of the fight against the mafia guy

His toughest fight all by himself, he probably meant.

[.access timeco.]

Oh, thank you, Midoriya. Thank you for ruining everything that is good by existing.

I would be such a good father…

[Razh]

@Nekketsu:

His toughest fight all by himself, he probably meant.

I was going to mention Muscular, but Kota splashed some water at him during the fight.

[CCC]

@Count:

I know that CCC was hoping for Deku to deal with this threat without ever talking about it to show a true hero's humility. So I think at least he will be happy..

Hey that was before G+LB became so endearing! Izuku is scum. Though it's pretty clear he's going to walk it off and pretend nothing happened despite being beat up and covered in blood. And some of his classmates will be able to tell something serious went down.

Still, the festival not getting cancelled relies on Hound Dog and Ectoplasm keeping their mouths shut…which we have to assume they'll do at this point. Otherwise everything was meaningless.

[Cyclone_Baroness]

@Black:

Send both La Brava and Gentle to jail!

Deku saying this was his toughest fight was a bit strange considering the scale of the fight against the mafia guy

Maybe he just mentioned toughest because he was sympathetic to Gentle and Brava.

Also damnit Deku…I wish Horikoshi gave us less interesting bad guys if they were to be defeated outside.