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My Hero Academia: Season 5 |OT| We Are Deku
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So as far as we know that means there could be 5 additional abilities to the black whip. That's awesome. I wish we knew what All Mights teacher and predecessor had as a quirk
Loving this
Yeah Black Whip guy says there's a total of 6 quirks including his
This is where I stopped reading the manga, so you can imagine which side of the debate it was on.
This makes All Might look like the third Hokage. Dude is shown to be this ultimate badass but later you get a fuckton of other (retconned) stronger kages and make him look like a total chump.
This makes All Might look like the third Hokage. Dude is shown to be this ultimate badass but later you get a fuckton of other (retconned) stronger kages and make him look like a total chump.
Well, I'm watching the anime now (didn't watch seasons 3-4) so let's see if it pulls me back in.
All Might was the strongest of all of them though. There's a reason he was the only one to achieve the symbol of peace status
All Might was certifiably stronger than all of his predecessors, this really isn't the third hokage situation.
I'm frankly not even sure how you ended up with that impression, but I can say that it's really not like that and that All Might in his prime is still comfortably ahead of any of his predecessors.
Best episode of this boring arc (So far).
Some of us don't want to know if it gets explained till it does. Not coming at you personally since this isn't something important, but it's probably best if manga readers don't say these kind of stuff at all just in case.
Some of us don't want to know if it gets explained till it does. Not coming at you personally since this isn't something important, but it's probably best if manga readers don't say these kind of stuff at all just in case.
Regarding the All Might situation, I meant more Deku himself (being the Avatar) plus what I imagine will be power-ups for other characters to be relevant in some way. We haven't really been told anything about the powers of the previous holders, as far as I remember.
Remind me again; All for One gave a quirk to his brother which he thought didn't have any quirks. What quirk did he give and what quirk did the brother already have?
AfO gave him a quirk that stockpiles power and the quirk the brother had was the ability to pass on his quirk, these two combined into OfA
The first One for All user had a quirk to transfer power, which is useless on its own. AFO gave him a power stockpiling quirk, which fused together with his original quirk to make OFA.
Awesome, thanks for the answers. The tease with All for One seems to be involved somehow so i'm curious if this maybe was planned.
I have thought before what if OFA and AFO are actually the same. I mean AFO had the ability to take and transfer abilities. OFA only seemingy transferred power, which the power stocking really then made into an incredible feat. What if the intent of the user actually matters here. It's strange that these siblings could have both been suited with a quirk that can pass on quirks, but only one of them can take them.
Maybe OFA is simply the user not being a awful being and thus as it has been passed down no one with OFA has ever had it in them to use it the same way AFO does.
At a glance it looks like a classic foil where one takes the other gives, but that's ignoring the fact that AFO can also pass on abilities. Who's to say Midoriya couldn't if under the right or (wrong) intentions of a bad person.
Maybe OFA is simply the user not being a awful being and thus as it has been passed down no one with OFA has ever had it in them to use it the same way AFO does.
At a glance it looks like a classic foil where one takes the other gives, but that's ignoring the fact that AFO can also pass on abilities. Who's to say Midoriya couldn't if under the right or (wrong) intentions of a bad person.
No wonder Deku is crazy OP since he always says he'll become the greatest hero of all time.
But this means he's the chosen one, right? Since for the others before him it wasn't the time yet.
But this means he's the chosen one, right? Since for the others before him it wasn't the time yet.
Chosen to do what? The quirks are not prophesizing things so far and I don't think it's a coincidence this is happening when season 4 introduced the idea of a quirk singularity. Quirks get stronger with each generation and this is OfA being affected by that, it reflects the progressions of stronger quirks we see in other characters like Todoroki's half-hot-half-cold or the kids in that babysitting arc
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The first holder of OfA even outright states in the first episode of the season that they (as in OfA as a collective) are way beyond the singularity at this point. It's likely that Deku will be the last holder in the end, as it may grow too powerful for any human to contain by the end of his career.
And I personally find OfA to be more terrifying than AfO. This is a quirk that seemingly tears off a part of not only their holder's quirk, but their very soul when it transfers over to the next host, and every previous host has shown some form of almost suicidal tendency afterward since they've all apparently gone off to face AfO soon after the transfer. The only exception is All Might, and he had to be convinced by Deku's mother that the worst thing he could do for Deku was to die for him. OfA works eerily similar to a parasite. Not sure if that's intentional or not, but it's the impression I've gotten.
These tests are absurd.
They are going to murder each other and his powers are out of control.
No, no, let's keep going and see what happens.
They are going to murder each other and his powers are out of control.
No, no, let's keep going and see what happens.
The best episode in this season and almost last season. Infinite 100% Moment was still more hype, but LOVE the story/action implications of this.
Poor Bakugo (and Todoroki) is gonna learn REAL soon that he's the side character lol. They never stood a chance against the best quirk of all: Being the Protagonist.
Poor Bakugo (and Todoroki) is gonna learn REAL soon that he's the side character lol. They never stood a chance against the best quirk of all: Being the Protagonist.
I never got the impression that the previous OfA holders all went after AfO. More like he hunted them down before All Might, who was the first one who was able to go toe to toe with him.
I'm caught up and the recent episodes saved this arc. Bakugo and Todoroki remain awesome. I have mixed feelings about this stuff regarding Deku. A part of me likes it and another part of me is worried about other characters and what exactly does this mean for Deku lol
When Horikoshi goes for Mineta's redemption arc, I'll look down and whisper "No."
Monoma was a complete asshole until the end, I love that jerk. Monoma going for One for All was probably my favorite moment this season.
This shot had me laughing.
Monoma was a complete asshole until the end, I love that jerk. Monoma going for One for All was probably my favorite moment this season.
This shot had me laughing.
So they reveal a new quirk for Deku only for him to say he's not gonna be using it for a while.
This is my view as well. Doesn't help that this fight isn't really about the fight it's about OfA with a fight attached to that. Beyond excited we are moving on
I feel like the animation in this show is considerably worse this season than it has ever been. It often feels like there's barely any animation at all. Or maybe it was never good and I'm misremembering.
This entire arc has been kinda awful on every level.
This entire arc has been kinda awful on every level.
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Still seems a little better than season 4 but I could be misremembering.
Next arc starts soon
I remember when the season started people in the manga thread here or on Reddit (or both, can't remember) were saying stuff like "This arc can't take up the entire cour. There's only like eight or nine episodes' worth of content, max."
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lol this is one of the worst goddamn things about this show
Mercifully!
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Hopefully you guys enjoy the next arc a lot more! Should be very different
There's some stuff wrong with the arc, but the animation has been good. Idk what that complaint's about, we've gotten some real cool stuff.
Season 4 animation was much worse overall, this season is a step up at least in that department
Mineta is a criminal, that is all.When Horikoshi goes for Mineta's redemption arc, I'll look down and whisper "No."
Monoma was a complete asshole until the end, I love that jerk. Monoma going for One for All was probably my favorite moment this season.
This shot had me laughing.
The show is much more consistent and overall better than it was last season. The direction and shots are better too. The lack of sakuga is due to the arc just not having many big moments.
Animation is definitely better for this season than 4, which felt like it held back all its goodness for 100% Deku and Endeavor and could not spare a mere crumb elsewhere leading to Lemillion getting done dirty with STILLS, STIIIIIILS
Anyway, this episode made me actually laugh at Mineta because his dumbfuckery caught me off guard, and now I feel like I need to clean myself and my soul.
As for flashbacks, yep, this show is really REALLY bad for them, there are times where this show really feels like a Naruto adjacent shonen with all the good and bad that comes with that, flashbackin' all day long being one of them.
Next episode preview is either hiding something or it's a complete nothing burger coming up next week, I wanted a hint at the next arc darn it!
Anyway, this episode made me actually laugh at Mineta because his dumbfuckery caught me off guard, and now I feel like I need to clean myself and my soul.
As for flashbacks, yep, this show is really REALLY bad for them, there are times where this show really feels like a Naruto adjacent shonen with all the good and bad that comes with that, flashbackin' all day long being one of them.
Next episode preview is either hiding something or it's a complete nothing burger coming up next week, I wanted a hint at the next arc darn it!
And even then, I'd say we got a couple of very nice looking moments in each fight.
Animation hit a really low point in s4, and it's considerably better now. It's just that 50% of this arc was people standing around doing nothing. But the action has been solid imo
Definitely not true. The production has been the strongest since S2 so far. We'll see if it holds up in the second half, but both S3 and S4 suffered from the movies being in production concurrently. So far they've done a much better job keeping the quality consistent.
I apparently don't watch enough anime to be so jaded about this show. I'm enjoying it same as always lol.
