My Hero Academia

Yeah, it's really interesting to contrast how the two of them work.

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I really like how surprising graphic this manga's violence can be.

So what do you think the end game here is? I doubt Overhaul is going down anytime soon, but what do you think the chances of them actually saving Eri are?

With all the dark signs Mirio's way, I've been thinking it would actually be an interesting twist for him to save her while Izuku doesn't. Just take his self-doubt even further.

I think Overhaul's probably going down this arc. At the very least, his organization's gonna be in shambles, as Chrono's the only one besides Overhaul himself who has any chance of getting out of this.

The chances of Eri getting recused are somewhat lower than Overhaul going down, because I can envision an ending where she falls into Shriagaki's hands in order to keep the whole quirk-stealing bullet plot thread going.

"Canada Day is over, and now begins the endless dark of the Canada Night."

I was wondering if that's supposed to be Kirishima in the past when they showed the non-spiky haired kid during his doubt. I wonder what happend.

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Pretty sure it is. If you look back at like chapter three or four, you see a guy who looks like that during the exam. Horokoshi has apparently said that Kirishima first appearance was that early, so it's probably him. It looks like Kirishima only started styling (and dying) his hair after being accepted into U.A.

edited 22nd Jun '17 7:25:54 PM by LSBK

The kid really wants to stand out.

Well he does have self-esteem/worth issues due to his Quirk.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."

Above the crowd. Even if he's gotta shout out loud.

My various fanfics.

I just love how freaky Red Riot looks like in unbreakable mode.

It's not like he was saying to value his minions' lives or anything, just to use them more effectively. When Overhaul loses people, it's because he's sacrificing them for a purpose, like "keep the hand guy from hitting me with his quirk" or "stall the big ol' mob of heroes long enough that I can do whatever it is I'm doing here." When Shiragaki loses people - including Mag-nee, who goes down after Overhaul gives that spiel about how Shiragaki doesn't plan shit - the reason behind it is "whoops."

Well, Stain's an exception there since his defeat helped build the Villain Alliance's rep, but riding his coattails sure wasn't Shiragaki's plan. Not that Overhaul would be likely to know about Shiragaki getting pissy about Stain overshadowing him, granted. But anyway, the Stain situation may be weird, but other than that I think Overhaul's got a point.

I was thinking the odds were the other way around, myself. I could see Overhaul escaping with some pawns and anti-quirk bullets and the narrative using the fact that he got away from this giant operation targeting him specifically to maintain his villain cred. But if Eri doesn't get rescued, then Deku's takeaway after all this buildup is basically "you once again failed to save the little girl having pieces of her flesh gouged out, hero," and that seems kinda bleak for this story.

Something worth pointing out earlier in regards to the villains the Shigukari lost. Moonfish and Muscular were the only ones that had rough criminal experience. The gas guy, or Mustard as he was called, was actually very young. I think even younger than Toga. He was one of Stain's fanboys.

It is interesting how Shigukari seems to care about his subordinates to a certain degree while Overhaul doesn't though.

I think Overhaul (and probably a couple of his closes guys) are going to escape because I feel like the story is leading up to him becoming fully subservient, at least for a time, to Shigaraki and the League.

Even if that's only to serve their own purposes, I see it happening. But as far as Eri goes, that's where things get trickier to me. She's going to be save eventually no matter what, this just isn't the kind of story were that not happening is a possibility. Bu that doesn't mean she has to be saved here and now and there is potentially more drama to be had for Izuku and Mirio to fail to do that, again.

edited 23rd Jun '17 9:56:57 AM by LSBK

So Vigilantes is out. The new Vigilante stating a hardening guys "lack of conviction" makes me think this is Stain. Before whatever body horror happened to his face.

Every accusation by the GOP is ALWAYS a confession.

Yeah I'm with you there.

I can buy a hero using a katana & knives but the fact that he's also a vigilante, talks about conviction, is willing to kill or at least heavily mutilate those who are evil & dressing in military fatigues, having all at once is way to much to be a coincidence. Their names are also somewhat similar so yeah this guy is definitely Stain. Hope the Bee-girl doesn't do anything really bad to him.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."

I think it's likely she'll do something very bad to him. Something's gonna happen to make him switch from actually fighting villains to attacking heroes just because he thinks they're not good enough.

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Just checked the raws and the word Stendhal uses is 信念, the same keyword Stein uses to reject Shigaraki. I'm pretty convinced.

Looking at the anime version of the Stain arc again, I'm still wishing they hadn't made it seem like Iida was going to die or something.

It's a pretty annoying Red Herring, especially since the worst that happens is a slightly damaged hand.

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Watch that damaged hand fuck him over at some point.

Deku said he would eventually come to regret that day.

Maybe "eventually" hasn't happened yet.

edited 24th Jun '17 1:46:51 PM by Elfive

So looking back on some chapters, it seems like Nejire can use her Quirk to fly. I wasn't sure if she was somehow doing that or if Uraraka just made her float before hand, but looking at it again, you can see she has the same spiraling energy around her arms beneath her feet.

It may be that she can normally just Jump Good but with Uraraka's help floating her quirk gives her enough control over her motion to actually fly.

You know, I'm a little surprised we haven't seen more from the Department of Finance/Business/Management whatever except for a one off joke of them not really competing in the sports festival.

There could be some fun to have there.

I could imagine there being a mini-arc about Class A having to do a group assignment with the Finance department, but ultimately the finance department sounds like they are mostly just a specialized economics school.

OVA like the recent one with zombies and Tsuyus childhood friend?

Every accusation by the GOP is ALWAYS a confession.

Still can't find that thing subbed.

'Course the last one took ages too.

Zombie Tokoyami biting Invisible girl is hilarious.

Every accusation by the GOP is ALWAYS a confession.

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How did he know she was there?

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