My Hero Academia

Yes, I have a way with words.

Forgot that Bakugou's power decreased if he can't sweat. That does make it sound like a bad matchup if Todoroki manages to hit him early. Funny that holding back would probably make the fight easier than if he actually went all out.

Now, if he froze the sweat itself then Bakugou might have a problem.

Yeah, as things stand now if Bakugou got frozen, I can't see any reason he wouldn't just blast himself out.

Might hurt himself a bit, but hey, whatever he does most likely won't end up nearly as bad as with Izuku.

Edit: And I didn't even realize that Shouto using his fire side might actually help Bakugou until it was mentioned here.

edited 15th May '15 9:29:35 AM by LSBK

Interestingly enough, the Fallen Angels translation made it sound like Bakugou figured out Tokoyami's weakness by himself. Which makes sense, I can't image it would be that hard to do if he was paying attention.

I think it's basically going to be a battle of the charterer development, and Bakugou is on the losing side of that. He's gotten better but is still quick to anger and caught up in proving how great he is. Meanwhile Todoroki has made some big steps to getting over his dad issues, (and I think being up that he knows about that will end up being a mistake on Bakugou's part in some fashion,) and I imagine this fight will seal it.

The other possibility is Bakugou wins, but he's seen as such a jerk no one wants to work with him.

Being quick to anger is a part of who he is, I doubt that's ever going to change. And both of them are caught up in being the best, they've both been saying that since the beginning, and it's been stated to a good thing. Plus, as this chapter shows, he's Shouto is still working things out. I don't think that's a good way to judge how this would go (actually, I usually don't like judgements like that but I think this situation has been set up to avoid it).

edited 15th May '15 5:58:32 PM by LSBK

I assume that Bakugou is going to win but be an arrogant prick about it and yeah, no one will want to work with him.

Eh, they (the other students that is) already feel that way so nothing would really change. I'm fine with either of them winning so long as they get creamed in the main tournament. Which, actually, might work better if Bakugou does win here.

edited 16th May '15 1:14:32 PM by LSBK

Whether he's an arrogant prick about it or not I expect him to be treated as one.

Fair enough.

So it's a massive Pyrrhic Victory for Bakugou.

He wins, but his winning personality completely destroys any chance of looking impressive to anyone.

He's already on the right track with the way they were treating him for the fight with Ochako. I get the feeling this will continue to be an issue for him.

I still say that was more on the audience than him. There seemed to be some implicit feeling that she had no chance of winning so he should have just gone easy on her, with everyone watching except Aizawa and Izuku apparently not realizing that he was treating her with respect by going all out and they weren't by assuming she needed to treated with kid gloves.

Edit: I don't see that same problem happening here because most people have been assuming that Shouto was the best from the beginnning. No need to hold back here, for either of them really.

edited 16th May '15 1:20:23 PM by LSBK

So anyway how do you think things are going to become between Shouto and Endeavor? I still think they're going to patch things up, I'm not really sure if I'd like that but I still think it'll happen. Not like they'll become super close or anything but that Shouto will stop hating his guts for one reason or another and Endeavor will chill out.

edited 17th May '15 4:27:31 PM by LSBK

Probably, and I will be very disappointed when it happens.

Endeavor is a piece of crap and should never be forgiven.

If he tries to be better, all for him, but he should still be treated as a piece of crap for the rest of his life.

That's what he deserves. He should never be forgiven.....

But this is Shounen. If there going to be one thing this comic does wrong, it's going to be Endeavour being forgiven.

I don't think it'll happen and I'd still dislike the guy, but if he genuinely became remorseful it wouldn't be the end of the world if he was forgiven. By what criteria can we judge something as 'unforgivable', anyway?

Rape and child abuse I think.

I've got no problem with him being remorseful (cause he fucking should be), but there are some things that should never be forgiven, and he should live with being hated for the rest of his life.

Eh, something is only unforgivable so long as the people scorned don't want to forgive. No one else's opinion on the matter, well, matters, frankly.

That's true in both fiction and real life, but in fiction we have the option of complaining if the writer writes something we don't like or didn't think they should do weakening the story.

Eh... I don't really like that no forgiveness thing. I don't mean that Todoroki or his wife have to forgive him or even that they should, but if he were to genuinely repent and try to atone I would probably accept that, though I would find it annoying from a cultural perspective. Whether it's in him to actually do such a thing is another question.

edited 17th May '15 7:09:21 PM by Arha

What it comes down to is if it's done well or not. Assuming it happens of course, which as I've said, I think it will, but it might not.

Screw that! I want blood!!!!!!

No redemption!!!! No forgiveness!!!

Surprise us with hate Hirokoshi!

I'd had my fill of characters being forgiven. I just want to be surprised.

Do you mean by people in general, or specifically the people that he wronged?

Eh, I ain't picky.

Have we ever considered that Endeavours children might have been fathered in vitro ? I mean forced preageancy is still pretty bad, but that would at least dodge the whole rape in a teen manga issue.

edited 17th May '15 11:55:55 PM by Kiefen

No he must be as awful a human being as possible to make him being forgiven all the more frustrating.

He will be the COOLEST GUY of Boku no Hero.

edited 17th May '15 10:53:24 PM by OmegaRadiance

I find it kind of weird that Endeavor only mentions Shouto's older brothers when in the flashback it also looks like he has an older sister.

Though, given what Endeavor has in mind I guess it could be he just wouldn't think of a daughter one way or the other both because he wouldn't be able to project the same way on a girl and the whole mentality of a girl not being able to carry on a legacy thing common in Japan, and well a lot of places, actually.

edited 17th May '15 10:59:56 PM by LSBK