Yeah there was something up with Ojiro there. Hard to tell if he was just getting hurt or was undergoing some kind of epiphany while getting drilled.
I'm gonna assume Shouto beats Tetsux 2 prolly with that special technique but he's left open long enough for Mudman to take him out.
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."Well, they are technically the antagonists of this arc, so it makes sense for them to be a bit more powerful. It also gives Class 1-A more hurdles to overcome if their Quirks aren't all brilliant.
Oh God! Natural light!Well Hori's had time to think about which quirks to give Class B, and as said, as the technical antagonists of this arc, they need abilities that pose a challenge to the main cast.
Of course, it leads to some fridge logic on how B was so overshadowed with some of these quirks.
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.It's obviously just bad luck. It's not that they weren't good enough: it's that A was the class villains kept coming after (or getting into messes) so they got more attention.
If things had been the other way around, it'd be Class B getting all the attention.
One Strip! One Strip!Also, there seems to be a sort of pattern forming here:
- Kaminari could potentially take them all ou- nope, Shiozaki can completely neutralize him.
- With Dark Shadow Tokoyami cou- nope, Kuroiro can take control over Dark Shadow.
- Why doesn't Todoroki ju- oh, Honenuki can goop the ice, and Tetsutetsu resists both sides.
I don't think it's actually bad or lazy, especially not with first one, because none of the rounds have actually devolved purely into the above and they counters are mostly products of Class B's growth, but it's a bit interesting. I wouldn't be surprised if Round 4 has something like that too, with Sero trying to capture people, and Setsuna and Togaru having Quirks that make that much less effective.
Plus, I actually do think that the ratio of interesting abilities is overall even between the two, but I could see why someone else would be looking at this and think differently.
Edited by LSBK on Nov 2nd 2018 at 8:33:57 AM
Hmm...most of those examples involve neutralizing each team's powerhouses...so wouldn't that suggest that Bakugo will be the one that Team B will have a counter for?
Why not? Class 1-A's grown as well - what good would come from making it a complete curb-stomp?
Edited by KarkatTheDalek on Nov 2nd 2018 at 9:54:43 AM
Oh God! Natural light!I don't know if that's really trying to have it's cake and eat it too - like I said, on the last page, it's been a long time since we've seen most of Class A do anything.
Edit: Also, about Class B being overshadowed, it occurs to me that a lot of them don't really have abilities that would really have been useful during the Human Cavalry Battle. They weren't allowed to directly attack one another, after all, among other reasons.
Edited by LSBK on Nov 2nd 2018 at 9:00:15 AM
I don't see how it was a complete failure. Her team only stood a chance because of her, and she didn't actually do anything wrong.
On that note, I also noted that the match ended with the girls of team B winning in the end, and saving their male teammates.
I don't know if it was written with that specifically in mind, but it's what happened.
Edited by LSBK on Nov 2nd 2018 at 9:14:18 AM
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I would have liked Momo to win, but I agree with LSBK that that's a pretty unfair assessment - her gambit would have won them the day if throat mushrooms weren't hax.
Edited by KarkatTheDalek on Nov 2nd 2018 at 10:15:28 AM
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Well that's my feelings anyway. Mostly because I think it's trying to sell Class B as on Class A's level but still try to say Class A is good.
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Not a curb stomp, just a definitive win. That whole nonsense of trying to sell Momo's team of "winning in spirit" just fell flat for me.
Edited by BlackYakuzu94 on Nov 2nd 2018 at 10:25:27 AM
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
I didn't care for that, but I stand by my general point.
I'm just saying, while the point of this is largely "Class B is great too" that does implicitly mean the Class A is great, and it still has to be shown during the course of events, otherwise none of this matters.
Edited by LSBK on Nov 2nd 2018 at 9:18:35 AM
I have to agree with Black Yakuzu on that. The winning in spirit doesn't really work.
Every accusation by the GOP is ALWAYS a confession.She failed in every conceivable way. Trying to make her look good for tying up Kendo was a complete joke, because it didn't even impede Kendo's ability to save Manga.
Tokoyami lost the same as we would regardless of if they had her care package or not.
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Honestly, if it weren't for the throat mushrooms, we'd still have Kendo taking out invisible girl and Manga being able to assist against Tokoyami. It'd be more even, but not a definitive win for Class A.
Edited by Saiga on Nov 3rd 2018 at 12:19:47 AM

Also, it kind of seems like this was maybe building up to Ojiro having a moment, maybe? I'd like that.
Also, Bakugo laughing at Shoto getting his ass kicked is hilarious.
Edited by LSBK on Nov 2nd 2018 at 11:44:06 AM