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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#25501: Nov 21st 2018 at 3:22:41 AM

This series is more like OP where there's a lot of hype for it, to the same extent where some people act like it can do no wrong.

TrueShadow1 Since: Dec, 2012
#25502: Nov 21st 2018 at 3:25:30 AM

[up][up][up]Yeah, that. I wonder if the reason is because he can't think how to make her powers into an exciting action sequence.

Edited by TrueShadow1 on Nov 21st 2018 at 3:26:14 AM

alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#25503: Nov 21st 2018 at 3:30:46 AM

I think the poll might be screwed by a certain demographic. tongue

Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#25504: Nov 21st 2018 at 3:39:54 AM

I see All Might barely made the top 10.

As he's powerless now, has his presence severely decreased in the manga?

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#25505: Nov 21st 2018 at 3:40:37 AM

Uraraka is a bit lacking in screen time, but what we have seen of her is pretty good, as far as shonen heroines go.

Edited by Elfive on Nov 21st 2018 at 11:40:47 AM

Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#25506: Nov 21st 2018 at 3:42:27 AM

MHA is no Fairy Tail but I have yet to see a shounen with as good a representation of female fighter as FT.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#25507: Nov 21st 2018 at 3:57:24 AM

FT fetishizes its females more often than not, so that's not much of an achievement.

FMA still has the most neutral representation of females as far as Shonen goes.

And Naruto was undoubtedly the most popular Shonen of the 2000's, One Piece took a while to take off and Bleach never quite took off like Naruto did.

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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#25508: Nov 21st 2018 at 6:29:43 AM

On another note, guess people really didnt care for anything from the Yakuza arc not a single character from it in the top 20.

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Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#25509: Nov 21st 2018 at 6:32:33 AM

So nobody answered me if All Might is less prominent in the manga after losing his powers.

But I've just been informed elsewhere though that Iida and Uraraka lose their spot as Ron and Hermione to Midoriya's Harry. They were always his closest friends where I'm at. But apparently it becomes the Bakugo and Todoroki show to appease their fanbases.

Edited by Nikkolas on Nov 21st 2018 at 6:33:22 AM

Kiefen MINE! from Germany Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
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#25510: Nov 21st 2018 at 6:41:28 AM

[up] No, he is still very much around, being completely depowered doesn't stop him from instructing Deku from memory.

Edited by Kiefen on Nov 21st 2018 at 3:41:52 PM

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
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#25511: Nov 21st 2018 at 6:56:15 AM

I wouldn’t say that Bakugo and Todoroki have taken Uraraka and Iida’s place. The former two were always going to have quite a bit of focus, and anyway, I don’t think that any of them have really received a ton of focus lately in the manga, at least prior to the current arc (except maybe Todoroki, but that was only for a bit, in an arc that kind of needed to focus at least a little on him).

Edited by KarkatTheDalek on Nov 21st 2018 at 9:57:39 AM

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#25512: Nov 21st 2018 at 7:49:07 AM

Bakugo and Todoroki are pretty independent from Deku while still having a significant relationship to him and other characters, so their characters can stand on their own better.

Ochako and Iida don't have much in the way of character dynamics besides being Deku's friend, so their characters are pretty limited in that regard.

Bakugo and Todoroki are the most fleshed out characters besides the main character and his mentor, so of course they're going to be popular.

[up][up][up] All Might is still around to mentor Deku, he just can't participate in the action anymore so he is kind of out of focus, but not significantly so.

Hawks is probably the most surprising as well best Jeanist. Guess the Anime and Pro hero arcs were the main contributions.

Edited by BlackYakuzu94 on Nov 21st 2018 at 10:49:31 AM

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fasoman1996 Google "big ears" from Argentina (A.K.A. Naziland) Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
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#25513: Nov 21st 2018 at 7:49:55 AM

Iida had a decent time in the spotlight in the last couple of chapters. No small feat considering that he had to share it with Todoroki.

Ururaka could still get some screentime but she is in Deku's team, once more. I hope they don't turn her into a satellite character

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#25514: Nov 21st 2018 at 10:34:16 AM

Her most defining character trait is having a crush on the main character, that ship has sailed.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#25515: Nov 21st 2018 at 10:56:29 AM

To be fair, she's been deliberately putting that crush on the back burner to focus on her career, as opposed to driving herself crazy by getting hung up on it.

But yeah, she does need some real focus. Even Horokishi knows he hasn't been giving the girls their due, and he seems to want to, but I'm not sure why he finds it difficult.

It may just be that most Mangaka have issues with their female characters as a whole.

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alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#25516: Nov 21st 2018 at 11:02:16 AM

I'm surprised Momo made it that high honestly.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#25517: Nov 21st 2018 at 11:03:37 AM

Well its specifically shonen writers who have that issue.

Try as they might, its hard to escape the issues plaguing them at a social/cultural level.

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#25518: Nov 21st 2018 at 11:12:06 AM

[up][up][up] And she's done nothing despite that.

Momo isn't a much better character, but she's had a character arc at least which I'm sure influenced her placing here.

[up] Other writers have done it, so Hori's unwillingness just feels amateurish to me.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#25519: Nov 21st 2018 at 11:21:48 AM

[up]

Her doing nothing in-universe is due to the author not yet focusing on her yet. You're blaming her for something outside her control (that the author doesn't focus on her).

And as for others who do it, that is true, though most don't do a good job either.

We'll have to wait and see how Hori does when he finally gets to it...if he does.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#25520: Nov 21st 2018 at 11:36:35 AM

On Bakugo and Todoroki, I think a large part of it is that they started off very obviously needing more character growth that Izuku, so they stand out more in that department.

I don't think Izuku's character has actually been static, but awhile ago someone made a comparison that All Might's line about how "you can't expect someone at level 50 to progress at the same rate at someone at level 1", well changed that conversation from being about actual power to character development, and you have what happens with Izuku in comparison to Todoroki and especially Bakugo.

Edited by LSBK on Nov 21st 2018 at 1:37:12 PM

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#25521: Nov 21st 2018 at 11:40:41 AM

[up][up]I'm not blaming her for anything, I'm saying Hori's lack of focus on her has made her a satellite character whose primary defining trait is her relationship to the main character.

[up]Its not that Deku is static, it's just that Bakugo and Todoroki have more room for growth since they aren't the primary focus of the narrative.

It's common in stories for the protagonist to be rather plain compared to his peers to better contrast his supporting cast. Not that I think Izuku is bland but his character is pretty straightforward compared to Bakugo or Todoroki.

Edited by BlackYakuzu94 on Nov 21st 2018 at 2:56:58 PM

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#25522: Nov 21st 2018 at 11:55:25 AM

Yeah, although she did have that moment at the end of the Yakuzu arc where she just reflected on what happened and what she wants to do, and Izuku didn't factor into it.

Here's hoping something is built on that.

Edit: Also, like, that's exactly what I said about Izuku in comparison to Bakugo and Todoroki.

Edited by LSBK on Nov 21st 2018 at 2:01:43 PM

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#25523: Nov 21st 2018 at 12:18:44 PM

On another note, man are really pissed off about Endeavor at 8th. The controversy around him will only get worse the more he develops.

Really makes you wonder what would happen if him and Rei got back together.

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fasoman1996 Google "big ears" from Argentina (A.K.A. Naziland) Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
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#25524: Nov 21st 2018 at 12:34:00 PM

Oh boy, if Rei and Enji actually become a couple again, that is going to ruffle some serious feathers.

Even i am not comfortable with that happening. I would prefer that she forgives him after noting that he made a concious effort to change but the damage is done, so she doesn't want to be together with him. Forgiven, but Not Forgotten is the best course of action imo

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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#25525: Nov 21st 2018 at 12:41:07 PM

At the end of the day, it's about what Hori wants. I just care about the execution of it.

That said yea, that's gonna rustle a lot jimmies no matter how well executed it is

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