Anime:My Hero Academia

Just to reiterate though, this is only the first stage. Even if someone passes here, it doesn't mean they're guaranteed to pass the exam overall.

True but what would be the point in everyone/most of the cast failing? I could see a select few failing but not more than two or three.

I'm not saying most are going to fail (or pass) just saying that passing here doesn't mean they pass the whole thing. It seemed like that might have been a bit unclear.

I just noticed this, so I'll say that this only follows if we assume his power works through skin contact in general instead of specifically his hands, but we don't have a reason to think that.

Edited by LSBK on Jul 21st 2018 at 10:43:02 AM

Worth noting his costume has a bunch of stopwatches, likely for indicating how long he's got left using each Quirk.

Also his hero name is apparently Phantom Thief, which explains the aesthetic somewhat.

Edited by asterism on Jul 21st 2018 at 4:51:31 PM

I have a feeling pinky is going to fail. Shame since she's so cool. Was she making acid whips?

No, she's just squirting her acid in streams between her fingers.

That's a pretty random prediction, I can't imagine what would give you the feeling she'd in particular would fail.

She gets bad grades.

She gets bad grades academically, but physically she's pretty great. Based on that I'd say she'd be one of those most likely to pass.

Edited by LSBK on Jul 21st 2018 at 1:16:52 PM

I found the Ochako moment really cute. I hope she and Deku become a couple in the future

The streams looked like whips, like I know their streams but I thought she was doing it in such a whay to act like whips so she would swish the balls away.

She's not uravity, froppy, or Momo so by virtue of being a less important girl she's going to get screwed over.

Shame since she's one of the coolest girls in the show. I don't want it to be true. Save Pinky!!!

Well, that doesn't follow at all.

Isn't the cast rotating in importance?

Somewhat.

It does kind of follow that unimportant characters won't pass because they're not important enough for that to affect the story going forward.

Also, I think a manga reader with foreknowledge commenting on which theories are more or less is a rather iffy concept, spoiler-wise.

I didn't comment on whether she or anyone else actually passed, though. Just that "she's not important enough" sounds iffy.

Yeah, you could say less important ones failing doesn't matter, but by the same token them passing also doesn't matter.

Edited by LSBK on Jul 21st 2018 at 1:48:04 PM

Its 50/50 then.

Depends on how sadistic the author really feels I guess.

Edited by slimcoder on Jul 21st 2018 at 11:54:22 AM

That, or it depends on whether the author actually wants do something in particularly with any of them, and them passing or failing will matter for it.

Edited by LSBK on Jul 21st 2018 at 1:54:20 PM

The only reason I can think of for Mina not passing is her tendency to draw the short straw. She was one of the students not to get drafted, she was the only one on Team Bakugo that failed to. Her and Kaminari getting overwhelmed during the final exam.

Minor characters being likely to fail follows, if you believe the failure leads to character development. Of all the minor characters, I personally picture Kaminari and Ojirou as the most likely to fail, but it's hard to predict which minor character the author will choose to focus on next.

Nice catch. At least there's something functional about his costume.

i feel bad for the supporting cast students. If you're not a main character in the grand plot, you are going to drop out of the exam!

Monoma using the word "thief" in his superhero name is telling with how the fans react to him.

Like LSBK said, failing the first part of the exam does not guarantee that you'll fail the overall exam. And vice versa.

No? Failing the first part does mean you fail the exam as a whole because then you don't get to move on to the rest of the exam. It's passing the first part that doesn't mean you'll pass the entire thing. I thought last episode made that very clear.

I really don't get why you're singling him out over that. Most of the costumes seem to be personal style over function, with maybe a few practical touches here and there.

Edited by LSBK on Jul 22nd 2018 at 1:31:35 PM

I wonder if Joke likes Eraserhead because it's so difficult to make him laugh.

Hi, Mera.