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[FlowersisBritish]

Totally unrelated, but this is still the version of X Gon Give It to Ya I hear in my head

Listen, you don't know about my day, but I really needed to hear this today. Thanks.

Giant robots in Boku no Hero when???

 

[cntr]

Wait for the Iron Man expy!

 

[Poodlestrike]

Listen, you don't know about my day, but I really needed to hear this today. Thanks.

Giant robots in Boku no Hero when???

M8

Literally the entrance exam's big moment

 

[cntr]

M8

Literally the entrance exam's big moment

Holy shit.

You mean there's a chance of actually having mecha for real??

 

[FlowersisBritish]

M8

Literally the entrance exam's big moment

Listen, i don't want some jobber facelss robot. I want some gundam looking mother fucker piloting his gundam robot as he wrestles with Mount Girl in the middle of the city and one of them doing some high flyer shit off of a bank.

Also maybe there is a suitcase holding the adoption papers to somoene's kid dangling above them or something, I dunno.

 

[cntr]

I can imagine the MHA version of Doctor Doom sending out giant robots

Spoiler

of DOOM

 

[Trojita]

Listen, i don't want some jobber facelss robot. I want some gundam looking mother fucker piloting his gundam robot as he wrestles with Mount Girl in the middle of the city and one of them doing some high flyer shit off of a bank.

Also maybe there is a suitcase holding the adoption papers to somoene's kid dangling above them or something, I dunno.

Hero Academia has been generally good at showing the heroes trying to mitigate civilian injuries and building damage. I can't see Mount Lady wrestling with a giant mecha and breaking buildings left and right. This isn't Man of Steel.

 

[WhiskerFrisker]

Season 2 on March 25th!

...which is a bit weird, since Spring anime usually start in April, so we might get either a 14 or 25 episode season?

You know, I haven't watched the anime even though I championed its release last year. Is there something wrong with me?

 

[OniBarubary]

I wanna see Mt. Lady wrestle with something giant alright, but it ain't a robot.

 

[Veelk]

Speaking of the Anime and music, does the series have any particularly good tracks? I generally don't feel the need to watch anime if I can read the manga unless I have reason to believe the anime is better, but that's rare...but music is often the best addition animes make for me.

 

[Verelios]

I wanna see Mt. Lady wrestle with something giant alright, but it ain't a robot.

Ok, I laughed

 

[SalvaPot]

Season 2 on March 25th!

...which is a bit weird, since Spring anime usually start in April, so we might get either a 14 or 25 episode season?

Neat! I am not sure I get my membership back by then, so if anyone wants to take over the OT let me know.

 

[Lunar15]

Speaking of the Anime and music, does the series have any particularly good tracks? I generally don't feel the need to watch anime if I can read the manga unless I have reason to believe the anime is better, but that's rare...but music is often the best addition animes make for me.

Oh fuck yeah, does it:

You Say Run - Used when Deku saves Bakugou from the slime monster and when he saves Ochako from the giant robot in the entrance exam.

My Hero Academia - Used in a lot of key scenes, notably when they all show off their costumes for the first time

Hero A - You might not like the admittedly cheesy rapping, but it's a fun song that's used during training sequences and fights

Plus Ultra - Used when talking about something reverent, like the school or All Might.

 

[FlowersisBritish]

Speaking of the Anime and music, does the series have any particularly good tracks? I generally don't feel the need to watch anime if I can read the manga unless I have reason to believe the anime is better, but that's rare...but music is often the best addition animes make for me.

You Say Run was the only one that really stood out to me when I browsed the ost

 

[Newtype-001]

Speaking of the Anime and music, does the series have any particularly good tracks? I generally don't feel the need to watch anime if I can read the manga unless I have reason to believe the anime is better, but that's rare...but music is often the best addition animes make for me.

Ohhhh boyyy
You Can Be A Hero
The chills that track gives omg. Probably my fave track of 2016

My Hero Academia

Hero A

Uncontrollable Evil
@ 1:10 you can just imagine the AFO reveal at that moment or the chapter where he blows away Best Jeanist

I Am Here

Best ost of 2K16

 

[Lunar15]

You Say Run is definitely the strongest track. There's some other somewhat good ones, but it stands out.

I also like I Am Here just because they went full smarm for All Might.

 

[Nightbird]

Ohhhh boyyy
My Hero Academia

Hero A

Uncontrollable Evil
@ 1:10 you can just imagine the AFO reveal at that moment or the chapter where he blows away Best Jeanist

Best ost of 2K16

all of those + "You say run" are my favorites from the MHA OST.

they are amazing

 

[Ascheroth]

Yeah, Hayashi makes some great tracks.
His Haikyuu ones are really good as well:
Supernatural Haste
Team Potential
Above

And then there is his Gundam Build Fighters soundtrack:
Allied Force
Gundam Build Fighters
Meijin ~ Six Times the Passion of Ordinary Flamenco (Yes this is the real name)
Samurai Edge
Power Resonance
Damn, I could post the whole soundtrack.

 

[Hypron]

New chapter is out.

Damn this guy's quirk is pretty brutal. I wonder what it actually does - I'm sure it's more than just "making people explode just by touching them".

Also, Shigaraki seems to have grown up already - taking the L and telling his allies to back down from the fight.

 

[cntr]

Chapter 125

Wait, what?!

 

[Grexeno]

Well, uh, bye Magne. Nice knowing you.

 

[cntr]

That uh, went in a totally different direction from what I was expecting.

Also man, I thought Overhaul was going to be in his 20s, but if he was around since before All Might, he's probably more like in his 40s.

 

[Mendrox]

Brutal chapter, but awesome chapter.

 

[cntr]

Holy shit, I just noticed that the guy Shigaraki touched blew up into giblets.

 

[Nightbird]

Ehm, isn't this the first time we've seen a character be killed on-screen? (a known one on top of that?)

Or did i forgot about someone?

 

[cntr]

It is.

 

[NHarmonic.]

That was brutal. I don't know why but i was rooting for shigaraki lol.

 

[cntr]

Also I just realized how Hunter x Hunter this chapter was

I'm down with the series going that direction.

Damn this guy's quirk is pretty brutal. I wonder what it actually does - I'm sure it's more than just "making people explode just by touching them".

The sfx when Magne got blown up was "the sound of stretching/creaking/tightening", so there's gotta be something going on there.

 

[Philippo]

Whoa dude, super-powered yakuza thugs? Was not expecting that.
Just like i didn't expect the recruitment going in the opposite way.

 

[MCD]

I have mad respect for the author now.

With other mangas, the shitty villains who are all teenagers as fuck think they rule the world and act all mighty (no pun intended) just because.

Not here. You inexperienced fucks better level up as the heroes or go home.

This is more so for the current group of villains. Seriously, they are so fucking naive.

 

[Nightbird]

What also surprised me was outright stating the name of an established Marvel character just like that

I mean, Kingpin is the villain in Daredevil.

Is that this a kind of joke by the scanlators, or is that actually what is said in the original?

 

[pelicansurf]

This chapter was legit. I agree with the opinion that this felt very Hunter x Hunter. It subverted expectations, since we all thought it was going to be +1 to Shigaraki's crew. Shigaraki just got played while being told he doesn't know how to manage his human resources. I like it a lot. Maybe this is MHA's Yorkshin arc.

 

[cntr]

Yeah, I was sure Shigaraki being a crap villain who needs to get better was where Horikoshi was going, but it's nice to have it explicitly brought to the forefront.

It's also dope that Overhaul just left instead of trying to force a fight. Dude's pretty calm.

Is that this a kind of joke by the scanlators, or is that actually what is said in the original?

"Kingpin" is a normal English word, so it's just what the translators used.

 

[Nightbird]

"Kingpin" is a normal English word, so it's just what the translators used.

It is? Huh, you learn something new everyday.

But, it's clear as a day that they used it with Marvels Kingpin in mind, it fits perfectly with the whole "King of the underworld" theme

 

[cntr]

That's kind of reversed, it's because of the association with criminal organizations the word "kingpin" has that the Daredevil villain is named Kingpin. The word's always been used like that in English.

 

[Newtype-001]

I dont know why i doubt horikoshi.
Everytime he releases chapters like this it gives me faith that he knows and understands what hes doing with the story.

Calling out shigarakis handling of his henchmen and bringing back organised crime syndicates from pre-All Might is a great call and adds a good dynamic

Also the parallels with All Might and Overhauls pose 👌

Also man, I thought Overhaul was going to be in his 20s, but if he was around since before All Might, he's probably more like in his 40s.

Id wait for Vizs translation but Shigaraki introduced him as the "Young Leader" so i dont think hes that old

 

[Nightbird]

That's kind of reversed, it's because of the association with criminal organizations the word "kingpin" has that the Daredevil villain is named Kingpin. The word's always been used like that in English.

you're making me look like a fool

 

[cntr]

Id wait for Vizs translation but Shigaraki introduced him as the "Young Leader" so i dont think hes that old

Might be a translation thing, but I guess being in your 30s or 40s is pretty young for a yakuza leader. If you pretend he doesn't have the mask, he has the same "middle-aged generic dude" style as Tsukauchi. Though he looks different.

you're making me look like a fool

Haha, sorry, didn't mean it to be like that. It's no big deal, kingpin isn't exactly a common word.

 

[Nightbird]

Haha, sorry, didn't mean it to be like that. It's no big deal, kingpin isn't exactly a common word.

No biggie, i actually appreciate being thought things that i didn't knew

 

[BassForever]

This chapter firmly establishes why I've never taken Shiragaki seriously as the final boss of the series for Deku to beat. Obviously he can grow into the final boss but at this point he continues to just get clowned by the heroes and other villains.

 

[robox]

evil fighting evil is hype
scrubs die just like that. it's just how it works.

 

[cntr]

I have no idea whether it's intentional, but there's a neat subtle example of how naive Shigaraki was -- if he wasn't an idiot, he would've sent Twice clones to talk to Overhaul, and not come as real people. And they're definitely real people, because Mr. Compress having his arm blown off would've disintegrated a clone.

 

[balgajo]

I wonder if the person that Magnet remembered is the Pussycat trans man. Looked like someone in a transition.

 

[cntr]

seems like Magne's backstory is that he's an "okama", and he got pushed towards Stain and the VA since he had personal issues over being open about it

though it's expected from Horikoshi, I should mention that it's pretty unusual for this to be written as a sympathetic thing, okama usually get played up for creepiness or comedy

 

[Newtype-001]

Apparently S2 starts April.
That march date is for a recap

 

[Meffer]

Wow, Magna just died. Damn son.

 

[Trojita]

Holy shit. Did not expect dude to get blown up.

 

[cntr]

I like how Overhaul hates being touched where Shigaraki is covered in hands

 

[Tathanen]

Boy I liked that chapter a lot. Magna gettin a two-panel flashback outta nowhere for no reason was pretty deathflaggy tho.

 

[Trojita]

I knew and liked where this was going as soon as the yakuza leader said that Shigaraki needs a plan. They are such a poorly put together group that's frankly scrub tier.

Also Toga reminds me of Roberto