My Hero Academia Appreciation 2021

[Inversed]

New character for the second DLC season of One's Justice 2. In a delightful surprise it's... Present Mic.



He's looks real neat.

Present Mic looking really cool, and he's the perfect choice for a character to just scream random phrases the entire fight. It's a big coincidence that him and Shinso just happen to be the next DLC characters at the same time getting into the Popularity Poll (does this mean Rody's next??? lol)

I'm still feeling like Monoma and Spinner are gonna be next, since they're the last 1B and LOV characters left, though the 5th could honestly be anyone. Mirko or Re-Destro feel most likely candidates.

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Midoriya and Toru confront the Aoyamas who try to escape. Aoyama is about to try and fight but Toru intervenes, partially revealing her crying face for the first time. Midoriya restrains the Aoyamas with Blackwhip, taking them to the rest of Class 1-A and the U.A. staff, who are all completely devastated. The father explains their history with AFO and how they would've been killed if they didn't follow his orders. Aoyama confesses his crimes and declaring himself as a "villain", but Midoriya retorts back, aware of the good things he's done, and his clear cry for help, extending his hand telling him he can still be a hero.

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A simple but effective chapter. Getting to finally see part of Toru's face is exciting! Everyone's reactions to the betrayal is well done, including how calm and collected Bakugo is in comparison. And then of course, Midoriya's declaration in being able to recognize that Aoyama didn't actually have villainous intentions, and is just another victim of AFO, especially with the line "doing wrong doesn't make you a villain for the rest of your life", which can be used for many examples, from Nagant to Gentle & La Brava, to someone like Twice before his full turn (even though like alot have mentioned, it's unintentionally funny Midoriya's extending his hand even though Aoyama literally can't grab it). Definitely interesting to see in what way they'll be able to use Aoyama to help them with AFO, and how the relationship with everyone ends up going forward/what all their punishments will actually end up being.

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[leokearon]

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A really good chapter with more reveals with Toru 's face finally being revealed. I'm not sure how much use the Aoyama family will be of use to helping stop AFO. They do have his last order to them to get Deku alone, so they could use that to hopefully trap him. They could also explain how AFO communicates with them. Great to see Deku trying to help Yuga.

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[Dark Soul # 7]

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A simple but effective chapter. Getting to finally see part of Toru's face is exciting! Everyone's reactions to the betrayal is well done, including how calm and collected Bakugo is in comparison. And then of course, Midoriya's declaration in being able to recognize that Aoyama didn't actually have villainous intentions, and is just another victim of AFO, especially with the line "doing wrong doesn't make you a villain for the rest of your life", which can be used for many examples, from Nagant to Gentle & La Brava, to someone like Twice before his full turn (even though like alot have mentioned, it's unintentionally funny Midoriya's extending his hand even though Aoyama literally can't grab it). Definitely interesting to see in what way they'll be able to use Aoyama to help them with AFO, and how the relationship with everyone ends up going forward/what all their punishments will actually end up being.

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I'm glad that Izuku is getting a use from his experience trying to get a better understanding of villains in being able to sympathise with Aoyama and vocalize how his fate isn't decided because of this. This is how Deku saves people. This is the empathic ability that will define his heroism in the long run. Hopefully it'll lead to something (which seems to be the case with Bakugo's little thought bubble there at the end. I also really like the continuation of Dabi and AFO's little talk with AFO just going "Of course **** can go wrong with my plan. That's why I have like 100 back-up plans to fall back on if need be." There's just something smug and douchey about it that makes me love to hate this guy.

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A really good chapter with more reveals with Toru 's face finally being revealed. I'm not sure how much use the Aoyama family will be of use to helping stop AFO. They do have his last order to them to get Deku alone, so they could use that to hopefully trap him. They could also explain how AFO communicates with them. Great to see Deku trying to help Yuga.

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What I was thinking the clearest option would be is to make them believe Aoyama successfully traps Deku and have him brought to a location (maybe with a tracking device on him), and then all the heroes can jump in and attack, though knowing AFO, it's hard to think of how it would work without him being incredibly suspicious. So there's probably another option they will think of.

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I'm glad that Izuku is getting a use from his experience trying to get a better understanding of villains in being able to sympathise with Aoyama and vocalize how his fate isn't decided because of this. This is how Deku saves people. This is the empathic ability that will define his heroism in the long run. Hopefully it'll lead to something (which seems to be the case with Bakugo's little thought bubble there at the end. I also really like the continuation of Dabi and AFO's little talk with AFO just going "Of course **** can go wrong with my plan. That's why I have like 100 back-up plans to fall back on if need be." There's just something smug and douchey about it that makes me love to hate this guy.

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That's also another reason why I'm hoping we see the villains turn on him at some point. Spinner and Toga seem fairly obvious, but I just really wanna see Dabi finally get tired of waiting and leave, unintentionally sabotaging him in some way being much more focused on his own goals than AFO's world domination plans. He may have a backup plan for it, but I imagine even for him in-fighting might be something that could trip him up and give the heroes an advantage.

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[leokearon]

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What I was thinking the clearest option would be is to make them believe Aoyama successfully traps Deku and have him brought to a location (maybe with a tracking device on him), and then all the heroes can jump in and attack, though knowing AFO, it's hard to think of how it would work without him being incredibly suspicious. So there's probably another option they will think of.

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Yuga doesn't even need to trap Deku. The order was to get him alone. So he and Deku could just go to a "secluded" area where they could ambush AFO.

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[leokearon]

https://www.cbr.com/mha-season-6-premiere-window/

Season 6 will premiere Autumn 2022

[Dark Soul # 7]

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That's also another reason why I'm hoping we see the villains turn on him at some point. Spinner and Toga seem fairly obvious, but I just really wanna see Dabi finally get tired of waiting and leave, unintentionally sabotaging him in some way being much more focused on his own goals than AFO's world domination plans. He may have a backup plan for it, but I imagine even for him in-fighting might be something that could trip him up and give the heroes an advantage.

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I would absolutely love it if the League members that are used to Shigaraki eventually just get fed up with AFO and betray him at a crucial moment. He's probably prepared for that to happen, but it could be one of a whole lot of incidents that happen at the same time and just overwhelm him enough for everything to break down.

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https://www.cbr.com/mha-season-6-premiere-window/

Season 6 will premiere Autumn 2022

Ok then. That's a bit of a wait but I'm ok with that. Gives them more time to work on the action packed intensity that is the raid arc.

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Season 6 PV posted earlier from Jump Festa, re-confirming the Fall 2022 release, and showing us a couple glimpses of the start of the War Arc.



It was also at this panel that Horikoshi confirmed that the series will be concluding in about a year. Which taking mangakas sense of time into account (not to mention breaks thrown in), I'm probably expecting sometime early 2023, ending around close to, if not actually at 400 chapters. Something we were all expecting, so now it's mostly just to wait and see how he decides to fit everything else left into the story in this climax.

[Inversed]

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The class and everyone discuss Aoyama's fate, with 1-A believing he can help them deceive All For One and should be given the chance to help, while Tsukauchi believes it's too risky and they need to be more analyzed first. Aizawa, watching through a tablet, sides with the class and comes up with a plan, before the Aoyamas are escorted away. 1-A angrily prepares to head out into battle, while Midoriya and Iida go to get costume upgrades, where Midoriya ends up in a very familiar situation under Mei Hatsume.

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This definitely looks like we're at the big build-up, setting up all the remaining necessary seeds before the fighting starts up. I like how realistically mature everyone's been handling the Aoyama stuff. They're devastated at the betrayal, but they understand why he was in the situation. They don't immediately forgive him, but want to have him help them so he can earn his forgiveness and make up for his wrongs. And also Aizawa being the rational one and being the one to come up with an idea (I wonder who the "him" All Might is thinking about is). All of 1-A looking pissed is also an incredibly great image and is followed by the absolutely wonderful return of Mei. Glad to see she's back, and really exciting to see what Deku's new costume is gonna end up looking next chapter. (Which will be in 2 weeks since it's Christmas break next).

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[leokearon]

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BABIES! More Mei! Rest of the chapter was very good. It's nice to see that while Yuga seems himself as a despicable villain, his classmates don't and want to help him.

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[Maxi]

So Horikoshi announced at Jump Festa that there's more or less one year left of story. Not a surprise at all, it's what I was expecting. One massive arc to wrap it all. I prefer it being a concise and focused story rather than being dragged to the mud. Recent complaints about pacing are ridiculous, it's always been a fast paced series. Back when the All Might vs AFO fight was happening people said it was too fast, same with the Paranormal Liberation War, even though we had 26 volumes of build-up. There's not much you can do at this point without it feeling being dragged on unnecessarily, and it even extended beyond what Hori planned, since his idea was for everything to wrap in 30 volumes, but it was impossible to do that without REALLY rushing it. I suppose it will end around volume 40, which is a neat amount of material.

[Dark Soul # 7]

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This definitely looks like we're at the big build-up, setting up all the remaining necessary seeds before the fighting starts up. I like how realistically mature everyone's been handling the Aoyama stuff. They're devastated at the betrayal, but they understand why he was in the situation. They don't immediately forgive him, but want to have him help them so he can earn his forgiveness and make up for his wrongs. And also Aizawa being the rational one and being the one to come up with an idea (I wonder who the "him" All Might is thinking about is). All of 1-A looking pissed is also an incredibly great image and is followed by the absolutely wonderful return of Mei. Glad to see she's back, and really exciting to see what Deku's new costume is gonna end up looking next chapter. (Which will be in 2 weeks since it's Christmas break next).

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I do like that the pushback against the students wanting Aoyama to earn back their trust is Tsukauchi pointing out that despite any outstanding circumstances he did betray them and it's unlikely that he'd be able to properly fool AFO. It's a logical and sound argument and I appreciate that it wasn't shut down. Having Aizawa be the one who comes up with this big secret plan is a good move since he's able to see things from both the emotional and logical viewpoints. He has the best understanding of them all. I'm thinking that All Might is refering to Stain probably. And yeah, it's brilliant to see Mei again. She's always a blast and I absolutely need to know what she's been up to during everything since the raid. Izuku's super serious expression while being smothered by Mei's boobs is just hilarious.

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It was also at this panel that Horikoshi confirmed that the series will be concluding in about a year. Which taking mangakas sense of time into account (not to mention breaks thrown in), I'm probably expecting sometime early 2023, ending around close to, if not actually at 400 chapters. Something we were all expecting, so now it's mostly just to wait and see how he decides to fit everything else left into the story in this climax.

Yeah, I can see this going to around 2023 and finishing with a hopefully nice landing. Though I think that this doesn't leave much room for any more smaller arcs once the current prep-work arc is finished, which is a bit of a shame since I feel there are a few threads that treatment. But who knows, hopefully everything can be nicely tied up.

So Horikoshi announced at Jump Festa that there's more or less one year left of story. Not a surprise at all, it's what I was expecting. One massive arc to wrap it all. I prefer it being a concise and focused story rather than being dragged to the mud. Recent complaints about pacing are ridiculous, it's always been a fast paced series. Back when the All Might vs AFO fight was happening people said it was too fast, same with the Paranormal Liberation War, even though we had 26 volumes of build-up. There's not much you can do at this point without it feeling being dragged on unnecessarily, and it even extended beyond what Hori planned, since his idea was for everything to wrap in 30 volumes, but it was impossible to do that without REALLY rushing it. I suppose it will end around volume 40, which is a neat amount of material.

Yup, it's always been a fairly brisk series with relatively short fights since most of the characters are more human than in a lot of other action series. Everything is set up for a big blow out arc. We just have to enjoy the ride.

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I can kind of understand some of the complaints regarding the ending maybe going a bit *too* fast, just because they have been breezing through a couple plot points here and there, that with a bit more time could've given everything so much more development and care, but I also think alot of people have been so "doom and gloom" about it that I think is just going a bit too far. There's still enough time left that they can conclude all the stuff that matters satisfying, just need to see what direction they take it.

There are a couple other interesting info Horikoshi mentioned in his quote during Jump Festa:
-Bakugo will have his greatest moment coming up that fans who love and hate him will look forward to (he also has Bakugo's VA Okamoto on LINE who he frequently chats with, and who is one of the only VAs caught up with the manga, which is really funny)
-He's immensely looking forward to drawing Uraraka and Toga's confrontation, and that Toga was created specifically for Uraraka and both their development have built up for this moment.
-Deku's desire to save Shigaraki will continue to be the greatest obstacle, as he tries to deal with how to overcome his destructiveness.

You can see the whole quote here, but if anything this does clarify that, probably other than the Todorokis and AFO himself, these 5 will be the main focuses going forward, and both the Deku/Shigaraki and Ochaco/Toga encounters are definitely going to be incredibly exciting climaxes. Now Bakugo I have no idea what's planned for him, but if anything sounds to be surprising.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BokuNoHeroA...tm_name=iossmf

[Dark Soul # 7]

I can kind of understand some of the complaints regarding the ending maybe going a bit *too* fast, just because they have been breezing through a couple plot points here and there, that with a bit more time could've given everything so much more development and care, but I also think alot of people have been so "doom and gloom" about it that I think is just going a bit too far. There's still enough time left that they can conclude all the stuff that matters satisfying, just need to see what direction they take it.

There are a couple other interesting info Horikoshi mentioned in his quote during Jump Festa:
-Bakugo will have his greatest moment coming up that fans who love and hate him will look forward to (he also has Bakugo's VA Okamoto on LINE who he frequently chats with, and who is one of the only VAs caught up with the manga, which is really funny)
-He's immensely looking forward to drawing Uraraka and Toga's confrontation, and that Toga was created specifically for Uraraka and both their development have built up for this moment.
-Deku's desire to save Shigaraki will continue to be the greatest obstacle, as he tries to deal with how to overcome his destructiveness.

You can see the whole quote here, but if anything this does clarify that, probably other than the Todorokis and AFO himself, these 5 will be the main focuses going forward, and both the Deku/Shigaraki and Ochaco/Toga encounters are definitely going to be incredibly exciting climaxes. Now Bakugo I have no idea what's planned for him, but if anything sounds to be surprising.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BokuNoHeroA...tm_name=iossmf

The series pacing isn't always, and it may even be hit or miss for some people. But on a whole I think Horikoshi does pull it off with satisfying and entertaining results. Sticking this landing is going to be the final test.

The choice of words regarding Bakugo's upcoming moment is interesting, mainly in how it will appeal to fans on both sides of the debate regarding Bakugo's character.

I have really high hopes for that Toga/Ochako match. Ochako has way too often been more on the side in the conflicts with villains and life or death stakes so she really deserves a major showdown with her at the center. And she needs to get center stage on a volume cover already!

And of course, Deku and Shigaraki's battle will be the big finale. I just hope it's really between them after they've dealt with AFO.