My Hero Academia Appreciation 2022

[leokearon]

Looks pretty good and hopefully the intros will also have some great tunes.

[Inversed]

PV for the upcoming season.



Looking good. With some quick parts looking real spiffy.

Very visually pleasing, for anybody worried after S5, this looks like they're going all-in with the direction so this should turn out great. Especially love the continued use of purple like we saw in last season. Mirko definitely looks like her section is going to get the top-tier treatment with that little bit we see. Also noticed a shot of Midnight and Kinoko that wasn't in the manga, so that should also indicate we may be getting alot more new additions to arc which would be incredibly great to see.

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New chapter stuff

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Tokoyami unleashes a powerful punch to destroy the remaining bits of All For One's mask. Left dazed, All For One realizes that it is due to him possessing a copy of his Quirk that he's become vulnerable to the Quirks resisting him, but fights back and manages to regain control. All For One shoots out a hell of Rivet Stabs to regain the pieces of his mask and attack the three Heroes, but Endeavor protects them, getting his arm ripped off in the process. Within his mind, Endeavor is berating by his younger self, calling him weak while also revealing that what partly inspired him to become a hero was after his father was killed trying to save a girl from the villain. Endeavor regains his composure, declaring his intention to fight to the end, and forms a fiery fist from the remains of his arm, knocking All For One out again.

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Just some more really good stuff. This I think is the perfect way of giving Endeavor a somewhat "tragic" backstory. Rather than just make him a victim of an abusive parent, instead have that parent be a victim of basically "pulling a Deku", trying to save someone and failing. The re-iteration that its his own belief in his weakness that drove him down the path and that he just has to keep fighting rather than trying to "rebuild" himself. Plus also him losing an arm and then creating a new one out of fire is extremely metal. Also, the visual of the AFO vestige devouring the other vestiges I was not expecting, that was pretty haunting stuff. Makes me start to believe that by the end AFO is going to turn into an "actual monstrous beast" that everyone needs to take down somehow.

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[leokearon]

New chapter stuff

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Tokoyami unleashes a powerful punch to destroy the remaining bits of All For One's mask. Left dazed, All For One realizes that it is due to him possessing a copy of his Quirk that he's become vulnerable to the Quirks resisting him, but fights back and manages to regain control. All For One shoots out a hell of Rivet Stabs to regain the pieces of his mask and attack the three Heroes, but Endeavor protects them, getting his arm ripped off in the process. Within his mind, Endeavor is berating by his younger self, calling him weak while also revealing that what partly inspired him to become a hero was after his father was killed trying to save a girl from the villain. Endeavor regains his composure, declaring his intention to fight to the end, and forms a fiery fist from the remains of his arm, knocking All For One out again.

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Just some more really good stuff. This I think is the perfect way of giving Endeavor a somewhat "tragic" backstory. Rather than just make him a victim of an abusive parent, instead have that parent be a victim of basically "pulling a Deku", trying to save someone and failing. The re-iteration that its his own belief in his weakness that drove him down the path and that he just has to keep fighting rather than trying to "rebuild" himself. Plus also him losing an arm and then creating a new one out of fire is extremely metal. Also, the visual of the AFO vestige devouring the other vestiges I was not expecting, that was pretty haunting stuff. Makes me start to believe that by the end AFO is going to turn into an "actual monstrous beast" that everyone needs to take down somehow.

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A lot of cool stuff. Endeavour's backstory was actually quite good. and seeing AFO starting to lose it in terms of control is pretty cool and shows once again he's no longer the Big Bad.

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[Lvenger]

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Really cool to see Endeavor's backstory and motivation for becoming a hero. I did not expect to see that side of Enji's origins. Endeavor's arm getting ripped off is a huge death flag though. I know he's one of the toughest heroes next to All Might, but a gut wound and losing a right arm is a lot of damage. I suspect Endeavor will sacrifice himself to destroy All For One's physical body which will result in him trying to take over Shigaraki's body.

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[Toxin45]

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A lot of cool stuff. Endeavour's backstory was actually quite good. and seeing AFO starting to lose it in terms of control is pretty cool and shows once again he's no longer the Big Bad.

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too be fair this will allow him to merge with shiragaki as his new body.

[Inversed]

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Really cool to see Endeavor's backstory and motivation for becoming a hero. I did not expect to see that side of Enji's origins. Endeavor's arm getting ripped off is a huge death flag though. I know he's one of the toughest heroes next to All Might, but a gut wound and losing a right arm is a lot of damage. I suspect Endeavor will sacrifice himself to destroy All For One's physical body which will result in him trying to take over Shigaraki's body.

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I still don't completely believe that Endeavor will die yet, but I imagine if he does it won't be until he has at least one final interaction with Dabi. Also, the AFO vestige trying to merge with Shigaraki is technically different from the physical AFO, so if this one dies, I imagine we might see something like the vestige try to speed up the process since he'll start to fear things are really going wrong.

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[Inversed]

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Endeavor continues to assault All For One, pounding him and throwing him across the mountain until he finally lets loose with an attack that seemingly kills All For One for good. But then suddenly, All For One manages to survive, starting to regenerate his eyes and ears, all the while images of Eri and the Quirk-Erasing Drug are shown. Also at the same time, several unknown figures start to approach Deku over the ocean.

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That definitely was incredibly intense with alot of unexpected turns and emotions. Firstly Endeavor's onslaught against All For One was excellent, some amazing art, the moment where he goes full Superman and shoots fire from his eyes is metal as all hell! And there was all the great character stuff with Endeavor reflecting upon how he needs to make everything right so that the kids can have their future free of their issues. But then you have All For One's twist. I had completely forgotten that other than the Quirk Destroying Drug, Shigaraki had also stolen Quirk Restoring Drugs from Overhaul, so it seems like that is what he's using to recover himself. What this means for everything I have absolutely no idea, but it will be incredibly interesting to see play out. I kind of hope the drug turns out to be flawed in some way so AFO is "recovered", but like he has only one eye and ear, very freak-ish looking, though I imagine they'll just end up going with him becoming his original self with original face. Also, I have absolutely no idea who those figures coming toward Deku could be. There's at least 8 of them so I really can't figure out who, out of the Heroes and Villains left that we haven't seen, it could reasonably be, so we'll presumably find that out next week!

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[leokearon]

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Endeavor continues to assault All For One, pounding him and throwing him across the mountain until he finally lets loose with an attack that seemingly kills All For One for good. But then suddenly, All For One manages to survive, starting to regenerate his eyes and ears, all the while images of Eri and the Quirk-Erasing Drug are shown. Also at the same time, several unknown figures start to approach Deku over the ocean.

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That definitely was incredibly intense with alot of unexpected turns and emotions. Firstly Endeavor's onslaught against All For One was excellent, some amazing art, the moment where he goes full Superman and shoots fire from his eyes is metal as all hell! And there was all the great character stuff with Endeavor reflecting upon how he needs to make everything right so that the kids can have their future free of their issues. But then you have All For One's twist. I had completely forgotten that other than the Quirk Destroying Drug, Shigaraki had also stolen Quirk Restoring Drugs from Overhaul, so it seems like that is what he's using to recover himself. What this means for everything I have absolutely no idea, but it will be incredibly interesting to see play out. I kind of hope the drug turns out to be flawed in some way so AFO is "recovered", but like he has only one eye and ear, very freak-ish looking, though I imagine they'll just end up going with him becoming his original self with original face. Also, I have absolutely no idea who those figures coming toward Deku could be. There's at least 8 of them so I really can't figure out who, out of the Heroes and Villains left that we haven't seen, it could reasonably be, so we'll presumably find that out next week!

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I didn't think the Quirk Restoring Drugs were finished, I thought Tomura stole the temporary and permanent versions, since he mentions two boxes and asked Overhaul which was the finished product. Still looks like All For One may get even stronger than ever. Of course it could reset him back to the way he started out, so he's healed but only has All For One. Part of me is thinking that the people going towards Deku are heroes trying to escort him to Tomura. I can't really see them being villains since the villains shouldn't know where Deku is.

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[Dark Soul # 7]

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See, I'm not sure it's a restoration moment for AFO. The way he talks about how his body has served its purpose and will be scrapped, and how he's having a sacrifical moment makes me think that he's going to go out with some kind of bang. How that is related to Eri and the quirk bullets I'm not sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if he's ok with this body dying since he's still in Shigaraki more or less. But yeah, super cool chapter with intense action and one of the creepier faces we've seen from the series. As for the figures approaching Deku. I'm assuming that they're some of those elite villains AFO freed. He probably had them on stand-by and sent them out during all the chaos. But we'll see.

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[Inversed]

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I didn't think the Quirk Restoring Drugs were finished, I thought Tomura stole the temporary and permanent versions, since he mentions two boxes and asked Overhaul which was the finished product. Still looks like All For One may get even stronger than ever. Of course it could reset him back to the way he started out, so he's healed but only has All For One. Part of me is thinking that the people going towards Deku are heroes trying to escort him to Tomura. I can't really see them being villains since the villains shouldn't know where Deku is.

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When I went back to check the Overhaul chapters it seemed to imply to me that there were at least some Restoring Drugs within that batch. I also went back to the War and it does look like Shigaraki took more than just the 2 bullets he tried to use, so that might probably be the answer of how he got ahold of this. I've seen alot of speculating that he's literally using the Rewind Quirk which he was supposedly able to copy through the drugs, but I don't understand how he would be able to do it just through just the bits of Eri's DNA in it, so I don't think that makes sense.

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See, I'm not sure it's a restoration moment for AFO. The way he talks about how his body has served its purpose and will be scrapped, and how he's having a sacrifical moment makes me think that he's going to go out with some kind of bang. How that is related to Eri and the quirk bullets I'm not sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if he's ok with this body dying since he's still in Shigaraki more or less. But yeah, super cool chapter with intense action and one of the creepier faces we've seen from the series. As for the figures approaching Deku. I'm assuming that they're some of those elite villains AFO freed. He probably had them on stand-by and sent them out during all the chaos. But we'll see.

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That's definitely another possibility I've seen speculated, that the drug is going to basically completely revert AFO to nothing, but that he's able to do some major damage with the bit of time he's at "peak power". I'm unsure if it'll go that way, since I really feel like they want to build up to AFO's defeat as this "big thing", but it definitely would be in AFO's character to go out on his own terms, taking away his defeat from the heroes, and so the vestige AFO gets to have the "big defeat" moment. There was one of the two Tartarus escapees that were name-dropped a few chapters that we haven't seen yet, so that could end up being them. On the other side, pretty much the only character who we don't know where they are at the moment/can also fly, is Ryukyu, so that's a possibility. Other than that I'm stumped cause basically nobody else left in the character list could easily match, unless you go for something really out of the box and make it Koichi and Captain Celebrity from Vigilantes. Either way it is exciting we can't easily guess, and we'll most likely find out next chapter anyway so won't have to wait long.

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[Dark Soul # 7]

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It just occurred to me that this is the second villain whole eye(s) start glowing after seemingly being defeated. We've yet to see what the deal is with Dabi's eyes glowing. Could be that AFO has a grander backup plan that expected.

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[leokearon]

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It just occurred to me that this is the second villain whole eye(s) start glowing after seemingly being defeated. We've yet to see what the deal is with Dabi's eyes glowing. Could be that AFO has a grander backup plan that expected.

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Dabi's eyes weren't glowing. The glow is coming from between the eyes. Also don't forget AFO didn't even have eyes

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[Inversed]

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We cut back to U.A. in the sky with the Heroes still fighting "Shigaraki" and his never-ending growing fingers. He continues to say that it is all just part of his natural growth thanks to the Quirks in his body, and his plan is to use the power to re-shape the world and right society's wrongs. Bakugo reveals his new support item, several cannons on his back which he unleashes on the battlefield, lambasting Shigaraki AND AFO for their endless speeches, all while thinking back own growth.

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Sadly since we're back in this battle, and there's a break next week, we're gonna have to wait a bit longer to find out about the cliffhangers from last chapter. Nothing really too deep here, Bakugo's new cannons look really cool, and like the little bit of introspection we get of him recalling on his own misunderstands toward Midoriya, but how since he's gone on to embrace working together and using everyone's strengths. Also I like how "Shigaraki"'s dialogue when he's talking about using the power to re-shape the world has the squiggly text, and his dialogue talking about the flaws of society are normal, showing how the AFO and Shigaraki sides compare and contrast each other.

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[leokearon]

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Really pisses me off that we have switched fights. Finish a fight and then move on to the next, jumping around is bad writing and doesn't help the story in any way. Seeing Bakugo continue to mature and take the lessons he has learned for the likes of the Joint TRaining Arc and others was welcome. I have to say his new Support has a very image feel to it, especially with the little gun and all.

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