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we still need to talk about [My Hero Academia]

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  • Caulk Bite 6Caulk Bite 6 One of the multitude of Dans infesting this place Registered User regular
    edited March 2019
    Watched the anime. Some thoughts


    Dumb fan theory
    Really hope the idea that Deku is related to All for One or "had a quirk all along" is decisively wrong. I think Naruto had that problem of revealing he turned out to have all these great gifts through his descent and reincarnation, and Deku bringing anything to the table besides his heroic spirit kind of undermines him in a similar way.

    I don’t think I’ve heard either of those theories, honestly. Aside from the idea that
    All for One’s Doctor might have been targeting kid’s quirks for him and helped to swipe Deku’s original one (doubtful)
    I can’t think of any reason we would have to think of those.

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  • DelmainDelmain Registered User regular
    Watched the anime. Some thoughts


    Dumb fan theory
    Really hope the idea that Deku is related to All for One or "had a quirk all along" is decisively wrong. I think Naruto had that problem of revealing he turned out to have all these great gifts through his descent and reincarnation, and Deku bringing anything to the table besides his heroic spirit kind of undermines him in a similar way.

    I don’t think I’ve heard either of those theories, honestly. Aside from the idea that
    All for One’s Doctor might have been targeting kid’s quirks for him and helped to swipe Deku’s original one (doubtful)
    I can’t think of any reason we would have to think of those.

    honestly, I think that the theory that
    Deku had a quirk, a perfectly normal one that he could have practiced into something useful, but that All for One stole it is okay.

    I don't think it takes anything away from Deku's story, all it does is leave a little twist for the very end that was properly set up earlier and wasn't just an 11 o'clock retcon

    The point would be that Deku didn't *need* any additional reason to want to stop All for One.

  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    The best part is I read it in Mr. Burns and Smithers voices, respectively.

  • HeatwaveHeatwave Come, now, and walk the path of explosions with me!Registered User regular
    Watched the anime. Some thoughts

    Dumb fan theory
    Really hope the idea that Deku is related to All for One or "had a quirk all along" is decisively wrong. I think Naruto had that problem of revealing he turned out to have all these great gifts through his descent and reincarnation, and Deku bringing anything to the table besides his heroic spirit kind of undermines him in a similar way.
    If that happened it could maybe be explained Izuku never activated his quirk because instinctively he doesn't want to take anyone else's power. He wants to use his own power to be a hero, but ironically he refuses to use his own quirk as it would rob other people the chance to be heroes

    A crazy theory though

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Heatwave wrote: »
    Watched the anime. Some thoughts

    Dumb fan theory
    Really hope the idea that Deku is related to All for One or "had a quirk all along" is decisively wrong. I think Naruto had that problem of revealing he turned out to have all these great gifts through his descent and reincarnation, and Deku bringing anything to the table besides his heroic spirit kind of undermines him in a similar way.
    If that happened it could maybe be explained Izuku never activated his quirk because instinctively he doesn't want to take anyone else's power. He wants to use his own power to be a hero, but ironically he refuses to use his own quirk as it would rob other people the chance to be heroes

    A crazy theory though

    I hate that.
    Deku’s whole arc at the start is that he isn’t “the chosen one” and he isn’t destined to become some great hero by virtue of genetics. He earns his spot in the school, he earns the power that One for All passes along to him, and he earns it by acting heroic even in the most dire of circumstances when even All Might was just hiding and hoping everything would work out in the end.

    Putting the weight of Deku’s origin on his birth as opposed to his actions and going “well, actually, he was the chosen one” robs the story of a lot in the service of a callback.

    Considering that it is highly suggested through author interviews that the kids the Doctor finds are turned into Nomus, I also don’t think that AfO is just low key taking their powers. More likely he is straight up kidnapping and experimenting on kids.

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  • Caulk Bite 6Caulk Bite 6 One of the multitude of Dans infesting this place Registered User regular
    edited March 2019
    Heatwave wrote: »
    Watched the anime. Some thoughts

    Dumb fan theory
    Really hope the idea that Deku is related to All for One or "had a quirk all along" is decisively wrong. I think Naruto had that problem of revealing he turned out to have all these great gifts through his descent and reincarnation, and Deku bringing anything to the table besides his heroic spirit kind of undermines him in a similar way.
    If that happened it could maybe be explained Izuku never activated his quirk because instinctively he doesn't want to take anyone else's power. He wants to use his own power to be a hero, but ironically he refuses to use his own quirk as it would rob other people the chance to be heroes

    A crazy theory though

    I hate that.
    Deku’s whole arc at the start is that he isn’t “the chosen one” and he isn’t destined to become some great hero by virtue of genetics. He earns his spot in the school, he earns the power that One for All passes along to him, and he earns it by acting heroic even in the most dire of circumstances when even All Might was just hiding and hoping everything would work out in the end.

    Putting the weight of Deku’s origin on his birth as opposed to his actions and going “well, actually, he was the chosen one” robs the story of a lot in the service of a callback.

    Considering that it is highly suggested through author interviews that the kids the Doctor finds are turned into Nomus, I also don’t think that AfO is just low key taking their powers. More likely he is straight up kidnapping and experimenting on kids.

    On the bolded part
    he almost comes right out to say that Deku and Bakugo’s childhood friend with the wings was that very Nomu who grabs Deku near the end of the Stain arc.

    That’s why I’m pretty convinced he never had a quirk to begin with, because he might have otherwise wound up like that kid.

    Like, sure, there’s not too much to lose from the lore being “he had a quirk, but it got stole”, but there’s really nothing much to gain, either.

    Caulk Bite 6 on
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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    Heatwave wrote: »
    Watched the anime. Some thoughts

    Dumb fan theory
    Really hope the idea that Deku is related to All for One or "had a quirk all along" is decisively wrong. I think Naruto had that problem of revealing he turned out to have all these great gifts through his descent and reincarnation, and Deku bringing anything to the table besides his heroic spirit kind of undermines him in a similar way.
    If that happened it could maybe be explained Izuku never activated his quirk because instinctively he doesn't want to take anyone else's power. He wants to use his own power to be a hero, but ironically he refuses to use his own quirk as it would rob other people the chance to be heroes

    A crazy theory though

    I hate that.
    Deku’s whole arc at the start is that he isn’t “the chosen one” and he isn’t destined to become some great hero by virtue of genetics. He earns his spot in the school, he earns the power that One for All passes along to him, and he earns it by acting heroic even in the most dire of circumstances when even All Might was just hiding and hoping everything would work out in the end.

    Putting the weight of Deku’s origin on his birth as opposed to his actions and going “well, actually, he was the chosen one” robs the story of a lot in the service of a callback.

    Considering that it is highly suggested through author interviews that the kids the Doctor finds are turned into Nomus, I also don’t think that AfO is just low key taking their powers. More likely he is straight up kidnapping and experimenting on kids.

    On the bolded part
    he almost comes right out to say that Deku and Bakugo’s childhood friend with the wings was that very Nomu who grabs Deku near the end of the Stain arc.

    That’s why I’m pretty convinced he never had a quirk to begin with, because he might have otherwise wound up like that kid.

    Like, sure, there’s not too much to lose from the lore being “he had a quirk, but it got stole”, but there’s really nothing much to gain, either.

    Besides
    he also didn't have that weird pinky toe.

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    Heatwave wrote: »
    Watched the anime. Some thoughts

    Dumb fan theory
    Really hope the idea that Deku is related to All for One or "had a quirk all along" is decisively wrong. I think Naruto had that problem of revealing he turned out to have all these great gifts through his descent and reincarnation, and Deku bringing anything to the table besides his heroic spirit kind of undermines him in a similar way.
    If that happened it could maybe be explained Izuku never activated his quirk because instinctively he doesn't want to take anyone else's power. He wants to use his own power to be a hero, but ironically he refuses to use his own quirk as it would rob other people the chance to be heroes

    A crazy theory though

    I hate that.
    Deku’s whole arc at the start is that he isn’t “the chosen one” and he isn’t destined to become some great hero by virtue of genetics. He earns his spot in the school, he earns the power that One for All passes along to him, and he earns it by acting heroic even in the most dire of circumstances when even All Might was just hiding and hoping everything would work out in the end.

    Putting the weight of Deku’s origin on his birth as opposed to his actions and going “well, actually, he was the chosen one” robs the story of a lot in the service of a callback.

    Considering that it is highly suggested through author interviews that the kids the Doctor finds are turned into Nomus, I also don’t think that AfO is just low key taking their powers. More likely he is straight up kidnapping and experimenting on kids.

    On the bolded part
    he almost comes right out to say that Deku and Bakugo’s childhood friend with the wings was that very Nomu who grabs Deku near the end of the Stain arc.

    That’s why I’m pretty convinced he never had a quirk to begin with, because he might have otherwise wound up like that kid.

    Like, sure, there’s not too much to lose from the lore being “he had a quirk, but it got stole”, but there’s really nothing much to gain, either.

    Besides
    he also didn't have that weird pinky toe.

    Mind you,
    our only source thus far of the pinky toe thing turned out to be AFO’s doctor. If someone subscribes to the idea that he’s lying to kids, his information is suspect.

  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    The original pitch for Deku was gonna be him Batmanning it. Him having had a previous quirk was never in the cards imo. Though we all know if he had a quirk it would be a tiny airplane

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  • DysDys how am I even using this gun Registered User regular
    edited March 2019
    Still though,
    ...you gotta wonder if Deku doesn't have some kind of hidden amplification quirk or something.

    Or if All Might has something in relation to his muscle form, quirk-wise. Him taking to One For All with very little effort seems a little odd.

    Dys on
  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    edited March 2019
    [responded to the wrong thought; entire post invalid]

    Enlong on
  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited March 2019
    Dys wrote: »
    Still though,
    ...you gotta wonder if Deku doesn't have some kind of hidden amplification quirk or something.

    Or if All Might has something in relation to his muscle form, quirk-wise. Him taking to One For All with very little effort seems a little odd.
    By 'him' are you referring to Deku, or All Might

    Deku trained like hell, and it's actually All Might who apparently took to it pretty easy, since apparently he had a more physical build than Izuku at the same age.

    Javen on
  • JragghenJragghen Registered User regular
    edited March 2019
    Neveron wrote: »
    Jragghen wrote: »
    The game for this arc is to replace every instance of "abilities" or whatever your translation of choice is (spoiler: it's meta abilities because that's the official translation) with "guns."

    didn't Crunchyroll translate it as "quirk"

    although I guess they aren't the ones translating MHA going forward

    Quirk is the official term for all translations

    Latest chapter:
    Yes, but the liberation army doesn't like the term quirk so they use something else.

    Jragghen on
  • DysDys how am I even using this gun Registered User regular
    Javen wrote: »
    Dys wrote: »
    Still though,
    ...you gotta wonder if Deku doesn't have some kind of hidden amplification quirk or something.

    Or if All Might has something in relation to his muscle form, quirk-wise. Him taking to One For All with very little effort seems a little odd.
    By 'him' are you referring to Deku, or All Might

    Deku trained like hell, and it's actually All Might who apparently took to it pretty easy, since apparently he had a more physical build than Izuku at the same age.

    Ah, I could have written that better. Yeah, I meant All Might with that "him," not Deku.

  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    Hey spandex rides

  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Dys wrote: »
    Still though,
    ...you gotta wonder if Deku doesn't have some kind of hidden amplification quirk or something.

    Or if All Might has something in relation to his muscle form, quirk-wise. Him taking to One For All with very little effort seems a little odd.

    Well ita a shonen so
    When he finally meets One for All in the dream space if he doesnt say something like. "Youre just like me. You moved without thinking. Your true power is your heart. " I'll be shocked

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  • HeatwaveHeatwave Come, now, and walk the path of explosions with me!Registered User regular
    Peas wrote: »

    SHOTOOOO!!!! .....come check out my glutes

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    he puts the dad in daddy

  • HeatwaveHeatwave Come, now, and walk the path of explosions with me!Registered User regular
    Who wore it better: Dad body Spider-man or Dad body Endeavor

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  • Moth 13Moth 13 Registered User regular
    Latest chapter
    Oh nice. Finally getting back to that giant All for One follower.

  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    New chapter
    Looks like we may meet that Doctor soon and debunk certian theories

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  • WearingglassesWearingglasses Of the friendly neighborhood variety Registered User regular
    Latest chapterrrrr!!!!! 221
    Yep, he's the doctor in chapter 1.

    Although I personally think it means Midoriya dodged a bullet instead of getting his powers stolen or something.

  • PLAPLA The process.Registered User regular
    New chapter
    Looks like we may meet that Doctor soon and debunk certian theories
    I think that All For One promised him one or more of the Chaos Emeralds.

  • KelorKelor Registered User regular
    Two Heroes out next week, so I'll be finally able to see it. Very excited about that.

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    PLA wrote: »
    New chapter
    Looks like we may meet that Doctor soon and debunk certian theories
    I think that All For One promised him one or more of the Chaos Emeralds.
    I mean, Chaos Control is a teleport quirk...

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular


    My Hero Academia Movie #2 coming this Winter

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  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    I wonder when it'll take place.

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  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    edited March 2019
    I finally got a chance to watch the first movie. Question
    Does Deku keep the Full Gauntlet? I don't recall seeing it in the current stuff but it seems really useful

    Bucketman on
  • AnzekayAnzekay Registered User regular
    Bucketman wrote: »
    I finally got a chance to watch the first movie. Question
    Does Deku keep the Full Gauntlet? I don't recall seeing it in the current stuff but it seems really useful
    first movie spoiler
    It gets wrecked by him using it during the final fight- there's a closeup of it just shattering under the force of a punch. It'd be neat for her to send him a new one in the future though.

  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Bucketman wrote: »
    I finally got a chance to watch the first movie. Question
    Does Deku keep the Full Gauntlet? I don't recall seeing it in the current stuff but it seems really useful

    Just going by the fact that its a movie I figure it doesnt last. But apparently these characters will be showing up in the main story soon so maybe

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  • AnzekayAnzekay Registered User regular
    The movie is intended to be fully part of the canon, I believe? So yeah those characters and other bits are entirely part of the setting now.

  • WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
    Post-218 and movie speculation
    I hadn’t considered it before but having Melissa show up as a support counter to whatever the hell that joker looking destro guy is doing would be cool as hell

  • VeldrinVeldrin Sham bam bamina Registered User regular
    edited April 2019
    Hi everyone, I'm only up to episode 6 of season 3 so far but I'd just like to say eff everything about Moonfish's design and quirk

    just aaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAA

    Veldrin on
  • KelorKelor Registered User regular
    Veldrin wrote: »
    Hi everyone, I'm only up to episode 6 of season 3 so far but I'd just like to say eff everything about Moonfish's design and quirk

    just aaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAA

    And just to pile on top of it the grating sound they make when they grind against each other makes it even worse.

    My copy of Two Heroes finally arrived and I got to watch it.
    Melissa seems like an easy fit to bring into the series when they feel like it but Mei sort of occupies that slot already.

    I think my favourite part of the movie (given that it is canon) is that it means Midoriya got to have a moment fighting with on par with his idol. It's a minor thing but I really like that part of it.

    The other thing that stood out to me is that the movie did a good job of showing All Might just bulldozing through things with pure physical force, how he would just drop a shoulder and plow through the metal girders. There have been moments like the Nomu fight but perhaps because of the animation budget it demonstated how he doesn't need tricks, just brute strength and speed.

  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Kelor wrote: »
    Veldrin wrote: »
    Hi everyone, I'm only up to episode 6 of season 3 so far but I'd just like to say eff everything about Moonfish's design and quirk

    just aaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAA

    And just to pile on top of it the grating sound they make when they grind against each other makes it even worse.

    My copy of Two Heroes finally arrived and I got to watch it.
    Melissa seems like an easy fit to bring into the series when they feel like it but Mei sort of occupies that slot already.

    I think my favourite part of the movie (given that it is canon) is that it means Midoriya got to have a moment fighting with on par with his idol. It's a minor thing but I really like that part of it.

    The other thing that stood out to me is that the movie did a good job of showing All Might just bulldozing through things with pure physical force, how he would just drop a shoulder and plow through the metal girders. There have been moments like the Nomu fight but perhaps because of the animation budget it demonstated how he doesn't need tricks, just brute strength and speed.
    I think Melissa could probably be a good influence on Mei. Her inventions are sound but she has focus issues

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  • Moth 13Moth 13 Registered User regular
    New chapter
    I cannot deal with that one member of the Meta Liberation Army who runs Feel Good Inc.

    Toga is Bi and likes both Deku and Uraraka.

    Glad information guy is still kicking. Was worried after those fingers.

  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
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  • PLAPLA The process.Registered User regular
    That's a cover.

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