Half of Dracula posted:

The power seems like it's more of a stockpile of anger built over time, I'd be disappointed if he gets super strong just because he's pressured. It'll probably happen though

Kanos posted:

Alternatively, this arc has been heavily centered around the idea that quirks can evolve and change dramatically in scope in emotional and/or physical extremis. Maybe Shigaraki's quirk had already manifested - as indicated by his mysterious allergy - but was something completely innocuous(like Bakugo's mom's skin oil quirk) or difficult to notice, so they assumed he was quirkless or hadn't manifested yet. Then the shock trauma of getting beaten by his father and hitting a breaking point forced an evolution and things spiralled from there.

(It's probably AfO related, though, given that AfO was in position to scoop him up and weaponize him almost immediately after the disaster.)

Fabricated posted:

Any situation that puts Rei back in a house with Endeavor isn't a good one, so this splits the difference really.

Hunt11 posted:

I feel like there will be no in between with this move. It will either backfire horribly and kill the series or push it to heights yet imagined.

Electric Phantasm posted:

The buff woman on Toga's side reminds me of Alex from Street Fighter.

SKULL.GIF posted:

A translation note:

serious gaylord posted:

Feels like there's about a years worth of story that just got cut. Part of the reason it felt so weird that Best Jeanist came back just to be immediately over shadowed by Mirio getting his powers back of screen. Really felt like there was an arc in the works that just vanished there.

Nephthys posted:

To be honest if things had happened like that people would still be complaining about pacing. People in this thread are simultaneously complaining that the story is moving too fast and that its moving too slowly at the same time. If there was a few arcs slotted in before this one people would just be complaining that Horikoshi is 'wasting time' on low stakes fights and padding out the plot just like they did for the Overhaul and Joint Training arcs. If you cut some things to make the story go faster people would just be complaining even more that all the buildup for the PLA and villains was wasted. There is no way to win this, especially for people reading weekly.

If it was a choice between what we got and a bunch of nothing fights against PLA members for a year, Bleach style, I'd choose what we got personally.

Scholtz posted:

Hey kids, wanna know who my #1 hero is? His quirk was taking on the sins of the world, and his name...

*sits backwards in chair*

was Jesus Christ.

Rhonne posted:

If Deku had more an ego, he'd probably be feeling a little smug right now about the whole "only quirkless people can safely use OfA" thing.

Aurora posted:

'fell apart quickly' = a couple months in a world where superpowers exist so it's pretty easy for this kind of poo poo to happen

SKULL.GIF posted:

mabels big day posted:

So glad HxH is off hiatus

Julias posted:

Can we not make jokes about teenager's boobs please?

Fabricated posted:

Next volume cover:

Nuebot posted:

I'm still hinging my bets on the series ending with deku ultimately giving one for all to all for one and it just turns out to be too much power and he explodes or something. Or melts down into a glowing baby and the villain gets his redemption/saved moment by being reborn as a glowing, innocent, child.

Fabricated posted:

Curious openly says "wow why are you so good at fighting given you were a non hero high schooler". So I'm guessing there's a reason.

Mystic Mongol posted:

It's a proud superhero tradition.

chiasaur11 posted:

I like Vigilantes (hell, I like C.C. and his arc), but I'm convinced the reason why it gets held up as better written by its fans is largely due to the way it is framed as a more "mature" manga, as well as certain other aspects that are designed to appeal to people who might have tired of the main manga, rather than any objective difference in quality. Its protagonist is in university, rather than high school. There is, in general, a larger focus on the non-mainstream, where as the main manga focuses pretty much exclusively on the top stars of the nation. People are more concerned with things like finding a job, or balancing hobbies with your goals in life, instead of fighting villains, or passing tests that are really just an excuse to have fight scenes.

Vigilantes doesn't compete with the main series. It relies on the main series for exposure. This is why a solid portion of the arcs in Vigilantes are centred around characters from the main manga, up to and including chapters that basically have no purpose apart from examining characters from the main series.

These factors combine to appeal directly to those who like the manga world but are tired of reading about teenagers going plus ultra. This in turn creates a sense of identity in a subgenre of the fans it appeals to. Vigilantes very consciously markets itself as an alternative view on the world of the manga. At its best, this means an examination of quirk prejudices in day to day life, instead of just the implications of a larger number of mutants being villains, or people actively looking to beat them up for being scary. At its worst, it leads to people saying that Koichi is just "better Deku" or Number 6 is "better Shigaraki" when those characters have very little in common beyond surface level traits.

Lt. Lizard posted:

One of the big issues in Bleach had the exact same cause: the Shinigami Captains dominated the popularity pools, so the editors forced Kubo to shoehorn them into every arc, despite it usually making zero sense for them to be there. The whole "I intended to do *insert actually interesting and cool plot development* here, but the editors forced me to do something different based on popularity pools, so oh well" is eerily similar.

Rhonne posted:

I figured that panel was showing thst Dabi had a spark of humanity or goodness or whatever still in him and Shoto somehow got through to him.

MonsterEnvy posted:

Spoiler

ImpAtom posted:

I mean the issue here is that "isn't realistic" isn't the same as "poo poo writing.' If something is trying to be realistic then yes, it's a flaw if it isn't, but fiction as a whole generally isn't concerned with that unless it is an explicit point it is concerned with that. Especially superhero and shonen media are far more interested in the emotional logic of something than the actual logic.

The cinemasins style of "(x) sucks because (y) thing isn't realistic" is meaningless because they are not trying to write something realistic. That doesn't mean you can't complain about plot points but when you reach the level of "Well this character CLEARLY should have died of sepsis" when you're discussing a franchise where people punch each other in the face/set each other on fire/stab each other on a regular basis without people dying instantly it's pretty silly.

DizzyBum posted:

Gentle is my favorite MHA arc. I'm not sure if that says something about MHA or me or both.

Fabricated posted:

Dr. Stone's ending isn't very good imo but the ride was great either way