Boku no Hero Academia Episode 4 Discussion

heinrich6745 said:
Well i was glad to see he got his quirk (for what it was worth at this point i guess)

but can somebody who read the manga tell me if things will pick up and if he will stop being a crying pussy ass bitch? because it is really getting on my nerves each episode with this show seeing him like that, it ruins it for me because i keep getting pissed off. :/

Hikari_Hoshisora said:

Don't worry, he'll stop soon that, just be patient cause it's part of his development and then we'll have our boy in action.

alpha_shadow said:
Wow that looked so painful, it didn't look so bad in the manga. Poor Deku...


Another great episode.

Fai said:
This continues to be by-the-book derivative shonen filled with cliches beyond even definition of cringe.

Literally not even single thing in the episode surprised me and most of the time it felt like I am watching early Nardo episodes...and thats not a good thing for a show that is supposedly second coming of jesus christ.

The MC is still unbearably whiny and annoying tryhard goodie two shoes with no redeeming qualities, the world is still poorly fleshed out and boringly black and white (superheroes and villains y'all!) and there's nothing to make this different from ten thousand shonen shows that already exist.

If this was in anyway good show, we could maybe deal with the idea of destruction that "superheroes" cause and how unrealistically taxing it is for the normal people and the world. We would get actual politics and social commentary about idea of superhero and how nothing is clearcut black and white and how foolish the idea itself is, but nope. Instead we have annoying whiny crybaby trying to git gud for four episodes already. There's nothng even resembling plot or meta-commentary or mystery. Cringe, cringe cringe.

So far this feels like I watched the same episode four times. And there's no real feel or hook that would make this feel like it's own thing. Its hard to drop the show halfway but if next episode does not do anything interesting, this is it for me.

This takes the superhero coat and puts it on generic shonen narrative. It would not be as insulting if shows like Tiger&Bunny, Concrete Revolutio or Samurai Flamenco did not exist, or if Bones was not doing conrevo's second season right now, but the fact at how by the book straightforward this is is just so annoying. Watching something as generic and boring as this just after pondering deep philosophical questions and meta narrative presented in Conrevo episode and just as you are waiting for show of the season, Re:Zero is the worst.

2/5 for the episode.

TiddlywinkUmbry said:

Debunked? That's strange, all that I saw was statements being thrown around. Could you provide evidence for your statements because RWBY is still cliche ridden. Granted I will give it props for the silver eyes foreshadowing. But it is still a pretty bullshit overpowered skill developed to set apart the main character from the fodder. Just give up on BnH, the more anime you've watched the less refreshing it is, and I can tell you have some heavy personal bias on your rating. Take it like this, a lot of things that RWBY has done BnH has done, sometimes better, sometimes (One for all power up) worse. Here's some advice if you want something that implements cliches well, read Medaka Box.

Xublegos said:
people bragging about Deku being a cry baby need to read the last arc in the manga.
do you people even know what is caracter develoment?

hisokathebutcher said:
I want to ask ! Was his mother that fat before ? When did she became fatty ?

KazuHattori said:
Very good episode again! It's exciting and nice to find out how his new power works and get to know some new characters who might be important in future episodes. The girl is cute. And a very emotional ending again! I love his mom!

Well there is only one thing I'm a bit sad about. It's the fact that Deku has to fight with another ones power, because he doesn't have a quirk. I mean he's happy about it which is cool BUT wouldn't it be much better for him to find a way how he can fight with his own "human" skills?

animefan8800 said:


She gained weight in the 10 years since the flashback, as people age this sometimes happens.

ExTamplier said:
Damn, that looked more painful than in manga.

hisokathebutcher said:
Also why did the nice girl bitch slap him before holding him in the air ? Couldnt she do it with out slapping the poor soul lol

hisokathebutcher said:
is that a signature or a spoiler ? lol ( 23 episodes on that mate )

Lulupus said:

She has to touch things in order to make them float and she tried to touch Deku as fast as she could which led to him getting slapped

ExTamplier said:
what are you talking about?

hisokathebutcher said:
ahem ahem * attack on titan *

ExTamplier said:
It's been enough time for people to watch the show.

GhostofSide6 said:


She slapped him for the same reason you should roll after falling from a high height; just touching him would risk her breaking her arm, at the speed he was going. By slapping him, she sends him sideways, conserving the speed instead of trying to suddenly stop the speed with only her arms.

Still doesn't make complete sense physically speaking, but the basic logic behind it is somewhat sound.

Lelouch0202 said:
Amazing episode, Loved it through and through.

Deku's punch was animated even better than I thought.
One for All's animation was great as well and the punch was just epic.

The soundtrack fits so well with each scene, I can't help but praise it. Every scene is so much better cause of the stunning OST.
They even played All Might's tune through the All Might hologram XD

The final scene with Deku's admission into U.A was really emotional.
Go Deku! It's your Hero Academia! You deserved it :)

Surprisingly they showed the full scores(Rescue+Villain) for Midoriya,Ochako and the ones placed near them. If I remember correctly the full scores for everyone were only shown in the following chapters and not the ones adapted in this episode.

Can't wait for the next episode.

Daw11 said:
Deku got 0 points but thanks to All Might's recommendation he managed to pass the exam.

_Rodrigo said:
The episode was nice! Can anyone tell me if at some point the Anime gets darker, with deaths and things like that.

+1