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Apr 3, 2021 7:08 PM
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First canon ep and well it's alright, we got some familial scenes with the Todoroki household, Endevour will need to go a long and arduous path of atonement to atone for the shit he did to his family. Now the second half though, it's Deku's second encounter with the One for All predecessors, how All for One made the greatest mistake of his life by giving his frail little brother the power to cultivate strength.

Welp, the Class A vs Class B arc will start with the next ep, I don't have much to look for right now, but it's sure to get at least mildly exciting, until THAT comes.
Apr 3, 2021 7:16 PM

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thaank god it wasnt filler
Apr 3, 2021 8:05 PM
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I enjoyed the first half about Endeavor family dynamic, but Deku's dream wasn't really that interesting to be honest.
Apr 3, 2021 8:08 PM

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i like how the Look! Boy became a meme. It's pretty rare to see animes incorporate memes into its story.
dont_quote_me_ said:
I really dislike the way that this whole backstory of All for One was presented. Like it was meant for a 5 year old child to understand, with no room of self interpretation. It was literally a perfect moment to do this kind of thing but they wasted it. I guess I shouldn't expect anything from this title for middle schoolers anyways.

A perfect moment to do what? Can you elaborate? And how would the backstory be presented better? Unless we get a flashback from AFO himself, there's no other way for us to find out what happened way back then.
Apr 3, 2021 8:09 PM
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It was an ok episode, 3.5/5 I guess, the best part about it was the Todoroki family scene.

I didn't like the Midoriya part, not because I don't like that character (I do find him a bit boring though) but because the flashback of OFA was kind of boring and uninteresting, plus the voice actor of AFO brother was kind of weird, definitely not the type of voice I was expecting him to have but oh well, it is what it is.

Hopefully this season won't disappoint, let's see how it goes.
Apr 3, 2021 8:31 PM
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Very informative and data-heavy episode regarding Hawks (as I'm finally starting to see why his fanbase is so into him, rightfully so) and Deku too as I'm very interested in the former hosts of One For All.

Loved this episode!
Apr 3, 2021 8:35 PM

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was nice to see bunny girl in anime form again

with that said am looking forward to the matches in anime form

also lastly seeing the op again find it cute that every time we see deku its in the eyes of Ochako as she's always watching him
"one step at a time"
Apr 3, 2021 8:46 PM

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Close call at the beginning were they showed more about the encounter between Dabi and Endeavor. I don't want to think of what could have happened if Mirko didn't appear in the last second. Dabi definitely has special interest in Endeavor for obvious reasons.

So that's the meaning behind the meeting between Dabi and Hawks. Even if it's a really good move in the long term to get more informations about the villains in generel or how the Nomus get created I'm not sure if it will be that easy. But I'm glad they showed a little bit more about Hawks past. Seems like even as a kid he was very talented, so not a surprise he became the number 2 hero.

"That's a bad scar" *slurp* nice one Todoroki :D

There's still a very tense atmosphere between Endeavor and his family, but you can see he as a father really trying to atone for the things he did in the past. Even if Natsu and Todoroki can't forgive him immediately at least they told him what they think. Compared to before this is such a big improvement. So I'm super interested to see how this will develope from now on.

We also came back to the scene we're Deku had a dream of this mysterious world which got previewed in the last season. It's nice to get more background about All for One and his brother (the first owner of One for All), even if there's still a lot of things we (anime onlys) don't know about yet. About that last scene, if I understand correctly it means that Deku can only see more of this dream if he is able to use a higher percentage of One for All right? Interesting stuff.

Next week 1-A vs 1-B? Can't wait for it.


Apr 3, 2021 9:22 PM

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Another training arc for the next episode? Can't say I'm in for it.
Apr 3, 2021 9:40 PM
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Thankfully this was much better than last week. I loved the endeavor moments and one for all looks dope in his human form.

That whole flashback/vision part was very interesting and I'm hoping the quality can keep up or improve throughout the season.

I'm very excited for next week since the pv seems hype



Apr 3, 2021 10:13 PM
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Look, the descendants of One for all... Interesting story we have right here
Apr 3, 2021 10:27 PM
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pretty interesting stuff with endeavor and hawks, cool scene with deku and his quirk there at the end too.
Apr 4, 2021 1:15 AM

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damn, fuyumi kinda hot tho ngl
"I will turn a nigga into a convertible." - Jonathan Lyndale Kirk
Apr 4, 2021 3:01 AM
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Pretty okay start so far, I know I'm going to love Mirko every time I see her. I also enjoyed that little moment with the cat and Aizawa. Guess he still has a thing for animals. (That's a reference to my Vigilante boys). IYKYN
Apr 4, 2021 3:50 AM
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It was a good episode but they shouldn't have cut the some dialogue from Deku's flashback.
I also waited for that SLUUURP scene.
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Anyways guys this will be last training arc of the series so look forward to what comes next.
Apr 4, 2021 4:25 AM
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it was ok i did not like it that much. the way they did the dream was not appealing to me
Apr 4, 2021 5:51 AM
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boku no flashback academia is back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Apr 4, 2021 6:52 AM

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Felt it when reading the manga and felt it again when watching this episode. The reveal of Hawks being a double agent comes way too quick. Horikoshi could've left it secret for a while longer and it would've been twice better.

Also, how did Enji not lose his eye?
Apr 4, 2021 7:07 AM

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Great episode! Hawks plot looks so interesting.
Apr 4, 2021 8:03 AM

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oh god! Deku's dream has a lot of revelations! shocking new content!
5/5.


Apr 4, 2021 9:10 AM

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Poor Endeavor. I kind of agree with Todoroki, what he did to his mother can't be easily forgotten.

So I was wrong after all, Hawk is apparently a spy. I'm curious if something important will happen with that in the future. Also something interesting that happened was that All Might did not appear in that line Deku was talking about. An explanation would be that you need to die before but why is Deku there. I'm probably overthinking it. Nice episode, things are starting to happen.
Come on man,where is that Noragami season 3 masterpiece.We want it, Bones!

Apr 4, 2021 9:11 AM
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I knew it Hawks was doing Double Agent...

Finally we got to see a little bit about Deku Dream about One For All and All For One...
That scene legit reminds me of Avatar State from "Avatar The Last Airbender"
Apr 4, 2021 10:12 AM

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Fuyumi > rest of girls I BNHA
"The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there."

"Ruling over death means ruling over life. Death is the climax of life. To have the best death, you must honor life."
Apr 4, 2021 11:17 AM
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Is it just me that thinks all for ones brother voice doesn't match
Apr 4, 2021 11:39 AM
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i_m_a_con_man said:
Why are there a lot of 1's? Is hating MHA a new trend?


Bots. The same thing happened to the last episode of Re:Zero and Jujutsu Kaisen.
Apr 4, 2021 11:49 AM

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I live for the Todoroki family drama dskjfhf
Apr 4, 2021 12:31 PM

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holy crap what was wih this episode , hawks being a double agent , endeavor trying to make a change and finally learning about the two brothers that started it all , man every season ceases to bore me
Apr 4, 2021 1:29 PM
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We got only a few seconds of best girl (Mirko) need more. Also like how they showed All for One's face, his shtick almost reminds me of Lucifer's from the show Lucifer with how he does favors for favors.
Apr 4, 2021 1:57 PM

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I'm happy to see that I'm not the only one who isn't simping for this show. This arc is when the writing takes a massive dip and the mediocre adaptation this season doesn't really make up for it. It's probably because of the way last season ended, so next episode should be better, but I can't say the same about the story from here on out in general. I expect this season will make shonentards stay and those who expected more from the show to either drop it or keep following it only because they are already too deep in at this point
Apr 4, 2021 2:07 PM

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TsukuyomiREKT said:
TheGeekSqaude said:
the first episode was bad


Doesn't warrant that many 1's though.


Might be bots, might be manga readers who know what's coming in a few episodes. I'm genuinely surprised if there wasn't at least a small portion of the fanbase which dropped the series after reading this arc lol
Apr 4, 2021 3:08 PM

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Good episode the end scene felt like mini Avatar with all the previous One for All peeps lined up lol. Interesting backstory for the 1st excited to see more. I like the Endeavor redemption angle and Hawks playing double agent.
Apr 4, 2021 3:44 PM

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That whole Endeavor confronting his son scene had much more emotional stakes than JJK and KNY combined. Also I miss this soundtrack a lot. I just wished MHA didn't embraced the cheesiness of superheroes and embraced the mature aspect about.
Apr 4, 2021 7:42 PM

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Good to see Endeavor still has a long way to go in order to gain his sons' forgiveness. Toya eh...

On the other hand, Mirko (or Miruko) appeared for only a few seconds but I already fell for her once more. Can't wait to see her getting a more active role in the story.
Apr 4, 2021 8:32 PM

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Haha, the slurpppp scene was finally animated, nice to see the sarcasm was conveyed!!

I know some people will be happy to hear who the “special participant” is next episode, which marks the beginning of the 1A v. 1B arc! Personally I wasn’t a big fan of the arc but we’ll see how it goes.
Apr 5, 2021 12:05 AM

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So last week was a little kids preview and this one was a little better. Gotta' say, after being dub-only for the past four seasons....

Midoriya's sub voice is WWWWAAAAAYYYYY different! Way more masculine. The dub voice is such a twink, it's hilarious! Gay shippers gotta' be coming from the dub.

Hope next ep is good. They ALMOST made it so the show had actual stakes but pulled back from the guy being a traitor or Midoriya being in actual trouble. Ah well, classic deus ex machina Academia, it never changes. Textbook deus ex.
Apr 5, 2021 4:50 AM
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Without spoilers, anyone know if dabi is more prominent in this season? He is pretty sick, but most times he's not in the show that often, hopefully, a cool fight with him sometime soon.
Apr 5, 2021 8:19 AM
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Svprem3 said:
Without spoilers, anyone know if dabi is more prominent in this season? He is pretty sick, but most times he's not in the show that often, hopefully, a cool fight with him sometime soon.


There will be an arc focusing on the league in the second half of the season, but dabi won't have a big role :/ His time to shine is coming probably next year with season 6
Apr 5, 2021 10:12 AM

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Fuyumi (Shoto's sister) trying to patch thing with the family was real wholesome, ngl
Apr 5, 2021 10:49 AM

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the animation was a bit better this time, and I like the ending better than the opening.
Apr 5, 2021 11:58 AM

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The famous SLURP scene!!

Fuyumi is adorable. I love seeing Todoroki family interactions.
Apr 5, 2021 12:10 PM

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Probably one of the best episodes since season 1 or 2.
Apr 5, 2021 3:09 PM

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"that's a bad scar" - shoto saying that and then slurping his soba was definitely iconic hahaha
Apr 5, 2021 8:09 PM
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This was the episode covered all the things I most looked forward to for this arc.

- Endeavor's start of a redemption arc. He basically upgraded from "literal dumpster fire of a person" to "garbage father that's trying to make up for it". Like it's imposible for everyone to forgive him, but he's doing his best to atone and that's a good first step.

- Hawk's of backstory. Which was even better since I forgot the details of that from the manga.

- Deku seeing the the origins of OFA & AFO. It hyped me so much when I read it and it hyped me up even more seeing with the music & voice-acting. Fan-freaking-tastic!

Well since all that was covered, time to wait until the arc is over so that I can binge through it later. Enjoy the calm "slice of life" vibes while you can 😜

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“You should enjoy the little detours to the fullest. Things more important then what your hunting for, could be right there on the side of the road.”

Apr 5, 2021 8:25 PM
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Svprem3 said:
Without spoilers, anyone know if dabi is more prominent in this season? He is pretty sick, but most times he's not in the show that often, hopefully, a cool fight with him sometime soon.
compared to previous season, he'll got a lot more screeentime and moments this season. But, the next season tho. He'll play a huge role, as big as Shigaraki as the main villain I'd say.
Apr 5, 2021 11:02 PM
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i_m_a_con_man said:
Why are there a lot of 1's? Is hating MHA a new trend?
This happened with skate infinity too. I don't know why when the series is amazing and has great reviews a across the board. Though there have been a lot of trolls on the MAL lately. Just last month someone posted a massive anime spoiler dump on my profile which spoiled Clannad after story for me.
Apr 5, 2021 11:03 PM
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"that's a bad scar" - shoto saying that and then slurping his soba was definitely iconic hahaha
am I the only one who wanted endeavor to say pot calling the kettle black their.
Apr 6, 2021 1:37 AM
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The Todoroki soba scene, the best scene of season 5

Apr 6, 2021 7:12 AM

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I knew it! Hawks will not betray the heroes and the society. Obviously, he is a double agent. He pretends to join the League of Villains to gain information about them.

Endeavor has now a matching scar with Todoroki.

Deku has a vision about the history of One For All.

This episode is nicely executed. I can't wait for the next episode!
Apr 6, 2021 2:51 PM

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Dukino said:
Fuyumi going for that secret best girl title


Finally I am no longer the only one who sees this. Fuyumi is good culture.

Also, man I forgot how much this is literally just the Avatar State.
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What do you think Hawks means when he says “I’m too fast for my own good”
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