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| Damn, such an emotionally outburst episode especially for the character Spinner. Never really being a fan of his but this side of Spinner was intense. Hell, if anything, this episode showed what he's really capable of as a villain. Props to the VA who can protray his character so damn well. Same to Shoji too. |
Stark700Aug 24, 6:55 AM
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| "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." |
Gomu gomu no... ゴム |
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Always remember the wholesome and cozy moment when going through a bleak situation. |
| Finally, the racism episode. Manga readers seemed to hate these chapters when they came out due to people thinking that the themes of quirk discrimination came out of nowhere, in addition to other more justifiable problems, but I thought those chapters and this episode were fine. I'm quite happy that Shoji finally got a backstory and an actual role in the story. He finally graduated from being a cardboard cutout UA student. Also, it was a decent adaptation of the source material. No plus-ultra sakuga moments but the production was decent overall. The rest of the chapters this season will be adapting are top tier MHA content, so I hope Bones pulls out all the stops when adapting it. Unlike when previous seasons were airing and I was pessismistic about the production of future episodes, this season seems like it had a healthy production so I'm relatively optimistic about the rest of the season looking fire. |
I'm just happy that they showed the best girl of this show one more time!.. |
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Finally, the racism episode.
Manga readers seemed to hate these chapters when they came out due to people thinking that the themes of quirk discrimination came out of nowhere, in addition to other more justifiable problems, but I thought those chapters and this episode were fine. I'm quite happy that Shoji finally got a backstory and an actual role in the story.
He finally graduated from being a cardboard cutout UA student.
Also, it was a decent adaptation of the source material. No plus-ultra sakuga moments but the production was decent overall. The rest of the chapters this season will be adapting are top tier MHA content, so I hope Bones pulls out all the stops when adapting it.
Unlike when previous seasons were airing and I was pessismistic about the production of future episodes, this season seems like it had a healthy production so I'm relatively optimistic about the rest of the season looking fire.
Manga readers seemed to hate these chapters when they came out due to people thinking that the themes of quirk discrimination came out of nowhere, in addition to other more justifiable problems, but I thought those chapters and this episode were fine. I'm quite happy that Shoji finally got a backstory and an actual role in the story.
He finally graduated from being a cardboard cutout UA student.
Also, it was a decent adaptation of the source material. No plus-ultra sakuga moments but the production was decent overall. The rest of the chapters this season will be adapting are top tier MHA content, so I hope Bones pulls out all the stops when adapting it.
Unlike when previous seasons were airing and I was pessismistic about the production of future episodes, this season seems like it had a healthy production so I'm relatively optimistic about the rest of the season looking fire.
HorsePersonMan said: Manga readers seemed to hate these chapters when they came out due to people thinking that the themes of quirk discrimination came out of nowhere, in addition to other more justifiable problems, but I thought those chapters and this episode were fine. I'm quite happy that Shoji finally got a backstory and an actual role in the story. Well, let's be honest, how much of an actual heteromorph discrimination have we seen over the course of this show? Especially, considering amount of heteromorphs among UA students, heroes and other prominent characters. It really could've been set up better, is all I'm saying... |
Never saw no miracle of science, that didn't go from a blessing to a curse Never saw no military solution, that didn't end up as something worse |
| This did feel like it came out of nowhere in terms of themes, characters and progression of the plot. Still, as a self contained mini arc within this battle I overall decently enjoyed it and look forward to the conclusion next week. I'm mostly glad that these two characters are actually being given a role for once as they were so forgettable before now I don't even remember their names. |
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HorsePersonMan said:
Manga readers seemed to hate these chapters when they came out due to people thinking that the themes of quirk discrimination came out of nowhere, in addition to other more justifiable problems, but I thought those chapters and this episode were fine. I'm quite happy that Shoji finally got a backstory and an actual role in the story.
Manga readers seemed to hate these chapters when they came out due to people thinking that the themes of quirk discrimination came out of nowhere, in addition to other more justifiable problems, but I thought those chapters and this episode were fine. I'm quite happy that Shoji finally got a backstory and an actual role in the story.
Well, let's be honest, how much of an actual heteromorph discrimination have we seen over the course of this show? Especially, considering amount of heteromorphs among UA students, heroes and other prominent characters.
It really could've been set up better, is all I'm saying...
| @AlexTrusk Honestly you're right. Horikoshi could've explored heteromorph discrinimation a lot more, and the small ways he does explore it aren't particularly that well-written. However, it's a small plot thread that's explored decently enough, in a series where many of it's smaller plot threads are explored decently enough. It certainly wasn't as horrible as many manga readers made it out to be. Sometimes you watch/read something that's just fine, not bad or mid, simply fine. |
| bro came outta nowhere and got all this attention. |
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| Oh good lord the anime got to this. This is genuinely one of the worst racism allegories I've ever seen a story since Zootopia. Heteromorph discrimination didn't completely come out of nowhere per se but it was set up extremely poorly before. Outside of a few offhand remarks, it was easy to assume that this was just like Dragon Ball's world where animal people were just a regular part of the world that was accepted. Even besides that aspect, I really dislike how the heteromorphs are presented as this ravenous angry mob where their core leaders are Spinner, who's acting increasingly mindless and beast-like, and someone who's practically cult leader is a really bad look for this. I don't believe Horikoshi actually had any ill will with this plotline, but I really hate how this is handled. (Also of ALL people why did they have the heteromorphs tell Rock Lock, a black man, to his face that he'd never understand discrimination???) |
SiriusStarlightAug 24, 4:49 AM
| So, a villains have gaslit a mob into throwing a riots, so villains would fullfil their own agenda? Damn, thankfully something like that would never happen in real life. Right? |
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| I definitely agree with others here that this heteromorph discrimination plot kinda came out of nowhere with pretty much no mention of it before this, I was also under the assumption that, like Dragon Ball, it was just a normal thing in this world to have animal people and whatnot, so it felt like this wasn’t built up properly, but I still enjoyed this episode quite a bit. Really it makes sense that this kind of thing would happen in a world where people suddenly started having quirks, some that transformed people beyond recognition, and for me that would be pretty messed up to witness, I would definitely have trouble getting used to that being something that can just happen. And I’d say they they did a decent enough job showcasing the discrimination, the fact it mainly happens outside of cities kinda helps explain why we haven’t seen it until now, tho I will say it is very unfortunate Rock Lock was the one to be told he wouldn’t understand discrimination like someone else here mentioned lol. But besides that stuff, I mainly liked this episode because it finally gave characters like Shoji and Anima, who were mainly background characters despite being in Class A, a moment in the spotlight, and they were quite the awesome moments, Shoji was really badass taking on that scale-armored Spinner and it was cool seeing Anima become stronger, each of their backstories were nice to finally see too, a shame it took 7 seasons to happen tho lol. And Spinner is quite far gone, the man is leading a “revolution” but can barely think straight, and to top it off he became even more monster-like when he use the scales quirk, but I really love the design and it’s definitely made the fight on this front more interesting. And the next episode looks like it’s also focusing on this same conflict, which is nice because I’d like to see each of these fronts to completion rather than hopping around. |
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I definitely agree with others here that this heteromorph discrimination plot kinda came out of nowhere with pretty much no mention of it before this, I was also under the assumption that, like Dragon Ball, it was just a normal thing in this world to have animal people and whatnot, so it felt like this wasn’t built up properly, but I still enjoyed this episode quite a bit. Really it makes sense that this kind of thing would happen in a world where people suddenly started having quirks, some that transformed people beyond recognition, and for me that would be pretty messed up to witness, I would definitely have trouble getting used to that being something that can just happen. And I’d say they they did a decent enough job showcasing the discrimination, the fact it mainly happens outside of cities kinda helps explain why we haven’t seen it until now, tho I will say it is very unfortunate Rock Lock was the one to be told he wouldn’t understand discrimination like someone else here mentioned lol.
But besides that stuff, I mainly liked this episode because it finally gave characters like Shoji and Anima, who were mainly background characters despite being in Class A, a moment in the spotlight, and they were quite the awesome moments, Shoji was really badass taking on that scale-armored Spinner and it was cool seeing Anima become stronger, each of their backstories were nice to finally see too, a shame it took 7 seasons to happen tho lol. And Spinner is quite far gone, the man is leading a “revolution” but can barely think straight, and to top it off he became even more monster-like when he use the scales quirk, but I really love the design and it’s definitely made the fight on this front more interesting. And the next episode looks like it’s also focusing on this same conflict, which is nice because I’d like to see each of these fronts to completion rather than hopping around.
But besides that stuff, I mainly liked this episode because it finally gave characters like Shoji and Anima, who were mainly background characters despite being in Class A, a moment in the spotlight, and they were quite the awesome moments, Shoji was really badass taking on that scale-armored Spinner and it was cool seeing Anima become stronger, each of their backstories were nice to finally see too, a shame it took 7 seasons to happen tho lol. And Spinner is quite far gone, the man is leading a “revolution” but can barely think straight, and to top it off he became even more monster-like when he use the scales quirk, but I really love the design and it’s definitely made the fight on this front more interesting. And the next episode looks like it’s also focusing on this same conflict, which is nice because I’d like to see each of these fronts to completion rather than hopping around.
| @TheColonel76 The heteromorph discrimination was a significant chunk of previous season, so I guess those people simply did not paid attention. |
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| wow i really enjoyed this episode!! shoji is a goat man this ep made me think a lot about discrimination in our world. it’s speaking facts haha. violence against things that are “different” (racism, homophobia etc) |
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@TheColonel76 The heteromorph discrimination was a significant chunk of previous season, so I guess those people simply did not paid attention.
| @Piromysl This is what happens when I rely on other MAL posts to jog my memory lol, thanks for pointing it out. |
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@TheColonel76 The heteromorph discrimination was a significant chunk of previous season, so I guess those people simply did not paid attention.
| @Piromysl Was it? I only remember a scene with tall heteromorph woman and Spinner's flashbacks. What did I miss?.. |
Never saw no miracle of science, that didn't go from a blessing to a curse Never saw no military solution, that didn't end up as something worse |
| Wow finally the racism episode. Absolute fantastic performance from Shouji, Kouda and Spinner VA. |
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| It was long overdue for Shoji to have the spotlight for himself and for the subject itself involving heteromorph discrimination does make for a tense viewing due to how high the anger from the mob following Spinner has become. Shoji's backstory itself is a depressing one and I can only imagine that most people in his position here would snap back in anger and retaliation. He did go and save a small girl from drowning, which showcases how much of a hero he was then, even if those villagers treated him like utter crap. His stance and defense against Spinner was very impressive. Same goes for Koji, whose newly transformed look with horns made for a another good moment of this episode. Sadly, despite their efforts, Spinner was able to break into the hospital. I hope he gets stopped before he reaches Kurogiri, but you can't rule anything out at this point. |
| It was high time Koji and Shoji got some time for character development. We got to see the former's backstory and fight with discrimination which trascended into the episode as well as the latter's power-up which didn't amount to much but it was at least related. One can understand where the episode is coming from but at the same time focusing on this topic after 7 season feels too late and takes away from its impact. The action is still good and carried the episode but from a narrative perspective it could have been done a lot better. |
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| This episode had some good moments but was even worse than One Piece with the fact that 90 percent of it was flashbacks which I utterly despise. Basically nothing changed at all. An incomplete episode that essentially wasted my time. |
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| Agree that the whole heteromorph discrimination was set up very underwhelmingly. Apart from the tall girl earlier this season and some off-hand remarks, it was never really touched on. Though, i guess that's a good thing in itself. I like my entertainment free of irl politics. Couldn't help but roll my eyes imagining more of this topic. Hope they conclude this part of the plot quickly and go back to the real action :) |
I'm not reading any replies or comments directed at me at all. I know my truth and if you disagree: that's fine but i couldn't give a damn about :) |
zzz episode, 15 minutes of cringe |
| We've reached the heteromorph racism plotline where Shoji finally gets some long overdue characterization. Most of the people who have commented before me have already pointed out that the setup/build up to this was pretty lackluster, but it's still a topic I'm glad Horikoshi touched on. It's also just nice to see some of the lesser-utilized UA students get the spotlight for once, I genuinely don't think Koda or Shoji had a significant moment in the series prior to this point. The VAs did a great job as well, bringing out their heightened emotions. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. MAL is literally just anime Twitter as its own website lol. |
| your average "peaceful protest" blm rally |
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| I bet people are quite angry that we strayed away from the main fight, but I liked the episode regardless. It focused more on the backstory of some side characters, and the story was understandable. I specially liked Anima's Hitchock Birds, as a metatextually attack. Once again though, the villaians have plot armor, but well, we'll see what happens next week. |
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| It's pretty wild to me that heteromorphs in that world are so hated. I guess prejudice will always exist no matter what. But all the victims/oppressed leading such a destructive riot is not the right way to fix anything. All it does is prove that their opposition was right. In the end, they're harming no one but themselves. The fact that they're led by someone who's nearly a brain-dead zombie and a hypocrite who shouts big words from far away and doesn't actually participate in the riot himself is just the cherry on top. All things aside, Horikoshi cooked here. However, the big issue is it feels like it came outta nowhere and this episode didn't have the proper build-up it needed to become a huge payoff like say some of the other episodes of the season. I was not expecting to like this episode so much. |
| Very good episode in the second half :) |
| “Do what feels right in your heart. You will be criticized either way.” (Eleanor Roosevelt) |
| Just as poorly written and out of nowhere are it was in the manga. Spinner's lucky he's got tough competition in the worst antagonist competition for this series. |
| Instead of cramming several flashbacks into this ep to artificially ramp up the depth of the controversy, they really should've sprinkled in those scenes throughout the series more. Especially the heteromorph heroes, their struggles and perspectives could've been way more fleshed out earlier. Even the setup for this mob was relegated to a flashback instead of properly built up over the season. It would make the rising action in this episode and arc more satisfying. The team knew that, that's why all the flashbacks are crammed in. But the execution of that is just poor. The whole conflict feels so slapped together. |
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It's pretty wild to me that heteromorphs in that world are so hated. I guess prejudice will always exist no matter what. It's not that surprising... The fact that people without Quirks were already bullied upon, you think this world they're in are going to be kind to people that doesn't look like humans? Not to mention people with multiple limbs... in our world, most people also call them gross in video games and such (tons of streamers and influencers do this, and they spread it to their followers). This is also shown with popular superheroes from our world's comic, such as Spiderman... everyone loves spiderman, except that time when he has multiple spider limbs in his early story (like 20+ years ago). Since then, all spiderman series never have spiderman with multiple limbs... only "technological mecha limbs". (or only a few seconds of view from "spiderverse") . This episode is a reflection of that. Which is why 90% of "good guys" in our world's superhero series, are always humanoid based (2 arm, 2 leg), and 90% of "bad guys" are heteromorph based. The emotion and justification these guys in BokuHero isn't really misplaced... in a way... they have the rights to riot. Except they makes it look like the heteromorphs are the "bad guys" by making them attacking a hospital. Imagine if Kurodude was placed in a prison instead, I am sure it would have less impact. . |
amlgAug 24, 6:44 PM
| Nothing Written Here But Us Anime Bunnies *boing boing boing* |
| ugly bastards unite an episode about racism or discrimination or social stigma and the evil leaders that take advantage of the situation or exploit the situation |
| Riots in the city due to external racism, police against a huge crowd, criticism of the illusion of equality... don't tell me Horikoshi was inspired by what I'm thinking about. @0451 I love how this episode both illuminates the treatment of characters with specific appearances in their universe and teaches that oppression in response to oppression will not solve the problem, but will only make it worse. |
RobertBobertAug 24, 2:57 PM
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| You can't throw in a random racism subplot after you've spent 7 seasons never showing any signs of racism anywhere. The cheap writing tricks just keep getting worse, I don't know why I keep expecting the show to somehow become good again. |
| Are we really doing this in the middle of the final boss fight? You have 7 seasons and you choose to do it now? Bruh. |
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