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| Personally? Slower pace? I like it Story over crazy animation? I like it Character over fights? I like it Actual visual storytelling not judged by the :"Oh look it's the x trope" (I am sorry dear Puskin)? I like it Things about production? I don't care Movie? I don't care Internet whining about "animation quality"? I don't care Before you answer let me say this: This is nothing compared to wrestling fans, it's nothing i'm not already used to |
| May our sweet and Merciful Madoka be with you |
| It was a good episode, but the pace was still slow.. |
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| I really liked this episode. Kirishima and Fat finally got their chance; the nostalgic backstory of Kirishima was great, too |
  We don't know what kind of people we truly are until the moment before our deaths. As death comes to embrace you, you will realise what you are. That's what death is, don't you think? ------------------------------------ Itachi Uchiha |
| Mina is so funny lol I don't understand why they do break dance though XD Kirishima is inspiring! Woah! Fat gum chubby stomach turn to abs xD he looks good too! |
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| Great episode! The voice acting really nailed it, specially Fat, Kirishima and Rappa's. The OST tracks used for this fight fit perfectly. Rappa is a nice villain. I really liked his vision about fights (without weapons and stuff) and his enthusiasm! |
| best character backstory FINALLY |
| Fat Gum isn't fat anymore. |
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| I wish there was more fighting and less talking. Sick to death with buildup and intros, that's not what hero anime is about. Also, that tall cloacked guy was a Gigantomachina, right? |
| i don't think that the animation is worse then the third season honestly, don't really notice a difference and for those that do im pretty sure they're saving the best animation for the main fight (probably). |
| It’s a pretty boring episode, but Fat is a likable character. I believe Kirishima could be a better protagonist than Deku is. |
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| So far this season seems really poorly paced. It feels like we're still in the first 5+- episodes, but we're almost at the halfway point already. I appreciate the shift of focus onto other characters, quirks, and how society works, but the writing seems really poor to me. It's a shame. |
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| This was so much better than the drag that was the previous episode. Keep it at this pace please. |
"At some point, I stopped hoping." |
| almost felt burnt out by the backstory but the badassery at the end was epic and came at just the right time |
| {\_/} (•~•) {\_/} ( •-•) {\_/} ( – _ -) |
| Flashback in the middle of the fight was a stupid decision. Kirishima was really weak and pathetic. 2/5 Boring fight. |
| Typical shounen shit. Put a hero in a "pinch" then show a little flashback = profit. But I like how it's clear the distinction between Kirishima and Deku is. They both love to help people and idolize a hero but they were both scared and weak to actually save people. BUT at the very last minute when it really matters, and despite being quirkless, Deku never ran away. Anyway this is a fantastic episode. |
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| Alright this was a hell of an episode. Seeing some of Kirishima's past and motivation was great, and him saving Fat Gum + Fat Gum's final blow was badass too. This episode rocked. PrimeX said: Typical shounen shit. Put a hero in a "pinch" then show a little flashback = profit. But I like how it's clear the distinction between Kirishima and Deku is. They both love to help people and idolize a hero but they were both scared and weak to actually save people. BUT at the very last minute when it really matters, and despite being quirkless, Deku never ran away. Anyway this is a fantastic episode. Not sure what else one is expecting when watching an anime based on being heroes, haha. It would be pretty boring if it didn't follow that formula - if the hero just won easily, or just died, in an episode like this, wouldn't it? There's a reason that shonen formula = profit, the devil is in the details. This show has some of the best details. It gives the viewer the REASON the hero gets all badass and takes a last stand / chance at victory, and that provides a feel good moment at the finish. I guess when I watch these, I see that the hero winning is a given - and it would leave a sour taste in my mouth any other way - the important part to me is HOW the hero wins, and honestly this anime does that part better than most others. In an anime like this, there isn't much other choice but to follow the shonen formula, aside from killing off your cast / crippling them, or eliminating all conflict / danger the characters encounter. |
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Devil_Food said: Stripes said: Why continue watch a series to a manga you give up on later? Kinda seem like a guy who likes average anime. You sure you can even distinctly assess good directing with bad. Aside from a bit of note worthy staff that really boosted the quality of this series like the animation director. Then yeah, the quality is going to drop through the floor. This season has way better direction than the previous seasons for one. The Nighteye fight has lots of distinct camera angles and storyboarding that made it stand out and then there's cool wall effects from the puppet Yakuza's quirk. FYI animation director for tjis season is the same one from S3 nothing reallt has changed other than the series director who became the chief director. I’m not talking about fight choreography or artistic shots which is what you’re praising. Second, you act as if directors carry a quality across their whole work; they don’t (or rarely do). There are episode directors which I haven’t dug through but last season episode director was getting thrown around like hot potato which made certain episodes range from good to boring but it was usually certain halves of episodes. It’s been a year but I clearly remember the episode in which All Might visits Deku and Kacchan’s houses being the first well directed episode of S2 where as most the training camp was usually cut across good scenes and Deku’s fight with Muscular, certain scenes in Kamino were fun and entertaining but flew by because we had to keep the same pace as always at 3 chapters per episode. What carries this series is the story not highly invested directing in general. Internship/Yakuza are the slowest paced arcs in all of the manga so I was hoping they would do better and not have dialogue dumps and running around hallways while spouting information cause it’s clearly more obnoxious to watch it then read it. But you know maybe I’m asking to much. I clearly am. |
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PrimeX said: Typical shounen shit. Put a hero in a "pinch" then show a little flashback = profit. But I like how it's clear the distinction between Kirishima and Deku is. They both love to help people and idolize a hero but they were both scared and weak to actually save people. BUT at the very last minute when it really matters, and despite being quirkless, Deku never ran away. Anyway this is a fantastic episode. Taito10 said: Flashback in the middle of the fight was a stupid decision. Kirishima was really weak and pathetic. 2/5 Boring fight. Originally the flashback was shown after he passed out in the manga as a reflection of his journey. I’ve seen it praised both ways. But does kinda seem more “boost in the middle of the fight” shonen power. |
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Stripes said: Originally the flashback was shown after he passed out in the manga as a reflection of his journey. Damn that sounded better. Why the hell did they not do that instead? |
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| I'm fucking crying omg Kirishima.. my heart aaaaaaa |
| They're trying to invest more in the characters but still moving too fast. Sometimes I find myself just not paying attention to the backstories because they're terrible. The editor was like, come up with backstories. And the mangaka was like, whut? Filler backstories like you had procrastinated all semester and then wrote them at the last minute. I was scared, I was insecure. Man, most shows don't try to do heavy lifting for every character. Honestly sometimes I don't even think I know where MHA is going anymore. Character's faults haven't gotten better and the world has gotten worse. |
| That was intense. |
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| Interesting to hear from some of the Hassaikai people that they're a little bit pissed about how Overhaul led their organisation. He seems to handle things way different compared to the previous boss. So Irinaka was really after Eraserhead and in trying to rescue him Kirishima and Fat Gum landed in a room where Rappa showed them his crazy punches. Kirishima got absolut destroyed and even Fat Gum had a hard time taking these punches. I loved Kirishimas character developement in this episode. Showing his past and what animated him to go to the Yuei was very well done. He had such a bad experience and all these feelings and emotions he went through, I really felt that. I'm so glad he was able to overcome all of it even if it was with the unintended help Crimson Riot. I can't believe how brave Mina was :o The way Kirishima confronted Rappa without any regards at the end was such a cool moment. But I'm even more amazed about Fat Gum. Who had ever thought that he had such a special attack. He completely annihilated Rappa and this barrier guy. Not to forget he also became a super sexy chad haha. |
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| It was nice to see Kirishima finally get his moment to shine but i wish they would stop using a flashback/backstory in every goddamn fight. |
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| Damn... Fat Gum looked badass. |
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| Nice episode with Kirishima.Liked it way better than his last episode. |
Come on man,where is that Noragami season 3 masterpiece.We want it, Bones! |
| It's quite a surprise to see that Kirishima and Ashido's roles were pretty much reversed back then with the former being someone who isn't very strong and wasn't very popular while the latter's very brave and well-liked. While it's undeniable that Mina's still very popular among Class 1A because of her bubbly personality, she hasn't really done anything that helped her stand out from the others yet (and I hope that moment will come soon as well). Eijiro's journey towards bettering himself so he can be a hero very much like Crimson Riot who charges in without hesitation to protect others despite fearing for his life was very satisfying to watch. Red Riot going in between Rappa and Fat Gum and going toe-to-toe with the very same person who shattered his defenses in one punch was such a powerful scene, not to mention Fat topping it all off with Full Counter punch! It's a small detail but I really like how Rappa compliments his two opponents whenever they show more and more of their power. It looks like he just genuinely enjoys fighting and characters like that are really exciting for me. |
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| Fat Gum and Red Riot were great!! |
| I'm Bruneian and I like anime. And Manchester United. And fat cats. |
| Kirishima and Fat Gum really looked badass in this episode. |
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