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| FatGum punched the dogshit out of those 2 xD his quirk is really something. |
| Hands down best episode of the season so far! Glad they did this scene justice |
| Great Episode..... Epic Best Episode......... ๐ฅ |
SaiDxvLightDec 15, 2019 2:57 PM
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| I didn't read the manga. Here is my honest review toward the anime pace...this series is still too slow. How many arcs has it been? Why does he still need to think about this? He should have overcome this a long time ago prior to fighting the League of Villian. I know my Japanese well enough to watch it without sub. I even watch this episode without looking at the screen as I made my breakfast this morning. At this pace, I don't even need to watch the entire episode to know what's going on. Most of the time, I kept hearing long boring monologue speech of Kirishima whining about this and that instead of taking action first just like with Midoriya. Please make it short or at least change the background music or level of voice acting. Now, I am curious who's directing this season. They should at least research past season anime like Demon Slayer, and how to direct a show to draw people attention to a series and bring out the vibes to bring chill down their back. |
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| what the hell was that. Stop the shitty flashbacks |
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| Even in the manga the Kirishima flashback felt misplaced and unnecessary, and the resolution of it where he had a holographic video of his idol saying the exact words he needed to hear was amateurishly written. All the same the fight was cool even if the punches lacked the power I thought they did while reading the manga. Also, Kirishima's skin all over the front of his body had basically cracked off and he was a red bloody mess by the end in the manga. Here he just looks like he tripped and fell on some dirt. All the same, this was probably the best episode of the season and that's saying a lot. The manga content for this arc wasn't great but the anime certainly hasn't done it any favours. I swear I will cause havoc if they ruin Mirio's fight. |
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BlakexEkalb said: I want a word with the people who said this arc was the best arc. I’ve been lied to. Too much exposition :/ Who said it was the best? It’s the WORST arc. Proof: |
| HACKs! ๐คข๐คฎ |
Modernoir said: Stripes said: You know what. I totally agree with you. And I was screaming this through the damn roof last season. But A) Money. B) At least Horikoshi actually worked on this second movie a lot and it'll be canon to the manga. C) The manga is always going to just look better aside from a few key episodes and moments. D) Umakoshi fucked off to work on Doremi so half the quality went out the window. Say what you want about the last season but even if they didn't deliver on overall animation consistency, they got the hype moments RIGHT. Deku's 1,000,000% moment was fantastically done and had such fucking great direction and OST to go with it. All For One vs All Might could've been better overall but it was paced perfectly, the art was so good, the OST was on a whole other level and the United States of Smash moment is genuinely one of the best scenes in the entire series. And lastly Deku vs Bakugou was all-round a fantastic adaptation in terms of OST, art and especially some incredible animation. Here I can't honestly think of any stand-out moments where there should've been some, aside from Red Riot Unbreakable which was delivered perfectly imo. I had incredibly high hopes for this episode because it's one of the first times in ages that a character other than Deku goes through immense development and has a stand-out moment. I honestly understand that Hori's working on the 2nd movie but I still think it's a stupid decision, if it meant them portraying or even fixing up the manga better they should've given this season their undivided attention to make it as great as possible. Like man just compare the impact of Fatgum's Spear destroying the barrier in the manga to the anime, they dropped the ball on what should've been an elecrtifyingly good episode. I'm a massive fans of Bones, MP100 S2 is a top contender for AOTY in my book, but man I feel like they fucked up this time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vikPO-GgNBM Like holy shit, this looks fantastic, but did we NEED this? Why couldn't they have kept the team whole instead of putting some of their best to work on the movie when the source material matters way fucking more? It's such a stupid decision when this is a part of the manga that divided so many people, had they put all their work into this season this arc might have been 5x better than it was in the manga. Honestly, I agree with you both. Bones should stop dividing their best workers for movies for MHA and just focus on the anime adaptation mainly. Like holy shit that trailer looked good, but I'd rather have that for the anime adaptation since majority are already familiar with the main show and not the other stuff |
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| Wow what a good episode! Kirishima is really shining this season! I'm sure I saw him originally listed part of the "Main" cast instead of the "supporting" cast he's now listed as, anyone know what happened there? Fat Gum is a great new character this season too. |
| I have a third testicle that gives me psychic powers |
| Great episode and probably the best one till date if you ask me. Personally, I love the insert of Kirishima's backstory in this moment where he gets knocked down immediately and his legs freeze out of fear. His backstory makes the whole situation so much more compelling and the entire sequence from the backstory to present is loaded with emotion. I teared up. The part in the backstory where he freezes up despite still trying to tell his legs to move and help those girls is so very sad, very similar to Deku from episode 2 but with just a different outcome. but the way he eventually gains motivation from it and summon all of that to reinforce his spirit is just full of heart. This kind of stuff is exactly the reason I love this series. xD Job well done Kirishima! |
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| This shows always brings out this liquid called tears in my eyes, the backstory was meh but connecting it to now was really lovely. |
| kirishima just got a new armor! it is a plot armor! also fatgum actually chadgum! |
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| Fat Gum being surprisingly good looking ain't all that surprising for some reason. Maybe it's just been too long, but this arc so far isn't significantly different from the manga, at least as far as I can remember. This one episode in particular was good for giving Kirishima the necessary context to make that move impactful. Though I can see the irritation at flashbacks, just 15 minutes of a slugfesting where there's no explanation for a move that changes the course of the fight isn't much better. Not to say that is the only alternative, but here there weren't many. That said, the "big" fight is where things are going to get really judgmental on my part. Hopefully they do that one well. Those who think this is the worst arc have clearly not read or kept up to date on the manga or are smoking something really strong. I'm pretty sure this arc is one of the favorites, and it introduces some of the favorite characters like Mirio. |
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Yautja said: Those who think this is the worst arc have clearly not read or kept up to date on the manga or are smoking something really strong. I'm pretty sure this arc is one of the favorites, and it introduces some of the favorite characters like Mirio. Maybe the strong aftertaste of smoking Kimetsu no Yaiba from the last season? .-. I hope you're not high but Mirio was introduced back in Season 3. There are people who decided not read the manga just so they can feel the vibes directly from the anime. The manga just gonna kill the mood if we already know what's going to happen. That's why are anime-only community. I don't know if this is really going to be the best arc, but have you seen trailer for MHA movie 2? It seem like the movie is better the tv series itself. That's the vibes we want. Now stare back at S4...slow pace drag on episode with monologue and flashback. It's really disappointing. |
Fuwa_sanDec 14, 2019 1:13 PM
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| Great episode, a very long flash back, but is good to finally see some background on Red Rocket. Also very cool to learn that Fat Gum is like that Naruto's Choji that can store up power and release it all in one super charged shot. |
| So... that was kinda underwhelming at some parts... Especially when you look at the manga in comparison. overall a good episode nonetheless. |
 โบ"The deeper the darkness the more dazzling the light shines." โ โบ"As you live you lose reasons and hope. But as you keep on going, you pick up new reasons and hope."โ โบ"If I don’t stand up here… If I don’t reach higher here… When am I ever going to do it?"โ |
| From Fat Gum to shredded! Really cool episode, but the same pattern at each episode is getting tiring... (Flashback+mental power up=victory) Looking at my watch all the time to make sure that bad gives are going to be defeated before the end. |
| Man, the animation was just awful |
| Awesome backstory about Kirishima and Mina, didn't knew they were in same school! FatGum quirk is awesome and interesting, and i am glad Kirishima got courage to help FatGum at the end, they were awesome! |
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| This episode was just too good. Very emotional and impact just like the previous one. I have nothing but praise for this anime right now. Awesome fighting scenes and great character development. |
| I cried reading the manga and you can bet your ass I cried today. |
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| wtf why are people complaining about the animation? it was excelent BNH finally delivering the hype |
dicecop said: Man, the animation was just awful Awful huh? What shit are you smoking? |
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| Fat gum was pretty cool in this episode He reminded me of Choji from naruto Seeing more of Kiri's backstory this episode was awesome and Mina too I like them both much more now :) This episode was overall fantastic 9.5/10 |
kirishima x mina canon ship??     |
ttcchenDec 14, 2019 5:19 PM
VitorLeiteAncap said: Boku no Hero Academia Season 4 is definetly anime of the year!!! Change my mind No wait, it's Demon Slayer Done...jk idk but...if the series doesn't get any better, it will lose against: Jojo Promising Neverland Mob Psycho II AoT 3.5 Dr.Stone Demon Slayer One Piece (Luffy vs Katakuri Arc) |
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| My dude jus wanted some directions lol ffs the actual fuckin villains in this ep were the bullies |
 "For the sake of humankind, I forsake my humanity." - Cherry |
| I really liked Kirishima's backstory. Call it a generic flashback or whatever, but it hit me pretty hard. I don't expect a side character to have a rather impactful backstory. |
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| Some part of me wished Kirishima's flashback had less comedy but well. It was a decent development for my boy but as a whole, Red Riot Unbreakable was a way better sequence. |
| It's nice to finally see Fatgum and Kiri's fight in action. Also that KiriMina moment finally animated made my ship for them stronger. ๐คง๐คฃ |
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| Pretty cool. So Fat Gum is able to take all the damage he stores up in his fat and convert it into power. Also we are getting a lot of Kirishima stuff this season. It's nice to flesh out more of UA. |
| Fat Gum evolved into Chad Gum xD |
| 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. |
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