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Fabricated posted:He seems to be unwilling to go too over the top in terms of fights; in a world where people can blow up buildings with their brains like 80% of the fights are settled by punching/kicking someone in the head or dropping something on them and knocking them out. This is a world where the Top Hero was Punch Hardest Man. The person who replaced him is Punch Hardest By Default But With Fire Man. To be fair to that though Fire powers (and many others) are usually given to villains for a reason, because the logical result of their use on people is death. But I agree He's not being especially creative, for example Todoroki could be using a tool that uses steam to launch ice balls instead of the stick out hand -> wide Ice/Fire AoE. I will have to say Horikoshi had a chance to set a hard ceiling on how much devastation quirks can do and smooth out the power creep curve, but he passed that line pretty fast. Rigged Death Trap fucked around with this message at 23:04 on Sep 26, 2019 |
# ? Sep 26, 2019 22:58 |
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# ? May 25, 2024 08:01 |
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One arc people ITT are forgetting
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# ? Sep 26, 2019 23:24 |
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New theory: Aoyama's power doesn't actually give him stomach problems, he's just lactose intolerant and refuses to stop eating cheese.
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# ? Sep 26, 2019 23:57 |
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I'm also seeing pictures of a new translated chapter of vigilantes out and it's not on Shonen Jump yet. Weird.
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# ? Sep 27, 2019 02:48 |
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Fabricated posted:I'm also seeing pictures of a new translated chapter of vigilantes out and it's not on Shonen Jump yet. Weird. It was accidentally released 2 days early. It was quickly taken back down, but a bunch of people had already seen it by then.
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# ? Sep 27, 2019 02:56 |
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Rigged Death Trap posted:But I agree He's not being especially creative, for example Todoroki could be using a tool that uses steam to launch ice balls instead of the stick out hand -> wide Ice/Fire AoE. I can think of dozens of neat ways for him to use his Quirk-using his ice to create melee weapons if he's stuck in a close-quarters situation, creating ice platforms under his feat to leap into the air, using fire to enhance his physical combat by adding flames to his strikes, creating a cage of fire or ice to prevent a foe from fleeing, and I'm sure there's more I can think of. I think it may be intentional writing on Horikoshi's part that Shouto's first response to a combat situation is "Can I throw a massive wave of fire or ice at it?".
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# ? Sep 27, 2019 04:31 |
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Junpei posted:I can think of dozens of neat ways for him to use his Quirk-using his ice to create melee weapons if he's stuck in a close-quarters situation, creating ice platforms under his feat to leap into the air, using fire to enhance his physical combat by adding flames to his strikes, creating a cage of fire or ice to prevent a foe from fleeing, and I'm sure there's more I can think of. It absolutely is intentional that most of the heroes in training respond with either punching or overwhelming force when the most famous and popular hero ever used both and nothing else to do just about everything.
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# ? Sep 27, 2019 04:56 |
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This is the comic where the super villain with the power to steal superpowers and had been doing so for years combined all his stolen quirks together to make a larger fist so he could punch good. Maybe Horikoshi is just more comfortable writing fights with very straightforward brute force choreography.
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# ? Sep 27, 2019 05:57 |
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AfO would absolutley be a munchkin who abuses splatbooks in 3.5 to make the most powerful characters possible while forcing people to play with his awful rear end.
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# ? Sep 27, 2019 06:12 |
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SyntheticPolygon posted:This is the comic where the super villain with the power to steal superpowers and had been doing so for years combined all his stolen quirks together to make a larger fist so he could punch good. I think AfO was going for the irony kill there(what if I beat the ultimate punchman with a better punch?), since his entire gameplan had already shifted to "what can I do to humiliate/torture All Might the most?". That said, Horikoshi does seem most comfortable when writing fights where people win by punching harder.
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# ? Sep 27, 2019 07:48 |
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Kanos posted:I think AfO was going for the irony kill there(what if I beat the ultimate punchman with a better punch?), since his entire gameplan had already shifted to "what can I do to humiliate/torture All Might the most?".
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# ? Sep 27, 2019 08:19 |
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PMush Perfect posted:I don't know if that's the intended reading, but it's my reading now. Considering AfO is actually flat out listing all the quirks he’s using to make the most powerful punch ever, and it is a rather different way of fighting then he showed against All Might previously or against Best Jeanist I think it’s intended. AfO goes for the super punch when he thinks he’s already won and All Might has no way to answer, and is then surprised when All Might pulls out United States at the last second instead of dying. Basically he wasn’t intending to outpunch All Might, he was just trying to humiliate him in his dying moments.
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# ? Sep 27, 2019 08:25 |
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Lord_Magmar posted:Considering AfO is actually flat out listing all the quirks he’s using to make the most powerful punch ever, and it is a rather different way of fighting then he showed against All Might previously or against Best Jeanist I think it’s intended. Not only was he intending to outpunch him, he deliberately held back listing that he had impact reversal, which meant that even if All Might landed the blow, he'd just send the force right back into him. Not only that, but symbolism is an important part of the story, All Might was the Symbol of Peace, Shigaraki is becoming the Symbol of Villainy. With the camera's all watching, it's not just about killing All Might, it's about breaking society. After all they were still believing in him seeing his true form. He could have just stayed out of range and kept firing air blasts until All Might died. He could have also TELEPORTED HIMSELF. Another very important All For One thing is that he's very, very trapped in "This is how stories go." in his mind. He purposefully uses framing tricks to cast himself as the hero or "Well I need to lose and 'die' because that'll be the catalyst for Shigaraki's growth. And All Might, you should have died too, because with you alive, your Protege can't grow."
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# ? Sep 27, 2019 13:34 |
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Junpei posted:I can think of dozens of neat ways for him to use his Quirk-using his ice to create melee weapons if he's stuck in a close-quarters situation, creating ice platforms under his feat to leap into the air, using fire to enhance his physical combat by adding flames to his strikes, creating a cage of fire or ice to prevent a foe from fleeing, and I'm sure there's more I can think of. These tricks require a level of control that I don't think either Todoroki Sr. or Jr. have. Sure, they can emit fire (and ice) with perfect control of force and trajectory and source point, but neither has displayed any feats of fire (or ice) control once it's out.
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# ? Sep 27, 2019 14:20 |
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The new chapter's out and all of this hinging on Endeavor picking up on what Hawks is putting down is just . Also at Hawks calling Deku the kid who keeps blowing up his fingers. Deku's intentions were heroic back in his fight with Todoroki but it just seems to have given him a bad rep to pro heroes.
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# ? Sep 27, 2019 15:34 |
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Taking the time to read and comment on a new chap without linking it should be an instant sixer. https://jaiminisbox.com/reader/read/my-hero-academia/en/0/244/page/1
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# ? Sep 27, 2019 15:59 |
Doctor_Fruitbat posted:Taking the time to read and comment on a new chap without linking it should be an instant sixer. Mangastream translation https://readms.net/r/my_hero_academia/244/6221/1 edit: Jamini translation was much better this week. SKULL.GIF fucked around with this message at 16:13 on Sep 27, 2019 |
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# ? Sep 27, 2019 16:09 |
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I suspect that Endeavor's gonna get it, but either send the kids to look into it, or else he's going to go in half-cocked and actually need assistance.
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# ? Sep 27, 2019 18:18 |
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Is this entire arc relying on A TODOROKI picking up on subtext and not taking everything literal? We're screwed.
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# ? Sep 27, 2019 18:40 |
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Mulderman posted:Is this entire arc relying on A TODOROKI picking up on subtext and not taking everything literal? We're screwed. Why do you think Deku and Bakugo are there?
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# ? Sep 27, 2019 19:04 |
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NEW VIGILANTES PRINCE IS DOWN!
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# ? Sep 27, 2019 19:08 |
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Endeavor reading the book and, after Hawks behaves suspiciously, deciding that Hawks is a traitor and sincere convert for the Villain Alliance/Liberation Army mash-up and trying to murder him in 3.....2.....1......
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# ? Sep 27, 2019 19:12 |
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Vinylshadow posted:Why do you think Deku and Bakugo are there? They weren't around when he first mentioned it so they probably don't get the context. Vigilantes was freaking amazing!
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# ? Sep 27, 2019 19:25 |
Vigilantes is the best spinoff.
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# ? Sep 27, 2019 19:41 |
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I'm about to go from 0 to obvious in 8 words: Hawks hid a coded message in the book.
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# ? Sep 27, 2019 19:56 |
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Hawks' speech made me imagine Liberation guys going door to door offering books and saying "Have you heard the good news? Liberation is coming! (Destro, 6:13)"
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# ? Sep 27, 2019 20:32 |
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Kyte posted:These tricks require a level of control that I don't think either Todoroki Sr. or Jr. have. Sure, they can emit fire (and ice) with perfect control of force and trajectory and source point, but neither has displayed any feats of fire (or ice) control once it's out. We saw Endeavor make a spear of fire to throw at a Noumu during the Stain arc.
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# ? Sep 27, 2019 21:41 |
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i like that endeavor can just make it oppressively hot near him. as dumb as it sounds i feel "its really uncomfortable to be by a roaring wildfire to the point where it's actively demoralizing and harmful" is an underplayed aspect of fire powers a lot of the time compared to just burning things.
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# ? Sep 27, 2019 22:58 |
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Yeah, Endeavor's mere presence being dangerous area suppression is both a powerful and useful ability and also really appropriate given what a dick he is.
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# ? Sep 28, 2019 00:29 |
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Rhonne posted:NEW VIGILANTES Okay, this looks bad, but I think Oboro's gonna be fine. Sure, we haven't seen him in the present, but he's probably just touring the Americas or something. Like some sort of journey to the West.
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# ? Sep 28, 2019 03:30 |
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Introducing the best character only to immediately kill him off feels kinda unnecessary
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# ? Sep 28, 2019 16:36 |
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New poster for the new movie: -Look, more traumatized children for Deku to save! -Hawks is going to make his anime debut in the movie! -One of the villains looks like he's from the Trio de Dangers
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# ? Sep 28, 2019 21:41 |
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Hell yeah, King Explosion Murder Fister Man front and center.
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# ? Sep 28, 2019 21:46 |
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Those don't look like Umakoshi's designs which is kinda interesting
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# ? Sep 28, 2019 21:59 |
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WOLF WITH CIGAR
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# ? Sep 28, 2019 22:01 |
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Viridiant posted:WOLF WITH CIGAR Glad to see Komamura found work after Bleach.
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# ? Sep 29, 2019 03:06 |
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Viridiant posted:WOLF WITH CIGAR
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# ? Sep 29, 2019 03:24 |
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Fabricated posted:Those don't look like Umakoshi's designs which is kinda interesting He designed the main villain and the girl villain so I imagined he designed the other ones too.
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# ? Sep 29, 2019 05:53 |
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Shinjobi posted:Hell yeah, King Explosion Murder Fister Man front and center.
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# ? Sep 29, 2019 05:59 |
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# ? May 25, 2024 08:01 |
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uh what is wrong with mineta's face? and is the little girl supposed to have flippers?
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# ? Sep 29, 2019 23:44 |