My Hero Academia Manga Thread: You can be my hero, too!

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Kild: Apr 24, 2010

Waffleman_ posted:

I didn't expect a joke like this in a manga.

pariston?

# ? Aug 5, 2016 04:34

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# ? May 11, 2024 09:49

Rhonne: Feb 13, 2012; Do you want to know what we do to artists?

I like that Shiketsu High seems to have a Wookie on their team

# ? Aug 5, 2016 05:00

RareAcumen: Dec 28, 2012

I like that Jojo is like the multiverse for all mangas to connect with.

# ? Aug 5, 2016 05:24

EponymousMrYar: Jan 4, 2015; The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.

Jojo poses transcend all universes.

Now if only the rest of it stopped doing so :saddowns:

# ? Aug 5, 2016 06:40

Elfgames: Sep 11, 2011; Fun Shoe

Stallion Cabana posted:

It's interesting that after the last few arcs have all dealt with actual villains and other people we're going back to another School as the 'bad guys'

Curious to see if he can keep up the feeling of threat even while acknowledging the stakes aren't quite as high.

lol the stakes are higher than ever the villains are bearing down on them and the heros need these licenses or else they have no legal ability to defend themselves.

# ? Aug 5, 2016 07:04

SwissArmyDruid: Feb 14, 2014; by sebmojo

EponymousMrYar posted:

Jojo poses transcend all universes.

Now if only the rest of it stopped doing so

Oh please, I'm sure you enjoyed the recent Jojo spoof in Shokugeki no Soma just like the rest of us. =P

# ? Aug 5, 2016 08:43

Darth Walrus: Feb 13, 2012

EponymousMrYar posted:

Jojo poses transcend all universes.

Now if only the rest of it stopped doing so

C'mon, now, Steel Ball Run was great.

# ? Aug 5, 2016 10:23

Nuebot: Feb 18, 2013; The developer of Brigador is a secret chud, don't give him money

I think Jojolion won't be bad when it's done and you can read it in one go. But having to read it in slow releases makes it really hard to follow because every time a new chapter comes out, all the interest in what just happened is gone and it's a struggle to remember what went on. The core mystery of it is pretty cool I think.

Darth Walrus posted:

I feel that Bakugou's headed for a big turning point, though, where he's forced to confront the mismatch between who he is and who he wants to be. Flunking his provisional hero license due to causing massive collateral damage seems like a pretty good place to put that step in his arc.

He's Deku's rival, but rivals can fail, so long as they get a kick in the pants from it and come back even stronger and more determined. Losing out on his license seems ideal for that - it's embarrassing, and maybe knocks him out of the picture for an arc, but it's not a particularly big deal in the long term.

My dumb thought is that he might actually go to far in what is supposed to be a training thing like the entrance exam and unintentionally hurt someone or pose a threat to civilians. Dude gets fired up enough over his own classmates being equal to him, he might lose his poo poo a bit if it's some strangers from another school.

# ? Aug 5, 2016 10:38

Slime: Jan 3, 2007

gnome7 posted:

He is DEFINITELY going to do this.

I really can't see All Might dying any other way than by saving someone, even if he is basically powerless now. Anything else just wouldn't suit him. Right at the start he thought he couldn't help, then forced himself to do it anyway. I'm guessing that he either just for a moment goes full bulk and saves someone, or saves someone without any powers at all, like diving in front of a car to save a kid or something.

# ? Aug 5, 2016 11:15

Peel: Dec 3, 2007

Fabricated posted:

I think it's silly that the provisional license is played up so much when the kids are probably more competent than the loving mook sidekicks and mid-tier pro-heroes who were getting loving wrecked by B-class Noumus.

They're better in fights (this being shounen manga) but being licensed to do that around civilians and infrastructure is a different matter.

Hopefully the test is more along the lines of demonstrating judgement, precision and responsibility than power levels.

# ? Aug 5, 2016 11:26

Green Intern: Dec 29, 2008; Loon, Crazy and Laughable

RareAcumen posted:

[S H I T ! ! H O L Y]

# ? Aug 5, 2016 12:46

girl dick energy: Sep 30, 2009; You think you have the wherewithal to figure out my puzzle vagina?

Slime posted:

like diving in front of a car to save a kid

Then he gets a magic golden egg that will let him come back to life, but he'll sacrifice it to save Deku's mom from a fire.

# ? Aug 5, 2016 14:43

Kanos: Sep 6, 2006; was there a time when speedwagon didn't get trolled

Fabricated posted:

I think it's silly that the provisional license is played up so much when the kids are probably more competent than the loving mook sidekicks and mid-tier pro-heroes who were getting loving wrecked by B-class Noumus.

Logically, one would need more than raw combat power as a prerequisite to being a licensed hero, otherwise heroes like the Pussycats would have serious trouble qualifying because half of them didn't have combat quirks at all. A lot of Class A is ludicrously strong in the raw combat power area, but a lot of them have emotional or judgment problems that still need ironing out. For example, Bakugou might be able to kick the poo poo out of every single mid-tier pro hero who currently exists in a one on one fight but he's still definitely not professional hero material in his current state, and Deku might be a walking encyclopedia of hero and villain knowledge endowed with the potential strongest quirk in the world but he's really loving bad at knowing his own limits.

# ? Aug 5, 2016 15:01

Rangpur: Dec 31, 2008

Possibilities for Tsuyu's new, more frog-like special move:

Puking up her guts, and stuffing them back inside to paralyze her opponent with disgust
Shooting baby frogs out of grotesquely swollen skin folds in her back to paralyze her opponent with disgust
Eating a mouthful of bugs right in front of her opponent, to paralyze them with disgust
frogs and toads are super gross you guys

Personally I'd like the exam to be seemingly straightforward, but actually very difficult to coordinate in practice. Save the passengers on a sinking ship, or burning building; foiling a bank heist with hostages; save the widows and orphans picnic from Terminator inflitration... Kinda like the early exam with the fake nuke but way, way more complicated. Bakugou and Todoroki would both be at a serious disadvantage in any situation where preserving noncombatants is the priority.

# ? Aug 5, 2016 19:00

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Rangpur posted:

Possibilities for Tsuyu's new, more frog-like special move:

Puking up her guts, and stuffing them back inside to paralyze her opponent with disgust

Shooting baby frogs out of grotesquely swollen skin folds in her back to paralyze her opponent with disgust

Eating a mouthful of bugs right in front of her opponent, to paralyze them with disgust

frogs and toads are super gross you guys

Personally I'd like the exam to be seemingly straightforward, but actually very difficult to coordinate in practice. Save the passengers on a sinking ship, or burning building; foiling a bank heist with hostages; save the widows and orphans picnic from Terminator inflitration... Kinda like the early exam with the fake nuke but way, way more complicated. Bakugou and Todoroki would both be at a serious disadvantage in any situation where preserving noncombatants is the priority.

She uses her poison glands to emulate the poison dart frogs.

# ? Aug 5, 2016 19:16

Tollymain: Jul 9, 2010; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Rangpur posted:

Personally I'd like the exam to be seemingly straightforward, but actually very difficult to coordinate in practice. Save the passengers on a sinking ship, or burning building; foiling a bank heist with hostages; save the widows and orphans picnic from Terminator inflitration... Kinda like the early exam with the fake nuke but way, way more complicated. Bakugou and Todoroki would both be at a serious disadvantage in any situation where preserving noncombatants is the priority.

i think that todoroki's powers are actually really good for preserving noncombatants in a time-sensitive situation. dude could walk into a hostage situation and immobilize the entire room. not comfortable for the civilians, but they'd be alive

# ? Aug 5, 2016 19:24

Tollymain: Jul 9, 2010; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

uraraka's new technique

# ? Aug 5, 2016 19:41

Blackheart: Mar 22, 2013

Maybe the manga just didn't convey it well enough but the pussycats weren't supposed to be particularly weak at all, I think, even if their focus was mountain rescue. Spinner was actually pretty capable and Magne was also stated to be quite dangerous, so they went against the pros instead of the students. They teamed up on Pixiebob and Ragdoll was taken down by a specialized Noumu that was very strong (though obviously not as much as the first one)

# ? Aug 5, 2016 19:55

I Am Fowl: Mar 8, 2008; nononononono

Silver2195 posted:

It's possible for them all to pass. The failure rate is for Japan as a whole, not UA, after all.

Well, we don't know yet how the exams work. The high failure rate may be due to high standards or simply because they only give out a limited number of provisional licenses every year.

# ? Aug 5, 2016 20:07

Blackheart: Mar 22, 2013

Ashido will pass. Bakugou will fail against the new intense guy. And Ojiro will be there somewhere.

# ? Aug 5, 2016 20:22

red plastic cup: Apr 25, 2012; Reach WITH IN To your LOCAL cup and you may find A Friend And Boy...

it'll just be mineta that passes. no one else.

# ? Aug 5, 2016 20:35

Peel: Dec 3, 2007

Mr. Fowl posted:

Well, we don't know yet how the exams work. The high failure rate may be due to high standards or simply because they only give out a limited number of provisional licenses every year.

The suggestions of competition imply a limited number of licenses.

# ? Aug 5, 2016 21:27

Arsonist Daria: Feb 27, 2011; ^{Requiescat in pace.}

Rangpur posted:

Possibilities for Tsuyu's new, more frog-like special move:

Puking up her guts, and stuffing them back inside to paralyze her opponent with disgust

Shooting baby frogs out of grotesquely swollen skin folds in her back to paralyze her opponent with disgust

Eating a mouthful of bugs right in front of her opponent, to paralyze them with disgust

frogs and toads are super gross you guys

Personally I'd like the exam to be seemingly straightforward, but actually very difficult to coordinate in practice. Save the passengers on a sinking ship, or burning building; foiling a bank heist with hostages; save the widows and orphans picnic from Terminator inflitration... Kinda like the early exam with the fake nuke but way, way more complicated. Bakugou and Todoroki would both be at a serious disadvantage in any situation where preserving noncombatants is the priority.

you'd better not be calling my friend frog gross you piece of poo poo

# ? Aug 5, 2016 22:42

Rangpur: Dec 31, 2008

She's one of the good ones.

# ? Aug 5, 2016 23:51

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

racist

# ? Aug 6, 2016 00:19

Arist: Feb 13, 2012; _{who, me?}

my post was so true it happened twice

# ? Aug 6, 2016 00:19

Montegoraon: Aug 22, 2013

Regarding the traitor discussion, I'm going to make a prediction. Whichever characters get their provisional licenses are likely to go off doing stuff while the others are left behind. That may be a reason for all of class 1-A to pass, but let's suppose that doesn't happen. For story reasons, and assuming that the traitor is a student, I think they're going to have to pass in order to keep from fading into the background.

And particularly in regards to Kaminari, considering he lost in both the sports festival and the end of term test, if he wins here and there are any other members of class 1-A who fail, that may be another sign that something's up.

# ? Aug 6, 2016 02:04

Lakbay: Dec 14, 2006; My eye...MY EYE!!!

Fabricated posted:

I think it's silly that the provisional license is played up so much when the kids are probably more competent than the loving mook sidekicks and mid-tier pro-heroes who were getting loving wrecked by B-class Noumus.

I'd actually love if the explanation for why there's so many mid-tier pro-heroes is that there's lovely for-profit schools that give licenses out like candy without actually giving the necessary education to make competent heroes. Like classes to pass the exam but not the skills necessary for the real world (like in real life)

VVV It's already implied with what happened with the Stain arc but I'd like an infodump page or something. Or if Stain ever gets out of superjail and gets character development he would attack the education establishment for creating wannabe heroes.

Lakbay fucked around with this message at 13:55 on Aug 6, 2016

# ? Aug 6, 2016 13:34

Last Celebration: Mar 30, 2010

Those don't already exist? I mean, poo poo, look at Mt. Lady's massive collateral damage, you'd think mitigating that would have been a top priority.

# ? Aug 6, 2016 13:40

Captain Invictus: Apr 5, 2005; Try reading some manga!; Clever Betty

Last Celebration posted:

look at Mt. Lady's massive collateral damage

That what we calling them now?

# ? Aug 6, 2016 14:04

AndwhatIseeisme: Mar 30, 2010; Being alive is pretty much a constant stream of embarrassment.; Fun Shoe

I think you're all being too hard on Mt. Lady. Sure her collateral damage can rack up, but we have to assume her ability to assess and assuage dangerous situations and keep a firm, tight hold on fine assets is what really draws her fans to her. She seems to be a well rounded hero overall.

# ? Aug 6, 2016 15:37

Inflammatory: Apr 22, 2014

i don't think mount lady gets enough credit. she made her debut in the first chapter, so like a year ago, and she's already considered good enough that they brought her on the bakugo rescue mission, which was supposed to be a crack squad of the best of the best.

# ? Aug 6, 2016 15:45

Dr Subterfuge: Aug 31, 2005; TIME TO ROC N' ROLL

She also got up and protected Midoryia's group after eating a shockwave from All for One.

# ? Aug 6, 2016 16:40

JT Jag: Aug 30, 2009; #1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

Mount Lady is strong

# ? Aug 6, 2016 17:14

Captain Baal: Oct 23, 2010; I Failed At Anime 2022

AndwhatIseeisme posted:

I think you're all being too hard on Mt. Lady. Sure her collateral damage can rack up, but we have to assume her ability to assess and assuage dangerous situations and keep a firm, tight hold on fine assets is what really draws her fans to her. She seems to be a well rounded hero overall.

Seriously, are we not doing phrasing anymore?

# ? Aug 6, 2016 17:43

Butt Ghost: Nov 23, 2013

AndwhatIseeisme posted:

a firm, tight hold on fine assets

# ? Aug 6, 2016 21:20

RareAcumen: Dec 28, 2012

AndwhatIseeisme posted:

I think you're all being too hard on Mt. Lady. Sure her collateral damage can rack up, but we have to assume her ability to assess and assuage dangerous situations and keep a firm, tight hold on fine assets is what really draws her fans to her. She seems to be a well rounded hero overall.