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The_Doctor posted:What is the year in MHA anyway? I think it's implied that it's actually in the future, but technology kind of stagnated after quirks emerged.
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The_Doctor posted:What is the year in MHA anyway? Deku refers to something along the lines of "we'd be a century further along if it hadn't been for the problems Quirks caused!" and I think Deku is in the fifth generation post-quirks. Presumably some mix of social instability and the challenges of accomodating Quirk users slowed down major changes in society and so forth, while various versions of Momo were lashed to giant turbines and so on to address many of the specific problems we are facing down right now. It is a little strange that shops, houses etc. all look the same but some of this is probably just genre window dressing and/or Japan being deeply in love with lotsa robust concrete construction. So, probably somewhere between 2080-2120 depending on when you think Quirks began. I'm not sure how long All Might's era of peace lasted, but presumably it was at least a decade or so, right?
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Feb 5, 2020 08:20
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I like the idea that MHA is just set a hundred years after X-Men, the mutant gene is so commonplace that it's become the norm, and modern hero society is just the end point of mutant registration. I do sometimes wonder if we'll learn anything more about early instances of quirks. Seems like it'd be an interesting and chaotic time. I can only imagine the conspiracy theories of that era, and the crusades that came about from it. Was there a cult based around that that glowing kid? Were there any clashes between quirk-having militants vs an oppressive government? I can see how that sort of chaos might set society back a hundred years. That said, it's all such ancient history by the time of the series that they probably won't bother.
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Feb 5, 2020 10:41
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Some guy got "can walk on water" as a Quirk and boy howdy did he make a lot of money in the USA.
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Feb 5, 2020 11:12
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M_Gargantua posted:The current year is measured by the epoch of the arrival of All Might. Like you would ABY/BBY in a Star Wars timeline. All Might has been around much longer than that. He was already #1 and had been for a while when Endeavor became #2 and that was 25 years ago.
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Feb 5, 2020 16:18
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Doctor Reynolds posted:Some guy got "can walk on water" as a Quirk and boy howdy did he make a lot of money in the USA. It was actually three guys in a trenchcoat, one had a walk on water Quirk, another had a turn water into something else Quirk, and the third had a bring back the dead Quirk.
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Feb 5, 2020 17:53
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In Vigilantes, they talk about the city in Rhode Island which first licensed Quirk users. The popular assumption is that this is a backdoor reference to the City of Heroes MMORPG, which Horikoshi has mentioned as one of his influences. In CoH, Paragon City, R.I. got their first licensed super team in 1923. If we're five generations along from there, then it's probably around 2050. This is of course a total crack theory, but it kinda lines up.
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Feb 5, 2020 21:55
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Mirage posted:In Vigilantes, they talk about the city in Rhode Island which first licensed Quirk users. The popular assumption is that this is a backdoor reference to the City of Heroes MMORPG, which Horikoshi has mentioned as one of his influences. In CoH, Paragon City, R.I. got their first licensed super team in 1923. It's a Justice League reference not City of Heroes.
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Feb 5, 2020 22:20
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More accurately, it's referencing the same thing that City of Heroes is.
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Feb 6, 2020 09:35
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Adder Moray posted:All Might has been around much longer than that. He was already #1 and had been for a while when Endeavor became #2 and that was 25 years ago. Yeah I'm pretty sure All Might has been #1 for like 30-35 years at this point.
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Feb 6, 2020 16:10
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BlitznBurst posted:Yeah I'm pretty sure All Might has been #1 for like 30-35 years at this point. Yep. He's also pushing 60 if he isn't already in his sixties. He was around Deku's age when Nana Shimura's kid was a small child. It's been long enough for that kid to grow up, have a kid of their own, and for that kid to grow up.
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Feb 6, 2020 16:42
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In today's episode of My Hero Academia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxGf51Tghvc
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Feb 8, 2020 17:29
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Bakugo passing on his experiences to the younger generation owns
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Feb 8, 2020 17:33
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Aoyama went from being lame and annoying to good and wholesome in 5 seconds flat.
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Feb 8, 2020 18:25
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Gruckles posted:Deku's dad is Van Hohenheim, and when we finally see him in a family photo he'll be shooting waterfalls out of his eyes. Nah, 2003 Hohenheim's kid was the other green-haired guy who reminds people of a tree.
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Feb 8, 2020 18:32
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Man they were having a lot of fun with the aoyama reveal.
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Feb 8, 2020 18:35
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In the manga, the shot of Aoyama standing outside Deku's window was the end of the chapter. That was a fun week of speculation.
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Feb 8, 2020 18:47
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Yeah that stinger in the manga made everyone poo poo their pants.
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Feb 8, 2020 20:21
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What a cute episode. I always forget this guy exists, glad he got some love.
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Feb 9, 2020 03:21
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i appreciate bakugo being able to understand the leader kid through the power of also thinking he's better than everyone i like aoyama. excited for him to only have cameo roles for the next 20 episodes
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Fabricated posted:Yeah that stinger in the manga made everyone poo poo their pants. Not just Aoyama.
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Feb 9, 2020 06:37
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Aurora Borealis? At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely in the provisional license remedial training?!
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Feb 9, 2020 22:19
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Rhonne posted:In the manga, the shot of Aoyama standing outside Deku's window was the end of the chapter. That was a fun week of speculation. 
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Feb 10, 2020 04:31
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Mirage posted:It turns out Deku's mom never had a husband. She was impregnated by BABY BEAAAAM I've heard people curious what the chaos looked like when quirks first emerged, but now I'm curious about the armageddon that'll break out when a few more generations pass and quirks are too nuts for anyone to control also I like the idea that deku's dad is a criminal to parallel shiggy's grandma being a hero, but his dad shouldn't be anybody important, just some deadbeat and that's why deku doesn't care about him edit: deku's grandparent(s) on his dad's side were some kind of minor villain(s), deku's dad rejected that path but is still kind of a low life. this is my head canon for the next ten minutes Lunatic Sledge fucked around with this message at 05:04 on Feb 10, 2020 |
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Feb 10, 2020 05:01
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Feb 10, 2020 05:08
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Feb 10, 2020 08:09
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No, not at any time! Only when it was funny! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtfHaJKW1zQ
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Feb 10, 2020 08:30
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Bakugo only shows that face to Kirishima
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Feb 10, 2020 12:41
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Cephas posted:Bakugo only shows that face to Kirishima Which is a shame because Kirishima is a good boy who can do much better.
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Feb 10, 2020 12:53
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Lunatic Sledge posted:BABY BEAAAAM The Quirk Singularity Doomsday theory is one of the most intriguing aspects of the setting imo. Imagine how crazy the next Eri will be in 80 years. I like how it kind of ties into Aoyamas thing too, with him being someone whose own quirk negatively affects him and can't be controlled.
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Feb 10, 2020 14:58
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Nephthys posted:The Quirk Singularity Doomsday theory is one of the most intriguing aspects of the setting imo. Imagine how crazy the next Eri will be in 80 years. I like how it kind of ties into Aoyamas thing too, with him being someone whose own quirk negatively affects him and can't be controlled. It's also interesting because it's a problem that can't be easily solved by superheroes. I suspect the show won't get into it much because it's too complex an idea that won't pay off for generations, but it feel a little like the superpower equivalent to climate change. Makes me wonder what, if anything, society does to try to deal with it. Seems unsolvable, but then again, we were just introduced to someone who can apparently roll back evolution.
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Feb 10, 2020 20:25
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The solution is to petrify everyone on earth and let nature reclaim it.
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Feb 10, 2020 20:33
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TheBystander posted:It's also interesting because it's a problem that can't be easily solved by superheroes. I suspect the show won't get into it much because it's too complex an idea that won't pay off for generations, but it feel a little like the superpower equivalent to climate change. Makes me wonder what, if anything, society does to try to deal with it. Seems unsolvable, but then again, we were just introduced to someone who can apparently roll back evolution. Watch the show "From the New World" the entire premise is what society would look like in this exact scenario 1000 years from now.
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Feb 10, 2020 21:01
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We're heading into DC's Kingdom Come territory with the singularity. (Though that world still had non-powered people.)
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Feb 10, 2020 21:21
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M_Gargantua posted:The solution is to petrify everyone on earth and let nature reclaim it. The idea of MHA and Dr. Stone happening in the same universe is not one I had thought about but I am interested in this crossover.
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Feb 10, 2020 21:32
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TheBystander posted:It's also interesting because it's a problem that can't be easily solved by superheroes. I suspect the show won't get into it much because it's too complex an idea that won't pay off for generations, but it feel a little like the superpower equivalent to climate change. Makes me wonder what, if anything, society does to try to deal with it. Seems unsolvable, but then again, we were just introduced to someone who can apparently roll back evolution. Well, from my understanding it's less "quirks explicitly get stronger as you go down generations" and more "as people with powerful quirks interbreed you get progressively more powerful quirks," like what happened with shoto but on a mass, societal scale So basically the obvious solution is "reverse eugenics" and I'm not sure how I feel about that
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Feb 10, 2020 21:59
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Blaze Dragon posted:The idea of MHA and Dr. Stone happening in the same universe is not one I had thought about but I am interested in this crossover. It occurs to me that for all I’ve heard the name, I don’t know a thing about Dr Stone.
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Feb 10, 2020 22:03
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ninjewtsu posted:Well, from my understanding it's less "quirks explicitly get stronger as you go down generations" and more "as people with powerful quirks interbreed you get progressively more powerful quirks," like what happened with shoto but on a mass, societal scale Seems like Overhaul was right all along
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Feb 10, 2020 22:09
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The_Doctor posted:It occurs to me that for all I’ve heard the name, I don’t know a thing about Dr Stone. Caleb Cook, MHA's manga translator, also does the translations for Dr Stone and he also does the trivia threads. From what I've seen it's pretty madcap. The protagonist is a genius scientist and uses crazy chemical reactions and engineering applications to get himself out of situations.
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mha hero society is already just barely avoiding total societal collapse. even where the anime is, if eri could control her powers, she and momo together would be capable of producing an infinite amount of matter.
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