#...while the manga is catapulting us thru pure angst and suffering in contrast; oh what joy 8'DDD

[the-nysh]

btw, explain to a plebe what is going on with bnha O.O

Whew...a LOT! :’D Specifically, 3 separate things at once: new movie, s5 starting, and the manga entering its ‘final act.’

Today we got the trailer for the 3rd movie: World Heroes Mission. Which you might’ve seen from those new stealth hero suit designs for the main trio. Apparently it looks like an undercover, abroad internship (with some scenes in San Francisco?) the students take with Endeavor & Hawks. But then there’s the bit about Deku being framed for ‘mass murder’ which is another !?!? Unsure about what all that means, but it looks exciting & interesting.

Next, today was also the first episode of season 5. Which mainly features a lighthearted, anime-original school drill (vs ‘villains’ attacking) to get previous viewers up to speed. But it also shows the manga content left on a cliffhanger from last season to continue the actual story (about Endeavor, Hawks, and Dabi) so the episode isn’t entirely skippable and worth watching, imo. :O

...Which both feel sort of like whiplash if you’ve been following the manga. Hero society collapse following the wake and fallout of the war arc. With many casualties on both sides (yes, even one of their teachers died) and some of the worst criminals (including AfO’s original body) have broken out of prison, forcing civilians to take vigilante matters into their own hands, since many have given up on relying on heroes who’ve failed to protect them in all this chaos. (With the surviving top heroes, Endeavor, Hawks, and Best Jeanist, forced to pick up the pieces, take responsibility, and face the worst of the civilians’ grievances.)

Meanwhile the students have entered their 2nd year, but Deku had been in a coma following the battle (talking with OfA’s predecessors in his mind over his resolve to confront Shiggy).......only to suddenly wake with the decision to drop out & leave school to ‘protect’ everyone. O.O Leaving us with no other explanation other than a goodbye letter he left for his classmates, where he finally confessed about OfA and how AfO & Shiggy were after him. (So yes, many readers are rightly shocked and outraged at this sudden, unpredictable turn of events, labeled as the beginning of the ‘final act.’) Cause for now, we’ve yet to understand what Deku’s thinking, and we never got any reactions from his closest friends & family over this either. (Inko? All Might? Kacchan? Todoroki? Iida? None whatsoever, except Uraraka’s pov dismissed and thanked as just another classmate.) Deku’s wearing his bloodied, tattered suit and Gran Torino’s cape leftover from the battle too, with no answer whether Gran Torino’s kicked the bucket before Deku left either. There’s so many unanswered questions and important points left unresolved to prolong the angst, that seeing s5′s fun & happy content adapted just feels tonally weird in contrast. Because what s5′s marketing looks to be the last ‘lighthearted’ school arc we’ll probably ever see, so enjoy it while it lasts... :’))