#Canonically the size of a housecat. God I love him

[inkyantace7]

I love being hyperfixated on a character and learning he's smol. He's a cat in size and personality

[adventureofthedancinggirl]

I've been quiet about recent chapters mainly because real life has been busy and I'd rather use what remains of my energy to work on my fic instead of overanalyzing canon while it's in progress.

That being said, here are some moments of Class A supporting Izuku that I loved from Ch 422:

Aoyama's ☆sparkle☆ is back

Hagakure's demon grin (and the fact that she gets to do something badass without being turned into a joke)

Momo & Kaminari teamup!

Ojiro and Satou stepping in and telling Izuku to save his strength

The people in the crowd cheering for the other Class A kids (the girl Shouji saved, Tsuyu's siblings and parents, Mina & Kirishima's middle school friends)

Thinking back to the first time Izuku & Tsuyu teamed up at USJ and how he so easily calls her "Tsuyu-chan" now <3

The line that Izuku's weakness is actually a strength because it pushes others to keep standing back up to fight.

Iida appearing out of nowhere to push him forward, reminding him of their first day of school, tying everything back to Ochako's "Deku sounds like do your best"

Ochako in the helicopter whispering "ganbare" was framed so well with the overall composition of that spread, especially with All Might on opposite page and the line about Izuku being his greatest hero.

That last page of Inko cheering Izuku on was so good - how she is choosing to believe in him despite how terrified she must be, a deliberate contrast to when she let him down by not telling him that he could still be a hero when they found out he was quirkless.

Other random thoughts:

Lol. So now AFO can use rational thinking for his Omnifactor attack instead of just spamming all of his quirks like he did with Kacchan.

What does All Might have to do with the American pilots' ejector seats? Why is it only important now to try to keep losses at a minimum? I like how one of the pilots calls him out on that.

For some reason I thought noodle Edgeshot was smaller than that, but using the guy holding him as a size comparison he seems to be about the size of a housecat.

US prez deciding only now that it would be a good idea to send troops...yeah, a bit late dude, but I guess it's the thought that counts.

The repetition of 'ganbare' (頑張れ / がんばれ / ���ンバレ) really drove home the point and I think it loses something in the translation, although I understand the desire to vary the wording to make it less repetitive and more fitting to the characters saying it.

Little Shouto panel amidst the chaos (better be a leadup to something more since he didn't even say anything here)

I still really want Ochako to join the final fight too even though this chapter is making it seem like she's out of the fight. Although she IS conscious again and we all know Great Explosion Murder God is gonna make his comeback, so I think we can suspend our disbelief for her too.