#I chose this one because it’s purple and the typo is funny

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Aphmau, at the start of season 2 episode 34 just trying to enjoy a cozy morning in bed:

Laurance, who is also there for some reason:

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Part 2 - Chapter 13 - A Step Forward

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Greetings, dear readers! It's finally time! Thirteen chapters into part 2 and our boys are finally joining 1-A! Officially beginning their journeys to become Heroes! :D All their hard work is finally paying off. Meaning smooth sailing from here on out, right? ^____^

Warnings for teasing this chapter. The first starts in the last sentence of the paragraph just before ["Congrats on making..."[ and sort of ends in the last sentence of the paragraph just before [Great. Flirting teenagers...]. It keeps going for a while in the background but it doesn't pick back up until [Deciding to take pity...] and ends at [Shouta let out an exasperated sigh.]. There's one more at the very end of the chapter in the second to last sentence, but it's only one sentence.

Let's get to it!

Linktree to all the things!

End notes for the chapter are under the line.

If you skipped the teasing, here's what you missed. In the first, Midnight calling Izuku a Green Bean, Hitoshi being no help, Izuku calling Hitoshi a Purple Panda in retaliation but it falls flat when Hitoshi likes it, and eventually Aizawa saving Izuku from Midnight. In the smaller second one, Hitoshi being a teasing jerk as per usual. :P

All Might is being a dumbass. Which may or may not be leading up to some future All Might bashing. ;) We'll just have to wait to see how that meeting goes. I will say that I do love All Might in canon but he can be very much an idiot at...well, a lot of times. Especially when it comes to Midoriya and OFA. Dad Might is wonderful and amazing but he's going to be more Dumb Might in this fic.

Dadzawa is proud of his problem class. Accepting the newest additions with no problem. Though he's still worried for Izuku outside of his class. Little does he know that he has nothing to worry about with Monoma. They be friends already, tired man. ;) But no matter what, the teachers of UA will protect the Green Bean.

Sh-sh-shout out to Bucket_o_Beckett for pointing out that Shouji would have possibly heard something about Izuku being Hiro similar to how Jirou did. Also to Endangered for Aizawa's coffee preference as well as the others who gave their thoughts. I also want to thank the commenter who used the term 'purple panda' for describing Hitoshi. Sadly, I can't remember who exactly 'cause I was a dumb-dumb and didn't note it but I liked it!

Also! I am still deciding final designs for Izuku's and Hitoshi's hero suits. Any ideas on design, feature, or colors are most welcome!

Fun Facts About Japan:

At the beginning of the year, homeroom classes are given time to bond. Now I don't know all that they do during that time but they do various projects as a class. Each class chooses class leaders and then a class theme. It could be something like spring or space or Disney or whatever. Then they will make a banner for the back of the class working together and each student makes a little profile picture of sorts. Like if it were Disney they would make paper cut outs of the castle or characters or special food you can eat in the parks. Or they could be funny like the one class who chose to be the Gorilla class and had a gorilla doing a King Kong pose around a volcano with the student profiles decorated as airplanes flying around him. They would also do getting-to-know you activities and post them in the classroom. All in hopes of forming a solid bond and familiarity between the students and the homeroom teacher.

The students think the word gorilla is funny because it's one of the many words they like to use to describe what their friends look like. Gorilla, monkey, mushroom, etc. One kid had the nickname onion because apparently his head reminded them of an onion for some reason. XD There was a kid that my friend taught who was describing his friend for a first year English project about introducing people. He wrote, "This is my friend. His face is potato." So silly. And it's all in good fun. All the ones I witnessed were good natured and friendly teasing amongst the students as far as I could tell. Such as one kid saying another looks like a monkey who would either agree with a laugh or insist they were a gorilla instead. Or a girl with a bob haircut would compare herself to a mushroom with cheerful enthusiasm. A silly lil' quirk of the students I worked with. ^____^

That's all for now! Next update brings the choosing of hero names! Hero Informatics will be in session. ;) Until then, report those typos or weirdness and have a great week!

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Grimoire of Zero 2 - 3 | SukaSuka 2 | Royal Tutor 3 - 4 | Kado 3 | Tsukigakirei 3 | Boku no Hero Academia 17

Advance warning for Royal Tutor 4′s commentary: I made a lot of bad jokes about sausages.  (Yeah...sometimes I can be too immature for my own good...)

Grimoire of Zero 2

So…dudes are called witches, too? Never seen that before, but who’s “He” exactly? Thirteen?

“I was a mercenary like you once. Then I took an arrow to the knee.” – Intentional meme insertion sub, or actual translation? Or it was in the original, and they’re playing it straight without knowing that’s a meme at all?  

The thing about fantasy shows is…couldn’t they at least have learnt how to make electricity in quite a few of these fantasy shows, if they have magic and whatnot?

Now all that’s left is to see whether SukaSuka can top this, because Grimoire of Zero has certainly made a good case in order to stay on my watchlist.

Grimoire of Zero 3

“I hate getting sweaty,” says the girl only wearing a dress and a cape/jacket thing. (clearly sarcastic)

Did this get pseudo-ecchi? That one statement makes even less sense than the massage/kiss scene in SukaSuka ep 2! Unfortunately for me though, I laughed at how sudden it was…

Seriously, is Albus a girl or a dude?!

This Formicum reminds me of Magical Otoge Ciel. (By the way, if you like slow meandering fantasies with a dash of romance, then you should try that game.)

Albus is a dude…welp, there’s my answer.

Well, I never. The show pulled a Heine on me.

“Throw that old thing away.”

I raise my eyebrow at exactly what that trader was up to with that jacket…

I think “brother” is in a non-blood sense. Like a “brothers in arms” sort of thing.

Technically, a wolf is from the dog family…

Well, even if this has a slow leisurely plot pace, it’s funny and that’s fine with me.

SukaSuka 2

So they’re all girls? Geesh, this setup looks kinda fishy (but I’ve wandered around enough recs that say this is not a lolicon setup, haha).

I went to some spoilers on this episode, thinking that it wouldn’t harm me too much since I was going to have to watch this episode anyway…well, I learnt about Ithea there.

Pudding? Or crème brulee? Not sure what it is exactly, but I’m rather partial to both myself, haha.

The thing about children, even weapons like these, is that the way to their heart is through food. Like most types of people.

Sometimes I forget this is a light novel (and I think it’s either an eroge or a romance game for dudes), but then I see the title…haha.

Which of these girls is Ren again? Redhead cat girl = Ithea, so I take it Ren is the purple one?

SukaSuka finally shows its true colours. It’s a shame it’s the top contender for putting on hold…

There was a Japanese part of the title, but to translate it along with the English would make the episode title seem like a light novel too. Either that, or the subbers were too lazy…haha. I know your feels, guys. Translating’s a hard job.

Even CGI keys are enough to start making me gripe, y’know.

Wait, so the swords have multiple names? Wasn’t one of them called Percival or something?

Willem isn’t much of a character, but Ithea is. I’m really taking a shine to her personality (in this case, personality < charisma, so do be mindful of that).

Is Kutori meant to be a tsundere? She’s shown shades of it before, but she’s not a severe one. The thing with tsunderes is striking the right balance between “obnoxious” and “endearing”.

If Kutori says “go out with me again”, then I’m slamming this thing on to the drop pile because it’s no better than Masamune-kun’s Revenge initially was.

…That’s close enough to count. I know every girl dreams of having a perfect first kiss, but really…even leprechauns do that? After all the fuss about “expendable lives” they just made?

There was a quote I made up once, and it’s the reason Angel’s Soliloquy exists. “Before I go, I want to make a mark on the world.” It mirrors Kutori’s scene perfectly…

Eeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhh, pseudo-ecchi is not quite what I’m in the market for. However, this venenum move is an interesting bait and switch.

Oh right, sometimes I forget “brave” = “hero”, even though it makes sense to think so. Then again, Rokka no Yuusha should’ve gotten me into that headspace. It really hasn’t, has it?

The pseudo-ecchi is what makes this show underperform for me. Even though the show has perfectly logical reasons why it needs to do such things and it has immense potential right now, I think it’s better if I let my feelings about the pseudo-ecchi simmer for a bit.

Heine 3

Ah, the glorious war of sibling rivalry…

These are familiar feelings I’m dwelling in here. As to why…well, what siblings I have, if any, will stay a secret between me, myself and I, okay?

I think that dramatic wind was meant to be…well, dramatic. Unfortunately, it didn’t quite work when there was no wind in the room. I’ll forgive it since it’s highly entertaining otherwise…

Sworn to secrecy? Is that a royal tutor thing, or a teacher thing?

“…running will not change things.” – I am painfully aware of that, as the writer of One Wish They Never Wanted.

How do you even spell “numbskull”? Was that a typo in the subs?

Well, it does seem like Leonhard is falling into a common pattern of “I hate the tutor!”, but at least he’s softening up now. (Update: I mentioned on the Boueibu chat that if he’s not “I hate the tutor!”, he’s all “Sachertorte!”.)

Heine 4

Awwwwwwwww no. They went and did it. They named a town Weiner. They’re going to go to the capital, Weiner!!!!!!! *Insert obligatory “Please excuse the interruption” sign here while the blogger laughs their butt off*

…okay, now that I’ve recovered from my laughter, back to the regular program. Don’t go gratuitously naming things in foreign languages if you don’t want to incur laughter (I once named a town “Mawashi” in one of my stories, only to find out a mawashi is a sumo loincloth…) Plus, I randomly skipped to a shot in the OP where the princes look smug as all get out. It’s kinda scary, actually, seeing them smug.

If Princess and the Pauper taught me anything, it’s that royals need to know what the commoners’ lives are like so they can give the people what they need.

Heine is much more stick than carrot when it comes to Leo, if you get my drift.

Nice hat, Leo. (semi-sarcastic) But mmhm *nods*, I like myself a dude in a suit. That’s probably part of the reason I like Kashuu (Touken Ranbu), eh?

The Ring…? *thinks of stringyhaired ghosts* Nah…

Such Genos, such wow, Bruno…

Weiners strike again…actual ones this time. *snickers*

Kasekrainer - apparently it’s a weiner *snickers* with cheese.

“It’s so…vulgar.” Says the one holding a weiner. *snickers*

Oh. I don’t think any show I’ve seen before has pointed out the Kabuki rule (aside from Boueibu, which coined the term). Plus, Licht is pulling an Akoya (see ch 8 of the Seifukubu manga). I always thought he was more Ryuu than Akoya, but now that I think of it, he’s fairly equal parts of both.

The lesson is that it’s the people you were meant to pay attention to, right?

…I was right on the mark! (Fortunately for this show, it’s been enlisted into the taglist for this season and it’s strong enough that I can disregard this one niggle I have with the show. Predictability has killed a show before, y’know – see my take on Divine Gate.)

Get out, Licht! Out of the carriage! (I get at what you’re hinting at, but I take it to be objectifying women.)

Is it Heine’s birthday soon or something?

Exaggerating Heine’s size seems to work in the show’s favour somewhat by giving it something viewers can remember it by. Also, it means they can make tiny Heine plushes for fangirls.

The sweep of the room and CGI’s kind of obvious, but it works well in this case.

Well, it seems I was somewhat on the money for this guess too. Really, predictability’s not much of a niggle for this show, actually – the predictable and non-predictable parts put together actually are the source of its strength, since the viewer goes in, knowing the brothers are intended to be stereotypes. The predictable parts give it a “path that’s been well-trodden” feel, if you get my drift, but it’s executed well and that’s all that matters.

How did Kai manage to keep a bird without suffocating it?

The show’s hit its stride right now, but you can still tell there’s something brewing under the surface – either political intrigue, Heine exploring his past or even both – so I’m willing to keep this show on until it shows its full potential. If that means keeping it on for its entire run of 12 episodes, I’m fine with that.

Kado 3

Gonno (the reporter): unintentional point of hilarity in this show. Does Gonno or his crew even deserve CGI? I guess we’ll find out.

Another point of unintentional hilarity (for me) is when Shindo explains human concepts to Shunina, but at least those make sense plotwise.

Anisotropy. (…by the way, I admit most physics concepts are beyond me - hence the Wikipedia pages.) Those kanji are apparently pronounced ihou, by the way.

The snarls of translation, showing up in a show like this…y’know what? I keep loving this show more and more.

I bet Saraka’s a tsundere…

“The plan is that all passengers will be released in a month.”

Oh, Shunina. Now you’ve gone and done it…You know the implications of introducing something stronger than nuclear tech to the human world? Absolute warfare.

Ooh, man. The stakes just got raised…!

Tsukigakirei 3

I LOLled so hard at Kadoyama, since I think Kadokawa does stuff like that writing contest…

Kagura? Not the one from Gintama, is it?...Nope, it ain’t. Not this time.

Shiatsu? Wuh?...Okay then.

I was just thinking how it’s odd I chose Tsukigakirei over something like SukaSuka, since I used to reject everything that had romance as a major genre in it. I almost got caught up in a romance myself after I started changing my mind on that front, so maybe that’s why I’m now a fan of otome games now…Then again, if there’s one thing I have horrible tolerance for, it’s ecchi and pseudo-ecchi is almost as bad as the real deal.

Notice Akane is in red, while her name means “madder”, which is a type of red.

This N.book runs Windows…? I think so, at least.

Akane has a koi cover. It’s interesting, because most shows I cover don’t involve phones with covers.

There appears to be something on Azuchi Castle behind Kotaro.

There seems to be one shot of the track where the people all look CGI…

I don’t know about athletics much, but why do people need to record the tailwind? Unless it adversely affects the runners, I don’t see why they have to do that.

It was obvious the staff skimped on the budget with that one still shrine scene.

Panaconic, LOL.

I’ve never seen anyone drum on tyres before. Must be taiko practice.

Did I just see a blue Jibanyan in the Macca’s? Well, well. Wonders never cease…

“I’m starving.”

Ike shoes, LOL.

As soon as I saw the glasses guy (the one that teaches Kotaro drumming) look upon the duo (Kotaro and Akane’s) meeting, I was like, “I bet he ships them.” Then again, not everyone’s a shipper, eh?

People online have stated it’s Souseki, not Dazai. Just a tip.

I just wonder…why is it the dude who asks first, all the time? (That’s just a gripe I have, speaking from experience.)

Boku no Hero Academia 17

It’s fine to have a recap once or twice, but this is the third or fourth time…shonen really does have a problem with this stuff, and it’s sadly pretty much built into the genre…

I actually don’t know how to read that kanji (strategy), LOL.

Oh yeah, you’re not meant to smoke on all types of school grounds.

I thought it was Uraraka and Iida right from the start of team-making time. he knows those guys’ Quirks best, so it’s easy for him to make strategies with them.

Huh? Not Iida? What a twist!

Tokoyami, eh? Just what I wanted. (i.e. I said I wanted to see more Tokoyami in the past – not sure if I said it to the Boueibu Skype chat or here – but here he comes!)

Interesting set of moves they’ve made in this episode. It just goes to show you why I keep this at the top of the list – it’s kinda laggy while it gets itself set up, but once it starts rolling, it never stops! Yah! Yah! Fight, Midoriya! Fight, everyone in the cavalry battle!