#I’m still on season one but I’m dyingggg to know is this show gonna have a satisfying ending or is it gonna piss me off

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MY HERO ACADEMIA SEASON 4 EPISODE 2!

Ok, I’m super hyped for this season now. Crazyyyy shit went down and I have thoughts about it that some people might not like... or maybe they might understand why I feel that way? But anyways, let’s get into it...

- I’m liking the theme song more and more after every listen. It might eventually make my top three. Sorry, ‘The Day’.

Swag. Overhaul. What a first entrance. It’s probably my favourite introduction to a villain so far besides that first full reveal of All for One. He’s just straight up pimpin’. There’s no other description. Especially with that coat.

‘I DID NOT COME TO PLAY WITH YOU, HOES’

Also, the character music they gave him was dope! Up there with All for One’s theme. The shading and colour tint - and even the line art sometimes - in his scenes were all just beautiful.

...Right. This is the moment I mostly wanted to talk about. I really loved getting this little snippet of a backstory from Magne. It honestly just made me want to find out more about her ideals and why she decided to join the League of Villains. We’re told that she basically found the League as somewhere she can comfortably belong... which I’m reading as she feels most comfortable being able to express herself as a transgender woman with the League rather than her being transgender in society. 

Which makes me raise questions as to how the transgender community is looked at in the MHA universe. We know so far of one other transgender character, Tiger, and he didn’t choose a life of villainy (instead going in the complete opposite direction) and for the most part seems accepted by others, just feared cos of how tough he is lol. I just wanna know what other motivation Magne had for becoming a villain besides her new found family.

Anyways...

...too bad we’re not gonna get that answer. 

Anime is interesting. If this was a Marvel film or any other type of western media, directors and writers would be getting dragged for killing one of two transgender characters, just seconds after we get a backstory for her. And while I don’t think we should be dragging Horikoshi’s name through the mud, I do think it’s something we should at least acknowledge. Anime has never been politically correct and over the years and I find myself excusing a lot of stuff that goes on cos I don’t feel educated or experienced or even belonging enough to Japanese culture to really critique it. Plus, I’ve gotten lax about it cos overtime I’ve just shrugged it off as ‘anime be anime’.

It just felt unfortunate that we finally get this interesting backstory for this character and suddenly they’re offed. I get someone had to die to show Overhaul meant business but... it just felt... weird. Maybe that was the whole point? ...hm.

The amount of blood. Brutal. 

- I will say I’m not totally sold on Overhaul’s English VA. I think his germ freakout moment needed to be a bit more vocally dramatic to contrast his almost monotone and low and weirdly calm voice. Especially in the one scene where Overhaul is literally breaking out in hives.

I would laugh at this if it weren’t so incredibly dark. God, I can’t wait to see more of Overhaul this season! He definitely seems like a contender and he doesn’t need over 100 quirks to prove it!

I appreciate this weird, murderous, found family! It’d be sweet if they weren’t all so twisted.

Why isn’t Bakugo allowed to do a work study? Is it cos he was kidnapped or is it cos he still needs to get his provisional licence? I’m guessing the latter. (I just wanted to acknowledge best boy cos I know he’s barely getting any screen time this half of the season).

I love this small moment. I love how human he seems now that he’s locked in Small Might form. Oh, All Might... (when he dies, it’s gonna be a sad few months for me)

BIG THREE. AND BEST BOIIIII

...Dis boi. <3

- Also, I love the English VA for Mirio! His ‘AWWWW YEAHHH’, is one of my top moments this episode

- Mirio being All Might’s secret son and asking Izuku why he wants to be a hero. What a good boy! :’)

I LOVE ME SOME DOMESTIC CLASS 1A! Having them move into dorms was the best autocorrect decision, I dunno why Horikoshi didn’t just make UA a boarding school in the first place. Especially as I find the reasoning for making them move into dorms a bit nonsensical but anyways.

The start of a beautiful and reluctant friendship. :)

... ‘anime be anime’

- Also, is it just me or is she basically just a blue version of Cheelai from DBZ: Broly?

Lol wtf?! There’s something fucked up about this, but without it going completely 18+ and I can’t put my finger on it exactly. ...‘Anime be anime’? 😂

I’m dyingggg. I hate how much I love this show haha

Overall, this was a dope episode. The first half was definitely better than the second half but it still was awesome and I just can’t wait till we get into the nitty gritty of this Overhaul arc. Shit’s about to go down!

[clericbyers]

Dude I actually really liked your take on the whole Mike and Will fight bc it’s believable and it physically hurt me too thanks satan. Also u know those posts where it’s like “man Will should’ve teamed up with scoop troop?” Idk their name. Well maybe that happens bc Mike’s hurt and he’s like “yknow what let’s go see dustin” bc they haven’t been hanging out a lot and maybe that’s what he’s needs right now, an actual friend who’ll maybe look at him. So he goes to the mall, finds Dustin, 1/2

(2) and then this girl comes up and says she cracked a code??? And then he’s breaking into a Russian base with Dustin lmao. OR OR maybe we can give him to Nancy-another idea I saw- and Jonathan bc she sees how down he is and is like “hey u wanna join” for fun-I’m sorry if stuffs wrong btw I haven’t seen ST3-And he goes with them on their job, actually having a little fun, and then the monster from the hospital shows up and all the weird feelings click into place, and he knows that’s its not over

firstly, thanks haha that rr!st3 concept still feels a little unsettled and weird to me looking back on it but hey at least someone likes it!! haha and secondly, i WHEEZED when you said you havent seen st3 i am dyingggg omg and yeah, Will should have teamed with Scoops Troop like hands down that would have been a lot better than him being a third wheel to the Griswold family lol plus having only Dustin split from the Party for most the season was bleh I think having half the Party split would have been better. Anyway, I could see him going to find Dustin after the argument (he wouldn’t have gone to Castle Byers until what Will did in ST3) and joining up with Scoops Troop after Robin cracks the code haha Mike, Dustin, Steve, Robin, and Erica would be a great team up! Since Mike has the connection with the Mind Flayer, he would probably feel the Mind Flayer’s presence while working with Steve, Robin, and Dustin, and they might try to connect the dots to the Russians and the Mind Flayer a little sooner.

Mike working with Nancy and Jonathan would actually be pretty solid! I haven’t seen that idea but I do like it now that I’m exposed to it. Nancy is definitely attuned to how her brother is feeling more these days so bringing him with her to help with the story, especially when Jonathan was being a bit reluctant at first totally works. Mike would also be able to feel the Mind Flayer’s presence a hell of a lot more when dealing with the rats / the old lady at the hospital. I think it was weird how in ST3 Will was like literally in the same building as one of the Mind Flayer’s possessions and the Mind Flayer was still like, ahaha, no I’m not gonna go after him. like??? what...anyway, Mike working with Nancy and Jonathan, maybe being the one to save Nancy in the hospital when she gets attacked by the Mind Flayer’s meat person monster? Anyway, yeah those are solid ideas for what to do next so thank you for sharing them!!