#chapter 319 spoilers

[umeji-writes]

One of the main reasons why I love Mairimashita! Iruma-kun is that Nishi really gets mental health right Chapter 319 is a marvellous example of that - and of masterful storytelling through drawings

You can see the exact moment when Kalego's depressive episode evil cycle ends, when he slicks his hair back.

I mean, the bangs suited Kalego, but that feeling of "oh, okay, I'm myself again now" is one of the best things ever - so good for him ♡ Also, the posture! From here:

To here:

His back is again arched and straight, with that spiteful but oh-so-lovely look

And of course, Balam understands this perfectly - their relationship is another gem from this manga and I would see them so well together!!!

[pttucker]

–You came. –You came at the right timing? Messages came from the Midday Tryst at the same time. There was temporary confusion and Yoo Joonghyuk and Han Sooyoung glanced at each other. "…What?" "I should say that. You have Midday Tryst as well?" I couldn't help smiling at the two snarling people.

Snarling?

Snarling??

Are you two jealous that Dokja has been privately messaging the both of you? If not, why are you both upset? Hmmmmm?

Oh man, but Joonghyuk and Sooyoung teaming up (with Dokja) to mess with Anna Croft is the best thing ever. I love Sooyoung diverting Joonghyuk's murderous rage to something that's both far more playful and far more humiliating. I am totally here for these two (or three) to hang out more and gently terrorize more of Joonghyuk's mortal enemies.

[fungusbollocks]

reading chapter 319 of m!ik

and theres some actual plot related stuff beware spoilers

KALEGO HAIR DOWN?? WOOOOOOO

mans is on his period 🥺🥺 gotta love balam sensei for looking out for bro

OOOWOUOYOGHHHGGHJ THTAS PRECIOUSSS AWUAUGHH

HE

HE KNOWS

or at least suspects but WEUGHEG AAUAGHH how will this affect the plot i wonder 👀👀

and then they move on 😔😔

YEAH KALEGO COME ON LOVE YOUR STUDENTS SHOW YOUR LOVE

seeing operas name got me like >:DDDDD i love opera <33 i also love balam fussing there thats so hgrhghrgh (positively gripping the desk and grubting like a cave man)

good ol opera ending the chapter and now im doomed to waiting for the next chapter

[pikahlua]

Winner Stage-Left, or: Did you know any MHA character’s position in the frame is a spoiler?

(Subtitle: Who’s gonna stop me from converting other old Discord conversations into meta? You? YOU? Doubtful.)

Honestly it’s just embarrassing that I haven’t made this post yet.

I’ve talked before about horizontal and vertical design on the faces of MHA characters, but there’s another visual trick that’s ever-so-present in MHA--nay, in all of shounen manga and anime--that deserves at least a cursory discussion. Ever since I was a wee tyke, I noticed an odd tendency in anime to always place the winner of a fight (or...children’s card game) on the right of the screen. I never thought anything of it for a long time, but a few years ago a friend mentioned something about it to me in passing. This friend was very unfamiliar with anime but had somehow heard something about this phenomenon and its potential origins. Naturally, I had to look into it.

The research I did wasn’t as conclusive as I would have liked, but I did discover something about the topic. What I discovered was that in traditional forms of Japanese theater such as kabuki and noh, stage-left is considered a superior position to stage-right. Someone of a superior ranking to the other would stand stage-left. Sometimes this “superiority” would be as simple as social ranking or whatever.

But then you have various anime with confrontation via martial arts or sports or fights where "stage-left" can take on a different meaning.

As we explore this concept as presented in MHA, I would like to start with this back cover of tankoban #33.

For clarity’s sake, note that Izuku is looking towards the right of the page while Katsuki is looking to the left side. Stage-left is determined by looking to the left of an actor when they stand on stage and face the audience (in other words, from the audience’s perspective, stage-left is to the right). Izuku and Katsuki in the above page are facing each other, and so on-screen Izuku would be standing stage-right and Katsuki would be standing stage-left.

But what does it all mean?

(It means Katsuki is the hero in this moment.)

I wrote above that in anime confrontations "stage-left" can take on a new meaning. Specifically, the concept of what "superior ranking" is can be played with. We end up with the story’s hero often being stage-left. Or sometimes this positioning is broadcasting who will be the winner of the match. Go watch an older anime like Dragonball Z or Yugioh and take note of each match-up: who is standing on the left and who is on the right? Then guess who wins the match. The statistics are pretty clear on this: stage-left is most often (if not always) the winner.

But in many of these older anime, the positioning of the characters remains the same for the entire match. That’s not the case with MHA; Horikoshi loves to change up who is standing where throughout a match (or dialogue, if you will), so it’s important to pay attention to what’s happening when positions get swapped around.

With regards to the above image and the events of Deku vs Class 1-A, consider who is positioned where and when. Just think about these images:

Here in chapter 319, Izuku is stage-left. The depiction is supposed to prime us to believe he is stronger than Class 1-A, which technically he is--in a contest of each individual’s strength.

But then if you read chapter 320, you'll find that once the action starts, Class 1-A is almost always standing stage-left of Izuku, specifically when they're trying to talk him down.

The whole ice ramp chase sequence in chapter 321 shows Izuku fleeing towards stage-right while the others are stage-left and chase after him.

And then you have this moment, where Iida passes Izuku just to get more stage-right of him. This is an interesting way to play with the “winner” side of the stage. In order to save Izuku, Iida is elevating him from the self-destructive “Symbol of Peace" back into Izuku Midoriya their classmate. Izuku, their friend and one piece of class 1-A, is meant to be the “hero” they wish to save, not the loner Deku whom Izuku tried to become.

And then we get to think about what this staging means in the apology.

Katsuki stands stage-left, which we’d expect him to do as the forecast "winner." But this is such an interesting take on staging because Katsuki is essentially debasing himself by bowing to Izuku with his apology--but it’s in order to win, in order to get Izuku back, in order to achieve his goal of saving Izuku. It's almost paradoxical, but it's basically broadcasting to us the reading audience whom we should be cheering for: Katsuki.

This isn’t the first time MHA has played with positioning like this. The sports festival is one of my favorite examples. If you look at how the anime depicts the match-ups and who wins each match, the matches can be listed in stage-right vs stage-left format (bold names are the winners):

Midoriya vs Shinsou Todoroki vs Sero Kaminari vs Ibara Iida vs Hatsume Ashido vs Aoyama Yaoyorozu vs Tokoyami Kirishima vs Tetsutetsu (draw) Uraraka vs Bakugou

Tetsutetsu vs Kirishima (arm-wrestle tiebreaker)

Midoriya vs Todoroki Ibara vs Iida Ashido vs Tokoyami Kirishima vs Bakugou

Iida vs Todoroki Tokoyami vs Bakugou

Bakugou vs Todoroki

And if we take a closer look at the anomalous stage-right winners:

Midoriya vs Shinsou ends with Midoriya's victory, but Shinsou is portrayed as the hero we should sympathize with in the end. Thus, he wins the attention of Aizawa and the audience enough to give him a shot at the hero course, which fulfills his original goal in competing.

Todoroki vs Sero ends with Todoroki's victory, but the end is perceived by Midoriya as "sad," and the audience ends up cheering for Sero when it's all over. Todoroki is still a captive of his hatred for his father, and in that sense he is the loser.

Iida vs Hatsume ends with Iida's win on a technicality. Hatsume clearly has control over the entire match and only loses because she wants to, and even then only after she presents all the gadgets she wanted to, which achieves her goal in competing.

Ashido vs Aoyama can be considered an outlier with Ashido's win until we remember Aoyama as the unwitting traitor may have actually wanted to lose? Either that or this fight is meant as a joke to subvert our expectations because of Mineta's call to see Ashido's underwear at the start. Either way, even if Ashido starts on stage-right, she actually swings her way over to stage-left for her surprise victory at the end.

And then we have Bakugou vs Todoroki, which actually becomes Todoroki vs Bakugou as soon as the story makes it clear to us that Torodoki is wavering on whether or not he'll use his fire. Bakugou switches over to stage-left before the end, and the final non-clash keeps him there, even if that's not how he wants things to play out (he certainly would have a hard time considering himself the “winner.”)

Another one worth rewatching while keeping this positioning phenomenon in mind is absolutely “Deku vs Kacchan, Part 2.” Holy shit, they swap places so damn often, and it's always about what they're saying or doing in the moment.

What’s wild is how in the manga, this sequence is played with Katsuki stage-right...

...but in the anime he’s played as stage-left.

And just think about how that affects the portrayal. In the manga version, is Katsuki being portrayed as a victim who needs saving by hero (stage-left) Izuku? Is Katsuki’s despair the trial for the hero to overcome? In the anime version, is Katsuki’s anxiety meant to be relatable and sympathetic for the audience? Is Izuku’s ignorance of Katsuki’s true feelings the obstacle for hero (stage-left) Katsuki to overcome?

Stage-left is even played with when the boys are airing their grievances! Whoever is speaking gets to occupy the hero spot:

And of course there’s my favorite example from this face-off: the ending where stage-right Katsuki, refusing to lose, grabs Izuku's sleeve and forcefully switches them around to pin Izuku from stage-left.

We have a winner!

These examples, of course, are not the entire list. Read the chapters or watch the episode and count how many times they swap places. It puts that whole sequence in the anime where the camera swoops around the boys as they clash in the sky into a whole new perspective (like the story-boarders just gave up on all the position swaps and pulled out the 3-D graphics in protest.)

So give it a shot next time you read/watch MHA and see if you notice these positions. I obviously pay the most attention to the ones with Izuku and Katsuki (their stage positions get played around with a lot). Consider the first anime opening when they're drawn in one positioning as kids but swap when they hit middle school. And the creek flashback scene? Izuku offers his hand to Katsuki from stage-left. And in the PLW arc? Izuku vs Tomura in the sky? Izuku starts out stage-left, but they swap when Izuku goes feral and Katsuki starts panicking. Katsuki saves Izuku by traveling from stage-left. In the final panel of chapter 285, we see Katsuki still positioned stage-left as he’s stabbed, which highlights his heroism.

Oh, and here’s the new part I’m adding that wasn’t in the Discord conversation that spawned this meta: Katsuki vs TomurAFO. I just find it so telling wherever Katsuki is positioned.

Chapter 359: Katsuki is portrayed as stage-left.

Chapter 360: Katsuki is forced stage-right by TomurAFO...

...but the heroes pluck Katsuki back into stage-left...

...where he stays.

Chapter 362: Katsuki attacks from stage-left and continues to circle around TomurAFO to stage-left.

Katsuki is depicted as stage-left as he meets All Might’s vestige...

...but as soon as he expresses his desire for an autograph, he unexpectedly moves to stage-right...

...and takes a fatal blow.

Talk about a visual plot twist!

(I also happen to think Tomura’s positioning throughout this arc is very curious, and I will continue to pay attention to it.)

Have fun with the new lens!

[feyn231]

SPOILER CHAPTER 319 UNORDINARY

[One last hug]

It's been so long since I've drawn for unordinary lol

[poopy27627282]

ELECEED CHAPTER 319

spoilers ahead

WHITE LOOKING HAIR KAYDEN?????? HOKY SHIT

damnn

m cutie kartein😁♥️

HOLYSHIT BRO I OHMYGOD HES SO BRSUTIFUL PRETTY DDUR HIS EYELASHES?????FUCKKKK IM NOT SLEEPING 2NIGJT

chapter is really good imo

except for a bias thing

i hope guestella came to the rescuer not for kayden, but for jiwoo like jiwoo is js the goat if u understand me

i think gur stella is really pretty genuinely i posted her a lot but the thing with it is that she might be a “love interest” for kayden like, it would’ve been fine but like it seems rushed i hope it’s slowly turns into a mutually benefiting platonic feeling later but that’s js what i think

NAYWAY the chaoter itself was rlly cool mainly bc we gotta see more of kartein’s power, the fact that he cns have 6 WINGS at the same time really gives me some theories

gn guys i dont thibk i’ll sleep well but its wtv

[nat1vibes]

Kalegooooooooo!

(Spoilers for Iruma-kun chapter 319)

Yooo sad we didn't get to see Kalegos transformation. but we got some cool things non the less

Mf made this shit fit his vibe. I hope all other teachers have something premade/standard and he is the only one being so Dramatic about this.

Bro is a cat after zoomies

Balam and Kalego are best bros, i love it. Opera wants to go for a beach episode.

Also Kalego took iruma being human like a champ. Though i wanted them to touch upon it a bit more. But Kalego is smart so it was not needed. Rl wanna see him Talk to Sulivan about it though. Also with all the fucking magic in this manga. Why not just turn the damned boy into a demon. Like come on.

[cookiesandbiscuits]

CHAPTER 319 SPOILERS!!!

This slapped me. This slapped me HARD. I can't articulate my feelings towards this development with words alone.

Edit: I have put my thoughts about this chapter on a reblog.

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Chapters: 2/5 (8k/21k) Fandom: Free Guy (2021) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Antwan/Walter "Keys" McKey Characters: Walter "Keys" McKey, Antwan (Free Guy), Mouser (Free Guy), Millie Rusk Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Keys POV, Workplace Relationship, Power Imbalance, Dubious Consent, Non-Consensual Drug Use, Love Potion/Spell, Magic, Soul Bond, Non-Consensual Soul Bonding, Ambiguously Happy Ending, Anal Sex, Switching, Antwan is still an asshole, Moral Ambiguity Summary:

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How do you think stoncy + robin poly dynamic would look like? ♥

Oh, what a good question!

I could see it starting a lot of different ways, but let's start off with stoncy established. Steve becomes platonic soulmates with Robin, so she starts hanging out with him, Nancy, and Jonathan all the time.

Jonathan and Robin would become close friends. I feel like Jonathan could be the person Robin would hang out with when she wants her brain to just slow down and mellow out for a little while. They would bond over movies, in particular. Both of them are prone to anxiety and catastrophizing, but Jonathan is good at heading it off in other people (his mom, Will), so I think he'd be a stabilizing force for Robin. Robin, on the other hand, would be good at joking in a kind way and using hyperbole to help Jonathan realize that he's blowing things out of proportion.

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Steve would've figured out pretty early on that Robin has a crush on Nancy, but Jonathan would have been the one to notice Nancy's crush on Robin. They would tell each other about their respective observations, and then do whatever shenanigans they could to get Nancy and Robin out on a date together.

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[rokiyuu]

14 Days of MHA - Day 13 (August 4th)

Change

Change understood as

Some behavior or action different from what said character would normally do

An action that enabled a different outcome

Warning: some images may contain spoilers.

Chapter 44

Relaxing Day Off

Chapter 69

Interview with Midoriya

Chapter 85

Nothing but Fools

Chapter 108

RUSH!

Chapter 120

The Three

Chapter 156

The Power of Those Saved

Chapter 244

Recommended Reading

Chapter 247

Status Report!

Chapter 278

Disaster Walker

Chapter 285

Katsuki Bakugo Rising

Chapter 319

Friend

Chapter 325

The Bonds of One For All

Chapter 340

The Story of How We All Became Heroes, Part 3

Chapter 379

Hopes

Chapter 384

It's a Small World

Chapter 401

The Lunatic

Chapter 406

Get a Grip on Your Quirk!!

Chapter 412

History's Maddest Hero

[co-as-t]

how did we go from this

to this

[a-hobit]

The Last One Standing

[aira-s]

How the turn tables.

[vulpixtodoroki]

Love the Ojiro crumbs in the most recent chapters

[pikahlua]

[MASTERPOST] My Hero Academia Spoilers/Manga Translations Part 2

Continued from Part 1 here.

Ch. 369

Ch. 368

Ch. 367

Ch. 366

Ch. 365

Ch. 364

Ch. 363

Ch. 362

Ch. 361

Ch. 360

Ch. 359

Ch. 358

Ch. 357

Ch. 356

Ch. 355

Ch. 354

Ch. 353

Ch. 352 (full chapter)

Ch. 352

Ch. 351

Ch. 350

Ch. 349

Ch. 348 (clarification on Izuku’s response to Toga)

Ch. 348 (first three pages complete)

Ch. 348

Ch. 347

Ch. 346

Ch. 345

Ch. 344

Ch. 343 (full chapter)

Ch. 343

Ch. 342

Ch. 341 (first six pages)

Ch. 340

Ch. 338

Ch. 337

Ch. 336 Part 1

Ch. 336 Part 2

Ch. 336: The MHA 336 leak(???) translated

Ch. 335

Ch. 334

Ch. 333

Ch. 332

Ch. 330

Ch. 329

Ch. 327 (but only the first three pages)

Ch. 326

Ch. 325

Ch. 324

Ch. 322: What Katsuki needs to say

Ch. 322

Ch. 321

Ch. 320

Ch. 319

Ch. 318 Part 1

Ch. 318 Part 2

Ch. 318 Part 3

Ch. 310 Translation Notes

Ch. 302 Translation Notes

Ch. 290-291 Dabi’s broadcast translation

Ch. 284 Translation Notes

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