We see that he is very much an anti hero, a lone wolf type and is immature, He has a lot of growing to do. We know this will be a process. :) We just dont like him bullying Deku.
At the beginning, you guys talked about how all might should have told Deku about all for one before giving him his power but you have to remember up until a few episodes ago. All might truly believed he defeated all for one, and that he was no longer alive. irregardless he would still have to fight regular villains on the daily, so there still was that threat of danger but Deku accepted it anyways.
Welcome to one of my long standing favorite arcs of this show. As I’m sure you’ve realized, I got my thinking hat on already for this one. Real fast before getting started, I should say that while I love All-Might and he’s either my 3rd or 4th favorite character, he is an AWFUL teacher. I don’t think he ever got his teaching license like you can see much more clearly in the other teachers. And he carries on like his hero job. Giving advice that LOOKS good on paper, but if the kids take it seriously, it could be genuinely damaging to the kids. And it’s not like he’s the #1 hero and his words on the subject are taken like law to the kids…I presume. Maybe. And in fairness to All-Might, he didn’t realize AFO was back until he found out exactly what Nomu are. But not saying ANYTHING was not smart. He tends to value his secrets a lot. And one of those is how he knows a 200 year old erased part of history. If you ask yourself the right questions, it can actually make you quite uneasy. Even if he is VERY quickly becoming Deku’s new dad. Which he is EXCEPTIONAL at. But onto the episode. So this episode might just be one of the smartest in the entire show. And it goes to show how meticulously planned these tests are. The sports fest weeded out their weaknesses and their internships had them address their weaknesses and learn to make them better rounded. Their finals? Directly in line with what they’ve learned and progressed. And they tell us their midterm scores because that plays just as much a part. There is no carrying in these tests. As you can imagine each test is DELIBERATELY designed. They give you the CHOICE of capturing or running, but the truth is the teacher is deliberately trying to force one. And if you choose the wrong one of the two, the hero will go all out making it MUCH harder to win. And to these kids, nigh impossible. Heroes have had decades to iron out their weaknesses and are just MEANT to seem indestructible because they are 1 person keeping entire areas safe from criminals, violence, disasters, and just unrest. There is nothing for the kids to exploit as 1st years. Unless the teachers make a VERY specific path to win by forcing the kids to address their weaknesses they have been learning to overcome in internships. Some kids are specifically targeted. And you very clearly didn’t figure out the majority of them already. You get a target on your back for misbehavior, or just not trying hard enough. But you can get the idea of what each test is going for in the scenes prior to the teacher fight reveal. And 2 tests of the 10, are quite DELIBERATELY planned to be impossible. I won’t say which ones, but there is no design to the test for the impossible ones. And before I start getting into test designs, I need to draw attention to this scene. Kirishima: Maybe I should study with Momo. Right? Bakugo: You think I’m not good enough? Maybe I’ll beat the information into your skull. Kirishima: I’m counting on it. Bakugo: Fulfills his promise hitting Kirishima with a magazine over and over and screaming at him while they study. Kirishima: I have regrets on that decision. Ok so I’ll be going over each test design the teacher is going through like this: Cementoss vs Kirishima (15) and Sato (12) Target: Neither Intended Victory: Capture So Kirishima learned from Fourth-Kind and was actively learning how to expand his mindset and picking and choosing when the direct path is best. Knowing Sato’s quirk, I assume he learned similarly. They both prefer the head on approach. Now you can’t run from a guy who makes walls spawn everywhere from the ground. And Cementoss at no point in this fight makes any move at all. He just chills in one spot. So capture WAS the correct answer. But you need to choose when and where to pick the direct path. If you noticed, there were gaps in between every wall. They could have simply gone around or heck, climbed on top. I imagine Cementoss would have made walls covering the whole street as they got closer and they’d HAVE to breakthrough. (And I presume Cementoss would’ve just pinned them from the start if they tried to run for the exit.) But noooo, the kids decided not to bust down a few walls, they decided to GO OUT OF THEIR WAY and break EVERY WALL. ALL of them. They didn’t even leave ones more out of their direct path alone. Which is directly against the point. So Cementoss just kept on going til they ran out of steam. And the MOMENT they did, he IMMEDIATELY rendered them both unconscious. Test: Failed. I’ll be doing it this way for every test because they ALL have this kind of design. Even the impossible ones are forcing very specific results. And I won’t cover any that are not finished. So we’ll wait til tomorrow to talk about Tokoyami and Tsu vs Ectoplasm. But the fact they are THIS well planned out for ALL of them, is why until quite recently, this was my favorite arc in MHA. I can’t get enough of this one. And it contains my favorite fight in the season to top it off. Not Deku vs Todoroki, not Stain vs the kids. It’s one of these.
All Might should have taught Deku how to tie a tie.
Bakugo is an interesting character he'll grow on you like a fungus. lol
We see that he is very much an anti hero, a lone wolf type and is immature, He has a lot of growing to do. We know this will be a process. :) We just dont like him bullying Deku.
At the beginning, you guys talked about how all might should have told Deku about all for one before giving him his power but you have to remember up until a few episodes ago. All might truly believed he defeated all for one, and that he was no longer alive. irregardless he would still have to fight regular villains on the daily, so there still was that threat of danger but Deku accepted it anyways.
Welcome to one of my long standing favorite arcs of this show. As I’m sure you’ve realized, I got my thinking hat on already for this one.
Real fast before getting started, I should say that while I love All-Might and he’s either my 3rd or 4th favorite character, he is an AWFUL teacher. I don’t think he ever got his teaching license like you can see much more clearly in the other teachers. And he carries on like his hero job. Giving advice that LOOKS good on paper, but if the kids take it seriously, it could be genuinely damaging to the kids. And it’s not like he’s the #1 hero and his words on the subject are taken like law to the kids…I presume. Maybe. And in fairness to All-Might, he didn’t realize AFO was back until he found out exactly what Nomu are. But not saying ANYTHING was not smart. He tends to value his secrets a lot. And one of those is how he knows a 200 year old erased part of history. If you ask yourself the right questions, it can actually make you quite uneasy. Even if he is VERY quickly becoming Deku’s new dad. Which he is EXCEPTIONAL at.
But onto the episode. So this episode might just be one of the smartest in the entire show. And it goes to show how meticulously planned these tests are. The sports fest weeded out their weaknesses and their internships had them address their weaknesses and learn to make them better rounded. Their finals? Directly in line with what they’ve learned and progressed. And they tell us their midterm scores because that plays just as much a part. There is no carrying in these tests.
As you can imagine each test is DELIBERATELY designed. They give you the CHOICE of capturing or running, but the truth is the teacher is deliberately trying to force one. And if you choose the wrong one of the two, the hero will go all out making it MUCH harder to win. And to these kids, nigh impossible. Heroes have had decades to iron out their weaknesses and are just MEANT to seem indestructible because they are 1 person keeping entire areas safe from criminals, violence, disasters, and just unrest. There is nothing for the kids to exploit as 1st years. Unless the teachers make a VERY specific path to win by forcing the kids to address their weaknesses they have been learning to overcome in internships.
Some kids are specifically targeted. And you very clearly didn’t figure out the majority of them already. You get a target on your back for misbehavior, or just not trying hard enough. But you can get the idea of what each test is going for in the scenes prior to the teacher fight reveal. And 2 tests of the 10, are quite DELIBERATELY planned to be impossible. I won’t say which ones, but there is no design to the test for the impossible ones.
And before I start getting into test designs, I need to draw attention to this scene.
Kirishima: Maybe I should study with Momo. Right?
Bakugo: You think I’m not good enough? Maybe I’ll beat the information into your skull.
Kirishima: I’m counting on it.
Bakugo: Fulfills his promise hitting Kirishima with a magazine over and over and screaming at him while they study.
Kirishima: I have regrets on that decision.
Ok so I’ll be going over each test design the teacher is going through like this:
Cementoss vs Kirishima (15) and Sato (12)
Target: Neither
Intended Victory: Capture
So Kirishima learned from Fourth-Kind and was actively learning how to expand his mindset and picking and choosing when the direct path is best. Knowing Sato’s quirk, I assume he learned similarly. They both prefer the head on approach. Now you can’t run from a guy who makes walls spawn everywhere from the ground. And Cementoss at no point in this fight makes any move at all. He just chills in one spot. So capture WAS the correct answer. But you need to choose when and where to pick the direct path. If you noticed, there were gaps in between every wall. They could have simply gone around or heck, climbed on top. I imagine Cementoss would have made walls covering the whole street as they got closer and they’d HAVE to breakthrough. (And I presume Cementoss would’ve just pinned them from the start if they tried to run for the exit.) But noooo, the kids decided not to bust down a few walls, they decided to GO OUT OF THEIR WAY and break EVERY WALL. ALL of them. They didn’t even leave ones more out of their direct path alone. Which is directly against the point. So Cementoss just kept on going til they ran out of steam. And the MOMENT they did, he IMMEDIATELY rendered them both unconscious.
Test: Failed.
I’ll be doing it this way for every test because they ALL have this kind of design. Even the impossible ones are forcing very specific results. And I won’t cover any that are not finished. So we’ll wait til tomorrow to talk about Tokoyami and Tsu vs Ectoplasm. But the fact they are THIS well planned out for ALL of them, is why until quite recently, this was my favorite arc in MHA. I can’t get enough of this one. And it contains my favorite fight in the season to top it off. Not Deku vs Todoroki, not Stain vs the kids. It’s one of these.