(L) Boku no Hero Academia

[ReddyRedWolf]

Bakugou being an ass aside. It seems the girls don't like the guys going over protective of them. Momo feeling useless as he is protecting her as he is stronger and faced dangerous situation before. Tsuyu not letting Fumikage do all the work saving his bacon.

[Anh_Minh]

Originally Posted by ReddyRedWolf

Bakugou being an ass aside. It seems the girls don't like the guys going over protective of them. Momo feeling useless as he is protecting her as he is stronger and faced dangerous situation before. Tsuyu not letting Fumikage do all the work saving his bacon.

I think Momo has her own confidence issues unrelated to gender. Though it's hard to say - the top of the class aside from her is all male.

As for the bit with Tsuyu... It's a clever way to allow both to flee.

[Sixth]

All those superheroes talk made me sad. I have no idea what are you guys talking about as I never read superhero comics except watching the live-action movies.

[LevelSeven]

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somethindarker, it is LONG :P

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[Somethindarker]

Originally Posted by noobita

All those superheroes talk made me sad. I have no idea what are you guys talking about as I never read superhero comics except watching the live-action movies.

Never too late man, I grew up on them but my girlfriend started by reading a Supergirl issue when she was bored now she follows 15 different comics and is thinking of picking up more.


@LevelSeven Might wanna step back this ones a doozey.

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[FlareKnight]

This is one of those times you just want to see Bakugou get curb stomped and maybe wake that idiot up a little. Talk about the worst person for anyone to get partnered up with for this. Just figures he can solo this fight.

[Anh_Minh]

One thing that's unclear: do both have to escape, or is one enough? Because if it's the latter, maybe Deku can use Bakugou as a decoy to buy five seconds.

[LevelSeven]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

One thing that's unclear: do both have to escape, or is one enough? Because if it's the latter, maybe Deku can use Bakugou as a decoy to buy five seconds.

both need to do it.. at least i would think this is the most logical case :/

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[ChuckE]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

One thing that's unclear: do both have to escape, or is one enough? Because if it's the latter, maybe Deku can use Bakugou as a decoy to buy five seconds.

They should at least try to do something and if the situation is not in their favor - they should escape

[Nicaea]

Originally Posted by ChuckE

They should at least try to do something and if the situation is not in their favor - they should escape

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

I think Momo has her own confidence issues unrelated to gender. Though it's hard to say - the top of the class aside from her is all male.

As for the bit with Tsuyu... It's a clever way to allow both to flee.

The top was more decided on test scores, rather than their quirk aptitude afaik. But more importantly, her confidence issues mostly stem from how she relates to her work experience. Everyone seems to have had some sort of "relevant" work experience but she doesn't. When you compare her to the top 5, it's normal she feels outclassed. Even if she doesn't know what they did, it's visible that they had meaningful experiences. Yes, Todoroki can learn from her how to be considerate to the details and not jump to action quickly and Momo can learn how to be more decisive, but I think that Eraserhead should have done that. He should have chosen Ilda, because Todoroki is currently failing without noticing it.

Speaking of Eraserhead, on what basis does he think that pairing Bakugou and Deku will keep the former of villain path? I also don't understand how everyone getting better will push Bakugou on the villain path instead of the vigilante path.

Finally, I think that Stain's vision is somewhat naïve. Part of the reason why those fake heroes exist in the first place is because it's illegal to use your superpowers without being a hero with a "license". If that wasn't the case, chances are that Bakugou would have ended up just being someone who seeks out other people with powers, in order to test himself. Besides that, I have my doubts on how selfless Al might is.

[marvelB]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

One thing that's unclear: do both have to escape, or is one enough? Because if it's the latter, maybe Deku can use Bakugou as a decoy to buy five seconds.

I'm pretty sure both are meant to escape together.... at least, that's what makes the most sense to me. The whole point of the exam is to test the student's communication/teamwork abilities, so I don't see much of a point in letting an individual pass if they can just go AWOL on their teammate at anytime.... I mean, it wouldn't look so good if a pro hero were to abandon his/her team in the middle of a disaster, would it?


Though I suppose one trick that can could work is to have one student bait the teacher into chasing them towards the exit while the teammate sets an ambush for the teacher mid-chase. But may lord have mercy if Bakugou actually agrees to such a plan!

[Nicaea]

Originally Posted by marvelB

Though I suppose one trick that can could work is to have one student bait the teacher into chasing them towards the exit while the teammate sets an ambush for the teacher mid-chase. But may lord have mercy if Bakugou actually agrees to such a plan!

I do wonder though, what combinations can they pull off? If Bakugou decides to work together I'm sure that they will be the team that's in sync the most. Bakugou could propulse Deku to attack All Might, but Deku isn't that good at close combat and All Might is pretty resilient. He also seems to have decided to go all out, probably for the sake of preparing Deku to One for All. It's too bad that Deku can't destroy stuff to use as feints or ammunition to be used against All Might. I also doubt that Bakugou's flashgrenade will work on All Might. Other than that they could use landmines to trap All Might within the ground and escape, but I doubt that they have that disposition. They most likely want to win against him by beating him in a fight.

[dragon1412]

Originally Posted by Nicaea

Speaking of Eraserhead, on what basis does he think that pairing Bakugou and Deku will keep the former of villain path? I also don't understand how everyone getting better will push Bakugou on the villain path instead of the vigilante path.

Finally, I think that Stain's vision is somewhat naïve. Part of the reason why those fake heroes exist in the first place is because it's illegal to use your superpowers without being a hero with a "license". If that wasn't the case, chances are that Bakugou would have ended up just being someone who seeks out other people with powers, in order to test himself. Besides that, I have my doubts on how selfless Al might is.

no actually i'd give Eraser credit for pairing Deku and BakuGou this time, their chemistry is terrible, but it's hard to know what Bakugou and Deku truly think about each others, pairing them is a bad idea for a mission, but in the case where they have an overwhelming odds without a chance to win like All Might, that might draw their inner feeling more, they might still be at odd with each other, but at least it better than current situation.

[Slayerx]

Originally Posted by marvelB

I'm pretty sure both are meant to escape together.... at least, that's what makes the most sense to me. The whole point of the exam is to test the student's communication/teamwork abilities, so I don't see much of a point in letting an individual pass if they can just go AWOL on their teammate at anytime.... I mean, it wouldn't look so good if a pro hero were to abandon his/her team in the middle of a disaster, would it?
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No the principal said "either one to escape", not both. One thing to keep in mind is how they worded it, namely that if the enemy was too strong than the best thing to do was to escape and call for back up. If the enemy is low enough level that the two heros can take em' then they should fight, but if the enemy is too strong than having both heros stick around would just mean possible death for BOTH of them. If however one hero manages to escape, they can call in back up who in turn would help rescue the other hero that was left behind. Worst case scenerio, one hero dies, while the other lives; Best case scenerio, the second hero manages to stay alive long enough for back up to arrive.

In a sense, while what happened with the hero killer worked out for the best, the students in that case took an ENORMOUS risk trying to fight the hero killer rather than focusing on calling in back up (though Deku atleast managed to fight the hero killer while calling back up at the same time). That whole situation could have easily ended with ALL of them dead. In contrast we can look at how the students handled the Villain attack on the school. They could have all tried to fight the villains, but that would have ended in disaster; instead they made sure that Ilda was able to escape and thus call in the rest of faculty to rescue those that could not escape. Ilda didn't like the idea of running away alone while his friends fought, but his lone escape is actually what helped save them all.

[Endscape]

Originally Posted by Nicaea

But more importantly, her confidence issues mostly stem from how she relates to her work experience.

I figured her confidence issues stem from the fact that she's bad at fighting, unlike all the other top students.

[LevelSeven]

Originally Posted by Endscape

I figured her confidence issues stem from the fact that she's bad at fighting, unlike all the other top students.

actually she could become a very deadly enemy, imagine someone being able to create guns and the bullets to infinite number
im not sure but would rocket lauchers work too?

it sure requires her to know a lot about guns and chemical stuff but it would make her one of the most unpredictable enemys

[marvelB]

@Slayerx: Well, even if just one needs to escape, I still doubt that invalidates the whole point about this test being about communication/cooperation. I don't think it would do much good for Deku to leave behind Bakugou when the guy is still clearly being uncooperative. They're supposed to be working together here, and if this were a real battle against a powerful villain then Bakugou is pretty much begging to get destroyed by his arrogance. That's why I'm kinda leaning towards this test being an excuse to shape up Bakugou's attitude..... preferably through a humbling beatdown courtesy of All Might.

[Nicaea]

Originally Posted by Endscape

I figured her confidence issues stem from the fact that she's bad at fighting, unlike all the other top students.

Agreed, although I specifically mentioned the work experience because it was the excellent moment for the students to make some growth. Which they did. Bakugou aside, the improvements the pther top 5 did are visible. Some peers even mentioned that they give off a different vibe compared to the rest of the class. Also note that all quirks of the top 5 except hers are extremely suitable for battle and even outside of battle they still have their uses.

Originally Posted by marvelB

@Slayerx: Well, even if just one needs to escape, I still doubt that invalidates the whole point about this test being about communication/cooperation. I don't think it would do much good for Deku to leave behind Bakugou when the guy is still clearly being uncooperative. They're supposed to be working together here, and if this were a real battle against a powerful villain then Bakugou is pretty much begging to get destroyed by his arrogance. That's why I'm kinda leaning towards this test being an excuse to shape up Bakugou's attitude..... preferably through a humbling beatdown courtesy of All Might.

But would a humbling beatdown work? Bakugou has been the butt of many jokes and his arrogance is continually contested, not only by Bakugou but also by fodders like cassanova guy. I'm more leaning towards dragon1412's explanation that Bakugou needs to open up emotionally so he can get his "distress" over Deku and everyone else improving out of the way. Prior to the academy he's always been the best at everything and having peers that more or less show good growth must have hit close home for the "prodigy". Deku's presence makes it even worse for him. At the same time, Deku might need to flip the bird against him as well. From what I understood they were great friends prior to Bakugou getting his quirk, so there's still a chance that Bakugou considers Deku a friend (kind of )

[marvelB]

Holiday issue for SJ this week, so early spoilers:

Spoiler for 62:

First up, the top 20 winners of the popularity poll (though the list I found didn't actually have 20 names):

1. Deku
2. Todoroki
3. Bakugou
4. Ochako
5. All Might
6. Tsuyu
7. Tokoyami
8. Iida
9. Aizawa
10. Kaminari
11. Momo
12. Shinsou (mind control dude)
13. Kendou (that one girl from class B)
14. Ojiro
15. Kirishima
16. Jirou
18. Mineta
20. Seems to be a tie between Hagakure (invisible girl) and Hatsume (Gadget Girl)

As for the chapter itself.... well, there's only two spoiler images so far, but from what's shown.... both All Might AND Deku beat up Bakugou, lol.

[Breimn]

Anothet one img is out.

Spoiler for rw:

Deku about to use Bakugou s handgrenade on All Might s back.