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EP. REVIEW: My Hero Academia

Shigaraki's motives aren't really meant to be clear. He's just an angry guy who wants to wreak havoc on the world for the sake of wreaking havoc. Kinda like the Joker.

spoiler[Speaking of Shigaraki, I still can't wait to see his "It's all because of All Might" face. My anticipation is 1 part eagerness, 2 parts anxiety.]

The coincidence button is getting pressed a little hard here for my liking, since the kids aren't currently in school and yet their hero internships all happen to bring them into the same conflict

One of the more difficult things to understand right now is why somebody might choose to be a villain in this world at all, at least for the main villains we've met so far. Stain especially raises this question, since his motivations appear to be entirely philosophical.

Reading episode 29's review you seem to have some weird interpretation of a bunch of stuff and are way to quick to jump on weird conclusion. Like this.

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One of the more difficult things to understand right now is why somebody might choose to be a villain in this world at all, at least for the main villains we've met so far. Stain especially raises this question, since his motivations appear to be entirely philosophical.

How can you say that at this point? Aren't jumping the gun? Reading most of your reviews, you seem quite easily upset when information isn't instantly given too you and jump way too fast on nothing. Selling Stain short like that...I mean wow? There's a reason why people on the internet found this to be one of the strongest episodes so far. Both Stain's charisma and the clashing of his ideals with the students made for a super strong episode.

Also coincidence? Not really that far-fetched. Deku knows Iida had his brother sent to the hospital by the Hero killer in Hosu city, so putting what info he has together. 1+1. Made sense. Also no, while yes the art was maybe weaker at spot, nothing was correction worthy.

It's worth noting that my comments in the review are more of a response to the ambiguity than a criticism of it. I genuinely don't know what Stain's about yet! I'm asking questions I figured the show wants me asking.

I'm still interested in how much the show wants to explore Stain as a character, but the moment we have to throw him into the path of our leads, it's hard to imagine a world where his goals really offer any pathos. This episode submits a few interesting comparison of ideals, but right now I'm worried that the reality might be a little more shallow than I expected. I'm sure people are going to find Iida's struggle and Todoroki's development relatable, but so far this arc isn't saying anything all that surprising, which is kinda of what I'm looking for at the moment. It's hard to judge on just this episode alone, though, as the Stain fight looks to be continuing a few episodes more.

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It's worth noting that my comments in the review are more of a response to the ambiguity than a criticism of it. I genuinely don't know what Stain's about yet! I'm asking questions I figured the show wants me asking.

Those questions are fair to ask, but your whole criticism for this episode is basically downplaying this amazing episode for things it will surely address in the future. I mean really you finish with this.

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I'm still interested in how much the show wants to explore Stain as a character, but the moment we have to throw him into the path of our leads, it's hard to imagine a world where his goals really offer any pathos. This episode submits a few interesting comparison of ideals, but right now I'm worried that the reality might be a little more shallow than I expected. I'm sure people are going to find Iida's struggle and Todoroki's development relatable, but so far this arc isn't saying anything all that surprising, which is kinda of what I'm looking for at the moment. It's hard to judge on just this episode alone, though, as the Stain fight looks to be continuing a few episodes more.

Your like preemptively saying the show won't deliver and then lower it's score because of it? We are right in the middle of the fight, yet you want all the answers now?

What I'm saying is, you did not even judge the episode for what it was delivering to us the viewer in this episode, but on what it might not do. Kind of weak and not fair to this amazing episode and Horikoshi's amazing story. The huge difference in your score vs the community makes it pretty clear. Not the first time you are doing that too. I'm really expecting better from a review.

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The coincidence button is getting pressed a little hard here for my liking, since the kids aren't currently in school and yet their hero internships all happen to bring them into the same conflict

Really, I think Deku's involvement is the only coincidental part since his train just happened to be there when the Nomus started attacking. Iida deliberately chose Hosu City to find Stain and eventually finds him, and Todoroki is there because Endeavor is also tracking down Stain and Deku sent out his location to anyone who could provide assistance.

I don't think a B is a low score! I personally didn't feel inspired to praise it or give it an A, but that's not a criticism. Most good shows imo are mostly Bs that build up to As. Maybe you thought this was an A and that's cool, but I couldn't have written that review for you.

"Will I like where this is going?" is a pretty benign question, but the second I do like where it goes I won't wold back.

I don't think a B is a low score! I personally didn't feel inspired to praise it or give it an A, but that's not a criticism. Most good shows imo are mostly Bs that build up to As. Maybe you thought this was an A and that's cool, but I couldn't have written that review for you.

"Will I like where this is going?" is a pretty benign question, but the second I do like where it goes I won't wold back.

Also no, while yes the art was maybe weaker at spot, nothing was correction worthy.