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| Damn, shit got bloody. RIP imouto and doge. |
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| All I can say is RIP to the dog |
| Girls in my class start to cry if I even make eye contact with them - Ishigami Yuu |
| Finally a good episode. |
| This was definitely Top 10 best MHA episodes. Outstanding soundtrack btw |
| Excellent episode. Seeing Shig's backstory animated made me emotional. Understandably the father Kotaro had his own traumas that he had never processed, but unfortunately he hurt his own family. Tenko, like any other child, had a dream who help others, to be a hero. Of course, he couldn't understand why being a hero can be 'bad'. |
| The horror, sadness and tragedy of Shigaraki's past was so well adapted in this episode. The sense of dread was like a weight in my stomach. Seeing his past made me hate AFO even more; what kind of evil do you have to be to use a child's trauma like that? When Shigaraki just needed someone to love and accept him, AFO poisoned him with hate and anger. Vile bastard. |
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Fax001s said: I saw it uncensored and holy shit I was completely blindsided, totally unexpected to see that level of gore in a MHA episode. This episode was so dark.Bones pretty much nailed it except for some censoring which was to be expected. This might be my favorite MHA episode ever. |
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shane_nichols said: I would've said the same thing but it works really well with this arc's theming. A major idea presented in this arc is that people shouldn't have to suffer for something that is fundamentally a part of them (their quirk) and Shigi's backstory ties in with that theme really well. He was just a little kid with such an unreal amount of dangerous power who was constantly belittled for his dream, and because of it he obviously has been very mentally afflicted after that incident. Another thing it showed well was the concept of nature vs nurture. Is Shigaraki inherently what society would consider morally evil because of his quirk, like Toga? Or is it because of the household he was raised in and his father's abuse?Oh boy its the victimizing cliche. Another Villain who went batshit over a tragedy. Borrrring! I thought it was a very well done backstory that wasn't too tragic to take seriously and tied into the themes of this arc. |
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| Wow. Seeing Shigaraki's origin story made me realize how the way families treat and talk to you really affects the overall outcome of a child. There were so many times that his grandparents, sister, and dad failed to support him and give him a loving home. They didn't realize that what they were doing was creating a monster. |
| desu desu binches |
| That backstory of shigaraki was traumatizing af |
| Ehh I don't know how to feel about that. It's a little bit too cliche and easy for me. There's something unsettling in how I'm able to predict everything that is happening Definitely a low point episode for me. Cannot relate to is madness if all his father did was telling him not to talk about heroes, he's just mad and it's an attempt to justify something of a backstory but it just doesn't work with reality. |
TigreDemonSep 17, 2021 3:17 PM
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| I feel bad for the mother and the poor corgi doggo... |
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| Thats actually a great family, tenko was just too much of a weak karen. getting your ass beat by your parents is supposed to help you not break you.. tho unless your weak asf, also his dad was a little bitch as well for being salty about his moms choices. I understand wanting more from parents but after your a grown ass man let bygones be bygones lolz. |
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| i love how the story is going on seriously and then the intro comes in . wo wo its all right |
*simping over 2D characters*  |
| This episode is enough to tell me I was wrong when I thought this season was bad... |
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| Truly 10/10 episode. I'm so happy that Mha is finally getting consistent again after the trainwreck that Class 1a vs 1b had. All 3 members, Toga, Twice and Shigaraki had amazing development that I cannot even rank them! Man this episode made me tear up a bit. I didn't thought a piece of fiction can make me feel sooooo bad for a villain. shane_nichols said: Oh boy its the victimizing cliche. Another Villain who went batshit over a tragedy. Borrrring! If you don't know the meaning of the word then don't even use it. Bruh. |
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ScottMerica said: LukaPochi said: So.. the creepy hand guy killed his family and enjoyed it. Should I care? I already knew he was a villain for a reason Can't tell if trolling, but would you have preferred if we never found why he was a villain and he remained one-dimensional as a result? Yes. This shit is pointless. So every villain in this show didn't born evil, wow amazing. Who would have ever guessed?! Yes, let's make a complete arc just for it. No wonder why this is the worst season by a mile |
| Many people are hating Kotaro for doing this to Tenko but what many people don't realize is that Nana is in the fault too. Just because she sacrificed herself to defeat All for one so that Toshinori can achieve his dreams doesn't make her forgiving enough to just leave her son like that. I just hate how she left out her family and prioritized to save strangers like that I mean, I would've been angry too like Kotaro and wouldn't have admired her at all if MY Mother was like that. If Nana was just like a normal Mother then I don't think Kotaro wouldn't have abused Tenko and would've supported him even. So you can say that One for all is both a curse and a blessing. ScottMerica said: LukaPochi said: So.. the creepy hand guy killed his family and enjoyed it. Should I care? I already knew he was a villain for a reason Can't tell if trolling, but would you have preferred if we never found why he was a villain and he remained one dimensional as a result? He definitely is trolling. I can't see why anyone would dislike such a genius villain writing. |
ScordoloSep 21, 2021 10:48 AM
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| I was worried about this episode, and Shigaraki's origin was the reason why I was so fucking excited for this arc's adaptation. And oh boy, Bones went all out on those scenes where his quirk activates and he kills his entire family (I feel sorry for his dog and his sis tho). Easily the best episode of season 5 so far. |
| यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत। अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम् ॥४-७॥ परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् । धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ॥४-८॥ |
| Did people actually think the author tried to justify Shigaraki's actions by showing his past? Some mindset people have, sheesh. I have known of Shigaraki's past (not read the manga) and feared for this to be animated, but holy shit, I did not expect them to add gore into this, they went all in and I begin to like Shigaraki more than I used to do. |
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| Feels weird to agree with the majority, but yeah the episode was great. But again let's just state some facts to the people defending the abusive parents. When you're kid in the "heat" of the suffering, you won't start thinking of your actions, you will only feel sadness, pain or even hatred. If you had extremely punitive parents this episode will definitely remember the type of dark thoughts you probably suffered as a kid. It's obviously not "justified", however Shigaraki's feelings is just a natural consequence of what he suffered. Also, why people are complaining about a villain having a sad backstory? It just feels like those people would prefer a villain who likes being bad for the sake of it, which is just objectively bad. Back to being positive, I once again have to shout-out to Yuuki Hayashi doing the music. I think he doesn't have the recognition he deserves. Dude has been the best aspect of the series in a long time.With that being said, having an well executed backstory doesn't exactly make me hyped for the future of the series. Hopefully the last 2 episodes can do that. |
BetterTasteSep 24, 2021 10:07 AM
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| Nice to have some Spinner focus for once. Shigaraki's "training" with Gigantomachia is definitely coming in handy against Redestro. Looks like he's on the verge of getting his own power up! Shigaraki's purposefully killing his father when he was a kid was a dark moment. It's sad knowing that Nana's son never got the "future full of laughter" that she had hope for. |
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| This is the least tragic backstory I've ever seen. Normal family, Normal (and slightly aggressive) dad, normal life. Got mad and killed them all and went evil? zzzzzzzz |
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KingBaller06 said: Scordolo said: Many people are hating Kotaro for doing this to Tenko but what many people don't realize is that Nana is in the fault too. Just because she sacrificed herself to defeat All for one so that Toshinori can achieve his dreams doesn't make her forgiving enough to just leave her son like that. I just hate how she left out her family and prioritized to save strangers like that I mean, I would've been angry too like Kotaro and wouldn't have admired her at all if MY Mother was like that. If Nana was just like a normal Mother then I don't think Kotaro wouldn't have abused Tenko and would've supported him even. So you can say that One for all is both a curse and a blessing. He definitely is trolling. I can't see why anyone would dislike such a genius villain writing. Yeah I disagree entirely. Obviously she was the only one who would be able to take on AFO. Had she stepped down from the challenge the world itself could've been destroyed. Imagine what would've happened at Camino Ward if All Might decided not to take on his final battle against AFO. The LOVs would've been successful in their plans and could've drastically shaped the current quirk society. Then why consider having family in the first place if she decides to leave them entirely? |
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| when the dog died I was like, "damn he really is a villain" . that was wild. |
KingBaller06 said: Scordolo said: Then why consider having family in the first place if she decides to leave them entirely? It's not she knew that she would have to leave her family to go fight AFO. I'm sure she just wanted to keep the peace of the world just like All Might. Also having a family is a general aspiration that a lot of us, including myself, would want. That way our legacy can live on. Besides that there are a plethora of reasons to have a family but at the end of the day you're assuming Nana Shimura knew ahead of time she would have to leave to fight AFO and potentially not come back. She could've taken it into account that potentially she may not come back alive after the fight of Afo. I've seen similar stories like in Miraculous Ladybug (don't know if you're familiar with it or not) but in it Master Fu had to leave his girlfriend and live alone to protect the Miraculous's(powerful supernatural beings) from Evil hands. These two scenarios have similar circumstances but instead Nana chose to have family and Master fu did not and comparing these two scenarios I have MUCH more respect for Master Fu than Nana. |
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KingBaller06 said: Scordolo said: She could've taken it into account that potentially she may not come back alive after the fight of Afo. I've seen similar stories like in Miraculous Ladybug (don't know if you're familiar with it or not) but in it Master Fu had to leave his girlfriend and live alone to protect the Miraculous's(powerful supernatural beings) from Evil hands. These two scenarios have similar circumstances but instead Nana chose to have family and Master fu did not and comparing these two scenarios I have MUCH more respect for Master Fu than Nana. We as the audience have no context of Nana's history after getting OFA, giving it to Toshinori Yagi, and then everything leading up to the fight with AFO. As I've explained before, there are a plethora of reasons to have a family and for all we know she had one prior to getting OFA or even becoming a hero in general. Even if that's not the case, why would she just choose not to have one if it's something she wants? With this mindset any OFA user shouldn't have a family because there's a risk they are going to die. In face we can make this argument for any superhero, policeman, and literally any occupation in which the employee can die. At the end of the day she's not predicting the future and she's not going to know the effects that her leaving will have on her son. She fights for the world she wants to live in as anyone else should. Lol you really beat me to it. You have won this time. |
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| I knew Shigaraki's backstory wasn't going to be a happy one but fuck man, that was sad. If this is what it would be like if people had powers I'm glad they don't exist in reality, the world would end up destroying itself pretty quickly. This cements my thought after Togas that episode everyone in the league of villains needs some serious therapy. |
| So his family was unconsciously creating a monster. It's kinda sad how Nana was a great hero, but her offsprings became like this. |
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| Damn, it hurts even more seeing this backstory animated. And we finally get to see where his scars came from. The parallels to Deku's story are definitely intentional. How a "loving" family could actually create some deep scars in a child (his dad was absolutely a bastard though, redirecting his anger at his mom at poor Tenko). My theory is that AfO slipped him that destruction quirk at some point along the line, then waited for it to manifest and swoop in to "save" him when no one else would. Then there would be even more parallels between him and Deku, both quirkless and chosen by OfA and AfO. Plus, it would explain his "allergies". That whole deal about some people not being compatible with a quirk? Maybe he was allergic to his own quirk... |
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