Tag: manga

Oh, so now you’re Mr. All Business, AFO.

It’s a little too late for that. Your “fun” with All Might wasted lots of time and damaged you enough to allow Eri’s Rewind to make you a child. Just how many more huge attacks can you take before you’re rewound out of existence? Answer: Just enough before Bakugo collapses from his injures.

Superpowered teamwork makes the heroic dream work!

Not much to say about this short chapter except I think we’re seeing how Sir Nighteye’s Foresight quirk can be countered: by wishes. A strong desire along with action to change fate can indeed change it. At least, that’s how I’m seeing it.

Toshinori Yagi’s still alive? Okay. You win, Horikoshi.

That’s right. You win. I have no idea if Toshinori will survive the series. So, I’m just gonna stop guessing and enjoy the ride.

I had hoped Gentle would help save All Might but All For One shut that idea down along with America’s X-66 jets saving the former number one hero. Horikoshi removed every obstacle in AFO’s way except for Deku and Bakugo.

After thousands of death flags, we’re finally at the end of All Might’s road.

It’s not confirmed yet, but this whole chapter signaled All Might dying to protect Deku. It’s similar to how Nana Shimura sacrificed herself for Toshinori Yagi all those years ago. I’m 99.99% sure All Might is dead. If he survives, my next My Hero Academia review will contain a lot more yelling and ranting than you could ever imagine.

Yes, All Might’s dead, but he should be joining the Force—erm—One Fore All vestiges soon enough. The ole’ dead mentor encourages the hero trope is coming. Or, is he? Without a quirk of his own, is All Might’s connection to OFA severed forever? I doubt it. If only for narrative purposes. We’ll see “All Might” talking to Deku again.

This fight’s just dumb.

I know you’ve seen it before. A manga/anime fight that goes on for so long it’s becomes absolutely ridiculous. Whether it be constant power-ups, cliffhangers, or last-minute saves, the longer a fight goes, the dumber it gets. All Mech VS All For One, has indeed, went on for too long.

We get it. AFO is unstoppable. And, yes, the main point of the fight is damaging AFO enough for Eri’s Rewind to finish him off. Still, AFO expunges all of his blood to counter Stain’s quirk with a quirk specifically able to do that? Come the hell on, Horikoshi! That’s just too much. Oh! But we’re not done, because AFO can apparently change his blood type.

Look, I like the explanation that the blood type quirk helped him hide in the shadows but that doesn’t take away from it being ridiculous. Again, we shouldn’t have gotten to this point or AFO’s counter to Stain should’ve been less jarring. Sure, AFO was planning ahead but that whole scene left a bad taste in my mouth. And it tastes like demon lord bodily fluid. Next chapter, I’m bringing my umbrella.

Stain is dead. No surprise there. Stain was the type of character who’s destined to go out in a blaze of glory. Well, in this case, a blaze of failure. Anyway, he died for All Might, so good for him?