Hey y'all! Join us as we discuss the My Hero Academia episode "Gold Tips Imperial", including pumpkins up a**es, Toshi being the sexiest 55-year-old alive, and benign folie a deux. Want more? Visit our website, myheroanalysis.com. Thanks for listening!
[00:00:00] Hey y'all, this podcast contains cursing, references to alcohol, marijuana, and other drugs, and thirsty comments about adult characters. Thanks for listening!
[00:00:22] Hey y'all, this is My Hero Analysis, a podcast about My Hero Academia, aka Boku no Hero Academia. We are three grown adults who mind Japanese children's cartoons for serotonin because God knows our brains aren't making it naturally.
[00:00:37] Hey y'all, I'm Fern and I really have to burp, but I can't burp.
[00:00:42] Do it!
[00:00:42] So that's happening, or not happening, I should say.
[00:00:47] But as of recording, Maria just came back to North Carolina after visiting me for a weekend, and I miss her a lot, and I miss you both a lot.
[00:00:57] And I am actually officially coming down in October, and I'm very excited because I can't wait to hang out with both of you.
[00:01:03] Yay!
[00:01:06] I'm Nicole, and I miss you both too.
[00:01:08] Also, instead of being mushy about everything, when I was doing these notes, I was just in the midst of making a bunch of appointments.
[00:01:18] Mmm.
[00:01:19] Disgusting. I hate being an adult.
[00:01:21] Also, when I was making the appointments, I kept, I said in the notes, very specifically, that I prefer to be contacted by email, and yet people keep calling me!
[00:01:31] I don't like it!
[00:01:33] Yeah.
[00:01:34] Email me.
[00:01:35] It's 2024.
[00:01:36] It sucks!
[00:01:37] I know, I prefer to text or call, to call, hey y'all, it's Maria, and I am all out of sorts.
[00:01:45] I'm still trying to get back to real life, and it's not happening.
[00:01:49] So yeah, I just came back from visiting Fern, and it was a lot of fun.
[00:01:54] Yeah.
[00:01:55] We definitely wore you out though, like.
[00:01:58] We did a lot.
[00:02:00] Yeah, you and Katherine went hard.
[00:02:04] It was great though, I had so much fun.
[00:02:06] It was very admirable, and also terrifying.
[00:02:11] Baby Fern went home a lot of the time.
[00:02:15] Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep.
[00:02:16] Back to baby time.
[00:02:18] I would have also gone home.
[00:02:21] I don't know what y'all are gonna do the weekend y'all come here.
[00:02:25] You're gonna be out doing things in my town, and I'm gonna be home doing nothing.
[00:02:30] Oh no, Maria is also, like, Maria can match a vibe.
[00:02:34] So like, if you and I just want to like sit there and watch TV,
[00:02:37] Maria is also fully down to just sit there and watch TV.
[00:02:42] I am.
[00:02:43] I'm just, you know, I just go with the flow.
[00:02:47] That's my vibe.
[00:02:49] Yeah.
[00:02:50] You will have to hit Spirit Halloween at some point.
[00:02:53] Of course.
[00:02:53] That is a requirement.
[00:02:55] Yes.
[00:02:56] Spirit Halloween, and if we can shake it,
[00:02:59] I would love to go to like a pumpkin patch or something.
[00:03:02] Yeah.
[00:03:04] Oh lord.
[00:03:05] We must.
[00:03:05] But anyway.
[00:03:07] I'm gonna shove a pumpkin up my ass, yes.
[00:03:09] Hell yeah.
[00:03:11] Oh man.
[00:03:12] But yeah, Maria, what is your recording snack?
[00:03:15] I have no snack.
[00:03:17] Oh no.
[00:03:18] Oh god.
[00:03:19] I've done grocery shopping or anything,
[00:03:22] because I've been back for less than 48 hours.
[00:03:26] Oh god.
[00:03:27] This is a dark day.
[00:03:28] It is a dark day.
[00:03:30] I am sad.
[00:03:31] No snacks.
[00:03:32] Oh, this is horrible.
[00:03:34] Oh.
[00:03:34] Melt.
[00:03:36] Yep.
[00:03:37] I genuinely don't know how to follow that.
[00:03:40] I think that's the first time that's happened since we started doing that little mini segment.
[00:03:44] Oh lord.
[00:03:45] Oh my god.
[00:04:10] Oh my god.
[00:04:13] There were the same empanadas.
[00:04:14] Yes.
[00:04:15] I had dinner last night and then two for lunch this morning.
[00:04:20] Yes.
[00:04:21] This afternoon.
[00:04:21] This time.
[00:04:22] I don't know.
[00:04:23] It was delicious.
[00:04:23] For our listeners, there's a I'm an amazing empanada place in Chicago that I won't say the name of because I don't want to triangulate my position because I'm pretty sure y'all aren't crazy, but like, you never know.
[00:04:37] Yeah.
[00:04:38] So yeah.
[00:04:38] And it's rather close to you.
[00:04:40] So yeah.
[00:04:41] It is.
[00:04:41] It is.
[00:04:42] The empanadas are phenomenal.
[00:04:43] We go there as often as we can, especially when we have people visiting.
[00:04:47] Yeah, I demand we go there.
[00:04:50] Mm hmm.
[00:04:51] Every time.
[00:04:52] Mm hmm.
[00:04:53] All right.
[00:04:54] Well, moving on to news and fan mail.
[00:04:56] We don't have much, but I did want to let people know that, as I said, I'm coming down to North Carolina in October, and we are going to go see the new My Hero Academia movie together.
[00:05:08] Yeah.
[00:05:09] Unfortunately, I'm not going to make it down on opening weekend, but I'm going to be there the weekend following.
[00:05:15] So we're going to see that together.
[00:05:18] Maybe do a bonus episode about it while I'm down there if we can figure out the logistics, but maybe not.
[00:05:24] But that bonus episode will definitely be coming out at some point.
[00:05:27] We definitely intend to continue that trend.
[00:05:31] Yeah, I can't wait.
[00:05:33] There's finally a trailer out now that's like dubbed and also kind of coherent.
[00:05:42] So now I kind of have an idea of the plot and I'm excited.
[00:05:48] There's a damsel in distress and it looks amazing.
[00:05:53] And the damsel in distress is Izuku.
[00:05:55] Just kidding.
[00:05:56] No, it's actually a lady this time.
[00:05:58] Another lady.
[00:06:00] Shocking.
[00:06:01] Shocking.
[00:06:02] I know.
[00:06:04] All right.
[00:06:05] Well, this week we're covering episode 20 of My Hero Academia season four, Blaze It.
[00:06:10] Blaze.
[00:06:13] This would have been perfect for 420.
[00:06:16] It would have been, but unfortunately the timing did not work out.
[00:06:20] Yeah.
[00:06:20] Oh well.
[00:06:21] Damn calendars.
[00:06:23] Mm hmm.
[00:06:23] So the title is Gold Tips Imperial.
[00:06:27] And in the manga, this episode.
[00:06:29] Good Lord.
[00:06:31] I'm not sorry.
[00:06:32] In the manga.
[00:06:34] This episode is chapters 173 and 174.
[00:06:38] So I'm going to lead us through a synopsis.
[00:06:40] Um, then we don't have a science corner today.
[00:06:43] Right, Maria?
[00:06:44] No, we do not.
[00:06:45] All right.
[00:06:45] So then after that, Nicole's going to jump in for discussion topics, manga differences,
[00:06:50] and Easter eggs.
[00:06:51] And then as always, we're going to wrap up the episode with our big spoiler section.
[00:06:54] So getting into the synopsis, class 1A is practicing for the festival.
[00:07:00] They're all working very, very hard.
[00:07:02] And Mirio and Aizawa show up with Aerie to get her familiar with the school, introduce her to everyone, because she is allowed to come to the festival and they don't want it to be too overwhelming for her.
[00:07:13] And so when they all come up, Mina calls a break for tea time.
[00:07:17] So Izuku decides to tag along with Mirio and Aerie as Mirio takes her on a tour of the school.
[00:07:24] Yes.
[00:07:25] And also during their practice, Mina basically tells Izuku to do better with his pop and lock movements.
[00:07:34] And I just, I just picture him practicing that with his very earnestness.
[00:07:40] And it's hilarious.
[00:07:42] Oh God.
[00:07:43] With his little concentration face.
[00:07:46] Poor boy.
[00:07:47] He, he can't, he, he needs to loosen up.
[00:07:50] He's too anxious.
[00:07:53] He can't.
[00:07:54] He's so stiff.
[00:07:56] Also at one point, I guess there's a scene with Nezu, fricking rat.
[00:08:00] But while he's in that scene, there's basically they're in his office and his desk is very empty.
[00:08:09] And I don't like it.
[00:08:10] Like, why is there nothing on your desk, sir?
[00:08:13] You sociopath.
[00:08:15] I don't like it.
[00:08:16] He's so incredibly efficient that he just completes all the paperwork he needs to as soon as it arrives.
[00:08:22] I don't, I don't like it.
[00:08:24] Yeah.
[00:08:24] I don't know why.
[00:08:25] I don't know why I hyper fixated on the empty desk, but I know that creepy.
[00:08:31] Don't like it.
[00:08:32] Yeah.
[00:08:33] You're always focused on the weirdest things.
[00:08:36] I know.
[00:08:37] It's okay.
[00:08:38] We love you for it.
[00:08:39] I thank you.
[00:08:41] Thank you.
[00:08:41] I wonder if it's like his meeting, his office and the desk are literally only there for when he's meeting with people.
[00:08:48] And then he does like all of his actual work elsewhere.
[00:08:52] Totally in a wrap.
[00:08:53] In his little rat burrow.
[00:08:56] Jinx.
[00:08:57] Yeah.
[00:09:00] Oh man.
[00:09:01] Jinx.
[00:09:02] So anyway, back to the episode.
[00:09:04] So Izuku and Mirio are guiding Eri on a tour of the school.
[00:09:08] And during the tour, we learn a little bit more about what the other classes are doing for the festival.
[00:09:13] So class 1B has this giant dragon statue that we learn is for a play.
[00:09:19] Kendo and Nezure are going to be in a beauty pageant.
[00:09:22] Meihatsume is working on a battle bot to display to everyone, etc, etc.
[00:09:27] There's just a ton going on.
[00:09:29] Yes.
[00:09:29] But more importantly, why is everyone in their school uniforms on a Sunday?
[00:09:34] Y'all don't have to wear those all the time.
[00:09:38] Maybe they do.
[00:09:39] I don't know.
[00:09:39] Maybe it's just more comfortable.
[00:09:41] They don't have to think about it.
[00:09:43] But it's Sunday.
[00:09:44] Where's your sweatpants?
[00:09:46] Anyway, at one point, Awase just fricking waxed Monoma in the back of the head with a piece of wood.
[00:09:53] And that's king behavior right there.
[00:09:56] Yes, sir.
[00:09:56] Love it.
[00:09:57] Yep.
[00:09:58] And also, also, arguably most important in this entire episode, when the beauty pageant was brought up and basically Mirio was going over it for Eri and Izuku,
[00:10:10] Mirio, I feel like he just really thought that Izuku wanted to enter the beauty contest because he was so flustered and kind of hyper fixated on it for that second.
[00:10:22] Because like his only comment about it was, it's too late to enter.
[00:10:26] Oh my god.
[00:10:27] When Izuku was like freaking out about it.
[00:10:30] Oh my god.
[00:10:31] I can't believe I missed that.
[00:10:33] That's hysterical.
[00:10:33] Yeah, he was freaking out.
[00:10:36] It was adorable.
[00:10:37] And also, I think Mirio thinks Izuku's pretty.
[00:10:41] So.
[00:10:41] Oh yeah.
[00:10:42] Oh yeah.
[00:10:43] Mirio was like, hey, I'm so sorry.
[00:10:45] We all know you're the prettiest person in this school.
[00:10:48] But unfortunately, the deadline has passed.
[00:10:51] Exactly.
[00:10:52] That was the vibe I was picking up.
[00:10:55] Oh man, that's hysterical.
[00:10:57] What we could have had.
[00:10:58] So.
[00:10:59] I know, right?
[00:11:00] So then Mirio, Izuku and Eri head over to the cafeteria for lunch and they're joined by Midnight and Nezu.
[00:11:06] And we learned that Eri's starting to look forward to the festival and that Nezu was warned by police to cancel the festival because of all the villain activity and UA students particularly being targeted.
[00:11:19] But he just decided not to cancel it.
[00:11:22] He was like, no, the students like it too much.
[00:11:24] Sorry.
[00:11:24] But he did beef up security.
[00:11:28] So he took some of their considerations seriously.
[00:11:33] He's such a little rat man.
[00:11:34] Oh man.
[00:11:36] Yeah.
[00:11:37] And then Izuku tells Eri that he's going to be on the dance team during their performance and he's really excited to dance for her and hopefully make her smile.
[00:11:46] Because he's a dork.
[00:11:48] Because he's a baby.
[00:11:50] He's just a sweet baby.
[00:11:52] Uh huh.
[00:11:53] Uh huh.
[00:11:54] Sure, sure.
[00:11:54] But also sweet, sweet bonkers hound.
[00:12:00] He's like the perimeter guard now because they like beefed up security and that's his job now.
[00:12:05] And he's just living his best professional life now.
[00:12:08] I am excited for him.
[00:12:10] Oh, this is a much better job for him than what was he the counselor?
[00:12:15] He's like guidance counselor and nobody can understand him because he's always barking.
[00:12:19] Yeah, Nezu, what the hell was with that assignment?
[00:12:24] I mean, he does make good cuddles.
[00:12:27] He is a hound, so he probably has protective dog energy.
[00:12:33] Okay, so he does.
[00:12:33] Yeah, but sometimes you need to, sometimes you need like guidance, not cuddles.
[00:12:37] He doesn't offer therapy or college prep.
[00:12:41] He just lays there frothing at the mouth while you pet his mane.
[00:12:48] But anyway, so we cut to a week later and Izuku is fired from the dance team.
[00:12:54] Just kidding.
[00:12:55] He will still get to dance, but he's also needed on the special effects team because it's not enough for Aoyama to be a disco ball.
[00:13:04] He needs to be a moving and swinging disco ball, and they want him all around that performance space.
[00:13:11] Hashtag doing the most.
[00:13:13] Like, they're going all out.
[00:13:15] He is always doing the most.
[00:13:19] Yep, yep.
[00:13:20] Also, I realized this as I was watching the episode.
[00:13:23] Why didn't they just have Uraraka make Aoyama weightless for this part?
[00:13:29] And then they could have just had one of the existing members of the special effects team just kind of swing them around like a lasso.
[00:13:38] I feel like that would have been a lot easier than diverting Izuku from the dance team.
[00:13:44] I know it's because there are plot reasons that Izuku has to be part of the disco ball nonsense, but like she's right there.
[00:13:54] I don't actually remember if she ends up floating him or not.
[00:13:59] She might.
[00:13:59] She doesn't.
[00:14:00] No, she doesn't.
[00:14:01] She makes other people float, I think, at some point, maybe.
[00:14:05] I don't know.
[00:14:05] But I feel like it would have been a lot easier than having Izuku quite literally drag Aoyama across the ceiling.
[00:14:13] Maybe if she like was worried about keeping him up in the air while also dancing.
[00:14:21] I guess.
[00:14:22] And she was like, I don't want to accidentally drop him.
[00:14:24] He needs to be like tied and anchored to something instead because that's safer.
[00:14:29] Yeah.
[00:14:30] Or she might have been worried about throwing up on stage, but still.
[00:14:33] Oh, yeah.
[00:14:34] I don't know.
[00:14:35] I can't remember exactly where she is in her quirk development right now.
[00:14:40] I feel like she has enough development to have done it and it would have been a lot simpler.
[00:14:45] She also needs to kind of hold on to it.
[00:14:47] Yeah, it does take like actual effort on her part to keep someone in the air.
[00:14:52] She can't just.
[00:14:52] I don't know.
[00:14:53] I don't know that baseball is still flying through space from their first day of classes.
[00:14:57] I don't think she's doing anything with that.
[00:15:00] Well, yeah.
[00:15:01] Well, that one went into orbit.
[00:15:02] So once something goes into orbit, like you don't need to use force anymore.
[00:15:07] This is the stupidest conversation we've ever had.
[00:15:09] Oh, my God.
[00:15:11] I'm still mad.
[00:15:12] It's more logical to have Uraka do it.
[00:15:15] It probably is.
[00:15:16] It probably is.
[00:15:17] I'm just being silly for no reason.
[00:15:20] Horikoshi.
[00:15:21] Horikoshi why?
[00:15:24] Oh, man.
[00:15:25] So we cut to the next morning and Izuku has a somewhat unhelpful training session with Toshi.
[00:15:32] He's trying.
[00:15:34] He's struggling to coordinate like swift attacks while also like constantly shifting the level of power he's using, which is understandable.
[00:15:42] That's a lot of work.
[00:15:44] And poor Toshi is like, I don't know how to help you.
[00:15:49] One for all wasn't that strong when I got it.
[00:15:53] So it's like Toshi was like, I, I don't know how to help you.
[00:15:57] This was very simple when I was doing it.
[00:16:00] What's wrong with you?
[00:16:03] Um, but he's, he's trying.
[00:16:06] He's really trying his best.
[00:16:07] He's like trying to get Izuku to visualize and stuff like that.
[00:16:10] And it's just, it's not clicking.
[00:16:12] So Mei interrupts their little training session when an invention of hers goes flying at Toshi and he catches it in like super cool and hot and sexy way.
[00:16:23] It was amazing.
[00:16:25] It was so hot.
[00:16:27] It was really hot.
[00:16:29] The perfect reflexes.
[00:16:31] Like he didn't even, like, he didn't even struggle at all.
[00:16:36] Like he didn't even think.
[00:16:37] No.
[00:16:38] It was hot.
[00:16:39] He's still so competent.
[00:16:40] God.
[00:16:41] Anyway.
[00:16:41] Oh my God.
[00:16:43] It's also like a really good example of like Toshi isn't just one for all.
[00:16:48] Like one of the reasons that he was so good at using one for all while he had it is because he's like,
[00:16:53] he was very skilled in other ways too.
[00:16:55] Yes.
[00:16:56] Yes.
[00:16:57] He's the sexiest 55 year old man out there.
[00:17:00] Mm.
[00:17:00] Yes, he is.
[00:17:02] Uh, but yeah, this is how we learn that Izuku has requested a support item from Mei.
[00:17:07] Um, that's possibly going to help him with this issue.
[00:17:09] And we also learn that Toshi himself used to use support items until they stopped being useful for him, mostly because one for all just started getting stronger and stronger and stronger.
[00:17:21] And it technology at the time just couldn't keep up.
[00:17:24] Yeah, he didn't, he didn't need them anymore.
[00:17:26] Mm hmm.
[00:17:27] After a certain point.
[00:17:28] All right.
[00:17:29] So we cut to the dorms and the kids are hanging out and Jiro notices that Momo is making a very delicious smelling tea called Gold Tips Imperial.
[00:17:38] Hence the title of this episode.
[00:17:40] Tips.
[00:17:42] Dear God.
[00:17:46] Uh, Izuku, who's busy obsessively scanning through Yaptube for videos of All Might using support items, instead finds the Gentle Criminal video that was teased in the last episode.
[00:18:01] And the big teaser, brace yourself, y'all, was that no, Gentle Criminal wants to give society a quote unquote wake up call.
[00:18:10] So he's drinking royal flush tea as his pre job hype drink.
[00:18:15] I don't know what those have to do with each other.
[00:18:18] Is it like an extra caffeinated tea?
[00:18:20] I don't understand.
[00:18:21] They have nothing to do with each other because he's stupid.
[00:18:29] Arguably, most importantly, though, we, this is where we get the gif of Deku frantically scrolling on his phone that we use in our group chat for like literally everything.
[00:18:40] Mm hmm.
[00:18:41] We are all Izuku.
[00:18:43] Yeah.
[00:18:43] Yes, exactly.
[00:18:44] And also, I also commented on the royal flush nonsense because in the dub, it, he, he like says, in effect, what could royal flush mean to your viewers?
[00:18:55] And he doesn't actually say what it means.
[00:18:57] I think it's because he idolizes toilets because he's a freaking weirdo.
[00:19:02] Oh my God.
[00:19:03] There's no connection between what he's planning and what the tea name implies.
[00:19:09] Like there, there's nothing.
[00:19:11] No, if there's a cultural thing, fine.
[00:19:15] But in the English, not nothing, nothing's connecting because you're stupid.
[00:19:20] You stupid man.
[00:19:21] Also, he got ratioed with his viewers.
[00:19:24] He only got thumbs down on that video as he deserves.
[00:19:29] Cause he's stupid.
[00:19:31] Oh man.
[00:19:33] But you know, that's funny.
[00:19:34] I didn't even think that like in Japanese, royal flush tea and wake up call might like sound similarly or something.
[00:19:41] I wasn't paying enough attention.
[00:19:42] So maybe that's the.
[00:19:44] Yeah.
[00:19:44] And also, also the translation may not be very accurate or.
[00:19:49] Yeah, that's true too.
[00:19:50] Maybe it does actually make sense.
[00:19:51] And we just, we just can't tell.
[00:19:53] Well, I prefer to think there is no connection because of how stupid gentle criminal is.
[00:19:59] But if there is a connection, Japanese listeners, let us know.
[00:20:05] We would like to know.
[00:20:06] I have no idea if we have any Japanese listeners.
[00:20:09] I am able to.
[00:20:11] I want to check real quick.
[00:20:11] Hold on.
[00:20:11] I am able to hold two head cannons at once.
[00:20:16] One being the accurate cultural based one.
[00:20:19] And my own.
[00:20:20] Judgmental criminal is an idiot one.
[00:20:23] I can hold both at the same time.
[00:20:25] Absolutely.
[00:20:25] Absolutely.
[00:20:26] Let me see here.
[00:20:28] Oh, we do have maybe one or two listeners in Japan.
[00:20:31] Hi.
[00:20:32] I apologize for everything.
[00:20:34] Yes.
[00:20:35] Yes.
[00:20:35] I'm.
[00:20:36] I personally, I am very sorry.
[00:20:38] I mispronounce everything, even though I try really hard.
[00:20:41] Um, your language is very different than English.
[00:20:46] And I am a stupid American.
[00:20:51] Oh, man.
[00:20:52] But yeah, I kind of lean towards your opinion, Nicole, mostly because his plan is also fucking stupid.
[00:21:00] It's a bad plan because he's stupid.
[00:21:03] Oh, Lord.
[00:21:04] And speaking of.
[00:21:06] So we next cut to gentle criminal who reveals that he's planning to attack you a to I get it through their heads that society is feeling like super not great about heroes right now because they're acting kind of cowardly and they don't adjust well to unexpected situations.
[00:21:24] And he wants them to get their shit together.
[00:21:26] I do.
[00:21:27] Dude, this plan is not well thought out.
[00:21:29] I love it.
[00:21:30] Not so much.
[00:21:31] I hate it.
[00:21:35] Terrible plan.
[00:21:36] Basically, they're going to walk to a tea house to pick up some gold tips imperial tea for his post job celebration drink, cover their scent in dirt.
[00:21:46] So Hound Dog, who, as Nicole mentioned, is going to be working security during the festival, won't smell them.
[00:21:52] And then Labrava is going to hack into the security system.
[00:21:55] And I guess that's it.
[00:21:56] Like they're just going to do like one of those.
[00:21:59] Ha ha.
[00:22:00] We got in like almost like white hat hacking.
[00:22:03] Yeah.
[00:22:04] They're like get in to prove that they could and to show where the vulnerabilities are.
[00:22:10] Yes.
[00:22:10] Yes.
[00:22:11] That.
[00:22:11] Thank you.
[00:22:12] But also, it's a dumb plan.
[00:22:15] It's not good.
[00:22:17] There's no connection between the motivation and the execution.
[00:22:21] It's nothing there.
[00:22:23] No.
[00:22:23] I do have to point out because I have to cover all my bases, even when I hate the person.
[00:22:30] In the dub, General Criminal does have this line.
[00:22:34] Their feckless actions have bred distrust from the masses.
[00:22:39] Other than it being a very pretentious way of saying it, he does make a good point about hero society.
[00:22:46] Yeah.
[00:22:46] Like he's correctly identified a problem.
[00:22:49] Yes.
[00:22:49] His solution is just garbage.
[00:22:51] Because he's stupid.
[00:22:53] You're stupid.
[00:22:55] You're the horrible person you hate can make a good point at times.
[00:23:00] But it does not change the fact that his execution fails utterly.
[00:23:06] Oh boy.
[00:23:07] I love it.
[00:23:08] I love how stressed out you are.
[00:23:11] It's a bad plan.
[00:23:14] Oh, it is.
[00:23:17] It is.
[00:23:18] I'll give you that.
[00:23:18] It's terrible.
[00:23:19] I love it.
[00:23:20] It's the worst.
[00:23:21] I love it.
[00:23:30] It's the worst.
[00:23:44] Also, Labrava, the queen that she is.
[00:23:47] She makes a comment that she doesn't really want to get innocent children involved in all of this.
[00:23:53] She's cautious about that.
[00:23:55] She should be the brain of all of their plans, honestly, because he's so stupid.
[00:24:04] But then she starts squeeing out over her boyfriend and it's disgusting.
[00:24:09] She sprung.
[00:24:11] It's disgusting.
[00:24:13] She is disgusting.
[00:24:13] It's disgusting.
[00:24:13] It is.
[00:24:14] It's terrible to see.
[00:24:16] Anyway.
[00:24:18] Also, I have to also be angry about the cafe where he's going to get his stupid little tea.
[00:24:24] Basically, the cafe that they're going to is in somebody's house and nobody knows it's a cafe.
[00:24:30] So nobody goes there.
[00:24:31] But also, there's no sign or any sort of notice that there is, in fact, a business in that house.
[00:24:38] So the owner is also stupid.
[00:24:40] I think that might be intentional.
[00:24:42] It's one of those like super exclusive tea houses.
[00:24:45] No, he's just stupid.
[00:24:47] Put a sign out.
[00:24:50] Oh, man.
[00:24:51] I hate everything about all the people in this episode.
[00:24:59] Oh, man.
[00:25:04] So then we learn that when Gentle Criminal first started posting his videos, he, to no one's surprise, was absolute crap at it.
[00:25:14] Because he's stupid.
[00:25:18] But his videos spoke to Labrava.
[00:25:21] So she stalked him online, found his address and offered to help because she's much, much better at all of this than he is.
[00:25:29] And creepy.
[00:25:30] A little bit.
[00:25:30] It freaked him out a little bit, obviously.
[00:25:32] I think that's fair.
[00:25:34] Yeah.
[00:25:34] But like now he's super happy that she's here to help him.
[00:25:38] And this plan of his is like partially a demonstration to her of like his gratefulness for all her help.
[00:25:45] And he's like trying to create a safer future for her.
[00:25:48] I don't know.
[00:25:48] They exchange love confessions.
[00:25:50] It's super adorable.
[00:25:51] It's utterly Delulu.
[00:25:53] I love them so much.
[00:25:55] It's terrible.
[00:25:57] I wish Labrava had chosen a much better object of affections.
[00:26:02] Also, listeners, I have to confess something.
[00:26:05] I always thought Labrava was like a child and Gentle Criminal was like an old geezer because of the white hair.
[00:26:14] But no, they're like around the same age and they're like 20s, I think.
[00:26:19] So that would have been nice to know the first time I was actually watching this because it seemed really weird.
[00:26:27] Watching these two like be in love with each other when she is obviously a child and he is a geezer.
[00:26:34] But no, they're both in their 20s.
[00:26:37] They're both consenting adults.
[00:26:39] It's fine.
[00:26:40] They're just stupid.
[00:26:44] They're 20 year olds.
[00:26:45] Of course, they're stupid.
[00:26:47] Of course, they're stupid.
[00:26:48] Yep.
[00:26:49] Yeah.
[00:26:49] They're both consenting adults.
[00:26:51] It's fine.
[00:26:52] Yes.
[00:26:52] It would have been nice to know.
[00:26:54] It would have been nice that it would have been clearer.
[00:26:57] But no, no, it wasn't.
[00:26:59] And it's fine.
[00:27:01] All right.
[00:27:02] So some things of note.
[00:27:03] At the beginning of the episode, Mirio tries to make a surprise entrance, but Izuku ruined it.
[00:27:09] And no one laughed at his butt joke.
[00:27:12] Poor Mirio.
[00:27:13] Because it wasn't funny.
[00:27:16] He stuck his ass through a bush.
[00:27:20] Sir.
[00:27:21] He has a very specific sense of humor.
[00:27:24] And it doesn't work.
[00:27:27] Also, when they're walking around the school, Aerie is just like clutching onto a corner of Mirio's jacket.
[00:27:33] And it's so, so cute.
[00:27:36] She's just a little baby and she's scared.
[00:27:39] And she's just like holding on to something comforting.
[00:27:43] And it's just, it's wonderful.
[00:27:45] I love it.
[00:27:46] It's very cute.
[00:27:47] Mm hmm.
[00:27:48] And then a friend of Mirio's like jokingly implies that Mirio is out of school right now because Aerie might be his kid.
[00:27:55] And Mirio does not correct him and the guy freaks out about it.
[00:27:59] Yeah, he does not correct him.
[00:28:02] He lets the guy assume that Mirio as a 17 year old has a four year old daughter.
[00:28:08] And this is his one actually funny joke.
[00:28:13] It was pretty great.
[00:28:17] Also, the name of class one B's like play.
[00:28:20] It's a mashup.
[00:28:22] And I can't remember what the title is, but it's hysterical and it sounds amazing.
[00:28:26] And I, it's just, yeah, we need to see it.
[00:28:28] It's I, if I remember right, it's Romeo and Juliet and the prisoner of Azkaban and the return of the king.
[00:28:36] It's all the things.
[00:28:37] Beautiful.
[00:28:38] It's Romeo and Juliet.
[00:28:40] It's the Harry Potter universe.
[00:28:42] Fuck turfs.
[00:28:43] And also Lord of the Rings.
[00:28:46] Amazing.
[00:28:47] Perfect.
[00:28:47] Can't think of anything better.
[00:28:49] Freaking weirdos.
[00:28:50] Mm hmm.
[00:28:52] It's adorable though.
[00:28:54] It is.
[00:28:55] It is.
[00:28:55] It's pretty great.
[00:28:56] They all seem so excited.
[00:28:58] And it does look like they, like came together really well.
[00:29:02] Mm hmm.
[00:29:03] Mm hmm.
[00:29:03] Yeah, we'll get to that part later, but definitely.
[00:29:05] Yeah.
[00:29:06] Yeah.
[00:29:06] Also a beauty pageant at a hero school seems weird, but whatever.
[00:29:12] It's all about making that money.
[00:29:14] So.
[00:29:15] And I mean, there's, there's beauty pageants at high schools anyway.
[00:29:19] Like, yeah, that's a normal thing, I guess.
[00:29:21] Well, I found.
[00:29:22] I just don't like it.
[00:29:23] But no, it's, it's, it is weird.
[00:29:25] It is gross.
[00:29:26] It's just.
[00:29:27] Normalized.
[00:29:28] Gross.
[00:29:28] Yeah.
[00:29:29] I'm.
[00:29:30] I have more of an issue with Kendo.
[00:29:32] I mean, I mean, there's a lot of people.
[00:29:39] Like I like.
[00:29:45] Yeah.
[00:29:48] Yeah.
[00:29:51] Yeah.
[00:29:53] Yeah.
[00:29:54] Yeah.
[00:29:55] like i do like that part but i'm just imagining the the culture in japan of
[00:30:02] i don't want to say pedophilia because there's more nuance than that and it's like it's a
[00:30:07] different culture but like it's there i don't like it okay yeah kendo's got a lot to navigate
[00:30:14] it's a good thing it's a good thing she got big old fists because yeah they can smack them around
[00:30:20] yeah yeah also negera's pageant dress is rocking that cleavage and poor izuku is so embarrassed
[00:30:30] and flustered he like can't even look at her he can't he can't look at her but like he's not even
[00:30:36] trying to just look at her face he's like he's not looking at her at all he can't even say the word
[00:30:43] boobs this poor sweet virgin he's so sweet and innocent and the bi panic the poor yes yeah
[00:30:53] speaking of queerness negera's quote-unquote friend yuyu yeah this is the first episode she's in and
[00:31:02] they are definitely girlfriends and married your honor there is that she's not in a lot of like
[00:31:08] on screen time but it is very clear they are girlfriends oh yeah she gets like two full minutes
[00:31:15] of screen time and then like one like panel of like her character stats and stuff and we we took
[00:31:23] it and ran with it it's very obvious that they are gay with each other very oh so gay
[00:31:32] also we learned that the festival is the support courses spotlight event kind of like how the sports
[00:31:38] festival was for the hero kids so it's nice that at least one other course is also getting time to
[00:31:44] shine i do want to know if the other courses get like their own moment though i feel like the general
[00:31:52] studies they're just like a high school so they would get high school things and then the business
[00:31:58] the business course it kind of feels like almost an early college version yeah maybe they have like a
[00:32:05] business festival and they just go around making deals yeah they have they have a conference
[00:32:12] yeah yeah something like that oh this is a weird school i love it it's so weird and it's great
[00:32:19] um also momojiro have a little compliment fest moment it was very cute and also very sapphic
[00:32:25] sure sure it was 15 seconds long but sure and it was super cute and super sapphic yeah yeah it was
[00:32:35] also i love that gentle criminal is like a hype drink slash small treat girly like i i love it i am
[00:32:42] the same i need my i need my hype drink i need my reward drink give me my drinks yeah it's just one
[00:32:49] redeeming quality and lastly gentle criminal and labrava are totally in some sort of like very benign
[00:32:58] folie adieu and i i love that for them yeah yeah obviously yeah something's going on and it's not
[00:33:06] great and they are delulu they're they're delulu and he's so he's so dumb labrava you could do so much
[00:33:15] better uh opposites attract you know mm-hmm mm-hmm uh she got she got that she loves the idiots she got
[00:33:26] that thing that zero has mm-hmm yeah it's the the golden retriever boy yeah yep yeah except except he's a
[00:33:35] very bad golden retriever because he's not he doesn't do those things good either oh man he's like those um
[00:33:43] like those seeing eye dogs that fail training but they still know all the tricks yes and they keep
[00:33:49] going around doing the things they know how to do but like for no discernible reason and there and it
[00:33:55] makes them look dumb yes yep yep absolutely absolutely oh man but yeah that is it for the episode
[00:34:05] synopsis nothing happened and i hated every minute of it no it was great i loved it it
[00:34:13] super cute no yeah it's a great episode i just hate nezu and general criminal and also
[00:34:20] the tea shop owner for his for all of his lack of marketing skills
[00:34:24] i don't know why this is so funny to me i love it
[00:34:31] oh okay all right so we only have one discussion topic and again there is no science to redeem
[00:34:40] the idiocy of the men in this episode um and our one discussion topic is that hero support items
[00:34:48] are an analog for disability accommodations mm-hmm yeah i i knew this is something we could slash should
[00:34:58] talk about but then my brain just utterly stopped working and i was like someone please just help yes
[00:35:05] yes yes and it's basically i couldn't help because i didn't do these notes either you're doing great
[00:35:13] honey yeah you're doing amazing you you had a very busy weekend and then a ton of travel and then a ton
[00:35:19] of work stuff you're good yeah yeah um but basically this episode is kind of the start of horikoshi
[00:35:28] growing this theme about how support items are uh metaphor for disability accommodations and how
[00:35:36] they make everything better for everybody um and like it's basically it's like these support items are
[00:35:46] assistive devices and they're useful for anyone and everyone whether you are trying to be a hero or
[00:35:52] you you just need some support for your very sore ligaments and joints um so like it's essentially
[00:36:00] the start of him of horikoshi's theme of how almost everyone is capable of really anything if we would just
[00:36:10] like divert our attention to accessibility instead of like celebrity and hero society um it'd make life
[00:36:19] easier for everyone and in their world it would also definitely help with so-called villain relations
[00:36:27] because like you get your assistive devices and then you get your counseling and then you get more
[00:36:32] helpful technology and like everyone can contribute and everyone can be part of society in a way that
[00:36:38] works for them and everything's great and and but instead you get celebrity culture and dystopia
[00:36:45] mm-hmm ooh i actually did just remember a point i wanted to make yes so um obviously as we said toshi is
[00:36:55] definitely very pro um support items um he does mention to izuku that the more he leans on a support
[00:37:05] item the less he's leaning on his own body and that can lead to like degregate oh what's the word
[00:37:11] like degeneration in some areas which is actually an issue with a lot of accessibility devices like um
[00:37:21] wheelchairs can put a lot of strain on your body uh back braces can weaken your muscles so it's really
[00:37:29] all about finding the balance and what works for you and just making sure that you're paying attention
[00:37:34] to your body and what it needs yep and i thought that was a uh an interesting point yes yes honestly a
[00:37:43] pretty good point coming from big dumb toshi yeah and also um accessibility devices need to be more
[00:37:51] comfortable yes they need to be more comfortable everyone needs to have them they need to be free
[00:37:56] but also people need to get paid for the labor of making them and everything is terrible and capitalism sucks
[00:38:02] yep gavel smash yeah all right so moving along to manga differences for chapter 173 uh murio's
[00:38:14] stupid butt joke um it's about a full moon in the manga but they changed it to being a peach joke
[00:38:22] in the dub i don't know what it was in the sub i don't care uh neither are great but at least he
[00:38:29] keeps his pants on this time so an improvement and also the title of class b's play is different in
[00:38:40] the in the manga and it's also better than what they made it in the dub uh it's actually romeo and
[00:38:46] juliet and the return of the prisoner king of azkaban oh my god i love it it's better
[00:38:58] also there is a panel of shinso our king um helping with his own classes little project and how dare
[00:39:05] they not include that in this episode how dare they all right and then for chapter 174 uh we actually get
[00:39:13] a better look of may's pile of inventions in the anime as instead of in the manga so like good job
[00:39:22] animators i don't know why you added that but you cut shinso you could have had both who knows
[00:39:28] oh i'm gonna blame it on men honestly it's fine it's usually a pretty safe bet yeah and capitalism
[00:39:36] always blame capitalism and reagan fuck you reagan okay easter eggs before we go completely off the
[00:39:45] rails um mirio's peach quote unquote terrible joke uh but it does it return in a very random and also
[00:39:55] shockingly effective way in season seven so and it was like just aired like a cup like within the last
[00:40:05] couple of weeks so i'm not gonna spoil it uh but but jokes sure oh yeah yeah again horikoshi
[00:40:13] brings back everything literally everything because he also we somehow got night eye tied into it like
[00:40:22] sir go to bed also at it was at this point that i remembered my own headcanon and it's not an easter
[00:40:30] egg for the actual show uh it's more of a fun shared headcanon so um if if you are a fan of the
[00:40:39] pokemon games the most recent games scarlet and violet there is a character named airy um and she
[00:40:46] also has gray hair um but she is now grown up and she's big and buff and she's a lucha libre style
[00:40:54] or style like type wrestler and i headcanon that little baby airy and big pokemon airy they're the
[00:41:03] same person so yes yes honestly that's a vibe yes yes i agree i agree it's amazing if y'all don't know
[00:41:11] the airy from pokemon go look it up it's uncanny they're they're the same person
[00:41:18] all right and then um at some point monoma in his stupid little monologue um he makes a comment
[00:41:24] in the dub to the effect of how like me and my class are gonna be so great um you're gonna wish
[00:41:32] you hadn't shown up and he's oh my god he's speaking to izuku specifically um and it's hilarious
[00:41:40] when you take it in the context of season seven like it could be like a flash forward it could be like a
[00:41:46] hint um but yeah if it's complete coincidence i'm gonna scream that's hilarious yeah but it's also
[00:41:54] so vague that it might be coincidence but i feel like it's not because somebody over there is cooking
[00:42:01] in that writer's room all right also may who's uh stinky she's not wasting her time bathing in
[00:42:10] preparation for the festival uh this also carries over to the final arc so just remember when you're
[00:42:16] simping for mehatsume she stank anyway which is even funnier if you like us ship her with ida
[00:42:27] because you know that man never misses a bath time oh god no it's he gets has it down to the second
[00:42:33] part of his routine all right and then at one point nezu just eats an entire block of cheese i think
[00:42:39] it's in the cafeteria um and of course that made me imagine him now yama having wine and cheese and
[00:42:46] gossip sessions is one redeeming headcanon yeah i can see like retired nezu and like pro hero aoyama
[00:42:56] just they meet up they they gossip they have their charcuterie board also i really want cheese but i
[00:43:05] don't have any tragedy i only have mozzarella and that's not satisfying and it's the cheddar kind
[00:43:11] no i i'd take it i have i have parmesan and cheddar oh all right anyway
[00:43:21] um at one point all might is is talking about how it was easier for him to use one for all like how it
[00:43:27] it wasn't as big of a thing as izuku is making it out to be that's not how it actually is um but there's
[00:43:35] there's a reason that all might was able to use all of one for all's strength right away and izuku
[00:43:44] just can't um and it's not just because all might is a natural born hero like izuku thinks yeah it's
[00:43:51] not just because toshi was the size of a fully grown adult at the age of 11 yeah no there's
[00:43:57] reasons for it we will learn the reasons just stay tuned it's good um also um the support gear that
[00:44:06] all might mentions aka the golden suit of armor that i am shocked that i forgot about um it comes
[00:44:14] back i in in my notes i said i actually forgot about this bit but i mainly forgot that it was a thing to
[00:44:23] begin with so when we get to that point in season seven which honestly as as we record might be this
[00:44:32] saturday's episode um it's it's so coincidental that we're doing this episode and then that episode
[00:44:38] is so close like dude i'm telling you there are so many coincidences of like where we are in this
[00:44:46] podcast and where the show is and i can't tell if it's just like coincidence or if horikoshi just threads
[00:44:54] so much stuff throughout his stories that like it would have happened regardless right right i feel like
[00:45:01] it can be both it's wild it's it's so wild um so yeah when you see that golden suit of armor pay
[00:45:09] attention to it because obviously i didn't when it came up because i totally forgot that it was a
[00:45:14] thing all right now we're going to move along to the big spoiler section which now that the
[00:45:20] manga is over sad um i'm basically treating like every episode like within the past couple of weeks
[00:45:28] and forward as part of the big spoilers so like if you're not caught up on the manga and you don't
[00:45:35] want to be spoiled for the last few episodes of the current anime bye we love you but also catch up
[00:45:42] it's very it's a very good season yes it's so good all right so the big spoiler section actually
[00:45:50] starts with something from fern yes uh i thought it was hilarious that in this episode toshi warns
[00:45:57] izuku not to depend too much on support items in case he loses finer control of his quirk like we
[00:46:04] talked about earlier and now grown-up izuku is using support items as his quirk and it's just wild
[00:46:10] um but i am still glad that even early on toshi wasn't like prejudiced against using support items
[00:46:16] like you can really see how toshi or horikoshi laid that that um development out yeah especially
[00:46:23] considering that toshi himself was quirkless like it's very important yeah again the whiplash of
[00:46:31] season seven gentle criminal and season seven gentle criminal it's just like what is happening
[00:46:38] oh season four gentle criminal and season seven season four and season seven like what
[00:46:42] like i literally watched him save sky high ua and then turned to this episode where he's a complete
[00:46:53] buffoon uh uh uh roth oh this idiot oh i was so mad when he turned up and killed it in
[00:47:04] season seven and then your hate for gentle criminal is one of the funniest things for me he's the worst
[00:47:12] but also he redeems himself and i hate it he does he does it's pretty great he learns honestly he's
[00:47:19] one of the most redeemable characters on here he is yes he is yes i will i will agree dumb but harmless
[00:47:26] he's so stupid um anyway speaking of season seven gentle criminal and um if y'all follow our
[00:47:38] twitters and our tiktoks with any kind of closeness you'll know i already said this on the socials
[00:47:46] but they used the heroes rising song for labrava and gentle criminals power-up sequence which involves
[00:47:55] their love for each other their romantic canonical love for each other therefore it makes the song
[00:48:02] itself canonically a romantic song therefore therefore confirming that baku deku is canonically
[00:48:11] romantic as well because it is their song and they are husbands and boom like there's not even anything
[00:48:18] subtle about it we're not just gays reaching for the potential gays they are gay oh yeah no like
[00:48:25] the animators everyone involved in the production of this anime is on our side they're slipping it in
[00:48:32] wherever they can literally horikoshi's assistant is doing everything that they can to make baku deku
[00:48:40] canon oh very much outside of the actual chapter he's constantly being hounded by his assistants about
[00:48:48] baku deku like yeah and i'm sure i i want to believe that horikoshi also ships baku deku and wanted them to
[00:48:56] be endgame but i think so too i think he just at the end of the day there weren't really that many ships
[00:49:03] or any ships really that became canon i think that just wasn't a priority for him writing wise and
[00:49:08] that's and that's totally fair he was telling a completely different story exactly they are husbands
[00:49:13] yes and because canonically no one ends up with anyone at the end of the series baku deku is
[00:49:20] therefore schrodinger's version of canon schrodinger's canon
[00:49:27] all right and then finally uh the tiny comment about the early form of all might's iron might suit
[00:49:35] actually leading izuku to knowing who gentle criminal is before the showdown between izuku and
[00:49:44] gentle criminal and therefore months before the iron might reveal itself it's stellar circular
[00:49:53] storytelling i hope that it was purposeful i am foaming at the mouth oh god how i don't know i don't
[00:50:02] no it drives me insane oh he must be on some sort of limitless type drug like how horikoshi are you on
[00:50:11] crack you can tell us are you on crack or meth or a very strong adderall because like can you share but
[00:50:20] also oh man superhuman my guy and the writing team like oh what the shit oh how i it's it's just it's so
[00:50:31] small and it's when it's again i feel like i know everything about the the series and then
[00:50:37] fucking iron might was back in season four and nobody like kept it connected i i'm sweating there are just
[00:50:48] so many little threads like this there are so so freaking many it's impossible to keep track of them all
[00:50:54] and therefore how but someone was someone was someone was i want to know i want to know how
[00:51:01] because that sounds like really good adderall like can i get some of that i have yeah whatever
[00:51:07] you're smoking i want it yeah anyway final comments i hate everyone but it's fine because this was it was
[00:51:15] a lovely episode it was a very good episode yeah it was really cute i am incredibly jealous of horikoshi
[00:51:22] and i want his drugs that's my final comment yeah i want his drugs i want his brain i want to know what
[00:51:28] he's doing next because i feel like he has something up his sleeve perhaps with the jjk mangaka or that
[00:51:36] could just be tiktok that would be amazing and i would love that i would also love it but also sir
[00:51:41] what is your next project i must know so i can pre-order it at yeah can you and gege or whatever
[00:51:47] that person's name is like come back from your honeymoon jj jj jj i thought it was gay gay i've
[00:51:53] been saying gaj gaj gaj my apologies gaj yeah horikoshi you and gege can you please come back from
[00:52:00] your honeymoon and start writing yeah do it together um there are still as of this recording there are
[00:52:07] still like two chapters left of the jjk manga which is great awesome um i am now sad that gege's name is
[00:52:17] not gay gay because i think it's funny considering uh ghetto and gocho
[00:52:27] pronunciation culture language yay things things and feelings we need to stop this recording
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