MHA Season 4, Ep 25: Deep-Fried Tardigrades and Nomu-Preg

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[00:00:22] Hey y'all, this is My Hero Analysis, a podcast about My Hero Academia, a.k.a. 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.

[00:00:36] Hey y'all, I'm Fern and I am tired. My brain is just being dragged along the ground with a dirty piece of twine.

[00:00:47] Yep, yep.

[00:00:48] Same.

[00:00:49] Yep, same. I'm Nicole, I'm still fucking angry, but I'm also very tired.

[00:00:55] It is coming on that time of the month and the baby box has decided to make me just unbelievably fatigued for no reason at all.

[00:01:07] Mm-hmm.

[00:01:08] Mm-hmm. I'm Maria and I am a potato.

[00:01:12] Yeah.

[00:01:12] That is it.

[00:01:13] Also, as we all know, this is the episode that basically will just be me saying, fuck Endeavor, cause fuck that raggedy bitch.

[00:01:20] Yeah.

[00:01:22] Mm-hmm. Yep, we are about to unleash all of Maria's fury.

[00:01:28] But before we do that, Maria, what is your recording snack?

[00:01:31] Kettle corn.

[00:01:33] Mm-hmm.

[00:01:34] Delicious, delicious.

[00:01:36] I've been eating it very slowly.

[00:01:37] You gotta savor it, yeah.

[00:01:39] Mm-hmm.

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[00:02:04] So this week we're covering episode 25 of My Hero Academia season four.

[00:02:11] So this is the final episode of season four.

[00:02:14] And the title is His Start, which in the manga is chapters 187 through 189, as well as parts of chapters 190, 192, and 193.

[00:02:25] So I'm going to lead us through a synopsis with a significant amount of help from Nicole.

[00:02:31] And then hand it over to Maria for her science corner.

[00:02:35] And then Nicole is going to jump back in for discussion topics, manga differences, and Easter eggs.

[00:02:40] And then we will wrap up the episode with our big spoiler section.

[00:02:44] So getting into the synopsis, the episode starts at the hospital where Rei has been staying and Natsuo and Fuyumi are visiting.

[00:02:53] And Natsuo is pissed that Endeavor is number one when everyone has no idea what he's done to his family.

[00:03:00] And as far as Natsuo is aware, has not shown a single bit of remorse.

[00:03:05] So he's, he pissed.

[00:03:07] He's angry.

[00:03:09] He should be.

[00:03:10] Uh huh.

[00:03:11] And Rei reveals that Endeavor has started visiting to a certain extent and bringing her favorite flowers, which is something she only mentioned like once.

[00:03:21] But apparently he just like stuck that in his brain and filed it away forever.

[00:03:25] Um, but they still can't meet face to face for obvious reasons.

[00:03:29] Um, so we are starting to see the very beginning of Endeavor's atonement arc.

[00:03:35] Just the, the first little hints, little sprinkles.

[00:03:37] Um, but as we all know, this is complicated and no one's feelings are wrong here.

[00:03:42] And I don't blame Natsuo one little bit.

[00:03:45] No, he is correct.

[00:03:46] Um, but also Rei has like far too much grace about all of this.

[00:03:52] She is queen.

[00:03:53] Um, and I support her cause again, it's complicated.

[00:03:57] I support you in all your feelings, but girl, how?

[00:04:00] Well, she's been separated from him for like 10 years and she's the only character that we know for a fact has gotten mental health help.

[00:04:07] So.

[00:04:08] I would still be mad.

[00:04:10] Just saying.

[00:04:13] She's, she's probably on meds.

[00:04:15] So.

[00:04:15] I want those.

[00:04:17] Me too.

[00:04:18] I would love them.

[00:04:19] That would sound like real good meds.

[00:04:21] Um, I'm already on meds.

[00:04:23] I want more.

[00:04:25] Yeah.

[00:04:25] Especially since there's an utter old shortage still.

[00:04:29] Christ.

[00:04:29] That fucking sucks.

[00:04:31] Oh, I'm dying.

[00:04:31] It's fine.

[00:04:32] I personally feel that Endeavor can eat rocks, glass and rusty metal.

[00:04:37] Um, and that would just be the start of what he owes to his family and to society at large.

[00:04:42] Uh, but I digress.

[00:04:44] Hmm.

[00:04:44] Um, I am with Natsu.

[00:04:47] Natsu.

[00:04:48] Oh, fuckity fuck face.

[00:04:49] Also.

[00:04:50] I definitely skipped most of this episode.

[00:04:53] Because you just did not want to look at Endeavor.

[00:04:56] Yup.

[00:04:59] It's okay.

[00:05:00] We all know I skipped a whole episode.

[00:05:02] So.

[00:05:02] Mm hmm.

[00:05:03] So, yeah.

[00:05:04] It was just, I was like, okay, here's the space again.

[00:05:08] Let's.

[00:05:09] Fast forward.

[00:05:10] Okay.

[00:05:12] Let's keep going.

[00:05:15] Yup.

[00:05:16] So to Maria's point, we then cut to Endeavor, who is fighting the high end Nomu with Hawks'

[00:05:21] help.

[00:05:22] Yes.

[00:05:23] And also, reminder to viewers, this is the last episode that aired before we got Heroes

[00:05:28] Rising, which still, I think, is the best of the four movies.

[00:05:32] Yeah.

[00:05:33] Yeah.

[00:05:33] Also, you can tell the production value, like, wildly increased in this particular fight

[00:05:40] scene compared to past fight scenes.

[00:05:42] Oh, easily.

[00:05:43] Yeah.

[00:05:44] It's like either that or they just saved it all up for this episode and also the episode

[00:05:49] that had, like, the final scenes with Overhaul.

[00:05:51] Cause, amazing.

[00:05:53] Yeah.

[00:05:53] They've definitely, this season is where they really started allocating more resources towards

[00:05:58] the fight scenes.

[00:05:59] Yeah.

[00:06:00] The studio was like, ooh, people, let's go.

[00:06:03] Mm hmm.

[00:06:04] Um, and during this fight, we get the breakdown of Hawks' quirk and how he doesn't actually

[00:06:10] have wings in the biological sense.

[00:06:14] Um, yeah, there's no membrane.

[00:06:16] Yeah.

[00:06:16] It's, he basically, he has individually controlled feathers that come together, um, either naturally,

[00:06:24] like, that's just how they come together, uh, without him thinking about it or because

[00:06:28] he holds them that way, like into wings.

[00:06:31] Yeah.

[00:06:32] But, and he also like makes it appear like the, it has like a skeletal arc, hard to latch

[00:06:38] and a structure at the top where it, like where a bone would be.

[00:06:42] Mm hmm.

[00:06:42] Um, but there's nothing there.

[00:06:44] Uh, he's just holding them like that.

[00:06:46] Yeah.

[00:06:47] Somehow.

[00:06:47] Which fair.

[00:06:48] Yes.

[00:06:49] Fair.

[00:06:49] Go for the aesthetic.

[00:06:49] Why not?

[00:06:50] Yes.

[00:06:51] Uh, I personally would have gone for with biblically accurate angel, but sure.

[00:06:56] Yeah.

[00:06:56] It's probably unconscious cause I mean, this is kind of a spoiler, but we do see scenes

[00:07:01] of him as like a very, very small child.

[00:07:03] Mm hmm.

[00:07:04] So it could just be like, that's just the way his brain automatically organizes them.

[00:07:09] Yep.

[00:07:10] That's true.

[00:07:11] Still biblically accurate hawks would be amazing.

[00:07:15] Um, someone's drawn that somewhere.

[00:07:17] I'm sure.

[00:07:18] Send us your fan art.

[00:07:19] Yep.

[00:07:20] We want it.

[00:07:21] Yeah.

[00:07:21] And also the feathers can like sense vibrations somehow that like they are essentially a whole

[00:07:28] other sense organ unto themselves and hawks can read them and interpret them.

[00:07:32] And that's why he's able to rescue people from a collapsing building when he doesn't actually

[00:07:37] see any of these people.

[00:07:39] Like he saves 76 people without laying eyes on them.

[00:07:42] He's amazing.

[00:07:43] He's also with silly boy.

[00:07:45] Yes.

[00:07:45] Yeah.

[00:07:46] He's the only reason this episode was bearable.

[00:07:51] Mm hmm.

[00:07:52] Mm hmm.

[00:07:52] Yeah.

[00:07:52] He did kind of carry it.

[00:07:53] I'm not gonna lie.

[00:07:54] He did.

[00:07:55] Yes.

[00:07:55] He, he honestly, he kind of carries a lot of the series going forward.

[00:07:59] He does.

[00:08:00] Horikoshi was like, if I'm going to get people to pay attention to Endeavor's atonement arc

[00:08:06] long enough, I'm going to give, I'm going to have to give them something pretty and

[00:08:09] sassy to look at.

[00:08:11] Yeah.

[00:08:11] Otherwise no one's going to give a shit.

[00:08:13] Yeah.

[00:08:14] He, he took out the one blonde Toshi and just replaced him with another blonde.

[00:08:18] Mm hmm.

[00:08:20] Um, we do also see at least to me, cause I don't watch a lot of horror, but I feel like

[00:08:26] the horror factor also really increased in this episode and you can really see it in the

[00:08:30] high ends regeneration.

[00:08:32] How you can actually see the bones regrowing and the muscles regrowing over the bones.

[00:08:37] Whereas before they just got popped out fully formed, especially the first no moo and season

[00:08:42] one.

[00:08:43] It just popped out.

[00:08:44] The gross factor is, is back.

[00:08:47] Yes.

[00:08:48] They brought it back.

[00:08:49] Yes.

[00:08:51] Horror adjacent.

[00:08:52] Yes.

[00:08:53] Bones.

[00:08:54] Um, also I was personally offended by the other no moves eyeballs.

[00:08:58] Um, no, don't like it.

[00:09:01] Um, also, and I just, I'm saying this because I have to have y'all suffer with me.

[00:09:07] Uh, the no moo with, with his weird neck thing and his face.

[00:09:10] It just, it just looks like a foreskin.

[00:09:13] It does.

[00:09:13] Why?

[00:09:14] No, you're correct.

[00:09:15] I, I know I'm it's curse.

[00:09:17] Mm hmm.

[00:09:19] It's not great.

[00:09:20] It's probably part of the one that I skipped.

[00:09:22] Yeah.

[00:09:23] Mm hmm.

[00:09:24] Mm hmm.

[00:09:24] Yeah.

[00:09:25] Foreskin.

[00:09:25] No, gross.

[00:09:26] Um, but also I would also sometimes like to tear my head off and throw it out of range

[00:09:32] of all this shenaniganery.

[00:09:34] Um, as long as I can regenerate and don't actually die.

[00:09:38] I don't, I don't want to decapitate slay myself.

[00:09:43] Um, I would like to regenerate like Deadpool or Wolverine.

[00:09:46] And also, yes, Horikoshi, we see the Marvel again.

[00:09:50] You, you just made, you just made a Deadpool no moo.

[00:09:54] Yeah.

[00:09:55] Essentially.

[00:09:57] Oh, Lord.

[00:09:58] But yeah, no, I second that.

[00:10:00] I would also like to occasionally throw my head somewhere else.

[00:10:04] Yep.

[00:10:04] Just, just yeet myself into another place for a moment.

[00:10:08] Regrow elsewhere.

[00:10:10] Mm hmm.

[00:10:11] Ooh, regrow and print a bunch of like old bags and just scare the shit out of them.

[00:10:15] That'd be kind of funny, not gonna lie.

[00:10:19] That's Nicole's latest erotic fantasy.

[00:10:21] Mm hmm.

[00:10:22] Just scaring the shit out of old people.

[00:10:24] I would love to.

[00:10:26] I already, I already shamed an old person last week with my emotions.

[00:10:32] I would now like to terrify them with my emotions.

[00:10:35] Yes, absolutely.

[00:10:37] Um, so yeah, this is a long ass fight.

[00:10:39] It's not going super well for Endeavor.

[00:10:43] He sucks.

[00:10:44] As it should.

[00:10:45] Yeah, he's, he's getting the absolute crap kicked out of him on live TV.

[00:10:50] Uh, everyone's watching the fight online or on the TV and everyone's freaking out.

[00:10:55] Everyone's like, of course he can't do it.

[00:10:57] He's not as strong as all might.

[00:10:58] All might's gone and we're all doomed.

[00:11:00] Blah, blah, blah.

[00:11:01] Just absolute anxiety spiraling.

[00:11:03] Um, but Endeavor, he, he gets back up and he keeps fighting.

[00:11:07] That's like the one thing you can say about him.

[00:11:09] A bitch is stubborn.

[00:11:10] He does endeavor to continue.

[00:11:13] Oh yeah, he do.

[00:11:14] Yeah.

[00:11:15] There's a reason he named himself that it's like his only redeeming quality.

[00:11:19] You, you tell him Maria.

[00:11:21] I'm a flying fuck.

[00:11:25] All right.

[00:11:26] And breaking down the fight, just a cute few key points.

[00:11:29] Um, the high end does land a gruesome slash across his face.

[00:11:34] Yeah, he does.

[00:11:35] Um, and in that moment we do cut to Ray to do the family minus Ray who doesn't have a TV,

[00:11:41] which I feel like would solve a lot of my own problems, but I digress.

[00:11:47] Um, and we also see the UA crew just watching in horror as Endeavor is beat to a pulp, um, including sweet baby Shoto.

[00:11:56] Yeah.

[00:11:57] He's so scared.

[00:11:58] Um, cause what he does hate his father, but he, it's also his father.

[00:12:03] Yeah.

[00:12:03] He's watching his dad getting the shit beat out of him on live TV.

[00:12:07] That's horrifying.

[00:12:09] Yes.

[00:12:10] Period.

[00:12:11] Yep.

[00:12:11] And also all might is watching the fight and he's like clutching his AFO wound.

[00:12:17] Yeah.

[00:12:17] He's like having war flashbacks.

[00:12:19] Yeah.

[00:12:21] Sweet man.

[00:12:21] Um, we also like, we see Aizawa running to Todoroki instead of just watching the news frozen like a lot of other people.

[00:12:31] Like, yes, yes, King, you go to your children.

[00:12:34] Yeah.

[00:12:34] Everyone was like really, really respectful of Shoto and like looking out for him.

[00:12:39] And that was just, again, I love class 1A.

[00:12:41] They're so sweet.

[00:12:42] They're a family.

[00:12:43] They're such good kids and it's gross, but it's lovely.

[00:12:46] Um, also Hawks, your, your perished social crush.

[00:12:50] It's getting more cringe as we continue.

[00:12:53] It is so cringe.

[00:12:54] Through this arc.

[00:12:55] It's, it's, it's, it's icky, sir.

[00:12:58] Your crush is so weird.

[00:13:01] He's so mean.

[00:13:05] He likes the mean, I guess.

[00:13:07] I guess.

[00:13:08] Yes.

[00:13:09] Mm.

[00:13:10] We also see like the balance between endeavors endeavoring, um, just as a concept and also

[00:13:17] his knowledge of his own eugenics light nonsense.

[00:13:22] Like, but is it even eugenics light?

[00:13:25] Like we'll get to it.

[00:13:26] No, it's just straight up eugenics.

[00:13:27] I was about to say, it's just straight up eugenics.

[00:13:29] It's just on a small scale.

[00:13:31] It's like, yeah, very, very, very small scale pointed eugenics.

[00:13:35] He doesn't seem to give a shit about anybody else and what they've got going on.

[00:13:39] He's like, no, my family.

[00:13:41] My spawn must be superior to all other humans.

[00:13:46] For no other reason than because I have beef with this one dude who doesn't even know that

[00:13:51] I have beef with him.

[00:13:53] He doesn't even have beef back with me, but I'm going to go do eugenics about it.

[00:13:58] Yup.

[00:13:59] Never Christ alive.

[00:14:01] Ugh.

[00:14:02] But basically we see all of this is also like reflected through the nomu and all of the

[00:14:08] nomu's dialogue and as well as how the fight pans out.

[00:14:13] It's, it's just, it's just damn good, like thematic storytelling again because we're trying

[00:14:19] to help the um, the gen Z along.

[00:14:22] Um, he's not a good person, but it's a good story.

[00:14:26] My dear media literacy newbies.

[00:14:30] Yup.

[00:14:31] He is literally fighting his own demons right now.

[00:14:35] Literally.

[00:14:36] And also he sucks, but it's a good story.

[00:14:38] And it's really fun watching him get beat up.

[00:14:41] Yes.

[00:14:43] I don't even care that he got beat up.

[00:14:45] Let's see.

[00:14:47] Let's see.

[00:14:49] Maria's like, I hate this character.

[00:14:51] I hate this story.

[00:14:52] I don't want to be watching.

[00:14:54] Why did I agree to do this?

[00:14:56] Pretty much.

[00:14:57] Yeah.

[00:14:57] Why am I here?

[00:14:58] Why am I giving him air?

[00:15:02] So Endeavor does eventually win and destroy the nomu by propelling himself and the nomu into

[00:15:08] the sky away from any people or infrastructure and then letting off what he calls a plus ultra

[00:15:14] prominence burn.

[00:15:15] That's so powerful.

[00:15:17] Even the nomu can't regenerate.

[00:15:19] Yes, this is important.

[00:15:23] And then Endeavor lands and he stands.

[00:15:27] Yeah, he crashes.

[00:15:28] He crashes pretty hard.

[00:15:29] But then the dust clears and he's standing with his fist in the air, a la All Might.

[00:15:34] The crowd goes wild.

[00:15:36] Shred of hope restored.

[00:15:38] For now.

[00:15:39] For now.

[00:15:41] Oh, he's so stupid.

[00:15:43] Those poor tardigrades up in the atmosphere.

[00:15:45] Mm hmm.

[00:15:46] Anyway, Shoto, as as the emotion of the episode is increasing, he gets like the Studio Ghibli high

[00:15:54] emotion, like moving hair.

[00:15:56] It's so cute.

[00:15:57] Mm hmm.

[00:15:57] Shoto is a Ghibli character.

[00:16:00] He is.

[00:16:01] He is.

[00:16:01] Oh, yeah.

[00:16:02] 100%.

[00:16:03] And then at one point, Izuku just takes over the narration.

[00:16:08] He's like, I'm going to tell everyone why this is the story while showing myself, my boyfriend

[00:16:15] Katsuki and my other boyfriend Shoto.

[00:16:16] We are taking over as the next generation.

[00:16:19] It is our start and his start and everyone's start.

[00:16:22] Izuku.

[00:16:23] Honey.

[00:16:23] Yeah.

[00:16:23] Izuku's like, oh, God, the the responsibility just flopped on top of me and I'm crushing myself under its weight.

[00:16:31] My shoulders.

[00:16:35] So then we get the end credits.

[00:16:37] And then after the end credits, we get a little scene.

[00:16:40] We see Izuku asleep in bed, having a weird dream about all for one and one for all in the past one for all users.

[00:16:49] And then when he wakes up, he sees that he's accidentally set off his quirk in his sleep and broken his window.

[00:16:55] So naughty.

[00:16:57] And that's the end of the episode.

[00:16:58] That's it.

[00:16:59] That's the end of the episode.

[00:17:00] That's the end of the season.

[00:17:01] Yeah, that's the end of season four.

[00:17:04] Oh, and also in the dream.

[00:17:06] There was a moment where we had the hand reaching out to hand symbolism again that I just now picked up on in this rewatch.

[00:17:14] Oh, there's so much.

[00:17:15] I am a bad fan.

[00:17:17] Just know you're not a good fan.

[00:17:19] We have a podcast.

[00:17:20] You're an amazing fan.

[00:17:22] But also very randomly.

[00:17:24] What is Izuku sleeping position?

[00:17:27] It's not good for his neck.

[00:17:29] Wait, I don't remember what it was.

[00:17:31] Can you all describe it?

[00:17:32] He's face down.

[00:17:34] Basically just face down and his face is kind of turned to one side so we can breathe.

[00:17:38] And he looks like a face down mummy.

[00:17:41] Yeah, he's a tummy sleeper.

[00:17:43] Okay.

[00:17:43] Yeah.

[00:17:43] My body desperately wants me to be a tummy sleeper.

[00:17:47] My boobs are too big for that.

[00:17:49] Yeah, same.

[00:17:50] The titties and the neck do not agree.

[00:17:52] But the rest of my body is like, no, belly touching mattress.

[00:17:56] And I'm like, I can't do that.

[00:17:58] I just put a pillow on top of my belly.

[00:18:00] But also mattresses should have face holes.

[00:18:02] Yes.

[00:18:03] Anyway.

[00:18:04] Anyway, that's the end of season four.

[00:18:07] We are fine.

[00:18:08] We are.

[00:18:09] We are mentally stable.

[00:18:11] Oh, we're doing so great.

[00:18:12] Are we?

[00:18:15] So.

[00:18:15] I don't know about y'all, but I definitely am not.

[00:18:18] That's fair.

[00:18:19] Yeah, I'm lying.

[00:18:20] I'm not fine.

[00:18:21] Yeah, no, none of us are fine.

[00:18:24] That's why we act like this.

[00:18:25] Yep.

[00:18:27] The humor hides the pain, even from ourselves.

[00:18:30] Not very well.

[00:18:32] No.

[00:18:32] But anyway.

[00:18:34] Anyway.

[00:18:35] So some things of note.

[00:18:37] Shoto writes his mom letters and it's so sweet.

[00:18:41] He is such a good boy.

[00:18:42] Like that takes so much time and energy and effort.

[00:18:45] And he's just so happy to like have that connection with her back after probably what was a decade of just complete silence between them.

[00:18:54] And he's just trying to make up for lost time.

[00:18:56] I don't know.

[00:18:56] I just I got really emotional about it.

[00:18:58] It's okay.

[00:18:59] They're just emails.

[00:19:02] They're letters, though.

[00:19:03] They're like literal handwritten letters.

[00:19:05] I know, but it's just so much more effort.

[00:19:08] Okay.

[00:19:09] It's okay.

[00:19:10] He's a good boy.

[00:19:11] He is.

[00:19:13] He's my good boy.

[00:19:14] But mm hmm.

[00:19:15] All right.

[00:19:17] We do see three kids alongside Shoto in endeavors memories.

[00:19:21] And just remember, remember the little ginger guy folks.

[00:19:25] If you haven't picked up on things, just just remember that little guy.

[00:19:30] Oh, my God.

[00:19:30] I remember seeing that and being so confused and being like, am I just bad at counting?

[00:19:35] Who did I forget?

[00:19:37] Nicole is like, I'm not saying anything.

[00:19:39] It's like you're not bad at counting.

[00:19:41] They were things that were not properly retconned.

[00:19:44] It's fine.

[00:19:45] Oh, man.

[00:19:46] Also.

[00:19:47] So if like at one point the Nomu like spat out a bunch of other Nomus, I feel like the

[00:19:53] high end Nomu is birthing these other Nomus.

[00:19:58] It's considered Npreg, Nomu Preg.

[00:20:01] And I am going to keep that term forever because I am proud of myself.

[00:20:07] I completely did not read that.

[00:20:11] I was doing these notes, but also I wasn't really paying attention.

[00:20:16] That's fair.

[00:20:17] That is your prerogative.

[00:20:18] Now you get to discover my silly little Npreg story now.

[00:20:23] I am probably going to fit that into the episode title somehow.

[00:20:27] As you should.

[00:20:30] I do also like how the Nomu is essentially parroting Endeavor's inferiority complex back

[00:20:36] at him by calling him not good enough.

[00:20:39] Like nice touch, especially for those of us who need a little extra push in the oh, that's

[00:20:44] where Horikoshi was going department like me.

[00:20:49] Oh, I thought it was really well done.

[00:20:52] I get it.

[00:20:53] I get it now.

[00:20:54] I think it was well handled.

[00:20:56] Yes, it was very well handled.

[00:20:58] I'm just dumb.

[00:20:59] Oh, no, no, no.

[00:21:00] I meant like, sorry.

[00:21:02] It came off to me as something necessary for everyone watching.

[00:21:06] Like it didn't feel heavy handed to me or like it was written for a six year old.

[00:21:10] It felt appropriate.

[00:21:11] That's what I meant.

[00:21:11] It was written for it was written for a 12 year old, which I am.

[00:21:17] All right.

[00:21:18] And now for Maria's science corner.

[00:21:20] Yes, Queen.

[00:21:22] Yeah.

[00:21:22] So Hawks is Kirk because I have a feeling Fern and Nicole would hate me if I did it.

[00:21:27] Hate you, but we do appreciate it.

[00:21:30] Yes.

[00:21:31] So his quirk is basically Birdman.

[00:21:33] Yeah.

[00:21:35] Much like Sue with her frog characteristics, Hawks has burb characteristics.

[00:21:39] So the reason he can control his feathers could be like some kind of extension control or telekinesis.

[00:21:47] So, yeah, that's pretty much it.

[00:21:49] His quirk is one of the simpler ones to understand.

[00:21:52] Yep.

[00:21:52] Yeah.

[00:21:53] The way his feathers are all like individually hardwired to his brain is fascinating.

[00:21:59] Yeah.

[00:22:00] Yeah.

[00:22:02] Well, definitely.

[00:22:03] There will be opportunities to talk about that more later because yes, we learned so much.

[00:22:07] I also headcanon and this is a shared headcanon among the fandom that he has other burb characteristics that we just don't see like chicken feet.

[00:22:17] That's my favorite one.

[00:22:18] Yeah.

[00:22:19] I love the idea that he's just hiding chicken feet.

[00:22:22] Yeah.

[00:22:23] He does.

[00:22:24] He does want us to look cool.

[00:22:27] Nobody looks cool with chicken feet.

[00:22:28] Yep.

[00:22:29] Or like the one where he like goes into season every spring.

[00:22:33] Yes.

[00:22:33] Yeah.

[00:22:34] He gets mating season.

[00:22:35] He gets horny when the flowers come out.

[00:22:37] Yes.

[00:22:37] He gets mating fever.

[00:22:39] I think that's hilarious.

[00:22:40] Not even remotely feasible in canon, but yeah.

[00:22:45] But also, yes, it is canon that every spring he just finds himself up in trees screaming for a mate.

[00:22:51] Yes.

[00:22:52] Yep.

[00:22:52] He is just completely out of commission for three months of the year.

[00:22:57] He's so horny.

[00:22:59] They have to hide him somewhere.

[00:23:01] Yeah.

[00:23:03] All right.

[00:23:04] Moving on to discussion topics.

[00:23:06] We're going to go back to Natsuo.

[00:23:08] Sweet boy.

[00:23:09] Yeah.

[00:23:10] I who really feel for Natsuo in this.

[00:23:14] I mean, I think we all probably have a lot of personal experience with the whole, you know, abusive family member leads to incredibly complicated family dynamics kind of a thing.

[00:23:24] Mm hmm.

[00:23:25] And so there's just there really is a special kind of pain that a victim experiences when your abuser starts to improve themselves and grow as a person.

[00:23:34] But you're still stuck on the harm they caused in the past.

[00:23:38] And like you haven't been able to process that yet.

[00:23:41] And then you've got other victims who are also starting their processing journey.

[00:23:45] And it feels like the world is leaving you behind.

[00:23:48] And it just sucks.

[00:23:50] And also, like we I could really go into detail about all of this, but there's also that added layer of a, you know, he's the second oldest now de facto oldest child.

[00:24:02] So a feeling of personal responsibility, and he's probably projecting a little bit of his own guilt.

[00:24:08] Mm hmm.

[00:24:09] And then B, being one of the quote unquote, less abused children.

[00:24:15] Mm hmm.

[00:24:16] Um, definitely.

[00:24:18] It it's a really interesting.

[00:24:20] This is something I've only anecdotally noted, and I don't have like any kind of statistics or anything to back it up.

[00:24:26] But it's interesting how sometimes the people who quote unquote, suffered the worst, have an easier time coming to terms with what happened and moving on than the people who suffered, quote unquote, less.

[00:24:40] Mm hmm.

[00:24:41] Yeah.

[00:24:41] The people who suffered less are the yeah, they really it's like, it's like a guilt thing.

[00:24:46] Like they feel like they have to.

[00:24:48] Survivor's guilt.

[00:24:49] Survivor's guilt.

[00:24:49] Yeah.

[00:24:50] Yes.

[00:24:50] The survivor's guilt just adds this whole other layer of complexity and suffering that just yeah, I just I again, I just really feel for not so in this he's in a really bad spot.

[00:25:02] Someone hug him.

[00:25:03] Yes.

[00:25:04] Oh, that poor boy.

[00:25:05] Poor boy.

[00:25:06] Like your hurt is valid not so and you don't have to play nice just because others appear to be finding it easier than you are.

[00:25:15] Like everyone has their own way of addressing things.

[00:25:19] And you can go ahead and be mad father.

[00:25:21] Yep.

[00:25:21] Yeah, be mad.

[00:25:22] He deserves it.

[00:25:23] Mm hmm.

[00:25:24] And also it's valid to be angry.

[00:25:26] Yep.

[00:25:27] Yep.

[00:25:27] And you you process things at your own pace.

[00:25:30] Yeah.

[00:25:30] And you know what?

[00:25:31] It might cause friction in the family.

[00:25:33] But you know, if they care about you, they will give you the space to do that.

[00:25:38] Yeah.

[00:25:39] Okay.

[00:25:39] Yeah.

[00:25:41] Fuck endeavors.

[00:25:42] Fuckity face.

[00:25:43] Yeah, burn motherfucker.

[00:25:44] See how good it feels to have half your face burned off.

[00:25:48] Okay, that was it.

[00:25:49] Mm hmm.

[00:25:50] Yes.

[00:25:51] God, I loved loved that little bit of justice slashed that teeny tiny little bit of a justice.

[00:25:58] Yep.

[00:25:59] Fuck you endeavor.

[00:26:00] All right.

[00:26:01] Yes.

[00:26:02] All right.

[00:26:02] So moving along to manga differences in chapter 187, we see that Nasuo at this point is 19

[00:26:09] and Fuyumi is 22.

[00:26:11] It's not a difference, but I just love that sweet, sweet background information.

[00:26:15] Mm hmm.

[00:26:15] Also, did I say oldest child or oldest boy?

[00:26:17] I think you said oldest child.

[00:26:19] Oh, whoops.

[00:26:20] I meant to say boy.

[00:26:21] Yeah.

[00:26:21] Because again, the whole Japanese oldest son takes over the family legacy thing.

[00:26:27] Yeah.

[00:26:27] So yeah.

[00:26:28] Mm hmm.

[00:26:28] Yeah.

[00:26:29] He's got he's got that cultural pressure.

[00:26:32] Yeah.

[00:26:32] Yep.

[00:26:33] So much cultural pressure.

[00:26:34] Oh, God.

[00:26:35] All right.

[00:26:36] And then for chapter 188, it shows endeavor like counting off all the high ends like possible

[00:26:43] quirks like at minimum, he's got five or six.

[00:26:46] Mm hmm.

[00:26:46] And he calls he calls the end preg quirk called fission.

[00:26:50] No, it's and break.

[00:26:52] It's no new preg.

[00:26:53] Yep.

[00:26:54] Mm hmm.

[00:26:55] I need to know personally, not for any other reason than I need to know.

[00:26:59] Um, why is child not so wearing a shirt with the English word black, and then just the

[00:27:06] symbol of the clubs suit in cards?

[00:27:10] Like what?

[00:27:11] What?

[00:27:12] What?

[00:27:12] It's like, it's not even like a black ace of spades.

[00:27:15] I would get that.

[00:27:16] It's a club.

[00:27:17] What?

[00:27:18] What is there?

[00:27:19] Is there culture thing going on here?

[00:27:21] Or is he just bad at picking out shirts?

[00:27:24] I'm confused.

[00:27:26] I want to believe that it's one of those things where like Japan kind of gets back at us and

[00:27:33] they just kind of slap random English words on clothing.

[00:27:35] Yes.

[00:27:36] And then they're super popular and everyone loves them.

[00:27:38] Yes.

[00:27:39] Okay.

[00:27:40] Okay.

[00:27:40] I got that.

[00:27:41] All right.

[00:27:42] And then we also see that Aizawa, like he was watching the news break.

[00:27:49] He was in the teacher's lounge with All Might and Present Mike and 13 and Aerie.

[00:27:54] They were all just hanging out together.

[00:27:56] Adorable.

[00:27:57] Um, Aerie gets sent to her room while Aizawa goes to Shoto's side.

[00:28:01] Very sweet.

[00:28:02] Oh yeah.

[00:28:02] Yeah.

[00:28:03] She needs to not be watching that right now.

[00:28:05] Don't watch the man get his face ripped off on live television.

[00:28:09] Not too good for the healing process.

[00:28:11] Yeah.

[00:28:11] One terrifying and brutal battle was enough for you to witness.

[00:28:16] It was enough for you, child.

[00:28:18] Yeah.

[00:28:18] Poor sweet baby.

[00:28:20] All right.

[00:28:20] And then for chapter 189, I didn't notice any differences, but again, I've been skimming

[00:28:27] them.

[00:28:28] It's fine.

[00:28:28] Um, for the parts of chapter one 90 that we see, um, this is where we see more of the

[00:28:35] change between the manga and how the person in charge of the Nomu was not really revealed

[00:28:43] in the manga up until this point.

[00:28:45] Whereas in the anime, we know that it was Dabi who was essentially shooting the Nomu at

[00:28:50] Endeavor for lack of better phrase.

[00:28:53] I mean, essentially, yeah, he just aimed it at him.

[00:28:55] Yeah.

[00:28:56] Um, but first we have to talk about how Shoto, he calls him old man.

[00:29:01] Like he calls his father, his old man in the anime, um, instead of father, which is what

[00:29:07] he's called in the manga.

[00:29:08] And like, thank you translators.

[00:29:10] That's so awkward.

[00:29:11] Just call him father.

[00:29:14] I feel like I want to believe that Shoto learned that from Katsuki because Katsuki is

[00:29:20] always going around calling people old man.

[00:29:23] Yep.

[00:29:23] Yeah.

[00:29:23] That's so cute.

[00:29:25] Yes.

[00:29:25] That is now canon.

[00:29:26] Let go of some of his formality.

[00:29:28] Yes.

[00:29:29] All right.

[00:29:29] So back to Dabi.

[00:29:30] Um, we, in this chapter, we do see Dabi watching the fight go down from one of the panels.

[00:29:37] We see the back of his head.

[00:29:39] Um, and so like, remember like when folks were reading the manga up to this point, they

[00:29:43] didn't know it was Dabi aiding it at Endeavor, but the anime only would have.

[00:29:47] It's just interesting that they changed it.

[00:29:50] Um, but they did not actually show Dabi watching the fight in this panel.

[00:29:55] So I don't know.

[00:29:57] There's no significance to it.

[00:29:58] It's just, they did one thing and not the other.

[00:30:01] Yep.

[00:30:01] Um, we're cataloging the differences.

[00:30:03] Yes.

[00:30:04] Um, we do also see like there were some other pro heroes on the scene helping evacuate

[00:30:09] and helping fight the Nomus.

[00:30:11] Um, we actually see that those other heroes attempting to break Endeavor's fall, like after

[00:30:18] the final prominence burn.

[00:30:19] And I think they actually helped break the fall and they cut that from the anime rudely.

[00:30:24] Yeah.

[00:30:25] Again, the symbolism.

[00:30:26] I know.

[00:30:27] Right.

[00:30:27] Community, not one person above all fighting at whatever.

[00:30:35] I like how your brain was just like, no.

[00:30:37] Yeah.

[00:30:38] Like no.

[00:30:38] Like every other episode we've ever made for our commentary on that.

[00:30:43] Y'all y'all y'all know what we're talking about.

[00:30:46] I'm not going to try to verbalize it.

[00:30:48] And finally, rudely, they changed the panel where it looks like Aizawa ran over to Shoto

[00:30:54] so quickly that he lost one of his shoes.

[00:30:56] Aw, that's sweet.

[00:30:58] I know.

[00:30:59] Why would they change that?

[00:31:01] All right.

[00:31:02] And then for chapter 192, that's where Izuku is having his dream.

[00:31:06] Um, and he actually narrates it in the manga, um, including how he remembers seeing the

[00:31:12] other users back at the sports festival.

[00:31:15] Like he remembers them.

[00:31:16] Um, only now they're much clearer.

[00:31:18] He can see a lot of their features except for two of them.

[00:31:22] Um, also all for one.

[00:31:24] And the first user like speak and have an argument in the dream, which we may see in upcoming episodes, but it was not included in this episode.

[00:31:32] Yeah.

[00:31:32] It's definitely implying that they know each other.

[00:31:34] And it's like our first real hint at how deep the connection goes between all for one and one for all.

[00:31:41] Mm-hmm.

[00:31:42] Yeah.

[00:31:43] And then the parts of chapter 193, there weren't really any changes.

[00:31:46] It was just more of the vision, dream, whatever you want to call it.

[00:31:50] Mm-hmm.

[00:31:50] Okay.

[00:31:50] Moving on to Easter eggs.

[00:31:52] Uh, Fiumi mentions that she thinks Natsuo has a girl that he's seeing in college.

[00:31:58] Mm-hmm.