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Posted 15 June 2020 - 05:45 PM

I'm actually kind of curious with everyone's thoughts on this, but:

 

 

How does everyone feel about this second half of the manga (The Rise of The Villain Saga) thus far?

 

 

The saga itself started with the Provisional License Exam Arc all the way up to this War Arc we're currently in.

 

 

 

From a structural,   and storytelling standpoint I think the first half of the manga was done much better.

 

You mean because of how it feels all over the place so far from how we've gotten to where we are?



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Posted 15 June 2020 - 06:16 PM

 

You mean because of how it feels all over the place so far from how we've gotten to where we are?

 

 

Yeah that's what I mean.  


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Posted 15 June 2020 - 11:25 PM

I'm actually kind of curious with everyone's thoughts on this, but:

 

 

How does everyone feel about this second half of the manga (The Rise of The Villain Saga) thus far?

 

 

The saga itself started with the Provisional License Exam Arc all the way up to this War Arc we're currently in.

 

 

 

From a structural,   and storytelling standpoint I think the first half of the manga was done much better.

 

that is how it's like for a lot of Shonen manga/anime I believe. The beginning is where the plot structure is at it's greatest usually and later on it is more about more intense fights fights. although how interesting it is is debatable


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Posted 17 June 2020 - 11:53 PM

Man I'm so glad I held off on buying the individual Season Parts after Season 1 cameout because: 

 

 

 

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SEASON 2 is finally getting it's complete season bluray set, and I'm excited to pick it up. 

 

 

 

Not to mention the cover looks so damn badass!!!


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Posted 18 June 2020 - 04:12 AM

Man I'm so glad I held off on buying the individual Season Parts after Season 1 cameout because: 

 

 

 

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SEASON 2 is finally getting it's complete season bluray set, and I'm excited to pick it up. 

 

 

 

Not to mention the cover looks so damn badass!!!

Prime gave me the entire Season 1 episodes for free 2 years ago. I wish they did the same for Season 2 (best season IMO).


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Posted 19 June 2020 - 10:36 AM

I'm waiting for the  blue ray release for Heroes Rising. I SOOOOO want to watch it again. In Japanese this time lol.

 

In other news, the manga is on break this week. I'm sad. :umm:  


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Posted 19 June 2020 - 11:23 AM

Ive actually still yet to finish season 4 (8 episodes in as of last night) funny enough so Ive kinda got that keeping me distracted for these next few days in terms of my hero?


Whats your thoughts on the cover for the complete season 2 set Phantom?



Speaking of the Blu-ray for Heroes rising I heard its gonna have more scenes that werent included in the theatrical cut. I believe theyre calling it the complete edition.

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Posted 19 June 2020 - 11:26 AM

Man I'm so glad I held off on buying the individual Season Parts after Season 1 cameout because: 

 

 

 

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SEASON 2 is finally getting it's complete season bluray set, and I'm excited to pick it up. 

 

 

 

Not to mention the cover looks so damn badass!!!

 

Dang it now I wished I didn't get the special season 3 part 1 for £50 at comic con last year, since I mistaken it for the whole season


Edited by BlueStarSaber, 23 June 2020 - 02:59 AM.


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Posted 19 June 2020 - 02:26 PM

Speaking of the Blu-ray for Heroes rising I heard its gonna have more scenes that werent included in the theatrical cut. I believe theyre calling it the complete edition.

 

Yeah, I heard about that. I want the NA version to release sooner. Thank you, COVID-19...  :roll:


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Posted 19 June 2020 - 02:27 PM

 

Yeah, I heard about that. I want the NA version to release sooner. Thank you, COVID-19...  :roll:

 

 

I would say that it'll probably be out either between thanksgiving or christmas time. 


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Posted 19 June 2020 - 03:19 PM

 

 

I would say that it'll probably be out either between thanksgiving or christmas time. 

 

Don't say that!  :arg: This movie came out 2 weeks after Sonic the Hedgehog! I expected it coming out around August.

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Posted 19 June 2020 - 03:53 PM

 
Don't say that!  :arg: This movie came out 2 weeks after Sonic the Hedgehog! I expected it coming out around August.

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I know I want it to come out sooner too, Im just thinking that since weathering with you came out a month before Heroes rising, and that comes out on Blu-ray in September.

Which perhaps could be October at the earliest for Heroes rising

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Posted 19 June 2020 - 10:57 PM

Ive actually still yet to finish season 4 (8 episodes in as of last night) funny enough so Ive kinda got that keeping me distracted for these next few days in terms of my hero?


Whats your thoughts on the cover for the complete season 2 set Phantom?



Speaking of the Blu-ray for Heroes rising I heard its gonna have more scenes that werent included in the theatrical cut. I believe theyre calling it the complete edition.

 

I like it a lot overall my only criticism is that the entire cover only represented the sports festival and not the other two story arcs afterwards lol


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Posted 20 June 2020 - 12:22 AM

 

I like it a lot overall my only criticism is that the entire cover only represented the sports festival and not the other two story arcs afterwards lol

 

 

That's pretty fair, and it make sense. I kinda assumed they would go for this cover:

 

 

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but I can get why they went with Sports Festival since that was the biggest highlight of the season. 


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Posted 20 June 2020 - 11:58 AM

True it, did take up half of season 2 admittedly.


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Posted 20 June 2020 - 12:53 PM

Definitely I know this means for sure a complete season 3 set will come out sometime next year.

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Posted 22 June 2020 - 06:19 AM

I just finished Season 4 and wow I am honestly blown away by what Bones was able to do, and let's start things off with this: 

 

 

 

1.  Internship Arc (Overhaul Arc): Now personally for me from a manga standpoint I really love the entire 1st half of the arc when I was reading it and the second half felt like a drag to read from a pacing standpoint.  Not to mention the final fight was a bit anticlimactic when it came to reading it again, and also Ochako, Tsuyu, Ryukiyu, and Nejire getting sidelined was exactly best either. 

 

 This is arc is half the reason why I held off on watching Season 4 for the longest, but having watched now watched it what are my thoughts?

 

Honestly, nothing really changed when you look at the story we were given in the manga, but one important aspect stood out to me the most. I believe the first half of the arc was properly pace as it was in the manga and I braced myself for when they approached Overhaul's base because of what I mentioned above. Except, I felt as though the pacing was a lot smoother when I was watching it vs  when I had read it a few years back. 

 

If anyone needs a recap I gave The Internship Arc a Good rating which equates to 7/10 when it came to me reading the manga.

 

From the perspective of the anime I'm struggling with giving it a Good+ to arguably a Great rating.  That would equate to a 7.5 to 8/10.

 

Again the problems such as the final fight between Deku and Overhaul was still a bit anticlimactic, and the girls weren't given as much focus similar to the manga. Though, I did notice a brief scene of the girls briefly during the attack  at the front of the entrance which kinda worked in some ways so I'll give them a plus  for that.  Correct me if I'm wrong about that not being in the manga.  Like I said though, the anime to me handled the pacing of The Internship arc pretty well so props for Bones. 

 

 

2.  Remedial Course Mini-Arc  was kinda what I expected to be, like the manga but still good nonetheless. 

 

 

 

3.  Cultural Festival Arc was actually the arc I was looking forward the most out of this season because I remember there a few elements that Kohei harkened back to when the series first started, and that was the whole uniqueness element. I loved how Gentle and La Brava weren't your typical bad guys who were like Yeah lets cause some mayhem and chaos, and were petty thieves doing things for views.  Also Gentle and La Brava's backstory was kinda sad when we see what let them down that path. Deku vs Gentle was also just as great as it was presented in the manga. I also loved that this served as the epilogue to the Internship Arc in terms of Eri and the scene between her and Deku was sweet.  Quite honestly, this was actually where I thought Season 4 was going to end.

 

 

I believe in the manga I had given this arc a Great rating. 

 

In terms of the anime I'd have to give it a Great+ 

 

 

4.  Pro Hero Arc has probably got to be the biggest surprise for me most of all because of I always assumed they would cover this arc at the beginning of Season 5, and simply have this as a tease at the end of Season 4.  Bones literally looked at those assumptions and said "Yeah we know manga readers are expecting this for season 5, but we're gonna cover it here."  Okay to be fair there are only 10 chapters that make up the Pro Hero Arc in the manga, and the fact they were able to tell almost the entirety of that arc within the last two episodes is really astounding. I'm aware that some of the content didn't make into the anime when looking at the manga, but the pacing was done perfectly. I've got commend Studio Bones for doing just that. 

 

From a Manga Reader perspective I think the arc was great maybe even Great+ rating.

 

The anime though, I'd have to say with what Studio Bones did it would have to be Amazing. 

 

Which comes to my final verdict on this season......

 

 

Season 1: my final verdict was a Great rating 

 

Season 2: my final verdict was an Amazing rating. 

 

Season 3: my final verdict was  Amazing+

 

 

 

I think Season 4 would've had the same rating as Season 1 had it just been The internship Arc to The Cultural Festival Arc. However, it's like I said the almost the entirety of the Pro Hero Arc was not only surprising, but also astounding that Bones did an incredible with it's pacing in the final two episodes of the Season. 

 

 

The rating for Season 4 as a whole will have to be given a Great+ 

 

 

It doesn't exactly match up to Season 2 or Season 3 based on the material from the manga, but like I said Bones handled the adaptation pretty well to a point where it slightly edges over Season 1. 

 

 

 

Now given the tease we were given in the after credit scene, I think many of us know what's about to unfold for Season 5.  It left an even split when it came to the manga due to one certain element, and I have no doubt that it'll happen again in the anime as well.  Joint Training Arc I believe was the arc I think a lot of people weren't exactly happy with, and for me most of had to do with it  being so dragged out, and because the chapters were pretty short. 

 

 

I do think that the Joint Training will most likely only encompass 6-8 episodes (excluding episode 1 since it'll be a recap) because of the content itself mainly with the pages we got from the manga at the time.  The Metaliberation Army I think will take up at-least from episode 10 up to episode 21.  That would leave Episodes 22-25 for the Endevour Agency Arc. 

 

 

My big guess is that Season 5 will end with the Heroes disappearing as a tease for Season 6. 


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Posted 22 June 2020 - 05:39 PM

I enjoyed the Intership/Shie Hassaikai Arc overall but like you I did have my Hiccups with it. Not the story pacing mind you, but just some writing prooblems. Having Ochako, Tsuyu, Nejire and Ryuku sidelined is obviously one of those, but at the same time It wasn't like I didn't expect it. What I really had issue with was Nighteye's bias towards Mirio and hypocricy on Deku's so called "unworthiness" for being All Might's Successor. Fact of the matter is Mirio was only as strong as he was because Nighteye trained him and basically groomed him to be a "one for all" successor so how is that different from All Might's choice?


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Posted 22 June 2020 - 07:40 PM

I enjoyed the Intership/Shie Hassaikai Arc overall but like you I did have my Hiccups with it. Not the story pacing mind you, but just some writing prooblems. Having Ochako, Tsuyu, Nejire and Ryuku sidelined is obviously one of those, but at the same time It wasn't like I didn't expect it. What I really had issue with was Nighteye's bias towards Mirio and hypocricy on Deku's so called "unworthiness" for being All Might's Successor. Fact of the matter is Mirio was only as strong as he was because Nighteye trained him and basically groomed him to be a "one for all" successor so how is that different from All Might's choice?

 

Agreed, Phantom. I saw it as Nighteye just being bothered that Toshinori/All Might would choose someone like Izuku, and only in the end did Nighteye realize he was wrong to say Izuku wasn't worthy of One For All, since Izuku was the one who didn't give up even as bad as things got. Strong as Mirio was, he was straining heavily after Nighteye was fatally wounded by Kai/Overhaul, in addition to having lost his Quirk and how bad his injuries were fighting Kai by himself without his Quirk to protect Eri, so you could feel he was ready to give in even as hard as he tried to stay strong.

 

I just didn't like that aspect either that Nighteye failed to see why Toshinori chose Izuku just because he was angry at his former mentor for refusing to give up so easily just because of his vision because he was too afraid to think you couldn't change the future. Izuku showed him that he was wrong, and it reminds me of a quote from X in Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite which is a victory quote of his; "As long as there's hope, we can change the future!".



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Posted 23 June 2020 - 11:15 PM

I do like how the anime has put in more hints to upcoming events such Tokoyami internship with Hawks and Kirishima's flashback involving Ashido in the first half of the internship arc






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