Kirishima isn't really as dumb as some people would think. He has moments of showing that he is aware of people's weaknesses and strengths. He predicted Sero winning the race in the maze, and figured out Tokoyami's weakness while other people thought Bakugou was just more powerful. However he said in the first season that ambushes are unmanly, so flanking Cementoss is something he would have too much pride to do. I wish MHA addressed this flaw of his more. I think it would be cool if during the forest arc he tried fighting Dabi head on instead of flanking him, and then getting destroyed. It would hit him hard emotionally since Dabi was the reason Bakugou was captured in the last second
"I wish MHA would address this more". Keep watching, as there's something not that far fom what you said, but not perfect. No spoilers other than a heads up.
Uraraka's win was terrible. It basically relied on thirteen not wanting to hurt them. A concept that undermined the concept of the test. Even worse, it wasn't even a plan, but rather a happy accident
That's why both Ochako and Aoyama nearly failed their test, as stated by Aizawa. Something about failing when falling down to 30 points and them being at 35.
TheDarkWall yes while I do kinda agree with you but that’s not the point, see Uraraka used thirteen’s humanity against her she exploited the fact that she doesn’t kill or hurt unless she has to
I still don't get why Sero failed the exam. He basically sacrificed himself to save Mineta and gave him a means to win. Him being knocked out shouldn't have mattered when Iida didn't even make it through the gate.
While I'm also an anime-only watcher, I believe I have an idea for why Sero was given a failing grade: 1: While Sero did ensure Mineta could escape, Mineta could have gotten away even without his help. He's decently mobile, and is very good at running away. 2: While using Sero's tape as a gas mask was a creative utilization of his quirk, he had no input whatsoever in the idea. It was all Mineta's idea, and he thought of it after Sero was already incapacitated. Also, the tape used for Mineta's mask was initially used to let him escape, which made the mask plan an improvisation on Mineta's part, rather than a strategy created by the two. 3: Sero didn't make any attempt to cancel out Midnight's quirk. He seemed to give up for... Reasons. The very same reasons he was meant to overcome during the exam. One or more of those factors likely caused Sero to fail, even though Mineta passed their test with him.
I agree on all of these except Midnight’s test. Firstly, Sero isn’t a perv. He called Mineta out on being a perv and called him a scumbag for it. Kaminari is the other horn dog. Also The seduction aspect of Midnight wasn’t a major part of the test. What was being tested is that both Mineta and Sero are mid to long ranged fighters, while Midnight is most powerful in close range. She remained hidden in close proximity to the exit, Sero and Mineta’s destination, so that she could force a close range confrontation. The key to success was exactly what Sero did, react quickly and get one or both of them away from Midnight immediately, and because Sero’s (super awesome looking) helmet blocked Midnight’s gas, but Mineta’s cowl didn’t, Midnight targeted Sero first because he was the bigger threat, and Sero put saving Mineta before escaping himself because Mineta was in more danger. Sero wasn’t moments from losing consciousness when he saved Mineta, he assumed Midnight was going after the unprotected target first. Mineta also didn’t plan to trap Midnight far from the gate beforehand, he genuinely was running away and crying until Midnight found him again and his fight or die instincts kicked it
And Mineta improvised a lot by trapping midnight and also coming up with a plan to use Sero's tape. I think this was the only test that was so on sided in the favor of students.
Just so you know, Snipe's quirk is to allow him to have control over the trajectory of his bullets. That's why he could shoot so many villians from the Entrance of that one room.
8:30 Correction Snipe's quirk is not being able to hone in on anyone such as Toru, His quirk instead"allows him to control the trajectory of his bullets" so the fights ending did make sense it's just that the matchup didn't. (the qoute is taken from the MhA wiki)
I mean it does make some sense since Toru and Shoji have mutant type quirks with no range. Pairing them up against a quirk with massive range puts them at a massive disadvantage. Granted, unless Snipe's visor is capable of picking up on heat signatures his abilities would be completely useless against Toru once she takes off he clothes.
I think it's because they're both close-range stealth/re-con types. Snipe's astounding accuracy with his bullets makes stealth difficult. The two of them would have failed if they tried to just stealth their way to the exit gate, since Snipe was on them from the beginning. So, by Shoji doing the ballsy thing and stepping out into the open, feigning that he was bringing the fight to Snipe, it gave Hagakure the opportunity to use her stealth while Snipe was distracted. I mean, it isn't perfect but it makes more sense than Uraraka and Aoyama's bare pass.
I mean he didn't directly cripple him, but you also have to take into consideration that All Might's One For All time limit seems to be based upon the stress put onto his body. He's normally able to go for up to three hours, and yet he fought Nobu for barely five minutes and ran out of time, though yes it was after he'd already been at it for a little while, but still. Therefore you can assume that taking a hard hit when his will to win already wasn't at it's highest could push him over the tipping point, thus Deku's "Smash" may have in fact "crippled" him in the end. Also it's worth noting that Deku uses "Smash" as a sort of signature move, which is why he refers to his hits in Full Cowling as, well, "Full Cowling". So it's not too much of a stretch to assume that in his one punch of One For All, he went beyond his 5% threshold.
He used smash on Stain, it was at 5%. Bakugo's blasts sent All Might flying multiple times. Deku's punch just got him to turn his head a bit.. I think AM power lasts less than 3 hours now after the fight with Nomu. I'm pretty sure he said it soemwhere but I might be wrong.
jimmy rustles No Deku used more than 5% against stain, I believe Gran Torino even commented on the fact that he got another stress fracture on his hand because of that.
Deku used 5% or more. All Might was not crippled. After seeing Deku able to bring serious force against an opponent (even the object of his greatest respect) in order to overcome, he allowed the two to pass. All Might's was the only literally impossible fight by the metric of physical and quirk capabilities. Also, while his time limit was nearly up, so was the boys', and he could (and would) push himself further to force this growth out of Deku.
If his helmet was shut more tight, he probably wouldn't have had a problem with inhaling the fumes, meaning that getting his partner out, who didn't have protection, would have been the right choice.
@DX-DRAGON Isn't a hero's job to avoid as much death as possible? It would be a risk-all win-all strategy for a villain to pull the same damn thing. "Death before dishonor!"
Heroes aren't supposed to just straight up murder villains. That goes against what the anime says a hero should do, which is serve justice. Serving justice doesn't equal murdering villains.
A few corrections A, All Might was not crippled by Midoriya's punch, not even close. His time limit was up, meaning he was unable to stop Midoriya from winning. B, Snipe's quirk does *not* allow him to see through smoke or see invisible people. It allows him to change a bullet's trajectory mid-air. Meaning, it takes him actually focusing on the firing, and doesn't mean he can hit invisible enemies unless he knows where they are or gets lucky C, Nezu's one open path was not, as you say, random. Nezu makes it clear time and time again in the fight that there is some logic behind the one path left open, as he says they just need to think about it to find it.
This arc is 100% the most underrated is the entire series. People are like, "oh, it's just training", when in actuality there was a lot of strategy and character moments and development (especially for Momo, but also for Mineta, Koda, Deku and Bakugo).
i'm not a fan of him either i just find it very funny how a comic relief character gets this much hate. hell his pervy-ness is quite tame compared to some other animes
Aoyama and Uraraka basically cheated, right? I was so disappointment with that "battle" I mean, they're amazing characters and they could have made it better than... that.
I'd like to think they set up the matchup because of the space themes, which is why those two didn't get to thrive the way they should've. Still, Uraraka taking the internship with Gunhead definitely helped them win, so at least it wasn't completely out of nowhere like the Snipe fight.
The Chucklehut the snipe fight made some sense. His eye sight might be incredible but it does have limitations, the smoke, invisibility, and the fact isn't aware of his surroundings nor is he good at sensing. He rellies too much on his sight. Once she took off her clothes, he lost sight of her. All that was left was to have the hero's attention and for him to lower his guard, because if not, he would have been able to tell through the distortion of the smoke.
Uraraka and Aoyama should have had an alternate way of winning. Knowing that they couldn't take Thirteen on in a head on if she were a real villain, they should have tried to escape. How could one hope to escape a black hole? Well one would have to nullify gravity to escape a black hole. Wait what does Uraraka do? She nullifies gravity. But nullifying gravity isn't enough, you also need a way to direct your movements to get away. If only someone had a way to propel themselves. Oh wait, Aoyama does. So the obvious solution would be to have Uraraka risk throwing up to make herself and Aoyama weightless, and have Aoyama propel them to the exit.
I don't think Yaoyorozu and Tsu were paired based on weaknesses, unlike the others. Rather, the opposite. Yaoyorozu is a perfect match for Eraserhead, with her Quirk being best pre-fight. Eraserhead negating her Quirk mid-battle does sod all, hell, it might help her. She lost against Tokoyami because she was too focused on her Quirk and not enough on the actual battle - erasing her Quirk prevents that. No, I think if the teachers were really trying to beat them, Yaoyorozu would be with Ectoplasm and Tsu with Eraserhead. Tsu relies on two things - her Quirk and the mobility it gives her. I don't know how much of Tsu's Quirk Eraserhead can deal with, but he can definitely outclass her mobility with his magic bandages. Meanwhile, Yaoyorozu sucks at dealing with pressure and constant threat - precisely what Ectoplasm represents. So why pair them like that? Because Yaoyorozu needed to win. Not from a meta, fan perspective - but because she'd lost all confidence after Tokoyami. Pairing her with Ectoplasm would reinforce how useless she felt, locking her down and preventing her from ever realising her insane potential. Pairing her with Eraserhead let her realise how strong she really was, and that's what she needed to improve. The others needed their weaknesses brutally underlined, Yaoyorozu needed to be reminded of her strengths. And after her fight with Innsmouth, Tsu won't get anything more out of being outclassed mobility wise, so might as well let her help three of the most promising students (Tokoyami, Todoroki, Yaoyorozu) reach their full potential.
Tsu against Eraserhead would have been an interesting match since both rely on high mobility and some kind of wrapping tool (his scarf and her tongue). However, I don't think Eraserhead would have had it easy against both Tsu and Todoroki. Erasure doesn't work on mutant type quirks like Tsu's. Add to that the weights he was carrying and things start to look bad for him. He would have to decide between chasing Tsu around with his decreased mobility while risking Todoroki overpowering him or focus on Todoroki and then try to catch on to Tsu before she scapes. While I think he still has the skill to win, it defeates the whole point of the exam if the teacher is the one having to push himself the most.
Carlos Santana Good point. I wasn't sure if Tsu's strength and mobility were from her physical mutation, meaning Eraserhead can't do anything, or from another source, meaning he could. But only the Nomus and All for One have multiple Quirks, so it must be from the mutation, so Eraserhead wouldn't be able to negate Tsu. He'd still win, I'm sure, but it wouldn't be preying on her weaknesses. Alright, Tsu with Ojiro against Power Loader, Iida with Todoroki and Yaoyorozu with Tokoyami. Iida doesn't really rely on mobility the same way as Ojiro - Ojiro seems to jump around and dodge opponents, while Iida just runs at them and kicks them in the face. Tsu does rely on mobility the same way as Ojiro, though, so she'd be pretty screwed against Power Loader. Iida definitely relies on his Quirk too much, with every fight of his after the cavalry battle boiling down to "Reciproburst and pray", so Eraserhead would be a good match. I know there is a physical mutation with Iida, but I feel like Eraserhead would be able to prevent him turning his engine on. And Yaoyorozu I've already talked about.
I like the Yaoyorozu and Todaroki pairing because, while her quirk is best used pre-fight, the pairing was exploiting her inferiority she was feeling after the sports festival. The way the pair was able to beat Eraserhead is through Yaoyorozu carrying them to victory, but if Todaroki took the lead, they were pretty much doomed to fail. This pairing is kinda like the Bakugo and Deku pairing. They were put together entirely because their teamwork is downright awful. While Yaoyorozu and Todaroki don't hate each other, Todaroki is pretty much always the commander and Yaoyorozu is the follower. Yaoyorozu learned to be confident in himself and Todaroki learned that he isn't always right.
The reason she was paired with eraserhead is exactly what you said, her self-confidence. With her quirk gone, she would lose her self-confidence too. That was her biggest weakness and thus what she needed to overcome. So the teacher pairing actually makes perfect sense
Sero and Mineta's quirk also only work in close to middle range, so trying to use them against Midnight offensively was going to be more difficult, adding that to an arena that limited Sero's movility and you have a pretty cool setup for their fight. Man, I love when a video gets me to think like this, keep the good work!
redsteelish A Mineta ball to the face, blocking all methods of breathing could undoubtedly be one of the most deadly quirks oddly enough. Too bad heroes aren't allowed to kill so his quirk has to just be a niche that he can hope to pull off into something helpful.
Honestly, I think you missed something about Deku and Bakugo vs All Might. The thing is, not only did they need to team up, but they needed to compromise strategies also. Bakugo wanted to fight All Might, which is, as you would imagine, an incredibly dumb strategy. All Might can punch you from the other end of a city using brute force alone. You can't really hope to beat him 1 on 1 or even 2 on 1. If Deku and Bakugo decided to fight All Might only and not even try for the Escape Gate, they would have lost. Running from All Might wouldn't have worked either. All Might is ridiculously fast, so your standard running speed just won't cut it. If Deku and Bakugo tried to run and hide, All Might would have found them eventually. And, as mentioned previously, fighting All Might won't end well. So, how exactly would these two win? Do both at once. Thanks to his powers fading and his injuries at USJ, he doesn't take attacks as well as he used to. Granted, beating him in a fight still isn't an option, but attacking him does at least stun him long enough to get some distance before repeating when All Might eventually catches up. Essentially, escaping from All Might is an option for heavy hitters like Bakugo and Deku because they can hit hard enough to get All Might to start coughing up blood and book it in the meantime. To compare this to a video game, imagine All Might to be a boss with a frankly rediculous attack, defense, speed, and health, but can be crowd controlled like no tomorrow. Essentially keep stunning him and inching towards the escape gate.
And that is exactly it! It was even brought up in the anime (and probs manga too) that they couldn't take him head on or run away. So they did a compromise of both which was their only option.
Part of it was also that Deku needed to stop thinking of All Might as an unbeatable symbol. If Midoriya wasn't such a nice guy he could've utterly humiliated his idol by making All Might waste time in his buff form before the fight.
@@jamainegardner4193 it's not about whether or not the kid is a nice guy. You're literally pitting him against the person he sees as a freaking God. Him being too scared to think clearly was a foregone conclusion the second this matchup was announced
My question though is what Uraraka and Aoyama should've done. Their win was ultimately a slip up. Had Thirteen been a real villain, she would've sucked Uraraka into the black hole and killed her. Obviously she wouldn't do that, but still her reaction was one of a hero, not a villain, and the teachers were supposed to be villains during the test. One could say that Uraraka and Aoyama were exploiting the weakness they'd noticed, which is a valid strategy, but they really just got lucky. So what should they have done to win? Thirteen has such an overwhelming quirk, I have no idea what the teachers were planning for them.
They’d have to be fast and stealthy for this one to work, but Aoyama could have fired a barrage while Uraraka ran, or to have Aoyama lasering(?) around while Uraraka floated things above Thirteen and trapped... it.
Thinking about it, they could have tried splitting up. Aoyama could have used his quirk to start to "orbit" 13 (assuming he wasn't already in the "Event Horizon" and could do so safely), while Uraraka went in for the capture or tried to escape. Of course, this is assuming 13 can only have 1 finger vacuum up at once. Another possibility is that Uraraka's quirk is actually a pretty strong counter to 13's, depending on how Black Hole and Zero Gravity work; Tagging Aoyama with 0g would mean that a black hole that works by being supermassive and having a ton of gravity wouldn't affect him, and he'd be able to just rocket out of there with only the force of the wind resistance to worry about.
Considering the way they were suppose to defeat Thirteen was being stealthy and catch her by surprise, I think it's a good match up: Uraraka will only "feed" Thirteen is she uses her quirk. Aoyama likes to be flashy and visible, which is something he was probubly suppose to overcome. Being flashy like that will fail a stealth mission. I don't know what would happen if Uraraka used her quirk on Thirteen, but it seems like another option to defeat her. My theory is that the only reason they passed is because Uraraka had the right reflex after losing focus and pulled to Thirteen, exploiting Thirteen's personality and attack. Aoyama passed because he saw the opportunity to help Uraraka and overwhelm Thirteen. Exploiting Thirteen's moment when she broke character wasn't how they were suppose to win, but it's a valid win if they were to face real threat and the enemy cought off guard from something stupid. This is why they passed, but just barely.
Wow I didn't realized that about Uraraka and Aoyama's quirks against Thirteen. I thought they were paired against Thirteen because Uraraka is a fan of their's and Aoyama just needed a partner.
@@glitch9929 dude this was posted before they had even gone to summer training. Mineta had literally just thrown balls randomly in a pool and ran past midnight at the time, so i dont really count it.
@@hellish8371 That's what he can do, he can throw sticky balls, he can't create explosions or create massive glaciers and firewaves. You're literally cheapening his two most important scenes, and you can do this with any of the 1-A roster.
Kirishima and Sato also could have, y'know... escaped. Running away was actually their best plan of attack, as even an arial assault likely wouldn't give them much leeway with Cementos.
Adding to your points, here's what TV Tropes says "The Final Exam matchups were deliberately put together to force students to confront the Logical Weakness in both their Quirks and ways of thinking. Kaminari and Mina are put together at the End Of Term against Nedzu. The reason why they failed was simple: The two Book Dumb characters of Class 1-A were put together to fight against a character with an Intelligence Enhancing Quirk and from the looks of the battle, it's clear they weren't even able to understand that the point of the test was outsmarting Nedzu, rather than fighting him. It was obvious they wouldn't pass, because they didn't even get the assignment. Kirishima and Satou both have Quirks that increase their physical strength and body but run on a timer of sorts, with Kirishima being more of a Stone Wall fighter, and Satou being a Lightning Bruiser who loses his intelligence due to the sugar he eats. Their opponent was Cementoss, whose Quirk allows him to manipulate concrete and cement. Cementoss used his power to create barriers that were easily replaceable, forcing Kirishima and Satou's frontal assault into a battle of attrition that neither could win due to their time limits. The idea behind their fight was to prod them into fighting tactically rather than going When All You Have Is a Hammer... and having Cementoss hard counter them. And while Satou has an excuse in that his power makes him think less clearly, Kirishima does not and could have at least tried to create a strategy for himself and his partner to follow. Tsuyu has a Weak, but Skilled Quirk that gives her all the powers of a regular frog, just for a human to use. Tokoyami has a Unskilled, but Strong Quirk that has a lot of raw power to it, but very little control over. The entire point was to show Tokoyami that Quirk's are not always needed to fight and can be supportive, while Tsuyu is pushed to play the support role to someone whose Quirk doesn't have good synergy with her. Naturally their opponent is Ectoplasm, whose Quirk can create copies of himself that, while weak, can still close the gap and get into close combat with the Fragile Speedster and the Squishy Wizard, plus he can make larger copies that are more powerful than the others. His Quirk allows him to be both Weak, but Skilled, and Unskilled, but Strong at the same time, forcing both students to learn when offensive power is important, and also show when supportive power is needed. Toru and Shouji both possess utility quirks that are a great help with intelligence gathering and stealth, but don't give them much direct combat strength. Naturally they fight Snipe, a hero whose Quirk is the ability to manipulate the trajectory of his bullets, allowing him to both be strategic, and offensive at the same time. Since neither Toru or Shouji can hope to win in a fight against him, they both have to use their Quirk's ability to be strategic to outsmart Snipe. Notable their plan works because early on, Toru stayed close to Shouji, allowing Snipe to keep track of the two because Toru couldn't really well separated from Shouji, but because Shouji created a distraction, Toru was able to sneak around and nab him. Iida and Ojiro both have Quirks that increase their physical mobility and strength, so naturally they fight Power Loader, whose tunneling Quirk negates the biggest strength both of them have. Iida is faster than Ojiro but his movement is more rigid and mostly in a straight line, which means he cannot run across the battlefield because he'd fall into a pit. Meanwhile Ojiro isn't as fast as Iida, but he has better mobility when it comes to dodging and isn't limited by one direction. At the same time, he can't move fast enough to the exit since Power Loader is tunneling too fast for him. Naturally the strategy they use to win is to use Iida's speed advantage to move Ojiro in such a way where he gets enough of an advantage to move quicker to the exit, which works out in the end. Kouda and Jiro is a bit more straightforward, as both are sound based Quirk users, so they fight Present Mic. Kouda's Quirk allows him to speak to animals while Jiro can use her headphone earlobes and heartbeat to create blasts of sound that are very powerful. The entire point of the test was not to see if Jiro was strong or weak, but more to see if Jiro could get Kouda to break out of his shell and use his Quirk without his shyness getting in the way of the situation. Present Mic could easily negate Jiro's Quirk and any of Kouda's weaker attempts at using his Quirk, so pushing him to be loud was the only way to win, and Jiro managing to do so is how they succeeded. Uraraka and Aoyama are put against 13, which seems weird at first, but their Quirks are easy for 13 to counter. Aoyama needs to stand still for a moment to fire his navel laser while Uraraka needs to physically touch something to manipulate its gravity. By trying to suck them up, 13 makes it too difficult for them to do either and pushes them to try and find ways to get around it. Its worth noting that Aizawa says in the next arc they barely passed, which makes sense as the only reason they passed was Aoyama bringing up Uraraka potentially crushing on Midoriya, causing her to let go in surprise and 13 to cut off their Quirk of fear for the students' safety, allowing Uraraka a completely accidental opening to get the cuffs on them. Another aspect that is not used in the story was that both have Quirks that cause them illness, so its possible the goal was to have them somehow beat 13 before they overtaxed themselves. Sero's Quirk allows him to make tape, while Mineta can make sticky balls. Since neither of them have Quirks outright designed for actual combat, Midnight, whose Quirk isn't suited for combat, makes logical sense. Furthermore personality wise, Mineta is a pervert who gets Distracted by the Sexy, while Sero is the Generic Guy who has on multiple occasions called out Mineta on his perverted behavior. Naturally Ms. Fanservice Midnight is the best opponent for the two since if the two can pass, it proves they have matured. Sero and Mineta also fight mostly by immobilizing their opponent, which won't mean much to Midnight because she doesn't have to move to activate her Quirk, and can just stay by the entrance and use her Knockout Gas against anyone who comes too close. Todoroki and Yaoyorozu are matched against Aizawa because both of them have Quirks that are so powerful and versatile that both tend to depend on them above direct combat. Aizawa presents an opponent who can rob them of their greatest strengths and easily overcome them both in physical combat and mobility. To defeat or escape him, the two would have to use their Quirks in more creative manners and use each other's abilities to their fullest. In addition, because of the nature Yaoyorozu's Quirk, they just needed a moment to devise a counter to Aizawa and they would be able to win before the battle even began, as even if their Quirks were erased, Yaoyorozu's items would still be there for her to use. Midoriya and Bakugo were paired against All Might to help fix their personal issues. Bakugo is Strong and Skilled with his only real flaws being his Pride uncontrollable temper. Midoriya's strong, but he also has a tendency to avoid direct confrontation and is a bit of an Extreme Doormat to Bakugo. All Might is strong enough that neither can defeat him on their own, and (as Bakugo points out) fast enough that they can't just escape without fighting him. If Bakugo continued to abuse Midoriya and refuse to work with him, and if Midoriya kept retreating and refused to stand up to Bakugo, then they would be easy prey for All Might. Their powers (which are actually fairly good all-around) were a bit of an afterthought, but considering that they're the two most well-rounded and powerful students in the class, it made sense to pair them with a very well-rounded and powerful hero, especially considering that All Might is likely the only teacher who could have stood up to a full-force attack from the two of them anyway (barring Aizawa erasing one of their quirks, which would leave him open to the other)."
I just realized about todoroki, but when he talks about spontaneous activation of his quirk, and that by due to this he can dramatically increase his flexibility while using his entire quirk always. When you look at Endeaver, with his fire beard and cool costume, and even at home, having his mustache. This may look like he’s just kind of flexing, but he’s consistently training his quirk to be, however slightly, more flexible in its usage. If todoroki can obtain this kind of control, imagine how overwhelmingly powerful he would be. It just kind of becomes (as a villain) “oh god I hope Shoto doesn’t show up. “The teachers really are not teaching for their to be one greatest hero. When you look at todoroki in this way, you realize the he will also become the greatest hero. These kids all have the potential to become the greatest they can be. We see this often in how they learn. Especially in the manga.
Moshope Akinwale As they were getting ready for the exams, Mineta said that they had to find a way to “destroy Midnight’s costume” and Sero told him “ You are such a scumbag”. Sero makes it clear that he doesn’t approve of people being little pervs😂
@Some Person On The Internet I wouldn't say Kaminari is a perv. He acts like a normal teenager compared to the rest of his class. I don't think asking girls out makes him a perv. He shouldn't be compared to Mineta because Mineta actually gropes women, there's a big difference between them. Also sero was begging Midoriya to tell him if he saw Uraraka naked during the provisional license arc which did seemed kinda weird.
good video :) though you keep saying "year". I believe they have only been at UA for 1 semester. (summer holiday is after the first trimester I believe)
Japanese highschool is a bit like American college in that each school year is broken down into 2 semesters, each with their own midterm and final exam. The students of 1-A even comment prior to the written exam that the midterm was easy since it was their first semester at the school and there wasn't much material to study in order to pass.
All of the colleges I looked into when I was picking my college had 2 main semesters (fall and spring) and then half semesters in the winter and summer for special classes and certain standard classes that normally run out of room, but those semesters are extra and do not affect whether or not a student counts as full time. For that the student has to be taking a minimum number of credits during a main semester and normally need to be full time on both main main semester to be listed as full time on documents. Basically, I'm saying that for US colleges the semesters outside of Fall and Spring are closer to summer school for US middle & high schoolers in that they are supplementary and aren't required to be a full time student. I don't know where you went or what 3rd required semester you are talking about but I am curious.
Very good video. Just when you think you have understood everything, someone shows you that the anime beholds even more subprogress. But I want to set something straight ever since the series clamed it and now that you stated it, I feel the need to talk about it. It's about what was told about koda's and jiro's fight, that sound doesn't travel through the ground. In fact the ground in general is the best conducter for sound, because in solid state the atoms are very close together and are connected by a lot of forcefields, which conducts the soundwave. fluids generally conduct the sound better than gas as well, because they have a higher density. American natives even held their ears on railways to hear if a train was aproaching before being able to see or hear it (that's the best example I could think of for now). Just wanted to get this thought out of my head, thanks for having an open ear youtube :).
Yeah that was a mental lapse in script writing on my behalf. However, the point that Present Mic's sound would not travel towards Jiro and Koda still stands. This would be because when a wave, like a sound wave, changes mediums, it bends according to the refractive index. When switching between mediums with low ---> high refractive index, the waves bend towards the normal line. This would mean that sound coming from Present mic going into the ground would bend to go almost directly down beneath him, allowing the bugs a greater window of time to attack from the sides, given that he wasn't constantly shouting. Regardless, whoops lol
You're right. You can see the same effect when light shines through water. Refraction is basicly the same thing. Just so you know, the comment wasn't amining against your interpretation, which is definetly valid in my eyes, especially after you gave this brilliant explanation, but rather on the statement itself made by the anime dub (I guess the sub too). Without any context the statement on it's own is wrong, but I assume they meant it the way you explained it. They just didn't want to bore normal people with technical details.
I think it has something to do with insects too. Though they're responsive vibrations, and even vibrations caused by sound, they may not flee at sound like mammals and bird would. I loved this reveal too because it showed that Anima could also influence insects, when everyone else would often automatically think of mammals and birds, and showed him more of a force to be reckoned with. That and the fact that he needed to get over his phobia of insects and other critters to save his injured and incapacitated partner.
I realized why Mineta and Sero got matched with Midnight now. It's not really because of their pervy attitudes and Midnight's appearance (though can be considered as a part of it). It's actually quirk-wise, those two use their quirks by either trapping or disabling their opponents, and then Midnight is a hero who has a quirk not really relying on movements. She can be a threat by just being there and her whip only made it harder since now she really didn't need to walk even by just a little. This is why Mineta called his match unfair (well, as you said, it is meant to be unfair for everyone). But the moment the unfair part of the test was gone, Mineta immediately saw this chance and didn't waste it, and I'd say he did it very gracefully and Deku-like. Mineta's the real MVP of this arc people!
I liked how for Deku and Bakugo to win Bakugo had to acknowledge that he couldn't win on his own, going so far as to rely entirely on Midoriya at the end, which would be something past Bakugo would never do due to his pride
Mineta's really not that bad. Dunno why people get so worked up over him. I'm not a huge fan of the guy, but I've never found him outright annoying (except for slightly so in a single short scene) and his moments in the rescue center, sports festival and final exam were legitimately amazing to come out of such a seemingly weak character. The fact that he starts out as so miserable gives him a lot of room to grow, and that's one of the things his character seems to excell at. Is gud shit.
While they were in USJ. Tsuyu briefly mentioned that fire is one of her weaknesses. She said that if the portal villain wanted to kill her then he would have dropped her in the Fire Zone.
Ya know, the quirks of MHA have inspired me to sortof make my own little OC. No fanfic to shoehorn him into the main series, but rather a vessel I made to see how to make an OP power feel earned. This character, which I call Zeke, has the power to absorb electricity, store it, and release it either as physical enhancements or controlled shocks. The drawback and root of all his failings comes from the fact that when Zeke has a charge, his body becomes electricity, meaning he can "dissolve" in conductive substances without incredibly concentration. By the time Zeke would enter the academy, he would've figured out how to interact with solid objects just fine and even prefers using electrical lines to travel, but failed one of his entrance exams because it took place in the ocean, where he would die if he used his quirk. Batteries are also a recurring issue for him, since he can enter and exit batteries when a current is flowing through them, but can get trapped if the current is cut while he's inside. Zeke also has to put forth a crap load of effort into not instantly killing anyone he touches, turning what would result in a complete shutdown of the nervous system into a zap equivalent to that of a taser. This fact has always been a thorn in his desire to become a hero since, well, how can you carry a dying civilian to safety if so much as touching them will risk shutting down their entire nervous system? However, those issues pale in comparison to Zeke's attitude towards his quirk, purposefully limiting it in fear of accidentally hurting himself or others. Like, imagine if you had a machine gun, but were too afraid of misfires to use automatic fire. Yeah it's definitely the safest option, but not the best when you need to eliminate a target. The real problem is discipline. Zeke's whole arc would revolve around him figuring out how to better control this major weakness. Firstly he'd train on getting stable, since potentially dissolving in water and killing friendlies is definitely a high priority issue, but at the same time he'd learn to turn this weakness into a major advantage. When your whole body is energy, you're basically a shapeshifter; wounds don't do anything, normal anatomical limitations are thrown out the window, and overall his road to success comes from recognizing that his quirk is OP. Now, to make this grown feel earned, I'd make it so that Zeke started off resenting his quirk at a young age and having that resentment reinforced over several years, adding more and more hurdles towards his acceptance of its true power, and Zeke's first final exam would revolve around forcing him to embrace his quirk. Let's say he wears a rubber suit most of the time and only uses his quirk to boost his physical capabilities, but the guy he's fighting simply can't be hit by a physical punch or kick. The turning point would be where Zeke removes a glove and zaps the teacher, forcing him to recognize that his quirk isn't the cause of his failures, but his attitude towards it. I wish I had the time/energy/drive to write a full story about Zeke, but right now all I got's an idea. If any of y'all are willing to do the hard work for me, I'd be more than happy to give you the ideas to shape into something resembling a story.
hmm I think people don't give Yuga Aoyama the credit he deserves. Specially on watching the entirety of My hero again. He's actually very perceptive, this wasn't an accidental win, this was a purposeful attack. He isn't dumb, he took a calculated risk. He knew previously that 13 does not want to kill. So he threw their best chance at her. He knew Uraraka just had close combat training. He knows by that point that she gets flustered easily by mention of her relationship with Deku. So he flustered her, and sent her flying at 13. Giving her no chance to think about the danger at hand, and forcing the teacher to stop the attack.
Wait a second... GEEK ALERT! GEEK ALERT! The grenade gauntlets STORE sweat so when deku uses them it should just shoot water at all-might, tell me if I am wrong
no, they only store Bakugo's sweat because the things on his forearms and gloves collect his sweat. you can see them when he takes the gauntlets off. without them, you can't collect the sweat as trying to soak up a stationary liquid is a strange and difficult prospect
Thanks for the analysis. Now I see the same thing happened between Uraraka against Thirteen and Bakugo against All Might. The teachers would not willingly hurt the students in close range, which saved them. Even All Might said that that was Bakugo's angle.
This was a really good video. It was real informative and thought-out, and it had real funny jokes/editing. Thanks for making such a cool video for us.
One thing. It wasn't a year at U.A. it was one semester. Japan has a different system than American schools. They start in spring and have their final exams each semester instead of one at the end of the full year each summer. The summer training camp that follows and the subsequent licencing exam all happen before the end of their summer break before their second semester. They have (I think) three semesters in one year, each with their own breaks in between each semester.
I think your video was great! It really showed me new ways to look at the student's weaknesses and what they needed to improve on. Your point on Midnight's character being the weapon against Sero and Mineta was interesting, but I thought that Midnight's quirk would still be the most effective against them both. Midnight's quirk covers a large area. Combine that with her placement being near the exit and the student's only strengths being immobilization (sticky balls and sticky tape) and it becomes clear that even if Mineta and Sero managed to play their strengths and stop Midnight from moving, her quirk would still prevent them from getting close enough to complete either objective (escape or handcuff the teacher). Mineta realized this, which is why he drew Midnight away from the gate before immobilizing her.
Deku was a trouble for the teachers because he would easily find out their plan.He is good at stretegy and everyone knew it.That's why he was forced to team up with the only one who wouldn't listen to him.
The thing with Kaminari and Mina is... Kaminari would've used his ability if they had been able to see Nezu. They had no idea where he was. The best thing for them was to go on top of the buildings so they can see where the buildings are crashing down and locate they're enemy.
Wait... was that the end of the first year, I thought it was the end of the first term, we’ve still got the camp and the extracurricular internships left to go before they become second years
I think Deku's punch was way stronger than 5%, but didn't break his arm like when he punched Nomu. All-might says that Deku punched him with everything he had, which I'm assuming is more than the baby strength he had been using.
my favorite exam was Tsuyu and Tokoyomki but my favorite moment is Deku's expression and telling All Might to get out of the way as he lands a solid punch
Okay but here`s the thing. So everybody says that Mina and Kaminari are the dumbest students and whatever which yeah, I get why you could think that considering they are the last ones when it comes to ranking, but I mean..technically speaking they DID manage to pass and enter in the BEST student course out there. So what if they were the last two? Doesnt their succes prove that they are smart enough to be in the hero course, so basically smarter then most students at regular highschools. My point is, give these two kids a break. Not everybody is good enough to be a future hero and I feel like yall are just sleeping on that fact
@@galarstar052 Uh, no. It wouldn't make sense for them to take a written exam if it didnt matter at all. Plus Deku said he knows he barely passed it after he comes back from the physical exam and he knows this cause he calculated his score. If they wouldnt have passed the written exam they wouldnt be here rn
I would argue that Midorya and Bakugo's fight was about putting them together in a battleground to fight together but to put in the battleground together so that they could see how strong they each were in how strongly their different views opposed each other and had to be reconciled. The first thing that Midorya thinks to do is to gun it for the exit and not look back. Bakugo's first instinct is to find and defeat All Might. These two plans are antithetical to each other and they both show the biggest divide they have as character; while Midorya is looking to improve, he wants to do so gradually and steadily, Bakugo sees that improvement can only be done through breaking your hands against the wall you want to climb. I think Recovery Girl said it best when she said that one of them sees an indomitable hero while the other sees a wall to surpass. Midorya has to overcome his own reverence for All Might if he is to become the next Symbol of Peace. Bakguo's problem then, is to relationship he has to victory and Midorya. He doesn't like Midorya for reasons that are a lot more grounded in his view of the world than he actual dislike for Midorya (seeing as he hates how Midorya has sort of invalidated his belief that some people are just born capable and others aren't) and so he has to reconcile his want for victory with the dislike and idea of breaking his belief in himself and other. Its in reconciling these two different views of the world that they are able to work together to find a way to win. Bakugo knows that All Might is strong and Midorya agrees with that, so the plan to run becomes their goal but its in the operation how they do so that changes. Instead of just running, they decided that fighting has to be done in order to get a leg up. When it is revealed that this isn't going to work entirely, Bakugo tells Midorya to go in order to win since to him, winning at all cost is the end goal. When Midorya comes back to save him, its the point in which Midorya learns that he can do something against his hero. Against the person who he holds the greatest reverence for.
Mariusweeddeath there is another matter that Bakugo needs to address. His own pride and arrogance. Unless he gets over himself, then he will never become a hero.
I see the idea but considering the second top hero is Endeavor, I feel as thought his mostly hostile, prideful and arrogant attitude isn't their direct priority. Besides, having a little pride and arrogance in oneself can do wonders. Having too much...
Snipe can't see invisible things naturally, but his masks functions as a scope with different visions for him to see different things. Thus he prolly sees Hagakure thanks to infrared vision or something along the lines. Snipe's actual quirk is the ability to control the trajectory of his projectiles.
I think one more obstacle that Deku and Bakugou were pitted against when the villain was All Might, was their admiration towards said hero. Though the emphasis is on Deku's respect toward All Might, Bakugou also grew up looking up to him. He wanted to beat him because he respected him as a #1 hero, and wanted to test his abilities (thinking maybe he had a chance at winning, given his huge ego), while Deku wanted to escape because he knew #1 hero is strong and besides maybe in some part of him he hesitated to injure All Might.
1: work on your Japanese pronunciation. PLEASE. 2: Deku didnt even scratch All Might. AM's time limit was almost up, and he was forcing himself to hold the form, making him cough up blood. 3: bewbs
No no, just getting a good grasp of the Pronunciation or close Enough is fine. I'm not Japanese but I know the Pronunciation so that argument Isnt really Valid. Also, Someone May just not Like the way has pronouncing it That doesn't make them a weeb. Because that would mean that because I like Pepper Im Mexican? Ok *que Espanol music*
First. Deku did hit All Might, soo he does make a mark however small. Second. I don't think it's so much he needs to learn how to pronounce things, but how the dub changes the way things are pronounced the tiniest bit. So people who watch dub think that's how its said. If you watch dub, fine, I know I have before. I think that people should at least know how things are supposed to be said. Then if they want to call it by what the dub goes by, at least they know. (Idk, it's late, Ignore this part maybe?)
Some more critic: It's not a full year that passed, it's barely half of it due to the fact that the school years in Japan start at April 1st. In the episode when Mr. Aizawa tested everyones strength at using their quirks and lieing about expelling the student with the fewest points, All Might told him that "April 1st is over". Summer breaks in Japan are more like a semester break.
Everyone who failed the final exam had the most growth in the newest her liscence exam Except sato and sero Ashido can now control every single variable in her acid Kirishima unlocked unbreakable mode Kaminari now has homing
5:30 Um, no. Uraraka would be fine - she touches the object to put in Zero Gravity, not the source of it. Put herself and Aoyama in Zero-G and have him laser them to the exit using it as a propellant. Easy win.
Dude56099 'Learn from the speed text?' I'm sorry, I don't follow, the text in that moment is supporting the belief that she has to touch Thirteen to get rid of the black holes. I gathered that Uraraka and Aoyama weren't smart enough, since they didn't do this simple thing.
Andres Marrero He's not using it as a weapon, he's using it as propulsion. It firing from his belly button pushes him (and in this case, Uraraka) backwards. Rocket fuel doesn't push off anything, it's the fact it's moving away from the rocket.
you forgot one thing, nothing can escape a black hole, not even something as fast as light can escape it. And I'm 100% sure that Aoyama isn't faster than light or else he would arguably be the strongest student in the whole school.
Sero actually isnt horny at all, its just that we was more focused on trying to find midnight but then she got the earliest jump on them and sero didnt have enough time to react except to save the ew grape boy, tho still her character is still overwhelming Sero wouldnt dare to care about it, awesome vid and breakdown!
Yeah except most of the fights were actually really poorly thought out. Invisible Girl versus a sniper is one of the most poorly thought out matches I could think of, no one said high electricity would travel the several city blocks to knock out the crane's power because why would it, Deku had nothing to learn in the fight against All Might because he was right all along, the only reason tape boy and grape juice got caught is because they stopped for some reason, Uraraka's was a fight that had no chance at all besides dumb luck, and nothing said Cementos couldn't use his power to knock down the buildings they would have attempted to climb. I could cover the rest but why bother? The exam's were just an arbitrary way to push Deku and Bakugo together and the rest was just needed to justify the exam's existence.
noise travels best through solids. primarily low frequency sounds. gasses are actually the least effective sound carrier. the prime advantage of traveling through the ground in the situation presented, is the factor of surprise. it would be a shock to have something come from below, and most people dont think of fighting on anything but a 2.5D scale, with the 3rd dimension intersected by the ground.
13 is voiced by a woman though, so you can hardly blame people. (And as far as I can tell from information on the wiki, the gender is intentionally left ambiguous.)
for snipe, it actually does make some sense. He was distracted by Shoji's fake surrender, which allowed Hagakure to get the drop on him. He can't see invisible people. That's not what his quirk does. Anything that's not observable to an ordinary person isn't observable to him.
so uh... I hope people know that the finals were not a full year from the start of the school year. They were only about 3 months. Japanese schools work differently as they begin in April and go on summer break in late June. And then beginning again in early September while still being within the same year of schooling. Their school year ends in March. So, the more ya knooooow! XD idk, I just thought I would share my knowledge as I was reading up on this sort of thing recently and I know it's a small thing, but I found it interesting and hope someone else might. Anyways, I liked the video and I think it gave a bit more insight as to why they were paired up as such and why the anime directors decided to add all the tests while the manga just keeps it to a few characters rather than the whole class. Really awesome! (andyesIdorealizeIamoverlyinterested/obsessedwiththisanime)
I'd argue that Tsuyu and Tokoyami's was that Tsuyu was a great support, but _only_ knew how to be support- not to act as the primary agent. Tokoyami had a similar issue, he just supported Dark Shadow for doing stuff, didn't know how to be the hero in his own right- he needed to work WITH Dark Shadow to come into his own. But that's not how they won, they only scraped by on a technicality because Tsuyu was still just acting as support and Tokoyami still made Dark Shadow do all the work.
Poor Sero he literally saved Mineta, plus you would think he wouldn’t make it that easy to flip off his mask but oh well. Anyways other than the obvious Bakugou, Midoriya and Todoroki; Asui and Tokoyami are fricken monsters. Asui is extremely adaptable and Tokoyamis dark shadow can blow through forests two reasons why I love these two as well as midoriya.
Kirishima isn't really as dumb as some people would think. He has moments of showing that he is aware of people's weaknesses and strengths. He predicted Sero winning the race in the maze, and figured out Tokoyami's weakness while other people thought Bakugou was just more powerful. However he said in the first season that ambushes are unmanly, so flanking Cementoss is something he would have too much pride to do. I wish MHA addressed this flaw of his more. I think it would be cool if during the forest arc he tried fighting Dabi head on instead of flanking him, and then getting destroyed. It would hit him hard emotionally since Dabi was the reason Bakugou was captured in the last second
"I wish MHA would address this more". Keep watching, as there's something not that far fom what you said, but not perfect. No spoilers other than a heads up.
@@maplesinthesea6756 is it overhaul arc?
AndrewLuis CrespoDeMoura I was thinking the same thing!
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Yes but not giving up your pride in order to bring down a villain is stupid in and of itself
@@maxanderson3733 that's the whole point he loses, reflects on it and get's rid of his pride and does it like a smart person
Uraraka's win was terrible. It basically relied on thirteen not wanting to hurt them. A concept that undermined the concept of the test. Even worse, it wasn't even a plan, but rather a happy accident
Kinda similar to shoji's pretend surrender
That's why both Ochako and Aoyama nearly failed their test, as stated by Aizawa. Something about failing when falling down to 30 points and them being at 35.
but remember 13 is a rescue hero he/she does not want to the kids especially plus its black hole in her finger anyone would have stopped at that point
Whoever was against 13 had an instant win
TheDarkWall yes while I do kinda agree with you but that’s not the point, see Uraraka used thirteen’s humanity against her she exploited the fact that she doesn’t kill or hurt unless she has to
I still don't get why Sero failed the exam. He basically sacrificed himself to save Mineta and gave him a means to win. Him being knocked out shouldn't have mattered when Iida didn't even make it through the gate.
I don't agree with it either, personally. He had the instincts to at least save his partner, so I'm not entirely sure why they failed him.
Since I've only seen the anime, do you know if the manga explains any better why he failed?
>implying i've read the manga
lol if I knew I'd tell you, but i'm not quite deep enough into the rabbit hole to start reading it
While I'm also an anime-only watcher, I believe I have an idea for why Sero was given a failing grade:
1: While Sero did ensure Mineta could escape, Mineta could have gotten away even without his help. He's decently mobile, and is very good at running away.
2: While using Sero's tape as a gas mask was a creative utilization of his quirk, he had no input whatsoever in the idea. It was all Mineta's idea, and he thought of it after Sero was already incapacitated. Also, the tape used for Mineta's mask was initially used to let him escape, which made the mask plan an improvisation on Mineta's part, rather than a strategy created by the two.
3: Sero didn't make any attempt to cancel out Midnight's quirk. He seemed to give up for... Reasons. The very same reasons he was meant to overcome during the exam.
One or more of those factors likely caused Sero to fail, even though Mineta passed their test with him.
FoneyBone1 Because in a fight with a real villain being knocked out means death
I agree on all of these except Midnight’s test. Firstly, Sero isn’t a perv. He called Mineta out on being a perv and called him a scumbag for it. Kaminari is the other horn dog. Also The seduction aspect of Midnight wasn’t a major part of the test. What was being tested is that both Mineta and Sero are mid to long ranged fighters, while Midnight is most powerful in close range. She remained hidden in close proximity to the exit, Sero and Mineta’s destination, so that she could force a close range confrontation. The key to success was exactly what Sero did, react quickly and get one or both of them away from Midnight immediately, and because Sero’s (super awesome looking) helmet blocked Midnight’s gas, but Mineta’s cowl didn’t, Midnight targeted Sero first because he was the bigger threat, and Sero put saving Mineta before escaping himself because Mineta was in more danger. Sero wasn’t moments from losing consciousness when he saved Mineta, he assumed Midnight was going after the unprotected target first. Mineta also didn’t plan to trap Midnight far from the gate beforehand, he genuinely was running away and crying until Midnight found him again and his fight or die instincts kicked it
And Mineta improvised a lot by trapping midnight and also coming up with a plan to use Sero's tape. I think this was the only test that was so on sided in the favor of students.
Mineta literally stated that he had that plan in mind the whole time.
jamaine gardner True. In fact a lot of people argue that Sero helped Mineta. But Mineta said that he didn't need any help to win that exam.
@@jamainegardner4193 He's got a massive ego so he was probably bluffing
Ah yes, appreciation for Weird Tape Elbows. Good tea. Thank you.
Just so you know, Snipe's quirk is to allow him to have control over the trajectory of his bullets. That's why he could shoot so many villians from the Entrance of that one room.
Joshua Kuhlman So he's just like Hol Horse?
I actually have never watched JoJo :(, from what I've read, that's exactly right though.
Sleep Almost, but I think Hol Horse only has the one bullet.
Wrong, Michael. Hol Horse fired multiple bullets into the pipe when he was teamed up with Boingo because he thought it would kill the Crusaders.
the only difference between hol horse and snipe is that snipe's quirk can't generate a gun while the emperor, hol horse's stand, does
8:30 Correction Snipe's quirk is not being able to hone in on anyone such as Toru, His quirk instead"allows him to control the trajectory of his bullets" so the fights ending did make sense it's just that the matchup didn't. (the qoute is taken from the MhA wiki)
I guess they lined up all the other matches and then just had those three left over then, huh? =P
Dexxus well in the manga they weren't even shown so the anime had to basically just make them up from scratch which given the line up wasn't easy
so like imagine how long they knew he should have a quirk because the toe thing but he didnt show signs of one bc why would he go shooting xd
I mean it does make some sense since Toru and Shoji have mutant type quirks with no range. Pairing them up against a quirk with massive range puts them at a massive disadvantage. Granted, unless Snipe's visor is capable of picking up on heat signatures his abilities would be completely useless against Toru once she takes off he clothes.
I think it's because they're both close-range stealth/re-con types. Snipe's astounding accuracy with his bullets makes stealth difficult. The two of them would have failed if they tried to just stealth their way to the exit gate, since Snipe was on them from the beginning.
So, by Shoji doing the ballsy thing and stepping out into the open, feigning that he was bringing the fight to Snipe, it gave Hagakure the opportunity to use her stealth while Snipe was distracted. I mean, it isn't perfect but it makes more sense than Uraraka and Aoyama's bare pass.
Deku didn't cripple All Might. There's no way a 5% punch would do anything. Time just ran out for him.
I mean he didn't directly cripple him, but you also have to take into consideration that All Might's One For All time limit seems to be based upon the stress put onto his body. He's normally able to go for up to three hours, and yet he fought Nobu for barely five minutes and ran out of time, though yes it was after he'd already been at it for a little while, but still. Therefore you can assume that taking a hard hit when his will to win already wasn't at it's highest could push him over the tipping point, thus Deku's "Smash" may have in fact "crippled" him in the end.
Also it's worth noting that Deku uses "Smash" as a sort of signature move, which is why he refers to his hits in Full Cowling as, well, "Full Cowling". So it's not too much of a stretch to assume that in his one punch of One For All, he went beyond his 5% threshold.
Bruh All Might literally said "You really hit me with everything you had". While I don't think it crippled him, I'm pretty sure it was more than 5%.
He used smash on Stain, it was at 5%. Bakugo's blasts sent All Might flying multiple times. Deku's punch just got him to turn his head a bit..
I think AM power lasts less than 3 hours now after the fight with Nomu. I'm pretty sure he said it soemwhere but I might be wrong.
jimmy rustles
No Deku used more than 5% against stain, I believe Gran Torino even commented on the fact that he got another stress fracture on his hand because of that.
Deku used 5% or more. All Might was not crippled. After seeing Deku able to bring serious force against an opponent (even the object of his greatest respect) in order to overcome, he allowed the two to pass. All Might's was the only literally impossible fight by the metric of physical and quirk capabilities.
Also, while his time limit was nearly up, so was the boys', and he could (and would) push himself further to force this growth out of Deku.
Sero could have had a better oportunity to defeat Midnight if he hadn^t focus on saving Mineta from her
He wasn't smart enough to put tape over their noses as they saw the fumes though
Or use his tape to pull mineta to safety without endangering himself.
Just tape his helmet shut.
If his helmet was shut more tight, he probably wouldn't have had a problem with inhaling the fumes, meaning that getting his partner out, who didn't have protection, would have been the right choice.
More like to protect Midnight from Mineta
6:20 they lost because 13 didn’t just murder them
same with snipe he shot like 5 bullets in front of the guy to stop him in a real fight he would have just gunned him down
DX- DRAGON Aizawa did the same too
@DX-DRAGON Isn't a hero's job to avoid as much death as possible? It would be a risk-all win-all strategy for a villain to pull the same damn thing. "Death before dishonor!"
Geekkage almight is ridiculously op tho so him holding back was a necessity
Heroes aren't supposed to just straight up murder villains. That goes against what the anime says a hero should do, which is serve justice. Serving justice doesn't equal murdering villains.
A few corrections
A, All Might was not crippled by Midoriya's punch, not even close. His time limit was up, meaning he was unable to stop Midoriya from winning.
B, Snipe's quirk does *not* allow him to see through smoke or see invisible people. It allows him to change a bullet's trajectory mid-air. Meaning, it takes him actually focusing on the firing, and doesn't mean he can hit invisible enemies unless he knows where they are or gets lucky
C, Nezu's one open path was not, as you say, random. Nezu makes it clear time and time again in the fight that there is some logic behind the one path left open, as he says they just need to think about it to find it.
He just left another path so he could laugh. He does have a certain "evil" side when tzlking about humans
The Emperor got an upgrade
"Crippling All Might"
.... ok
More like punching him when he was near the end of his time limit.
Mildly inconveniencing him* We saw ourselves that he was perfectly fine staying in muscle form even after the battle was over lmao
Karzak he was talking about the manga. Sorry
@@jacobbh3452 he didn't even read the manga while making this video that's a lie
Yeah that was just absolute bullshit
This arc is 100% the most underrated is the entire series. People are like, "oh, it's just training", when in actuality there was a lot of strategy and character moments and development (especially for Momo, but also for Mineta, Koda, Deku and Bakugo).
at 0:23 i like that mineta wasn't included and you added him in. really funny how much people hate grape boy
jehad nafea He's gets way to much screen time it's the worst part of the show.
Aviddream I hate Bakugo more though.
Andres Marrero I hate him too lol, but atleast he's plot relevant.
i'm not a fan of him either i just find it very funny how a comic relief character gets this much hate. hell his pervy-ness is quite tame compared to some other animes
I don't get why people hate him tho. He's like the best character
Aoyama and Uraraka basically cheated, right? I was so disappointment with that "battle" I mean, they're amazing characters and they could have made it better than... that.
I'd like to think they set up the matchup because of the space themes, which is why those two didn't get to thrive the way they should've. Still, Uraraka taking the internship with Gunhead definitely helped them win, so at least it wasn't completely out of nowhere like the Snipe fight.
The Chucklehut the snipe fight made some sense. His eye sight might be incredible but it does have limitations, the smoke, invisibility, and the fact isn't aware of his surroundings nor is he good at sensing. He rellies too much on his sight. Once she took off her clothes, he lost sight of her. All that was left was to have the hero's attention and for him to lower his guard, because if not, he would have been able to tell through the distortion of the smoke.
Gabby Dk You could still finish the exam and still not "win" which I feel should been the case for laserboy as it was for Sero
Uraraka and Aoyama should have had an alternate way of winning.
Knowing that they couldn't take Thirteen on in a head on if she were a real villain, they should have tried to escape.
How could one hope to escape a black hole? Well one would have to nullify gravity to escape a black hole.
Wait what does Uraraka do? She nullifies gravity.
But nullifying gravity isn't enough, you also need a way to direct your movements to get away.
If only someone had a way to propel themselves. Oh wait, Aoyama does.
So the obvious solution would be to have Uraraka risk throwing up to make herself and Aoyama weightless, and have Aoyama propel them to the exit.
The Chucklehut the snipe fight was awkward cause in the manga they didnt show it so they had to figure out stuff after the fact
I don't think Yaoyorozu and Tsu were paired based on weaknesses, unlike the others. Rather, the opposite. Yaoyorozu is a perfect match for Eraserhead, with her Quirk being best pre-fight. Eraserhead negating her Quirk mid-battle does sod all, hell, it might help her. She lost against Tokoyami because she was too focused on her Quirk and not enough on the actual battle - erasing her Quirk prevents that.
No, I think if the teachers were really trying to beat them, Yaoyorozu would be with Ectoplasm and Tsu with Eraserhead. Tsu relies on two things - her Quirk and the mobility it gives her. I don't know how much of Tsu's Quirk Eraserhead can deal with, but he can definitely outclass her mobility with his magic bandages. Meanwhile, Yaoyorozu sucks at dealing with pressure and constant threat - precisely what Ectoplasm represents.
So why pair them like that? Because Yaoyorozu needed to win. Not from a meta, fan perspective - but because she'd lost all confidence after Tokoyami. Pairing her with Ectoplasm would reinforce how useless she felt, locking her down and preventing her from ever realising her insane potential. Pairing her with Eraserhead let her realise how strong she really was, and that's what she needed to improve. The others needed their weaknesses brutally underlined, Yaoyorozu needed to be reminded of her strengths. And after her fight with Innsmouth, Tsu won't get anything more out of being outclassed mobility wise, so might as well let her help three of the most promising students (Tokoyami, Todoroki, Yaoyorozu) reach their full potential.
Tsu against Eraserhead would have been an interesting match since both rely on high mobility and some kind of wrapping tool (his scarf and her tongue). However, I don't think Eraserhead would have had it easy against both Tsu and Todoroki.
Erasure doesn't work on mutant type quirks like Tsu's. Add to that the weights he was carrying and things start to look bad for him. He would have to decide between chasing Tsu around with his decreased mobility while risking Todoroki overpowering him or focus on Todoroki and then try to catch on to Tsu before she scapes.
While I think he still has the skill to win, it defeates the whole point of the exam if the teacher is the one having to push himself the most.
Carlos Santana Good point. I wasn't sure if Tsu's strength and mobility were from her physical mutation, meaning Eraserhead can't do anything, or from another source, meaning he could. But only the Nomus and All for One have multiple Quirks, so it must be from the mutation, so Eraserhead wouldn't be able to negate Tsu. He'd still win, I'm sure, but it wouldn't be preying on her weaknesses.
Alright, Tsu with Ojiro against Power Loader, Iida with Todoroki and Yaoyorozu with Tokoyami. Iida doesn't really rely on mobility the same way as Ojiro - Ojiro seems to jump around and dodge opponents, while Iida just runs at them and kicks them in the face. Tsu does rely on mobility the same way as Ojiro, though, so she'd be pretty screwed against Power Loader. Iida definitely relies on his Quirk too much, with every fight of his after the cavalry battle boiling down to "Reciproburst and pray", so Eraserhead would be a good match. I know there is a physical mutation with Iida, but I feel like Eraserhead would be able to prevent him turning his engine on. And Yaoyorozu I've already talked about.
I like the Yaoyorozu and Todaroki pairing because, while her quirk is best used pre-fight, the pairing was exploiting her inferiority she was feeling after the sports festival. The way the pair was able to beat Eraserhead is through Yaoyorozu carrying them to victory, but if Todaroki took the lead, they were pretty much doomed to fail. This pairing is kinda like the Bakugo and Deku pairing. They were put together entirely because their teamwork is downright awful. While Yaoyorozu and Todaroki don't hate each other, Todaroki is pretty much always the commander and Yaoyorozu is the follower. Yaoyorozu learned to be confident in himself and Todaroki learned that he isn't always right.
I think Tokoyami is the person who relies on his quirk more than anyone else
The reason she was paired with eraserhead is exactly what you said, her self-confidence. With her quirk gone, she would lose her self-confidence too. That was her biggest weakness and thus what she needed to overcome. So the teacher pairing actually makes perfect sense
Denki is gonna wake up in the middle of the night one day like "HE WAS IN A METAL BOX! WHY DIDN'T I ELECTROCUTE HIM?"
Sero and Mineta's quirk also only work in close to middle range, so trying to use them against Midnight offensively was going to be more difficult, adding that to an arena that limited Sero's movility and you have a pretty cool setup for their fight.
Man, I love when a video gets me to think like this, keep the good work!
redsteelish A Mineta ball to the face, blocking all methods of breathing could undoubtedly be one of the most deadly quirks oddly enough. Too bad heroes aren't allowed to kill so his quirk has to just be a niche that he can hope to pull off into something helpful.
Dadude572 Yeah, It really makes you think about what No. 13 said before the rescue practice, quirks are freaking dangerous.
It can be used to pin and immobilize most criminals and villains.
Wrong because mineta can throw the balls
Honestly, I think you missed something about Deku and Bakugo vs All Might. The thing is, not only did they need to team up, but they needed to compromise strategies also. Bakugo wanted to fight All Might, which is, as you would imagine, an incredibly dumb strategy. All Might can punch you from the other end of a city using brute force alone. You can't really hope to beat him 1 on 1 or even 2 on 1. If Deku and Bakugo decided to fight All Might only and not even try for the Escape Gate, they would have lost.
Running from All Might wouldn't have worked either. All Might is ridiculously fast, so your standard running speed just won't cut it. If Deku and Bakugo tried to run and hide, All Might would have found them eventually. And, as mentioned previously, fighting All Might won't end well.
So, how exactly would these two win? Do both at once. Thanks to his powers fading and his injuries at USJ, he doesn't take attacks as well as he used to. Granted, beating him in a fight still isn't an option, but attacking him does at least stun him long enough to get some distance before repeating when All Might eventually catches up. Essentially, escaping from All Might is an option for heavy hitters like Bakugo and Deku because they can hit hard enough to get All Might to start coughing up blood and book it in the meantime. To compare this to a video game, imagine All Might to be a boss with a frankly rediculous attack, defense, speed, and health, but can be crowd controlled like no tomorrow. Essentially keep stunning him and inching towards the escape gate.
And that is exactly it! It was even brought up in the anime (and probs manga too) that they couldn't take him head on or run away. So they did a compromise of both which was their only option.
Part of it was also that Deku needed to stop thinking of All Might as an unbeatable symbol. If Midoriya wasn't such a nice guy he could've utterly humiliated his idol by making All Might waste time in his buff form before the fight.
gardner you're implying 5% deku could have even sort of held his own against all might
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it's not about whether or not the kid is a nice guy. You're literally pitting him against the person he sees as a freaking God. Him being too scared to think clearly was a foregone conclusion the second this matchup was announced
My question though is what Uraraka and Aoyama should've done. Their win was ultimately a slip up. Had Thirteen been a real villain, she would've sucked Uraraka into the black hole and killed her. Obviously she wouldn't do that, but still her reaction was one of a hero, not a villain, and the teachers were supposed to be villains during the test. One could say that Uraraka and Aoyama were exploiting the weakness they'd noticed, which is a valid strategy, but they really just got lucky. So what should they have done to win? Thirteen has such an overwhelming quirk, I have no idea what the teachers were planning for them.
They’d have to be fast and stealthy for this one to work, but Aoyama could have fired a barrage while Uraraka ran, or to have Aoyama lasering(?) around while Uraraka floated things above Thirteen and trapped... it.
Moon Kid this is why they passed on the borderline. Your point was considered in season 3
black holes suck in light and objects regardless of and needed that cheese to wingravity they are hard countered
Thinking about it, they could have tried splitting up. Aoyama could have used his quirk to start to "orbit" 13 (assuming he wasn't already in the "Event Horizon" and could do so safely), while Uraraka went in for the capture or tried to escape. Of course, this is assuming 13 can only have 1 finger vacuum up at once. Another possibility is that Uraraka's quirk is actually a pretty strong counter to 13's, depending on how Black Hole and Zero Gravity work; Tagging Aoyama with 0g would mean that a black hole that works by being supermassive and having a ton of gravity wouldn't affect him, and he'd be able to just rocket out of there with only the force of the wind resistance to worry about.
Considering the way they were suppose to defeat Thirteen was being stealthy and catch her by surprise, I think it's a good match up:
Uraraka will only "feed" Thirteen is she uses her quirk.
Aoyama likes to be flashy and visible, which is something he was probubly suppose to overcome. Being flashy like that will fail a stealth mission.
I don't know what would happen if Uraraka used her quirk on Thirteen, but it seems like another option to defeat her.
My theory is that the only reason they passed is because Uraraka had the right reflex after losing focus and pulled to Thirteen, exploiting Thirteen's personality and attack. Aoyama passed because he saw the opportunity to help Uraraka and overwhelm Thirteen. Exploiting Thirteen's moment when she broke character wasn't how they were suppose to win, but it's a valid win if they were to face real threat and the enemy cought off guard from something stupid.
This is why they passed, but just barely.
Wow I didn't realized that about Uraraka and Aoyama's quirks against Thirteen. I thought they were paired against Thirteen because Uraraka is a fan of their's and Aoyama just needed a partner.
I thought it was because they got sick every time they used it
Calling grape juice an experienced hero is waaaaaay to kind of words
They all have experience
They all have had experience they literally fought pros and got there licenses
@@glitch9929 dude this was posted before they had even gone to summer training. Mineta had literally just thrown balls randomly in a pool and ran past midnight at the time, so i dont really count it.
Hellish he outsmarted midnight and those balls being thrown everywhere was apart of a plan to escape because they couldn’t hurt the villains
@@hellish8371 That's what he can do, he can throw sticky balls, he can't create explosions or create massive glaciers and firewaves. You're literally cheapening his two most important scenes, and you can do this with any of the 1-A roster.
Kirishima and Sato also could have, y'know... escaped.
Running away was actually their best plan of attack, as even an arial assault likely wouldn't give them much leeway with Cementos.
Jiro: "Koda we need a p-
Present mic: "I'M GETTING BOOOOOOOOORED!!!!!!"
Adding to your points, here's what TV Tropes says
"The Final Exam matchups were deliberately put together to force students to confront the Logical Weakness in both their Quirks and ways of thinking.
Kaminari and Mina are put together at the End Of Term against Nedzu. The reason why they failed was simple: The two Book Dumb characters of Class 1-A were put together to fight against a character with an Intelligence Enhancing Quirk and from the looks of the battle, it's clear they weren't even able to understand that the point of the test was outsmarting Nedzu, rather than fighting him. It was obvious they wouldn't pass, because they didn't even get the assignment.
Kirishima and Satou both have Quirks that increase their physical strength and body but run on a timer of sorts, with Kirishima being more of a Stone Wall fighter, and Satou being a Lightning Bruiser who loses his intelligence due to the sugar he eats. Their opponent was Cementoss, whose Quirk allows him to manipulate concrete and cement. Cementoss used his power to create barriers that were easily replaceable, forcing Kirishima and Satou's frontal assault into a battle of attrition that neither could win due to their time limits. The idea behind their fight was to prod them into fighting tactically rather than going When All You Have Is a Hammer... and having Cementoss hard counter them. And while Satou has an excuse in that his power makes him think less clearly, Kirishima does not and could have at least tried to create a strategy for himself and his partner to follow.
Tsuyu has a Weak, but Skilled Quirk that gives her all the powers of a regular frog, just for a human to use. Tokoyami has a Unskilled, but Strong Quirk that has a lot of raw power to it, but very little control over. The entire point was to show Tokoyami that Quirk's are not always needed to fight and can be supportive, while Tsuyu is pushed to play the support role to someone whose Quirk doesn't have good synergy with her. Naturally their opponent is Ectoplasm, whose Quirk can create copies of himself that, while weak, can still close the gap and get into close combat with the Fragile Speedster and the Squishy Wizard, plus he can make larger copies that are more powerful than the others. His Quirk allows him to be both Weak, but Skilled, and Unskilled, but Strong at the same time, forcing both students to learn when offensive power is important, and also show when supportive power is needed.
Toru and Shouji both possess utility quirks that are a great help with intelligence gathering and stealth, but don't give them much direct combat strength. Naturally they fight Snipe, a hero whose Quirk is the ability to manipulate the trajectory of his bullets, allowing him to both be strategic, and offensive at the same time. Since neither Toru or Shouji can hope to win in a fight against him, they both have to use their Quirk's ability to be strategic to outsmart Snipe. Notable their plan works because early on, Toru stayed close to Shouji, allowing Snipe to keep track of the two because Toru couldn't really well separated from Shouji, but because Shouji created a distraction, Toru was able to sneak around and nab him.
Iida and Ojiro both have Quirks that increase their physical mobility and strength, so naturally they fight Power Loader, whose tunneling Quirk negates the biggest strength both of them have. Iida is faster than Ojiro but his movement is more rigid and mostly in a straight line, which means he cannot run across the battlefield because he'd fall into a pit. Meanwhile Ojiro isn't as fast as Iida, but he has better mobility when it comes to dodging and isn't limited by one direction. At the same time, he can't move fast enough to the exit since Power Loader is tunneling too fast for him. Naturally the strategy they use to win is to use Iida's speed advantage to move Ojiro in such a way where he gets enough of an advantage to move quicker to the exit, which works out in the end.
Kouda and Jiro is a bit more straightforward, as both are sound based Quirk users, so they fight Present Mic. Kouda's Quirk allows him to speak to animals while Jiro can use her headphone earlobes and heartbeat to create blasts of sound that are very powerful. The entire point of the test was not to see if Jiro was strong or weak, but more to see if Jiro could get Kouda to break out of his shell and use his Quirk without his shyness getting in the way of the situation. Present Mic could easily negate Jiro's Quirk and any of Kouda's weaker attempts at using his Quirk, so pushing him to be loud was the only way to win, and Jiro managing to do so is how they succeeded.
Uraraka and Aoyama are put against 13, which seems weird at first, but their Quirks are easy for 13 to counter. Aoyama needs to stand still for a moment to fire his navel laser while Uraraka needs to physically touch something to manipulate its gravity. By trying to suck them up, 13 makes it too difficult for them to do either and pushes them to try and find ways to get around it. Its worth noting that Aizawa says in the next arc they barely passed, which makes sense as the only reason they passed was Aoyama bringing up Uraraka potentially crushing on Midoriya, causing her to let go in surprise and 13 to cut off their Quirk of fear for the students' safety, allowing Uraraka a completely accidental opening to get the cuffs on them. Another aspect that is not used in the story was that both have Quirks that cause them illness, so its possible the goal was to have them somehow beat 13 before they overtaxed themselves.
Sero's Quirk allows him to make tape, while Mineta can make sticky balls. Since neither of them have Quirks outright designed for actual combat, Midnight, whose Quirk isn't suited for combat, makes logical sense. Furthermore personality wise, Mineta is a pervert who gets Distracted by the Sexy, while Sero is the Generic Guy who has on multiple occasions called out Mineta on his perverted behavior. Naturally Ms. Fanservice Midnight is the best opponent for the two since if the two can pass, it proves they have matured. Sero and Mineta also fight mostly by immobilizing their opponent, which won't mean much to Midnight because she doesn't have to move to activate her Quirk, and can just stay by the entrance and use her Knockout Gas against anyone who comes too close.
Todoroki and Yaoyorozu are matched against Aizawa because both of them have Quirks that are so powerful and versatile that both tend to depend on them above direct combat. Aizawa presents an opponent who can rob them of their greatest strengths and easily overcome them both in physical combat and mobility. To defeat or escape him, the two would have to use their Quirks in more creative manners and use each other's abilities to their fullest. In addition, because of the nature Yaoyorozu's Quirk, they just needed a moment to devise a counter to Aizawa and they would be able to win before the battle even began, as even if their Quirks were erased, Yaoyorozu's items would still be there for her to use.
Midoriya and Bakugo were paired against All Might to help fix their personal issues. Bakugo is Strong and Skilled with his only real flaws being his Pride uncontrollable temper. Midoriya's strong, but he also has a tendency to avoid direct confrontation and is a bit of an Extreme Doormat to Bakugo. All Might is strong enough that neither can defeat him on their own, and (as Bakugo points out) fast enough that they can't just escape without fighting him. If Bakugo continued to abuse Midoriya and refuse to work with him, and if Midoriya kept retreating and refused to stand up to Bakugo, then they would be easy prey for All Might. Their powers (which are actually fairly good all-around) were a bit of an afterthought, but considering that they're the two most well-rounded and powerful students in the class, it made sense to pair them with a very well-rounded and powerful hero, especially considering that All Might is likely the only teacher who could have stood up to a full-force attack from the two of them anyway (barring Aizawa erasing one of their quirks, which would leave him open to the other)."
I just realized about todoroki, but when he talks about spontaneous activation of his quirk, and that by due to this he can dramatically increase his flexibility while using his entire quirk always. When you look at Endeaver, with his fire beard and cool costume, and even at home, having his mustache. This may look like he’s just kind of flexing, but he’s consistently training his quirk to be, however slightly, more flexible in its usage. If todoroki can obtain this kind of control, imagine how overwhelmingly powerful he would be. It just kind of becomes (as a villain) “oh god I hope Shoto doesn’t show up. “The teachers really are not teaching for their to be one greatest hero. When you look at todoroki in this way, you realize the he will also become the greatest hero. These kids all have the potential to become the greatest they can be. We see this often in how they learn. Especially in the manga.
I never thought of that
Sero and Mineta are the two horniest boys? I thought it was Kaminari and Mineta
Sero isn’t a perv, Kaminari is. Sero actually called out Mineta more than once for being a little creep
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When?
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As they were getting ready for the exams, Mineta said that they had to find a way to “destroy Midnight’s costume” and Sero told him “ You are such a scumbag”. Sero makes it clear that he doesn’t approve of people being little pervs😂
@Some Person On The Internet I wouldn't say Kaminari is a perv. He acts like a normal teenager compared to the rest of his class. I don't think asking girls out makes him a perv. He shouldn't be compared to Mineta because Mineta actually gropes women, there's a big difference between them. Also sero was begging Midoriya to tell him if he saw Uraraka naked during the provisional license arc which did seemed kinda weird.
good video :)
though you keep saying "year". I believe they have only been at UA for 1 semester. (summer holiday is after the first trimester I believe)
whoooops
I guess when I hear "final exam" i think end of year, like how high school was for me
thanks for checkin' my work bud
Eh, to be fair, it works when you interpret "year" as "school year", which are often referred to as such even when incomplete.
Japanese highschool is a bit like American college in that each school year is broken down into 2 semesters, each with their own midterm and final exam. The students of 1-A even comment prior to the written exam that the midterm was easy since it was their first semester at the school and there wasn't much material to study in order to pass.
Mori's Lucid Stories college is 3 terms, American high school is two semesters
All of the colleges I looked into when I was picking my college had 2 main semesters (fall and spring) and then half semesters in the winter and summer for special classes and certain standard classes that normally run out of room, but those semesters are extra and do not affect whether or not a student counts as full time. For that the student has to be taking a minimum number of credits during a main semester and normally need to be full time on both main main semester to be listed as full time on documents.
Basically, I'm saying that for US colleges the semesters outside of Fall and Spring are closer to summer school for US middle & high schoolers in that they are supplementary and aren't required to be a full time student.
I don't know where you went or what 3rd required semester you are talking about but I am curious.
Very good video. Just when you think you have understood everything, someone shows you that the anime beholds even more subprogress.
But I want to set something straight ever since the series clamed it and now that you stated it, I feel the need to talk about it. It's about what was told about koda's and jiro's fight, that sound doesn't travel through the ground.
In fact the ground in general is the best conducter for sound, because in solid state the atoms are very close together and are connected by a lot of forcefields, which conducts the soundwave. fluids generally conduct the sound better than gas as well, because they have a higher density.
American natives even held their ears on railways to hear if a train was aproaching before being able to see or hear it (that's the best example I could think of for now).
Just wanted to get this thought out of my head, thanks for having an open ear youtube :).
Yeah that was a mental lapse in script writing on my behalf.
However, the point that Present Mic's sound would not travel towards Jiro and Koda still stands. This would be because when a wave, like a sound wave, changes mediums, it bends according to the refractive index. When switching between mediums with low ---> high refractive index, the waves bend towards the normal line. This would mean that sound coming from Present mic going into the ground would bend to go almost directly down beneath him, allowing the bugs a greater window of time to attack from the sides, given that he wasn't constantly shouting.
Regardless, whoops lol
You're right. You can see the same effect when light shines through water. Refraction is basicly the same thing.
Just so you know, the comment wasn't amining against your interpretation, which is definetly valid in my eyes, especially after you gave this brilliant explanation, but rather on the statement itself made by the anime dub (I guess the sub too). Without any context the statement on it's own is wrong, but I assume they meant it the way you explained it. They just didn't want to bore normal people with technical details.
Fotoschiki the sound also loses energy whenever it changes mediums, resulting to it being muffled.
SCIENCE!!!
I think it has something to do with insects too. Though they're responsive vibrations, and even vibrations caused by sound, they may not flee at sound like mammals and bird would. I loved this reveal too because it showed that Anima could also influence insects, when everyone else would often automatically think of mammals and birds, and showed him more of a force to be reckoned with. That and the fact that he needed to get over his phobia of insects and other critters to save his injured and incapacitated partner.
I realized why Mineta and Sero got matched with Midnight now. It's not really because of their pervy attitudes and Midnight's appearance (though can be considered as a part of it). It's actually quirk-wise, those two use their quirks by either trapping or disabling their opponents, and then Midnight is a hero who has a quirk not really relying on movements. She can be a threat by just being there and her whip only made it harder since now she really didn't need to walk even by just a little. This is why Mineta called his match unfair (well, as you said, it is meant to be unfair for everyone). But the moment the unfair part of the test was gone, Mineta immediately saw this chance and didn't waste it, and I'd say he did it very gracefully and Deku-like. Mineta's the real MVP of this arc people!
7:55 "It would take a student thinking outside of the box or overcoming a known barrier to succeed."
(Puts a circle down)
I liked how for Deku and Bakugo to win Bakugo had to acknowledge that he couldn't win on his own, going so far as to rely entirely on Midoriya at the end, which would be something past Bakugo would never do due to his pride
So lesson is pretty simple: Tsu has no weaknesses.
Can Mineta die though already?
Ram Kitten before that, can we have Bakugo get over himself already?
Mineta's really not that bad. Dunno why people get so worked up over him.
I'm not a huge fan of the guy, but I've never found him outright annoying (except for slightly so in a single short scene) and his moments in the rescue center, sports festival and final exam were legitimately amazing to come out of such a seemingly weak character. The fact that he starts out as so miserable gives him a lot of room to grow, and that's one of the things his character seems to excell at. Is gud shit.
wait a bit after the provisional license exam. It's not a complete closure on his character, but it is a massive amount of growth!
man, u guys are all wrong, he is still pretty short!!!
While they were in USJ. Tsuyu briefly mentioned that fire is one of her weaknesses. She said that if the portal villain wanted to kill her then he would have dropped her in the Fire Zone.
Ya know, the quirks of MHA have inspired me to sortof make my own little OC. No fanfic to shoehorn him into the main series, but rather a vessel I made to see how to make an OP power feel earned.
This character, which I call Zeke, has the power to absorb electricity, store it, and release it either as physical enhancements or controlled shocks. The drawback and root of all his failings comes from the fact that when Zeke has a charge, his body becomes electricity, meaning he can "dissolve" in conductive substances without incredibly concentration. By the time Zeke would enter the academy, he would've figured out how to interact with solid objects just fine and even prefers using electrical lines to travel, but failed one of his entrance exams because it took place in the ocean, where he would die if he used his quirk. Batteries are also a recurring issue for him, since he can enter and exit batteries when a current is flowing through them, but can get trapped if the current is cut while he's inside.
Zeke also has to put forth a crap load of effort into not instantly killing anyone he touches, turning what would result in a complete shutdown of the nervous system into a zap equivalent to that of a taser. This fact has always been a thorn in his desire to become a hero since, well, how can you carry a dying civilian to safety if so much as touching them will risk shutting down their entire nervous system?
However, those issues pale in comparison to Zeke's attitude towards his quirk, purposefully limiting it in fear of accidentally hurting himself or others. Like, imagine if you had a machine gun, but were too afraid of misfires to use automatic fire. Yeah it's definitely the safest option, but not the best when you need to eliminate a target. The real problem is discipline.
Zeke's whole arc would revolve around him figuring out how to better control this major weakness. Firstly he'd train on getting stable, since potentially dissolving in water and killing friendlies is definitely a high priority issue, but at the same time he'd learn to turn this weakness into a major advantage. When your whole body is energy, you're basically a shapeshifter; wounds don't do anything, normal anatomical limitations are thrown out the window, and overall his road to success comes from recognizing that his quirk is OP.
Now, to make this grown feel earned, I'd make it so that Zeke started off resenting his quirk at a young age and having that resentment reinforced over several years, adding more and more hurdles towards his acceptance of its true power, and Zeke's first final exam would revolve around forcing him to embrace his quirk.
Let's say he wears a rubber suit most of the time and only uses his quirk to boost his physical capabilities, but the guy he's fighting simply can't be hit by a physical punch or kick. The turning point would be where Zeke removes a glove and zaps the teacher, forcing him to recognize that his quirk isn't the cause of his failures, but his attitude towards it.
I wish I had the time/energy/drive to write a full story about Zeke, but right now all I got's an idea. If any of y'all are willing to do the hard work for me, I'd be more than happy to give you the ideas to shape into something resembling a story.
I love your editing LOL makes me smile xD
hmm I think people don't give Yuga Aoyama the credit he deserves. Specially on watching the entirety of My hero again. He's actually very perceptive, this wasn't an accidental win, this was a purposeful attack. He isn't dumb, he took a calculated risk. He knew previously that 13 does not want to kill. So he threw their best chance at her. He knew Uraraka just had close combat training. He knows by that point that she gets flustered easily by mention of her relationship with Deku. So he flustered her, and sent her flying at 13. Giving her no chance to think about the danger at hand, and forcing the teacher to stop the attack.
‘The two dumbest students vs the smartest creature’
HAHAHAHAHA!😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
I just realized part of the background music (or most of it) was One Note Samba. Wow.
You have gained my respect even more
Wait a second...
GEEK ALERT! GEEK ALERT!
The grenade gauntlets STORE sweat so when deku uses them it should just shoot water at all-might, tell me if I am wrong
no, they only store Bakugo's sweat because the things on his forearms and gloves collect his sweat. you can see them when he takes the gauntlets off. without them, you can't collect the sweat as trying to soak up a stationary liquid is a strange and difficult prospect
Thanks for the analysis. Now I see the same thing happened between Uraraka against Thirteen and Bakugo against All Might. The teachers would not willingly hurt the students in close range, which saved them. Even All Might said that that was Bakugo's angle.
5:20 "A black hole is an unapproachable point in space..."
Quite the opposite but whatever.
This was a really good video. It was real informative and thought-out, and it had real funny jokes/editing. Thanks for making such a cool video for us.
Dude sero aint horny he is normal
One thing. It wasn't a year at U.A. it was one semester. Japan has a different system than American schools. They start in spring and have their final exams each semester instead of one at the end of the full year each summer. The summer training camp that follows and the subsequent licencing exam all happen before the end of their summer break before their second semester. They have (I think) three semesters in one year, each with their own breaks in between each semester.
I love this video, you cover everything and leave no confusion!
I freaking love your editing goddamn Lol
4:38 😂😂😂
7:50 this pic too 😂
I really like your content :D
He deserves at least 1k
Philip Hockenbury more than that
"We focus on moving around and won't stop moving"
"Then I'll make sure you can't move"
"WE'LL JUST MOVE AROUND MORE!"
Loved this video! Can't wait to see your channel grow more, you deserve it. :D
Your graphics were honestly the best part of the video, they were fucking hilarious
Actually it’s only been s single semester since they started going to U.A
It's been a whole year, did you not see their summer break?
Cooper Blackwell They didn't start until the beginning of Spring.
gardner lol well since this comment I have learned I was wrong
@@cooperblackwell1392 yeah Japans seasons are the opposite of Americas as they're on the other side of the world
I think your video was great! It really showed me new ways to look at the student's weaknesses and what they needed to improve on. Your point on Midnight's character being the weapon against Sero and Mineta was interesting, but I thought that Midnight's quirk would still be the most effective against them both. Midnight's quirk covers a large area. Combine that with her placement being near the exit and the student's only strengths being immobilization (sticky balls and sticky tape) and it becomes clear that even if Mineta and Sero managed to play their strengths and stop Midnight from moving, her quirk would still prevent them from getting close enough to complete either objective (escape or handcuff the teacher). Mineta realized this, which is why he drew Midnight away from the gate before immobilizing her.
Deku was a trouble for the teachers because he would easily find out their plan.He is good at stretegy and everyone knew it.That's why he was forced to team up with the only one who wouldn't listen to him.
It would be cool if Dark Shadow could somehow be used as armor. Like it wraps around Tokoyami.
ShadowGolem86 OHHH DUDE that would help him defend against multiple opponents without leaving himself vulnerable, and could look badass.
ShadowGolem86 have you watched most recent episode
Have you noticed that the comment is 5 months old
I did though. It was great.
*B L A C K A N K H*
Thanks
The thing with Kaminari and Mina is... Kaminari would've used his ability if they had been able to see Nezu. They had no idea where he was. The best thing for them was to go on top of the buildings so they can see where the buildings are crashing down and locate they're enemy.
NEDZU HAS THE SAME SHOES AS MIDORIYA!!!
They're a different color though
I love how Mineta was left out of the chibi picture but everyone else was there
Where is it?
Edit found it 0:22 and it's adorable, who made it?
Wait... was that the end of the first year, I thought it was the end of the first term, we’ve still got the camp and the extracurricular internships left to go before they become second years
I think Deku's punch was way stronger than 5%, but didn't break his arm like when he punched Nomu. All-might says that Deku punched him with everything he had, which I'm assuming is more than the baby strength he had been using.
The path for Bakugo and Midoria was full of legos....
I love this video, and recommend it to everyone I know who watches BNHA/MHA.
would you do a video for shouto todoroki and his deveopment of where he was before and where he is now
my favorite exam was Tsuyu and Tokoyomki but my favorite moment is Deku's expression and telling All Might to get out of the way as he lands a solid punch
"Mineta and sero the two hornest students"
Me: that's not right Denki and mineta are
These videos are amazing you should make more. I love all the points you make! There awesome please make more!!
Okay but here`s the thing. So everybody says that Mina and Kaminari are the dumbest students and whatever which yeah, I get why you could think that considering they are the last ones when it comes to ranking, but I mean..technically speaking they DID manage to pass and enter in the BEST student course out there. So what if they were the last two? Doesnt their succes prove that they are smart enough to be in the hero course, so basically smarter then most students at regular highschools. My point is, give these two kids a break. Not everybody is good enough to be a future hero and I feel like yall are just sleeping on that fact
that only proves they passed the entrance exam, which you don't need smarts to beat, if you've got a good quirk anyway
@@galarstar052 They also had to pass a written exam
no that was the one that they failed totally, the entrance exam with robots is all you need to get in.
@@galarstar052 Uh, no. It wouldn't make sense for them to take a written exam if it didnt matter at all. Plus Deku said he knows he barely passed it after he comes back from the physical exam and he knows this cause he calculated his score. If they wouldnt have passed the written exam they wouldnt be here rn
No one sleeps on kaminari his quirk is crazy strong potential. Though he needs to find a way to fix his weaknesses
I would argue that Midorya and Bakugo's fight was about putting them together in a battleground to fight together but to put in the battleground together so that they could see how strong they each were in how strongly their different views opposed each other and had to be reconciled.
The first thing that Midorya thinks to do is to gun it for the exit and not look back. Bakugo's first instinct is to find and defeat All Might.
These two plans are antithetical to each other and they both show the biggest divide they have as character; while Midorya is looking to improve, he wants to do so gradually and steadily, Bakugo sees that improvement can only be done through breaking your hands against the wall you want to climb. I think Recovery Girl said it best when she said that one of them sees an indomitable hero while the other sees a wall to surpass. Midorya has to overcome his own reverence for All Might if he is to become the next Symbol of Peace. Bakguo's problem then, is to relationship he has to victory and Midorya. He doesn't like Midorya for reasons that are a lot more grounded in his view of the world than he actual dislike for Midorya (seeing as he hates how Midorya has sort of invalidated his belief that some people are just born capable and others aren't) and so he has to reconcile his want for victory with the dislike and idea of breaking his belief in himself and other.
Its in reconciling these two different views of the world that they are able to work together to find a way to win. Bakugo knows that All Might is strong and Midorya agrees with that, so the plan to run becomes their goal but its in the operation how they do so that changes. Instead of just running, they decided that fighting has to be done in order to get a leg up. When it is revealed that this isn't going to work entirely, Bakugo tells Midorya to go in order to win since to him, winning at all cost is the end goal. When Midorya comes back to save him, its the point in which Midorya learns that he can do something against his hero. Against the person who he holds the greatest reverence for.
Mariusweeddeath there is another matter that Bakugo needs to address. His own pride and arrogance. Unless he gets over himself, then he will never become a hero.
I see the idea but considering the second top hero is Endeavor, I feel as thought his mostly hostile, prideful and arrogant attitude isn't their direct priority.
Besides, having a little pride and arrogance in oneself can do wonders. Having too much...
Chuckles: “Mineta and Sero, the two horniest students in the class.”
Kaminari: “Am I a joke to you?
Wait a minute if Snipe-sensei can see invisible peoples than he must had saw ... Yeah, i'll leave it to the imagination
Th3 7ock yeah I thought the same when he said that.
Snipe can't see invisible things naturally, but his masks functions as a scope with different visions for him to see different things. Thus he prolly sees Hagakure thanks to infrared vision or something along the lines. Snipe's actual quirk is the ability to control the trajectory of his projectiles.
I think one more obstacle that Deku and Bakugou were pitted against when the villain was All Might, was their admiration towards said hero. Though the emphasis is on Deku's respect toward All Might, Bakugou also grew up looking up to him. He wanted to beat him because he respected him as a #1 hero, and wanted to test his abilities (thinking maybe he had a chance at winning, given his huge ego), while Deku wanted to escape because he knew #1 hero is strong and besides maybe in some part of him he hesitated to injure All Might.
1: work on your Japanese pronunciation. PLEASE.
2: Deku didnt even scratch All Might. AM's time limit was almost up, and he was forcing himself to hold the form, making him cough up blood.
3: bewbs
GothKazu no one cares if he got the Japanese right weeb he obviously doesn’t speak Japanese so why does it even matter
No no, just getting a good grasp of the Pronunciation or close Enough is fine.
I'm not Japanese but I know the Pronunciation so that argument Isnt really Valid.
Also, Someone May just not Like the way has pronouncing it That doesn't make them a weeb.
Because that would mean that because I like Pepper Im Mexican?
Ok *que Espanol music*
Jose Duarte Would you be upset if someone pronounced your name Joes Darte?
First. Deku did hit All Might, soo he does make a mark however small.
Second. I don't think it's so much he needs to learn how to pronounce things, but how the dub changes the way things are pronounced the tiniest bit. So people who watch dub think that's how its said. If you watch dub, fine, I know I have before. I think that people should at least know how things are supposed to be said. Then if they want to call it by what the dub goes by, at least they know. (Idk, it's late, Ignore this part maybe?)
Some more critic: It's not a full year that passed, it's barely half of it due to the fact that the school years in Japan start at April 1st. In the episode when Mr. Aizawa tested everyones strength at using their quirks and lieing about expelling the student with the fewest points, All Might told him that "April 1st is over".
Summer breaks in Japan are more like a semester break.
Everyone who failed the final exam had the most growth in the newest her liscence exam
Except sato and sero
Ashido can now control every single variable in her acid
Kirishima unlocked unbreakable mode
Kaminari now has homing
More BNHA content pls..
Plamer Shang I agree
Great video! Definitely need more analysis video's on different anime too!
P.s. Great editing
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I like this u have very good content I like that :3
5:30 Um, no. Uraraka would be fine - she touches the object to put in Zero Gravity, not the source of it. Put herself and Aoyama in Zero-G and have him laser them to the exit using it as a propellant. Easy win.
Loz M But they weren't smart enough... Seriously learn from the speed text
Dude56099 'Learn from the speed text?' I'm sorry, I don't follow, the text in that moment is supporting the belief that she has to touch Thirteen to get rid of the black holes. I gathered that Uraraka and Aoyama weren't smart enough, since they didn't do this simple thing.
Loz M but the laser would just get sucked in.
Andres Marrero He's not using it as a weapon, he's using it as propulsion. It firing from his belly button pushes him (and in this case, Uraraka) backwards. Rocket fuel doesn't push off anything, it's the fact it's moving away from the rocket.
you forgot one thing, nothing can escape a black hole, not even something as fast as light can escape it. And I'm 100% sure that Aoyama isn't faster than light or else he would arguably be the strongest student in the whole school.
Sero actually isnt horny at all, its just that we was more focused on trying to find midnight but then she got the earliest jump on them and sero didnt have enough time to react except to save the ew grape boy, tho still her character is still overwhelming Sero wouldnt dare to care about it, awesome vid and breakdown!
Yeah except most of the fights were actually really poorly thought out. Invisible Girl versus a sniper is one of the most poorly thought out matches I could think of, no one said high electricity would travel the several city blocks to knock out the crane's power because why would it, Deku had nothing to learn in the fight against All Might because he was right all along, the only reason tape boy and grape juice got caught is because they stopped for some reason, Uraraka's was a fight that had no chance at all besides dumb luck, and nothing said Cementos couldn't use his power to knock down the buildings they would have attempted to climb. I could cover the rest but why bother? The exam's were just an arbitrary way to push Deku and Bakugo together and the rest was just needed to justify the exam's existence.
Ayyyy I think this video was awesome great job man
Shoji shines on the 3th season :)
Random guy FUCK YES! Ive wanted some more information on him for a while! He's such an interesting character to me
Scottie Currie same :D
I hate to be that guy but... thirth?? Nah it's "third", 3rd! Again I reeeealy hate to be that guy...
noise travels best through solids. primarily low frequency sounds. gasses are actually the least effective sound carrier. the prime advantage of traveling through the ground in the situation presented, is the factor of surprise. it would be a shock to have something come from below, and most people dont think of fighting on anything but a 2.5D scale, with the 3rd dimension intersected by the ground.
So uhh... I know it’s a pretty common mistake, but... 13 is a man, not a woman.
I'm not sure if it's been said, if 13 is a man or a women.
In the manga they've been referred to as a man and all official information refers to 13 as a man.
13's gender is ambiguous.
13 is voiced by a woman though, so you can hardly blame people.
(And as far as I can tell from information on the wiki, the gender is intentionally left ambiguous.)
D-kun 13 is genderless, just like Crona from Soul Eater
Cool video, subbed!
:D
for snipe, it actually does make some sense. He was distracted by Shoji's fake surrender, which allowed Hagakure to get the drop on him. He can't see invisible people. That's not what his quirk does. Anything that's not observable to an ordinary person isn't observable to him.
Nezu literally came in like a wrecking ball
so uh... I hope people know that the finals were not a full year from the start of the school year. They were only about 3 months. Japanese schools work differently as they begin in April and go on summer break in late June. And then beginning again in early September while still being within the same year of schooling. Their school year ends in March. So, the more ya knooooow! XD
idk, I just thought I would share my knowledge as I was reading up on this sort of thing recently and I know it's a small thing, but I found it interesting and hope someone else might. Anyways, I liked the video and I think it gave a bit more insight as to why they were paired up as such and why the anime directors decided to add all the tests while the manga just keeps it to a few characters rather than the whole class. Really awesome! (andyesIdorealizeIamoverlyinterested/obsessedwiththisanime)
shoji: i SURRENDER
snipe: (thinking to his mind) boi this is easy
hagakure : *handcuffs snipe* PSYCH
snipe: HOW
hagakure: because PSYCH
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That face that You used that picture earns you a like from me.
Keep it up man. This was really well put together.
The more sugar sato consumes the stronger for longer he gets but at the price of his intelligence
Great video -- well done! I've subscribed and am very much looking forward to your future videos. Cheers.
I got a my hero academia ad for this video
how fitting
Ur Channel os amazing, please make more vids
when the power of someone is to remove your power if he look at you; MAKE YOURSELF NAKED AND BE CHAOTIC ! He will never expect it.
Omg that makes sense! Now I get it! That’s quite intelligent
I'd argue that Tsuyu and Tokoyami's was that Tsuyu was a great support, but _only_ knew how to be support- not to act as the primary agent. Tokoyami had a similar issue, he just supported Dark Shadow for doing stuff, didn't know how to be the hero in his own right- he needed to work WITH Dark Shadow to come into his own. But that's not how they won, they only scraped by on a technicality because Tsuyu was still just acting as support and Tokoyami still made Dark Shadow do all the work.
Great video man! Keep it up!
Poor Sero he literally saved Mineta, plus you would think he wouldn’t make it that easy to flip off his mask but oh well. Anyways other than the obvious Bakugou, Midoriya and Todoroki; Asui and Tokoyami are fricken monsters. Asui is extremely adaptable and Tokoyamis dark shadow can blow through forests two reasons why I love these two as well as midoriya.
Finally someone put it into words!
Soooo goood!!! Great vid