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Let’s hope that’s the spark that allows Montana to start liking Endeavor. If not there, then perhaps a certain event in the near future will change her opinion of him; it did for me
@@seandonnellan5980 Forreal. I'd hate if she just clung to her dislike of him as a character and didn't even acknowledge his growth. Hopefully, she's better than that.
Endeavor in this moment just realized he hasn’t been catching up to All-Might but instead, All-Might has been deteriorating for years without a visual CLUE to him. And Endeavor never wanted the #1 by cheating, but by genuinely reaching All-Might’s level and surpassing it. And he was NOT close.
"Now, it's your turn" is the moment this episode broke the dam for me. We see All Might collect every ounce of strength to defeat All For One, even at the cost of his power, and he did it not just to save people, but to be able to be by Deku's side the way his mentor sadly wasn't able to. Unbeknownst to the public, it's the sentence he uses to pass his mantle as the symbol of peace to Deku, and Deku breaks down, knowing exactly what it truly means.
I prefer the Sub version of the line better tbh. "You're next" gives off much better ambiguous vibes for me. "Now, its your turn" never felt like a proper threat to me, I think more people would assume he was talking about the next generation, especially how the voice actor says it. Both make me cry though so maybe its not to big a deal lol.
@@cassonicgamer7696 That's the point. The crowd has to think it's a threat to the other villains. But the way it's said here makes it very clear it's not a threat but a passing of the torch. Only Izuku has to think like that. Even after seeing Izuku break down, Katsuki himself hasn't understood it either, and he's as smart, if not smarter, than Deku.
It is amazing how much of a giant asshole AFO intentionally tries to be. Even when he was sending Shigaraki away you could almost view it as him somewhat recreating when Nana sent a young All Might away to escape while she fought AFO alone.
This is one of the cases where the villain monologuing actually makes sense. His goal is to destroy All Might not just physically, but mentally , emotionally, and morally too. His talking is just as much an attack as any physical blow.
22:30 "That's because my back wasn't in it!" A lunging step. Planted foot, pointing to the target. Pivot at the waist. Rotate fist and follow through. Maximum output.
The moment All Might stands victorious, raises his fist and celebrates his victory one last time as the symbol of peace is easily one of the best moments in the entire show. The heroic soundtrack and cheering from everyone makes this victory such a bittersweet moment considering we know this is, as Gran Torino says it, his final job.
That man literally got tortured for 20 minutes and stood above all of it. That man has EARNED his legend. I still can’t make it through this episode without crying HARD. All-Might’s Last Stand is a freaking masterpiece.
The thing I love/hate the most about AFO's reveal about Shigiraki and Shimura is his own reaction to it. "Oh, come now. You know it's true. That is EXACTLY something I would do." Dude is PATHOLOGICALLY EVIL, knows it, and OWNS it. Whether you hate him or love to hate him, you cannot deny how effective All For One is as an antagonist. Edit: Interesting thought: what AFO did with Shigiraki/Tenko to hurt All Might is KINDA like what Silco did with Powder/Jinx against Vander in Arcane. Only difference is that what Silco did was mostly unintentional and sincere.
I don't think you can really compare what Silco did to AFO, considering Silco didn't take Jinx until after Vander was dead. He never used them AGAINST him in any capacity. They both used people related to their adversary for their own benefit, but the similarity ends there.
@@HaydrogenBomb but depending how how far you are in the manga, or in the anime i cant remember if its that way in season 6, the relationship between the two is not the same as silco and jinx. silco was given his nation of zaun had he given up jinx, but he didnt, he realized why vandar did what he did and why he has that quote "is there as undoing as a daughter", afo is not that person at all, hes entirely self centered even with shigiraki
What’s amazing is All Might’s indomitable will. He doesn’t hear the entire crowd cheering for him. The call for help of one citizen is enough to get him back on his feet. He is so determined in his mission to protect people that he will do anything to fulfil that.
Oh yeah that’s true. All Might with Nana and Deku with a couple people but most notably Bakugo. It’s a testament to how empathetic and emotional they both are
@@strawberrylemonade8799This generally happens when one idolizes someone. It's a tough bump to get over, but this is also why it's good for Deku to constantly be teamed up with Bakugo. See him as an equal, not a superior.
What I love about Bakugo watching Deku cry at the end is the clear development in character aswell as a testament to his intelligence . He’d usually scream at Deku for crying, but understands this as something deeply personal as opposed to his usual fanboying. His expression is also somewhat analytical due to his realisation at this point
Someone told me that AM used Deku’s thought process to use OFA in different parts in his body to Beat AFO All Might learned from Deku and helped him win
What is the scariest part is AFO knew that Deku and all the kids where behind the wall. He has the search quirk, wich allows the user to monitor and observe up to a hundred people at a time. This includes knowing their locations and weak points
I’m pretty sure it doesn’t work on everyone in the vicinity, it works on the specific people you want it to. So if All For One wasn’t actively watching Deku already, then he would have no way to know Deku was there.
@@zacthesecretweapon9931no when he used search he would see all might and the people around him it’s like zooming in on google maps. It shows you everything in the are but nothing beyond it unless you expand your “search.” Basically he only saw the people around all might. If you watched season 6 you would see know this fact. When it was used to find deli it showed only people near him but that’s it.
@@justalemon965 I think AFO has like an infrared vision quirk and sees people by their body heat in this battle along with ANY OTHER QUIRK he has collected over 200 years. Ironically the guy without eyes, nose, and ears has the capability to see, smell, and hear better than anyone else here. Search sees the quirks and weakness of the people the quirk is working on. And AFO could rule out coincidence of someone having the quirk “stockpile” the moment he realized All-Might’s rapid decline on their FIRST collision. He knew All-Might had to have chosen his successor.
This. This episode absolutely FLOORS me. This is an EASY competitor for the best episode of MHA and can VERY easily earn the crown. The sheer amount of times I’ve watched this stretch of episodes, but THIS one especially is nothing short of spectacular. I have never made it through this episode without WEEPING. And first time I saw this I had such wild emotional whiplash I got ill. It’s beyond words. And to disprove that, I have an immense amount of words I want to pack into this as always. Seeing Nana meet All-Might mirror his 1st encounter with Deku is so heart warming. Their selfless nature despite what the world handed to them naturally is nothing short of astounding. And neither have forgotten that original drive from the beginning. Deku rose above all his bullies to reach where he is now and EVERYONE putting him down. And All-Might clearly did something Nana wanted to hear his ideals despite not having a quirk. They say time repeats. They definitely got that right for these legends. While the kids know that there’s a good chance Bakugo wouldn’t have been saved if not for the kids rescue plan (and Bakugo of course refusing to admit it. At least Kirishima can just smile that he has his friend back) And Deku ponders if they instilled the hope they needed for All-Might to fight without concern….but the fight is devolving from a cool slugfest…into the depths of torture as the past gets revealed to be bloodier and bloodier…all while All-Might struggles to maintain holding his energy together for the fight AND his composure. And NOW the true boot starts to drop. All-Might is invincible to the people. He never fails, and shows up in an instant to save people over and over. His power gap between him and other heroes is IMMENSE. But that also means as his back is against the wall, people notice the pillar they’ve ALL relied on might not be as capable as they believe. AFO is the perfect villain to mark the end of relying on just 1 single hero. He’s the last line of defense not the go to solution. People simply can’t understand how different the power tiers are in this situation. AFO wants to take down EVERY layer of protection and security All-Might ever wanted to maintain. All-Might is the perfect hero. Practically a god. And with his deflation before the people, his TRUE face is revealed. Not an unstoppable man never afraid, but a terrified one struggling to hold EVERYTHING together. He is getting PUBLICLY tortured leading up to an execution. And AFO doesn’t even HAVE to. He can literally turn around and start attacking the public without concern. All-Might doesn’t look like he’s moving anywhere. Instead, he goes for the next layer. All-Might honors his master Nana like his mother. (I think she wrote the Aim to Pass American Dream plan for All-Might. That should tell you how close they were.) Thrilled he followed in her footsteps and standing for what she taught him. And going beyond her expectations. And AFO tells him, I hunted down her lineage, and instead of erasing them, I made her bloodline my lineage. He’s my student. Instead of a hero full of love for people, he’s now a psychotic villain with hatred towards society. And you didn’t even notice with your endless care for others. And it BREAKS All-Might as AFO taunts his loss of smile. He feels like a hallow shell. He is struggling to ignite what power he has access to. It is causing him IMMENSE pain to take on what little power he can force out. The energy remains the same but the will to use it along with the physical ability to use it has diminished SUBSTANTIALLY. He garners what he wants to protect. And he hears Nana in the flames of OFA’s energy. This isn’t a direct memory like all the others. The presentation is TOTALLY different. Perhaps a hallucination by now. As if he’s listening to the lingering ghost of what he wants her to say, or what she wants to NOW. And AFO remarks this is WITHOUT QUESTION All-Might at his most dangerous to him. And remarks of what happened LAST time this condition was met. It was the last thing AFO saw with his now absent eyes. All-Might literally holding his guts together as he made his last charge at AFO. The power that took AFO off his throne of corpses. And the heroes now seeing this is All-Might’s last charge have to make every condition they can better for him. Removing the civilians and unconscious heroes, letting him know that this is his battle and no one else’s. Endeavor doesn’t want All-Might’s symbol to crumble. He now sees he hasn’t been catching up with the man. Not at ALL. He now knows All-Might has been deflating for a LONG time and is STILL better than him. And he knows there’s nothing he can do as powerful as HE is watching AFO treat him not like the 2nd biggest threat here, but as a loud kid in a library as he’s blown back like NOTHING. The reality is this is the end. And AFO gets ready for HIS last charge. He combines DOZENS of quirks together making an arm LITERALLY made of other people’s arms. Showing how much MORE he could do. And attacks the final layer as he goes for the kill. And he calls out the most terrifying thing of all. He’s mentioned SO many quirks. But he has left one unsaid through it all. Ragdoll’s Search. He has been using it in this fight to probe for the heroes weaknesses…and he saw Deku. He saw him with the quirk stockpile. Using a fraction of a fraction of a FRACTION of their pay grade. He said “Ah, there you are.” When this fight started. I think he sensed not one, but TWO presences of OFA. There COULD NOT BE A WORSE SCENARIO. Deku is NOT ready and AFO can simply move onto All-Might’s successor after making him a GLOBAL example. He says ANYTHING to anyone else and Deku is in more danger than anyone else ON THE PLANET. But this last layer is different from all the others. All-Might has slowly been handing these layered burdens to Deku. Although he carries the vast burden for himself, Deku has acted on what little pressure leads to the whole of this conflict. And All-Might is NOT ready to say goodbye to his successor. He’s not keeping a small flame from going out, he’s been the inferno all along. His past anchors him and his future as Deku’s father and teacher has him look towards the future. A future that as far as AFO and others can see, SHOULD NOT exist. And he starts using OFA like Deku does instead. Limbs? Don’t be ridiculous. I don’t need them. I’m going to use my body as bait. AFO is BEYOND confused All-Might would use OFA like this and reveals HIS last trick. I can still use more quirks and you still have no idea how many I can use at once. (There’s NO proof AFO lacks HIS prime power in the depths same as All-Might despite their physical inability to use all of it.) All leading to the biggest stockpile release. The United States of Smash. I measure this as All-Might’s hysterical strength from his 1/60th marker. About Mach 37.5. And he FLOORS AFO. Leaving his ability to use stockpile behind. There’s nothing left. All-Might is done as a hero. And he says goodbye expanding one last time (with the TINIEST amount of energy he can still physically use) to being the #1 hero. To being the symbol of peace. And turns to Deku to say…”Now it’s your turn.” This episode…is perfect. This episode STILL gets better every rewatch. I wish I found MORE to say and I COULD. But let’s just say this fight NEVER leaves importance in this show. This show isn’t over. Deku has to gain his master’s inferno. And I want people to see ALL of it.
@@egomana9329 I did that for season 5 and 6 when they were coming out. I’ve since learned there’s a limit to how many times you can do that for big comments like this which is around 10. Then you are likely to get marked as spam, and your word availability DROPS. And I have much stricter rules than other comments as a result. Which is why I had to request to be whitelisted on this channel and thankfully haven’t had issues since. At least here. Probably will have to request that from other channels if I wanna keep doing this.
The United States of Smash is one of the most awesome moments in MHA and anime as a whole. It's not just the power of the attack or anything like that. It's all the buildup of All For One, All Might's broken spirit and being reinvigorated, and the hard-fought clash against an overwhelming enemy. It really is a microcosm of what makes anime great.
THIS is how you write super-heroism and super-villainy. Marvel and DC should take notes. Of course they won't because of hubris, and then they'll wonder why manga/anime is steadily replacing western comics. And somehow, this show actually achieves even greater heights.
@@samoth5161 MHA is a love letter to classic western superheroes. The design of their characters are massively inspired by western superheroes. And ironically, this series created by a Japanese mangaka more perfectly captures the spirit of western superheroism better than most western superhero media in modern day.
32:35 unfortunately the anime skips over this aspect that Montana is talking about. In the manga All Might has a press conference where he states his retirement and the news reports it as him having given so much of himself over time that he has worn himself out doing everything on his own. This becomes an important plot point in the preceding arc and while talked about misses the part that this is the sentiment of the public as well, not just hero management.
Christopher Sabat has said that his favorite role has been playing All Might, and I think it's clear from his performance how much he enjoys the character
He is certainly different from many of his other iconic and longrunning roles. Piccolo, Vegeta, Zoro, Kuwabara, Armstrong. They're all great characters and good guys to varying degrees but none of them have been as much a central pillar in their worlds as All Might is. He is THE Superman of MHA who inspires EVERYONE and makes them feel safe and reassured.
Other people have explained this fight better than I ever could. The only thing I’m going to say is that All Might’s final maneuver was quite explicitly inspired by Midoriya. And this may be the best fight I’ve ever seen in anime.
I was sitting on a bus when I first watched this episode of MHA on my phone and I looked like an absolute maniac when All Might sent All for One an an all expenses paid trip to the United States of Smash!
This episode was really emotional. But I really loved AFO as a villain. He seems so simple for such a complex world. But he's also really petty. He's just poking and prodding at All Might to see what makes him fall apart. And it nearly works. But even if he took away his Master, even if he's corrupted his Master's grandson and turned him against heroes, All Might still fights. Because he is here!
I think that simplicity in a complex world is part of why AFO works. Shigaraki is a new type of villain that came to exist as a result of the world All Might helped to create, while AFO is one of the last vestiges remaining of the world from before All Might arrived and changed everything. He is a simple "evil and selfishness for the sake of it" villain that All Might made irrelevant and that's why AFO hates him so much.
You're actually one of the few channels ive found that actually watches in dub and thats awesome. Not many people give it a chance so its cool to see channels that actually do it
This man stood in front of his greatest villain at his weakest moment and still after the fight held his fist up to sky one last time to say that he was there. This man was nothing less then the worlds MVP
Interesting comparison: In 1x12, All Might says when he faces the Nomu, "[...[ I have to do something because I am the world's symbol of Peace and Justice." Here, however, when he fight All for One, he says: "I'll beat you, not because I'm a symbol, but because I'll do what my master did for me. Until I finish training young Midoriya, [...], I refuse to die." It's an interesting difference, and showcases that Toshinori isn't without growth in the show.
Like a lot of others have said, this episode makes me WEEP every time I watch it. The moment of everyone cheering, specifically Bakugo and Deku pulling from the core of who they've been since they were kids and shouting for their hero, kills me every time. Seeing the two of them united pver All Might breaks my heart at how scared they are, but also how much faith they have.
Bruh Christopher Sabat (voice of All Might and also Piccolo and Vegeta for Dragon ball) delivers one of his very best performances in this episode, that scream he lets out when he finds out who Shigaraki truly is combines both devastation and a sense of the fact that he failed his mentor not just in being her successor but in allowing her grandson to become the leader of the league of villains, Christopher is truly one of the very best voice actors and his work as All Might especially shows that
I really love reactor like them, analysis every aspect as they can notice and actually most of it align with my thoughts from my first impression watching the show before. ( Bcuz I'm lonely anime watcher/ manga reader, having this kind reactor really help me aware that i'm not alone in having those kind of thought, it's really hard for me to find a person that having exact or similar taste in anime or manga 😢)
"THINK AGAIN MADMAN! WE'RE HERE TO ASSIST!" It's subtle, and easy to miss in the midst of all the AMAZING moments and things happening in this episode, but it might actually be one of the most important points in this episode. All Might and All for One both try to make this all about them. But there's more going on.
@@sixmixtheventilover tbf, All for One does it deliberately while it's a little more accidental with All Might. But at this point he's still doing it. I can't fault his motivations, and until we get a preview series that FULLY shows the crapton of evil All Might had to work against (the results of AFO being in power for years? That's shudder worthy) I'm not even sure I want to criticize his plan. But one man making himself "The Symbol of Peace" is kind of making it all about him.
You know, at this point I vibed a bit with Shiggy because well..... gamers gotta stick together. It's at this point I'm kinda like 'Wait AFO wtf did you do?'. I won't spoil anything, but he's as much of a piece of work as you expect. Things only get messy from here on out.
I got nauseous at the part where AFO revealed Shigaraki was Nana's grandson. All for One RUINED Tomura's LIFE just to poke fun at Toshinori. He found this little boy and made him a criminal. That and what he did to [redacted for spoilers]... it makes me physically ill.
I was wondering where I've seen this level of evil somewhere before, where All-for-one reveals the truth about Tomura... it seemed so familiar to me... but then I remembered when Cartman made Mr.-and-Mrs.-Tenorman-Chili in South Park.
MHA is probably the only show outside of a sports game that has made me physically fist pump the air in triumph, and not just once but multiple times. 😊
I don't recall how young Shigaraki was when he was recruited, but given how little he was and dthe fact that the last battle was that long ago, and AFO was still generally healthy, I'm fairly sure --Mommy Shimura-- I mean Nana Shimura was still alive at the time.
I love bakugo so much. It would be so easy to keep him as this comically angry at all times character, but you can see that he’s capable of thinking and putting things together, and feeling and empathy. I can’t wait for the end of this season. It has one of my favorite moments in the whole show
That's kind of a lot of how you could describe Bakugo in this series. It could have been very easy to make him just an arrogant asshole but he actually is as good as he claims most of the time, meaning he can't just be "put in his place" in a physical encounter to humble him, but rather has his worldview thrown into question through other ways.
They made them Canon not long ago but they weren't initially. Even though they made them have some sense to the story by putting ,taking your exemple, the gloves and other things.
This episode makes me so emotional, especially when you see all of the crowd yelling to All Might and it shows the side by side image of Bakugo and Midorya screaming.
And this is why i love All For One. He is relentless with power and force of personality to break people. Just as All Might makes villains not want to fight, AFO breaks people by taking away their will to fight
You know what this scene reminds me of? A Manny Pacquiao fight in the Philippines when I was younger. Years ago during his prime, all of the Philippines watches him fight on TV and we would all cheer and scream everytime he lands a punch or gets punched😅
I recently came across your channel and I love both of your reactions and the way you format and pace your content! I've been watching and mostly skipping pause breaks because it's so late and I wanna get through all the amazing parts of the series that you've watched so far. I'm planning to rewatch the series another time to get everything, though. But...this episode... 😌☕ oh ho ho. I think I'll grab a snack
Kenny and Montana little easter egg, look and see if you can find Scar from full metal in the crowd after AFO tells All Might of the origins of Shigaraki 😁
The Flames bursting forth as All Might uses United States of Smash is probably my favorite visual metaphor in the show. It gets me so goddamn emotional.
I can’t remember where I heard this but theres a theory that AFO actually gave Shigaraki his quirk on purpose to make things play out in his childhood they way they did. Since Shigaraki got his quirk pretty late.
also for next episode? hoping Montana comments on the same thing I'm stuck on bc it was so quick but so huge, like, you're blaming *him* ? Just posting that for now; I took screenshots of my other comments so I'll update later Like how it's been years (and I stalled reading/watching since like mid or early season 5 X years ago now) but something AFO said _just_ put in my mind that [X] thought initially *it* was a villain attack What if it _was_ , through forcible quirk activation Of course unlikely (maybe) bc of the stress/symptoms beforehand, but...yo Like do it, wait, and swoop in (I just realized she hasn't commented on YT yet about ST's flashback implications were There's been... at least 5 hints through these 2.5 seasons Father (S1), "theyre smiling thoughtlessly (_hera hera_ lol) bc _he's_ smiling thoughtlessly, as if there was never anyone he couldnt save!" Father (S3), No one came to help you x1 (S3) No one came to help you, with more detail (S3) Maybe you two have already talked about it off-screen
I've always kept thinking what Kenny and Montana mainly Montana thought about what Tomura Shigaraki said to All might the first time they actually met. Shigaraki: I hate you All might Like knowing now that he's All mights former predecessors grand son what impact does him saying that to All might before All might finding out he is her grand son? If that makes since?
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weren't you going to leave a link to the dnd all might build?
@@johnpaullogan1365 I’ll put it in the comments soon!
How soon?
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Endeavor screaming “show them why your better!” Is so powerful to me.
It gives me chills every time
Let’s hope that’s the spark that allows Montana to start liking Endeavor. If not there, then perhaps a certain event in the near future will change her opinion of him; it did for me
@@seandonnellan5980 Forreal. I'd hate if she just clung to her dislike of him as a character and didn't even acknowledge his growth. Hopefully, she's better than that.
Endeavor in this moment just realized he hasn’t been catching up to All-Might but instead, All-Might has been deteriorating for years without a visual CLUE to him. And Endeavor never wanted the #1 by cheating, but by genuinely reaching All-Might’s level and surpassing it. And he was NOT close.
@@Kaempfdog Yeah, we'll get his viewpoint next episode
"Now, it's your turn" is the moment this episode broke the dam for me. We see All Might collect every ounce of strength to defeat All For One, even at the cost of his power, and he did it not just to save people, but to be able to be by Deku's side the way his mentor sadly wasn't able to. Unbeknownst to the public, it's the sentence he uses to pass his mantle as the symbol of peace to Deku, and Deku breaks down, knowing exactly what it truly means.
Right before he throws the last punch, Nana Shimura says the exact words to All Might too.
This scene specifically made me start to tear up and it was just so sad and perfect at the same time ❤
I prefer the Sub version of the line better tbh. "You're next" gives off much better ambiguous vibes for me. "Now, its your turn" never felt like a proper threat to me, I think more people would assume he was talking about the next generation, especially how the voice actor says it. Both make me cry though so maybe its not to big a deal lol.
That was the point of it was meant to be seen as a message to the villains but truly it was a message to deku@lego1591
@@cassonicgamer7696 That's the point. The crowd has to think it's a threat to the other villains. But the way it's said here makes it very clear it's not a threat but a passing of the torch. Only Izuku has to think like that. Even after seeing Izuku break down, Katsuki himself hasn't understood it either, and he's as smart, if not smarter, than Deku.
“you realize it don’t you? that it’s clearly something I would do.” is an all time villain explaining their evil plan and motivation line
AFO: You know I'm that petty
It is amazing how much of a giant asshole AFO intentionally tries to be. Even when he was sending Shigaraki away you could almost view it as him somewhat recreating when Nana sent a young All Might away to escape while she fought AFO alone.
This is one of the cases where the villain monologuing actually makes sense. His goal is to destroy All Might not just physically, but mentally , emotionally, and morally too. His talking is just as much an attack as any physical blow.
Hero: You wouldn't do something like that!
Villain: Really? That sounds like something I would totally do.
"You know that is exactly the kind of monster I am"
22:30
"That's because my back wasn't in it!"
A lunging step. Planted foot, pointing to the target. Pivot at the waist. Rotate fist and follow through.
Maximum output.
The moment All Might stands victorious, raises his fist and celebrates his victory one last time as the symbol of peace is easily one of the best moments in the entire show. The heroic soundtrack and cheering from everyone makes this victory such a bittersweet moment considering we know this is, as Gran Torino says it, his final job.
That man literally got tortured for 20 minutes and stood above all of it. That man has EARNED his legend. I still can’t make it through this episode without crying HARD. All-Might’s Last Stand is a freaking masterpiece.
The thing I love/hate the most about AFO's reveal about Shigiraki and Shimura is his own reaction to it.
"Oh, come now. You know it's true. That is EXACTLY something I would do."
Dude is PATHOLOGICALLY EVIL, knows it, and OWNS it. Whether you hate him or love to hate him, you cannot deny how effective All For One is as an antagonist.
Edit: Interesting thought: what AFO did with Shigiraki/Tenko to hurt All Might is KINDA like what Silco did with Powder/Jinx against Vander in Arcane. Only difference is that what Silco did was mostly unintentional and sincere.
exactly, all for one is one of those villian you love and hate at the same level/time
I don't think you can really compare what Silco did to AFO, considering Silco didn't take Jinx until after Vander was dead. He never used them AGAINST him in any capacity. They both used people related to their adversary for their own benefit, but the similarity ends there.
@@kingofbudokai Like I said, it's KINDA similar
@@HaydrogenBomb but depending how how far you are in the manga, or in the anime i cant remember if its that way in season 6, the relationship between the two is not the same as silco and jinx. silco was given his nation of zaun had he given up jinx, but he didnt, he realized why vandar did what he did and why he has that quote "is there as undoing as a daughter", afo is not that person at all, hes entirely self centered even with shigiraki
@nuhrii3449 Like I said, I'm aware if the differences. Just a similarity I thought was interesting.
Still get so emotional when I watch this episode. The victory pose and the “now it’s your turn” is just so powerful
"Stand up and show them why your better!!!" Always loved that line
What’s amazing is All Might’s indomitable will. He doesn’t hear the entire crowd cheering for him. The call for help of one citizen is enough to get him back on his feet. He is so determined in his mission to protect people that he will do anything to fulfil that.
idk if anyone caught that all might and deku have the same weakness of losing their cool when someone they care about is insulted
Oh yeah that’s true. All Might with Nana and Deku with a couple people but most notably Bakugo. It’s a testament to how empathetic and emotional they both are
@@strawberrylemonade8799This generally happens when one idolizes someone. It's a tough bump to get over, but this is also why it's good for Deku to constantly be teamed up with Bakugo. See him as an equal, not a superior.
Not gonna lie this episode made All Might one of my favorite superheros of all time. I legit cried so hard this episode.
Every freaking time
Same..
@@babyxnicotine Sameee
All Might really is one of the best and most iconic characters in anime, and really in all media.
What I love about Bakugo watching Deku cry at the end is the clear development in character aswell as a testament to his intelligence . He’d usually scream at Deku for crying, but understands this as something deeply personal as opposed to his usual fanboying. His expression is also somewhat analytical due to his realisation at this point
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Someone told me that AM used Deku’s thought process to use OFA in different parts in his body to Beat AFO
All Might learned from Deku and helped him win
What is the scariest part is AFO knew that Deku and all the kids where behind the wall. He has the search quirk, wich allows the user to monitor and observe up to a hundred people at a time. This includes knowing their locations and weak points
its something that isnt turned on all the time tho, so he might not have
@@xxxhalo4everxxx he was watching all might, so yes , it was on :p
I’m pretty sure it doesn’t work on everyone in the vicinity, it works on the specific people you want it to. So if All For One wasn’t actively watching Deku already, then he would have no way to know Deku was there.
@@zacthesecretweapon9931no when he used search he would see all might and the people around him it’s like zooming in on google maps. It shows you everything in the are but nothing beyond it unless you expand your “search.” Basically he only saw the people around all might. If you watched season 6 you would see know this fact. When it was used to find deli it showed only people near him but that’s it.
@@justalemon965 I think AFO has like an infrared vision quirk and sees people by their body heat in this battle along with ANY OTHER QUIRK he has collected over 200 years. Ironically the guy without eyes, nose, and ears has the capability to see, smell, and hear better than anyone else here. Search sees the quirks and weakness of the people the quirk is working on. And AFO could rule out coincidence of someone having the quirk “stockpile” the moment he realized All-Might’s rapid decline on their FIRST collision. He knew All-Might had to have chosen his successor.
Fun fact: Nana is also the word for 7 in Japanese, referring to Nana Shimura being the 7th holder of One For All
Like how Roku is the sixth avatar, and Roku means 6!
@@MissConception7820 How do you mean Roku is the 6th avatar? There were hundreds if not thousands of Avatars before Aang
This. This episode absolutely FLOORS me. This is an EASY competitor for the best episode of MHA and can VERY easily earn the crown. The sheer amount of times I’ve watched this stretch of episodes, but THIS one especially is nothing short of spectacular. I have never made it through this episode without WEEPING. And first time I saw this I had such wild emotional whiplash I got ill. It’s beyond words. And to disprove that, I have an immense amount of words I want to pack into this as always.
Seeing Nana meet All-Might mirror his 1st encounter with Deku is so heart warming. Their selfless nature despite what the world handed to them naturally is nothing short of astounding. And neither have forgotten that original drive from the beginning. Deku rose above all his bullies to reach where he is now and EVERYONE putting him down. And All-Might clearly did something Nana wanted to hear his ideals despite not having a quirk. They say time repeats. They definitely got that right for these legends.
While the kids know that there’s a good chance Bakugo wouldn’t have been saved if not for the kids rescue plan (and Bakugo of course refusing to admit it. At least Kirishima can just smile that he has his friend back) And Deku ponders if they instilled the hope they needed for All-Might to fight without concern….but the fight is devolving from a cool slugfest…into the depths of torture as the past gets revealed to be bloodier and bloodier…all while All-Might struggles to maintain holding his energy together for the fight AND his composure.
And NOW the true boot starts to drop. All-Might is invincible to the people. He never fails, and shows up in an instant to save people over and over. His power gap between him and other heroes is IMMENSE. But that also means as his back is against the wall, people notice the pillar they’ve ALL relied on might not be as capable as they believe. AFO is the perfect villain to mark the end of relying on just 1 single hero. He’s the last line of defense not the go to solution. People simply can’t understand how different the power tiers are in this situation.
AFO wants to take down EVERY layer of protection and security All-Might ever wanted to maintain. All-Might is the perfect hero. Practically a god. And with his deflation before the people, his TRUE face is revealed. Not an unstoppable man never afraid, but a terrified one struggling to hold EVERYTHING together. He is getting PUBLICLY tortured leading up to an execution. And AFO doesn’t even HAVE to. He can literally turn around and start attacking the public without concern. All-Might doesn’t look like he’s moving anywhere.
Instead, he goes for the next layer. All-Might honors his master Nana like his mother. (I think she wrote the Aim to Pass American Dream plan for All-Might. That should tell you how close they were.) Thrilled he followed in her footsteps and standing for what she taught him. And going beyond her expectations. And AFO tells him, I hunted down her lineage, and instead of erasing them, I made her bloodline my lineage. He’s my student. Instead of a hero full of love for people, he’s now a psychotic villain with hatred towards society. And you didn’t even notice with your endless care for others. And it BREAKS All-Might as AFO taunts his loss of smile.
He feels like a hallow shell. He is struggling to ignite what power he has access to. It is causing him IMMENSE pain to take on what little power he can force out. The energy remains the same but the will to use it along with the physical ability to use it has diminished SUBSTANTIALLY. He garners what he wants to protect. And he hears Nana in the flames of OFA’s energy. This isn’t a direct memory like all the others. The presentation is TOTALLY different. Perhaps a hallucination by now. As if he’s listening to the lingering ghost of what he wants her to say, or what she wants to NOW.
And AFO remarks this is WITHOUT QUESTION All-Might at his most dangerous to him. And remarks of what happened LAST time this condition was met. It was the last thing AFO saw with his now absent eyes. All-Might literally holding his guts together as he made his last charge at AFO. The power that took AFO off his throne of corpses. And the heroes now seeing this is All-Might’s last charge have to make every condition they can better for him. Removing the civilians and unconscious heroes, letting him know that this is his battle and no one else’s.
Endeavor doesn’t want All-Might’s symbol to crumble. He now sees he hasn’t been catching up with the man. Not at ALL. He now knows All-Might has been deflating for a LONG time and is STILL better than him. And he knows there’s nothing he can do as powerful as HE is watching AFO treat him not like the 2nd biggest threat here, but as a loud kid in a library as he’s blown back like NOTHING. The reality is this is the end. And AFO gets ready for HIS last charge.
He combines DOZENS of quirks together making an arm LITERALLY made of other people’s arms. Showing how much MORE he could do. And attacks the final layer as he goes for the kill. And he calls out the most terrifying thing of all. He’s mentioned SO many quirks. But he has left one unsaid through it all. Ragdoll’s Search. He has been using it in this fight to probe for the heroes weaknesses…and he saw Deku. He saw him with the quirk stockpile. Using a fraction of a fraction of a FRACTION of their pay grade. He said “Ah, there you are.” When this fight started. I think he sensed not one, but TWO presences of OFA. There COULD NOT BE A WORSE SCENARIO. Deku is NOT ready and AFO can simply move onto All-Might’s successor after making him a GLOBAL example. He says ANYTHING to anyone else and Deku is in more danger than anyone else ON THE PLANET.
But this last layer is different from all the others. All-Might has slowly been handing these layered burdens to Deku. Although he carries the vast burden for himself, Deku has acted on what little pressure leads to the whole of this conflict. And All-Might is NOT ready to say goodbye to his successor. He’s not keeping a small flame from going out, he’s been the inferno all along. His past anchors him and his future as Deku’s father and teacher has him look towards the future. A future that as far as AFO and others can see, SHOULD NOT exist. And he starts using OFA like Deku does instead. Limbs? Don’t be ridiculous. I don’t need them. I’m going to use my body as bait.
AFO is BEYOND confused All-Might would use OFA like this and reveals HIS last trick. I can still use more quirks and you still have no idea how many I can use at once. (There’s NO proof AFO lacks HIS prime power in the depths same as All-Might despite their physical inability to use all of it.) All leading to the biggest stockpile release. The United States of Smash. I measure this as All-Might’s hysterical strength from his 1/60th marker. About Mach 37.5. And he FLOORS AFO. Leaving his ability to use stockpile behind.
There’s nothing left. All-Might is done as a hero. And he says goodbye expanding one last time (with the TINIEST amount of energy he can still physically use) to being the #1 hero. To being the symbol of peace. And turns to Deku to say…”Now it’s your turn.”
This episode…is perfect. This episode STILL gets better every rewatch. I wish I found MORE to say and I COULD. But let’s just say this fight NEVER leaves importance in this show. This show isn’t over. Deku has to gain his master’s inferno. And I want people to see ALL of it.
Do you copy-paste this to other channels as well?
@@egomana9329 I did that for season 5 and 6 when they were coming out. I’ve since learned there’s a limit to how many times you can do that for big comments like this which is around 10. Then you are likely to get marked as spam, and your word availability DROPS. And I have much stricter rules than other comments as a result. Which is why I had to request to be whitelisted on this channel and thankfully haven’t had issues since. At least here. Probably will have to request that from other channels if I wanna keep doing this.
when allmight did the victory pose , every true mha fan cheerd as much as deku and bakugo did ( maybe even harder? )
Bring your tissues, its time for an EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER!
I cried at three different points this episode. 😂
Welcome to the part where this anime just got a lot more serious.
Yup. Aside from one arc on season four, fun time's OVER.
The episode that was so big it had 2 trailers for it like it was a championship fight lol
Gosh All for One’s theme song and English VA fit so well together
The United States of Smash is one of the most awesome moments in MHA and anime as a whole. It's not just the power of the attack or anything like that. It's all the buildup of All For One, All Might's broken spirit and being reinvigorated, and the hard-fought clash against an overwhelming enemy. It really is a microcosm of what makes anime great.
“Now, it’s your turn.”
😭😭😭
THIS is how you write super-heroism and super-villainy. Marvel and DC should take notes. Of course they won't because of hubris, and then they'll wonder why manga/anime is steadily replacing western comics. And somehow, this show actually achieves even greater heights.
Ironically afo and all might are based off of western comic superheroes/villains yet it's done much better first try
@@samoth5161 MHA is a love letter to classic western superheroes. The design of their characters are massively inspired by western superheroes. And ironically, this series created by a Japanese mangaka more perfectly captures the spirit of western superheroism better than most western superhero media in modern day.
32:35 unfortunately the anime skips over this aspect that Montana is talking about. In the manga All Might has a press conference where he states his retirement and the news reports it as him having given so much of himself over time that he has worn himself out doing everything on his own. This becomes an important plot point in the preceding arc and while talked about misses the part that this is the sentiment of the public as well, not just hero management.
This episode makes me bawl my eyes out. The way EVERYONE cheers for all might gives me chills lol, especially Deku and Bakugo "COME ON, ALL MIGHT"
Christopher Sabat has said that his favorite role has been playing All Might, and I think it's clear from his performance how much he enjoys the character
He is certainly different from many of his other iconic and longrunning roles. Piccolo, Vegeta, Zoro, Kuwabara, Armstrong. They're all great characters and good guys to varying degrees but none of them have been as much a central pillar in their worlds as All Might is. He is THE Superman of MHA who inspires EVERYONE and makes them feel safe and reassured.
Nana Shimura: "Be proud Toshinori, You are strong"
No matter how many times I watch this episode, I always cry.
I ain’t even gonna lie this was the first moment in mha that made me tear up the episode was so good
VA killed it with All Might's last punch in the fight, as well as the message afterward. One of the best heroes ever o7
Other people have explained this fight better than I ever could.
The only thing I’m going to say is that All Might’s final maneuver was quite explicitly inspired by Midoriya.
And this may be the best fight I’ve ever seen in anime.
In terms of a pure fight not at all.But in terms of emotion its gotta be top ten for me
Another shared voice-actor: Nana Shimura shares the same VA as Olivier Armstrong from FMAB!
That is so incredibly fitting
Nana shimura: "you're kinda crazy" oh man that line is going to mean so much in the future lmao
I was sitting on a bus when I first watched this episode of MHA on my phone and I looked like an absolute maniac when All Might sent All for One an an all expenses paid trip to the United States of Smash!
This episode was really emotional. But I really loved AFO as a villain. He seems so simple for such a complex world. But he's also really petty. He's just poking and prodding at All Might to see what makes him fall apart. And it nearly works. But even if he took away his Master, even if he's corrupted his Master's grandson and turned him against heroes, All Might still fights. Because he is here!
I think that simplicity in a complex world is part of why AFO works. Shigaraki is a new type of villain that came to exist as a result of the world All Might helped to create, while AFO is one of the last vestiges remaining of the world from before All Might arrived and changed everything. He is a simple "evil and selfishness for the sake of it" villain that All Might made irrelevant and that's why AFO hates him so much.
"the amount of forethought and planning" you have no idea.
You're actually one of the few channels ive found that actually watches in dub and thats awesome. Not many people give it a chance so its cool to see channels that actually do it
This Man This MAYUN did everything and more. He was like that and still did that. This man was a MotherLovin GOAT.
This man stood in front of his greatest villain at his weakest moment and still after the fight held his fist up to sky one last time to say that he was there. This man was nothing less then the worlds MVP
Interesting comparison:
In 1x12, All Might says when he faces the Nomu, "[...[ I have to do something because I am the world's symbol of Peace and Justice."
Here, however, when he fight All for One, he says: "I'll beat you, not because I'm a symbol, but because I'll do what my master did for me. Until I finish training young Midoriya, [...], I refuse to die."
It's an interesting difference, and showcases that Toshinori isn't without growth in the show.
Like a lot of others have said, this episode makes me WEEP every time I watch it. The moment of everyone cheering, specifically Bakugo and Deku pulling from the core of who they've been since they were kids and shouting for their hero, kills me every time. Seeing the two of them united pver All Might breaks my heart at how scared they are, but also how much faith they have.
Bruh Christopher Sabat (voice of All Might and also Piccolo and Vegeta for Dragon ball) delivers one of his very best performances in this episode, that scream he lets out when he finds out who Shigaraki truly is combines both devastation and a sense of the fact that he failed his mentor not just in being her successor but in allowing her grandson to become the leader of the league of villains, Christopher is truly one of the very best voice actors and his work as All Might especially shows that
I am so excited for Montana to see how Bakugo deals with this. The analysis is going to be *chef kiss*
Ooo i totally forgot about that scene im so excited to see them react to it too
I really love reactor like them, analysis every aspect as they can notice and actually most of it align with my thoughts from my first impression watching the show before. ( Bcuz I'm lonely anime watcher/ manga reader, having this kind reactor really help me aware that i'm not alone in having those kind of thought, it's really hard for me to find a person that having exact or similar taste in anime or manga 😢)
"THINK AGAIN MADMAN! WE'RE HERE TO ASSIST!"
It's subtle, and easy to miss in the midst of all the AMAZING moments and things happening in this episode, but it might actually be one of the most important points in this episode. All Might and All for One both try to make this all about them. But there's more going on.
correction; AFO is the only one who thinks this. i wont spoil the manga but this is VERY heavily referred to in the manga
@@sixmixtheventilover tbf, All for One does it deliberately while it's a little more accidental with All Might. But at this point he's still doing it. I can't fault his motivations, and until we get a preview series that FULLY shows the crapton of evil All Might had to work against (the results of AFO being in power for years? That's shudder worthy) I'm not even sure I want to criticize his plan. But one man making himself "The Symbol of Peace" is kind of making it all about him.
Nana has the same voice actress as Olivia Armstrong (FMA:B), and Nico Robin (One Piece).
Hands down the peak of the series. I love passing of the torch moments probably more than anything else in fiction.
(At 23:50) And THIS is his _official_ "last" stand.
You know, at this point I vibed a bit with Shiggy because well..... gamers gotta stick together.
It's at this point I'm kinda like 'Wait AFO wtf did you do?'. I won't spoil anything, but he's as much of a piece of work as you expect. Things only get messy from here on out.
I got nauseous at the part where AFO revealed Shigaraki was Nana's grandson. All for One RUINED Tomura's LIFE just to poke fun at Toshinori. He found this little boy and made him a criminal. That and what he did to [redacted for spoilers]... it makes me physically ill.
Honestly, it's sickening
I mean tomura had already killed his family even before all for one came into his life.
AFO IS THAT MAN! When he truly shows how evil he can be, he's truly terrifying!
The only thing displayed is missing, is All Might doing the purple electric power up that he does in the OP
I was wondering where I've seen this level of evil somewhere before, where All-for-one reveals the truth about Tomura... it seemed so familiar to me... but then I remembered when Cartman made Mr.-and-Mrs.-Tenorman-Chili in South Park.
MHA is probably the only show outside of a sports game that has made me physically fist pump the air in triumph, and not just once but multiple times. 😊
I 100% want that D&D all might build you mentioned! Great video guys!
Kenny plays D&D?!?!? Heck ya!!!
Also, they are getting closer to my FAVORITE MHA season!!!!
All Might became so American he nuked Japan.
I wanna apologise for laughing at this-
@@lalordpheonix106we forgive you
I don't recall how young Shigaraki was when he was recruited, but given how little he was and dthe fact that the last battle was that long ago, and AFO was still generally healthy, I'm fairly sure --Mommy Shimura-- I mean Nana Shimura was still alive at the time.
Time to get the tissues ready..
We've reached one of the best maximum Plus Ultra moments
I love bakugo so much. It would be so easy to keep him as this comically angry at all times character, but you can see that he’s capable of thinking and putting things together, and feeling and empathy. I can’t wait for the end of this season. It has one of my favorite moments in the whole show
That's kind of a lot of how you could describe Bakugo in this series. It could have been very easy to make him just an arrogant asshole but he actually is as good as he claims most of the time, meaning he can't just be "put in his place" in a physical encounter to humble him, but rather has his worldview thrown into question through other ways.
Kenny, the MHA movies ARE canon, didn't you recognize the glove? It is what Deku wore in season 6
They made them Canon not long ago but they weren't initially. Even though they made them have some sense to the story by putting ,taking your exemple, the gloves and other things.
God. This entire episode is always gut wrenching.
I strongly recommend you to watch the united states of smash in VO. Seriously, even better than english
Oh, I’ll be there for sure when this premieres
The soundtrack for this fight is a masterclass on how to write the perfect fight scene OST. Don't @ me.
This episode, is probably the only anime episode that has made me actually cry! 😭
Like most of the time I feel sad, but I don’t cry ❤
This episode makes me so emotional, especially when you see all of the crowd yelling to All Might and it shows the side by side image of Bakugo and Midorya screaming.
Best moment of all anime in my opinion. I love this episode
The final smash is easily the best moment in the whole MHA. It had everything. Top tier scene
Its been years and still gets me in a mood, first time watching the end of the fight ngl held my breath lol
And this is why i love All For One. He is relentless with power and force of personality to break people. Just as All Might makes villains not want to fight, AFO breaks people by taking away their will to fight
You know what this scene reminds me of? A Manny Pacquiao fight in the Philippines when I was younger. Years ago during his prime, all of the Philippines watches him fight on TV and we would all cheer and scream everytime he lands a punch or gets punched😅
I recently came across your channel and I love both of your reactions and the way you format and pace your content! I've been watching and mostly skipping pause breaks because it's so late and I wanna get through all the amazing parts of the series that you've watched so far. I'm planning to rewatch the series another time to get everything, though. But...this episode... 😌☕ oh ho ho. I think I'll grab a snack
My country aired local dubbed versions of hero academia , 1st 3 seasons and 1st movie
For the 1st time last September
27:37 Everyone listening thought almight said villains beware
Deku Knew it meant that that fate of everyone’s lives is now in his hands
Kenny and Montana little easter egg, look and see if you can find Scar from full metal in the crowd after AFO tells All Might of the origins of Shigaraki 😁
The Flames bursting forth as All Might uses United States of Smash is probably my favorite visual metaphor in the show. It gets me so goddamn emotional.
This is my first time rewatching my hero and idk how but I missed so much of this episode 😭
This episode always gets me 🥲
Who doesn't love a good Endevour Cameo episode❤
I can’t remember where I heard this but theres a theory that AFO actually gave Shigaraki his quirk on purpose to make things play out in his childhood they way they did. Since Shigaraki got his quirk pretty late.
i loooove kennys obsession with allmight! very deku coded
you should read the dadmight comics. Frail allmight goes around helping 1a until this event when 1a learns who mr skeleton was.
I watched this when I wa younger and I completely forgot about all for one somehow..... I only remembered major plot twists and characters...
I know it's not an official episode, but should have her react to All Might Rising.
Did not know kenny played dnd. Nice.
also for next episode? hoping Montana comments on the same thing I'm stuck on bc it was so quick but so huge, like, you're blaming *him* ?
Just posting that for now; I took screenshots of my other comments so I'll update later
Like how it's been years (and I stalled reading/watching since like mid or early season 5 X years ago now) but something AFO said _just_ put in my mind that
[X] thought initially *it* was a villain attack
What if it _was_ , through forcible quirk activation
Of course unlikely (maybe) bc of the stress/symptoms beforehand, but...yo
Like do it, wait, and swoop in
(I just realized she hasn't commented on YT yet about ST's flashback implications were
There's been... at least 5 hints through these 2.5 seasons
Father (S1),
"theyre smiling thoughtlessly (_hera hera_ lol) bc _he's_ smiling thoughtlessly, as if there was never anyone he couldnt save!"
Father (S3),
No one came to help you x1 (S3)
No one came to help you, with more detail (S3)
Maybe you two have already talked about it off-screen
Favorite moment in the whole show 🥲
I don't remember being brought to tears watching this episode the first time around.
Kenny drop the D&D All Might build!!! 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔊🔊🔊
that fucking back shot at the end....all wasted up and tired, barely standing, after giving everything...... jezz
This is definitely my favorite episode!! Powerful!! Emotional and beautiful!!!
I've always kept thinking what Kenny and Montana mainly Montana thought about what Tomura Shigaraki said to All might the first time they actually met.
Shigaraki: I hate you All might
Like knowing now that he's All mights former predecessors grand son what impact does him saying that to All might before All might finding out he is her grand son? If that makes since?
His name aint all for one its roast for one 5:43
Ok, bring the pain, let the tears flow
"I failed... which is I have to make it up to him!" Always gets to me
Love how afo's line at all might implies that he got beat up AFTER he blew a hole in all might's stomach
Every time I see All Might with the one big beefy arm, I just see Trogdor the Burninator, and it sort of ruins it.
Remember the woman in the rubble. She comes up again later.
"Now it's your turn" fucking hell I cried so hard in that line😢