Dissecting Dabi's Dance | MHA Explained

[@johnc7389]

Like for the input, but you gotta work on your pronunciation. Not every word that starts with rev- is pronounced like "reverberate." i.e. "revered" is "re-vear-d" not "rev-erd"

[@tendoentiendo]

Good note, solid input, I'll keep "speak English better" in my back pocket lol. But I'll let you in on a secret...I left them in on purpose. I even drew attention to the fact that it was mispronounced in the video with a caption and in the closed captions. as soon as I said it, I reread the line with correct pronunciation. then in the edit didn't like my inflection on the on the line so I kept the error on purpose. there's more than one there should be 4. Then I thought "wouldn't it be fitting to keep my errors in this video?", it'd be subtle bit of subliminal story telling that none but the absolutely insane would notice. Thus the 3 mispronounced words and a throat clearing were left in despite otherwise having relatively good editing. you should pay obsessive levels of attention to my every mistake, bordering on schizophrenic. And when you do you will find enlightenment, well I won't promise that, but you will find that there is storytelling methods embedded in my last 4 videos via editing that I don't mention in the slightest and parallel the topic or underlying theme of the video. this one was about acceptance of your children and the subject was a character that rejected his 3 "mistakes" while the fourth got off to a rough start it but was his jewel as too was everything after my clearing of my throat to me. ...now comes the question, did I just make that up, or am serious?

[@xlgbesbloxer1988]

I’m so glad I clicked read more

[@Your7T7]

@@tendoentiendo *am I serious

[@rebecca3647]

16:20 Not only are the U.A. refugees refusing to admit Deku to the shelter set up by the school, they are refusing Deku's admittance to HIS OWN SCHOOL. The crowd was not only empowered to sacrifice a child for the slightest increased chance of safety, they are closing the gates to a place that, frankly, Deku has more of a right to access than the civilians taking shelter there.

[@amirazahirah9717]

Also in the manga they actually trigger deku's danger sense too, which is wild In the aime it's not really shown

[@Couldnt_think_of_anything]

Dabi’s dance has got to be one of the best character moments in this story only behind at least in my opinion All Might’s last stand

[@tendoentiendo]

Same opinion honestly. All might steals the show in every major scene. Between the voice acting in the anime and the way he is drawn in both adaptations, I genuinely get chills even knowing full well exactly what’s about to happen.

[@SonHikarii1984]

Dabi's Dance is so good, idk how people misunderstood the entire thing.

[@tendoentiendo]

@@SonHikarii1984 some people genuinely don't understand subtle story telling, my girl of 6 years being one of them. but to be fair sometimes if things aren't explicitly stated it detracts from the overall quality of the product. The analogy I often use is, "imagine if in Naruto Itachi's back story wasn't explicitly stated and shown, or if Naruto's neglect and abuse were left implied rather than shown" essentially you end up with a MHA situation, a brilliant story that at a superficial glance is shallow and bland with seemingly random moments that are incredible and heart jerking, those being moments when they say the quiet part out loud. for Naruto those out loud moments would be jiraiya, Kakashi, Gaara, Rock lee and Pain (though there may be others) . For MHA it's Dabi, All Might and shigaraki, While the others have moments they are largely toned down to the grand moments they ought have been given to express what they represented. point being: its unfortunate that people aren't enjoying this series at the level it deserved, but Horikoshi should have been willing to set aside a bit of his subtextual writing in favor of explicit. At least if he wanted critical acclaim in his lifetime. But, I don't think he was aiming for that in truth...I suspect he wanted a story that would exceed him something like the heroes journey. A model of story telling that could last for generations...more in part 3 Christmas Eve.

[@SonHikarii1984]

@tendoentiendo Yeah, you're right

[@ImTheMangaReader]

One of Endeavor's last Prominence Burn was way to cool and there is also the fight with Deku and Shigaraki. I feel like those are super cool moments

[@kalebloadholt]

I Love how you show Endeavor’s grief and not just say he’s an bad guy with no hope of redemption

[@Toast_234]

its nice seeing a video just talking about how great mha represents and aproaches intrequite views on society, i like your content and id like to see more

[@tendoentiendo]

Thank you, it was bothering me the lack of genuine content looking at MHA and its world. Anyways there’s more to come…though my schedule is rough. I’m aiming for Christmas Eve on the next one🤞🏽

[@kylebarile9550]

Dabi’s dance alone is the reason my hero will never be a bad show to me. It aint perfect, but its peak is fucking PEAK

[@Buasnaman]

As a guy just starting to study analysis on stories in english, this is a really well written video. I could tell there was alot of effort put into this (considering it is a 35 minute long video), thank you for creating this masterpiece.

[@tendoentiendo]

I’m glad you enjoyed and that I could be of help in some small way.

[@tristanturner213]

Dude… I don’t know what to say other than thank you. I’ve loved this show at a level of depth that I couldn’t understand for such a long time, and whenever I went online to find others who felt the same I found the exact opposite. This breakdown rang a church bell of truth to how deep the story goes, and I am so glad that you have more videos to watch. Your eye for detail is astute and encapsulating and I’m so grateful for it. Sincerely, a fan 🫡🦸🏾‍♂️

[@tendoentiendo]

It’s funny you say church bells…it might be the common denominator in those that enjoyed this series. Part three Christmas Eve 🤞🏽. But genuinely, I’m glad you enjoyed it and thank you for the kind words. I hope I give you reason enough to stick around

[@strydex7241]

Such a great video, I was hooked from start to finish.

[@tendoentiendo]

Thank you! I’m glad you liked it

[@tigercat3313]

More people should see this video, this is fire. Great analysis

[@soleonshae8657]

I love that there's someone that respects mha, I'm so tired of people giving surface level reasoning as an excuse to hate this show. Thanks

[@frog6145]

Ok what the actual fuck is wrong with the youtube algorithm this shit is so good you deserve way more subs views and legit anything you got a new sub this was entertaining and put a new light on one of my fav characters/villans in all of shonen.

[@tendoentiendo]

Thank you for the kind words, I’m glad you liked it. Honestly it’s kind of my own fault, I made a few of videos testing the water as to what format and type of videos I’d make, so they don’t know who to show the video to yet…and my upload schedule is so inconsistent KZbin is slow to pick me up but I’m planning to fix that too. Not to mention I said the R word within the first few minutes and the algorithm frowns on that. Anyways, I appreciate your time and give you reason to stick around

[@RebxrnV2]

Exactly I didn’t even peep the sub count not being 100k +🫢 You’re a hidden gem

[@frog6145]

@@tendoentiendo Well don't give up im sure they will start sending your videos out in no time once again really enjoyed it keep it up.

[@autolcrazy9058]

fr, bro cooked and youtube threw away the plates

[@buckhill12]

I know this about Dabi and all, but damn bro. You’re reminding the hell out of us of just how wicked this series is with its dark side of the story was. Man… it honestly points out why I can’t exactly say I that I believe it to be a very good series. The darkness of the narrative just wasn’t given enough time to sit there with me. A couple of chapters could makes the heroes’s actions be much more impactful to the narrative to me personally. I still love it for what it is, but I hope the author next story actually goes full dive into the dark and wicked shit, because I tell ya. He knows how to write that shit good af.

[@tendoentiendo]

Honestly a fair criticism, one I share in part the darker elements needed more time to breathe and sit with us and the cast. But yeah I wasn’t trying to break new ground with this video it was targeted at the people who missed the indirect story telling or the somewhere around 5 million people I have seen gobbling up videos that pretend MHA had nothing to say. Which obviously isn’t true, sure horikoshi struggled to tell his story in an obvious way that was satisfying but pretending this was an empty series about nothing as most of the anime KZbinrs have latched onto for easy engagement is the reason I made this. And same I hope he continues working, horikoshi has a brilliant mind that should keep producing, and with an aggressive editor he trusts forcing him stay on target I think he easily could be among the greats with anything he produces. …Flash forward 8 years and he is writing reverse harem manga.

[@buckhill12]

@ You cooked with this video still. Not everyone will be able to catch the message of the story off first viewing. Glad to see some deep insights are being shared with the community.

[@MochiJelly4877]

Actually endeavor r***ing his wife would make a lot of sense. Rei wasn’t completely happy with her marriage before but she wasn’t dead like when we see Shoto’s birth. All of the others she was still happy to hold them having a soft smile on her face except for Shoto. It would also provide a very good reason for her insanity because how you portray insanity in media is that it has to come from something major and life changing. Being r**ed by her husband would be more than enough and her breakdown was fueled by that constant reminder via Shoto to that event. Honestly solid theory there that I could 100% see as the intention.

[@SonHikarii1984]

My 'tism has me hyperfixated on videos like this. It's so well made and deserves way more attention!

[@You-Tube-n5k]

Yeah, Toya's often misunderstood as a character since his motives aren't super cut and dry. It's very much a matter of what he's saying being a front for how he actually feels. Toya is frankly a really great character, an the only downside for me is that his sendoff just feels massively brutal. Like, he's a bad person and all, but after everything he's been through, that just felt like overkill. Still, the Todoroki family, minus Enji I guess, is honestly one of the best-written parts of the story for me. Great stuff and great video!

[@sixft_under]

Idk if I'd say Enji wasn't written well though since the entire family's story is reliant on how awful he was to create the situation. Afo setup a lot of things that happened in the story, but Dabi's situation was all on Enji. I like how brutal it was too. A story that messed up was never gonna end happy and it feels way more believeable that way. Just my opinion I thought I'd tack on :)

[@You-Tube-n5k]

@@sixft_under That’s fair. I will say that it’s not really Enji’s awfulness in the past that makes him not written super well (imo). That’s more so the fact that his arc about atoning is handled kind of sloppily once his internship arc ends, but that’s a whole other conversation. And while I do think the brutality of Toya’s ending was semi-fitting, I do think it was a little too optimistic despite Toya’s condition. Like, it’s bittersweet, but I think the aura leans a little too much into the “sweet” factor for me to say it felt completely warranted and natural. That being said, there are certainly aspects that I think are good, and the overall arc with the family is very good overall, so I can’t complain too much. :)

[@cryyuni]

This is possibly one of the best anime analyses I’ve ever watched, I cant believe this isn’t viral

[@tendoentiendo]

Kind words, truly

[@Kei-zx7nf]

Absolutely in love with the quality of your analysis.

[@RandoGGS]

Great follow up to the Shigaraki video. Dabi always will be one of my favorite characters ever and having the pleasure to witness a fresh look on him was grear. I just love your takes and analysis, banger video!

[@alexthedemonicweirdo]

Such a great video essay wow Im excited to see more!

[@mateot6020]

Another banger video from the goat 🙏🏽. I've returned to your Shigaraki video several times over the past few months just because of the sheer amount of information packed into it and I can't wait to the same with this one

[@WeebGuru6]

Bruh dabi is the best villain of the series he embodies all the themes that fell short along with him giving the villains their most important wins he’s better then shiggy

[@ImTheMangaReader]

Personally I like shaggy better because of the point that he's the amalgamation of the passiveness of society. But i get you.

[@WeebGuru6]

@ problem shiggy is it felt like he was being redeemed which I didn’t like

[@ho0dzy]

Brotha how do you only have 267 subs you deserve more keep making the videos your gonna go far I’m subbing

[@tendoentiendo]

Thank you for the kind words, I appreciate it. The numbers will come with quality and consistency. Trouble was I started this channel with lower quality work and was a bit edgy as I was just goofing around making this channel as a side project, and only began putting more effort into it recently when I realized how much fun it was just talking about things I like. The algorithm just didn’t/doesn’t know what to do with me yet, but we’ll get there. Anyways thanks for your time, I’m glad you liked it

[@ho0dzy]

@ just keep working hard is all I ask

[@UncleJacq]

I dressed up as Dabi for Halloween this year.

[@elephanttameryk]

I’m calling right now in maybe like two or three months this video will have millions of views

[@KitsuneShika]

Really hope you get pushed into the algorithm recommendations, cause your vids are amazing and are able to put into words the feelings i had reading mha but that i couldn't explain. The ozai video too, i still hate the fcker but you explaining his actions through the narrative really helped understand it better. Thank you ☺️

[@IDK19856]

Underrated as hell, you got a sub

[@mikeol1985]

This video is awesome!!! I wish the war arc went into more details of all of these situations because when you look at it this could’ve hit even harder to home!!!!👌🏾👍🏾🙏🏾

[@tendoentiendo]

I know, but Horikoshi likes leaving the quiet parts unspoken. Which is brilliant from a writing perspective, but in terms of getting people to rally behind it leaves the onus on the reader. Imagine if Itachi and his story were left subtextual rather than explicit, or Naruto’s himself, the story wouldn’t have reached all the people that it did as without those two and their explicitly shown and stated stories the series would be incredibly weak when read casually, with oddly standout moments that seem out of place like jiraiya, pain and gaara.

[@Nunu_Shark9924]

I love your videos so much they are so helpful for my silly self cus I would never know any of this without you!

[@OllieJ-tm5tv]

Just binged all your other videos, keep it up dude 👍

[@tendoentiendo]

Glad you liked em, I’m surprised you survived the whiplash from my first couple to this one 😂

[@OllieJ-tm5tv]

Got more whiplash from the negro joke lmao definitely made me sit up straighter

[@tendoentiendo]

@@OllieJ-tm5tv yeah, I thought it was the best way to get the point across without explicitly saying it in the video and getting KZbin to throttle me. But it was intended to draw attention to the narrative that horikoshi crafted by directly copy and pasting black crime statistics in for heteromorphs. he was making a point not dissimilar to mine, in that the term "negro" and "heteromorph" are interchangeable. negro was designed originally to refer to all non white races, as heteromorph is all non human. In MHA they are set in more or less the modern day but walk around using a blatantly racist term to refer to people to their faces. it's a joke with a two fold point to be made, and coincidentally only two people have mentioned it so far.

[@OllieJ-tm5tv]

You know it’s a good joke when it conveys. Serious point while still being funny

[@PassiveMemory]

The quality of this video is amazing.

[@jeromeoh2074]

Amazing work I subscribed already

[@Hashimpw]

ur the goat u deserve 1000 subs

[@drrckcch0]

Someone watched the joker about 20 times 😂😂😂

[@tendoentiendo]

lol, what do you mean? I do say society a lot but I don’t see an immediate correlation between myself and the film.

[@drrckcch0]

@tendoentiendo no it was directed towards you but the character dabi dancing-the joker does the same thing as if he reveling in completion of his character developing throughout the movie- i do love the psychological correlation though

[@joaodasilva3210]

And this is not a number. 👇

[@mresponsible]

Subscribed, great video!

[@ledestroyerofworlds9366]

„gome… amanai“ ah thumbnail

[@tendoentiendo]

😂

[@Бобёр-ю8г]

ngl this is cinema. I was an Endeveour apologist/defender because i didn't bother reading too much into their domestic situation, partily because it resembled what i have (No other siblings of course or superpowers sadly but mom going into a loveless marriage for the sake of place and status even though she knew this will end up bad and then taking it out on her kids) so i gravitated more to Endeveour's side because of my own relationship with my dad, funnily enough they might also have commited the same crime

[@kianolong9718]

Great video that all I need to say

[@Kuro_690]

Great videos fr 🙌 Keep it up 🗣

[@Remote.1s]

I found you bro 😈

[@Kuro_690]

@Remote.1s 😔🙌

[@tendoentiendo]

Thank you 🙇🏽 hopefully they only get better

[@Kuro_690]

@@tendoentiendo I hope so to, and it's no problem 🙌🙌

[@Assistantofsomething]

Algorithm comment 👋

[@Opal_the_snow_rat]

Bonus algorithm comment

[@soniaserval454]

Extra bonus algorithm comment for extra algorithm power

[@joshuahunte2347]

Amazing video

[@Mach_the_Man]

"The neg- Heteromorphs" dawg 😭Great vid

[@ClimateDoomer]

As one of those "detractors" my main issue is that it should have been more fleshed out. There should have been a scene where Endeavors sitting in front of legal authorities, and they tell him that under normal circumstances he'd be persecuted, but due to the context, they have to put it off for later (which would have been bittersweet since Enji would have spent the second half of the series fighting for a society that he knows is gonna scapegoat him at the end of it all.). I also would think this would be a perfect opportunity for there to be drama in Hawks relationship, since it seems way too convenient that he spent his whole life looking up to Endeavor after being saved from his own abusive father. Some people from Endeavors agency leaving, not because they don't want to support him, but because it would be bad for their careers to be associated, would have also been a nice touch. Toya also shoulda had a convo with each of his other family members at some point, and having him explicitly call for Shotos/Endeavor's hero license to be revoked (like the petty little shit he is) also would have caused some drama; with the ultimatum being that he would fade into obscurity and never commit any crimes again if the hero's comply (which they don"t), and that can set off the retaliation prison breaks. I could add so much more but I'm not gonna rant longer. These things may seem small individually, but when you add them together it makes the story feel more whole. Same can be said for pretty much every other plotline, but I won't get into that.

[@tendoentiendo]

I’m not gonna critique your ideal story, there are elements you suggest as improvements that I agree with and not, but the underlying theme I agree with completely. That being “the cast should have been allowed to sit and deal with ALL the ramifications of Dabi’s reveal”, which ultimately means we just needed more time. It’s really damn near indefensible the places where he did drop the ball, I’m not sure the extent that horikoshi listens to his critics but boy it sure felt at time like he got the initial backlash at the midpoint of the vigilante arc and was like, yeah I’m done and then just speed ran to the end of the series. Like I remember a bunch of “leaks” saying we were getting a time skip right around the time the criticism started in the vigilante arc then they gradually disappeared. Of course they could have just been wrong, or horikoshi changed his mind naturally or hell Shonen Jump could have started leaning on him. Whatever the case it felt like he pressed fast forward on the series and only kept the core elements of the story that NEEDED to be there functionally and it really hurt the series. I am going to talk about this in part 4 but for now I will say that the hawks endeavor element was complicated. He seemed to be having a crisis about dabi’s reveal and endeavor both internally at the time, and it suggested to me that his indifference towards endeavor was just an act, to keep endeavor from retiring or self deleting both of which are implied by endeavors hospital scenes, and they did need him as victory would be impossible otherwise. Anyways I appreciate your time and passion! I’ve never taken issue with genuine criticism, and yours are well founded.

[@veitmaroli9965]

Tbfh Endavour was in dire need for such an event to occour. Otherwise he would've continued to abuse his family and the people close to him. It made him rethink his intentions and steer towards a path of self improvement.

[@gentlepeeps3351]

The glaring I beleive was an anime only thing because in the manga it’s explained that dabi was enough for him but rei wanted more children whether this is backtracking by horikoshi is up for debate but it’s true

[@tendoentiendo]

Oh snap, I hadn’t realized the anime supplanted my manga memories but you’re right. Though I think the scenes in the anime are told and shown from toyas POV whereas in the manga it’s endeavors. Could explain the seemingly retcon. Like Endeavor recalls things without the negatives and Toya saw only the negatives. It’s a common trait for children. Now I’m curious, in gonna go look into this and see if there’s a “kids misunderstanding their parents” theme in the villains.

[@tendoentiendo]

Yeah I just double checked chapter 301 features the jealous of all might and insane glare before a baby. The “reí wanting to have babies” was what he was telling himself before he accepted that Toya was alive in like 290 At the start of the dance. But then a few chapters later his memories are a bit more dark, regarding Toya, then endeavor is like yeah he’s right endeavor must die. And finally 301 Toyas POV is exactly like the anime with jealousy and implied rape.

[@echothesilent4693]

You cooked harder than Dabi cooked those people.

[@tendoentiendo]

💀

[@RedditShortStory-n5g]

Hey i wonder how did you stitch so many clips that show what you are talking about, like the visual presemtaton of the video is also very good and i am begging in editing so i could use any tips

[@tendoentiendo]

Not sure how viable this first is for you, but I have memorized just about every scene in the stories I enjoy so if/when I need them I can go to almost the exact moment I need. I write with very clear moments and edits in mind and write the key edits into my script as notes Example: //this scene >that scene> this statement It’s a poor use of mental hard drive space memorizing but I have more than I need lol. But more helpful to most is that when I have a video in mind I’ll harvest the clips en masse usually in one watch through. I then catalog them using key words. Usually exactly what is happening in the scene, key character portrayed, followed by 3-5 key words (sometimes more depending on complexity) regarding the thematic and artistic significance of the scene. Then when editing a particular portion if I didn’t have a particular moment in mind from the material, I can pull something that is similar. Like the way I used the heteromorph uprising clip for example (the one where a cop pulls the trigger on a gun) I didn’t have a clip that directly associated to $uicide but the scene was used in series for “implied murder” I searched “implied” and “broken” and had a few results and the ones I used most accurately fit what I wished to convey. So I paired it with endeavor lying dejected to convey a close enough meaning. Further I have the clips broken down into sub folders by series and tone (the level of seriousness). But it’s redundant for me aside from safe storage, really the most important details is knowledge of base material and effective cataloging. In the past I used shorthand in my clip titles, but I find that in revisiting a subject years later I found myself lost in my own notes. Third in the case where I wrote the script a long time ago and didn’t write sufficient notes, I will listen through on a playback and write notes with time stamps and draw from my mental catalog scenes that coincide with the topic. Then after check my virtual catalog to see if I have them already, and if not I go harvesting. In this last case: if you aren’t familiar with a series there are often, for popular series at least, fan made character trackers online that will show you every single appearance of a character by episode and number of appearances then it’s just a matter of scrubbing the episode for them and cataloging again. Very helpful for shows with monstrous volumes like One Piece. Good luck out there and happy harvesting!

[@Leah_2182]

you got a new subscriber

[@RonnieHayes-arnold]

Ngl I shit on endeavour a lot but you made a lot of good points for him on the second half of the video My main problem with endeavour other than the abuse,neglect and violation of the Geneva Convention ( I’m pretty sure that quirk marriages count as the genetic manipulation law thing)is with his initial lack of will Endeavour is in his late 40’s early 50’s and dabi is in his early 20’s,assuming that the quirk marriage only took one year to set up and that touya was ‘ conceived ' during that time then he couldn't be older than like his early 20's when he gave up on trying to be better than all might He devoted himself to not achieving his dream himself after only a couple years being a pro hero

[@RonnieHayes-arnold]

Also if you’re reading this,great video, I enjoyed it a lot and I look forward to you next upload XD

[@RonnieHayes-arnold]

Damn,I sound like a critic lol

[@tendoentiendo]

Nah I totally get you, it didn’t sound critical at all. Just one expressing their interpretation. And honestly I think it’s the one that Horikoshi wanted us to have until the final act. I will defend endeavor giving up on reaching all might though lol. Endeavor’s ultimate attack is a cloud parter and leaves him debilitated. But all might holding back is a cloud SUMMONER from beyond the horizon. It’s like a difference in orders of magnitude. One at max power is a low yield atom bomb the other holding back is a nations nuclear arsenal. Endeavor could work an entire life, as he did, and never even HOPE to reach all mights level with restraint. People in power scaling debates low ball all might to bullet train levels because that’s his “lore” faster than a bullet train. But that’s like Superman lore vs reality (can bound over a building in a single step when he can also fly fast enough to reverse time) the only time we see OFA at 100% is Deku vs overhaul (it’s not all might’s 100 he is 7ft tall and 562lbs so Deku is objectively even weaker) and Deku accidentally jumps and moves so fast the shockwaves vaporize concrete. Not his step, just the air currents he generates are greater than the yield of almost every heroes operating at max power unleashing their greatest move. It’s almost a saitama fast side steps beating S ranks heroes levels of absurd power gap. I’m quite sure this was intentional, the gap for reasons I hope to explain in the next video. But anyways I’m glad you liked it, hopefully I give you reason to stick around. I appreciate your time

[@thedarknessinthelight9824]

I love this video but I just want to get one thing correct here. There are 2 characters that have surpassed All Might in terms of sheer power, and another who matched his strength. The two characters in question being Shigaraki and Deku, whereas the one who matched All Might's strength was Prime AFO. Shigaraki already has numerous statements saying he's as physically strong as prime All Might and his quirk alongside decay gives him the edge over All Might fairly easily. Deku has several statements indicating that he could kill Shigaraki if he desired and has shown clear dominance over Shigaraki when at full power, who we know is a physical-equal to All Might already. AFO is the reason All Might is in his terrible condition so saying he isn't even close to prime All Might in terms of power is literal delusion since it was a 1v1, not a jumping. That's about all.

[@tendoentiendo]

Yeah I’m gonna rebuttal. The second punch that all might ever threw in the series vs the slime monster summoned a storm when no clouds were visible on the horizon and that while fatigued past his limits and restraining himself as to not damage the environment (he succeeded). DEKU has statements he made himself that he is as strong as All Might in his prime. But he doesn’t know what his peaks are for one because he has literally never seen them, the only times he saw something similar is again all might past his time limit and fighting a force negating quirk so the only force we can see is that which exceeded the capacity of the nomu to negate and regenerate from. and the other is where he couldn’t fight AT ALL(because it was in the middle of an un evacuated city), and had to allow himself to be beaten to a pulp and almost completely lose his quirk before he could throw a single punch which one shot AFO. Beating a dead horse but on top of that horikoshi says that Deku speaks in hyperbole when he names his attacks and refers to his powers “because he’s a kid trying to make himself excited” (slight paraphrase) which undercuts every statement he makes. Additionally Deku MUST quirk stack to momentarily reach levels that all might could stay in perpetually if he wanted. Deku’s strongest ever demonstrated punch (by feat) is the one that killed shigaraki and it was a cloud parter. The gap between cloud parting and cloud summoning is energy difference in orders of magnitude. For reference endeavor accomplished a similar feat when he defeated AFO before his rewind. I’m not saying that all might could beat shigaraki…but he is slower than nagant and has durability lower than a howitzer impact and one nagant bullet. Reread the fights. There’s a ton of anti feats for shigaraki. And his OWN statements that he is stronger when his demonstrated feats are lower is not a strong argument. Oh and even if you could find moments to make the claim he can move as fast or faster than all might (I’m sure you could because of gear shift), all might outweighs him by about 430lbs and is 7 ft tall and thus has greater levers to generate force. But removing levers, F=MA, all might hits harder if they are swinging at the same speed and even if they are relative so unless the speed gap is proportionally larger than All mights Weight differential you cannot make the claim Deku is stronger because statements, when we have feats and physics that would suggest otherwise. Of course if you could put Deku at 4.25 x all might speed and the fact he can use his entire body at 100% where Deku is a body part at a time…plus calculate the difference of rotation speed at tip of arc (if arms are moving at identical speed say a hook all mights heaver body is moving at a speed faster than dekus in proportion to the radius of his arm) you could claim that gear shift Deku punches harder than standard punch all might. But then theirs the whole clouds feat for both of them that still must be addressed. Which there is nothing to account for the gap when we know the durability of shigaraki body is nagant bullet level. Could he win in a fight is a different argument one in sure you could infer, But I specifically referred to power and all mights power is just greater. He can spam punches like the one he felt in episode one in his prime it takes Deku everything he has to do what he did, though in fairness he was in an all might at start of series level debuff at the time he did it. Anyways, I genuinely appreciate you taking the time to engage and I’m glad you enjoyed the video

[@tendoentiendo]

Oh and Prime AFO wasn’t an equal, it was a Deku shigaraki situation. All might scolds himself for holding back against AFO resulting in his injury. AFO says it too and is constantly trying to gode all might into going all out. The gap in their power it gave AFO PTSD…unironically.

[@tendoentiendo]

Tbh I haven’t done the math for it yet, but I believe based on feats the fastest Deku has ever moved might be against overhaul. The shockwaves from the air when he jumped vaporized concrete in like a 10m radius (30ish ft) which is better than anything he has in the war arc off the top of my head for speed. He is easy hypersonic in the war but that’s not remotely in the ball park to vaporize concrete and steel at a distance (that ought to be around relativistic speed) which he did on accident while trying to jump a few feet. so it wasn’t even his peak. Point being we never got a full power Deku, theoretically he would have been leagues above all might if he had been given time to grow but I don’t think that’s the story we got. As to if it’s on purpose or not is up for debate, but based off of the attention to detail horikoshi gave even in chapter one that held true to the end I doubt it was accidental. Unless he was just bad at math and didn’t realize how insane summoning a storm with a held back punch really is mathematically. Of course most mangaka aren’t giving Gege levels of effort in their in-verse power scaling but it sure seems incredibly consistent that Deku never reached his peak and what he did was below what he should have been capable of, which again leads me to believe it’s intentional that Deku never reached his potential and is below all might in pure power from what we see (overhaul excluded, though I should do the math and analyze the narrative to confirm), Sorry I’m going on, but I seldom have a chance to talk about these things. And and it’s an unusual moment when power scaling and narrative overlap which coincidentally are my favorite things in literature. Edit: I checked some of the math to vaporize 1m3 of steel it takes .22 megatons. The wind would have had to generate 14.666 times the energy released in Hiroshima to just destroy some of the steel, let alone the conceete. And it was the accidental energy released by a Jump intended to be a few feet. Honestly this might make a fun video idea, because these numbers are ridiculous. And it’d be fun just to see where the series lies in the power scale universe.

[@thedarknessinthelight9824]

@@tendoentiendo About the edit in your latest comment, this is consistent since Shigaraki "tanked" 3-4 TIAMAT missiles simultaneously, which can range from 100 ~ 1000x the power of the Nuke that wiped out Hiroshima.

[@thedarknessinthelight9824]

I had a whole passage written but I was fucked over by misfortune so now I have to write it all over again... WHICH I'M NOT GONNA CAUSE FUCK THAT! Instead, I'm going to summarize why I believe Deku has surpassed All Might and why Shigaraki matches All Might's power physically. The storm-summon punch gets out-performed in the USJ dome since he's clearly exerting more effort and he also gives a generous statement that gives us a baseline (300 punches / 5 punches = 60x stronger, yadayada) for how strong Prime All-Might should be. This is important because, although we don't get an exact number, all of the near-high-end and High-end Nomu such as Hood (Season 4, the one Endeavor defeats) are stated to be much stronger than the upper-tier Nomu that All Might fought in the USJ dome. Even lower tier characters such as Iida is capable of combating these Nomus (Albeit with assistance, during S6 and beyond that point). Shigaraki, even when incomplete and much weaker than he would become soon after, was stated to be the ultimate Nomu and is easily able to manhandle everyone at that point in time without his quirks. Endeavor even compares incomplete Shigaraki's natural speed to All Might's - the one who was the most obsessed with All Might, after AFO. He was then stated to have speed on par with Prime All-Might by Best Jeanist during the USJ Coffin-In-The-Sky in while Deku was still separated from them. AFO (when in control of Shigaraki's body in the CITS) was repeatedly stating how this body was on par with All-Might's prime, and Hawks' Villain Report Guidebook (which is written by Horikoshi himself) states that Shigaraki's physical prowess is on par with All-Might's own back in his heyday. Also, note how the ONLY attack that damaged him (Bakugo's FULL POWER Howitzer Impact, before Deku's arrival) barely even made him flinch nor did he treat it as anything note-worthy. Everything else only barely slowed him down without any lasting damaging. Nagant's bullets caught him off guard and he was weakened, so that's not a valid anti-feat. Also, Nagant's bullets have been stated by Deku himself that a Howitzer Shot is NOTHING compared to one of Nagant's bullets. Just so you know, Shigaraki takes a bullet to the head in the same instance his hand is shot off, so it's clear his hands were just weak at the time. Deku's greatest feat CLEARED THE SKIES from an UNPRECEDENTEDLY LARGE STORM CLOUD caused by the Todoroki's and caused STRONG WINDS to occur in America for OVER A WEEK. Don't downplay my goat. Deku could do the same as All Might can if he used Black-Whip while at 100% to mitigate the damage to his body or even to manually control it like how he did after Shigaraki took Danger-Sense and then stack Gear-Shift + Fa-Jin ontop of that. Shit's busted fr.

[@mvddoxeatsbugs]

algorithm appeasement comment

[@cookiesthedonkey2223]

12:53 your not slick lil bro

[@tendoentiendo]

I'm glad someone caught it (though didn’t get it based on the response). It's a two fold joke with one and a half words. It was intended to draw attention to the fact that "Negro" was a blanket term that applied to any non white entity, as is "heteromorph" for any non humanoid. And the fact that the statistics of the real world black crime were copy and pasted into the story for the "black" and non white stand in race (here non humanoid). The joke being "it's so similar to reality I couldn't distinguish one inherent racism from another". In MHA they are in the modern era but literally walk around calling people subhuman to their face as was for the term negro. Edit: I thought it was slick. It conveyed a message with the least words possible.

[@cookiesthedonkey2223]

@@tendoentiendo 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Pherretfish]

I swear i heard it and had to check lol

[@Pherretfish]

I swear i heard it and had to check lol

[@oliolioliX]

Great video, couldn't click off

[@WeebGuru6]

I agree with everything u said except endeavor is atoning himself not redeeming there is a difference

[@tendoentiendo]

He wasn’t looking for “atonement” until after he sees Dabi trying to explode. He was looking for redemption. I chose the word on purpose. He went there to die with his son and “redeem” himself, but then realized he was still wrong in his thinking but it was “too late” to save him (with only his fire) he was too far gone. His “atonement” is a perspective he only gains after his family saves them both but even in that context it is sub optimal the best word is “amends” But most importantly I didn’t use “atonement” on purpose because of the religious implications of the word, endeavor did not “atone” for his sins, He and Dabi both were absolved. I said it in the video as well, that I would talk about it more in part 3 so I can’t give away too much rn. I REALLY battled with myself for a couple days as to which it was but determined the authors intent was endeavor first sought redemption (impossible), then sought atonement (failed, too late), and was ultimately absolved (shoto spares them all) and finally endeavor settled for making amends by no longer EXPECTING to be forgiven or seen in a positive light he wishes to do the right thing now even if he never gets a positive outcome, love or forgiveness. But you asked the most important question one could have after this video. I’m so excited to get part 3 finished so I can really get into it.

[@WeebGuru6]

@ could’ve sworn he used Atonement in the series

[@tendoentiendo]

He didn’t, I thought he did too. I’ll give you the answer since you are the first in this video to get to the heart of the issue. But i really can’t say more just yet until the video is out as I haven’t seen or heard anyone put my idea to paper yet. A few people use a similar word in the series but I’ll give you 2. All might uses the word shokuzai - which translates to atonement Endeavor uses the word tsugunai - which translates atone through making amends and reparations Endeavor is an action man…

[@WeebGuru6]

@ ahhh it was translation error

[@helloiamnotabot1845]

31:51 I see what you did there

[@tendoentiendo]

I don’t know what you mean 🤥. there was a few more hidden in there, I just can’t help myself

[@pupandruff]

ooh nice video :0 any chance you have like a fan discord?? i’d love to join if you do

[@tendoentiendo]

Unfortunately not yet, it’s not a bad idea there may be at least a few people who might be interested. I’ll drop it here when I make it…Or more likely in the description, so people don’t get accustomed to clicking links in the comment section.

[@godlikestevie]

Oh you’re an essayist fr, ifw this

[@nealblaze5200]

Hey, great video, I love it really but it's missing a specific touch, and I have to say it's BGM, if you played some music matching the sections in the video it can elevate it to such a ridiculous degree, you have all the ingredients, all you got to do now is add a bit of sugar and cook🧑‍🍳 Edit: you can use some reference material by watching the jjk KZbinr Hundred, trust me🙂‍↕️

[@tendoentiendo]

I know 🫠 I gotta get a the music going, I spent like 4 hours trying to find appropriate music just couldn’t find anything. But thank you, I’ll check them out and hopefully get some inspiration.

[@nealblaze5200]

@tendoentiendo oh, alright then, if possible I could help provide some music, but I'm not sure which is copyrighted and which isn't so I'll have to check myself if that's cool with you

[@Mrmeem_420]

12:57 is crazy and its not heteromorphs its ne- (cut off)

[@swamidesperado8075]

Why you call it quasi rapist when he a rapist straight up

[@tendoentiendo]

A. The rape is suggested not stated B. She signed up to to be a breeding machine not a wife in the traditional sense C. Spousal rape has only just recently become accepted as a crime. D. It wouldn’t have been illegal in his fictionalized version of Japan. In fact it’s common practice they mention quirk marriages and that they are frowned upon. But in the real Japan They determine spousal rape a crime by separation. As in they have NEVER convicted a man of rape of his own wife with the exception of couples that had been separated for a period of time either legally or de facto. Like they hadn’t filed the paperwork yet but had broken up. Additionally it is not recognized as a crime in the overwhelming majority of the world. It is a VERY new idea. So that’s why I said quasi. It is illegal here in the states 38 of em… Edit: when I said overwhelming I mean overwhelming. It’s not illegal in china, India, Iraq, Iran, and most of Africa. I just double checked and unless Google gave me bogus those are some of the regions yet to recognize it a crime.

[@Zarathustr]

RATIO

[@zoazede2098]

@@tendoentiendo I get the point, but it´s still rape, like, just because something isnt labeled as a crime doesn´t mean it´s not an abuse (or X ""not crime yet")

[@BlackMammoth-j5t]

TRUE TRUE THIS IS NICE

[@timothyberkley5467]

Lol "neg- the heteromorphs" is crazy

[@simbathecat219]

❤❤

[@dracocrusher]

I really don't agree with the idea that Endeavor should just get a pass because there's a bigger threat. What this man did was genuinely horrible, and he shouldn't just get a pass because one of his victims became a supervillain while he's trying to be a better person. If anything, this just proves Dabi right in his actions. The ideals of heroism don't work if the thing that determines whether you face justice or not is how powerful you are as a person. If Endeavor really cared then he'd make a public statement that he'd serve his time after the crisis is over, or that he'd be retiring while still working under someone else. What this is basically saying is that a corrupt cop whose committed horrible crimes should stay on the force as long as they regret it, and as long as they're good at their job. Of course people aren't going to be moved by that because it really does set a terrible precedent that is ACTUALLY harmful to society outside of big speeches about rot or consumerism or whatever, like the series loves to do.

[@tendoentiendo]

Dawg I have no idea where you got any of those interpretations from my work aside from “Dabi was right”. I don’t suggest endeavor should be forgiven, nor that he should “get a pass” and especially not because his son is a supervillain. What I DO suggest is that A. Endeavor did not get off without penance (he gives an arm, the surface of his face and head as well as his liver/other internal organs) in service to the world. B. He thinks his penalty should be death. After Dabi’s dance He explicitly believed the character endeavor should die after the dance. But was convinced to get up and do his duty (save everyone) by his wife and hawks. C. There is a logical reason that endeavor isn’t explicitly rejected by his peers. It is not negligence to pursue justice. Nor negligence to write a story well. the heroes don’t explicitly Reject endeavor because they need him, he is a cloud parter, atom bomb level in AP, and the only hero outside of Deku who could reasonably hope to fight and win against AFO or shigaraki. They, the heroes, are already at an extreme disadvantage why would they get rid of (force to retire) the only person they know who can save them? His situation is not that of cop, because his story is more grand. He is the only person who can fight AFO, a world ending threat. He isn’t one of the 10,000 who could do the job as it is with cops in a major city. He is one of 2 that can do the job, and the job needs to happen simultaneously hundreds of miles apart from each other. So they need him. D. You use the word crime, but in truth I don’t think he is “guilty” of any. Between statute of limitations on child abuse (which he could get the claims dropped as he was training his son in hero work) and domestic violence. Not to mention the fact Japan doesn’t recognize and has NEVER convicted a man of spousal r*pe unless they have broken up, or legally filed for divorce before the incident took place, this is why I called him a “quasi” r*pist. Because it’s implied, not stated and that’s just to the reader through Dabi’s memories, to my recollection Dabi doesn’t share that part of his life with anyone and even if it is true, it isn’t a crime where it it happened. Point being I suggested only of the things you said, that being Dabi was right, otherwise my only claims where that there is a logical reason to endeavor not being rejected and forced to retire. And an entire penance and redemption narrative wherein endeavor tries to kill himself.

[@tendoentiendo]

…Oh and for the record the penalty for domestic abuse (assault) is often 2 years community service with or without imprisonment and 500,000yen ($3k) fine or just a fine. Endeavors service was greater than the punishment the law would have given him if not for statute of limitations 10 years. Shoto was five when his mom burned him he is 16 at end of series (before time skip) so the last beating of his wife is at least 11 years prior. It’s not a matter of regret it’s a matter of the crime is not a crime, it’s a fault in his morals. And judging the man for his “crimes” (well they literally were crimes, but you get the point, crimes no longer applicable) is to condemn the world to a certain doom.

[@dracocrusher]

@@tendoentiendo Point C really gets to the heart of what I'm talking about. They're NOT Pursuing Justice. There's a horrible monster that did awful things to his own family in the name of Eugenics RIGHT THERE! Even YOU admit that Domestic Abuse is a crime, and domestic rape should ALSO be a crime! Both of these things are completely irreprehensible and should be taken way more seriously! Like I said, he's just able to walk free and get away because he is powerful. He doesn't suffer because he faces actual justice. He suffers because he gets injured in the line of duty. You know, just like Deku and All Might. Being wounded by a supervillain or being powerful doesn't absolve you of your crimes , they're just normal parts of the job. If there was a cop that SA'd his wife and both physically and emotionally abused his family then the fact that he's a good cop that gets hurt in the line of duty. They still SHOULD face actual consequences for their actions outside of what their usual dangerous job listing entails. Again. The only reason you're saying he should get to walk is BECAUSE he is powerful. That is pretty indefensible from a moral perspective. It's one thing to delay actual justice. It's another thing to say he should get a pass because "at least he tries hard and we need him right now". But at least that cop was really strong and did a lot of good while policing, right? So that absolves everything.

[@Your7T7]

12:56 I'm turning on notifications 28:00 Shigaraki and Deku surpassed All Might so idk where you're getting this "not even close" from We got like 10 separate statements in and out of verse that Shiggy = All Might and then he became stronger, and ofc Deku is just outright using 120% of OFA while All Might used 100% of a slightly weaker OFA Idk what everyone's obsession is with All Might being the permanent pinnacle of the verse. That is very clearly NOT Horikoshi's intent, otherwise he wouldn't have written in multiple statements of All For One, Best Jeanist, Deku, Endeavor, Hawks, etc. outright saying otherwise. Other than that this video is cooking 100%

[@tendoentiendo]

So I disagree with Deku being stronger for what I think are fair reasons. A. A theme for Deku and shigaraki being: their future and potential unfairly taken from them. B. We have feats that contradict Deku>all might. The second punch all might ever threw in the series summoned a storm when no clouds were visible unto the horizon. Dekus hardest punch is reasonably the one that killed shigaraki, and it parted the clouds a feat endeavor is capable of achieving. These feats are different in orders of magnitude in all mights favor. Also All might was capable of exceeding 100% but worse still is that the statements (to my knowledge) are made by Deku who A hasn’t seen prime all might and b the one he has was was either getting his force negated or was holding back unto the point he had no power left in him at all. Additionally, horikoshi says that dekus statements on his power and the names of his attacks are hyperbolic meaning non literal so we ought not use them for scaling. Of course the storm summoning against the slime in the first chapter could just be the case of the author not realizing what he was drawing, that it was absolutely insane the feats all might achieved while holding back and while out of steam. Additionally, shigarakis durability is less than a howitzer impact (and nagant bullets). And lastly I don’t think Deku was faster in his fight against shigaraki than he was versus overhaul. While Mach 5 is impressive, against overhaul at unlimited 100% he moved so fast the wind pressure he generated vaporized concrete and steel which should be low relativistic as that’s like .24 megatons per cubic feet of steel destroyed (haven’t done the math in a while so that that figure is from memory) and there’s like 10 meters. And he did it on accident trying to jump a few meters. Not every author is thinking in terms of math like Gege (Jjk) but horikoshi pays so much attention to detail that it leads me to believe it wasn’t an accident. And the Deku that fought shigi is quirk stacking to momentarily reach levels all might could stay in perpetually. All of which leads me to believe All might is stronger than Deku. Not that he necessarily beats him in a fight but in pure power. Oh and if the stat difference is 120% to 100 then all might still hits harder ignoring feats. Because f=MHA and all might outweighs Deku by 430is lbs because Deku would have to be outputting 4.3x all might minimum and that’s before accounting for height difference and the additional speed and acceleration a 7ft tall man would have. As the acceleration of the top of an arc (say a right hook) is faster when the radius is longer. There’s a lot of reasons is my point.

[@Your7T7]

@@tendoentiendo The main issues with what you just said is that you said that the statements about Shiggy's power are from Deku when... they aren't... as well as ignoring Deku's feats which surpass All Might. 1. All For One in Shiggy's body gives 3 separate statements of Shiggy equaling All Might (one where he says "witness power equal to All Might's", one where he says "use your heads, that wouldn't have killed All Might, it can't kill me", and another just comparing himself/Shiggy to All Might). Best Jeanist says that Shiggy is as fast as Prime All Might. Endeavor says that Shiggy's power is "like All Might's". Hawks's Villain Report (written by Horikoshi) just outright states that Shiggy is physically equal to Prime All Might. 2. Deku's final punch against AFO, as well as Deku and Bakugo's Double Detroit Smash in Heroes Rising, are both FAAAARRRRR stronger feats than the one you listed for All Might. Deku's final punch managed to create lasting strong winds all the way in AMERICA, and Deku/Bakugo's punch in Heroes Rising split a storm THE SIZE OF AN ENTIRE ISLAND wide open, clearing it completely, while All Might created just one storm in one city. Even if we only account for Deku performing half of the latter feat, that is still FAAAAR above what All Might did.

[@tendoentiendo]

I’ll start with point 2 ya got me on the American winds being a more impressive feat (almost certainly I won’t do the math but they sound more impressive intuitively lol) straight up just a gap in my knowledge. Also, I wasn’t aware of the canonicity of the films or any of their feats but, energy required to summon clouds is vastly greater than parting clouds. I’m unfamiliar with the movie or what the scene composition was but if it’s a sky clearer or nearly (and the storm is bigger as you say) then yeah it’s probably a better feat (to almighty holding back in the middle of a city trying not to damage anything or anyone around him). but you said it was Deku and Bakugo so divide the feat in half if you have the number already on hand. Note: I must have missed the panel saying the wind from the punch was felt in America (but I believe you) but at the same time the winds changing in America had already started on account of Dabi going Chernobyl. There is panels saying as much, a weather lady as I recall. Anyways It’s kind of nebulous to try and differentiate the extent to which the winds changed on account of the punch alone. Point being it had help. But again if what you say is true about the movies. Ya probably got me still because I’m unwilling to do the math (anytime soon) and your feats sound better sight unseen. But on the first point just to clarify. I was referring to dekus own statements regarding his own power being dismissible. I wasn’t suggesting he made some about shigi. But if he does it’s the same thing. However, as to statements made by AFO and or shigi and their own power equaling or surpassing all might: I don’t know who said what or when, so I’d have to see the panel Font and the iris of shigaraki as to determine the speaker. (Because for the most part those are the characteristics horikoshi uses to differentiate the one in control.) But in either case there statements are kind of useless as well but more if it’s shigi and less useless if it’s AFO. But on that note AFO and all might had the same power dynamic as Shigaraki and Deku. Where at will the OFA user could kill the AFO user, Deku ,I think out right, says it regarding shigi and all might suggests it (he might state it but I can only recall an implication) when he scolds himself for not having the resolve to kill AFO and for holding back for too long both in the past and in their fight when he loses his quirk. In both cases All might held back until the point his body was on the brink of death and then one shot AFO. Point being AFO cannot make claims to knowledge of All might at max power when he only ever saw him hold back and try with nothing in the tank. Because in the splits seconds that all might didn’t hold back (but was wounded beyond any reasonable person thinking he was remotely near full power) the gap between them in power was such that it gave AFO PTSD unironically. But again, if what you say is true regarding the sky clearing of a bigger storm, and its canonicity, I concede (well technically I do whether you are right or wrong because I won’t go check). You may well be right too on the winds in America feat…but again I’ll take it at face value because i am unwilling to do the math to find the difference between his wind and dabi’s. But either way it was fun thinking about this, maybe when my plate isn’t so full I might give an honest look into what you had to say and math it out myself. I appreciate your time and passion, genuinely.

[@tendoentiendo]

I’ll ad an asterisk in the CCs or on screen if KZbin will let me.

[@Your7T7]

I would try linking each of the panels but KZbin dislikes it when I do that. I'll instead put the chapters and page numbers here: Chapter 340, page 4: "It is clear that Shigaraki Tomura has well surpassed AFO in terms of strength." (important, as weakened AFO was stated and shown multiple times in the Kamino Ward battle to be on par with weakened All Might, meaning Tomura has "well surpassed" weakened All Might) Chapter 346, page 9: "Extremely lethal long range attacks and a speed on par with All Might in his prime. It was quite the challenge to come up with a way to deal with you." Chapter 276, page 8: "That kind of strength... It's like..." (with All Might in the bg); this statement is immediately said to be wrong by Garaki, who says "It's not on par with All Might himself, of course! Excessive modifications to the body take a toll on the brain!" however, Chapter 277, page 5: "He's got the same strength and toughness as All Might." Deku does not argue with this statement, saying "All... Might..." this is important, because the manga at this point did not care to make distinctions between weakened All Might and Prime All Might. It would only make sense if Garaki (who was alive and working for AFO in Prime All Might's time, with AFO being the only one who'd have a proper estimate of Prime All Might's power) is referring to Prime All Might while Endeavor and Deku (who have little frame of reference for Prime All Might's power) are referring to Weakened All Might. Otherwise, these statements all exist in immediate proximity to one another and are purposefully contradictory for seemingly no reason. Chapter 359, page 8/9: "Now... who was the genius that thought the best course of action against me was to get up close and personal? The only thing that's gonna get ya... is a firsthand taste of what it's like... to be smashed by a power that rivals All Might!" Chapter 362, page 4: "Think about it for a sec...! Do you really think... that would've been enough... to kill All Might in his prime? HOW DELUSIONAL... CAN YOU BE?!" This statement only makes sense if he himself is on par with All Might in his prime, otherwise he's saying "ha! those anti-tank rounds can't even blow up a house! Why would you think they can blow up my shoes?!" Hawks's Villain Report File 1: "PHYSICAL ABILITY On par with All Might in his heyday! (displayed next to a picture of All Might)" I'm not entirely sure I agree with the notion that All Might was holding back against AFO back in their original match 5 years ago (especially since All Might was clearly extremely pissed at him for murdering the woman he considered his mother right in front of his eyes), but I do see where you're coming from. However, even if we claim that AFO doesn't know for sure, we have to think about Horikoshi's intent when writing all of these statements. For example, Hawks's Villain Report exists for the express META PURPOSE of providing info on all the villains for the fans. Why would Hori even have the claim that Shiggy = Prime All Might on the page if that's not what was intended? And I can concede that I forgot that Dabi contributed to that before as well, but given that they have the weather report lady talk about the continued strong winds with a smile after Deku's final punch, it can be inferred that it's probably referring to said punch (as it wouldn't make much narrative sense to suddenly start talking about a fight that ended a while ago). Finally, yes, the films are 100% canon thanks to the many many many appearances of film characters in the main manga, as well as Horikoshi's own word. We directly see Nine in the manga, as well as the kids from Heroes Rising. Melissa Shield from Two Heroes is shown and stated on-screen to be the one who built Armored All Might, and Cathleen Bate is shown to be one of the children All Might saves during the Two Heroes prologue short film. Rody Soul from World Heroes Mission even has a speaking role in the manga encouraging Deku. The only film to not get direct acknowledgement in the manga is You're Next, and that's only because it released after the manga finished (and even then, we got a bonus chapter connecting it to the main story). Also, yeah this was a fun convo for sure. Sorry for the long reply, but I have to actually write out the pages and statements myself for clarity instead of making you hunt them down by hand

[@amirazahirah9717]

Notes to Endeavor fans: He wasnt changed after touya's death, he had guilt over it and instead focus on training shoto. He wasnt changed after automatically become the no. 1 hero, instead he trashed his own training room/dojo. In my opinion he changed bc of shoto and Allmight. For shoto to be a better father and to allmight to be the new no. Hero not a new "symbol of peace" And i will shout this until im mute, Natsuo allowed to have his reaction towards Enji years of abuse, neglect is also abusive but also traumatized by witnessing the other family abuse. Each kids actually have degree of reaction towards abuser, fuyumi quick to forgive him bc she want normal family dynamic, shoto hates him to the point not using his fire but later on accept his atonement, Natsuo resent him and cut off contacts while dabi/touya is the one who crossing the line with his hatred also wanting approval from his own father.

[@tendoentiendo]

I’d agree with you if not for the fact that he didn’t change for shoto. He was still the same hard man closed off to the world until Dabi’s dance. He trained shoto (because of his goal) Deku and bakugo because they would make incredible rivals to push shoto to levels he himself never could…So he was still self serving. Natsuo having his reaction is to be expected, the middle child that is ignored and witness to the abuse of an older brother who he aspired to, and a younger brother whom he felt an innate drive to protect. I disagree with your interpretation of fuyumi, I think the implication is that she felt responsible for not stopping Toya, he is shown expressing his ideas to fuyumi more than natsuo and she just sits and watches him immolate himself. Obviously she was a child and the burden of curbing her brothers wild impulses should never have fell on her but they did as her mother was incapable and her father ignorant to it as he was absent, but she is sensitive and was the second oldest and she knew what he was doing but never tried to stop him and because of it he “died in a fire” of his own making and subsequently became a monster. So she empathized with endeavor more than her mother or siblings did. And last the implication in the series is that Dabi would not have taken action on his hatred without Stain. That was his call to action, a person that also saw the hypocritical nature of heroism in Japan. And unlike stain he had the means to act on it at scale and expose the world to it. Endeavor was a symbol, in the same way a president is a symbol. They represent an idea, a collective and the actions of one fall upon the other. He was never a symbol of peace he couldn’t be because of the persona he created that of the number 2 hero, hence why he was enraged at all mights fall. Because he never planned for God to die and take his job but to have him replaced. His persona was carefully crafted as it was a performance, like 99% of the heroes, and the performance and character were not meant for the role (double meaning) he was put in.

[@tendoentiendo]

Oh and the word atonement was not the right one, the narrative is amends and redemption, for endeavor. Horikoshi goes to great lengths to ensure endeavor never uses the word if you read it in a translation it’s because a translator like many others thought it was just a word and not the idea it represents and put a “close enough” word in English. But endeavor never says the word. There is a whole story to be told on that I should include in part 3 but it’s a thematic point that he never does say it.

[@pokegod70419]

i like ur voice

[@tendoentiendo]

👉🏽👈🏽

[@That_average_content]

It was the one good moment in my hero everything lose about the show feels so basic the story is mid it’s like demon slayer but worse demon slayer at least has good fights my hero was a bore to sit through Dabi was the one good character

[@Zarathustr]

Gonna assume this is bait or you didn't watch this video.

[@OllieJ-tm5tv]

Dudes just a hater 🤷‍♂️ Not a perfect show but it feels like he’s over exaggerating based off the stereotype of MHA