MHA Quirks Make NO Sense (well... yes and no)

[@mahistv]

How does the Manga-dude live?

[@justinn8541akaDrPokemon]

If I had to make a headcanon, he has a normal head, but it’s permanently covered by that thought bubble thing.

[@Ringoismybirdo]

@@justinn8541akaDrPokemonprobably

[@RedLights9000-f3l]

Probably absorb food like a slime

[@justinn8541akaDrPokemon]

@@RedLights9000-f3l That also works.

[@Zacian2.0]

He can eat food after drawing a face over his comic book head. Only able to eat 'food' drawn on paper. Absorbs paper but gets nutrients of food drawn on paper.

[@Ringoismybirdo]

Quirks are either abominations to nature or abominations to power scalers

[@mahistv]

Can't argue that...

[@Deka-Kaizer]

Why can’t it be both? Just something that should’ve been stamped out long ago?

[@planetbirthday6859]

Its both

[@redbulldidntgivemewings7289]

Muscular was both

[@EpsilonMono]

both! both is right

[@lan-w6956]

I will not even wish for my worst enemies to be reincarnated in the MHA universe. Imagine being killed by some guy who throws bowling balls from their nose.

[@mahistv]

Or you get some weird power and look like a 1x1 lego piece

[@ChucktheSpicyChicken]

"What even is a 1x1 legobese?!" ​@@mahistv

[@Moka_daboka]

@@ChucktheSpicyChickenu good man I kinda concerned u be having me tearing up cuz u just don’t seem okay…

[@ChucktheSpicyChicken]

@@Moka_daboka What? What the hell are you talking about? Do i even know you?

[@Moka_daboka]

@@ChucktheSpicyChicken gladly no

[@TengokuEXE]

Some characters have a biological aspect that factors into how their quirk is explained to work, and others just don't, like OFA, AFO, New Order. Meaning, some quirks can be explained to some extent, while others are basically magic, relative to everything else in-universe.

[@mahistv]

Yes. "Suspension of disbelief" is the first concept I will talk about

[@gl7029]

AFO does have one, but it's pretty limited in what we know. The holes can appear and disappear, but he needs them open to take a quirk. Everything thing else is mostly speculation

[@Your7T7]

Some Quirks are outright beyond the bounds of scientific explanation, but MHA has never been completely grounded in science, anyways. Remember changing fate via the power of collective belief?

[@halfaxle]

I mean we are talking about a world where a guy can be born with car engines in his legs

[@maevav5645]

So, Mha is a cheaper To Aru Majutsu no Index.

[@isabelpage5950]

Remember when Bakugo set off an explosion in Suneater's literal mouth so powerful it caused a skull-shaped mushroom cloud and everyone treated it like a joke?

[@mahistv]

It was definitely a gag, like that one time they threw a piece of Bakugo's costume at Deku and it pierced his brain

[@isabelpage5950]

@@mahistv That school should be closed down for allowing that maniac to attend.

[@damienearl8302]

Well, he *is* the Suneater, so eating explosions sounds kinda up his alley!

[@joetheschmoe1066]

Its one of those moments ur not supposed to think about too much 😂. Kinda like when you watch Tom n Jerry and Tom gets his face flattened by a iron or whatever its just a funny visual gag.

[@AutisticIrish]

The weirdest quirk to me is erasure guys quirk because it entirely revolves around other quirks like what if the first guy with a quirk had that how would it work

[@mahistv]

He'd be a guy who can make his hair float)

[@Kreshura-tm5rb]

​@@mahistv or being able to control his scarf telepathically lol

[@Romashka_Sov]

But we already have the answer for this question

[@AutisticIrish]

@@Romashka_Sov what is the answer?

[@Romashka_Sov]

@@AutisticIrish I guess the answer is "you will not give a $&#@ if there are no quirks, but you will instinctively know how to use it, the moment there is another quirk around." It's not about just Eraser tho, there were others with quirk manipulation abilities. You probably can name at least 3

[@C-View1]

I like to imagine there’s at least one person in the MHA world who’s Quirk is not having a Quirk. Not that they’re Quirkless, but that their power is having no power.

[@mahistv]

That is funny

[@C-View1]

@@mahistv Doctor: “Good news! You have a Quirk! Bad news, your Quirk is being a regular-ass kid.”

[@j_official4138]

that was basically one for all in its first stage

[@froggy8714]

@@j_official4138before all for one blessed him with the stockpile quirk

[@NameIsNeb]

If it's something that actively makes sure you aren't supernatural by clearing out any powers you have, instead of it's something like a extra toe joint mutation quirk, All for One would have a horrible time taking that one

[@ancientking224]

This is why I say My Hero Academia had the potential to be one of the most interesting power systems soely on the social and economical effects of living in a superpowered society. It's kind of why I wished that Horikoshi deeped dived a bit more into occupations that would make quirk usage.

[@mahistv]

I still don't think it's that bad. I like it a lot and only miss a few things like more sense and a decent love line or two.

[@collecter343]

It's why I really liked the background stuff of MHA. The resulting society is pretty much "what-if Xmen" a century later, the difference being there's no outright extremely dangerous powers (in the beginning).

[@drakesacrum8445]

If you wanna read a story that goes full into the consequences and effects of living in a soperpowered society then read worm. The power system is very good and it is stated how the personalities are linked and related to the powers each character have.

[@ancientking224]

@@drakesacrum8445 I was actaully planning to start Worm once I was done reading my current list of books. I was told it's extremely long though so I wanted to clear out my reading catalogue before getting into something that big.

[@drakesacrum8445]

@@ancientking224 Oh sure thing. Is really good tho. Is like a combination of the best parts of My hero, Invincible and The Boys. Hope you enjoy whatever you're reading tho.

[@Axel-n8n2m]

One thing I really hate about the society in MHA is how they associate every supernatural phenomenon with quirks. For example, if you consider the laws put in place there, having intellect comparable to Einstein would make them think you're utilizing your quirk without a license.

[@calebkaminski6951]

I'm pretty sure that quirks you can't turn off don't count for the quirk use laws kinda like the mutation type quirks

[@mahistv]

I'm sure they can tell what's a quirk and what isn't, though I do see your point

[@tnm4258]

Bruhh now I understand why lots of people want to liberate so much 🥹🥹

[@Silvercomet251]

​@@tnm4258 Yeah their system is just harmful. I hated how there wasn't a change for that.

[@GreenDude_Gaming]

The creator of my hair academia actually said that the law is very loose for example midoriya's mother could use her powers to pick up key as she dropped but bakugou couldn't use his explosion quirk to fly across the street without heroes license. Basically as long as it doesn't disrupt the general public you can use your quirk as much as you want.

[@jlinus7251]

Imagine giving birth to a washing machine...

[@mahistv]

Yeah, that one too

[@brendanyuki1059]

To be fair, the mom was also probably a washing man. Or the dad. You know what I don’t want to think about this any more

[@someone-ql6pu]

it's actually the best thing that happened to the family considering those mf are 40s something, before washing machine was common

[@veryawesome]

I think the washing machine is their hero costume, and that there's a person inside...

[@brendanfau195]

Imagibe giving birth to a soray bottle head guy

[@josephthomas8714]

Eraser head can only cancel one quirk at a time, unless it’d be *really funny* for three characters to lose them at once, then he gets a pass.

[@mahistv]

Wait, he can cancel multiple, in USJ he was fighting dozens of people. It's just that he has to continue to look at them, but if he moves around he will break line of sight... hmmm

[@Aedi]

I think thats one thing that gets a pass. If we interpret his quirk as "stopping quirks for people he looks at" then for practical purposes thats 1 at a time in a fight. but 3 kids sitting next to each other in a classroom is a lot more reasonable

[@azurewrathlord8595]

@@mahistv considering he only needed to deactivate their quirk once to stop their attack as opposed to Cripple their quirk, it makes sense for him to just do a quick eye movement

[@leyrua]

I thought that he only needed to see them briefly to disable their quirk, but that his ability resets whenever he blinks? Or at least, that's how I understood it in the first fight. That he was disabling every single person he was fighting, but the moment he blinked they were ALL going to get their quirks back.

[@GeorgeDCowley]

@@leyrua Or at least a lot at once.

[@OddishSupremacy]

well even mina ashido makes some sense, shes an extremely open and social person, and acid can be an extremely interactive and reactive substance

[@mahistv]

I didn't think of that, but this makes a surprising amount of sense

[@smitefulaxe1344]

This is just a matter of perspective lol. It could be easily argued that acid is caustic and destructive, therefore her quirk should belong to someone who's bitter and antagonistic.

[@OddishSupremacy]

@@smitefulaxe1344 in that case you can argue for anybodys quirk that it doesnt fit them, but thats not the point here, the point i made was for the quirk fitting her, not that the quirk cant fit other people

[@westleytanstaafl1196]

Well for invisible girl, her quick bends visible light around her body rather than passing through her so most likely her eyes are adapted to see ultraviolet light as well as longer waves of light like what Bluetooth uses.

[@mahistv]

Hmmm, interesting

[@RavenCloak13]

But if its bending around her she should still get impaired vision since her eyes should also bend light. The active camo technology we have been experimenting with uses cameras in 360 around the person to project what's behind them in front to give an illusion of it. But forget that, Tsuyu can actually camouflage herself.

[@westleytanstaafl1196]

@@RavenCloak13 as I said before her eyes may not be able to pick up on the visible light since it’s bending around her but her eyes are probably adapted to seeing longer wavelengths of light like what Bluetooth uses or seeing ultraviolet light the invisible spectrum.

[@RavenCloak13]

@@westleytanstaafl1196 She never mentions this.

[@westleytanstaafl1196]

@@RavenCloak13 i’m only stating a theory I have based off what I know of her power which is to bend and reflect light.

[@thorshammer7883]

This is what makes me like smaller powersystems that can be easily managed far better or powersystems where there are much fewer individuals such overpowered abilities. I also like powersystems where there are well intended limitations and active restrictions preventing them from doing whatever they want. Functions and parameters intentionally design to keep things consistent with integrity and commonsense preventing utter continuous chaos.

[@mahistv]

Yes, this type of system is very ambitious and hard to manage

[@kaliyuga14surfer88]

80% of possibly 10 billion people population, conservative estimate let's stay with 7 billion just to keep it like "our world" since thats how mha is written. thats billions of possible superpowers and the reader is expected to believe that class 1-A have high quality hero quirks for being enrolled in the best hero school in the world......

[@thorshammer7883]

@@kaliyuga14surfer88 Yeah having six to eight billion people with quirks is going to cause alot of strife and unstable adversity that cannot be managed with freewill being around.

[@SilvrSavior]

Allomancy and Feruchemy found in the Mistborn books are a good example of an easily manageable power system.

[@Mishka.Lebedev]

It's one of the things I very much dislikes in MHA, that it's either you live a normal life with barely being alowed to use your quirk or to become a hero. I feel like there are many more options that should have been there. I loved your suggestions, that there is likely a lot of options for many different kindes of quirks to be used in their jobs! I also feel like there needs to be some kind of exam done, like a license to be able to use your quirk somwhat in everyday life or in an emergency. With some laws protecting the user in such cases and protocals.

[@lilysiandaza4296]

Horikoshi honestly just didnt bother focusing too much on that aspect of worldbuilding cuz like, apparently the law states that only licenced heroes can use quirks, but the detective character uses his lie detection quirk for his job,, it would be so interesting if there were certain civillian licencing tests that let regular people use their quirks for their jobs,, like if Ochako didn't wanna be a hero, her quirk probably would've been useful as hell in her parents' construction company! Also it would have brought on an interesting like facet of quirk discrimination/privilege, cuz like, id imagine any police department would jump at the chance to hire a guy with a lie detection quirk, even if other job seekers have more detective experience right?

[@aquashuriken1634]

Thats sortof what the meta liberation army were protesting for. They find it unfair that only heroes can use quirks in public. And horikoshi does go into how the society is unfair because of this rule. Hence the Stain arc

[@axepuff411]

It's kind of like owning a gun. Anyone can have one, but you can only use it freely on private property (with permission of property owner), or in a location designed for gun usage, like shooting ranges. Some people get a licence to conceal carry and can use the fire arm in self defense or defense of another (being vague cos i don't know different specific state laws), but to actually use a gun in public, you usually gotta be a cop. So quirks can be used in the home, at quirk appropriate locations (like UA highschool), or in self defense. But if you want to actually use your quirk in public, or fight bad guys, you need to have a license. The one we know about is the Hero License, but I'm sure we can assume that first responders with medical quirks get a license, police officers probably have a license for use under specific circumstances, and chiefs have more freedom. There are also probably exceptions made for people who need to use their quirk to survive, although I can't think of an example of a quirk that would be that way.

[@axepuff411]

@@lilysiandaza4296 hey im gonna blow your mind right now, Tsukauchi's quirk is not lie detection, we never see his quirk in action and don't know what it is (if he even has one), the lie detector quirk is fully fanon

[@Koopa.2000]

@@axepuff411 its not fanon, its just not his xd. that quirk is from his sister wich is not a cop but a giornalist. tsukauchi is actually quirkless

[@Whispitt]

I feel like you make some good points concerning the canonicity of the quirks like how they impact their personality (or vice versa) but i feel like the plot holes concerning quirk powers become a bit more obvious when you look at it from the writers perspective, along with why their powers coincide with their goals. Its probably more likely that the reason main antagonists and main protagonists have their quirks suit their personality is just because its narratively poetic. "Guy who wants to destroy the world is traumatized because he destroys everything he touches" and "Kid who used to have no power wants to be the worlds best hero, but he has to learn how to control his power" is just narratively satisfying. As for their powers not being consistent i can guarantee it's just that every power has 1 kryptonite and the extra good powers have more than 1. like a savage worlds character. Explosive Sweat? Well can't explode as good in winter. Super Strength? You are so strong your punches break your bones. Super Speed? Well normally youre just really fast, but if you wanna go faster you cant move afterwards. I feel like thats why its inconsistent. Because Toru's power is frankly already kinda garbage for most fights her weakness is something simple, not being able to turn it off. However Lemillion's power is quite frankly ridiculously powerful, and as such needs more downsides. Its also narratively satisfying because Lemillion had a similar arc to Deku. He wanted to be a super hero but his power was more of a hinderance in his early life until he learned how to truly use it to the best of his abilities. They are there to make things interesting, not make sense.

[@mahistv]

I think it's a bit of both. Kinda like Bakugo and Nemuri (Midnight) have names that correlate with their quirk

[@Timmy-mi2ef]

On the Shigaraki one they both kinda get "given" their quirks. Deku gets given off by all might while Shigaraki got given a destructive quirk stripped of its regenerative properties.

[@Whispitt]

@@mahistv it is a bit of both, but in the same way JJBA is where the explanation and weakness of their power is exaplained more post-hoc and somewhat pseudo-scientifically. Like technically Lemillion would be blind but he would also stop existing cause you could argue that if hes entirely incorporeal there wouldnt be a way for his nerves to send electrical signals at all and he would just die. As for the personality thing id have to say their quirks affect their personality later on in life rather than it being ingrained into them from birth. Bakugo is a firey and dangerous kid because he thinks his quirk is so amazing, Deku was nervous and a bit of a cry baby until he got a handle on his quirk, Endeavor was abusive because he thought his power was so great he could make a kid thats even greater. To me, i think their personalities reflecting their quirk is just due to their reaction to being given immense power

[@sedrie34]

It would be alright if the strengths vs weaknesses thing actually held up but the likes of Overhaul put a blatant hole in that system since there’s several abilities that don’t have any drawbacks. You don’t even have to go to the especially strong ones, for example Tsuyu and Kirishima both have no downsides and many more of the pro heroes are the same. Everything considered, it’s simply that the author didn’t think through the implications of the power system and made a bunch of inconsistencies as a result.

[@Whispitt]

@@sedrie34 tsuyu is a frog, including the fact she is cold blooded. If the tempurture gets too low she goes into hibernation. Kirishima cant sustain his transformation for very long and stronger blows require him to expend more energy. As for pro heroes Present Mic needs a directional amplifier because he would otherwise deafen his team, Midnight cant control the direction of her sleep gas and uses a fan to spread it, and Eraser Head can only use his quirk until he blinks. Even top heroes like Hawks have weaknesses, his feathers are still a part of his body and he has to regrow them if they are destroyed.

[@nash6568]

I have an actually theory about that, I think he wears quirk suppressing cuffs when he sleeps so he doesn’t decay something by accident.

[@mahistv]

We saw him wearing some type of gloves while with Garaki and AFO when he was little

[@nash6568]

@@mahistv Ding Ding ding.

[@kaliyuga14surfer88]

do such cuffs even exist?

[@hirods9889]

Don't he have to consciously activate decay ? If not he wouldn't be able to touch anything. And he as touched things without destroying them. I the villa arc, the cape he took from the laser eyes dude. The talkie walkie he use to call gigantomachia. Even his clothes

[@nash6568]

@@hirods9889 Nope, five finger instant activation. The moment he touches something with all five of his fingers, it’s decay time.

[@JMD_XIV]

Quirk singularity theory is actually terrifying and yet it was kinda forgotten about by horikoshi ;-;

[@Whispitt]

I dont actually think quirk singularity would be much of an issue, because quirks get stronger as people with strong quirks get it on, but if the user dies from how powerful their quirk is they kinda cant have a kid. So as grim as it is, natural selection saves the world

[@justafishoutofwater]

What if everyone else but them dies at that point natural selection would kinda work in worse way​@@Whispitt

[@mahistv]

I wish we had more on it

[@kirby771]

​@@Whispitt Yet, from so much population, eventually there will be a perfect storm where a family with very strong quirks have a kid successfully, with an extremely strong quirk, overpowered even, without self terminating themselves, which due to life circumstances, the kid becomes the next shigaraki, and the world ends as no one can beat them.

[@Aedi]

​@@WhispittEven simple quirks tend to combine and complicate, right? so eventually either every child dies from overconplicated, overpowered quirks, they figure out how to keep those kids alive, or quirks evolve again to fix the problem

[@elescurridizo4066]

If you want a powersystem that either takes into account or explains all the points made in the video, you should read Worm/Parahumans. It's a web novel and it's pretty long(Around the length of the whole Harry Potter saga and the LOTR saga combined), but it's definitely worth reading if you enjoy the superhero genre, cause it really expands and plays around with almost all of the tropes. For example it goes into some of the things you mentioned in the video, like the way powers don't kill/damage people accidentally(both the user and the person the power is used on) because in this universe there is something know as the Manton Effect, that limits powers, usually making them exclusive to either biological or non-biological stuff, and sometimes protecting them in other ways, for example making a person that can spawn forcefields unable to make them appear inside someone, both protecting them from harming themselves and also explaining why they don't use their power to insta win against anyone. It also dives in the nature vs nurture theme and how powers affects personalites. This is gonna be a little more spoilery, but after a while we learn that powers make people attracted to conflict(Not gonna say why cause that is actually a massive spoiler about the origin/nature of powers) explaining why people usually become heroes and villains instead of using their powers in more productive ways, be it to help people or to gain money(apart from the fact that to gain powers you need to have a trigger event, which is basically a traumatizing experience, explaining why most people with powers are a little crazy in some way or another). It even goes into other stuff that doesn't happen that much in mha but is really common in most superhero media, like "if this super smart person can make tech that is strong enough to match or surpass powers, why do they only use it themselves instead of sharing it with other heros?" and other stuff like that. The final point I'm gonna make to recommend the story is that it is one of those "protagonist has powers that seem like they are useless/weak" type of story, but instead of being like most other ones where their power is actually hyper op and by the third episode they are one of the strongest beings in the verse, in this story the protagonist is stuck with pretty much the same powers, and simply learns new tricks and creative ways of using them. You wonder what powers the protagonist has? Well, she can control bugs, and thats about it. She is the bug girl.

[@mahistv]

This sounds very interesting for something I've never heard of. I'm not a big reader though, nor do I have time at the moment. Thank you for a suggestion, maybe one day I'll look into it

[@XiaoYueMao]

Worm is great, i did not like the sequel, Ward, however. Worm fanfics are also really great though they often get abandoned after a few chapters

[@smitefulaxe1344]

I KNEW there would be a Worm fan somewhere in here. And yes, Worm is a great example of a setting where the power system is relatively well-thought out.

[@andrewstanley8945]

Once again, you deliver incrediblely logical thoughts that criticize an issue in an anime, then choose to enjoy it anyway. You are one of the only anime KZbinrs I watch because of it. Excellent content as always!

[@mahistv]

Thank you, I really appreciate it.

[@theduelist92]

One of the things i always found incredibly interesting in MHA and that sadly was not expanded on is the implication that Quirks have on society. It's touched on with Toga and a few other but...

[@mahistv]

We get bits and pieces but not a whole lot

[@theduelist92]

@@mahistv Yes, and that's deely disappointing. I really dont like Toga as a character but in season 5 i was really invested to see where the story would take her... oh silly me :D Every time social arguments are touched by the story they are dismissed just as fast, it's pretty sad.

[@dabloons4days]

togas story in my opinion is a perfect example of the way that my hero could’ve been such an interesting and amazing story but it was just absolutely kneecapped so harddd

[@mahistv]

I notice this being a common problem, because in Japan people hate villains and the whole Villain Academia Arc was received poorly, which I find stupid, because it's arguably one of the best arcs in the show.

[@13KuriMaster]

You could argue that we actually see an example of the character subconsciously discovering their quirk in the show.... with an example you brought up in the beginning. Toga started to crave blood when her quirk developed because her quirk requires drinking blood to activate. Getting the instinctual urge to try this random thing that happens to be the activation condition for a quirk is already apart of the franchise. So for it to happen on things less villainous for other characters is not at all a stretch of logic.

[@mahistv]

Pretty much

[@brendanyuki1059]

Did y’all see the amount of force all might delivered with just the “embers”? His punch made a tornado and brought up buildings. I don’t think at all he needs one for all to be top ten, intellect and his own strength would carry him enough but he lost his quirk way to soon

[@mahistv]

Well, Allmight deflated quite a bit since then, so strength is out of the question

[@marksameh9254]

Well, quirks manifest at age 4, so thee glue man didn't look like that in da womb

[@mahistv]

Not unless he is a heteromorph, then it's in the womb I'm sure

[@marksameh9254]

What human would marry a glue gun😂

[@angel3pointoo173]

​@@marksameh9254probably the same people who would marry their Gameboy (real thing btw). Don't underestimate the loneliness of people.

[@mmangalisomasinga432]

@@marksameh9254 You haven't spent that much time on Rule 34 have you. Dig deep enough and there is always someone willing to bang the unbangable.

[@ShadowFox10587O]

​@@marksameh9254probably a fetish or something people are weird

[@randomdude4360]

8:15 to add onto the topic, you've got people like shinso that lived their entire life uner scrutiny since his quirk is littarly the most evil-turnable quirk. Yet he himself decided to not use it for evil.

[@potatopotato590]

Toga's power would have been so useful as a detective, just "Ma'am we found the criminals blood on a wall" *Licks* *Transforms into the criminal for a second* *Click* "Picture taken ma'am" Boom you know exactly what the criminal looks like and in a world where alot of people look very distinct, that's a damn useful power, like the only time it couldn't work is if the person has transformation powers.

[@mahistv]

And to do what Liod from Spy Family does too

[@Kylellch]

You know we eating good tonight When Mahis rants about my fav shows(legit my fav

[@mahistv]

Thank you, I love MHA too! Better than most shonens actually

[@brendanyuki1059]

Don’t let people disusade you. My hero is not my fav and I think the ending wasn’t good. But the show itself if PEAK

[@thephoenix4093]

I feel like the logic of quirks was sometimes ignored in favor of making mha a pure sandbox, with no limit to imagination. Which is why I consider some of them being straight up magic forgivable. If anything, when the quirk is too logical and predictable it becomes boring which is a lot more problematic for me.

[@rossjones8656]

That is true.

[@mahistv]

Agreed

[@kaliyuga14surfer88]

in this case? MHA NEEDS a cohesive power system or at least more explanations on how its inner working tick. it got so bad to the point "wishing energy" is canon and was used as a plot device to let the writer enjoy eating sand in the sandbox

[@RavenCloak13]

​@@kaliyuga14surfer88 Mutants. It's just Marvel. Just because you call something clearly magic not magic doesn't mean it isn't magic. This world still has a magic system you just called it something else.

[@sedrie34]

⁠@@RavenCloak13 The commenter didn’t say anything about whether the powers were magic or not, the point was about having rules.

[@RedX03]

Congratulations it’s a CLOROX SPRAY BOTTLE!

[@kaliyuga14surfer88]

they be giving hero licences to anyone these days

[@mahistv]

I can't even imagine...

[@Jari_Kir]

I stopped the manga during the Oveehaul-arc and recently picked it back up and finished it. Especially in the later chapters I couldn't stop thinking about how apocalyptic the world of My Hero Academia is, with singular persons being equivalent to massive natural disasters. I would love to read more stories in that world, it is so beautifully unhinged.

[@mahistv]

Have you seen the show though, it's fun

[@rossjones8656]

All of this has been turning in my head. It's helps give me my own headcannon about quirk alongside a character that interacts with quirks to explore this.

[@mahistv]

Glad to hear that we think alike

[@rossjones8656]

@@mahistv as a fanfic writer it is important I figure this out.

[@Dantealighierisisekai]

0:11 look how lying down massacred my boy Katakuri😭😭😭

[@mahistv]

Thats Natsu...

[@RaxusXeronos]

Hell, Toga would've made a stellar hero. She'd make excellent back up to strong heroes because she could just be given some of their blood to copy their powers and hit villsins with double trouble or give rescue heroes a helping hand. Or she could copy a villain's quirk to use against them or infiltrate criminal organizations..

[@mahistv]

This one is not necessarily true, because like La Brava, she needs a strong emotional attachment to use someone's power.

[@jojosiwastan88]

there's also stars and stripes who's quirk is said to be a new thing since she changes reality in a sense, she is the first of her quirk type so meaning in the future of mha there will be people or someone with an equally powerful quirk as new world order

[@GeorgeDCowley]

To be fair, Overhaul and Eri are getting there.

[@mahistv]

I yeah, one can only wonder

[@auralynpaisley-ellis6505]

For invisible girl, she absorbs light canonically, which then the inconsistency there is why she doesn’t leave a shadow.

[@mahistv]

Yeah, regardless of how it works, something doesn't add up.

[@DrGandW]

4:35 JESUS warn a guy next time that’s insane I can’t even imagine what the hands look like from these images

[@mahistv]

That's why I gave you the x-rays, not the actual hands

[@RedLights9000-f3l]

If i remember correctly toga doesn't hae bloodlust problems she didn't even try to drink the bird blood they just assumed she did and then she went crazy

[@mahistv]

Exactly, she was only curious and when she started to get suppressed, then it escalated, hence my college girl comparison.

[@javiercortez718]

I think this is much less interesting interpretation of togas quirk/backstory. I personally prefer her quirk having an affect on her desire for blood and having to deal with wanting to be accepted despite that.

[@RedLights9000-f3l]

@@javiercortez718 me too it's kinda destroys the entire concept about dealing with her mental problems but no she was just a victim

[@Timmy-mi2ef]

​@@RedLights9000-f3l I disagree, it matches the whole theme in mha of society creating the problems. Quirks causing active desire kinda contradicts the overall message

[@yoru8815]

Quirks is the personality is actually real thing there. Afo wants to have everything for him because that's his quirk, while his brother is the opposite because he can only give. Toga obsessed with blood because of her quirk. Muscular most likely has very high level of aggression because of his quirk muscle augmentation. High level of growth hormone which is what needed to grow muscles can make someone has increased aggressive behavior. Bakugo explosives personality.

[@electrichunnel6281]

Well one thing i can guess is that the blood teacher DOES suffer blood loss and the white tube that sticks to hes arm just gives him a refill lol

[@mahistv]

Oh, I thought it drains blood to help him channel more

[@halfknight2310]

13:30 one of a thing in fanfics I saw, was that the taking of quirks for all for one, is thrilling. like a drug. the feeling of a quirk flowing into your body. so much so, that there is a sort of hunger inside the user. seeing powerful quirks and taking them suppresses this hunger for a while, but then it comes back. (or simply that it's a hunger and needs to be fed)

[@GardenerOfTheFuture]

The idea of quirks interacting with their holder's personalities seems interesting when you consider the Vestiges, which almost imply that quirks are tied to a person's mind and soul. Not just with how the Vestiges of previous OFA users interact with Izuku, but also how the Vestiges of the quirks AFO has stolen fight back when given the opportunity. Not to mention how AFO himself starts fighting for control of Tomura's mind after the procedure to implant the copy of his quirk. Most interestingly, though, is that when Copy AFO finally crushes Tomura's spirit, the quirk Decay seemingly goes with it. This seems to imply that a person's quirk is tied to their very soul, which fits the idea of their personalities being influenced by them.

[@xemnadicaxolando2217]

Lots of the issues here boild down to a secondary powers and adaptability. You have the magical "quirk factor" that gets stolen and negated by people like eraserhead and Sonoma, and tgen you get the "biological aspect" where practically everyone is a bit of a mutant that can endure (and train that endurance of) their own power that usually manifests in a very weak way during childhood and people grow and adapt to the strain they go through. There are physical feats not tied to the stated quirk such as Eraserhead's and Shinso's Ninja moves that point to some level of enhanced physiology without obvious tells, and Bakugo started out throwing sparks rather than grenades, he had time to develop the shock absorbing aspect of his arms along with the force of his blasts. Also, the Manga page in the guy was his mask, his actual face look more like a speech bubble so there might be permeability or something...

[@kaliyuga14surfer88]

the worst part? non of what you said is ever mentioned in the show so we are left to speculate on the details of this power system

[@mahistv]

This pretty much ties into what I was talking about in the beginning - suspension of disbelief

[@xemnadicaxolando2217]

@@kaliyuga14surfer88 It's all shown, like, Aoyama is the only one who has strain with basic quirk usage (Besides Deku) and we find out he was born quirkless, we see Shoto 'train' temperature resitance, I mean it's not an obvious exposition panel but it's consistent

[@kaliyuga14surfer88]

@@xemnadicaxolando2217 the explanation you gave is still purely fanon made, we don't know why there are people with enhanced physical abilities that are unrelated to their quirks, we don't know how or even if bakugo has innate shock absorption to handle his quirk. we just assume these things just exist or happen for the story to make sense. there are quirks with zero draw backs; think invisibility, permeation, spiral waves and much more. Shoto can't "train" more resistance to fire or ice, its something he was either born with or not. he can regulate with his other side but if he doesn't he can start freezing or overheating.

[@RavenCloak13]

​@@kaliyuga14surfer88 Actually it is partially mentioned. Eraserhead explains it specifically when his powers are used. He can deal with people who emit a substance and so on but can't take away say Oga's tail or other hetaramorphs physical differences from baseline human look. It's just he "turns off" the finer controls of it. It's still a part of their bodies. It also goes more into detail in the manga on how it works with brief summaries in those back pages. The majority though is suspension of disbelief. Like just fire or ice powers alone need a bunch of biological components to actually deal with that but we hand wave it because of how normal of powers those actually are. It's like how no one questions a giraffe or such but thinks unicorns are unrealistic.

[@Sylas567]

What I think no one talks about is how ground breaking the copy quirk is to the story, let me explain. So the copy quirk can’t generate the fuel of an emitter quirk, like eri with not getting the rewind full for the horn to disperse, BUT one for alls fuel is the users. So, even though nato(i think that’s how you spell it?) can’t generate the fuel, he can still create a brand new working line of one for all, which will gain fuel materially from the NEW line. I still can’t believe no one has put this idea out there

[@starchildofthesun]

Actually, Bakugou's palms are padded the same way bullet-proof armor is. That's not the issue with his quirk, it's the fact that Bakugou sweats so much that- even if he could live on such little hydration while working out so much- he'd need to drink gallons of water to even be able to move, much less have enough brain function to fight!?

[@mahistv]

Sure, but padding is not enough absorb the shockwave, his internal tissues would be mush. Good point on sweating

[@ThelordHayden34]

Another profitable industry would be the mental health industry. So many villians would’ve been saved if they or their parents had gotten therapy

[@daralic2255]

Imagine a lot of fathers are confused when their kids come out looking like pieces of paper.

[@mahistv]

I can't even...

[@damienearl8302]

And it seems like most heteromorphs or miscellaneous people with quirk-based anatomy inherit that from their parents, but as we've seen with Shoji, that isn't even always the case

[@NinjaCman1]

I'm honestly surprised that a quirk assignment agency wasn't a thing in MHA. Around 80% of the global population have quirks. I'm pretty sure most of the villians would be regular citizens if this organization existed.

[@mahistv]

Yeah, there should be something like that

[@IPODsify]

Being a parent in this universe sucks ass, your kid turns four and best case scenario, his head randomly turns into a bird or some shit and you have to buy him custom t shirts. Worst case scenario his power is to blow up.

[@mahistv]

Yes, how do you manage a kid who can explode things on demand?

[@timzyt63]

Manga spoilers from the final chapter: Uraraka and her team actually started an operation for quirk counselling, to guide kids with quirks that are too out of the norm. Doing basically what was said in this video about Toga, which i think is quite nice

[@mahistv]

SPOILERS: Nice. Shame she and Deku didn't end up together. I have no idea why

[@timzyt63]

@@mahistv true, i am kinda disappointed by that, though it's far from a gripe against the story

[@leyrua]

The blood guy is explicitly described as having tanks of blood as part of his costume. He's able to throw that much blood around because he's slowly accumulating it in those tanks so that he doesn't suffer from blood loss when he fights.

[@ElJosueii27]

Its so funny because theres quirks like bakugos with actual thought put behind the logic (obviously with a little fantasy) and then theres stars and stripes who’s basically just a god

[@mahistv]

She was still not enough in the end

[@Cyberlele02]

This was such a cool discussion video! I enjoy rambling about quirks a lot even when they don't make any sense

[@mahistv]

I appreciate it, glad you enjoyed what I had to say!

[@GMYSTERYICTNF]

Another thing that you almost touched on is the fact you can't use your quirk for specific jobs. It makes sense logically that oh you have a water quirk, become a fire fighter. But no. Uraraka joined the hero course in order to get her hero license so she can use her quirk for construction. Meaning you need to join the Army/ Police in order to use the ability you were born with for a 9 -5 job. Which is insane. It's either that or Uraraka is an idiot and didn't realize she can just go to Civil engineering school and get a Quirk License which allows you to use your quirk for your job. But the fact we never see world building like we have to assume you have to do the first option, which is the dumb one.

[@mahistv]

Yeah, there has to be a better quirk regulation system. I understand that it's easier to just ban all unlicensed quirk use, but it's not the best answer

[@leyrua]

Rental Hero has a character with a quirk very like Toga's in that he worked as an impersonator to cover for superhero's secret identities. However, he discovered that apparently he also has the ability to take the powers from dead superheroes under certain unknown conditions. He copied their version of Superman. It takes his body a while to adjust, but he's basically having to take the guy's place and pretend he's still alive, because the world really needs that guy to NOT be dead right now.

[@Torikish]

If, to have a specific quirk, your brain and body need to develop, to be able to use said quirk... Wouldn't that mean that whenever AFO would take a quirk or give a quirk to a random person, they would just self destruct because they would lack the proper brain and body development - development that the original quirk user gained before manifesting their quirk.

[@mahistv]

I think his quirk makes sure it doesn't happen, also, he says he also takes in the vestiges of those users, so they are stored somehow

[@brendanyuki1059]

That’s probably why Aoyama could barely use his quirk. His body hadn’t grown with it.

[@RavenCloak13]

Depends on the Qurik. We see it with people like Aoyama where he got the Quirk but not the full body to use it. Same with the kid who can copy powers. He says he can't use abilities that require storing up energy to use them when he touches Eri and grows a horn like hers and further explains it with Fatgum where he doesn't have the mass. AFO also has shown able to give multiple Quirks to someone as well. We also see it with Gigantomachia with how many he stored and Soinnah getting an extra couple when he went on his rampage. He could give Quirks to compensate or not or some Quirks by default when given just also give the secondary needs to use it properly. Hell, like the Dabi example not everyone is born with the body necessary to control it either.

[@RavenCloak13]

AFO also gets visions of the past user of the Quirk he took. Which goes to show that Quirks are something much more magical in a sense or more an imprint of the personality was left behind in him and why Kosei, the word used in Japanese to describe Quirks he went over meaning more personality or individuality shows that this is sort of explained more as half outright magic and half biology getting to a point that its similar to magic. Nevermind we also have Principle Nezumi whose a rat who gained super intelligence along with the ability to speak and stuff and not just a person born looking like a rat. So it's not even just humans but anything with enough evolution points towards personality and individualism.

[@redarrw1633]

Thats actually why Aoyama's quirk caused him problems. Every quirk we've seen that harms a user or has severe backlash appears to be someone who was given a quirk. Even Eri who had zero control over her power never harmed herself but others. Its also explains nomu since their brain and body is originally developed for their quirk so just adding another messes them up severely

[@Lilliaace]

One of my huge hangups with the quirk system is HOW THE HELL do the kids with severe deformities from the average person (koji koda, kujo sakamata, etc.) not go through excruciating pain if it manifests in childhood. Esp if a body part of yours is turning into a physical machine.

[@soep19]

Shigaraki's quirk is not purely to destroy. It was supposed to work similarly to Overhaul, Decay and Construct. When AFO meet him though, he took out only the part with the healing, and only left him the destruction part.

[@mahistv]

Well, he took the reconstructing part out, so it's now purely destructive

[@NoHer0]

Interestingly, it evolved accordingly becoming far more destructive then Overhaul's could ever be ​@mahistv

[@GeorgeDCowley]

He can do that? In any case, he'd have it back.

[@jackallope2200]

I think House is a doubly good example because he's also pretty consistent with the world around him. While he might always be the one to know random trivia, whenever he makes his "200 cases ever" diagnosis they almost always immediately know what he's talking about, so even though his trivia knowledge is extra his memory itself isn't too crazy. It's less him being some super mega genius who knows all medical knowledge ever and more him just being a mildly nerdier guy who's more willing to accept rare diagnoses than most

[@mahistv]

It's still a little ridiculous at times

[@jackallope2200]

@@mahistv Oh yeah definitely, but by his universes standards he's not too out there

[@flaminghell9572]

Maybe someone else has mentioned already (though not that I have seen), but you seemed to imply that it's unclear if Shigaraki had this sort of quirk-related urge to destroy prior to meeting AFO. Did you just forget the itching? He literally had the itching before his quirk even manifested but likely just didn't understand what urge it actually was. Thinking about it, it may actually be one of those "you'll instinctively know how to use your quirk" gone wrong where his mind, at least partially, interpreted it as having to scratch yourself. I think it has quite a bit of merit, considering it's essentially just Shigaraki harming himself when what he actually craves is destruction of whatever he currently really wants to destroy.

[@redarrw1633]

Spoiler In the manga it was revealed it was all for one had fostered the terrible environment to mentally break and eventually transferred the decay quirk to tenko. (which was an purposefully incomplete copy of overhauls quirk, it was revealed overhaul was at one of all for one's orphanages to be used as a shigaraki back up, and that they made the quirks regeneration and decay from the incomplete enhanced copies) Overhauls quirk also had a side effect of itching and blemishes. I can only assume the side effect was worsened since the destructive factor was enhanced. Side note: this wasn't confirmed but its possible Air walk was Tenko's original quirk since Nana shimuras was float, its also one of the few quirks we don't see Shigaraki use post surgery even though afo gave him copies of his other quirks.

[@Burst644]

Love your analysis on this power system, especially regarding the quirk singularity theory. I wish this was expanded upon more, shame how many aspects of mha became wasted potential.

[@mahistv]

Thank you, it is sad indeed

[@ProfessorSquid]

i sense this is going to be quirky

[@mahistv]

I see what you did there)

[@Applemangh]

I don't know what happens later, but I'd love to see Toga as a good guy. Sure, her powers are gross and weird to most people, but they're extremely versatile. I'd love to see the discomfort of a hero giving her some of their blood, but it's for a good or heroic cause.

[@mahistv]

We shall see what happens, it would be cool to get some villains redeemed (not all of them and not Shiggi)

[@ricksmith814]

Bakugou's quirk, or at least how he uses it, is one of the ones that make the least sense to me. How are his fingers not broken? Or his wrists? How has he never gotten whiplash? How is he never burnt due to the heat from his explosions? How does he spark the explosions to begin with? How the hell can essentially make a laser just by making a circle with his hand? How has nobody he's fought been burnt or killed from taking point blank explosions? Who thought it was a good idea to give a teenager gauntlets that almost killed one of his classmates? When you really think about it, trying to give it the "realistic" explanation of "nitroglycerin sweat", just makes the quirk all the more confusing, since it's clearly more than that. Though I guess it's just the byproduct of the author clearly being the top Bakugou glazer I've ever seen. One of the reasons I've stopped watching

[@Koopa.2000]

he is simply very resistant to all aspect of explosions like sounds/temperature and more. for the nitroglicerin aspect its just said its similiar to it but its probably stroner due to be a super power

[@BluePhoenix_]

Mirio's costume should immediately become blonde the moment he activates his quirk, sine it's made from his hair. The color should just drop to the ground.

[@mahistv]

Yeah, unless they can tweak the DNA configuration somehow

[@leyrua]

​@@mahistv It would take a ridiculous amount of his hair to create an entire costume, so I wonder if somebody with a quirk that can rapidly grow a person's hair and change its color helped him generate the materials for it? The Ultimate Hairstylist ™: "...You know, this STILL isn't the strangest request I have gotten. Let's do this. What was the color scheme you wanted again?"

[@fanboy4382]

When I heard that Kōhei Horikoshi was inspired by Star Wars I thought quirk factors were inspired by midiclorians.

[@mahistv]

Well, it does have a bunch of references, as well as "powerless" yung MC encountering their teacher and such

[@wisppandemonium8106]

The invisibility quirk might not be about transparency, but rather absorbing and emitting light to SEEM invisible?

[@rubyquaix]

I remembered Solar Opposites episode which talks about invisibility making you blind, it's one of my favorite episodes :D

[@mahistv]

Don't know what that is, but sounds cool

[@Sjono]

I guess Katsuki has some resistance to his own explosions just like most elemental Quirk users have resistances to their own powers Bigger question is how does anybody else survive his hits unscathed. Even small explosions can leave serious injuries on people, yet Katsuki who has explosions strong enough to propel him through the air doesn’t leave any lasting impact on anybody

[@mahistv]

Agreed, his power should be no less devastating than Shiggis in close quarters

[@Sjono]

@@mahistv Let alone how Shoto and Endeavor continue anime’s long tradition of “fire doesn’t do shit to normal people unless the villain uses it”. Fire often acts like a concussive force than how fire actually operates unless things need to get dramatic

[@brendanyuki1059]

Yea, anime’s downplay explosions way to much

[@Sjono]

@@brendanyuki1059 The one time Katsuki’s explosions do have a realistic effect on someone Katsuki is left disappointed because it didn’t hinder TomurAfO much TomurAfO’s face is what everyone should look like after getting hit by Dynamight’s attacks, no matter how small. That just makes Katsuki look like the equivalent of a superpowered chihuahua

[@brendanyuki1059]

@@Sjono fr

[@user-te5nh3li3f]

I still dont get why twice wasnt scouted by any hero team when he got orphaned, bro must have been on a recruitment watchlist having such a powerful and useful quirk

[@mahistv]

I wonder if he hasn't shown it to people?

[@user-te5nh3li3f]

@mahistv according to the "quirk restriction laws" every quirk should be registered, and when twice parents died he was in middle school so his quirk should have been already registered and for sure he would have been scouted because the similarity with an already existing hero, ectoplasm

[@Seloliva1015]

I believe in the end of the manga Quirk education went a long way in preventing villans from appearing, so similar to what you said!

[@mahistv]

That's awesome! Haven't read the manga yet, though I do know of some things, like Uraraka and Deku not being married for some reason

[@Spiral-Mark]

I've thought about quirks that would get them the professional help that they need and gain a specific job or career path in life to accommodate it. Also if Overhaul wasn’t being an absolute dingus in harming Eri, he could've made a legitimate business that can give the option of the quirk eraser to someone who doesn't want their quirk and live the rest of their life quirkless free of the nature bound to that specific quirk.

[@mmangalisomasinga432]

Also, he'd be the ultimate cosmetic surgeon or just regular surgeon or construction worker, etc, etc.

[@nightwolfnordberg9476]

I have a headcanon that when people loses there quirks they feels like a part of them self was ript away

[@mahistv]

Yep, he could have done what AFO did but officially, not to mention all other medical services

[@j_official4138]

​@@mmangalisomasinga432 yeah if he was smart he would've gone the re destro route and become a successful man with a lot of resources before conducting his plan. easier cover up too.

[@kaliyuga14surfer88]

​@@nightwolfnordberg9476good headcanon, but a lot of these cool concepts never got expanded upon in the canon sadly.

[@CodexVR124]

I love that you mentioned Mirio not being invisible even though he should be.

[@mahistv]

I thought of that and was like, well, light passes through him

[@TheZajicekfarber]

This is a world where every child is a literally time bomb until their quirk manifests and you learn what it actually does. I've also never understood why given the nonsensical range powers that "hero" seems to be the only option to use them? Why isn't their a super sports league? Bakugo has never had any interest in helping or saving people, he'd just want to be the #1 quirk fighter.

[@leyrua]

I just kind of assumed that it's a byproduct of all the bad years that precede this story. The government is still struggling to figure out what to do, how to regulate these abilities, and decision paralysis is keeping them from broadening the laws into something more sensible, which actually contributes to the ongoing problems.

[@halfaxle]

​@leyrua Not to mention their society idolizes heroes so much it's treated as the default career choice, no matter what kind of quirk you have

[@GeorgeDCowley]

There was that electric villain who was mentioned to have broad prospects. Kaminari, meanwhile...

[@halfaxle]

@leyrua Adding onto that, it completely blipped my mind that going Pro is one of the only ways to legally use your own Quirk, so of course that's what a lot of teens what to be

[@leyrua]

@@halfaxle yeah that's actually explicitly the reason the gravity girl entered the program. Her parents own a construction company that is struggling, and she knows that her quirk could be really useful in construction jobs.

[@ProfessorSquid]

going to the demon slayer videos its interesting that demons they can see all the memory's of the person they have eaten ex with doma so why haven't they destroyed the corp then plus what do you think would happen if Genya (the person who eats demons) drank muzans blood can he not become a full demon?

[@mahistv]

Hmmm. I don't know for sure. I think Muzan's blood will overpower him.

[@brendanyuki1059]

Wait they can do that? U sure?

[@Nezumi_Yasu]

because of the wisteria surrounding their bases. idk how muzan got into the main base though

[@calebjones7868]

Regarding Tooru light doesn't pass through her like she's not there it refracts somewhat like a mirror if the light didn't refract, she wouldn't be able to use her ability that Blinds people by controlling the light that is "Inside" her body. this means your theory about her still being able to see what is refracted is true. For Lemillion that's just anime logic cause he would be even more OP if you couldn't see him and that's just not what we need for Mirio to be Invisible ontop of Intangible

[@mahistv]

Well, if it refracts, you'd see a reflection and not nothingness. There is a caveat regardless of how you look at it.

[@Aedi]

​@@mahistvi interpreted it as a loose, unscientific meaning of "refract", like light goes in, and her body emits the same light on the other side. which should generally work. its a lot more conplicated to actually achieve, but the outcome matches whats shown

[@toddmichelic9938]

Correct me if I'm wrong but if memory serves me correctly when he is phasing through objects he's specifically talking about when he's underground so I don't believe that he's blind when he's just like above ground and then for the you still being able to see him point my personal perspective on it is a little different my perspective is he expands the space in between his atoms allowing himself to phase through an object so it's not the fact that he's becoming completely physically intangible it's the fact that he's expanding the space between atoms to where your molecules will just go through him because they're passing through the gaps that he's artificially widening and when you come in contact with him or at his own whim

[@toddmichelic9938]

​@@mahistvwill with most things that us humans have made that do refraction it isn't perfect for fraction none of it is ever 100% perfect light refraction but if Hugo Curry works as true light refraction where no light is Left Post her bending it then she completely could be 100% visible and still see because the light is coming in contact with her and then their body is just perfectly bending it which would both allow her to see but also allow her to be truly invisible

[@alexanderglass2057]

What I find interesting with the quirk singularity situation is technically what endeavor tried to do would be the easiest solution to keep strong quirks, Attraction instincts or standards in such a world should trend towards complementary quirks or It quirk that is a stronger version of one's secondary survival maintaining effects. The strategic next generation product of a society like that is more multifaceted quirks. like Shoto's Ice and fire plus the Dragon Hero's dragon quirk would be a strategic next step away from the possibility of a singularity child, with that combo possibly producing a person who would have a well rounded generalist quirk.

[@Iamstaringatursearchhistory]

How does bakugo not get hurt by his own explosion and most importantly is he just always dehydrated cuz he literally needs to sweat or how does lego head man breath

[@mahistv]

My point exactly

[@nightwolfnordberg9476]

His quirk is also use as heart medicin which can be a reason why he is angry all the time

[@brendanyuki1059]

His body might be a bit more resistant, but like usual explosions in anime do very little damage compared to the danger they do in the real word

[@toddmichelic9938]

From the way we understand it bakugou has to actively want his sweat to explode so his sweat itself will not explode without his input or unless something else ignites it which is how his his grenades work where he fills it with his sweat way you pull the pin and then there's a starter in there and it explodes and then for his body resisting it the way I've always thought about it is that his body is resisted to the heat but to the impact it isn't as we see when he fires off too many explosions from his hand and he hurts his wrist where the kick back and the force itself still hurts him but the actual explosion doesn't because he's fire resistant

[@jak582filmweb]

When it comes to Toru (Invisible Girl) I always understood her power as working through refraction of light kinda like how the "invisibility screens" work - when light gets in contact with any of her cells it gets refracted along it's surface and comes out the opposite way without any shifts in wavelength, which is enough for her eye receptors to react to the light's presence and to break the molecules inside of them which allows her to see, but the process is effectively lossless. This needs to be specifically tuned to visible and scattered though, that's why when she is shot with a laser later on in the series it reveals her (because laser would be refracted in a different way), and that's also why she learns the "flashbang" ability after quirk training (she gains the control of how her body refracts the light, allowing her to use it as an amplifier to enviormental light).

[@Lunk-7G0X]

For some time - quirks have strict limitations even some which pretty much magic. As the story progress - screw it now they can produce matter out of nowhere without limits as plot needs.

[@mahistv]

Well, it is what it is.

[@specter2712]

I always thought that deku would start a quirk researching company to help children control their quirks in a healthy way after the final fight and it could also extend to support items production since deku always had an exponential ability to analyze quirks maybe then he would have a armored suit like all might and go on his life as the "greatest hero" instead the he's a 9 to 5

[@RedLights9000-f3l]

I think when you get a quirck you get a side effect of it and that side effect either positive or negative An example of positive side effect is All for one he can steal quircks but he wouldn't die from having too many while nomu needed to be genetically improved so they can handle to many abilities even one for all is too powerful for those who already have quirks and they end up dying Young A negative side effect is endeavor who have overheat problems while his quirk is fire

[@mahistv]

Yes, it's pretty much like that

[@yoru8815]

That's not effect, that's limitations. Do you not listen to sport festival? Quirk is like a muscle there is a limit to how much it can be used before it starts damaging own bodies. And about having too many quirks. Consider it like this to make it easy to understand. Someone's body mutate to accomodate the quirk, for example endeavor has fire quirk so his body mutate to have fire resistance. Having multiple quirks make someone's body confused to follow which genetic mutations they should grow into. It's like pulled in a tug of war. The greater the number of quirks the more sides the tug of war, making negative effects mentally or physically.

[@RedLights9000-f3l]

@@yoru8815 AFO doesn't have a limit to how much quircks he can steal

[@yoru8815]

@@RedLights9000-f3l he still has limits to how many he can use at the same time otherwise he injures himself more, but I guess with regeneration he doesn't need to care about that. Oh yeah he still has to fight mental battle with all the vestiges inside him that he stole.

[@RedLights9000-f3l]

@@yoru8815 not really he literally used all of his quirks against all might in the first fight

[@kevinlobos5519]

Yea most superhero media can be criticized or questioned as soon as you squint just a little bit. Doesn't stop me from loving the genre but there are questions that inevitably pop up in my mind while watching shows or reading comics. With MHA the most common one was with bakugo: How is anyone in the hero course other than him not deaf or developing hearing issues? The guy is able to make very big explosions from as early as season 2. They should not only cause damage by heat and shockwave, they should turn ears into mush. But no one, absolutely no one points that out ever, or seems to have any trouble with that, nor bakugo uses that to his advantage in fights, lol. His quirk is treated more like spontaneous bursts of fire.

[@zg468]

The way I see it, Hagakure’s Quirk makes everything invisible besides the smallest possible amount of her cornea that is needed to have vision (Like how the Headless head in Roblox is just a single pixel)

[@mahistv]

Still, a bit of a stretch

[@zg468]

@@mahistv I mean it makes sense but yeah but at the same time, Uraraka’s Zero Gravity is bullshit as well

[@gheata_playz874]

6:54 most quirks manefest at 4 years old or older (though it's rare for it to happen i think) it's also extremely rare for someone to be born with their quirk since we've only seen 2 so far -- the glowing baby and Present Mic

[@mahistv]

You are correct

[@gheata_playz874]

@@mahistv it's unlikely the orca and glue guy were born that way

[@maxbigg2996]

A fun little what if Ive always imagined was Midoriya always having a secret Quirk, that being to permanently erases any Quirk transfered into him. Meaning the the second he got One For All, its just gone forever.

[@mahistv]

Hehe, then MHA would have started with - this is a story of how I destroyed the greatest hero

[@maxbigg2996]

@@mahistv At least All For One couldn't get it.

[@CassiusSharp]

3:47 wasn’t it said Dabi inherited his mother’s resistance to extreme cold instead of the necessary resistance to extreme heat his father has

[@chrisdiokno5600]

Speaking of Toga, I have seen a few fics have her be a nurse or infiltration Hero

[@mahistv]

I wonder if she can be a universal blood donor? Does her blood stay the same or will it change back? I think it would go back to what it was after the transfusion

[@leyrua]

I remember there was one invisible character in a webcomic who was explicitly described as having his retinas still be visible, but that it's just really hard to notice two black dots hovering in the air. I think that is... Debatable. It would be hard to pinpoint his exact position, but we tend to notice a fly zipping by, so I'm pretty sure we would notice his retinas moving around.

[@Sjono]

Quirks make you wonder if people are just slaves to their Quirk Would AfO still be just as evil if he was left malnourished while Yoichi received the full extent of giving as well as taking?

[@mahistv]

Interesting question

[@brendanyuki1059]

I mean yea, he’s affectivlu quirkless without it and also he might get urges like Toga did with blood.

[@Sjono]

@@brendanyuki1059 AfO got Stain’s blood and he didn’t start getting urges to drink blood. Even Stain didn’t have urges to lick blood, just did it when he had to in a fight Which brings up another topic. AfO steals so many people’s Quirks yet isn’t a slave to any of their behavior. Yet when Tomura is given Decay his behavior is heavily influenced by it. And All Might acted the same before and after he gained and then lost One for All This question doesn’t have a concrete answer

[@RavenCloak13]

@@Sjono It literally just depends on the person and how they deal with their Quirk. Look at Tetsu Tetsu and Kirashima. Kirashima didn't start out like he was with a similar personality to Tetsu Tetsu. We see that Tetsu Tetsu was pretty much like this as a kid. A defensive type Quirk wouldn't make one think of a hot blooded meat head. Though one can interpret this as not needing to think when you don't have to worry about self preservation. But Kirashima had to train to get to that level. They aren't outright slaves just because of a Quirk but it will effect your personality even if not dominant. Like say Toga, that guy with the bag over his head that was always hungry, the Dog Hero dude and so on. It just depends on severity, personality coping and so on.

[@Ryan2K900]

5:27 Exactly! Do they employ people with incredibly powerful quirks to maintain peace in schools and daycares?

[@shahryarazad1234]

My question is why didn't the mushroom girl just spawn mushrooms in everyones throats?

[@mahistv]

That's what she did in the A Vs B...

[@reygunpocket]

One thing about quirks I appreciate is how each person's body's capability to handle it and how others dont. a video about various ones would be interesting. (Like 5 that work and 5 that dont) I bet that alot of quirks passively buffs someone's durability based on the intensity of it and the type. ------------ You already mentioned Dabi being a unique case because of how he inherited his mothers weakness to fire but his father's flames. So that one where the genes definitely can influence each other in another way. Todoroki's body can handle both extreme heat and cold his body produces, but he has to regulate them if he uses one side too much. Like of you use one muscle over another where both are needed to lighten the load. So it makes sense if his body over time developed resistance to outside temperatures also. We can assume the burn scar is likely due to him being still very young at the time. If his body cant produce extreme temperatures of that level yet, he likely cant take it from an outside source. ------------ Bakugo's body likely needs a big buff to handle those explosions. And its likely developed over time as well since I doubt those explosions are too powerful at a young age. This would explain him being able to take a weakened bunch from All might in his hero training. Boy produces explosion everyday. His body is likely resistant to blut force trauma and explosive shockwaves op to a point. Like imaginea person jumped in a pool with a grenade going off. In a pool grenades are far more dangerous because it ruptures your organs from the vibrations and pressures. Bakugo's body and organs would be better adapted to handle that than some guy with a telekinetic quirk for example.

[@DanDoesDnD]

The personal gripe ive always had is the physics of the todoroki familes fire powers. They produce fire, and that somehow makes them HOTTER? Where is the extra heat coming from? if anything they should be getting colder as they expell the energy needed to produce flame, thats how thermodynamics work, so they baseline break the fundamental laws of conservation of matter and energy.

[@RavenCloak13]

@@DanDoesDnD They are still near a fire. Your not actually understanding thermodynamics. When a fire starts it doesn't suddenly become colder with what was used to fuel the fire. It still is hot. Because it's near an active source of excited molecules. Even when a fire dies down it can still be hot around the source. Also you say this like any type of power that emits something makes sense. DARK SHADOW IS RIGHT THERE.

[@mahistv]

I think it's the proximity, kinda like being in a sauna, but for the whole body. Though it doesn't make much sense this way either

[@sammylawrence6067]

This is why i like kirishima's quirk cause not only is it more badass than most but its also something that is semi realistic and would be more useful on day to day

[@oj9690]

This is why I kinda wished somebody else wrote the series or at least we had more spin-offs. This universe has so much to explore in it but almost none of it was. Also, I never understood how you could erase quirks using bullets based off of a rewind power. What about the people born with their quirk?

[@RavenCloak13]

@@oj9690 Eri erased her father from existing. They figured out a way to isolate what her Quirk erases is how they explained it. And even then it wasn't perfect since Eri was able to learn to reverse that reversal since it was made from her own blood. This was done by breaking her down multiple times with Overhauls Quirk and bringing her back to life. They did more testing an experiments on her then would normally be physically possible just because of how unique Overhauls Quirk was.

[@oj9690]

@@RavenCloak13 right so it should just erase people born with a quirk, not erase their quirk

[@mahistv]

The bullets are some unspeakable fuckery, I don't think we are supposed to know how it works

[@oj9690]

@@mahistv and that would be fine but they make a half assed effort to give an explanation involving eri and don’t go all the way through with it. Now that I think about it, if the bullets are rewinding your quirk to not being active then it should redevelop on its own after a while which would have been a neat gotcha moment for Overhall where all his research kinda just falls apart in front of him but no. Apparently the bullets are just an off switch or something. Y’know what? If you’re going to use bullets anyway, how about just actually hit your shot and till the user or just put a toxin in it or something to make sure it kills even if the shot isn’t fatal.

[@leyrua]

​@@oj9690 As I understood it, the bullets "devolve" the target to a previous version of humanity that didn't have quirks. Given that her actual quirk rewinds things to a previous state (I think), I'm guessing this was something only possible because of some synergy with Overhaul. That's the only way it would BARELY make sense to me.

[@spotlessmind9263]

Authour should've widened his scope. After New Order's death, other county's heroes should've joined to make it a global war confllict. But they wanted to stick to main cast of schoolkids & bitc-- quirkless deku so fine.

[@mahistv]

As exciting as it could have been, it would be a bitch to write

[@spotlessmind9263]

@@mahistv magaka wanted to write a shonen but couldn't write the nuanced human emotions. Just simple big impacts

[@Zacian2.0]

4:45 MYTHBUSTERS YAY! I sure do love big boom!

[@mahistv]

Love that show, my childhood

[@adaloph_theheretic.2506]

The Personality Affecting Aspect Reminds me of Shard powers from the Worm Webseries.

[@mahistv]

Have no idea what that is

[@trollmaster4523]

Lets no forget that there are also sentient Quirks in the universe of My Hero Academia. Imagine how Unlucky you be if you get a Satan's incarnate as a Quirk or at least something like JoJo's Cheap Trick?

[@mahistv]

Well Tokoyami has one

[@trollmaster4523]

​@@mahistv At Least his doesn't try to actively kill the owner.

[@leyrua]

"My quirk is that I can get possessed by ACTUAL Satan at any time. I don't know if he was real before, but he certainly is NOW."

[@gamers2999]

Man this video really makes every quirk user sound like they get a tism based around their power.

[@mahistv]

You don't have to say it like that