My Hero Academia 7x13 Reaction and Commentary: A Chain of Events Across the Ages

[@You-Tube-n5k]

Deku rides the razor thin line between being a sweetheart who wants the best for everyone, and the punisher. Another reason why we love him lol

[@MegaSpecter8105]

I just now realized that Mirio really is like his quirk as a person. His quirk leaves him impervious to physical attacks, but his personality is the same, never being down by even the largest problem for more than a few minutes, whether it be losing his own quirk or Bakugo dying.

[@HaydenStephens515]

Dang, I never thought of it that way, but you're right! :) For me though, the highlight of this episode is the debut of Deku's Final Quirk, GearShift! I'm a sucker for Speedsters and a lifelong Flash fan, so naturally I geeked out when this happened in the manga, and now seeing it in animation was rad! 🤯 Plus the whole thing with the Quirk starting out as nothing but a "Pea-Shooter", and now becoming a Super-OP trump-card that's Blitzing All-For-One Shigaraki, was just super extremely satisfying, ESPECIALLY after several episodes of him bullying the Heroes and looking down on them! He underestimates his enemies, he pays the price!😁

[@DetroitSmash]

*I can't imagine how south things likely would have gotten if Lemillion wasn't there to help calm things down.*

[@AGoodwinTV]

@@DetroitSmash I'm so glad he got to play this role. There was that comparison way back when of Deku vs. Mirio. The result: fighting side by side bringing their respective gifts

[@gantashiro978]

4:30 I remember exactly one season ago, you saying that trying to save Shigaraki wasn't going to be easy, but it's the right thing to do for the world... Now we're going to find out to the extent of how hard trying such a thing is going to be. Get ready for one emotional rollercoaster as we're in for the fight of all MHA fights 👀🔥

[@henrique5277]

"I'm coming for my brother", says All for One

[@hhh888hhh]

All for Two

[@RaWasabi]

“Killing them is the easy way” that’ll come back in a BIG WAY for a certain character

[@You-Tube-n5k]

No spoilers, but if the character is who I think you're talking about, I wouldn't say it pays off spectacularly ngl, but it does make sense in a way.

[@samuelclayhills3298]

With Shigaraki and well the All for one in him even if you somehow manage to actually make him repent then best case scenario is life inprisonment because if he actually gets sentenced a death sentence is extremly likely as he has caused extreme damage.

[@You-Tube-n5k]

@@samuelclayhills3298 Oh I thought he meant Toya ngl

[@DMage_]

One of my fav eps, u should look forward to the next ones coming up. Theyre insanely good

[@willfanofmanyii3751]

That moment when Midoriya thinks everyone is dead also calls back to two other moments. All Might saying someone out there could need his help and he wouldn't know, and Crimson Riot saying the worse thing for a Hero is arriving to see the person who needed help die.

[@spectorthecritic1723]

Mirio was really bringing out his inner Katara there for Izuku , he went full Avatar State and Mirio brought him out.

[@andawarmgeek]

Mirio is really going to be an amazing hero. He kept his focus and didn't let Deku lose his cool. He will make an incredible leader in the future, looking out for not only their physical safety but their mental safety too. Deku, when he is this mad, is truly frightening. What a satisfying fight.

[@heisetube8233]

What in the Cyberpunk Edgerunners is Deku cooking!

[@MekarWB]

I've been really noodling on how much All For One just sounds like he's a true believer in communism the more he actually shares his ideas and I think you really solidified that with the growth vs zero-sum/atrophy discussion. He really does believe it's about taking all the power that exists, not about creating more. Whether Horikoshi did it on purpose, he wrote the League as all stereotypical progressive caricatures and AFO as a true communist. That's kind of amazing.

[@RickOConnell327]

this episode is a parallel to all might's nomu fight in season 1 and i love it EDIT: just like in season 1, the hero arrives, dismayed at being late. people are injured, and a good friend is barely hanging on. Everyone's been doing their best, but there's a palpable air of relief when our GUY shows up. And as promised, he goes on to BEAT THE SNOT out of the guy that other heros could barely scratch, surprising even shigaraki with his resolve. I think it's safe to say deku has surpassed all might here, if only for a moment.

[@AGoodwinTV]

@@RickOConnell327 That's so cool, I hadn't thought about it that way

[@Kaempfdog]

Season 1 All-Might I buy Deku surpassing at this level. But with no other quirks for AFO in play and Deku being expected to MATCH the full AFO stockpile based on the story, I think it’s safe to say we’re just getting started.

[@9308323]

Deku already surpassed All Might, at most, during the Dark Hero arc in S6. This fight just puts him to a whole another planet, compared to even Prime All Might. Current Deku to All Might is what All Might is to Endeavor, relative power-wise.

[@Kaempfdog]

@@9308323 the only thing that supports that is Deku saying he can control 100% just like All-Might no backlash mid emotional breakdown as he pushed everyone away, (while Best Jeanist just saying right before the intervention he’d just catch Deku instead of the kids, and Endeavor calling him off proving they BOTH know they could just catch him and stop him by force in spite of all the crazy feats he was performing at now) and there’s also Deku talking about the stories of All-Might showing up to catch speeding bullets…which is meant to reflect the Superman line of “faster than a speeding bullet” which if you know Superman…is how shall we say a gross under-calculation of his power. You run into all sorts of issues if Deku has surpassed All-Might because he’s faster than a bullet, like Fat Gum not caring about missiles and bullets at all, Endeavor’s sun blasts Deku can’t do more damage than not even phasing Injured AFO while All-Might took off his face all quirks in use while an army of heroes can’t touch him even when AFO doesn’t even care to defend himself, and just many more. Oversimplifying OFA can cause some MAJOR issues when there’s dozens of other perspectives to take into account and there being like 40 rules across the show. You won’t find solutions in less than a sentence. It’s just not Horikoshi’s style.

[@Rannulfus]

I think UA has a mandatory English Language course. For exactly moments like these.

[@arielmartinez94]

Present mic is their English teacher

[@Rannulfus]

@@arielmartinez94 I knew I wasn't imagining that episode

[@Kaempfdog]

Alright needless to say I’ve been SUPREMELY hyped to analyze today. So I’m just going to dive in. So as Deku raced to the final battle, he came across SOMETHING. I recall thinking it was going to be the army of villains Deku fought in the 2nd intro announcing himself as the greatest hero. But I’ll be HAPPY to still make use of the SaS pilots to give her fight that much more purpose. They’ve even been told BY All-Might himself that Deku is the new holder of OFA. So I get the strong hunch All-Might was going to tell Cassie IMMEDIATELY that he wants her to work with his successor. He’s CLEARLY going over their Mach 8-10 jets by a sizable amount and it’s VERY similar to the Amazing Spider-Man crane scene. (Andrew Garfield is my favorite of the 3. Just gotta say that) Now he’s at the scene and IMMEDIATELY makes a grand hero entrance kicking AFS who IMMEDIATELY recognizes Faux 100 as substantially stronger than the 100% he used in the 1st war. And knocks him around more than the plasma cannon, the omega gauntlet cluster blast, Bakugo’s last moves, Mirio’s energy punch, and more COMBINED. (Also AFS recognizing the 3rd’s quirk so fast hypes me up since the two revolutionaries in OFA likely left PRETTY big impressions on AFO) So that’s your confirmation, Deku is DEFINITELY not at the 45% level anymore because Faux 100 just elevates him to the 100 he has available not the highest amount the quirk is capable of which remains unknown with the prime still an unknown. And when the vestiges appear, ALL BUT ALL-MIGHT appear. (He does later but considering what that image is for it’s like his stockpile presence didn’t appear.) But things aren’t all sunshine and rainbows that’s for sure. The swarm formation AFS used was CERTAINLY strong but this new armored form is a BIG move for him. Breaking through the fingers around his face is stated as not as big as hurting his main body. So he’s just mostly unphased by all this. And he has a PILE to show off. RIGHT as Deku does what he does best in checking on everyone 1st, he’s left hyperventilating IMMEDIATELY at the sight of what has happened since the war began. NO ONE is ok, they are all thrown around with ONLY Mirio being practically unharmed but traumatized. Ripped off limbs, stomach hanging open, RUPTURED HEART, and everyone is just trying to put themselves together. And worse? Deku can’t HELP them. He has ONE opponent. And he’s DESTINED to fight him til the end. And Deku JUST got out of his emotional trash fire from the rogue arc. That doesn’t make him HEALED from it, he’s still circling the drain pulling himself out from relapsing. I’ll take his anger here WAY more than his apathy which could break his heart. (The remix of Bakugo’s apology theme is DEVASTATING HERE) He can express himself. Just…poorly and predictably for AFS. Even at Deku’s 75% level, he’s still vulnerable to AFS no quirks. (And as Deku told Lady Nagant, if you got my spine, I’m done) And him letting loose Blackwhip wildly, smokescreen wildly, and all that. It’s all Mirio can do to calm him down. Thankfully it DOES work. Deku doesn’t have EVERYTHING but he has enough. His electricity OFA armor getting closer to full FIRE. Even his eyes look ablaze. And he has his IMPOSSIBLE mission to free Tenko Shimura ahead of him. While AFO has suppressed him deeper and deeper. Nana sees her…family molded into the armor and knows he’s there and everything gets started. AFS JUMPS and the whole fortress gets knocked down like an All-Might earthquake. And Deku just BLOCKS the punch. We’ve seen the quirks used in tandem and OCCASIONALLY combined. But he couldn’t do it against Nagant. Now? Let’s throw Fa Jin and Blackwhip together, shape em, boost it with stockpile and throw him around. And put ourselves on a 5 minute timer with the biggest reveal of them all. Here comes the 2nd’s quirk. Gear shift. Accelerating the strike AND his blow back as Deku essentially gets free hysterical strength. It’s NOT infinite speed but it DOES bypass the laws of inertia. I am not a physicist nor do I think any of us in the comments here today are. So all I can do is just pull up Newton’s 1st law. An object in motion will stay in motion unless force is applied on it. Which is constantly with gravity, mass and others. Without this law in place, an object with an outside force is NOT guaranteed to start moving, and many factors like momentum, and and course changing can also just be bypassed. Deku just froze the guy in place and made impact as he went to higher gears WITHOUT launching him as another force and has accelerated himself to 120%. At Deku’s current 75% level’s 100% shooting past to 120%, he went from Mach 22.5 Faux 100 to Mach 27 of All-Might’s Season 1 Mach 30. We are ON THE CUSP. He also can completely halt his movements with no drawback or slowdown on the body AND relaunch to the 120% speed AND combine other quirks while this happens. So here’s how Horikoshi broke the laws of inertia. I want to be concrete about it but I think it’s just as simple as looking at Newton’s 1st law. An object will stay in motion or at rest unless acted on it by a force. Which is constantly with gravity, wind resistance, and other factors. Deku bypasses that by hitting him with Faux 100 which we saw sends Shigaraki FLYING, and he STAYED in place until Deku LET the proper impact occur. Deku can accelerate himself to 120% which is pretty much free hysterical strength for 5 minutes combining with Fa Jin charging the right moves, AND halt his movement without any slowing down, whiplash, or altering direction. This is BUSTED. I DID end up talking to an astronomy/physics professor for more concrete thought processes, and we just spun out how to work out the other laws and ONLY talking about the removal of Newton's 1st law, but eventually his theories of what would occur landed on EXACTLY what Deku does to Shigaraki with NO anime explanations or clips, just theorizing the law itself. Just talking of the earth and moon's orbit. No inertia, the moon might just HALT even with force applied to it, OR spin constantly in a set direction its angled at. Which is more or less EXACTLY what we got as he removed and reinstated the motion law. I'm crazy for looking, Horikoshi is CRAZIER for likely talking to a theoretical physicist to write AND implement on almost the exact same thought process. And this is ESPECIALLY confusing to AFO because it’s barely recognizable as the quirk he saw from the 2nd with its current ability. And the 1ST time brought him to tears when he held the quirk. SMILING to make AFO cry as he shows the quirk’s original use JUST to tick him off to say “I got you” and now it’s the same. Deku under MANY technicalities has surpassed season 1 All-Might and has blasted through the AFS steroid armor. The 2nd SCREAMS at him to finish the job. The 2nd of EVERYONE wants AFS to go down NOW. There were SO many circumstances and people hurt leading up to this. But as we all know it’s JUST NOT YET TIME. So there’s EVEN MORE to do as he somehow regrows flesh to keep a somewhat full form. And there’s STILL many other final battles to get through. And for that, we’ll wait for next time.

[@angel3pointoo173]

I have a lot to say about this episode, and I may not be able to articulate it fully but I will try, and I'll start by saying "This is it" this was the moment 7 seasons in the making, this was the moment that the crying boy from all the way back then, lived up to his potential, and mastered the power bestowed upon him. It was a long journey too from the beach training, to the hair eating, and all the broken fingers. From 5%, to 8%, 20%, 30%, 45%, and now finally this 120!!! As all might said Izuku has always gone above and beyond the expectations set for him, he's always gone plus ultra as one would say. However despite now reaching his potential at least in a physical sense, there's still one massive hurdle to conquer, and that is saving the crying boy trapped in the foe before him, He has the strength, now all he needs to do is to be able to say those three words "I am here". Which I have no doubt he'll find a way to do. Amazing stuff all around, and I can't wait for more.

[@willfanofmanyii3751]

ShigAFO: "Tomura's gone, AFO is the dominant mentality here..." * Shigaraki's hands turning into his family members * Shimura: "He's still there..."

[@willfanofmanyii3751]

"Oh Spinner, what have you done?" Spinner: "Nothing, I just wanna do Lizard things."

[@pell_i]

Why do you think AFO cried in that past encounter?

[@AGoodwinTV]

Maybe he loves something other than himself after all

[@willfanofmanyii3751]

The difference between OFA and AFO is demonstrated most back when All For One said he doesn't like complicated Quirks.

[@willfanofmanyii3751]

That moment between Midoriya and Mirio brings things full circle from what happened with them, Eri and Nighteye.

[@NoctilucaBloom]

The part with the second user talking of the will behind the quirks as it shows each vestige, the general meaning remains the same, but I love the Japanese lines more for how it ties together at the end: "The meta ability isn't the part you should be paying attention to. What are you using what you've been given for? Who are you using it for? That strong will is what power resides in. That's why people call them "Quirks"." (Keep in mind that while Quirk is an excellent translation, the literal translation is "individuality". I just love the emphasis on that, while the dub removed it entirely)

[@willfanofmanyii3751]

The fights have also demonstrated a progression with the soundtracks Midoriya vs Shigaraki - Season 6 "Revengers" Midoriya vs Shigaraki (AFO) - Season 7 "Revengers - Plus Ultra!"

[@Mr.FurAfur]

The scene where Deku is getting angry very much reminds me of the scene in Avatar, where Aang demands to know where his bison is, then Katara calming him down

[@ahnmadehv51]

Killinng him is the easier part for someone who isn't Deku. With how self sacrificial he is, it is easier for him to give himself up and die rather than give up on Shigaraki. However dying would doom everyone else so the other are warning him about that

[@willfanofmanyii3751]

The reason Midoriya's body is fine at 120% is because only 45% of that is the actual physical boost. Gearshift and Fa-Jin combined with that gives Midoriya's attacks and movements the physical output of an additional 75%.

[@LegendTradeR-i7y]

Wow!! What a amazing utube channel!! I really love this!!!

[@willfanofmanyii3751]

All For One angry and crying in the flashback, let's take note of the timeline: He's about to kill the Second User, and the Second User is smiling... OFA had already been passed on, it wasn't there for All For One to steal. His brother had escaped him once again.

[@EnBear]

how would you rank each season so far.

[@AGoodwinTV]

That's difficult, I'd have to really go back and look. I binged up through season 4 I think? So they kind of run together for me. All great though 😂 They all have the MHA heart

[@iamjalenh]

great reaction

[@RayGunga13]

nice

[@gee3484]

people telling deku that he will need to kill shigaraki and him feeling conflicted about it reminds me soooo much of when aang was struggling with everyone telling him that he needs to kill ozai. deku's even got his own big, strong "past life" lady telling him that it's the only way and he's gotta man up and do it lol. deku sees the lost child in shigaraki much like aang did when aang found the baby portrait of ozai on ember island. they're very similar characters with very similar principles and i love them for it.

[@moldyaco]

:o

[@samuelclayhills3298]

Horikoshi really managed to make a scenario where wanting to save someone makes you look like a nutcase. Shigaraki even if we ignore the fact that he has caused potentially hunderds of thousands of deaths if not more without any remorse or regrett or even a hint of it and the fact that Deku has no actual knowledge of his backstory witch still does absolutley nothing to actually make anything hes doing justified or that he knew him before he was a complete scumbag just seeing him mildly sad is enough. With all the quirks and other modifications there just is no feasable way of keeping him alive. This isn't even a avatar moment or hell a steven universe moment because at this point not killing Shigaraki is just not feasable as he simply is too much of a threath to keep alive regardless of the fact that he really has done nothing to actually earn being saved or redeemd because he clearly doesent even want to. Imagine just thinking that it would be the easy way to kill him. When the world or at minimum Japan is at stake this kinda goes out the window. Also tell that to all the people he hurt and killed and will continue to hurt and kill Im sure they would understand. Hell this isn't even a Sasuke moment where you knew the guy and kinda had some sort of bond with him because from the first moment they met Shigaraki was already completley willing to murder children. Shigaraki goes in the bin not just because he is an irredemable monster at this point but because he just can't feasably be containd.

[@anusaukko6792]

That's why Deku is the protagonist, because he's the only person in the world who could feasibly look ''beyond'' Shigaraki to find the tiny shard of his inner child that's still in there, and I think it really ties nicely into the series how the audience itself is kind of like the ''normal civilians' in their world. They don't care about any of the specifics, they just think that Shigaraki is a danger so he has to go, meanwhile Deku can see past all of that and decide with a clear mind that ''Yes, I can and I will save this child, regardless of his actions as everyone deserves to be saved and given a second chance.'' It really puts into perspective just how abnormal as a person Izuku is in comparison to the norm, and WHY he can do things that other people conceivably couldn't (ie ''Save'' Nagant and Gentle, and defy 'fate' itself in his fight with Overhaul) and is the last holder of OFA which is the crystallization of heroism. Struggling his hardest to try and ''force'' a new option into reality from nothingness, even if it WOULD be easier to forsake himself and give up on saving someone, since it seems impossible.

[@NoctilucaBloom]

The part with the second user talking of the will behind the quirks as it shows each vestige, the general meaning remains the same, but I love the Japanese lines more for how it ties together at the end: "The meta ability isn't the part you should be paying attention to. What are you using what you've been given for? Who are you using it for? That strong will is what power resides in. That's why people call them "Quirks"." (Keep in mind that while Quirk is an excellent translation, the literal translation is "individuality". I just love the emphasis on that, while the dub removed it entirely)

[@NoctilucaBloom]

The part with the second user talking of the will behind the quirks as it shows each vestige, the general meaning remains the same, but I love the Japanese lines more for how it ties together at the end: "The meta ability isn't the part you should be paying attention to. What are you using what you've been given for? Who are you using it for? That strong will is what power resides in. That's why people call them "Quirks"." (Keep in mind that while Quirk is an excellent translation, the literal translation is "individuality". I just love the emphasis on that, while the dub removed it entirely)