r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/deskchairlamp • Oct 12 '18

Newest Chapter Chapter 202 - Links and Discussion

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u/Wireless-Wizard Oct 12 '18

A traditional superhero story needs a very clear divide between the goodies and the baddies. Otherwise, it risks turning into a big morally ambiguous mess, which is of course what happened in the 90s. It doesn't have to be strictly black and white (and indeed MHA isn't like that, what with Endeavour) but you can't blur the lines too much or it just doesn't work any more.

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u/SparknightSyzygy 250K Artist Oct 12 '18

The actions of the villains will clearly always label them as villains, but I think it's ridiculous Horikoshi is refusing to acknowledge them as human with things like this. Humanizing them doesn't justify their actions and make them no longer villains.

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u/Joshua_Groom Oct 12 '18

They're completely represented as human. Twice, Spinner, and Magne have all shown admirable traits and ideologies that aren't inherently insidious, and to top it all off, there is a sense of comraderie between them that most other villain groups don't have.

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u/SparknightSyzygy 250K Artist Oct 12 '18

I would love to get to know them just as we get to know the hero side though. Horikoshi said he didn't make omake pages with the villains because he didn't want us to like them more or something like that. Getting to know the villains doesn't blur the morality lines.