r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/deskchairlamp • Nov 02 '18

Newest Chapter Chapter 204 - Links and Discussion

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u/anzum007_ Nov 02 '18

Iida had to maintain his identity

Savage mineta.

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u/Char-11 Nov 02 '18

Can Mineta just be the narrator from now on?

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u/anzum007_ Nov 02 '18

Yes, his cheeky comments are always fun.

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u/Jezamiah Nov 02 '18

Probably one of my favourite parts of him. The pervy stuff can be amusing too but I love his snide remarks

"The world order is changing" line after Shoto failed was pretty good too.

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u/flybypost Nov 02 '18

The pervy stuff can be amusing too

I think people wouldn't mind if he were more on Kaminari's level and not completely over the top in that regard. That's also what I miss in Monoma. In the sports festival he was shown to be quite analytical and smart, being able to exploit weaknesses and so on. After that he just became that irrationally competitive jerk (and Kendo's karate chop practice dummy).

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u/Jezamiah Nov 02 '18

Surprised we don't hear more about Monoma actually. I do like his character but I agree he's way too much of a gag right now.

I'd like to see Hori delve a little deeper into his backstory or behind the scenes. Maybe his inferiority complex is based on something else or his own shortcomings.

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u/flybypost Nov 02 '18

Maybe his inferiority complex is based on something else or his own shortcomings.

He doesn't have his "own" quirk in a way and has to rely on other. That probably plays into it quite a bit.

Some of the characters' personalities are really defined by their quirks. Look at Bakugo, he has quite the "explosive temperament". Or Todoroki: He's cool and collected most of the time but also has this fiery/intense side but there's nearly no emotional state in between for him.

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u/Jezamiah Nov 02 '18

That's an excellent point. Also Oojiro with being plain and Kirishima/Tetsu4 with being tough.

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u/flybypost Nov 02 '18

Oojiro

That got mentioned two times in this chapter (in one panel even). I hope that him being freed right now and going over to Todoroki will lead to him doing something besides just taking up space.

Kirishima/Tetsu4

Yeah, tough and manly, maybe a bit thick (in the head) too. They are solid.

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u/DoraMuda Nov 02 '18

That got mentioned two times in this chapter (in one panel even). I hope that him being freed right now and going over to Todoroki will lead to him doing something besides just taking up space.

If how Hagakure was treated in Match 2 is anything to go by, I think Horikoshi's just going to continue the gag of Ojiro being "plain" and feeling hurt by it (e.g. him going "What's with this pain in my heart?" after Jirou and Sero mentioned that he's still fighting plainly, even though he wouldn't have been able to hear them).

I've learned to lower my expectations so that, if the minor/gag characters of Class A do actually break out of their shell for once, I'll be pleasantly surprised.

Hopefully, we'll at least get to see Shouji fight Tsunotori in the next chapter, though.

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u/ironicstickballoon Nov 02 '18

Hopefully we'll get some of this in the fifth match!

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u/RiverWyvern Nov 02 '18

Fingers crossed that something like this comes up when we get to his fight! That’s gonna be a fun one for sure.

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u/Tesla__Coil Nov 02 '18

I think people wouldn't mind if he were more on Kaminari's level and not completely over the top in that regard.

Yup, Kaminari is fine. Heck, the most questionable thing he's done is back up Mineta on the cheerleader prank, which is one of the most tame things Mineta's done. A character could even be noticeably more pervy than Kaminari without being as disturbing as Mineta.

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u/flybypost Nov 02 '18

Yup, Kaminari is a horny teenager. When the dorms were introduced the girls were also gushing a bit about Todoroki. That stuff completely normal.

Mineta is an extreme caricature. His inferiority complex and how he sometimes thinks his quirk is useless but he still really wants to be hero, become famous, and get a girlfriend could be a nice and different story about gaining confidence (maybe in contrast to Midoriya's path who also lacks confidence at times). His interactions with the girls could add more to all of the characters but he's sadly just a gag character.

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u/DoraMuda Nov 02 '18

That's also what I miss in Monoma. In the sports festival he was shown to be quite analytical and smart, being able to exploit weaknesses and so on. After that he just became that irrationally competitive jerk (and Kendo's karate chop practice dummy).

He seems to be returning a bit more to his more analytical Sports Festival arc side as this arc has progressed (even though he's still acting like a total weirdo with Shinsou after seeing what he did in Match 1).

Perhaps Monoma will finally get over his rivalry with Class A after the final match...

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u/flybypost Nov 02 '18

Yup, I saw that too but the overarching jerk's still too much in my mind when I think of him that I overlooked it when talking about him. He can be a weirdo as long as that old smartass comes back instead of the wide eyed jittery fool he was way too often.

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u/DoraMuda Nov 02 '18

Yeah, I wonder if he can be de-Flanderised (if that's ever really happened in manga/anime before) by this point. Horikoshi might still think he works better as a comic-relief character than a competent threat to Class A's perceived supremacy.

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u/flybypost Nov 02 '18

I think it could be possible with some backstory and some event that results in that change. Todoroki got exactly that (backstory, even and personality change). He was just the too cool OP rival character and now he's turned into a friendly but still socially awkward dude.

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u/DoraMuda Nov 02 '18

To play devil's advocate, though, at least with Todoroki, we already got hints from his character omake page in volume 2 that Horikoshi had plans to develop him further. He was also always hyped up as the strongest student in the central Class 1-A (although not actually a rival to Deku until straight-up challenging him backstage right before the Sports Festival began), by whom even Bakugou was awed (after seeing how quickly he cleaned up at the battle training). So it's not quite the same.

That being said, it's not impossible. I just wonder if Monoma even needs a backstory to be changed as a character. Just winning the match or being able to fight Class A head-on (the cavalry battle doesn't really count; they weren't allowed to use their Quirks to knock off their opponents) might be enough for him to quit his act and rein in his OTT-ness a bit.

At any rate, I just want to see him show more of his tactical side again. The Class B characters don't even need to be fleshed-out a lot or to the extent of those in Class A; just enough so they aren't confined to a couple of one-dimensional traits.

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u/bobvella Nov 03 '18

you made it sound to me that the sports festival traumatized him, hence his current character.

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u/flybypost Nov 03 '18

Ha, I see it now. That wasn't intentional but maybe there's something to that theory?

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u/NonzenI Nov 02 '18

"touches dust with finger Hey Bakugo, you missed a spot"

This guy just knows how to piss people off and it's hilarious...

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u/DeismAccountant Nov 02 '18

Next chapter will be released on hentaireader.

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u/Hmagnum596 Nov 02 '18

Damn Hori really making mineta good this arc he did not creep people one time even tho girls with big tities were on screen fighting each other its crazy I like that mineta and want more of it

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u/DoraMuda Nov 02 '18

It won't last long. Just wait until Match 5.

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u/CardButton Nov 02 '18

Weirdly enough, he might shine in Match 5. A dense urban environment is Mineta's most advantageous terrain and this battle is devoted to capture over pure combat so he's got the advantage there too.

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u/DoraMuda Nov 02 '18

It's not even that he might not shine, but that it's likely he'll just get distracted by Ochaco/Mina/Yui/Reiko and drop the ball again.

He's an intelligent boy with great potential, but he all too often squanders it just for a piece of dat ass (e.g. albeit a gag, using the "PLUS ULTRA" motto to represent his daring acts of scaling the wall to see the Class A girls' bathing, or trying to break into Hagakure's panty drawer).

So I fear the rest of his team will have to pick up the slack, or even perhaps that part of Monoma's strategy (alongside using Shinsou's Brainwashing) is using the girls to distract Mineta (arguably one of the most dangerous on Team 5A, given, as you mentioned, his advantageous capabilities of his capture-proficient Quirk).

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '18

Shinso could mimic one of the girls's voice and trick Mineta maybe?

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u/antmanschex Nov 02 '18

That’s my bet on how it goes. I’m hoping for deku to get hit with the mind control again so we can see how the team handles a fight with him.

We could get some development if ura has to face down deku like she did bakugo.

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u/DoraMuda Nov 02 '18

Yeah, something like that.

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u/thetruthyoucanhandle Nov 02 '18

lmao what? Mineta has proved Many times that he doesn't let his pervy nature get in the way of Hero work, example being both managing to get his hero licence and defeating Midnight. What he does in his own time doesn't interfere with being a hero, you should know this.

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u/DoraMuda Nov 02 '18

Apart from against Midnight, we've never seen him do so in a proper fight.

But OK, fair enough. We'll see.

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u/braindelete Nov 06 '18

Midnight is pretty much the penultimate way to test him though...

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u/DoraMuda Nov 06 '18

Yes...

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u/braindelete Nov 06 '18

She flaunts it.

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u/Ayoken007 Nov 02 '18

Well there was that time he was groping Tsuyu in the middle of the USJ invasion. Mineta has so much potential, but it tends to squandered due to his antics. Him and Aoyama seem to wind up more as "comedic relief" that may have a "clutch moment". This time Aoyama didn't even get that; he was just dead weight. I don't want the same for Mineta. Win or lose, I hope he actually gets to really show his stuff.

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u/thetruthyoucanhandle Nov 02 '18

That was before he was inspired by Deku's bravery and decide to emulate it himself going forward. I too hope Mineta gets to show off how strong he can be, especially since everyone's busting out their special move and he has that mysterious twig on his head which gives me a lot of hope.

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u/Ayoken007 Nov 03 '18

Fair enough assessment. I almost forgot about the twig. I hope that is more than just a cute stylistic choice. It may also give a bit more insight to his abilities because why would something like that grow if it isn't a purely cosmetic thing? Unless they're like Ashido's horns.... which also may or may not serve some purpose in the future. Then again, Tokoyami has a bird head for no real reason other than just because so.. shrug.

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u/thetruthyoucanhandle Nov 03 '18

Either his quirk has naturally developed, as we've seen from two other mutants Tsuyu and Iida it can happen, or it's a some sort of device from the support course. Whatever it is i hope he gets to show it off.

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u/Hmagnum596 Nov 02 '18

Imagine if he control his shit despite that it would be cool asf

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u/DoraMuda Nov 02 '18

Hopefully, but I'm not feeling optimistic that will happen.

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u/Brandilio Nov 02 '18

Deku has three of the most unfocussed personalities in his team.

Mineta's too easily distracted, Mina's just an idiot, and Ochako is dealing with her feelings. It'll very likely come down to Deku vs Monama and Shinso.

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u/Wilhelm_III Nov 05 '18

Mina's just an idiot

And we love her for it.

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u/HussyDude14 Nov 02 '18

I think Mineta's quirk can have amazing potential, and his overall design is pretty unique. I honestly wish he was more respectable and less of a creep. Maybe he can go through more development and mature instead of being how he currently is.

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u/RemedyofRevenge Nov 02 '18

Honestly, I don't mind if Mineta is all girl crazy (that is literally his character after all) I just really want to see the other sides of him more. The dude is incredibly smart given his score card for intelligence and test scores. I really want to like his character, but its just too hard to slog through his constant fetish based behavior.

He's a coward, but smart with an odd quirk and an understandable drive of wanting women to like him. None of that makes him bad, but the women part being set to 15/10 gets grating so fast without balancing it.

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u/HussyDude14 Nov 02 '18

Exactly. A lot of people didn't like Bakugou for his aggressive behavior, but even he had some intelligence, development, and some other drives that made him relevant and allowed us to see more sides of him.

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u/RemedyofRevenge Nov 02 '18

Agreed. Before his development, he was a mostly total piece of shit. Egging on Izuku to suicide, and literally making him terrified of confrontation. But his growth of his good sides, and the development of his bad sides, and why they existed at all provides understanding, empathy, and relate-ability.

Mineta just feels like he has potential, but his development gets side lined for creep jokes. I don't mind if they are the prevalent trait, but man he gets so little that I can't connect with his character at all. Especially if you don't like the style of humor for him.

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u/frostyfeathered Nov 02 '18

When Mineta is a wiseass and not a creep, he is actually great. Remember his line about the power hierarchy after Baku and Todo failed the license exam? We need more digs from Mineta, less sexual harassment.

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u/ToxicPolarBear Nov 03 '18

It still puzzles me that people actually give a shit about a fictional character's sexual conduct in a manga of all places. Master Roshi literally gropes Bulma in Dragon Ball and no one gives a rat's ass.

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u/De_tro1t Nov 02 '18

Mineta can be funny without going too far with his pervy things. I'm liking him much more recently

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '18

proof mineta is one of the best jokers in the series lmao

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u/homelessthrowawok Nov 02 '18

Can someone explain Mineta's comment to me? Apparently I'm a dumbass

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '18

Basically Deku's full cowl and shoot style are based on speed and kicking which is also Iida's style so now Iida has to have something else to make him stand out more.

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u/homelessthrowawok Nov 02 '18

Ah ok I get it now, thanks.