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Spoiler for 296. So the newest chapter leaks reviled who is dead In this war arc on in the hero side and i am now attempting to figure out who all these pepole are. I’m going left to right these are all just guess so I could be wrong

1. Midnight is the first and I’m so mad she dead I really loved her

2. X-Less

3. Majestci , is the crazy hat dude

4. Crust

5. That might be manual?

6. Edit (hero from chapter 266 twice kills him) Unknown

7. She looks like the electric hero but I can’t find anything about her

8.Native

9. Unknown

10. I think that slugger

11. He looks like a mix between Rick lock and mr brave

12. I think this was a student from second year. She looks familiar (unknow)

13. I think that’s Mister blaster but I could be wrong

14. I think he was a sidekick (unknown)

15. Unknown

16. He looks like a nock of edgeshot

17. Onima

18. Unknown

19.power loader?

Agina these were just guess most of these pepole don’t even have names yet and I would net be surprised if more hero’s die in the hospital.

HOW ARE THEY ALIVE?!

Top 10 Awesome Elderly People in Anime:INPO

10. Genkai - Yu Yu Hakusho

9. Master Roshi - Dragon Ball

8. Joesph Joestar - Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders

7. Master Asia - G Gundam

6. Zeno Zoldyck - Hunter x Hunter

5. Chiyo - Naruto

4. Zenrus - Tales of Zestiria

3. Gran Torino - My Hero Academia

2. Kaede - Inuyasha

1. Libra Dohko - Saint Seiya

Here’s the thing though, I think they’re all good mentors to Midoriya, but none of them are better one way or the other.

(Mini breakdown coming up)

1) All Might

Look, I have personal beef with All Might’s style of teaching (considering he borderline offers nothing helpful in terms of skills and the nuances of ofa), but Midoriya needs him as a source of motivation, and I think that’s an overlooked part in some of All Might haters. Some of the tags mentioned All Might teaching ideals and that not being what Midoriya needs the most, but it should be said that he does need it in a way that only All Might can offer. Midoriya needs to see who he’s wanted to be his whole, discover what he wants to be, and then figure out what he doesn’t want to be. All Might is the mentor that exposes him to the tragedy but also the brightness of heroism that isn’t touched by the other mentors through existence alone.

(On a side note, he’s also the mentor that gives Midoriya the most connections probably, which is more a byproduct of All Might being who he is than anything, but also something to consider in evaluating the benefits of a mentor)

Possibly due to his own origin, All Might’s approach mostly comes down to ‘just do the thing and see what happens’, which isn’t a good method in the context of bnha (just look at Midoriya’s poor bones), but it’s not bad either. Arguably, he’s the one that gives Midoriya the most emotional/ motivational support out of all the other mentors. And of course, All Might’s frankly incompetent way of teaching Midoriya about his quirk is juxtaposed by Endeavor’s mastery over technical skills.

2) Endeavor

There’s a lot of hate regarding his abuse ‘training’ of Shoto and Touya, and I’m not here to change that. What I will say is that the question asks about him as a mentor to Midoriya. I hope we can agree that despite Endeavor’s shit parenting, he was the most beneficial when it came to teaching Midoriya how to develop his quirk. By this point in the manga, Endeavor is sorta mellowing out. It doesn’t excuse him (of course it doesn’t), and whether or not you can separate ‘the man’ from ‘the hero’ is a purely personal thing. But Endeavor is all about results, and he undoubtably gets that for Midoriya as a mentor.

[Edit: I feel it necessary to point out explicitly that Endeavor neglects teaching the ‘helping’ part of being a hero and all the other things that All Might upholds as a hero. It probably should be noted he wasn’t even going to mentor Midoriya and Bakugo seriously until they fought for it.]

Contrarily, I think the thing that he should be hated for in this specific scenario is his willingness to prep and send these kids to war. And this dangerous sentiment that is shared by (a bit too many imo) other heroes fuelling Midoriya’s self-sacrificial tendencies is where Eraserhead comes in.

3) Eraserhead

Eraserhead is able to provide the safety and controlled development that none of the other mentors really managed (or even tried to give, in some cases). He’s what you would look and pray for in a teacher of future heroes in general, and he does a fantastic job of that by fanon standards. I probably don’t need to go on about the positives of Eraserhead as a mentor. But, does he actually manage to provide those positives for Midoriya specifically? I think that’s a bit more for debate.

Eraserhead definitely tries his best, but he’s a teacher to way more kids than the other mentors in this poll, and the effectiveness of targeted teaching, of mentoring, is somewhat dulled. (Compare this to how he presumably mentors Hitoshi) That’s not to say he doesn’t target his teaching materials/ care a lot for Midoriya, it’s just that he’s got at least 20 other kids to worry about. And with the way that Midoriya clearly has issues with following Eraserhead’s guidance (Ik for plot and personality reasons too, but hear me out), I would say Eraserhead actually didn’t do too great of a job with Midoriya in this aspect. What I think he did do a good job of, was rebuild Midoriya’s respect in teachers, and also attempt to reshape Midoriya’s internalised prejudice about quirks.

Eraserhead’s the teacher that tries his hardest to be nurturing, and as a mentor to Midoriya, is slowly breaking down some of that Hero society preaches, and very, very slowly teaching him the importance of self preservation. He exposes Midoriya to the different sides of heroics in a brusque yet almost coddling manner (relative to the other mentors), which is contrasted directly by Gran Torino.

4) Gran Torino

There’s a surprising lack of Gran Torino fans supporting their argument, but I think he’s an interesting candidate for best mentor to Midoriya. Upon his introduction, Gran Torino was the most effective technical mentor, but that’s now been overshadowed by Endeavor. He’s blunt while also prioritising Midoriya’s safety like Eraserhead, with the added quality of being eccentric and dramatic.

So what does he bring to the table?

Well, I think that’s his perspective on heroics. He’s a hero too, but he’s not as involved with the current politics while still being somewhat aware of the corruption and tragedies of being a hero simply due to his age (yes I’m calling him old, it’s a compliment). He also gives credit where credit is due, and unlike Eraserhead, is able to give that mentorship in a very specific and personalised manner without it being biased against another student.

There’s probably more to him, but I can’t think of any rn so that’s all you’re getting loll.

Conc:

They’re all important for different reasons, and there’s definitely a few mentor figures that aren’t mentioned in this post. But I think at the end of the day, it’s not the mentor that makes the difference — Midoriya is just a really, really good learner.

Feel free to explain in the tags

Enji, Are You Queer?

Chapter 25: Keeping Up with the Todorokis

Enji and Rei have a fight over Shouto’s teenage rebellion. Edgeshot is back on his bullshit. Gran Torino weighs in on Toshinori’s love life. The Todoroki family approaches a difficult decision.

All for One: Pfft I don’t need to take your quirk.

Best Jeanist: Lol ok.

Best Jeanist, later: (ruins everything with his quirk) Eat shit!

All for One: MOTHERFUCKER

All for One: I’m taking your quirk.

Endeavor: Eat fire. (burns him with eyes)

All for One: OUCH FUCK NEVERMIND

All for One: I’m taking your quirk.

Nana Shimura: Eat shit.

All for One: I’m taking your quirk.

All Might: Eat shit.

All for One: I’m taking your quirk.

Deku: Eat doodoo.

Gran Torino: Also eat shit.

All for One: I’m so tired of all of you!!!

Why are yall surprised All Might is shrinking? Look at Gran Torino.

Deku: I don’t really want to kill a guy who has been abused, groomed and manipulated his entire life actually, especially considering that our society is kind of responsible for what happened to him

Old Tortino:

Gran Torino when talking about Tomura be like:

Thanks BNHA S6 for reminding me why I hate Gran Torino’s self-righteous raisin ass.

FINALLY

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MHA: Fling Theory

While writing a much, much longer analysis and prediction post (which we will finish and post hopefully by Wednesday - fingers crossed, it’s already been delayed over a week because of work schedules and additions) and a portion discussing what @aoimikans​ and I know of the wider-known Dad for One Theory, I had to pause while discussing the topic of Nana Shimura’s husband.  

At the time, I had been writing about the alternative ways All for One found Nana Shimura and her husband (whether he was a hero, a civilian, or perhaps the 6th User of OfA) and killed her husband. I mentioned there is an alternative theory floating around that All for One was actually her husband, but it is generally easy to debunk based on canon information, including recent information given to use via Gran Torino’s flashback: 

In a recent chapter, when we see Gran Torino watch Nana as she gives up Kotaro, Nana says later in the flashback “if he learns of Kotaro” as if All for One was not aware of the boy, to begin with. That may imply that her husband was killed while she was pregnant and she escaped AfO’s attention long enough to raise Kotaro for a few years. 

One would think that if AfO was her husband, he’d know about Kotaro early on, or at the very least know of the attempts to have a child. And if AfO already knew of their connection, he would try to use it against her and put both her and her child in danger. Not only that but when All for One finds Shimura’s family later on - and he would have to have found them to show interest in Tenko - he simply allows Kotaro and Hana to die. Kotaro, Nana’s son, and Hana, Kotaro’s daughter who resembles Nana in both name and appearance. If he had been her husband and found she’d managed to hide away a child, I can’t imagine he wouldn’t move to possess that entire family somehow. 

Then… It occurred to me that there is another alternative option which I’m calling the Fling Theory. 

All for One approached Nana Shimura under a different name and quirk (much like the theorized Dad for One = Hisashi Midoriya situation) and attempted to get close enough to her to create a relationship, trick her into giving him One for All (and maybe even a child at that point). All for One was unsuccessful stealing the quirk by force up until then. Perhaps he thought a different approach would work, and being a charismatic person and egotistical it sounds like something he’d do. 

Maybe it got as far as a night of passion before Nana realized who All for One was and fled. That would certainly give one plausible explanation for why everything seems so personal when All for One discusses Nana Shimura. Moreover, if she discovered she was pregnant after? A marriage to a hero or civilian husband to cover for the existence of a child would be necessary to hide him. Again, in Gran Torino’s recent flashback, there is that focus on what Nana says: “if he learns of Kotaro…” 

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I'm.....

Bnha x Gravity Falls Crossover

I'm still not sure about which person should be which character but I'm %100 sure that Mina'd be Mabel Pines in another universe.

I'm gonna make another sketch for this au, I kinda like it. (Though Im still not sure who should be Soos. Maybe Kirishima?)

ALSO I'm actually not sure about if Katsuki should be Pacifica or Wendy🤔 if he is Wendy he will have an axe but if he will be Pacifica, then will be able to act mean🫠