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Thinking about rare quirk mutations.

Like... there are so many characters (especially villains omg) where if they had just. developed a normal quirk/their family quirk/were quirkless they wouldn't have been plot relevant at all really.

You have Shigaraki, and Toga, and Eri (plus some that I feel are maybe implied but I'm not 100% on) and the only reason why they are here and important is because they developed a powerful quirk at a sucky time and doomed themselves at least a little.

Shigaraki obviously (and I may be missing some lore here but wtv) who just so happens to develop a devastating quirk immediately after a terrible fight with his family so it's the perrrrfect time to just disintegrate all of them

Eri who develops her quirk and of course the first thing she rewinds is her dad and then she gets sent away/experimented on.

I almost want to say "quirk singularity" but these aren't powers that increased in strength over generations and generations. These are just random mutations that are powerful AF and fate these kids to crappy lives because how are you supposed to live normally with power that immense??

Something something, "If you put the power of a God into the hands of a child, something's going to go awry."

I have an update!! Finished rewatching and now...

NEW AND IMPROVED LIST

On my tier list game. These are my favorites, and I won't be showing my least favorites because I don't want to be eradicated

I ❤ MY ONE MUTUAL

YOU'RE TELLING ME SEASON EIGHT DOESN'T COME OUT UNTIL OCTOBER????????????????

Rewatching MHA currently and having a ball, LOVE the second season four credits because FIRST SHIRAKUMO SIGHTING IN THE SHOW I have 15 episodes until the Shirakumo one I'm so ready

On my tier list game. These are my favorites, and I won't be showing my least favorites because I don't want to be eradicated

MHA CREDITS TIER LIST FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH OPINIONS

Hey guys. I spent way too long making this. Here it is for you nerds who want to spend some time ranking your favorite intros and credits

TierMaker

MHA intros/credits (all except alternate credits) Tier List (Community Rankings)

Here is mine! (See below cut for in-depth analysis)

Season one intro one- THE DAY

A solid B tier. The song’s pretty good, alway jam out to the “meku meku” line (my personal fave.) An absolute classic but kind of basic compared to some others. I do love how it includes the whole class but so does every other one. Just average.

Season one credits one

C tier. The song is a pretty good jam but kind of basic and doesn’t go as all-out as some of the others. Pretty basic imagery too, but it’s the credits so it’s not supposed to be amazing. Just eh. Also idk about anyone else but I’ve always felt like the ending is super abrupt? Ever since I watched it the first time.

intro two

High C tier- okay I guess. I’ve listened to the whole song and me personally I think it’s just a case of them using too much of the boring part of it lmao. I know a lot of people like this one bc of Bakugo stretching and whatevs but the stretching part is sooo long and they’re all in these random places and when I was watching through the show I remember skipping this one a lot. It also just doesn’t go as hard as the other intros idk might just be me. Cool tokoyami moment in there though that’s worth mentioning.

Credits two

F tier. I know I KNOW it’s the girls and they’re hanging outtttttt and sad Ochacoooooo but it’s so boring I wanted to cry watching it on purpose it’s slow the song isn’t my taste it’s the opposite of my favorites and I don’t want to talk about it anymore.

Intro three

S TIER IT SO GOOD AGHHHH. The song is one of my favorites if not my absolute favorite I listen to it unironically the natewantstobattle version is so good I have it memorized, It has Kurogiri and Tokoyami. I love the part where the “ahahah” part happens as Gran Torino appears it’s just so goofy, the Stain imagery gets me every time it’s just UGH amazing.

Credits three

Another easy S tier. I love the creative world of it I love the part where Todoroi’s horse runs away I love Denki’s face at the end I love that Tokoyami’s riding a giant bird it’s just so visually interesting and I never skipped it because every time I would notice something new. Plus the song is awesome it has energy it has power it has a boppin guitar part it goes so damn hard it’s insane. Easily most captivating; it’s a crime we were robbed of it that one episode where they went to the mall I heard it in the bg but it’s not the same you can’t just scam me out of an episode I love this one.

Intro four

A solid A tier. I think it’s the absolute best they could have done with the song because you go and listen to the regular version of Odd Future and it’s honestly a mess all of the components are there but they’re just not utilized right imo? If that makes any sense? Anyway this adaptation of the song makes it so much better and the visuals are great all of the Shigaraki ones always get me & the All Might ones too for that matter. Really good intro it just doesn’t have me OBSESSED like some of the others do.

Credits four

D tier but only because the song is NOT WHAT I WOULD HAVE CHOSE. It’s so slow and quaint it kind of ruins the whole experience for me sadly :( The visuals in this one are like credits three, so much to see and really visually captivating. I love the comic-style pages and the sketches and all of the things they’re doing (there’s so much Tokoyami, Momo and Jiro were really cute, and there’s some plainclothes Aizawa in there.) The song honestly just saps so much away and if it was any better this would probably end up in A.

Intro five- Make My Story

B tier. Just a flat-out good intro. Nothing great, nothing terrible. The song is pretty good. New characters for the hero license arc. Inasa’s there and he’s my twin. Not a lot to say, it’s just pleasant.

Credits five

D tier. I remember nothing about this one and that honestly should tell me something. Not as flat-out bad as some of the other songs but also kind of slow. Tokoyami’s there. If anything this one just looked kind of goofy, especially when it was getting all emo with Deku and All Might walking. Very bland, but not terrible.

Intro six- Polaris

S TIERRR. A favorite to be sure, I have two dubbed versions of this song injected into my veins because they’re so oc-coded. One of its only crimes is that it’s not the entire song because the ending ROCKS SO HARD THE GUITAR IN THIS SONG IS SO GOOD. The visuals are good, Mirio Eri and Tamaki are there and I like them a lot :) honestly you could have anything going on in the background and I couldn’t care less, this song is SO GOOD. Also have to mention the obligatory anime intro falling in a void scene gotta love that.

Credits six

S tier. The song is a bop, the lore was dropped, it’s on top. I love just watching this one through because THE LOREEE and Eri is so adorable and the song??? It’s so good?? The violin is SHREDDING. My one complaint is that on spotify it’s always weirdly quiet but that’s not in the credits so who cares. Easily a favorite of mine.

Intro seven

A tier. Really fun visuals all the way through, I’ve been looking way too far into Aizawa and that sweater for four years,  it’s just aughhh so fun!! The song is pretty good, not a certified banger but still catchy. There’s LOREEE in this intro and I love parsing it out. You see everyone and there’s just so much care in every second! Just a plain good time :)

Credits seven

I AM CONFLICTED. The song is another of my least favorites, F tier song IMO, don’t come at me it’s just my preference. HOWEVER. I am in a very sticky spot, because this is one of the VERY few times in mha that we see my son my child my one and only Shirakumo and I love him and he’s there. Also baby Haws and teen Mirko and baby Mirio/Tamaki and it’s just another very interesting credits with a lot to see. I have decided I am rating these credits B tier but that one picture S tier and I take no notes. (When your favorite character shows up so few times you take what you can get.)

Intro eight

Easy A tier. It has Hawks, it has Tokoyami, it has Shinsou. Good visuals, good song (the guitar goes so hard don’t you get it.) Honestly this part of the show is where I started getting frustrated and tapping out so I didn’t know I would really harbor any nostalgia for this arc. I was surprised when this intro was so pleasant and nostalgic despite this arc being sooo boring. Good intro.

Credits eight

B tier. Cute, love seeing all the little friend groups, wish tokoyami was included in a friend group :( but we persevere. Love tokoyami with his apple, love Aoyama with his cheese, leaning into all of the classics and making me really just feel like “wow, this is MHA.” Nothing breathtaking or terrible. Just straight-up My Hero Academia.

Intro nine

Listen. I was prepared to rank this B or C because I love the song but the intro was trying a little too hard to be serious and not giving me enough of those things to look at and the class and all that. But then I saw and subsequently remembered the frame of Yamada and Aizawa with the cat and immediately changed my ranking to A tier because that IS A SHIRAKUMO REFERENCE. HE WAS NOT THERE BUT HIS PRESENCE WAS FELT. Plus tokoyami was there, hawks was there, the song really is a bop; I listen to it in my real life to get hyped up and energetic or to imagine fight scenes. It got 1-2 ranks higher because my pookie was there. Sometimes that’s how it goes.

Credits nine

Now this is where I REALLY start forgetting what the heck any of this is lmao. However this is Hawks’s moment he is shining in the spotlight so B tier for my boy. The song is mid, I do like how it’s “I will get you out of here” which is like in terms of him having to spy and his childhood so that’s pretty cool and edgy. I still get my fill of 1A, they’ve got their comfy clothes, they’re living it up. A solid credits scene! I wish Endeavor wasn’t in it.

Intro ten

I remember none of this :) However A tier becauseeeee AIZAWA AND YAMADA MAKE ANOTHER SHIRAKUMO REFERENCE you see they’re in the room where “Kurogiri” is trapped and that is where they realize he is in fact our boy my son Shirakumo and that immediately sells it. Also Hawks, also Miruko, also some unexpected awesome Twice and Toga?? A lot of fun things to see and I like that. Also a pretty good bop. Not necessarily an A tier one, but the rest pushes it up :) 

Credits ten

B tier. Song isn’t bad, has all my faves mentioned above, Twice and Toga in their dancing pose go so hard. The colors also go so crazy??? I wasn’t expecting to enjoy this as much as I do. Also, and this goes for the intro as well, there’s a lot of Midnight centering and knowing what happens I get it but also NOT COOL she was also an honorary dorkmigo :( and I do miss her. Oh man the cat could have been a Midnight reference too but that’s before she croaks so nah.

Intro 11

C tier. Didn’t hate it but kind of boring, no big lore or fun details really. The song was mid. They threw in baby Hawks to try and convince me but I’m tougher than that. All in all very emo and kinda bland but that’s when the show starts getting like that sooo ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Credits 11

B tier. “The story so far” ahh credits but the story so far is so much less bleak than how things are currently going. It was nostalgic to see all the stuff that happened because that’s the part of the show that really feels alive and like MHA to me. The song’s ok, visuals maybe a bit bland, but it has that feel of home. This is the MHA I like to remember.

Intro 12

C tier. The music is terrible. The voice is so nasal and the style makes me so anxious IMO it’s just not for me. However, they gave us a lot of stuff to look at with the crazy visuals. Obviously I’m mentioning the Shirakumo reference with Aizawa Yamada and “Kurogiri” (guys he’s not kurogiri guys that’s wrong.) Also amputee Miruko with her short hair is GORGEOUS she looks so pretty. If only this was a bop, it would have been easy A tier. (can you tell I’m losing patience with this show??)

Intro 13

HELLO??? IS THE MAN NEXT TO AIZAWA SHIRAKUMO OR AM I TWEAKING I DO NOT HAVE HULU ATM HAS THE REVEAL HAPPENED IN THE ANIME YET??? THERE ARE NO CLIPS ON YOUTUBE anywayyyyy A tier especially if that’s real alive Oboro Shirakumo bc there was so much lore so many fun things I am honestly too distracted to make a comprehensive explanation right now someone please just tell me if that’s him because if it is I will freak the fuck out. Also the video on youtube I found was subbed and uhhhhh check out Neobrane’s MHA opening 13 it is a treat.

this blog hates donald trump

dont you love being on the edge of sleep when you have an extremely loud auditory hallucination of a man going HMM in your ear

MHA CHAPTER 428 SPOILERS

I would love to welcome the 15-20 of you to my commentary of the week!

The fact that Iida actually needed to fend the first years off is kind of wild imo. The fact that Bakugo is ducking behind him too it’s kinda silly

I’m with Mineta on this one. Why do so many girls like douchebags? Of course I understand the feminine (or masculine or otheruline) urge to fall for the villain but that’s only if he’s got that pathetic quality about him. But people who are just jerks? I don’t understand that.

AUGH, seeing that they’re class 2A… in print… the heartstrings are being pulled guys it’s really almost over :(

Idk why but the looks on their faces are telling me there’s something else going on and OF COURSE I’m going to jump to the conclusion that it’s about Shirakumo because these guys were the most connected to him and idk I feel like we might get some closure-closure soon because sure we saw him glorp away but we don’t KNOW whether or not he’s actually dead for real. Am I grasping at straws? Most definitely. But I love Shirakumo an unreasonable amount and I want him to live and make it to graduation because Aizawa promised :(

TOKOYAMI!!! Love to see him BUT..

I must know if this whimsical fellow is him or not. I feel that it must be, but the Hanna-Barbera energy he is projecting confounds me. Where is his cloak? Why the Mickey Mouse gloves? Maybe it isn’t him and I’m crazy lmao someone help please

Listen when I read this I had in inexplicable feeling of dread and anticipation. The bus literally only has first years in it. Idk why i was so stressed

I am very much in agreement with Kirishima here. Underclassmen can be scary.

Man toga bent her way more out of shape than I thought. Also I didn’t mention the panel but the kids are allowed to stay at home now and man is that great for the implications of the world I’ve made in my head.

This chapter was very enjoyable for whatever reason! I’ll see you next week <|:0)

Been rotating in my head like a microwave

OMG I WAS LOOKING AT AN OLD POST AND??

In case you aren’t catching my drift here that is

~Chicago, Iowa~

Now I have been to Chicago and I have been to Iowa and I can confirm they are NOT the same place

Idk this just struck me as goofy

Honorable mentions to :

Atlanta, Alabama,

Seattle, Oregon,

Kansas City, in the middle of four states

And Miami, middle of the fing Gulf of Mexico

Mha chapter 427 spoilers

And on the sabbath day, they returned with their thoughts on the new mha chapter

Really love how they’re representing the 21yo girls as so superficial and stuff. Like haha I would so make light of my friends death like that lol lol rofl etc.

He… *tucks hair behind ear*… was a gamer. (We really aren’t beating the cringe allegations are we. Never forget Shigaraki was a league of legends player)

Omg 😱 such a meta moment!! Was… spinner writing this all along? No, god i hope not. He was the reason Shirakumo died and I am Never forgetting that!

Shoji mentioned!! Shojis actually pretty cool I feel like he deserved more screen time

Look at what they did to Chisaki. I always was a Chisaki disliker but the stans must be crying screaming throwing up right now

Deku’s new haircut is actually growing on me + Mineta doesn’t have many things going for him but his face is gold here + I still don’t think Bakugo and Todoroki are that great

Sorry the commentary is winding down a bit but so is my interest for the series ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Shirakumo’s death was really the end of my interest in the show/manga at large

Nonetheless I’m happy you’re here :) and I’m planning to stick with this series until the very end

MHA CHAPTER 426 SPOILERS

Hey guys what is up I don’t care about Endeavor at all

Idk but I kinda like that they all have matching scars now. Family Tradition

That is A Corpse on life support. Also, huzzah, no more Endeavor

Awwwwww bonding or whatever. I’m sorry these are the characters I care the least about

HAWKS!!!!!!,!,!,!,!,! Love how he texts Endeavor like he’s just another bestie. So happy to see him he’s this chapter’s saving grace

Anyway, president hawks yippee, Gentle and La Brava who are cool ig. I do not want them to try and make us empathize with Spinner because if it wasn’t for him Shirakumo wouldn’t be dead. Sorry the commentary is lackluster, my keyboard is absolutely wigging out and can barely type a single word :) see you next week (only one week wait!)

Sidenote: I accidentally typed “nd” and, no keys stuck or anything, it just kept typing nd until I scrolled. I need to replace this hunk of junk asap

MHA CHAPTER 425 SPOILERS

Sorry I’m a day late idk what happened

Love Nejire’s whole demeanor I don’t think of her often but she’s cool

Mic is really putting everything into his performance huh. Also the “drop some bars” line goes hard

I swear this is a fever dream. Where did the giant drag Queen tank come from. I wouldn’t expect anything less from Mirio but still

yay!! I love Shinsou (way more than Aoyama) I’m happy he’ll be a part of 2A now. Oh crud they’re 2A now… crazy

I want to know what the Era thing is about it’s intriguing but. Did it have to be era? I’ve been forced to hear the word era so so so many times in the last year. I guess now I can give it a positive connotation

Tokoyami!!!! He’s my favorite living character now and. Boy are those feathers a look. Does this mean a third Tokoyami funko pop? If so, I’m not complaining.

Aw I was kind of hoping Endeavor and Dabi both. Died. I think they’re both annoying and I don’t want to focus on them anymore :). But it’s not my choice to make… I hope we get to check in on Hawks and Mirko soon!

MHA CHAPTER 424 SPOILERS

Well it’s Sunday night, first day of providing my commentary in a Shirakumo-less world

I would like to say that, as an American, I have honestly never heard of Billings, Wyoming. Like, it’s Wyoming. Anyway, shout-out Chicago

Club penguin jumpscare

Listen that’s Mirko for you (one of my favorite characters, if you didn’t know)

I legitimately wish my eyeball could do that

Listen,,,,, I checked and Safari said that this isn’t the last chapter (I mean it says to be continued but) anyway I don’t know how much longer the manga is going to run after this but I actually do not know how I’ll cope with the end of this era. This phase has somehow stayed with me for 4 years and ending it may be impossible actually

I have been playing a lot of Animal Crossing lately

One week until the new chapter, but man will I still be mourning the loss of Shirakumo. Let’s hope for some Tokoyami and hawks, I guess……

MHA 423 SPOILERS

Listen writing this after the chapter is more devastating than you could ever know ok

Listen I can’t even write this like I’m live reacting but my thoughts were along the likes of “hmmmm what’s this now? Maybe he’s breaking free and going to be Shirakumo and be happy :) :) :)”…

Here I was like: “what the heck man, he was getting better!! But you know what, maybe he’ll get better when Shigaraki dies and this is a temporary regression.”

And here I EXPERIENCED THE FIVE STAGES OF GRIEF ALL AT ONCE BECAUSE THEY REALLY HAD TO DESTROY THE TWO HUNDRED CHAPTERS I HAD TO WAIT BEFORE THE FLASHBACK AND NOW HES GONE-GONE at least i’m pretty sure he is from his particles literally fading away and I know this might seem like an overly strong reaction to the death of a character that had barely any time in the main series but I have a deep appreciation for Shirakumo and he deserved better than this. Maybe this is all a fake-out and those particles are the Kurogiri-ness leaving him and now he’s free to be Shirakumo free of Kurogiri and that may be stupid but that’s all I have.

Anyway yayyy the conclusion we’ve been waiting for since chapter/episode one I’m happy that we got here but did we really have to sacrifice Shirakumo to do it? I don’t think so. Looking forward to a sparse amount of panels with Hawks and Tokoyami, but my pride and joy is now deceased :(

MHA chapter 422 SPOILERS

Back at it again with the riveting commentary everyone

Listen Aoyama has his faults, he’s not my favorite, but dang this kid stays fabulous through thick and thin he’s committed to the ✨✨✨ even in the midst of seemingly devastating head injuries

WHY IS HE GLORPING???? SOMEONE PLEASE WHY IS HE GLORPING??????? IF HE DIES IN THE BOOK I DIE IN REAL LIFE DO YOU UNDERSTAND

This poor kid just wants to go home poor Kaminari

YES TOKOYAMI MY BOY HES ALIVE AWAKE ALERT maybe not enthusiastic HOWEVER this is great I’m happy he’s alive and has been included 😊😊😊😊😊😊 oh and Hawks too he seems to be sitting up again good I love my bird boys I want them to live and be happy

Another banger chapter however I was never given an explanation as to Shirakumo’s glorping and I am concerned as to the implications this could hold for my future wellbeing. Thankfully, only a week’s wait for the next chapter and by golly I better find out why Shirakumo got glorped

The cycle does not cease

Okay so am I the only one that thinks the Amazing Digital Circus ending music has that special™️ nostalgia?? Like this is black and white team umizoomi dream that one TOH hunter edit that one Lego Star Wars level nostalgia. Wrong and sad but so undeniably right?? The truest form of nostalgia to me?? Description can’t do it justice I just wanted to say that ending song (it’s called your new home I think) is like. Unlocking memories and making me feel this way I haven’t felt in years

Mha chapter 421 spoilers

Honestly this is habit now how could I not even though there isn’t even the single panel of Tokoyami I asked for

Heyyy Kurogiri mention page one isn’t terrible even though only his portals show up this chapter and not his actual self but you take some you lose some

The crew!! Minus like all my favorite characters,,,, but still. But seriously no Shirakumo, Tokoyami, hawks, Miruko or Mirio?? Not one?? Aizawa is a win at least but way to put all my favorites out of commission

Recovery girl mention 🙏🏻 we Stan. Also Yamada (or mic whatever) leaving Shirogiri or Kirokumo or whatever better not make him like, Schrödinger’s cat and now that no one’s looking at him he could be either dead or alive. Am I insane? Probably. I love Shirakumo too much

Anyway I strive to achieve a star in every speech bubble in the comic of life (poetic)

See you in two weeks <|;)

Okay what the heck did they do to all of my pals but Tico and Isa especially like some things are not meant to be CGI and looking into tico’s face should tell you that. Can’t believe they’re doing my childhood like that.

1 week for the new chapter 🙏🏻 praying that we see more Shirogiri or whatever this 50/50 combo is called. Also like one single frame of Hawks and Tokoyami wouldn’t be half bad. You know, just a thought

MHA chapter 420 spoilers

I HAVE WAITED FOR MONTHS LITERALLY SINCE THE START OF THIS SUPER LONG BATTLE AND I’M LITERALLY SO CALM SO CHILL SO COOL AND RELAXED RN

they could have given my man more than like 7 pages BUT BUT BUT

THIS??? ARE YOU KIDDING ME???

he’s in there and he can cry and he’s a high schooler and their job is to help him reach graduation I am so so so so calm

If he doesn’t get rewound or restored I am going to explode IF HE DIES??? (Again) FOR THE SAKE OF THE “NARRATIVE”??? I WILL ACTUALLY SCREAM he had so much lead up. They made such a big deal saving the reveal of what Aizawa and Yamada were doing. If they throw that all away and he dies again I might actually cry.

Anyway love the promise of what’s happening next, coming full circle with the class and that, Aizawa fathering his class again just like old times. Bittersweet to be sure. Sad that Tokoyami’s passed out in the middle of a crater with severe burns so he can’t be there but you can’t win ‘em all you know

MHA NEW CHAPTER SPOILERS

ARE WE GOING TO GET THE KUROGIRI CLOSURE THAT I’VE BEEN WAITING THE LAST THIRTY CHAPTERS FOR??? FINALLY??? MY SON SHIRAKUMO??? I’m so normal about this um yeah yeah yeah

Also the three most forgettable class 1a members saving the day is crazyyyy like I saw Sato and Ojiro and I actually gasped this chapter is throwing many many good thingsssssssss

My dearest dearest hope for next chapter is a flashback to what was happening with Aizawa Mic and Kurogiri because I have been BEGGING for Shirakumo restoration for like over a year and it’s!!! It’s coming!!!!! I really want to see him next chapter and if I do boy you’ll be hearing about it

Happy lets get all chummy with Caesar day!

No, I don't have anything behind my back. You may have something in yours soon though

hyperspecific poll time!!

idk this seemed fun

Made a quiz if anyone's interested. "What song that i've obsessed over are you?" https://uquiz.com/quiz/8BS5mw?p=6258721

Feel free to try if you want :)