My Hero Academia 7x21 "Battle Without a Quirk" - reaction & review
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Hey everyone! Here it is - my reaction to MHA season 7, episode 21!!! OMG!!!!!!!! As if the Toga stuff couldn't get any more moving, we have some AMAZING stuff between the girls at the beginning of the episode here! I wouldn't go as far as to say that Toga has turned hero or anything, but WOW, she realizes that someone on the other side has truly seen her....and it's even made her consider what could've been with her quirk if someone had reached out like that sooner! And OMG, ARMORED ALL MIGHT!!!!!!!!!!! Iron Might!!! Haha! He's AMAZING! The way he's using the kids' quirks just moved me so much!!!! The fight scene was absolutely stellar, but the STONES this show has to leave me mid-fight like that until the new season!!!! Ugghhhh!!! Amazing ep, amazing finale!!! Enjoy! ~ MH
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Sounds great, and I'm so sorry about the con situation!!! But so glad the book fair in Frankfurt worked out!! Good luck with your cosplay!! Ohhh that's too bad about Toga, but thank you for confirming! Wow! Yeah no I don't think that's a spoiler, I'm glad I know so I can feel the full impact of her sacrifice. So true, she went out true to herself. Oooh good idea to film your reaction just to be able to have it!! Hahaha no one could blame you for being totally enthralled by the Iron Might scenes, and screaming for them!!!!!!!! This fight is gonna be so good!!!!!!!!
Melissa Moore
2024-10-21 14:12:37 +0000 UTCI'll probably comment some more once I have more time (I actually just watched the Finale today and a few days ago the last episode - my "let's go to a convention in my hometown to "forget" the bad memories of the last Con, ended up absolutely not working out and I was so depressed, I couldn't even think about MHA 😅🙃 But I spontaneously found out about some friends/people I know going to the book fair in Frankfurt and I jumped on and since then (don't want to risk anything going wrong again) I've been mostly working on my Cosplay :D Aaaaanyways xD) I think it was a little clearer in the Manga (even tho it only got 100% confirmed in the last chapters, but we were like 99% sure and even the fandom site was writing about it like that) but Toga gave Ochaco ALL of her blood, so I don't think it's really any kind of Spoiler to confirm to you - yes. Himiko Toga died. But at least she lived and died as herself (pretty sure that's very close to the Manga quote, somehow they left out like half of the quote in the episode) Now to keep watching your Reaction to see Iron Might! xD (Just for fun and myself because I never edit it in the end, I like to film my reactions sometimes 😅🤣 It was mostly for the Manga, but the last few episodes were so awesome, I left the camera rolling [I was so shocked by how amazing they did with Light Fades to Rain, my mouth was literally hanging open, so I started grabbing my phone xD this as background info for... xD) I usually watch the episode as soon as it comes out and then later a few at a time with my best friend, but I didn't get around to watch this episode before she showed up today, I filmed.... I was supposed to be quiet because my mum was asleep, but as I kept flipping between the screen and watching her, I saw the Iron Might Animation and literally started screaming and forgot all about watching her and was just glued to the screen xD Can't wait for the end of that fight!!!
NarumiYutani
2024-10-17 23:23:24 +0000 UTCGood to know! I think your theory on the cutoff point is pretty accurate from what I'm hearing from manga readers! OHHHHH so she basically made her blood into Uraraka's, that makes sense. I love how Izuku's influence impacted everyone here. He's such a giant ham and I love it lol!! The two-way inspiration here was so moving. That's so fun about the Bleach reference! Glad to hear you enjoyed the movie! I've been seeing ads for it, it looks like a good one. I'll address what's taking the MHA slot and how/why in this week's schedule, and I'll most likely start Arcane within a week of it airing on Netflix. :)
Melissa Moore
2024-10-16 05:40:29 +0000 UTCHi Spadeas! :) OMG I totally get how this destroyed you, and thanks for keeping it under wraps so well for spoiler reason!! WHOA.....so that was it for Toga?! Omg :((( But it was so beautiful. I hope Uraraka will be okay! The inspiration going both ways for All Might and the students will never not move me!! WOW!!! I love those details on the armor! That makes it even more beautiful!! I was kinda wondering that about what Nana said about her family :/ Either way it's sad! I'd love a spin off about her! OMG I cannot believe that's where we started lol, we did sooooo much!!! I can't wait for the final season!!!
Melissa Moore
2024-10-16 05:37:25 +0000 UTCOof, I guess they did their best then haha! Oh wow!! That's good to know!! 12/13 eps actually sounds really satisfying; I have no idea what's coming but I could totally see that being an adequate wrap-up!!!
Melissa Moore
2024-10-16 05:35:06 +0000 UTCOmg I know right?! She's come a long way alright. The quirks KILLED me!!! It was a literal manifestation of all they've done to inspire each other. Evil is a great way to put it, they've got some real nerve doing this!! Oh yeah, we def need to see the entirety of it next time. The music was so on fire here, I couldn't agree more!!!!!!!!!
Melissa Moore
2024-10-16 05:34:18 +0000 UTCOMG!!! Seeing as how she's the closest thing I have to a self insert on this show, I'm gonna go ahead and take all the credit on this one ^_^
Melissa Moore
2024-10-16 05:33:06 +0000 UTCYes!!! And thank you so much!!!!!!! This has been a tough season to watch as a preggo hehe :D
Melissa Moore
2024-10-16 05:32:44 +0000 UTCPregnant?! Congratulations! :D
Damie♥
2024-10-16 03:16:51 +0000 UTCBah, I counted wrong it’s 22 days. Sorry I tried to count in my head. XD
Tyler Stobbe
2024-10-16 01:00:03 +0000 UTCMy understanding is the final season of MHA is scheduled to come out some time next year. I knew you were going to have… an issue with where we ended, lol. My guess is, as someone who isn’t reading the manga, that this season and the final season all are part of the same arc, and the matter of fact is, the whole thing was just too big and long to fit into one, so they had to cut off somewhere. Animators work a long and hard time on this stuff, they deserve to get a chance to breathe once in a while. :) Now, there’s two stories to focus on here: the first being that Toga actually wanted the same thing the League did - to blow it all up, society, everything. There’s a difference, though - she didn’t want to hurt people to do it. I believe you may have glossed over one concept about her Quirk and how she’s using it - she sucked some of Ochaco’s blood to transform, because after she did that her blood would also be identical to Uraraka’s, so there wouldn’t be any problems with a transfusion. Uraraka’s tenacity to follow Deku’s example, ended up not only helping Toga, it came back to save her life, too. Much to her bewilderment. I guess it’s like they say, one good turn deserves another. The other is the All Might/AFO battle, and Toshinori is loving being a ham. As I thought about why he was so gleeful just now it occurred to me that the weight is off of his shoulders. His ideal is intact, but just as All Might is the catalyst for many of the kids, the kids have also inspired him - he feels it’s safe to leave the big fight to them, and he’s just here to lend a hand… or a fist. (I did have to laugh at the subtle shot at Bleach, wonder if that was on purpose.) As you said, him using the students’ abilities is going full circle, but I wonder how many of them realize that inspiration is a two way street. I don’t really have a whole lot to say about the battle, it’s all action, but we can see everyone’s pretty tired and beaten up. But we all know that’s not going to stop them, right? Because that wouldn’t be Plus Ultra. As a reminder, the MHA: You’re Next movie was released in theaters last weekend, and I actually just got home from watching it. You should go see it, I think it might be the best one so far, especially if you want to see a little more of these characters now that we’ve gone on hiatus. PS: Since the slot for this show is now open due to the end of the season, when you’re adjusting the next couple of schedules and decisions regarding it, do keep in mind that Arcane will be launching in 16 days. :)
Tyler Stobbe
2024-10-16 00:58:41 +0000 UTCSo when All Might chooses to take on All for One without a quirk, he does it by harnessing Melissa-power.
Christopher Pope
2024-10-15 22:24:19 +0000 UTCToga seemingly giving her life to save Uraraka is so sad. So far from what we all thought when we first met her. All Might having a suit made to mimic presumably all of 1A’s quirks was too much 😭 we already could tell the kids kinda taught him as well, but seeing it manifest like this was so crazy. This is the most evil cliffhanger I think I’ve ever seen. Out of all the tv seasons, movies, and games I’ve seen I don’t think any of them have done something as evil as end *in the middle of a fight*! Next season better have us starting from the beginning of the fight, I don’t care that we’ve already seen it. I need to see this fight from beginning to end all in one season! And I’m so excited for the music for the last season, the music was incredible, especially in this second half.
Cody
2024-10-15 21:12:07 +0000 UTCAs a manga reader, unless you wanted to win with toga/uraraka... There was no good closure point for the season lol. We still have 32 chapters left lol ... But we're supposed to get extra content in the last volume release too . And a couple fights can EASILY be expanded. So I'm expecting a full one cour 12 or 13 episodes.
crazizzle85
2024-10-15 16:25:41 +0000 UTCHi Hime :) I said last week that this was the part that destroyed me in the manga, it was a sweet lie, here is THE part that destroyed me, but I didn't want to deprive you of the "pleasure" of discovering it for yourself so I zipped my mouth lol. As I was saying, Ochaco has been my favorite character for a while, Toga too on the villainous side and I like their stories and relationship, so seeing it end like that, with Toga sacrificing herself to save Ochaco, I had a hard time getting over it. And I'm talking about sacrifice because yes, Toga says she gives her all her blood and nothing more flows from the tubes at the end... So yeah, it doesn't look good for her. Now, it remains to be seen what repercussions this will have on Ochaco... (even if I know it already). For Armored All Might, you already said it but yes, to have All Might be an inspiring figure for many, to become inspired by his students to the point of naming and using their quirks as inspiration for his armor, we can't come full circle better. Little information not said in the story but in the bonus pages, this armor is a prototype made quickly and with ALL the money that All Might had. He used his fortune to be able to be useful to others and have a role in this battle, remaining just an observer would have filled him with regret. As we saw, even without a quirk in his youth, he could not remain without doing anything. Also a little sad note, I would like to have a timeline of the events, because Nana Shimura tells Toshinori/All Might, that her family was killed. Is this after she abandoned her son or before she had him ? Because if it's before, it means that her son was her only family and that it must have been really hard for her to abandon him, but if it's after, we can understand her desire not to involve a young boy in this conflict, when she has just abandoned her son to protect him... Frankly, a spin-off on the story of Nana Shimura could be interesting, maybe even who knows, on each former bearer of One for all, not necessarily their whole life, but passages allowing us to understand who they were and to see the evolution of the world of MHA between the great era of AfO and what we see now. But yes, to finish, it was a fantastic season, which as a reminder, started with Star and Stripes facing Shigaraki/AfO until the current war, what events. The next one is announced for 2025 and I think we can be sure to have it quite quickly, knowing that there will not be a large number of episodes either.
Spadeas
2024-10-15 14:21:43 +0000 UTC
