MHA S7 EP 14
Added 2024-08-24 19:04:57 +0000 UTC
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Yea they completely brushed over spinners backstory in My Villain Academia. In the manga the arc starts of with the League of Villains attacking heteromorphic hate crime group at one of their meetup spots. Then they tell you more about how Spinner grew up in a backwater place that would discriminate against heteromorphs and how he just accepted it until hero killer's stains final stand on the news inspired him to change the world on his own. Really unfortunate because the prejudice the heteromorphs face is a cool analogy for racism and they just don't focus on it as much in the anime. I believe they also just cut out a lot of the screen time that he had in general in that arc which is terrible because in the manga you see his interactions with Shigiraki and it makes you really understand why they're so close. I think bones was too focused on the training arc and didn't prioritize MVA. A choice that still bewilders me because that arc WENT CRAZY IN THE MANGA. It was super popular in the manga so much so that it created controversy because in Japan villains/criminals aren't supposed to be seen in a positive light or they don't like when you show them sympathy.
Ralsei
2024-08-25 12:08:01 +0000 UTCI feel like the message of this episode was powerful, but at the same time, because we weren't told how badly heteromorphs were treated until late last season, it also felt a little underwhelming. I haven't read the manga, but someone told me that the anime skipped Spinner's backstory during the arc where we learned about Toga, Twice, and Shigaraki's pasts. Maybe having that context would have helped? Or perhaps if the heteromorph discrimination came up more often and earlier in the story? One of the reasons why the Todoroki family drama works so well in MHA is because their situation plays out through the entire story, bit by bit. If the author had applied that "bit by bit" approach to the discrimination plot line, this episode would have hit much harder.
Merfhew
2024-08-24 22:12:00 +0000 UTC
