My Hero Academia

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Bahamut810

I guess it depends on if you see them in their 'hero outfit' or normal clothes. They all look sort of japanese normal in casual clothes, but where they have more traditional "hero clothing" that is tighter it accentuates certain places unless you want to consider "has breasts" to be having huge ones.

Here is a chart of how they look normally

Cool! That helps with the names too.

[CyberCubed]

Japanese names are so hard to remember unless you read manga or look at sites regularly that feature their names, because I just hear them once and then it goes to the next line of dialogue.

Kinda reminds you of the way dubs used to Americanize Japanese names to english names in the early 2000's because Japanese names were so hard for kids to remember. Like imagine if My Hero Academia was created back in the 90's or early 2000's or something? All their names besides maybe Deku would have been changed for the dub.

Considering Funimation dubs MHA who of course did Dragon Ball Z, it's funny to think about. All the dub voices are perfect too, they all suit the characters and sometimes you would forget this isn't an American produced show with an anime art style due to the dub being so good.

[Sumac]

Never had problems with remembering Japanese names.

[Papenbrook]

Originally Posted by Papenbrook

No, there isn't.

And even if there was, they're almost never objectified/sexualized like the female characters.

As a whole, the Shounen genre is largely sexist towards women/girls.

Ohh, I'm reminded that the female characters are shoddily written, too.

Seriously, are there any well-written female characters in My Hero Academia? ( I can't think of any ... )

[ZariusTwo]

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Papenbrook

Ohh, I'm reminded that the female characters are shoddily written, too.

Seriously, are there any well-written female characters in My Hero Academia? ( I can't think of any ... )

Ochako? Momo? Mei? They got cool powers and interesting personalities and motives.

[Autbot_Benz]

I mean Momo had an episode when she was paired with Shoto and wasn't sure of herself and she eventually got the courage to help defeat Eraserhead in a training exercise. Not to mention she was in charge by order of Midnight to try and take down the giant monster Gigantomachia even thought id didn't go well

[Bahamut810]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Ochako? Momo? Mei? They got cool powers and interesting personalities and motives.

Dont forget, to Papen "well written" means they have to be main characters with the most screen time that has to one up any given male character constantly.

It does not matter what they are...if they dont one up the boys *constantly*, well, dernet they cant be a good character can they?

It doesnt matter that...

Uraraka is taking up a dangerous job in order to help pull her family out of poverty. In doing so almost besting the most combat efficient person in the class, making him strain himself to pull off the win with an extremely clever tactic to make him work against himself. Then after that taking up internships and developing skills she uses to cover the weaknesses she found that she had. Dedicates herself to her schooling, so much that she rejects any feelings she may have for another person. Who just happens to have learned her powers well enough that in almost every situation she is in she knows how to best utilize them in combo's with other heros.

No, she is not the main character or the most powerful so she *cant* be well written.

It also doesn't matter that...

Yayorozu being from a successful legacy hero gets into the most prestigious school on suggestion despite being unsure of herself. She works and studies hard, as much for herself as to make her powers work (as she has to know things inside and out in order to make them...things like tracking devices, explosives, chemical compounds, ext). She has had multiple times where she was not sure her team would come through but works through her self-doubt to be the leader that pulled them through the situation.

No, she is not the main character or the most powerful so she *cant* be well written

I will admit that some of the 20+ member cast could use more background time (Like Mina Ashido, I love her design), but to say they aren't well means you arent paying attention or you *Want* to complain about that knowing its wrong.

[Bahamut810]

Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

I mean Momo had an episode when she was paired with Shoto and wasn't sure of herself and she eventually got the courage to help defeat Eraserhead in a training exercise. Not to mention she was in charge by order of Midnight to try and take down the giant monster Gigantomachia even thought id didn't go well

Her leadership also bested another team in the Provisional License Arc. In the
U.A. Students vs. Seiai Students encounter it was Yayorozu and others vs a team led by a person whose literal power was to be smart.

[Allio]

Yeah, the girls definitely are written well in comparison to their amount of screen time. They are written as well as anyone that isn’t named Deku/Bakugo/Todoroki. Kyoka is probably the weakest, but she has fallen into “Tenten” category.

Originally Posted by Sumac

Never had problems with remembering Japanese names.

My only issue just mainly stems from just the amount of names to remember.

[CyberCubed]

Deku is the main character so naturally most of the battles will resolve around him. The girls get plenty to do, and its not like all the other male heroes in the class get constant focus either. Most of the secondary characters are just treated like support characters in the classroom with just a few lines per episode regardless of their gender. The guy with the tail or the one with the arms or electric guy, it's not like they get any more focus than the girls. They all get similar amount of focus.

In fact I'm surprised how many female characters there are, not just in class 1-A but all the other recurring female characters from the other classes, or the pussycats or the adults like Midnight or the girl from tech support.

[Autbot_Benz]

Today's Episode was fantastic

It was revealed that Dabi is actually

Spoiler:

Toya Todoroki the eldest son of Endavor.

Also Best Jeanist is back

[Prowler]

I do agree that MHA has a very large cast and the mangaka has trouble making some of then relevant or giving then screen time. You could say it's natural due to the sheer size of the series cast, but Oda seems to handle it well with One Piece. It also helps that the core group of characters is rather small and a lot of characters are only prominent in an arc or two. The series format definitely was done with that mind. Unlike My Hero Academia. Plus, like I said sometime ago already, MHA lacks world building.

It's not just female characters who are wasted. Lots of male characters have a lot of untapped potential as well and could use more screen time.

[CyberCubed]

I only follow the dub so I'm up to Season 6 episode 8 but this season has been great.

I don't think characters are underused at all, it was obvious from the start not all 20 classmates of class 1-A were intended to be important. It's clearly obvious who the "main" characters are and who the supporting characters are. Same for the Pro heroes who come and go, and the Class 1-B students and everyone else.

What I do like though is every character gets a chance to shine, no matter how minor.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I only follow the dub so I'm up to Season 6 episode 8 but this season has been great.

I don't think characters are underused at all, it was obvious from the start not all 20 classmates of class 1-A were intended to be important. It's clearly obvious who the "main" characters are and who the supporting characters are. Same for the Pro heroes who come and go, and the Class 1-B students and everyone else.

What I do like though is every character gets a chance to shine, no matter how minor.

There are some students with cool quirks with a lot of untapped potential. Like Momo Yaoyorozu and Kyoka Jiro, for example.

[Bahamut810]

Originally Posted by Prowler

There are some students with cool quirks with a lot of untapped potential. Like Momo Yaoyorozu and Kyoka Jiro, for example.

It seems like he is trying to give everyone something big in the conflict in the manga right now which is cool.

They just got done with Shoji (tentacle guy) and Koda (Animal guy) in a really weird way with a plot point they have very very rarely touched on, and is mostly ignored.

Spoiler:

Apparently people are racist towards non-human looking people.

[Prowler]

I'm not up to date with the manga so I don't know that. Interesting.

[ZariusTwo]

Netflix will host Legendary's live-action adaptation

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...ry-1235280318/

[Autbot_Benz]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Netflix will host Legendary's live-action adaptation

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...ry-1235280318/

oh boy that should go well just like the live action Cowboy Bebop did

[CyberCubed]

How are they going to censor Momo's costume? They're not going to have a teenager with D-cup breasts just hanging out in the open like the anime.