I Must Clarify I Adore All Might As A Human Because He Represents How The Road To Hell Is Paved With

I must clarify I adore All Might as a human because he represents how the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

He did want to make something good and save the world and at a great extend it's not his fault what happened with the hero society.

To society to end up like that it took millions of person to avoid confilt and hide the truth because they wanted peace. It took hundreds of corrupted corporations and institutions who made heroes the equivalent of celebrities mixed with cops or the army. It took many decisions and a lot of social manipulation and All Might was too busy fighting people to properly understand the extend of what was happening around him and how the corporations and institutions were using his image.

Every martyr and every symbol and every man in the front is a mask controlled by a million threads. The people with money and power and pushing those threads and the people like All Might, who were poor once and wanted to truly change the world, make it better, make dreams come truth, protect the children, etc... They are the toys that can be given to the multitude to destroy when things start going bad.

Like I said, the real villains and enemies here were the big figures with money and power hiding in the shadows, safe at home, not even sweating.

How Rikiya’s Introduction Changed The World Building Of BNHA, And The Insult Bones Turned It Into

Listen listen LISTEN I’m mad about the scene with the LOV killing the racist cult and the hut scene being cut out, but personally, I already expected them to cut something important out (cuz its Bones and they do that anyway), and I’m sad about Spinner and his narration and view being cut FOR SURE!

… But can we also talk about how they butchered Rikiya as well?

Like idk why this is bothering me, but for me, it was like SUPER suspenseful when he was first introduced. I was like “who is this guy?? why is hori showing us him?? whats going on??”

And personally I just really really love how Rikiya was shown in his first scene, from his act to his true nature

Like first we are shown this guy in a commercial, he looks happy and he’s all dramatic, and you’re like “wow who’s this guy?” (right)

Then we see him in his office with Miyashita (both panels on the left), and he seems quite humble! A good natured person! Goes along with his assistant’s jokes, laughs and is focused on his work! Nothing seems bad here!

Then we see him shift from his good-natured persona to “oh? why is he suddenly talking about a book? He looks quite serious”

He suggests the book to Miyashita, but his assistant doesn’t agree with the book. No big deal, right? People have different opinions on stuff all the time. Surely, this good-natured humble Detnerat company guy will let this go with one of his jokey laughs?

But no. We get this panel

This fucking panel. He looks so tight-lipped, and it really shows here how much of a “normal” persona he was putting on. Oh the jokes and good-natured attitude may very well have been real! But as soon as the Meta Liberation was spoken badly about, you can see with the open space around Rikiya that he does not like to hear this

And then your heart drops when you get this reaction

These two panels are like. such a change in the demeanor we’ve seen so far. Suddenly this guy’s had enough. Suddenly, he’s not the happy and energetic guy we saw before. No longer humble, no longer good-natured. He doesn’t like what he’s heard

And he apologizes (right). At this point, we know this guy is super fishy now. His complete change in mood rings so many alarms, and you know something bad is about to happen. It’s just the what and how, because we’ve only just met this Detnerat guy, and we don’t know what he’s capable of

He asks of any family. Anyone close to Miyashita. You’re thinking “maybe he’s trying to get his assistant to understand…? maybe he’ll relate his favourite book to something personal for Miyashita?”

But then

But then. The top panel seals the deal. The dark background? The tension in the panel? The words “You’ve done great work, Miyashita” that sound so final, and how we can’t see Rikiya’s face? Miyashita’s done for

And suddenly, he starts straight up choking him. Strangling him. Breaking him

Right there is where Rikiya’s true demeanor shows. That he was looking for other members, that all he was thinking of was the Liberation army. And now you’re looking back on the other panels, because you’ve realised.

He wasn’t apologizing for no reason. He was apologizing for the act he was about to commit.

He wasn’t asking about anyone close to Miyashita to make him relate. He was making sure nobody would go looking for him once he was dead.

And his angry expression? How Miyashita squirms and whines, but he just won’t let go? It’s frightening. It’s suspenseful. Personally, this terrified me. The sudden mood change, and the fact that this guy just straight up kills anyone who doesn’t agree with him or opposes his army.

The sickening krunch, and the body falls. Not 5 minutes ago, this guy was being so humble and laughing at his assistants jokes. Now, 5 minutes later, the guy kills said assistant.

And it shows him crying. And why? We just saw this guy kill his assistant, and he’s crying??

“I won’t… forget you”

It suggests that what Rikiya is doing, to him, is some kind of necessary evil. That he HAD to kill Miyashita for the good of the Liberation Army.

And that kind of twisted thought? That kind of no-restraint “if you don’t agree with me, I won’t allow you to live”? And so quietly done?? In the space of, what, 3 minutes?? That’s such a good way to introduce a Villain character! Hori’s art and use of panel space for tension is SO GOOD. It just draws you in, makes you think about what’s happening, makes you wonder who and why and for what reason, because once again, we don’t know who this character is

And that’s what terrifies you. The unknown of it all.

This manga, up until this point, was about Hero kids going to school, having shounen adventures and beating up the occasional villains, but this?

FUCKING THIS?

THIS is the game changer! This is the scene that changed the entire mood of the manga!

From here, we go into MVA, and then it fully changes, but do you know how terrifying and quick this scene was, so smoothly done in order to carry out the message “Things are changing, and fast. New dangerous people are coming up, and it won’t be pretty.”

And of course, we’ve seen dark stuff before this point. The reveal of Eri’s skin cells in the bullets. Eri clearly being used for her quirk and Overhaul leading her to the operating room. Overhaul fusing himself with Nemoto. Enji’s abrupt and bloody eye scar. Ragdoll being kidnapped and put with the Noumu. And so many more

But these were moments. Rikiya’s scene was about a person. So efficient, so happy, so frighteningly willing to kill someone he was laughing with 5 minutes ago.

Even Overhaul didn’t have this kind of lead-up. He’s definitely a complex guy and we definitely see his moments of twisted logic throughout his arc, we saw the after effects of his quirk and his introduction, but Hori showed us directly that Overhaul was a bad guy. We didn’t know that with Rikiya, not at first.

And the League aren’t treated as seriously as MVA treats them before this chapter. Before that, we get the overall impression that they are all over the place and barely have a plan. We have All For One, who is very scary, but by this point, he’s in jail. Done for (or so we thought). We don’t know what to expect from the League.

But then this guy comes in, and changes everything we know about the world of BNHA. We have the Heroes, the Good Guys. We have the Villains, the Bad Guys.

And then we have Rikiya, a CEO of his own company, starting off so positive in his first appearance, and then shattering that perspective so quickly, it gives you whiplash.

We think Rikiya is gonna be some kind of CEO who’s a money grabbing scheme-artist, or something along those lines; someone pretty much harmless in terms of physical action. And then he kills Miyashita.

Not quite a Villain. Not a Hero. Not even a civilian. A Vigilante.

And the way that reveal is shown is fucking amazing.

Carrying on, we find out who Rikiya is, his name and what he stands for.

Rikiya’s appearance here is so unassuming. So plain. But look at that dark look in his eye. Now knowing what he can do, we know how much trouble he is.

And we see this man in a frame. We learn of who this man is - Destro, who created the Liberation Army. The book that Rikiya talked about before was about Destro and his legacy, the very legacy that changed a part of Quirk History

Which, if I remember correctly, we’d heard a tiny snippet about before, but this being revealed so suddenly after what just happened just makes you interested to learn more

You’re quite literally reading from the narratives history textbook, and you just want to keep turning the page

After that info, we are then slapped so hard by this reveal

BECAUSE?? NO HANG ON- WAIT A SEC- DESTRO?? HAD A CHILD?? AND WHO IS THAT CHILD, IS IT THIS GUY?? THE FUCKING CEO OF DETNERAT??

The League are apparently enemies to them, and the Liberation Army want them dead. The way he phrases it, it’s almost like a duty.

And then we see his sinister grin, and a mask of some kind. We know it has to be a quirk, but what is it? What could it be? What could make this guy even more powerful in terms of strength than he already is?

The mask suggests that here, his duty is almost equal to a HERO’S. That this is something good and necessary, and “only he can carry out this justice”. This twisted thinking, comparing it to a duty that must be done, it sucks you in.

You know who this guy is now, you know somewhat of his goals, but you’re still wondering WHO IS HE. What is going to happen? What will happen to the League, and will this guy put the kiddos in danger?

And that isn’t the case, the kids are never brought into the Liberation Army’s narrative, but the fact that this whole chapter leaves you with more questions than answers, that means it’s good. It grips you, keeps you interested. The sudden change in mood brings with it a new sense of the story.

We assume the kids might be put in danger because it’s all we’ve ever known of this story. We come to expect the kids to be involved.

But this isn’t just about kids in hero school anymore. Not entirely anyway. This is about something bigger. This is about something more serious.

And to have this AMAZING scene and this AMAZING character introduction get reduced to this?

I gotta say, it’s an insult. Of course, these are the very scenes we see when the League finally talk to Rikiya, when it has already been well established that the story has changed, but to have Rikiya’s introduction be cut out just like that? To skip straight to the confrontation and have THAT be his first appearance? How disappointing.

This doesn’t have a game changer feeling. This just feels like a convenient enemy slotted into place for the League, so suddenly and recklessly.

At least the manga hyped him up. At least the manga had a lead up to who he was and his power.

Now it’s so sudden, thrown at you out of nowhere, it just feels dull.

If you’re an anime-only, you’re stuck thinking “Hang on, what? Have these Liberation guys always been here?”

The answer is YES but Bones didn’t give them the time of day to hype them up, especially for a world building device

Of course I’m mad at how the League has been treated by Bones… but what about Rikiya?

Meet Kashikoi Kage my nomu oc for my fic ‘A New Purpose’

I can’t draw but you can have this.

I got my favorite!

uquiz part 2 for shits and giggles