Kinda understand the refugees' mindset but, as Ochako said, if you won't let your trump card have a rest, how do you expect the heroes to win? What they need was just one last push and who else is better to support her man than the girl herself?

Mama Midoriya crying for joy seeing her future daughter-in-law supporting her son was priceless XD

One more episode to go. The next season will be the beginning of the final arc. I just wish they won't name it Final Season Part I, II, III, etc.

And the kid from S3 who decked Midoriya in the balls came to give him a hug.

NGL, that speech had me draw tears.

Not to forget shark girl came too giving a hug showing that gigantic best A$$.
I liked how she lifted Midoriya up

She said the shelters turned her away, and when that shot came I was like, "Yall turned away ALL THAT???"

....... HUZZAH!! A PERSON OF QUALITY!!

finally someone said it lol, I was looking for someone to call her thicc knew it wouldnt go unnoticed XD

Her being a full furry kinda kills it though

nah

Her and Kota bringing him back from the mental brink was the most wholesome moment I've seen, this season. Such perfection! Such the tears that it evokes!

Lol nothing goes unnoticed in the eyes of a true man of culture.

Yeah , thickness ⚡

Snu snu!

I dont like furries

Kouta changed so much

I didn't weep, but i put my hand in my mouth out of the empathy for the speech.
Especially because Izuku looked like he was ready to go outside at the first moment, completely agreeing with the people in full mass hysteria / panic mode; and probably pass out from exhaustion while trying to do so

This makes me question whenever I was watching the same episode lel.
Her speech was bad.
Only the last sentence was good.
But either way seemed quite unreal that heroes would do all this drama instead of ignoring or kicking out the protesters since the fate of the world is at stake and midoriya is their key figure.

Kick the protesters out? You know they are heroes right? If they were willing to do that why run around trying to get people who didn't want to evacuate. Kicking them out would literally go against everything in the show about heroes.

This is a defacto military operation, every moment is crucial. UA is a private institution to begin with, they have no obligation to safeguard the citziens but given their purpose it makes sense that they would. Also "heroes" are such fairytale ideas which the shows continously tries to exemplify. The only reason their society managed to be functional with this "hero" idea is because people like Hawkes and Lady Nagant were doing the real and dirty work that goes behind keeping law and order (esp in their quirkful society).

My biggest ick with this situation is how self-entitled and closeminded all the civilians are and frankly its not too far from real life. As poetic as Hollywood tries to be and romanticse us with the idea of "there is hope, there is another way, no need for sacrifices" the reality is much bleaker in times of war. If Midoriya is the key to the operation, then his safety is paramount -- when the world rests on his shoulders, you dont have time to indulge 200 odd civilians or be it even 20,000 civilians. Now the story does it because it aligns with the whole "everyone unity, gonna beat him with the power of friendship" troupe but in reality they probably wouldnt even mention that Midoriya is returning, they'd censor all online content and speculation that would cause a vulnerabiltiy to the situation etc etc.

Perhaps, but Deku the Hero, and Izuku the child, neither would allow the Civilians to be cast out. He'd leave UA before he'd throw them to the streets to face the villains. The school knows this, his class knows this, the pro heroes know this. The civies do not. That's the entire point.

If UA did throw the civs to the streets, that would simply boost what AFO is doing. He wants to turn the heroes and the people against each other.

That also true, but he's talking about in reality...

He's already succeeding. Heroes are retiring left and right. Nobody wants to get their teeth kicked in and then listen to some civies complain about being protected.

Would makes sense if this show isn't about "hero idealism". The thing is to rebuild society you still need to build trust with people.

Ofc you can skip all this but look at "no transparency" for many new 3rd world country post WWII or even recent decades. The lack transparency create a country that is addicted to corruption, elitism, unfair judgement in the name of greater good. The countries are ticking bomb one after another. I said it as someone who lives in one of those country.

Even they cover up Midoriya return, it will be only matter before someone finds out. I don't want spoiler, there's a "spy" in UA. AFO side will spread the information to make propaganda news in internet just like the guy in the phone. In the end it will still create collective anxiety that could become chaos from within the people.

Rather avoiding the core problem to avoid short term risk (just hoping it won't be ticking bomb that is exploding), sometime it's better to face the core problem even the risk is higher. Whatever the choice, it will have risk anyway. It's no different from fight or flight.

I hear you, I think what you say has some significance - I don't wanna open the can of worms about foreign intervention and destabalisation policies etc.

Let me pitch it a different way - AFO is an extinction level threat, if he acquires OFA, he will be able to transcend to a god realm of power coupled with his new body - TBF its already kinda bs that OFA stands a chance against AFO but anyway. My point being, OFA's security, privacy and safety transcends all other needs and issues that might transpire into the future.

- providing they want a future that they can worry about to exist.

Fight/flight is just purely animalistic...man creates out of reason even if the solutions are just 2nd-best-solutions it's far from being just an animal and risks will be mitigated in the future as far as possible..

Furthermore corruption is a very complex human phenomenon and western countries aren't free from it.. it's just more hidden and you only know when ppl get busted and is usually not done by the country itself where it's obvious..

Even if you say "no spoiler" the mere fact you mentioned that is a spoiler.

Doesn't matter who it is, you've just told me there's a spy. Now i'm going to be thinking about that the whole time.

Thanks a lot.

yo... this is an anime... you don't need to go that deep into this stuff, incase you forgot.... pretty dumb to compare real world stuff with an anime...

Where do you think the inspiration comes from?
Imagination doesn't mean things just burst forth from nowhere.

Exactly my guy, agreed.

I said last episode, fck those POS, they don't deserve protection and should be discarded out like the trash they are. They're selfish and heartless bastards, who are showing their true colors when their backs hit the wall. Don't need people like them, cowardly pricks who'd happily walk on and over thousands of hero corpses, just to save themselves. They rejected Midoriya, well they should be rejected too, and kicked out and see how they manage then. Bet they'd act right and not take for granted how good they have it, with kids literally fighting to keep those whiny adults alive while they die horrible deaths, for worthless assholes who could care less smh. That's truly insane how they were acting towards him, a kid, but also their BIGGEST HOPE to survive this nightmare. Obviously they're dumb and selfish, last time I checked, kids were the future smh. So fck them and let them suffer by themselves, without the heroes, since they think they’re too good for everyone else and only should be safe.

Facts, right here.

There a lot of entitled people here in the US.

People Sleep Peacefully in Their Beds at Night Only Because Rough Men Stand Ready to Do Violence on Their Behalf

Support our troops, Army 13b, also there's a lot of entitled people all over the world... it's not just the US... which I'm sure you also know. When things go FUBAR in the world, people are afraid, especially those who haven't been ever in the service/cop/ect... i mean even some that have been and never really saw action would still be afraid... when I was deployed. I rarely thought much about the politics, the only people I fought for were the brothers who were beside me.... and once we arrived home... there were a group of people who had no relationship to us, there to greet us and thank us for the pretty bad stuff that goes on during war.... and honestly, those people probably have no idea how badly I needed that support at that moment... Even the strongest people need support and kindness from others, or they will end up like a lot of my friends.... who committed suicide... Also I realize this became a very random post haha

Thank you for your service. When I read about the Vietnam vets coming home to cries of 'baby killer' in my history books etc my heart sunk. During those times, their mental health was not even considered so I can imagine the welcome was very appreciated

exactly. Not my intention to single out US folks.

UA is a public school, I'm pretty sure. And they have government backing.

You're probably one of those people huh lmao.

But I'd want to kick their selfish asses out too, that's beyond forgivable. They're basically saying only their lives count, not the heroes. And even worse, they're rejecting a literal teenager in early high school, who is also fighting on their behalf!! Wtf you mean, that's EVIL fool, why do you think so many heroes quit, because they were being mistreated harshly by the ones they were trying to protect. Being blamed, insulted, discarded like trash, dehumanized, unappreciated and more!! The assholes didn't even care if they were dying, as long as they survived, they'd walk over thousands of hero corpses smh. I wouldn't be protecting those pricks. I get being scared of the unknown, but denying a boy hero, who nearly died many times, asylum. Even after seeing him in his poor condition, still rejecting him, after what he's sacrificing to let them smile again, naw fck that. They don't deserve protection nor sympathy anymore, their actions and non empathy revoked those privileges.

People would have to decide for themselves if the want the protection or not.
What I am trying to say is that the story needed a strong char...it would have been endeavor but the author decided to throw a wrench in that.
Overall the people there were too unreasonable.

Makes me wonder if most of the people in this thread ever heard of "diplomacy". You gain more by turning dissidents into allies, than by just forcing your way from the go.
If, it still doesn't work then force might be justified, but you should have exhausted your options before coming to those terms.

They exausted other options.
The only other option might have been to lie/smuggle midoriya in but then eventually when the villans do come for midoriya it would turn into a very bad situation and I could literally see regular people going after midoriya just to turn him to all for one to save themselves.
Overall they needed a strong voice of integrity which would have been all might before and then endeavor but the author on purpose screwed endeavor rep but then again I feel like midoriya could have given a great speech,even the dog dude could have pulled "rank" on them rather than being useless char....

of course its a naruto fanboy. hasn't experienced good speeches since 2006

You're literally a fanboy too for mocking him for stating his opinion about a wack ass speech. Grow up and STFU, it ain't that serious kid.

Opinions that are trash shouldn't be taken seriously like you

I just like how kid kakashi looked...
If anything I am aot fanboy...

that speech was good for everyone except you
kakashi wanna be

Stfu, y'all lame for attacking this dude for a harmless opinion smh.

it probably sounds better in japanese but subtitles are doing their best but sometimes its hard to convey emotional/motivational moving words into another language.

I am not fluent in JP, but what I like from their VA you can felt their emotion even when you're not 100% understand what they are saying lol.
I think I just watch too many anime at this point.

Yeah I know...if it was a Dark Seinen show...then yeah...even I thought that the heroes should just kill all these selfish persons.

But thats the society here, isnt it. Its a cycle, lifecycle that has been made. Heroes, Villains, Bystanders, Justice, Evil etc. The populace go around their daily life, always with the excitement of seeing their heroes. They are afraid of the villains but they enjoy the spectacle of heroes arriving and defeating the villain. It has turned out as a Daily Festival. Most of which could be said to be a side effect of All Might and his 'I am Here' quote. His beacon of hope slowly started making the citizens think everything is fine, heroes will always be there. And as heroes started increasing, started gaining popularity like not seen till the Seventh Nana Shimura's time; people became lax, schools churned out more heroes, even Heroes started getting differentiated and they were always active.

And once the Sun in All Might disappeared, shadowy villains started looking more dangerous, villain "events" started becoming more prolonged. People started wondering why the heroes are not able to work as efficiently as before. Citizens who have become accustomed to it, became entitled and started hitting at the chinks of their armours. At that Endeavor's swift defeat of Super Villain Nomu was a rallying point making them think it has gone back to the perfect scenario. And once the fake assumption broke, peopel cant relate to Heroes...cant relate to why Heroes had appeared and their true meaning....And seeds of mistrust and chaos were sown because the top heroes were down or dead after PLF war...but the villains just increased, leading them of course to prioritize just their own safety. A masterclass by AFO, no doubt. He identified the very core of All Might's image and hit dead centre the over reliance of Japan's population on All Might.

I think it was good though? The speech felt very human like and not some fairy tale hogwash. I also like the fact that Ochako stuttered and gave a low voice at the beginning, it perfectly captures her nervousness in speaking against a huge angry mobs.

I'm actually glad that the author didn't make sound authoritative or suddenly being very inspirational since that's not Ochako's character at all.

She wasnt a good person to give the speech.
And it was a miracle people listened.

It's not supposed to be deep or have 7 different interpretation like Naruto and Nagato lol. Get used to simpler stuff.

Strongly disagree, aside from that fact we should strive for greatness... the speech is meant to be a turning point of unity - I'd say its meant to be quite focal to the integrity of the story line. Aside from my personal opinon of this being total BS, this episode was meant to show the reconcillation between Heroes and the distressed civies, naturally for us to truly feel 'moved' and feel the signficance - a speech that was coherent and made sense would've been greatly appreciated instead of... "he fights, hes a boy, UwU i love him UwU, let him rest, #HeroesNeedHeroes"... I dont think Uraka has experienced the character development needed to be the one to give the speech.