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My Hero Academia 6x9 Reaction Extended (YT link below)

In MHA 6x9, Katsuki Bakugo Rising, Deku gets a little too close to Shigaraki for his best friend's comfort.

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My Hero Academia 6x9 Reaction Extended (YT link below)

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Damn Aizawa makes every other hero look bad. He really is just my number one

Anna Lena Ciplajevs

This last 2 episodes are some of my favorites. Aizawa cutting off his leg in the manga I believe it took a few times to remove his whole leg. I don’t being a clean cut. Either way Shigaraki does complement him, and calls him cool/amazing. It’s funny how much he hates heroes but he sort of admires Aizawa.

VesperQuartz15

@Amelia Alright, I’ll admit maybe I stepped over the line a bit there. Sometimes I let my irritation slip when I shouldn’t. It’s just seeing my Twitter feed get flooded with nothing but subtext analysis and insistence over every little piece of interaction and dialogue. When I rather see stuff focusing on what the story overall has presented to us, by that I mean, the MHA story as it goes on with each new manga chapter. I prefer take things at face value. But I need to learn to just let bygones by bygones and just let people think what they wish. Apologies.

Matthew Richson

nobody asked for it... and yet The Lion King (2019 CGI Trash) made 1.7 BILLION dollars. nobody asked for Aladdin (2019 Will Smith Trash) and yet it made 1 BILLION dollars. nobody asked for Beauty and the Beast (2017, Emma Watson is hot but this movie still sucks) and yet it made 1.2 BILLION dollars. Disney continue to make dogshit unoriginal film after dogshit unoriginal film because American's line up in droves to consume that trash, and somehow they enjoy it! we live in a society... unironically though just saw the new Avatar 2 movie from James Cameron and its fucking incredible, 10/10 masterpiece. thats cgi done right, right there.

Jasmine Tea Enjoyer

I truly don't understand why people do this. Who *wants* this? No one asked for Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast and Lion King to have a live action adaptation, especially when it's still CGI for most of all of those anyway... I don't get it. It can't be as bad as ATLA or FMA, hopefully, but still...

Ryan

OMG I can’t believe I forgot the most important thing I wanted to say. But I already wrote enough so I’ll just put it in a sentence: If Bakugou were a girl instead of a boy, everyone would see their relationship, their development, their history and everything they did and do for each other as romantic, and I am sure of that. (Of course not everyone, but definitely the majority)

Amelia

Yes hello! Very dedicated BakuDeku shipper here🥰. Let me just correct you on some points you’ve made, since all this hate is really annoying. @Matthew Richson “I find it rather distracting” Someone else already commented on this , so I’ll keep myself short. How is it distracting exactly? Shipping has nothing to do with canon, it doesn’t influence the shows in any way, so again, how is it distracting? Yes, there are a lot of loud shippers (I’ll give reasons as to why soon) but we are on the internet, if you don’t like something you should know to just ignore it (as long as it isn’t harmful) since it won’t go away. That’s just how the internet is. @Jasmine Tea Enjoyer “Also they are both dudes” Guys….we all see how this comment is homophonic right? I mean it can’t just be me who sees that right? So what if they are both dudes? Dudes can still love each other. Stop with the homophobia, please, we live in the 21st century. “…and when one of them already has a canon crush” Aha…very interesting. Could you send me a screenshot from the manga or an episode where Deku says he has a crush on Uraraka? I don’t remember Deku x Uraraka being canon, so I must have missed it. Yes it is canon Uraraka has a crush on him. It is also canon Toga has a crush on both her and Izu. But neves has it been canon that Izu has a crush on Uraraka. “For some reason certain anime fans always ship guy and guy or girl with girl” Yeah so this is an easy one to explain. It’s because, as part of the LGBTQ+ community, we don’t get NEARLY enough representation in main stream media. Straight people have a lot of straight romance media to enjoy, we don’t, so we gotta create it ourself. It is rather sad, but that’s just one consequence of homophobia, and it isn’t even the most harmful one. (It should be mentioned that there are also toxic shippers, who ship gay ships because they fetishize it. That is very harmful and I hate that it exists, but again, we are on the internet so there’s nothing I can do except calling out what I see as toxic. @Chris Sharpe “This is somewhat harmful behavior, as it says that men or boys can’t be caring or intimate with each other without being gay” Yes, there is a lot of truth to that. Have you considered the other side too though? That shipping boys and girls together also implies that boys and girls can’t just be friends? If you put it the way you put it, then any and all shipping is “somewhat harmful” Maybe that’s true, who know. Honestly, with the new season being out, I am getting so tired of all the hate on BakuDeku shippers. Those people who do that are literally more toxic than us. I could go on, writing reasons why people ship them, while we scream “THEY LOVE EACH OTHER”, I could go on about how hypocritical some people are, being like: ohhh Deku blushed at Uraraka, he is clearly into her. Then at the same time: oh, Bakugou SACRIFICED HIS LIFE for Izu, but naah he doesn’t love him. Like seriously. I am all for: let people ship who they want. If you ship Izu and Uraraka then okay, I literally don’t care, I won’t stop being friends with you or smth just because we ship different people. But stop spreading miss information like: Deku X Uraraka canon, Bakugou hates Izuku, or any other stuff like that. The only thing I can think about while reading such comments is: have we even watched the same show? Alright I’m done, thanks for reading my rent, if anyone even read it to the end. :))

Amelia

@Ryan Its true...

Jasmine Tea Enjoyer

Surely not, right?

Ryan

@Matthew Yeah, I am guilty of that too. I’m mainly pointing out it with men because society has a tendency to discourage close relationships with men, or else be seen as “gay”. Basically the most important person in your life being your homie is commonly seen in that light. Yet it is still a problem for m/f and f/f, especially the former, I had a lot of friends that were girls when I was younger and older kids and adults would always insinuate relationships (X and Chris sitting in a tree). That’s weird, as I was, like, 8 years old.

Chris Sharpe

🔌🛀⚡️💀⚰️

Chris Sharpe

netflix just announced a Live Action My Hero Academia Movie... somebody please run me over with a car

Jasmine Tea Enjoyer

I cannot believe the hate for Bakugo. Literally, season 3, he confronts Deku and lays all his feelings out. He cries??? An emotion he had never shown before. According to season 1 and 2 Bakugo, anger was the only valid emotion. Season 5 and 6 Bakugo would like to have a word.

Athena

What a dad frfr

Athena

Aw I love that! Thanks for pointing that out! :)

Athena

@Chris well it also happens with M/F & F/F too. Fans will jump at the slightest thing. Which admittedly I am slightly guilty of myself. Which makes me a bit of a hypocrite here.

Matthew Richson

I swear, this show has some of the best characterization I’ve seen.

Chris Sharpe

Bakugo saw Deku as his complete opposite, so by putting him down, he raised himself up. He was better at everything, and all the things that Deku had that he didn’t were not important. This was his thought process, but when Deku started winning, this was shattered. Probably stating the obvious, but just wanted to share my thoughts.

Chris Sharpe

@Matthew Richson Yeah, the main thing I don’t like about these kinds of ships are that, as soon as two male characters show caring and intimacy, it immediately gets labeled as gay. This is somewhat harmful behavior, as it says that men or boys can’t be caring or intimate with each other without being gay. I think it’s important that we show that these kinds of platonic relationships are okay and should be encouraged.

Chris Sharpe

ALSO another thing I just thought about, was how Aizawa was thinking of Eri in the moment, realizing if he lost his quirk, no one could train Eri as she can't stop herself yet when she gets out of control. Dadzawa continues to have his priorities straight.

SS

@Sacha my issue with this particular case is how the fans take any little bit of dialogue related to their relationship and run with it. With great insistence, “SEE THEY LOVE EACHOTHER!!!” I see that and I’m like, you’re seriously reaching a bit here. Canon and fanon seem to get mixed a bit too much in this fandom and it gets messy. I’m a guy who likes any form of solid conformation from the creator.

Matthew Richson

@Sacha for real. It really grinds my gears how people seem to exaggerate the impact of that scene. Deku never seemed to take what Bakugo said seriously. He rather brushed it off.

Matthew Richson

Yeah I feel like people miss a lot of the subtle’s cause they’re too busy projecting their own experiences with bullies on to Bakugo.

Matthew Richson

Even above all the actual murderers and Endeavor as he used to be…

Matthew Richson

Something that I like that is often overlooked is how important the pro heroes, especially Endeavour are. It would be easy to just let a show about the students have them outshine the Pro heroes but everyone is still equally important and Endeavour being the number one hero is still showing why he is number one.

Lewis H

Shipping can be taken to many different levels for people. Some purely want to completely focus on it in their fandom space and as long as they aren’t being dicks to other people and are just playing in their own sandboxes then just let them have their fun. Some enjoy canon and discuss it but also enjoy the idea of fanfiction and fanart and non canon and that’s fine too. “Its a weird distraction” to what exactly? What’s actually happening in the story? When a lot of people who ship actually do focus on the story. Also not too sure what you were going for by saying “also they are both dudes”? What’s wrong with head-cannoning for instance Deku as bi? I wholeheartedly agree that there is toxicity in shipping culture. But the large majority of people do it because it’s fun. It’s just another way to connect to the story for people. Sometimes there is actual textual evidence that you can draw from and sometimes it’s just a crack pair. It’s kinda as simple as that. Like I said as long as they’re not being a dick to other people then I don’t see a problem.

Sacha

Such a beautiful full-circle moment! Bakugou and Endeavor just have some of the best arcs, it's so hard to believe I used to hate these guys back at the start... The Deku-Shigaraki scuffle was weird though? Like, in the manga I was under the impression that Deku going full-power made him so fast Shigaraki just couldn't keep up and get his hands on him, but it was a losing battle, because Deku would be the first to run out of steam. But here it looked so slow, I can't really wrap my mind around why Shigaraki was just hanging there quietly, instead of decaying Black Whip, for example? Maybe his body was giving out? It was a strange choice, almost looked like slow motion. I get that they needed time for the voice over, but this felt off to me.

kingafreund

@Robert Traeger lmao my childhood best friend for 10 years growing up had the last name Traeger, never seen it on the internet before or met anyone else with the name. I agree with that last part for sure, especially when it comes to Yuri/Yaoi ships. For some reason certain anime fans always ship guy and guy or girl with girl anytime they have a really close friendship, like being best friends for example. for instance, in my fav show of all time Hibike! Euphonium, the vast majority of the critique that does exist surrounding the series consists of people being mad the main two female characters dont have a romance with each other... even though they are just best friends. idiots call the series "Yuri bait" to this day, but its just a self report that they have never personally known girls in their lives who have strong friendships with other girls who they also know well. Its very annoying and unfortunate.

Jasmine Tea Enjoyer

"shippings" like that are from the unfortunate people who are so touch and intimacy starved to the point that they see any positive feelings for some one as anything other than sexual. The idea of friendship is so lost on them because they have never known it.

Robert Traeger

not when its between two characters who are clearly just friends and when one of them already has a canon crush with another female character... also they are both dudes... its just a weird distraction.

Jasmine Tea Enjoyer

shipping is always fun

tanasia

Exactly! I don’t know how many times Horikoshi has to spell it out. Also something I hadn’t even mentioned in my post was the argument that people have that Deku ‘still resents Bakugou’ 🤦‍♀️ News flash! This boy adores Bakugou. In 1x7 and 3x23 he admits that there are things he doesn’t like about Bakugou but he still finds him amazing. Also those people who argue that Deku contemplated suicide… No. he was never suicidal. He was without question in a low place at the beginning of the series but Bakugou’s “swan dive” comment he responded with “Idiot! If I really jumped, you’d be charged… think before you speak!” And that was the last time it was ever addressed. Episode 1 and Chapter 1 of the series. These people don’t need to like Bakugou but they really need to let go of things that the narrative have sorted out already. Anyway thanks for listening to my Ted Talk 😄

Sacha

his body just moved on its own

tanasia

deku and bakugou bffs for life

tanasia

14 year old Bakugo: Tells Deku to kill himself one time in the first episode of the show One Third of the MHA fandom: I will literally never forgive you for this

Jasmine Tea Enjoyer

@Matthew Yeah I think the production overall has still been quite good. The animation is a lot better than Season 5, and the OP/ ED are both fantastic. The midcards are really fresh as well. There have been plenty of great pencil sketches and sakuga cuts as well, I just want us to get some MP100/JJK/Demon Slayer level stuff.

Jasmine Tea Enjoyer

i wholeheartedly agree with everything you said, imo it's almost kinda disrespectful to just say that bakugo still hates deku because Hori put so much work into building their relationship

Jenny bete

i cannot imagine disliking bakugo, dudes been my fav character since season 1

Jasmine Tea Enjoyer

dammit theres even a acronym for the ship name im done @Matthew Agreed, I hate the bakugo deku ship I just enjoy making fun of it and being ironic

Jasmine Tea Enjoyer

Well with the latest episode it’s clear they prioritized certain episodes over others.

Matthew Richson

@Matthew Exactly. I don't think Bones are short on money considering the popularity of their shows for a long time now, the issue is that money is not being spent on paying the animators the wages they deserve while also expanding the studio, hiring more full time artists, and giving them the time they need to adapt 25 episodes into the full quality they deserve to be adapted into. We see studios like Kyoto Animation, pre-2019 arson attack, that have production schedules that allow all of there shows to get the time and money they need in order to be adapted especially well, Bones could do the same, but choose not too so that they can line their corporate owners pockets more and more. They are also for sure not the only studio in Japan to be like this, pretty much all of them are money first, art second, except for KyoAni.

Jasmine Tea Enjoyer

Bakugo is a polarizing character for many and its also very frustrating because people's dislike of him blinds them to his character development. Its been very nuanced and subtle, but he's come a long way and his REAL feelings are becoming more and more apparent. He never truly hated Deku, he lashed out because of insecurities. Not to say it justifies his treatment of him in the past, but it provides context. Bakugo is aware of his wrong doings and hes been trying to atone since his fight with deku at ground beta, the night all might told him the truth. The thing is hes been doing it in his own fashion.Deku literally TOLD him that HE is his image of victory, that when he gets really into a fight he cant help but emulate him when his desire to win takes over. Their relationship is my favorite aspect of the show to be honest.

Bruce Wayne

Totally agree! Bakugou and Deku is my no.1 favourite character dynamic of the series. No.2 is Deku and Shigaraki. No wonder this arc is probably my favourite of the series! Also yes bkdk shippers have never emotionally recovered from these chapters.

Sacha

I still find the shipping aspect of people interpretations a bit too rabid and insistent for my taste… I imagine it was the same way with Naruto and Sasuke. I find it rather distracting.

Matthew Richson

@Jasmine, remember Bones isn’t a large studio and the one that works on MHA in particular isn’t the same that it was at the start. Unlike Mob Psycho, which has a longer production timeline of 3 years with fewer episodes and a much simpler art style(which makes it easier to adapt and animate). MHA’s team by comparison only gets one year to adapt 25 episodes with a much more detailed and stylized art style that has only grown more complex as the manga has gone on. It’s to the point they’ve had to outsource certain parts.

Matthew Richson

Also remember in 3x23 when Deku said that when his back is against the wall he starts to imitate Bakugou? Hurling insults and being completely focused on the win? Well … now we truly know that when Bakugou has his back against the wall he acts like Deku. His entire being focused completely on saving the person in front of him without even thinking about his body and well-being. My “win to save and save to win” boys 🥹

Sacha

I agree with you about Deku's blind rage. There's a good chance that if Deku continues on his own he loses his power, is killed, and his sacrifice of his own well-being is meaningless because everyone else is dead after that too. I think there is something else interesting too with OFA vs AFO generational fight being brought up. We have watched Deku craft his own ideals and values about being a hero this whole show. Each time something major happens to him, we see a lot of introspection from him and we see him change a bit. But in this fight we kinda see him regress. He essentially boils it down to - I'm OFA, you're AFO, and I'm gonna destroy you. Deku is destroying himself to destroy Shigaraki. It makes perfect sense why he is so angry and out for blood. But when you think about the scope of the story and its themes, this is a negative.

Kayla

Horikoshi has put soo much love and care into the character of Bakugou and in the relationship between him and Deku. “TELL ME THIS ISNT LOVE” you are absolutely correct. The fact that Bakugou of all people who adores and admires All Might can confront him about Deku’s wellbeing is huuuggge. “Deku trusts you with his life but ..” He openly challenges his hero about lying and withholding important information that clearly is a huge matter of concern. And yet is able to be honest with All Might about his true feelings. His true feeling in the past and his feelings now. I’ve seen some of the YouTube comments for this reaction and …*sigh* honestly I don’t understand people who believe that Bakugou ‘hates’ Deku still or doesn’t care for him or doesn’t feel awful for how he treated him. I don’t even need to argue with those people honestly because to be quite honest Horikoshi has done that job for me already. There’s a reason why the manga cover for these chapters is a grown up Bakugou reaching out for child Deku’s hand. There’s a reason why this episode and chapter is called Katsuki Bakugou Rising. There’s a reason why he drew an extra illustration of middle school Bakugou getting stabbed instead … because that child version of Bakugou is gone. Bakugou and Deku are each other’s closest person (at least of their peers). They are true rivals and friends now. The only person that Deku trusted with his secret. The only person that Bakugou has poured his heart to and cried in front of. I could go on. People really need to actually watch/read the show properly past the “swan dive” comment.

Sacha

so, so good. especially for me being someone who adores season one and the early episodes so much.

Jasmine Tea Enjoyer

That's the only possible interpretation

Alex G

clearly they are secret gay lovers who have had romantic feelings for eachother since childhood

Jasmine Tea Enjoyer

One of my favorite moments so far, Bakugou saving Deku just mirroring Deku's actions in the first two episodes. Bakugou recognizes his mistakes and atonement is the next step. Beautiful episode!

Aura Y

i love how clear it's made just how much bakugo regrets not taking little deku's hand in the river, i hope my boy gets another chance at holding his hand hahah

Jenny bete

No excuses for not giving this series the time and staff required to match the spirit of the original art, or at least have more dynamic and more sakuga driven action sequences. The story and characters are still being done so well that its great nonetheless.

Jasmine Tea Enjoyer

These Bakugo reveal moments are always great. Surprisingly there seems to be some controversy regarding the interpretation of Bakugo's feelings

Alex G

another banger, for me the bakugo x deku dynamic is the no. 1 thing ive been invested in since episode one of the series, even more so than deku x all might, although they are very much so a trio which showed in this episode. the BakuDeku shippers must've been losing their shit during this one lmfao

Jasmine Tea Enjoyer

Us manga readers: hehehe

BotheredAsh

@Goodwin, also Bones’ President is on record stating that the animation team has a hard time keeping with Horikoshi’s art work as it is now. I kid you not, Horikoshi did some of his best work in this arc. His art is god tier. So I don’t find it surprising there is some struggle to adapt it.

Matthew Richson

And regarding the timeline of the One for All vs All for One conflict. It’s generally theorized that it’s been going on for about 120+ years, with quirks having first appeared 150 years ago in the early 21st century.

Matthew Richson

You would think I would be used to the shock of the dark joke episode descriptions by now, but nope. Every time.

Ryan

Without knowing anything about the source material, I didn't think anything was missing from the Deku - Shigaraki sequence, especially since as you said I felt the heart of the episode was Bakugo

Alex G

I personally think you might be slightly misreading the ‘deku using anger as power’ situation tbh, but it could just be a perspective difference. I just say so for the fact that he’s not using rage as his sole primary fuel or driving force or anything like that, he’s simply following the advice that Lariat (OG blackwhip guy) gave to him. Last season when blackwhip first appeared and deku first met Lariat, he told deku that “this power responds to your emotions. Anger isn’t bad, it can even be a good fuel. What’s important is learning to control your heart and not let those emotions take over.” So rather than viewing Deku’s current anger as a somewhat worrying or ominous omen for the future or anything like that, I just see it as him pragmatically putting into practice what Lariat taught him. If he’s already going to be angry anyways, it’s better to channel that into his power that he can release, rather than letting it boil over or explode out of him

Jake White

This episodes ending also has some changes to it! They’ve been changing the ending a lot this season which I love.

Jabez Katsak

I ninja’d, what Nat said.

Matthew Richson

Also this is one of the episodes with extra scenes in the ending

_ scüp

Apparently the Nomu that was holding onto Aizawa’s leg broke it, that’s why Rocklock and Manual was helping him walk. I’m assuming Aizawa’s leg was pretty much crushed, making it easier to slice off like that.

Nat

Dunno if you caught it but Bakugo's line at the end was the exact same "my body moved on its own" speech that Deku had at the start of the show

_ scüp

I found the scene with Bakugo and All Might to be very needed and great to see. Just seeing Bakugo talking the HIS number one hero since a kid, and inadvertently admits that he feels he would protect deku from even All Might if it came to it was very sweet. Also, aizawa is either yoked out of his mind or has some weak bones and tissue to hack off a leg like it's made of playdoh.

SS

Damn, you are early today. Lots of manga readers were disappointed with this episode because the animation didn’t do Deku vs Shigaraki justice. Truth be told, that fight was hardly even a fight. Far from the best fight in the series as far as I’m concerned. That fight is merely a side piece to the true heart of the episode. Bakugo’s character growth. You can’t say that season 1 Bakugo would’ve done this. This was still a solid episode. Should also be worth noting that this episode was understaffed too apparently. There was once again some awkward censorship this episode, when Shigaraki clawed out Aizawa’s eye, his jaw was hanging a loose and bloody in the manga. The injury Shigaraki got when his body split, that wasn’t censored, it was just drawn rather poorly.

Matthew Richson


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