'Deku vs Shigaraki Alternate Ending | My Hero Academia' | Rough around the edges in pacing, but an improvement.

Objectively this is better & less contrived as an ending, especially without the Avengers Endgame crap, his losing the arms, then Eri magically coming in clutch. AFO going lovecraftian but no one of note (usual) no one dies, thus AFO looks more of a joke.

And in this timeline, AFO is not even involved here, so Shigaraki's agency is left intact, I haven't seen many people here mention that yet.

The immediate rough edges is how quickly Deku concedes to Tenko's proclamation of Deku's limits, it's not somethingMidoriya  would verbally admit given he's believed his delusion of saving everyone his entire life; he wouldn't just submit to that reality that quickly. But the thorn would stick.

If anything, this is why more people of note should've been killed, namely some students from 1A- so Deku's concession to the reality has more weight.

Otherwise he realistically wouldn't admit it verbally to Shigaraki but as it drags on, he'd gradually have to face facts, Tenko's words would sink deeper, and he'd amp up his tactics to "end" Shigaraki to save everyone else. Resolving that he'd become stronger in the future to "save who he can" because strength is ultimately what determines how much one can do & where the limit is. 

But even then, that's no guarantee, if Izuku had Supermans power & outmuscled Shigaraki, & took him to prison. That's still not saving his mind. You can't help someone who not only believes they're right, but that their wrong is justified (thus they feel vindicated as fighting for something) & thus is their ideal, their belief. Which is leagues more dangerous than a criminal with a basic need gap (like a sick wife, the fix is the money to get her medicine or Deku organizing him getting financial support, thus no criminal activity is necessary) 

For someone like Shigaraki? You can't just erase that resolve because they're crying inside and you told them so, that's WHY they believe in their ideals in the first place.

That's like accusing a flame for burning something, because fire as a state of energy burns matter. Pointing out that fire burns is not going to put the fire out when that's essentially what it does. 

The caveat is: a flame doesn't choose, a person can, but Shigaraki proverbially as an entity is essentially the culmination of trauma into a force of nature, like a flame. 

The willingness to find one's actions a problem in the first place is the first step, even the best therapist can't get anywhere if the subject doesn't want to make progress.

Or sees progress as regression from what they perceive as "evolution" or a state of themselves as beyond the average person. These are all gray areas the manga pretends doesn't exist while trying to set a precedent of "saving someone" beyond punching them out (which was 99% of the story anyway, so not only idealistic, unrealistic but MHA is also massively hypocritical. Given his final assault on Shigaraki was a flashy punch anyway.)

This is the issue with making Shigaraki as complex as Horikoshi chose to write him.

But this way, as the video presents the two speaking in an astral plane, Izuku seems more honest & visually it's more digestible to the reader and viewer for Deku to basically 'spell  it out' for lack of a better expression. But narratively it lands harder if he had to admit to himself after denying his own limit even existing.

And I personally think Deku should've gotten roughed up a lot more before the final (instant win button) punch, but that's a fight choreography preference than something that holds the sequence back. 

Excellent artwork too, those evasion maneuver panels look good. 2:50 And thank op for not having Izuku call out every single move & minute attack he executes. It gives the his callouts more weight. Even little things like are improvements on the original even if OP didn't realize it.

Overall,  no need to pre-emptively save face by saying it's not better than the original. 

I can say for certain, what you did is better than the original ending. 

It's not disrespect to admit KH laid the groundwork,  but you improved it best you could within reason and it objectively an improvement. If OP wants to stay in their lane & not state it's better, fine, good on them. At minimum it's an "improvement" but as a third party myself? Rough around the edges, but compared to the canon? It's better. ✅Deku grew tf up, not by abandoning someone, but realizing his ideals are not the arbiter or everyone else's beliefs.

"The End of an Era That Created The Current Anime Community"- My Hero was an aestheric with no substance, a phase, not an era.

 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GnFzg9c7O30

It was garbage, what one loves is moments in the product, not the product being the hallmark itself because its actually good. 

Its an end of an aesthetic, not an era. Mecha as a whole is an era, a genre is an era. Shonen itself is an era, 1 corny af show is a phase at best. 

Kamino arc is when it fell off its stakes mainly because thats when AFO was shelved, then the movie immediately during S3 gives us DollarTree AFO in Nine, then Chisaki. 

The villains were colorful but came & went, barely an inconvenience when gone, Deku had no rivals, no real threats. No drive to get stronger, he was too comfortable. He & Shigaraki had no recurring dynamic, none. 

you mention My Villain, yet what came outta that besides setup for no payoff? Even you had to admit it was booty. 

Shigaraki ran nothing, we didnt get to see him build no empire like a Peaky Blinders vibe. Immediately after that event could even breathe, Jaku Raid starts. 

300+ characters KH couldnt let go of but had to shovw them all into frame because all his babies are special snowflakes. 

Zero breathing room, & I dont blame Jumps deadlines just yet for that cause KH was choking even earlier. 

Sports Festival was about getting scouted right (its revealed even this was pointless), U.A apparently didnt give a shit about USJ event putting students in danger & thought a festival was the appropriate response to essentially a terror attack on a school field trip, thus putting civilians & other Hero courses in danger and the parents got no vote in the matter. 

They didnt even think to omit Class 1A from the festival but keep the event intact, just keep the target class out of it just for precaution, nope nothing. 

Eraser heads best retort to Jiro is basically 'we wont be intimidated', thanks EraserBrain. 

And again, parents had no say. 

*NICE ONE Horikoshi, anything for that TournaArc. And you know why this is a problem now? Because MHA didnt stay goofy, kiddy, and ACADEMIA. 

it made the mistake of getting gritty, more contrived and serious* 

When you turn your storys tone more serious, the standard of writing raises as well. And if you cant keep up with tracking the continuity consequences then you shouldnt be making serious stories. 

Cause if it was just a stupid Saturday morning Superhero school anime that didnt get serious, the sports festival plothole wouldnt matter. Because you can overlook it.

When you raise stakes, you raise the standard. And Horikoshi wasnt ready.

I could go harder , so much to obliterate about this show along with the few good bits. 

Whatever you could try to praise about it, that praise will likely possess or be attached to a problem that conflicts with it. Not because stories inevitably do that, no but because THIS ONE does. 

MHA was bent from day 1 because the writer was inexperienced as most tend to be- but the difference is he had no writing talent to begin with. And likely had no plan hence why he kept making changes reliant on what fan feedback, vs having a plan & better help. 

KH needed better / HELP.

The fight & animation doesnt matter at this point, the story was crap, the ending will likely be the same because more important changes that needed to happen were NOT made, so its far too late now. The best ending in 2020 era anime history is not going to fix 10+years of mid, or rectify the other 95% of wasted potential and time wasted. 

The anime is a re-run of the book, Boku no Hero Academia ended already. The "era", the phase ended already. 

*Animation is irrelevant to the story IF the story any good, if the colors gotta be pretty to stick the landing, you basically said everything that needed to be said about the thing yer talking about.* ♿🚮 

Thats what needs to carry, writing, not background art. Lmfao, this is why Mangaka keep fucking up endings & arcs, yall prioritize the wrong shit over & over and wonder why you get the same exact outcome ad infinite.

And yes, OP is correct. I dont doubt MHA would've gotten a foothold without the wests clout, My Hero woulda been popular regardless but the MCU phase 3 specifically is why My Hero blew up so quickly, it debut during the golden years of superhero hype. 

However the fatigue is not what you think it is, its ppl being tired of what Superhero movies turned into, not fatigued of superheroes themselves. 

Superheroes are modern pagan gods, ideals, paragons, there will never be a fatigue of "the superman" or ubermensche  as a concept. Thats like Americans getting Football fatigue, HA! Dont hold yer breath. 

My Hero took off because Horikoshi (like Snyder) knows aesthetic, it got a following because it's superhumans in cosplay calling themselves "Heroes" in an ANIME, it got movies because the following migrated from Western Superhero clout-- 

And it took a hit overtime because its a lesser example of how to do a Superhero story, let alone an origin story; always has been. 

Overall it was fine, a hot mess, most of the fights are trash, the "development" from the plot to the characters is a joke and the oversaturation of characters is top 3 reasons why the development was nerfed, but it was okay. And someone else said it but BONEs sticking with it this long? They're the real MVPs. 

By just the movies (2nd one is best) & the OVAs alone (most of em are dry af, first 2 were solid)  MHA is as much their kid as it is Kohei's at this point. Joint custody.