How My Hero Academia Ruined All Might 

I still find it funny how Captain America decided to become Iron Man.

While I am 1000% against All Might dying at all, if he had to die, I'd much rather have him die saving someone's life on his own. No gear, no nothing. Just a man showing his students that true heroism is about who you are and not what you can do. Granted, half the final arc has been hammering home this message to the point that I'm tired of it, but if making All Might's death suck less I can deal with hearing it one more time.

What I hate the most about this plot twist is that it retroactively turns the moment in chapter 1 where he tells Midoriya that he can’t work as a quirkless hero since it’s far too dangerous for regular people into him somehow being wrong? The entire reason he gave Deku OFA was BECAUSE he realized that’s all he was missing to be a pro hero, since he stepped into action when no one else (even pros and himself) would, having support items be good enough to fight any villains kinda ruins that message

Maybe All Might could have gotten on an intercom and told people to hold out hope. As a sort of rallying cry for people to stand in AFO's way to stall him. I think that would be a better way for him to use his status. Or maybe he could have had professional connections to some of the pros who quit, and he could have asked them personally. I agree, once I think of Iron Might in that light, it is disappointing

Can we get a video on how mha ruined quirks? They went from genetic abilities that were similar to muscles to be trained, to literally whatever the plot needs

Yeah, I also noticed the passing of the torch being undone three times now. Hori wanted to do it but not really so gave each of the characters half. All Might and Midoriya AFO and Shigaraki Endeavor and Shouto. I guess the old generation isn't really done.

I honestly always expected this because of nighteye's prophecy. I never once considered AFO and All might to take a back seat from the story, especially AFO considering his selfish personality to just "give" shigaraki everything is a contridiction. I do agree though that iron man all might is pretty damn stupid. I expected a quirkless all might trying to protect someone one last time, reiterating deku from chapter one, ending his life as a sacrifice. All might being a selfless mentor helping deku and AFO'S selfish, clinging to his life to remain relevant through shigiraki's body was where I thought this going. Afo vs all-might round 3 is kinda the opposite of the whole mentor thing from all might's side of the coin.

So if they had iron man power armor then why is no one using them? The quality of one's quirk, or lack thereof, becomes pointless since anyone can put on a suit to make up for such limitations.

To add oil to the fire, AM dying here would go against the lesson he learned in Kamino. Because back then he had the chance to permanently kill AFO but at the cost of his life. But AM remembered that Izuku still needed him in his life as a mentor and father figure and opted to stay alive for Izuku's sake. Dying at Kamino or now in the final arc would traumatize Izuku, reaffirm his belief that he should stayed alone to protect his loved ones. Also AM dying would come at the worst time for Izuku whose willpower could break making it easier for AFO or Shigaraki to steal OFA forever.

You know what's embarrassing? I didn't even notice All Might had a suit made entirely of support gear in that last panel of Ch 386. I legit thought All Might was just walking out to Talk no Jutsu AFO, to be followed by him failing miserably.

Wait wasn't all might the one to tell midoriya not to rely on support gear too much?

I know I originally wanted a Quirkless Hero but not like this

The suits all fun until afo uses the radio waves quirk and disables the electronics in allmights suits. Unless afo is excited to fight allmight like madara, since both made a sinister smile when they met their nemesis

So coming back after reading through the whole Iron Might battle All Might does face AFO in the new suit and fights him. He's kinda winning until he isn't. Then Stain arrives to help and they're kinda winning until AFO pulls another quirk out of his ass to counter Stain's quirk. He then kills (allegedly) Stain and steals his quirk. AFO arrives with All Might to where Deku and Shigaraki are and he's about to rip All Might in half. Right before he can, Bakugo gets revived and now he's gonna fight AFO. Yes, All Might survives by sheer fucking luck There's a lot more to talk about before and after the fight but regardless, wtf

The only reason horikoshi is making all might fight prime AFO is to make sure nighteye's foresight comes true about All might's death in a gruesome battle. Although i'm 70% sure All Might wont die and will be saved by Eri's reverse quirk making it so that the only way to challenge a future nighteye saw was through Eri's ability. I mean the whole reason AFO is even able to fight right now after having lost against Endeavor is because of Eri's quirk so i feel like its gonna be her quirk to save them all post war end

This man ain’t hating, he’s just suffering from seeing a good series nosedive into a garbage fire

- Be strongest hero in mha - Beat strongest villain in mha - Become quirkless -??? - Die

the twist for the sake of twist and because "it's damn cool !". What a bad author not caring about his manga anymore and themes in it. Clearly either he doesn't care about it or doesn't know how a story works (themes, what characters acted and thinks, contrary behavior...etc).

I've been waiting for good All Might content in the manga for ages and this is what I have been given... well at least the art is gonna be fire. Also, when was the last time he and Midoriya had an actual mentor-mentee conversation? Like... have they had a meaningful conversation at all since just after the lone wolf Deku arc??? I miss their little heart to heart moments.

Deku really could have been a hero while quirk less, he just needed lots of money, or somehow meet hatsume way earlier to get his Iron Deku suit

Nothing will stop all might from trying to buy time when the fate of the world depends on it no matter if he’s in a mech i don’t think you know who all might is

How tf is the iron might suit created? So you can artificially mjmic quirks with pure technology, then why tf was there no iron man like character in mha?

My big issue with all might and this moment is that he’s barely had any presence in this story post kamino and I get it he can’t fight anymore in a battle shonen but even when he didn’t in seasons 1-3 he still had a notable presence in guiding midoriya to new possibilities about hero work and or revealing stuff about this past that will become integral later, after kamino he’s just kinda there to occasionally talk about a plan for midoriyas quirks or the war and can I just say I never liked how in less than a year of his retirement the worlds on the verge of the apocalypse, nearly all his fellow heroes and students have repeatedly failed to subdue and or defeat the same villains they’ve been dealing with for years when they should by all means have more resources and had the element of surprise thanks to hawks? It just feels like all might was right the whole time, that the world did need him to be a nigh invincible demi god because everything post my villain academia has proven the world’s thoroughly screwed without him. Why trust this new generation of heroes? They suck and can’t do anything right because horikoshi keeps stacking the villains with off screen plot armor crap because we desperately want to be dragon ball z’s freeza fight and the giant war of naruto, I’m not mad it’s just depressing seeing a clever, simple yet subversive shonen just become a very generic, confusingly silly, wannabe db/naruto :(

If all might dies here (in which would be the worst thing to happen), then all for one should fall also by deku shortly after as they are both connected

After finding your channel I started a reread of the series to see if your critics were on point. Damn I can't believe how bad it got and ruined all it's good points

5:04 Bro, tons of people who read that line in 327 thought "he is probably going to do something that will get himself killed".

I don’t want All Might to die but I was a little shocked and disappointed when I saw his suit because I knew we were going to see more of him on the battlefield and I kinda just want him to retire completely. He made it clear after his first fight (on screen) with All For One he was leaving things to Midoriya now and it feels like he’s gone back on his word now. Plus he told Midoriya during their first encounter that it was impossible to be a hero without a quirk, yet he’s now trying to do exactly that, that was definitely going back on his word. I still love All Might and the series as a whole despite it’s many flaws, but it’s impossible to ignore them now and I have less motivation to argue with those who talk ish about the series now because they are kinda right.

You actually did the all might video nice!

This video was very well made, as for the events that were shown in Chapter 386 I have split feelings on, it was pretty much guaranteed that if All Might was to fight one more time it would be in the Finale though I was always worried that if it came to that it would be slanted plot wise being that A.) it would over shadow the importance of Kamino’s Fight being that it would be epic but not that story crucial/impactful. Or B.) it would be really underwhelming and All Might would most likely die and it would seem pointless or worthless with the exception that it was used to kill All Might. I’m not really sure how this one will turn out though currently it looks like it might be a weird mix of the two. On another note I think this is some kind of Plot Loaded Gun being that back in the School Festival arc we had All Might tell Midoriya not to over rely on Support Items being that he himself has seen many pro heroes fail because they had to much reliance on Support Items, so it seems that if they call back to that he’ll probably die. Also as for Support Items bolstering someone, with how they brought back the Gauntlets from Two Heroes I thought it would have been more likely that All Might’s Suitcase would’ve had Dave’s Masterpiece (a rebuilt version) being that they said it itself can make someone and their Quirk 20 Times Stronger then what they once were and since it was All For One in his Prime accentually they could of had Pseudo Prime All Might thanks to that Support Item. Though those are just my thoughts. =]

Honestly, we can't say that the armor ruins his message until we see whether it can even contend with prime AFO or not. If it can then the message is indeed ruined. You have very logical points though.

Extremely sad that MHA has just become "Keys Jingling ASMR: The Manga" at this point.

4:05 Ilda does heroism by also having a brother

All might would have been better off pulling a Hercule(DBZ) and galvanizing the people and restoring faith.

Now that this event is basically over, I WISH hologram-All Might would‘ve been a thing. Hearing this, I literally blurted out „That would be amazing“ immediately. It would‘ve been so cool

my biggest problem is there’s an easy fix to this if the writer I’m not even going to try and say his name for voice to chat had just gotten rid of all for one win. Oh my lost one for all narratively. This scene would not be necessary at all, and it would fit with the theme of the younger generation, fixing the problems that the older generation fucked up. Unfortunately, the writer could not let go of all for one.

Iron might would only make sense if he's just waiting him in a UA training field and uses random bots maybe with the principal help to stall him while he's blind with rage. They fight a little with all might escaping all the time and then AFO leaves before giving him the final blow cause shiragaki body is calling him for help

All for One should've died at Kamino and just manipulated Shigaraki through the vestige realm. Him being alive and still doing practically nothing important besides taking Hawks' quirk bothers me

I have complicated thoughts on this twist. I don’t really mind Iron Might itself. I think it could work as one final All Might hurrah (even though he did already have one). I think it’ll be fine in the anime. However most of your points in the video absolutely still stand. It’s quite confusing that they’d do this even if I won’t mind is that much. It’s one of those things we’re I don’t dislike it but I’m not really ok with it ether. It’s one of those “this is ok whatever but why?” Moments.

I would say it supposed to represent that he's still sticks to his ideals in the end, but then it would've destroyed his development

I like seeing everyone crap on one scene that has no story to it yet. People, he is clearly not trying to stop AFO, he’s trying to buy time. And we don’t know how this fight will play out, so maybe give it some time before hating on it. Also, it is BETTER FOR HIM TO DIE NOW and complete OFA to support Deku in the vestige world than give a sappy, probably cheesy, “I believe in you” speech.

I'm actually willing to defend All Might in this regard in that despite his presence alone being enough, for someone like him who once acted because he felt powerless, being a pedestal wouldn't sit right with "Toshinori Yagi". Just as some actual veterans would heroically take up arms once more for the sake of defending the country they once protected, Toshinori wants to do more than sit on his ass. At the same time, while I still agree that a lot of MHA's themes and plots have long since been thrown out the window, All Might probably believe that a relic like himself isn't needed anymore since people like Midoriya and the rest of Class A (because shounen reasons) "are there". But that still doesn't mean he can sit and do nothing. AT THE VERY BEST, both of them die in their fight to try and symbolize the inevitable death of the old so the conflict can actually focus on Shigaraki and Midoriya. Also, I don't want to put any blame on Horikoshi because I feel like it's more his editor's fault than anything. In that the decline in MHA's pacing and storytelling started to be noticeable after Horikoshi's previous editor was replaced with an infamously strict one. The previous editor oversaw the Festival Arc, the MVA Arc, the Endeavor Arc, and half of the War Arc, which we know is the height of MHA's worldbuilding, pacing, AND storytelling. Of course, some of those arcs ended up covering some controversial topics to the Japanese audience... like to them, they were REALLY controversial. So it would be reasonable for the publisher to try and stave off any further controversy and "punish" the culprit but continue the popular series by sticking them with an incredibly strict editor that's been known to tailor stories to his own ideals causing the axe the fall on 3 very promising series in the past. But news flew around that that editor got replaced a short while ago, and the first thing that Horikoshi really did (as in it was almost literally 1-2 chapters after the news was released) was kill Bakugou. A fan favorite character and something that's not really practiced by very popular mainstream shounen anymore. So chances are, they put Horikoshi on a leash during the War arc, and when they decided to loosen it, Horikoshi immediately pissed them off. I don't want to throw Horikoshi under the bus if it's possible that multiple controversies basically led to management intervening. And Horikoshi probably can't do anything because of his contract. So if anything, I blame his editor instead of him. Because no person can honestly just bust out the levels of detail in storytelling found in MVA and then proceed to follow up with Villain Hunt. It's too sharp of a fall and too drastic of a change, it just doesn't happen without a reason. All Might should've died at Shigaraki's hands, but I can see that Horikoshi is trying to deal with the hand he's been dealt. Because it'd be even more ridiculous if All Might showed up in the middle of Shigaraki's fight. Edit: One more thing I want to add, is that at the very least I want to say that Horikoshi has managed to nearly perfect character development with "progression through regression". And Shigaraki and All Might are the best examples of that practice, while Midoriya kind of falls a little flat in this regard. What I mean by this, is that sometimes a great character isn't "complicated" but can also be simple. So there are times when characters are trying hard to be engaging through "complexity" when at times it can be as simple as returning to the basics. For Shigaraki, he had tried to hard before MVA to be some schemer/mafia boss type of villain. The kind of villain with a strong motive that "justifies" his actions allowing for a morally gray conflict. But the issue was that that wasn't Shigaraki's style. Justification is only an excuse, underhanded tricks are only proof of weakness, in the end, everything was just a mask for one's inherent desire to destroy, and no one truly needs "justification" to do whatever they want. So Shigaraki destroyed that mask, seeking to destroy simply because he wants to destroy, and he won't lie about that anymore. And just like that, all that "complexity" is thrown out the window and what takes its place is a truly ruthless and unstoppable force of death and destruction, acting purely out of satisfaction. There is no reason. With All Might, having become quirkless once more, is now an older reflection of his past self. In the same regard, he's "regressed" to his reckless youth and driven by his desire to do something rather than nothing, even if he has no power at all. In a way, his stand here is further proof of his unwavering spirit and metaphorical return to true heroism. In a sense, all his experience and views as a professional hero is now "regressed" back to its origin, the burning desire to help. And to be honest, it just fits All Might. But I won't lie though, I know this same thing was what was attempted for Midoriya, what with the whole "I want to save the crying Shigaraki", but it _really_ didn't land. At least it worked for Shigaraki and All Might.

All Might fight def is there to kill him off, If I want to cope and say this fight is only going to further solidify the “Not all are born equal” statement they make since the beginning then I can. But this final fight is probably going to act as the final candle of old ideologies dying out and these characters finally coming to a end. Hope to god that All Might doesnt do anything significant but dying because if a SUPPORT ITEM does damage to the demon lord then we’re fucked story wise

This rematch is not exciting…. For one you beat All for One twice: and once on panel already

I read the chapter the day it came out and it looks like to me that all for one looks excited to fight all night because he lost to him twice and is going to win this time for sure yeah it may kill all might but Deku would still be able to talk to him through one for all and might be able to use the buff mode which would be cool just saying

Thank you, I been following this from Season 1 all the way till 6 and after Season 5, I started wondering what was going on. I read the Star fight in the manga and then I wondered if it could get worst and... yeah... you saved me a lot of time here. I really do appreciate that.

The thing i hate most about him is that he said deku can't be a hero without a quirk, then all might literally fights the strongest villain without a quirk. Hypocrite

3:33 no get Todoroki because that burn was even hotter than Dabi’s flames

Nice Thumbnail!

Well this is the guy who ended his 100th chapter with a boob joke so clearly Horikoshi the mad ladss writing has reached such heights that us mortals can't comprehend it anymore.

Hori is the master of bringing up complex conflicts and falling on his face with resolutions. It seems his moral resolutions all center around "because it's cool".

I started reading the manga after season 6's exciting cliff hanger only to be met with some of the worst twists and reveals in the series, i did like some things though, gentle's return was great in my opinion

"iron might" lmfaoooo

8)afo after seeing all might in action again be like:you took the torch from you successor too? Lets go. I ran out of comments.

I think all might is gonna die in this fight and join the one for all vestige world and give deku the boost to defeat shigaraki so thats prob why hes fucking all for one

I mean this is sad and all, I'm honestly sorry for your loss. All might has an iron Man suit.

Bro you sound like penguinz0/ moist critical

All might:"you can not be a hero without a quirk" Also all might: I will now be a hero without a quirk

Or eries the lil girl tine rewinder restores allmight

Hello

This is actually a fine take based on not knowing the whole story, I think that one thing you failed to do is look at the possibilities. This one instance is to define and resolve the questions "Can you be a hero with out a quirk." This also could help the story in SEVERAL different directions. One if all powers are lost this one fight shows that people don't have to despair. This also allows the second moment where if no quirk almighty can fight one of the strongest enemies with out a quick then literally anyone could and no one directly needs external heroes but to be a hero for themselves. Also you mention support gear shouldn't be able to do much? However what your failing to recognize is the truth that its not that "Support gear is trash" but that generally speaking there was no reason to use massive amounts of support gear as quirks were a massive power that was easy to access. Anytime in history that something is proven to be equal to or greater than the current best weapon or advancement, the old way is shelved. I see your frustration but I feel like this whole point boils down to "This isn't my hero academia, it didn't work out how I wanted it to and what I think is best." Cool, you can have that opinion, but it not our story. There are lots of interesting conclusions this could have but when you only focus on the negatives it gives little room for the story that could be.

Holo Might _better_ be real Hori I'm _begging_ you. This is the only time I'm asking you to ripoff Star Wars again🙏

Well i dont think he is ruined but lets see whats gonna happen

5)this suit is not a quirk and technology is a new power system in the story. Now,in the final arc they are going to use mechanics?

I would agree with everything in this video if All Might just has a straight up slugfest with AFO here with no further nuance to it. But this video feels a bit premature. I'd wait and see how this plays out before I released this video if I were you. This doesn't feel wreckless to me yet like his earlier work as AM. They hammer home how important it is AFO doesn't meet up with shiggy and that there's no one around who's capable of fighting atm. And this is the final battle, not a meaningless bank robbery. If AM holds AFO here for a few extra minutes and buys time for other heros to rally then that's an incredibly wise and meaningful action, not a foolhardy throwing away of all his development like you frame it as.

Not agreed but opinions exist after all. Sorry if my English isn't the best, not native speaker, but here I go: The reason for his arrival on the battlefield is simple: During the villain hunting arc, All Might feels useless because he can't help the apprentice he swore to protect, but when he meets Stain, he shows him how he cannot give up after everything he represented to many people, and what was All Might going to do, stand idly by? Of course not! It was clear that after that emotional encounter he had to act, not just reflect in silence, that would have felt really uncooked (that's the exact same situation Rei had in number 387). Also, during the villain hunt arc (again) He acts like a true hero without realizing it, since at the moment he faces 2 delinquents, alone and without QUIRK, he still shows his heroism and bravery despite everything. Stain served to show him that what he was doing was still worthy of admiration, as our favourite killer was embarrassed to see All Might like that and he indirectly explains to him that he's still a reference due to his efforts (or in other words, he shows him he still is an AMAZING hero) but he (All Might) cannot realize it due to the young man's situation.This encounter with Stain basically motivates him to keep getting better despite his state. I know that the series does not deal with this so directly, but we are not stupid and we do not need to be told ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING in our faces, because there are things that are simply deep, like this character, All Might. Also, when Deku saved Baku from the mud villain, he definetly prooved that quirkless people can be an admirable heroes. That impacted All Might, and now he shows what he learnt from that event. AND, this series has shown US multiple times quirkless characters being really heroic, like Mirio when fought Overhaul with 0 super powers, or how quirks can destroy lifes, just like Tenko Shimura's situation, so quirks are not always what their general image represents. These last 2 points may be silly, but damm, when I think about them, makes me admire how DEEP (again) this series is, so cool!

I jus

Here's how to solve the problem with act 3. Just stop and instead turn breaking bad into a manga

3)this chapter brings too many questions now:why on earth didnt they used it before? And why only all might should use it? This makes military looks dumb.

All Might is the best thing that ever happend in this anime, i dont really like this anime, but I fucking love All Might, it's mine 2nd fav character in all anime, and MHA is not even my like anime, but God damn how sad to see All Might getting ruined by it... It would be just better if Erie recovered him to his prime state, but he was without quirk, it would be so much better...

And new chapter they focus on dabi AGAIN! and give him an ice quirk for no reason and for false hype….mha got so bad dude

“B-b-but Asa man it’s raw tho you’re just a hater and nitpicking.” Anyways I’m a #REALALLMIGHTFAN GRAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Alright, but consider: Mightbot.

4)you can be a hero,as long as you have money.

Iron Might has abilities inspired by class 1-A and is fending off All For One. This isn’t good.

All might did not wore the Iron might armor to become all might again he wore that armor because without power he returned into the same child he was before . Toshinori's presence doesnt inspire greatness to the people araound him like how it was with all might . Because toshinori doesnt stand against the odds and says " i am here " if he just stand still he wouldnt achive a big thing , if he just went as a human he wouldnt achive anything . Him going with an armor that at least can hold him for few minutes is "he tried his best but failed" moment for all might . Reminding the world and himself that until you die its not over yet.

If he did the hologram thing he’d be pulling a megamind

I would love to see your reaction to the naruto war arc because it's also a complete fail

Honestly this combine with floating sky island whats with MHA shudden jump in technological investment

Nah.

I have to disagree with you on one thing: All Might winning this fight isn't the worst outcome. It is him dying. Yes, beating AFO or giving him trouble with that mecha suit is silly. But once that's done, All Might can go back to living a quiet life with new purpose. That way, his character arc still can be salvaged.

The show went from peak quality to throw-away.

Thank you for cooking. People need to understand

6)if all for one loses,it makes the dark time that he controlled the society illogical, cause how is he weak now when in the past he was the strongest?

the worst part about it is, if you removed iron might and replaced it with a shot of endevour, dabi and shoto+iida as cliffhanger, it would’ve been a much better chapter. but sadly what we got instead was garbage

Absolute banger of a video! The fact that AM from Chapter 1 told Izuku he couldn’t be a “Pro Hero” yet he as a quirkless a shell of a man can somehow use technology to face off against Prime AFO is just ridiculous and like you said spits in the face of not only Ch 1, but all of AM’s character from throughout acts 1 and 2 (plus VH Toshinori)

Yooo Iron Might is so fire, 10/10 Arc Horikoshi cooking

good work homie

ANYONE with half a brain knew all might was carrying that briefcase around for a reason.

Tellemophobeeeezzzz

Goated video loved it asa 🔥 I felt that All might be a comparision to Ussop he is the is the same guy without a devil fruit just by being brave I taught something would go same with All might and show heroism

Hduusususj

You know what's funny? All might arc of studying to support these children even without his quirk was the PERFECT beginning for an arc about him unveiling the corruption that was happening in the hero association but he was too busy or focused to see it previously. For fuck sake, he even have a COP best friend that could work with him in this task.

This anime has honestly been a disappointment since S3 ended. Deku sucks, so much Deus Ex Machina, nothing of substance really happens, and the entire thing drags on FAR TOO LONG. They've been fighting the same fight in the manga now for over a year of our real life. But the story started to shit itself with all that crap about the rot in hero society (not stain's stuff who had a point) and so much underground whatever. It undermines All Might being a symbol of peace at all. I wish All Might became an actual mentor to Deku, but I can't recall one good thing Deku has learned either in philosophy, heroism, technique, strategy, etc. Deku keeps getting asspulls of powerups. Deku should have never had his stupid emo moment.

10 bucks says it really is just a distraction and AFO will drag All Might to Midoriya and Shigaraki, and will about to strike All Might down and it’ll trigger Bakugou to come back to life and he’ll rejoin the fight

Other explanation, it’s a All Might drone control by All Might, like a true all American gamer.

Hsuduudhehs

Ususussu

Hdydydydyd

All Might's character is not RUINED! Can you think of the time Horikoshi ruined his relevancy? I know you can't, cause you're just tweaking!

The further you get into the story the more you start to realise the only reason All Might didn't die in Kamino is because of Hori's allergy to killing the good guys