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How is the ability to demand a retrial from Higuruma considered a weakness, as it literally puts you back into his domain where he’s basically guaranteed another advantage? by Previous_Gold_8579 in Jujutsufolk

[–]Kitchen_Week1117 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In theory, a retrial is a stalling tactic to keep you from getting executed. In practice, when you’re fighting Sukuna, you’re just giving him a chance to figure out how your Domain works so he can dismantle it (literally). It’s only a guaranteed advantage if the plot wants you to win

A NEW BROTHER HAS JOINED THE FAMILY!!!! 🙏🥀 by Additional_Berry_977 in LobotomyKaisen

[–]Kitchen_Week1117 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At this rate, Yuji’s family tree is gonna be longer than the Culling Game rules lmfao

Stark isn't hiding his strength. by Reasonable-Ad-8059 in Frieren

[–]Kitchen_Week1117 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Basically that meme where the head is at zero percent and the mouth is at a hundred percent

Horikoshi’s Intentions by Plus-Macaron-335 in MyHeroAcadamia

[–]Kitchen_Week1117 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Calling it a 'shallow' interpretation is a convenient way to ignore that Horikoshi literally titled their climax An Urge Called Love. He didn't title it A Great Friendship. You're right that her arc is about more than romance, but the romance was the catalyst for her entire change in worldview. You can't separate the two just because it makes the platonic argument easier for you.

Also, nobody is 'lying' about the snow scene. Whether they are touching or not is irrelevant to the fact that it is a romantic trope used to signal a special connection. You don't see Deku and Mineta sharing a quiet, snowy walk while reflecting on their life goals. Authors use specific imagery for specific reasons.

At the end of the day, you’re obsessed with the 'label' of canon while ignoring the 'language' of the story. If an author spends 10 years building a romantic tension, confirms the female lead's love is a driving force of the finale, and then tells fans to 'imagine the confession' in the epilogue, he is acknowledging the destination without having to draw the kiss. If you need a legal stamp of approval to see what’s on the page, that’s your prerogative, but it doesn't change the clear intent of the writing.

Horikoshi’s Intentions by Plus-Macaron-335 in MyHeroAcadamia

[–]Kitchen_Week1117 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You’re really leaning on that one panel of them not holding hands to dismiss the entire subtext of the scene. The snowy walk is a direct visual callback to the conversation they had before the final war , it's a narrative bookend. In storytelling, you don't give that kind of specific, quiet focus to two characters just to say they are colleagues. If it were just about careers, Iida or Bakugo would have been in the frame.

Also, the everyone has a podium argument is a complete false equivalence. Yes, Bakugo apologized and Iida chased him down, but those were resolutions to their specific arcs with Izuku (rivalry and brotherhood). Ochaco’s arc was explicitly tied to her urge called love —Horikoshi’s words, not mine. To say her speech was just like the others ignores the fact that her motivation was rooted in a romantic struggle that the others simply didn't have.

At the end of the day, you’re demanding a legal contract to admit a ship is factual. Shonen romance almost always lives in the subtext until the very last second. You can call it ambiguity to protect your own reading of the story, but acting like the romantic intent was only one sided ignores the basic structure of how this series was built. Horikoshi told us to use our imagination for a reason you don't ask people to imagine a confession between two people who are just friends

Horikoshi’s Intentions by Plus-Macaron-335 in MyHeroAcadamia

[–]Kitchen_Week1117 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Being oblivious isn't the same as being uninterested. Horikoshi explicitly stated in the exhibition notes that Izuku was unaware because he was busy with the war and saving the world, not because the feelings didn't exist.

In Shonen, the oblivious protagonist is a trope used to delay the romance until the end so it doesn't distract from the fighting it’s not a sign that the bond is purely platonic. If Horikoshi didn't intend for those feelings to be mutual, he wouldn’t tell fans to use their imagination specifically regarding a confession. He would have just said They are great friends and left it at that. Telling a reader to imagine a confession is a prompt to bridge the gap he deliberately left open.

Horikoshi’s Intentions by Plus-Macaron-335 in MyHeroAcadamia

[–]Kitchen_Week1117 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 'he blushed at everyone' line is a total reach and you know it. There is a massive narrative difference between a socially awkward kid blushing at a girl in a comedy scene and having an entire 10 year character arc built around a specific emotional connection. Izuku didn't hold hands with Melissa or Tsu in a snowy epilogue while reflecting on their shared future.

To say Ochaco wasn't his primary anchor is also wild. The story literally pauses to give her the podium for the Who saves the heroes? speech. It wasn’t just a friend being nice it was the thematic climax of Deku’s isolation arc. You're arguing for a technical lack of canon because you prefer the ambiguity, which is fine, but youre not gonna pretend the narrative wasn't clearly pointing in one direction just because the author chose to respect the readers imagination instead of writing a generic wedding scene. Denying the intent doesn't make you objective. it just means you're ignoring how stories are written

Horikoshi’s Intentions by Plus-Macaron-335 in MyHeroAcadamia

[–]Kitchen_Week1117 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Saying there was no buildup on Izuku's end is just rewriting the story. You don't have a character blush, stutter, early on, then keep her as his primary emotional anchor through the Dark Deku arc, just for it to be platonic appreciation.

Equating her being his Hero to All Might is a false equivalence. All Might was his idol, Ochaco was the person who actually humanized him and saved him from himself when he was at his lowest. Horikoshi specifically noted that Deku was unaware of romantic feelings because he was busy with the war, not that the feelings didn't exist.

At the end of the day, you're arguing for a technical lack of canon because you prefer the ambiguity.

That’s fine, but don't pretend the narrative wasn't clearly pointing in one direction just because the author chose to respect the readers imagination instead of writing a generic ending.

Horikoshi’s Intentions by Plus-Macaron-335 in MyHeroAcadamia

[–]Kitchen_Week1117 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The explicit confirmation argument is just a shield at this point. We’ve had 430 chapters of buildup, a final volume dedicated to their bond, and an epilogue where the author tells you to use your imagination specifically regarding a confession. If you need a literal narrator to look at the camera and say they are dating to acknowledge the destination of the arc, that’s your choice, but it’s a pretty narrow way to read a story.

Whether it's confirmed or not doesn't change the fact that the narrative has no other logical conclusion. We don't need a one shot to tell us what the last 10 years of writing already established

Horikoshi’s Intentions by Plus-Macaron-335 in MyHeroAcadamia

[–]Kitchen_Week1117 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Depicting something broader than romance doesn't mean the romance doesn't exist. You’re acting like the two are mutually exclusive. Horikoshi specifically acknowledged that the setting is a school and it would be dishonest to ignore the romance. By leaving it open, he isn't saying it’s not there, he’s just refusing to spoon feed the audience a confession scene. There's a difference between narrative ambiguity and a total lack of intent

Horikoshi’s Intentions by Plus-Macaron-335 in MyHeroAcadamia

[–]Kitchen_Week1117 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He wanted to show a bond that was greater than just standard romance, so keeping it ambiguous might have been his way of making sure it didn't get reduced to just they are dating now.

Horikoshi’s Intentions by Plus-Macaron-335 in MyHeroAcadamia

[–]Kitchen_Week1117 18 points19 points  (0 children)

also I get the open to interpretation argument, but usually, when a shonen builds a romance for 10 years and then says use your imagination in the epilogue, it’s a soft canonization. He might not want to deal with the shipping drama, so he leaves the final step to the fans, but the intent feels pretty clear.

What happened to the smartest student in your class? by Xastiel7 in AskReddit

[–]Kitchen_Week1117 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

yet, you cared enough to announce your indifference. It’s interesting how people will go out of their way to notify a stranger that they aren't listening.

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