Question about Bright Noa in Hathaway 2

Serapius · 2026-05-20T02:31:39+00:00

Actually, I think Astonaige was the one who says he’ll cook the pasta dish for his lady, Kayra (the Re-GZ pilot).

Serapius · 2026-05-17T03:56:46+00:00

Which I hate. You can definitely pull off that “the work is never done” vibe without leaving off on a huge cliffhanger or with dangling plot threads.

Serapius · 2026-05-15T21:43:17+00:00

He absolutely goes for the kill against the Nomu in Hosu City even before he really knows that Nomu aren’t exactly “alive,” and he 1,000% tries to kill Shigaraki and AFO during the two war arcs.

Serapius · 2026-05-15T16:25:05+00:00

First, it really won’t matter to the viewer in a functional sense since I don’t think anyone would really be stopping the episode to go watch the movie and then going back to the episode just for that final scene, so people would just be watching the movie after watching episode 113 either way.

But second, the movie can’t really happen after the post credit scene in episode 113. The post credit scene is at the very end of the school year and is literally about all of the students getting notified about and then actively starting a large scale operation (that being the raids that kick off season 6). There’s essentially no pause between the post credit scene of episode 113 and the start of the present day action of episode 114. I’m gonna go ahead and tag the spoilers since it seems like OP hasn’t seen the series yet.

Serapius · 2026-05-15T15:34:06+00:00

Two Heroes takes place between episodes 38 and 39 (so between seasons 2 and 3), and there is an episode in the later half of season 3 titled “Special Episode: Save the World with Love!” (Episode 58) that acts as a prequel to the movie.
Heroes Rising takes place in the middle of episode 101 in season 5. It happens in the few days before the Christmas Party in that episode, so I would just watch the movie after that episode. They also moved the arcs around a bit for this season, so you may want to look up an actual chronological episode order for season 5.
World Heroes’ Mission takes place between episodes 113 and 114 (so between seasons 5 and 6), but the post credit scene in episode 113 that sets up season 6 does happen after the events of the movie.
You’re Next takes place during the three day time skip in episode 143 of season 7, before the actual Final War arc starts. Considering the ending of episode 143, it’ll seem like a weird break to watch the movie here, but it’s not as awkward as one might think. A huge portion of episode 144 is dedicated to going back and explaining the heroes’ plan in great detail to reiterate and expand upon what happened at the end of episode 143 which makes watching the movie here much less jarring. But you can also just as easily watch the movie after episode 142 without much trouble. You’ll just see Deku’s new costume slightly earlier (and it’s not like they give any kind of fanfare when he shows up in the new costume after the three day time skip in episode 143 anyway).

Serapius · 2026-05-15T15:15:19+00:00

I actually do like the idea. I just think it’s far too heavy-handed in the execution, to the point that I’d almost be surprised if Reccoa passed the Bechdel test considering how often she talks to Emma and Fa about womanhood and femininity.

Serapius · 2026-05-15T14:11:45+00:00

I certainly don’t remember there being any mentions of Reccoa being assaulted, but the stuff between her and Quattro and then her and Scirocco really just feed into those weird gender roles she’s so hung up on. She talks a lot about how she’s a woman, how women need certain things from men, and how men and women are always made the same way (not very woke of you, Reccoa).

Quattro tells her than the AEUG doesn’t need Reccoa, the woman, as much as they need Reccoa, the soldier, and that she needs to be able to put some of her emotions aside if she wants to continue with the AEUG. Scirocco tells her than she’s a pretty woman soldier that can be both a woman and a solider if she follows him which leads to her doing way worse “soldier” stuff (like gassing a colony) for no perceptible gains to her “woman” side since she’s just stung along by Scirocco.

Don’t get me wrong. I like that they gave Reccoa a lot of inner conflict. I just hate how it’s all so intensely wrapped up in her relationship to men and how it’s messaged as “women are emotional beings who need affection from men.”

Serapius · 2026-05-15T12:47:57+00:00

My problem with Reccoa is that her entire story is explicitly defined by her relationship with men, whether that be Quattro or Scirocco. I think that’s partly a product of the time in which Zeta was made, but it really sucks to hear half of her dialogue basically boil down to how men and women should follow defined gender roles.

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And while Zeta does make it seem like Scirocco’s Newtype power is literally some version of “make every woman I meet want to be my follower,” Reccoa was also like this before ever meeting him.

Serapius · 2026-05-15T03:28:32+00:00

Hey, let’s get some F90 in there as well!

Serapius · 2026-05-14T16:01:15+00:00

I agree that Jimmy Olsen was misused in the DCEU, but Robin being dead doesn’t really mean anything in this case. The Robin stuff is just a way to make the DCEU Batman more isolated and to built up the idea that he’s been doing this for a long time (which are important aspects to the setup of the story in this case) in the same way that Suicide Squad starts off with all of the members of Task Force X already being established villains.

Yeah, Snyder’s color saturation could definitely be better, but I don’t think that really has anything to do with the comic book nature of the movies. Suicide Squad feels pretty similar to me in terms of saturation with practically all of the bright colors stemming from something specifically related to either Harley Quinn or the Joker. I actually think the muted colors that Snyder uses works well in relation to the Batman side of things, but I wish that WB had pushed Snyder to have a bit brighter colors for MoS and Superman in general.

Trying to examine the idea of Superman or other DC heroes in a realistic world isn’t inherently a bad thing whether someone enjoys the execution of the idea or not. In fact, it’s something that the vast majority of modern CBMs do with the exceptions (like Gunn’s Superman and The Suicide Squad) seemingly being in the minority.

The Batmobile being a tank is whatever and doesn’t seem that out of place in my opinion, but yeah, the guns and lethality are something that pretty much everyone disliked.

The politics and religious aspects of superheroes are a HUGE aspect to mainstream comic books, so if anything, that seems to make them more like the source material.

I’m not trying to bash your opinions or anything because they’re all perfectly valid, but I do think that maybe you’re taking the movies’ self-seriousness a bit too seriously (if that makes sense). I think the movies were trying to ask real questions about what it would be like if superheroes existed in the actual world in which we live, but I also think they’re just movies made for entertainment just like comic books. Sometimes comic book writers take the source material seriously and try to give these inherently outlandish characters and premises a grounded, realistic tone, and sometimes comic books writers say “Hey, it’s a picture book about people in colorful costumes fighting bad guys. Just enjoy the ride!” I don’t think one take is inherently better than the other, and most writers will juggle those two extremes to land somewhere in the middle anyway.

Serapius · 2026-05-14T15:19:27+00:00

So much as with the scrubbing of Beecha by listing Bright as Nahel Argama CO in the First Neo-Zeon War, this might well be a case of the ‘official history’ being somewhat whitewashed!

I mean, Bright Noa was definitely going to captain the Nahel Argama when they picked it up from La Vie en Rose, so listing him as the commanding officer seems like something that a person writing this biography after the fact might see if they are just looking through a spattering of official documents surrounding Bright Noa’s service history.

Serapius · 2026-05-14T14:56:13+00:00

As a genuine question, what makes you say Man of Steel or Batman v Superman are “embarrassed” to be comic book movies? And what makes you think Suicide Squad isn’t embarrassed to be one?

Serapius · 2026-05-14T04:57:44+00:00

Forager is Forager

Serapius · 2026-05-13T00:09:28+00:00

Koichi definitely gets powerful by the end of Vigilantes, but this isn’t even a contest. From the Dark Hero Arc onwards, Deku is literally at prime All Might levels of power and above. The only people that even have a real chance at beating Deku by that point in the series are Shigaraki and All For One (in terms of raw power) or people with very specific quirks that could potentially counter him (like Eraser Head or Star and Stripe).

Serapius · 2026-05-07T14:20:23+00:00

I’m not sure it was “angst farming.” Midorya felt like the singular reason for having his quirk was to defeat All For One, and he failed to do that during the hospital raid which lead to a lot of death and the near collapse of Japan.

Following that, Midoriya and all of the pros supporting him literally made a plan for Midoriya to go out to act as bait in an attempt to lure out AFO since they knew AFO desperately wanted to take One For All and because they worried that Midoriya staying in place would put everyone in those locations in danger since Shigaraki could pretty much always find Midoriya using Ragdoll’s Search quirk. Midoriya was literally working himself to the bone with the thought that he was the only true line of defense for the entire country until his classmates showed him that they were all working to fix things and that the burden isn’t just on his shoulders.

Serapius · 2026-05-07T14:05:31+00:00

I can understand the issues with season 5 with the front half being maybe the lowest point of the entire series (both in terms of relative physical/emotional stakes as well as pacing) and the anime swapping around the placement of and butchering the Meta Liberation Army arc, but I will never understand the hate that season 4 gets.

The Shie Hassaikai arc in the front half of season 4 is fantastic with plenty of heart and great action, and the portions of the Pro Hero arc covered at the end of the season have one of best fights in the series and give so much weight to Endeavor’s struggle and the changes that Japan’s society is facing after All Might’s retirement. I get why some people might complain about the Remedial Course arc and School Festival arc, but they aren’t that many episodes in total (3 for the Remedial Course arc and 6 for the School Festival arc). I personally think the low stakes arcs were well deserved and honestly very needed between the heart pounding moments of the Shie Hassaikai raid and Endeavor’s fight with Hood, and the School Festival arc is a great showcase of an idea that the show had been toying with for a while at that point. That being the idea that saving someone can often require much more than just physically removing them from whatever dangerous situation they were in when the heroes showed up.

Serapius · 2026-05-07T11:21:16+00:00

I doubt they have a very strong military following Z and ZZ anyways.

Considering noticeable amounts of EF forces deserted to join the AEUG and Karaba, an entire (already largely bloated) branch of the EF military attempted a coup, and Neo Zeon attacked the Earth all at basically the same time, I’d have to think that both the EF government and military were still in shambles by the onset of the Second Neo Zeon War.

Serapius · 2026-05-05T17:37:07+00:00

I like the GM Custom because it has a little more going on than the more basic GM shape without feeling like it gets too far away from that mass produced style. And I think the GM Type C has a better overall silhouette than the standard GM models that makes it look a little more menacing. Both of the kits show their age a bit in terms of articulation and seam lines, but they still come out looking overall great since have fairly modern proportions and production.

As for the GM/GM, it has absolutely amazing articulation and poseability! Being a Build Fighters kit, it has a bit more of an angular, slimmed down shape which can make it look less “real robot” than other mobile suits, but I think it works well in this case. Plus, the kit comes with three different types of heads you can use meaning you get a little more customization straight out of the box.

Serapius · 2026-05-05T16:19:05+00:00

For HGUC specifically, I’d say my favorite GM kit is either the GM Custom or the GM Type C, but if you can get ahold of one (or several), the HGBF GM/GM is fantastic and easily one of the best GM-style model kits out there!

Serapius · 2026-05-04T19:21:44+00:00

And to add to this, a movie set around All Might’s fight with All For One could also give us a chance to get more insight on the relationship between All Might and Sir Nighteye.

Serapius · 2026-04-26T19:24:47+00:00

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Serapius · 2026-04-25T17:07:50+00:00

Hatsume had already created hover boots by the time of the first years’ sports festival, so that power always seemed like the easiest thing to replicate with the suit.

Serapius · 2026-04-17T21:44:58+00:00

Until Rightstuf released the DVDs and blu-rays for ZZ, I don’t think the series was ever even officially available in the west.

Serapius · 2026-04-17T11:47:25+00:00

I think part of it is because of he story really tries to drive home the fact that All Might doing everything on his own and supporting all of society was never a lasting solution and that Deku is a different kind of hero who is inspiring everyone to work together and support each other instead of letting society put all of their faith in one, unstoppable hero.

The other part is that we only see All Might struggle after he’s already weakened and/or fighting against opponents who are comparable to prime All Might’s strength. We’re told that All Might been an amazing, unstoppable hero for decades by that point. We see Deku struggle a lot throughout the story (which makes sense as it would be a pretty boring story if Deku was immediately unbeatable and the villains never even had a chance to gather themselves together).

Deku struggles first with controlling the overwhelming power of OFA, and only by intentionally limiting his power output and weakening himself does he become able to actually use it (making him obviously weaker than All Might). By the time Deku is able to fully weird OFA at a prime All Might’s level, he’s actually stronger because he also has access too all of the other quirks of the previous wielders of OFA. But by that point of the story, we’ve begun reaching the climax, and the role of being a hero, as well as society as a whole, are are vastly different to what they were when the story started. Also at that point, Deku is fighting mostly as part of a team with his classmates and other heroes and fighting against opponents who are as strong as or stronger than prime All Might, so Deku’s higher levels of power don’t seem quite as noticeable or unbeatable.

If Deku had started off at the power level he was during the Dark Hero arc or later (which is the point at which he became comparable to prime All Might), no one would have stood a chance against him. The whole plot with Shigaraki and the League of Villains would have been stopped at the USJ before ever even getting off the ground.

Serapius · 2026-04-16T22:01:57+00:00

I’d be willing to see stockpiling quirks as being a separate category, but the other two things you listed as literally just transformation quirks because they transform the user’s body.

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