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[ __ ] yeah oh my god finally now after
all of that I'm sure that a lot of you
think that I'm gonna be naming this the
new new best my hero academia opening
but honestly despite how much love it
gives Toru I think make my story falls
just a little short of odd future still
in a serious with this many great Opie
is second best ain't bad at all and like
the rest of them the fifth my hero
academia opening comes jam-packed with
some clever symbolism and bits of
foreshadowing for the upcoming exam mark
naturally that means that any analysis
of this opening is going to spoil manga
plot points up to the end of the season
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that said your spoiler warning is
officially in effect as of now from the
first frame there's already a big
difference between this and the previous
Opie's a lot happens before we even see
the title card all rapidly cut together
to the songs funky beat like every
opening before it this one starts by
showing us the relationship between Deku
and all might but we're in the last one
we saw him going off to fight
independently from his mentor and in
previous Opie's we saw him staring at
him longingly we now see Deku begin to
replace him as all mites aho gay that's
hair spikes for Yunnan weaves transforms
into the rabbit ears on deaf use masks
from here we cut to Dec whose eyes
glaring out through a dust storm this
hints at the threats posed by some of
the other schools and the provisional
license exams and cues us to pay
attention to the eyes of other
characters in later shots which convey a
lot of important information from here
we cut to a shot of class one a floating
above the roof of a building seemingly
frozen in time
while only Baku go and Todoroki are
colored in and able
moved at first glance this character
introduction shot might seem to suggest
that there's some kind of upcoming
battle with a time stopping villain but
there's more to it than meets the eye
if you look at the expressions and poses
of the classmates floating in the air it
doesn't look like they're in pain or
struggling to move like you might expect
rather they're frozen mid celebration
pumping their arms jumping for joy and
cheering to the sky that's because this
is the moment that they find out they
pass their exams but Todoroki and baku
go are still stuck on the ground feeling
this fraction of a second stretch out
for eternity because at the end of this
arc their personal failings turn into
failing scores on the exams while all of
their friends are being elevated moving
up toward their goal of becoming true
heroes both of these characters have
fallen short and turned away from the
ideal that they aspire to reach this
failure is hammered home by a cut away
to the eyes of Aizawa who can prevent
them from using their quirks with his
gaze similar to how not having their
license limits what they can do as
heroes the camera pulls back and Aizawa
turns away jerking his head as if to say
let's go
Deku takes his cue stepping forward
confidently with his fancy new iron
plated boots into the arena of the exam
mark however before he can take another
step a gust of wind blows back his mask
and with it the image of all might that
he's been trying to project this shot
reflects that the symbol of peace is now
gone and makes a statement that Deku
needs to move forward by himself now
becoming his own man and his own hero
instead of a copy of all night after a
moment of disorientation Deku fixes his
eyes on a literal mountain of enemies
before him all staring down at him with
hungry eyes as a representative of you a
Deku has a big target on his back for
this exam as do all of his classmates
for a bunch of silhouettes there's an
impressive amount of variety in the
character designs here on the Left we've
got some kind of mantis man and a dude
with a bo staff as well as a guy who
really needs to work on his posture up
on the right there are a few dudes with
wings who are actually animated and what
looks like a member of the Akatsuki then
on the lower level we see some sort of
lizard snake person and
is that present Mike that looks a lot
like present Mike and then this person
brought a horse is that allowed that
can't be allowed for as fast as this
moves and as simple as the shot is bones
could have easily gotten away with
generic on animated silhouettes but they
went the extra mile to make this part
feel like part of the shows world and
they deserve props for that
from here we cut to the title card which
is a title card but a very slick looking
title card thanks to the moving
background behind it and then 2/3
close-up shots of some new characters
there's some sort of robot dude with a
creepy smile on his chrome dome a person
with a remote-control wristwatch who I
think is a girl because very few guys in
this show have bare legs and a person
with a Voldemort nose and an even
creepier smile since these designs don't
appear on the manga it's safe to assume
these are some sort of anime original
characters either villains who the
heroes have to face in a filler fight
after the exams or this is my bet other
hero students who some of deck whose
classmates have to battle in order to
pad out the exams a bit similar to house
season 2 expanded on a lot of the fights
in the sports festival and the battles
between students and teachers during the
final exams if I had to hazard a guess
as to how these characters operate I'd
predict that the robot is somehow
controlled by this wristband and that
the person using the wristband is either
partners with the person in goggles or
that's just their face although I feel
like those industrial goggles and beasts
like teeth don't quite fit with these
lighter clothes and more slender
features whether they're one two or
three new characters though I'm excited
to see what this series does with them
just like I'm excited to see what
happens with those anime original ninja
dudes we see fighting Todoroki in the
latest episode moving on we see Deku
wiping the sweat from his brow with his
fancy new arm bracing gauntlets this
plus the shot of his boots from earlier
ensure that the new features of his
upgraded costumes stick in our minds
while he stands there unsure of what to
do the camera pulls back to show Baku go
and EDA racing past him both of them end
up leading their own groups of ua
students and fighting their own battles
independent from the ones who follow
Deku although everyone passes the first
round of the exams in their own way the
rest of the class Sprint's forward as
well leaving Deku standing unsure of
himself behind them although Deku does
get separated from his classmates early
in the exams I don't think this
represents that moment but rather where
Dec who's at before the exams start
while everyone else charges forward to
make their own ultimate moves he's
unsure of how to make one for all his
own it takes a small push from all might
now stuck permanently in his deflated
form to send him moving in the right
direction and help him realize that he
was following his mentors example a
little too rigidly meaning aside seeing
all mites buffed up forearm give him a
push only to reveal that it was the
emaciated Toshi nori all along is a
brilliant and bittersweet reminder of
what was lost during the battle with
all-4-one the flurry of attacks that
follows this is borrowed straight from
the random students who attack Deku
while he's trying to fend off shaked
Sue's commie right after that the ground
explodes and we jump into two simple
action shots of Todoroki flying through
the air on his ice followed by Baku go
using his explosions to deflect what I
think is Seiji's skin melting quark
Inasa shoves the shi ketsu logo right up
against the camera to ensure that we
know what school he's from before
pulling back to pose with his
characteristic bravado the wind that he
whips up shows us the nature of his
quark making a connection to the attack
that threw Deku off his game earlier we
see a lot of blowing wind in this o P an
indication of just how powerful a threat
Inasa
is following this we're introduced to
his classmates in the middle of a
whirlwind kami is the only one of them
who won't make eye contact initially
hinting that she's hiding something from
us she poses seductively for the camera
before revealing her face and licking
her finger it's a weird pose and
something seems kinda off about her her
strange behavior catches the attention
of her Hairi classmate Nagamasa whose
eye flashes open as the camera tilts up
past him to her it's very subtle but
camis odd pose as a reference to her
true nature this isn't the shi ketsu
student at all but rather he Mikoto --ga
using her quark which allows her to copy
the appearance of people by ingesting
their blood to disguise herself as her
during their brief fight toga scratches
dec whose cheek with her finger and as
we learn later in the manga she has some
sort of plan for transforming into Deku
with the blood that she stole hence why
she licks it
forefinger say gee looks at us with a
disgusted glare which reflects his
attitude of superiority toward less
proper heroes like bak ago next we
briefly meet the students of ketsu
bhutesu less prominent rivals to you.a
who nonetheless caused trouble early in
the exam we get a sense for their
individual personalities from this group
shot tatami is very bubbly ito Jiro is a
bit shy and she cui is more stoic
special attention is paid to Yosh endo
who makes a show of being friendly
before revealing his more sinister true
nature shin dough's earthquake is what
separates class 1a initially so it's
fitting that we cut from him to a
rotating shot of all of them in disarray
this is mostly just another cool
character shot but it is beautifully
composed and the panning rotation effect
looks really cool in the foreground we
see EDA Todoroki and Otero move in front
of deku and also Hey look Toru for real
this time
I love that they're now using tohru's
invisible body to create more
interesting shot compositions without
blocking out the other characters it's
pretty dang clever
however Todoroki does block out Deku as
he passes him and the way that this
compresses the empty space in front of
him subtly pushes our attention to a
yama on the left side of the screen who
plays an important role in this part of
the story that's hinted at more directly
as Deku looks up to the sky and we see
his navel beam shooting upward to pierce
the dust cloud ultimately it's a Yama's
use of his laser to draw everyone's
attention that allows the stragglers of
class 1-a led by EDA
to pass the first round this connection
is made by the cut to a smiling EDA
reaching down to lend a hand
this shot seems to be taken from the
second phase of the exams where the
students have to rush back into the
wreckage of the arena to rescue a bunch
of fake civilians
following this we cut two raka who looks
just way too goddamn cute although it
doesn't really say that much about her
character on its own at a stretch I'd
say that these two shots together could
show the lesson that Deku and ko learn
early
their rescue efforts that part of their
job as heroes is to reassure victims in
a crisis in addition to keeping them
safe but yeah that's a stretch moving on
we see and hear because the timing of
this is really great the song title over
a cute shot of joke beckoning across the
stands to Aizawa who is having none of
her [ __ ] there's no hidden meaning here
but their dynamic is really fun and
adorable next we see a less cute shot of
shigaraki sitting on a creepy throne of
hands with toga tearing through the
curtains around them to walk out into
the world this is a cover shot taken
straight from chapter 114 of the manga
where it's revealed that toga was
impersonating kami all along hence why
she's shown striking out on her own from
the rest of the villains obviously this
is a wider picture than a manga cover so
they balance out the image by putting
twice beside shigaraki on the right of
the screen as for why twice as here it's
probably because he gets his own
standalone chapter later on that will
presumably become an episode in this
core after this we cut to a stunning
action shot of Deku dodging a hail of
the orange balls used to score points in
the exams again there's no real hidden
meaning here but damn that is some nice
sakuga it's not often that you get to
see background art as detailed as this
being fully animated in a 3d tracking
shot most shows would just use CGI the
focus on deck whose eyes tracking a ball
as it zips past him makes for a solid
match cut with this shot of endeavor
while also highlighting a difference
between them while Deku is focused on
his immediate surroundings endeavour is
looking far off into the distance at the
object of his hatred all might and the
following shot of Todoroki making the
same expression shows that despite how
far he's come he has the same problem of
fixating on what he hates now he might
be focusing his hatred on his dad rather
than all might but he still has the same
cold distant eyes of someone too
preoccupied and angry to really notice
what's going on around him an attitude
that causes Inasa
to develop a grudge against him and
costs him dearly in the second phase of
the exam speaking of next we see the
menacing looking hero gang Orca and his
henchmen fire off a volley with their
cement guns as they play the role of
mock villains who the students must fend
off in the second phase of the
exam the cement pellet seemed to have
been moving a bit too fast and painted a
bit too white which is why this scene
has been noticeably dimmed compared to
other action sequences the bright
rapidly moving pellets could maybe
create a flashing strobe effect on a TV
and it's common practice for
broadcasters to dim scenes like this
just in case they could trigger a
photosensitive seizure from what I can
tell this seems to be because of the
infamous incident back in 1997 where a
violent flashing animation in the
Pokemon episode cyber soldier porygon
induced seizures across Japan and put at
least 150 children in the hospital I
don't know why I sung that well that was
a dark day for anime it's led to many
more dark days thanks to the overkill
response from many broadcasters and
regulators still while it does kinda
ruin the shot a little I guess this is
one of those better safe than sorry
deals and a good way of pushing fans to
buy the blu-rays if you want to get
cynical after this we're shown
Todoroki and Baku go dodging the cement
bullets and launching a counter-attack
and another beautiful but dim sakuga
shot that doesn't have much extra
meaning and doesn't even really reflect
any action scenes from the story and the
lights come back up as we zoom in on
Baku gozai showing us what's on his mind
he's shown standing looking dumbfounded
in a white void a shot that's
reminiscent of his reaction to seeing
all nights true form and realizing the
connection between his idol and his
rival deku a revelation that weighs
heavy on him during this season and sets
up some good stuff later on the next
shot shows the image of all might that
he's been chasing moving further away
and fading into the background yet in
the long shadow that the greatest hero
casts we see two new heroes standing as
equals
this shot cements a vital aspect of Baku
ghost character that's been kind of in
question up to now that like deku he
aspires to be the next all might and
despite not having one for all he can
still come into his own as a successor
to the ideal that the symbol of peace
represented the last action shot of the
Opie shows us deku side of the struggle
with losing all might his eyes are fixed
on that same image just
they have been through all of the past
Opie's but we see it move out of his
sight as he launches a shoot style kick
so powerful that it dims the screen
again probably because of the bright red
on his belt which is a dangerous color
for seizures and when we returned to his
face he's noticeably calmer and more
composed plus all might is nowhere in
view by developing his own fighting
style Deku is beginning to move on and
become his own hero echoing what we see
at the start of the LP so like all of
the other openings this one is bookended
by all might and Decker's relationship
just shown in a very different way and
though we make the transition to it with
a kick instead of a punch now like the
other openings we end on a group shot of
class 1a this time sitting on the rubble
of the exam arena the characters are all
seated haphazardly and gazing wistfully
in different directions though their
groupings and what they're looking at
doesn't seem to have any significance
beyond being visually appealing the two
exceptions to this are Todoroki and bak
ago the two failures who both have their
backs turned as they did in that first
shot there is something else that I
really like about this shot but I just
can't put my finger on it okay I'll stop
being coy the way that they use Tori to
give this scene extra depth without
getting in the way of the other
characters is friggin brilliant maybe
somebody at studio bones has been
watching my videos and realized that
they should put her shoes and gloves on
and more of the shots that she's in so
that all of the great character
animation they do with her doesn't go
unnoticed some people have suggested
that this might foreshadow that Tohru is
the you a traitor but while I won't
discount that possibility the traitors
identity hasn't even been revealed in
the manga yet and I think this is just a
case of the animators having fun which
honestly describes a fair bit of this
Opie a lot of the action scenes and
character moments are just fun without
having much in the way of additional
meaning and while there are some strong
moments and clever metaphors at play
here overall it's not quite of the same
caliber as odd future but then that
makes sense since this Ark serves as a
bit of a breather from the heavy plot
revelations of the training camp and
hideout raid arcs that preceded it and
is thus a bit lighter on story details
for the opie to show I do kinda wish
that they'd hinted more at the
Battle of the season but at the same
time I'm kind of glad that that great
moment will come as a surprise to
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