WEBVTT - Episode 55: Intro to 'My Hero Academia ' 0:00:08.920 --> 0:00:14.720 Hello everybody, and to get another episode of nerdificent. I'm 0:00:14.760 --> 0:00:16.360 your host if you want to wait, and someone across 0:00:16.360 --> 0:00:20.960 from me as a long always Danny Fernandez. What's up, Iffy? 0:00:21.640 --> 0:00:25.200 Not much? You know, reeling? You know at this point? 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:28.200 Uh you know? I mean you have seen the events 0:00:28.320 --> 0:00:31.560 an end game Chris. You haven't gotten to see it yet, right, 0:00:31.800 --> 0:00:34.440 but he will by the time this drop right, right, 0:00:34.600 --> 0:00:38.159 So it was great. I'm sure I love that and 0:00:38.200 --> 0:00:39.920 we're not going to talk about it because if he 0:00:40.000 --> 0:00:43.520 and I are doing a spoiler episode you can listen to. Yeah, 0:00:43.560 --> 0:00:46.199 it will come out later in this week. So to 0:00:46.240 --> 0:00:48.040 get your hand off that pause button, because I know 0:00:48.080 --> 0:00:50.800 you got afraid of spoilers and you hit the pause 0:00:51.080 --> 0:00:52.479 or you might have seen it by now and you're like, 0:00:52.520 --> 0:00:54.560 give it to me, won't wait till Thursday? So if 0:00:54.560 --> 0:00:57.800 you can, I say something real quickly before of course. Yeah, So, 0:00:58.000 --> 0:01:01.240 um you and I had this private conversation which I'm 0:01:01.280 --> 0:01:03.920 making public now, but um so some of the because 0:01:04.000 --> 0:01:06.080 press normally gets to see it. If you're if you're 0:01:06.080 --> 0:01:08.400 wondering why, I don't know. I think everyone kind of 0:01:08.440 --> 0:01:10.520 assumed that, but sometimes randomly still get people like how 0:01:10.520 --> 0:01:12.679 did you get to see it early. Press and industry 0:01:12.720 --> 0:01:15.280 normally get to see it. Um get to see it early, 0:01:15.680 --> 0:01:21.600 and um some of our colleagues were tweeting jokes from 0:01:21.600 --> 0:01:24.280 the film, yeah, just to I think flex that they 0:01:24.280 --> 0:01:26.160 got to see it, and I don't understand that. And 0:01:26.240 --> 0:01:28.160 I also think they're credential should be taken away. They 0:01:28.160 --> 0:01:30.479 should be a lot of But it's so it's such 0:01:30.520 --> 0:01:33.640 a weird gross flex like everyone knows you got to 0:01:33.640 --> 0:01:37.400 see it, Like, don't write jokes, are like, it's just weird. 0:01:37.600 --> 0:01:40.040 I don't like it. It made me feel weird. Yeah, 0:01:40.280 --> 0:01:43.759 I always think it's such an especially you know, having 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:46.319 seen it, there's so much stuff I want people to 0:01:46.360 --> 0:01:49.840 be surprised by. I wouldn't even begin to imagine doing 0:01:49.880 --> 0:01:51.760 some insider jokes and all that, because we know what's 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:54.280 going to happen. We know there's the the that we're 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:56.760 in that age of the internet where once everybody has 0:01:56.800 --> 0:01:59.720 seen it, we're gonna go crazy with the memes, just 0:01:59.800 --> 0:02:03.240 like we did with Infinity War. It's gonna be fun. 0:02:03.280 --> 0:02:05.400 Everyone's gonna have a good time. So why are you 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:07.760 thinking you're gonna get around to it first? Are you 0:02:08.480 --> 0:02:12.040 in risk ruing it and I don't. I don't see it, 0:02:12.440 --> 0:02:16.440 but you know, some people just gotta ruin. Thanks, that's 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:19.400 why we can't have nice things. We are not alone today. 0:02:19.560 --> 0:02:21.760 We're joined by a good friend of ours. He is 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:26.320 a host you've seen on BuzzFeed also NBC also Nerdiced recently. 0:02:26.680 --> 0:02:29.400 That is our friend, Chris Lamb. Hi. Thanks so much 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:32.320 for having me, Thanks for coming on. Yeah, no, I 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:34.320 I used to see Chris quite a bit when I 0:02:34.360 --> 0:02:37.840 was working. They had his video and heavy rotation, so 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:39.720 I would I remember I took a picture once. I 0:02:39.800 --> 0:02:44.880 was like, hey, it's you. So my claim to fameo lobby. Yeah, 0:02:45.880 --> 0:02:49.200 look the lobby and millions of computer screens. Don't sell 0:02:49.280 --> 0:02:53.360 yourself short. You know how you been? How's what are 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:56.240 you geeking about the speaking out about this week? Well, um, 0:02:56.360 --> 0:03:00.520 I'm seeking about the articles I've been cirt relating the 0:03:00.560 --> 0:03:04.280 fact that Marvel is looking for a gay slash by 0:03:04.400 --> 0:03:08.639 slash queer Asian guy for the Eternals. I'm just really 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:15.359 happy about it. Um, a lot of auditions, so funny 0:03:15.400 --> 0:03:20.359 story about that. On Facebook, Like you know, I run 0:03:20.400 --> 0:03:25.000 plenty of circles, including Gausian ones, and several people do 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:27.040 know that I'm an entertainment and stuff what people did 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:30.000 tag me. But the thing is that people just tag 0:03:30.120 --> 0:03:33.200 me without reading the article because the article actually doesn't 0:03:33.200 --> 0:03:35.440 have any points of contact, you know it. Of course 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:38.920 it wouldn't write its Marvel, and but everybody's like, oh 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:41.600 my god, I'm like, it doesn't say anything in the article, 0:03:41.680 --> 0:03:45.400 just saying that, you know, people are being auditioned for it. Um. 0:03:45.680 --> 0:03:48.360 And I heard from the grapevine that they already cast it. 0:03:49.040 --> 0:03:51.720 I think I did too, But I feel like Chris, 0:03:51.840 --> 0:03:54.480 this is just um, I feel like you have enough sweat. 0:03:54.600 --> 0:03:57.600 Like if you tweeted at Marvel and be like, hey, 0:03:57.640 --> 0:03:59.720 I'd love to be considered. I feel you could get 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:02.680 your fault the words behind you and they would be like, 0:04:02.840 --> 0:04:04.960 you know, because it's it's not just you're not just 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:07.400 asking for you know, you you're not asking for the rule. 0:04:07.440 --> 0:04:10.440 You're asking to just have the opportunity to audition. And plus, 0:04:10.480 --> 0:04:12.320 because you are an entertainer, you're not just like a 0:04:12.400 --> 0:04:16.920 random person off the street, right. Yeah. I was toying 0:04:16.960 --> 0:04:19.560 with the idea I'll do it in the future, though, Like, 0:04:19.600 --> 0:04:21.479 even if they have cast it, hopefully that's not the 0:04:21.560 --> 0:04:25.080 only one. You know, in the Superhero franchises. So yeah, 0:04:25.080 --> 0:04:27.760 it's exciting that that that they're doing that. I'm just 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:31.960 super excited because, um, this is going to be like, 0:04:32.240 --> 0:04:35.480 you know, the first gay Asian representation I guess on 0:04:35.560 --> 0:04:38.880 Marvel Movies, which is really cool. Um. You know, it's 0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:41.039 definitely something that I've been asking for for a while, 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:44.440 just because I get kind of tired of listening to 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:46.720 straight Asian and talk about how difficult their lives are, 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:48.880 especially when they're hot. They're like, oh, people don't think 0:04:48.880 --> 0:04:51.560 that we're sexy, and I'm like yeah, And meanwhile, like 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:55.000 all of the LGBT and women in the room were like, yeah, 0:04:55.240 --> 0:05:01.200 tell us how hard it is. Um, yeah, I I 0:05:01.240 --> 0:05:03.800 wanted them, and I think that they probably eventually will 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:07.240 have America Chavez, who's a queer um Latin X character. 0:05:07.600 --> 0:05:09.960 But I do believe that we're getting one over at 0:05:10.040 --> 0:05:13.719 d C, which I can't quite talk about yet because 0:05:13.760 --> 0:05:15.960 I think it might spoil some stuff, but I think 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:19.320 that there might be one over there as well. Oh right, 0:05:19.400 --> 0:05:23.560 right right. I think I remember totally doing about this too. Yeah. Um, 0:05:23.600 --> 0:05:27.080 so that's yeah, I'm I'm it's I'm glad that they're 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:31.000 embracing that I would say that sometimes their fan base 0:05:32.320 --> 0:05:35.920 doesn't always appreciate or want that, and so I'm glad 0:05:35.920 --> 0:05:38.760 that they're like, well, we're doing it anyways as they should. 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:42.920 I'm just more concerned about actually about all of the 0:05:43.000 --> 0:05:45.760 straight Asian men that are complaining about this, because I've 0:05:45.760 --> 0:05:47.720 actually seen I actually shared this on my Facebook. I'm 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:52.159 not sure both men and women are like, we're like, oh, like, 0:05:52.279 --> 0:05:54.599 doesn't really have to be a gay Asian guy because 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:56.919 like this is going to ruin. This feed into the 0:05:56.920 --> 0:06:00.159 stereotype that Asian people are effeminate. And I'm like, so 0:06:00.240 --> 0:06:04.760 you're using a white mindset that has been used to 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:09.920 keep us out of Hollywood. Two tell me people like 0:06:10.000 --> 0:06:14.400 me that I'm ruining things for the community you exist 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:17.800 like like you exist in in your you deserve to 0:06:17.800 --> 0:06:21.760 have a superhero. It's such a weird mentality to be like, um, 0:06:21.800 --> 0:06:24.240 we don't want to see this. Yeah, it's you know, 0:06:24.279 --> 0:06:25.960 it's it's the same way that I think a lot 0:06:26.000 --> 0:06:30.320 of movements are where where it's like they want there's 0:06:30.320 --> 0:06:32.120 no there's not a lot of intersectionality, and you know, 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:33.919 there there's you know, there's a lot of people that 0:06:33.920 --> 0:06:35.760 are like, oh, you know it's it's the same way, 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:38.640 you know, like in in the um in the women's movement, 0:06:38.640 --> 0:06:41.080 where like it was it was white women being like okay, 0:06:41.120 --> 0:06:45.039 black women like, let's well, we'll handle it. You guys 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:47.800 be quiet. Yeah, I just I feel like a lot 0:06:47.800 --> 0:06:50.320 of times queer people and women of color left out 0:06:50.320 --> 0:06:54.200 of the conversation, like as far as what you're saying 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:57.640 intersectionality and so, and also like here on this podcast, 0:06:57.680 --> 0:06:59.279 I feel like we try to just remind people that's 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:00.760 not the same for all of us, Like you were saying, 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:03.640 there hasn't ever been a queer Asian character that we've 0:07:03.640 --> 0:07:07.320 seen on in superhero form on the big screen that 0:07:07.360 --> 0:07:11.320 I can think of. I can't think. I can't think of. Um, Yeah, 0:07:11.640 --> 0:07:14.720 I feel you. I think you should still audition. We 0:07:14.800 --> 0:07:17.680 gotta make it happen. I'll tweet them, I'll tweet them 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:20.920 if he what are you speaking about this week? I mean, 0:07:22.080 --> 0:07:24.720 you know, you know what it is. It's it's it's 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:28.200 in game. No you can't talk about I know we 0:07:28.240 --> 0:07:30.440 can't talk about. But that's this is just gonna be 0:07:30.480 --> 0:07:33.360 me plugging the bonus episode we're dropping this week, and 0:07:33.560 --> 0:07:38.280 that's because that's all all my energy can take. I'm 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:41.560 trying to think of anything else exciting has happened. I mean, 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:45.880 you know, getting getting ready for you know, Borderland's three 0:07:46.080 --> 0:07:48.760 E three's coming around the corner. I got my badge. 0:07:49.080 --> 0:07:51.480 But all that's on the brain is the end game 0:07:52.200 --> 0:07:56.080 on the brain. If he is hardcore plugging our endgame episode, Uh, 0:07:56.440 --> 0:07:59.760 that will come out shortly. My thing I guess that 0:07:59.800 --> 0:08:03.080 I'm spaking out about is I produced a piece called 0:08:03.120 --> 0:08:05.880 The Impact of Black Panther for Nerdice that was this 0:08:05.920 --> 0:08:09.280 past summer. Yeah, this past summer was like in May, 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:13.200 um if He is in It? We um interviewed several 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:17.640 black filmmakers and actors and writers and it actually won 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:20.320 an Emmy. And that's really cool because a bunch of 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:23.920 my friends were in it. It was directed by Princess Films, 0:08:23.960 --> 0:08:26.440 who's an awesome director. Now I believe she's in the 0:08:26.480 --> 0:08:29.760 Disney program. Um. I'm I think that they might have 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:32.120 also seen this because it was so great. I think 0:08:32.160 --> 0:08:35.400 it was just this great piece talking about the influence 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:38.079 of it. We had um if he was in it? Um. 0:08:38.160 --> 0:08:40.199 Joel Monique, who has been on here, was on it. 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:44.800 Who else? Michael J. White, whose Spawn was on it. 0:08:45.120 --> 0:08:47.320 He had his whole family and his girls. He has 0:08:47.360 --> 0:08:49.319 two young girls, and they were talking about he was 0:08:49.320 --> 0:08:50.920 talking about how he can, you know, kind of pass 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:54.199 on this fandom to fandom to them. Um. So many 0:08:54.240 --> 0:08:56.480 people were in it and it was just awesome and 0:08:56.520 --> 0:08:59.240 it's it's great that we want a Webby anyways, That's 0:08:59.240 --> 0:09:01.440 what I'm getting. I've never been to the Webbys before. 0:09:02.040 --> 0:09:09.800 Jenny Slate is Doe Dope, Dope, I haven't. I'm not 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:13.080 gonna say, Okay, today we're covering today. We brought on 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:16.520 Chris because he is such a huge fan of my 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:21.480 hero Academia or Bocono Hero. And I mean literally, like, 0:09:21.520 --> 0:09:23.240 I think you're the person I think of as like 0:09:23.280 --> 0:09:25.800 the but you and our friend Cheyenne I think are 0:09:25.840 --> 0:09:28.960 like the biggest my hero fans. But this is something 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:32.160 that Iffie and I have also latched onto as well. 0:09:32.200 --> 0:09:35.800 It's such a great anime. When when did you first 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:37.160 I mean, did you start watching it right when it 0:09:37.200 --> 0:09:40.760 came out? No, so I started watching it, um, I 0:09:40.800 --> 0:09:44.000 think around season the middle of season two. I think 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:48.080 while season two was running, just because I think I 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:50.120 usually never watch an animy when it first comes out, 0:09:50.160 --> 0:09:53.600 unless it's like Sam and Crystal or Car capt Socca. 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:56.800 Because I'm like it was gonna be any good, like 0:09:56.840 --> 0:09:59.440 if it's I don't want to latch onto something, if 0:09:59.440 --> 0:10:01.640 it's kind of if it might get canceled or something, 0:10:01.720 --> 0:10:04.440 or if it's not good. Um without the anime that 0:10:04.440 --> 0:10:06.640 has like one season and then you're like, what happened? 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:09.400 What is going on? I mean there's a lot that 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:12.079 goes on behind the scenes at the animation studios. That's 0:10:12.120 --> 0:10:15.320 what I hear. Like even with some of the bigger series, 0:10:15.360 --> 0:10:17.240 like they'll have the animator cycling now, it is like 0:10:17.280 --> 0:10:20.560 a lot and it's just that's sometimes what happens over there, 0:10:20.640 --> 0:10:23.080 right exactly when it tells the story and it's done, 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:25.079 Like Tanga Top and Gore and Logan they got there 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:27.040 two seasons. They're like, this is the story we're telling 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:29.440 peace and like cool, I don't have to follow for 0:10:29.480 --> 0:10:36.720 the rest of my life. That's how long that is. 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:39.480 It's still wild to me. Like I went to Japan 0:10:39.520 --> 0:10:42.520 recently and like they still had like you know, a 0:10:42.600 --> 0:10:45.240 one piece children's area like in Tokyo Tower, Like it 0:10:45.559 --> 0:10:50.760 was wild. Um, yeah, so you hopped on. So did 0:10:50.760 --> 0:10:53.080 you watch season did you start with season one or 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:55.920 did you say that you went into season two? So, 0:10:55.920 --> 0:10:58.880 so it was while season two was running. But one 0:10:58.920 --> 0:11:01.040 of my friends who is also a super fan that 0:11:01.080 --> 0:11:05.200 I actually met in San Diego, we were hanging out. 0:11:05.559 --> 0:11:07.040 It was a it was a tinder date that didn't 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:10.319 mean anywhere, okay, but what did come out of it 0:11:10.400 --> 0:11:12.160 was he made me sit down and watch the first 0:11:12.160 --> 0:11:15.320 three episodes of Book Hero Love It, um and UM. 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:19.720 I think it was just because it was like still 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:21.600 a date and stuff, and so I was still like 0:11:21.679 --> 0:11:26.160 kind of like not completely there watching but but like 0:11:26.320 --> 0:11:29.760 so so there were like maybe a few weeks where 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:31.920 I was like I didn't really feel the need to 0:11:31.920 --> 0:11:34.400 continue watching it, but I finally found time to sit 0:11:34.440 --> 0:11:36.439 down and watch the rest of it, and yeah, I 0:11:36.440 --> 0:11:39.280 can definitely say that it's probably one of the best 0:11:39.280 --> 0:11:43.760 shown an anime like to come out very on brand 0:11:43.840 --> 0:11:46.360 for me if he is I had a writer that 0:11:46.400 --> 0:11:48.560 you know that I was kind of seen and the 0:11:48.600 --> 0:11:52.160 first time he came over, I had the Twilight Zone on. UM. 0:11:52.200 --> 0:11:53.960 He kind of made a joke about like, oh, we 0:11:53.960 --> 0:11:56.280 should watch dvs, Like there's absolutely no way that I'm 0:11:56.280 --> 0:11:58.160 going to hook up with you watching like that's just 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:03.040 too much. No, I'm like, that's just too on brand, 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:06.760 Like I couldn't handle it. It's I can't do that. 0:12:06.760 --> 0:12:10.480 That would make me feel sad. It wouldn't be the opposite. 0:12:10.600 --> 0:12:13.360 But now I just introduced men into like old episodes 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:19.080 of The Twilight. Um okay. So so my hair Academia 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:23.520 actually first came out. It began as a serialized manga 0:12:23.559 --> 0:12:27.480 and weekly shown in Jump that started in July. Now 0:12:27.720 --> 0:12:31.800 I seem to be very attract like all of my 0:12:31.880 --> 0:12:36.160 favorite anime is shown in. Do you feel that way 0:12:36.240 --> 0:12:37.880 or like, why do you think? Sometimes I feel like 0:12:37.920 --> 0:12:40.680 it gets a bad rap? Why do you feel that way? Well, 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:43.360 because it's like kids. It's seen as like a little kid. No, 0:12:43.440 --> 0:12:44.920 I don't know. I don't think that at all, because 0:12:45.000 --> 0:12:48.080 because you know previous shown in anime that have come 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:50.440 before it, like Bleach and Arrow too, I don't feel 0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:52.120 like they were kids shows at all, Like you know, 0:12:52.280 --> 0:12:54.400 we should preface so people that don't know shown in 0:12:54.679 --> 0:13:01.320 is essentially like for young boys. Yeah. Yeah, so so 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:05.839 like DBC One Piece my her Academia, Like yeah, those 0:13:05.840 --> 0:13:10.080 are Naruto Bleach one Piece. Yeah, so I definitely don't 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:12.800 feel like they're kids necessary because like they're they're pretty bloody. 0:13:13.920 --> 0:13:15.680 H and and also you know there's definitely like some 0:13:15.720 --> 0:13:19.920 body horror that Japan loves doing. Um I feel like 0:13:20.000 --> 0:13:23.560 actually the reason why everybody's latching onto Bocano Hero, especially 0:13:23.600 --> 0:13:26.720 people like Knew who like kind of was disillusioned by 0:13:27.400 --> 0:13:30.040 Naruto and and bleached to a degree. Um. I actually 0:13:30.040 --> 0:13:32.520 watched like a few YouTube videos in preparation for this, 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:36.199 talking about like how the animals kind of decline in popularity. 0:13:36.679 --> 0:13:40.920 Um I think it. Bocono Hero addresses the issue of 0:13:40.960 --> 0:13:45.520 the power creep. Um. It addresses the the typical shown 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:49.240 in formula of like, Okay, so we have this super 0:13:49.960 --> 0:13:52.280 determined but kind of like off you know, like off 0:13:52.280 --> 0:13:55.280 the beaten path dude. Um and he's able to like 0:13:55.400 --> 0:13:57.400 use his macho now to be able to like you know, 0:13:57.640 --> 0:13:59.600 to kill the first thing, and then the more powerful 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:01.800 than come and then it's stronger than him. And then 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:04.640 he trains for like, you know, two days because he's 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:07.680 you know, he has a lot of potential. Uh you know, 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:10.720 he trains in two days what normally people have to 0:14:10.720 --> 0:14:14.640 train for a hundred years, and then then he wins, 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:17.560 and then more powerful person comes. He gets even more power. 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:20.480 The main character gets more powerful, more powerful guy comes in, 0:14:20.920 --> 0:14:23.320 main character has another training montage, he gets more powerful, 0:14:23.680 --> 0:14:25.880 he wins, and then it just goes on until it 0:14:26.040 --> 0:14:28.600 was popularity. That's kind of how I feel the formula is, 0:14:29.200 --> 0:14:32.080 and Bocono Hero beautifully addresses that because our main character, 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:34.120 well I don't want to get ahead of ourselves, but 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:37.400 our main character, like it's very clear that the power 0:14:37.440 --> 0:14:40.960 he attains it's way too strong for his own body, 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:44.320 and so like it's kind of this internal not internal, 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:47.320 but like it's there's a very clear path of progression 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:49.560 in a way of where like he's harnessing the power 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:51.280 that he can right now and he's doing his best 0:14:51.320 --> 0:14:55.880 to like not destroy his body. Yeah, so let's just 0:14:55.920 --> 0:14:59.520 hop right into decu Um, the main character, which is 0:14:59.840 --> 0:15:02.480 mean in him and all might have such a beautiful 0:15:02.720 --> 0:15:07.520 relationship at How would you describe Ezuku? I would try 0:15:07.600 --> 0:15:11.320 I would describe Ezuku as he's kind of like this 0:15:11.400 --> 0:15:14.040 new form of an every man that I think is 0:15:14.040 --> 0:15:16.560 just a little bit more relatable and also thankfully, you know, 0:15:16.600 --> 0:15:18.760 he's not a meat sack like a harum anime is 0:15:19.680 --> 0:15:25.160 what's wrong with meat sack? Um that's stream meats. Acts 0:15:25.160 --> 0:15:29.200 can be useful sometimes, you know, Like yeah, but he's like, 0:15:29.280 --> 0:15:32.520 so he's high school age, so so he's high school agent, 0:15:32.560 --> 0:15:34.840 and like he's I really like his character because he's 0:15:34.880 --> 0:15:37.560 basically like a comic book nerd in a world where comics, 0:15:37.560 --> 0:15:40.640 where superheroes from those comic books are actually real. You know, 0:15:40.720 --> 0:15:43.520 he's he's basically like an almight otaku. Like you know, 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:46.680 he has a notebook that were like he references all 0:15:46.680 --> 0:15:50.080 the time, like of every like major superhero that's that's 0:15:50.080 --> 0:15:53.400 like working right now. Um, and you know, he has 0:15:53.480 --> 0:15:57.280 like every all Might action figure in his room. You know, 0:15:57.320 --> 0:15:59.720 he watches like YouTube videos of all my all the 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:02.960 time him And he's also like, yeah, he's just super nerdy. 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:05.240 Like he mumbles himself. He gets really nervous around girls, 0:16:05.280 --> 0:16:07.000 which is I'm sure it's very relatable for a lot 0:16:07.000 --> 0:16:15.120 of young men. Uh and um he I think what 0:16:15.240 --> 0:16:17.760 I find compelling about his journey is the fact that 0:16:18.440 --> 0:16:23.080 he slowly realizes that, oh, like this power is for 0:16:23.160 --> 0:16:25.200 me to shape and for me to decide how to use. 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:29.880 And I'm like it, I'm learning from what all Might 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:32.640 teaches me, but I'm form my own identity as opposed 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:36.479 to know before where I just wanted to be him. Yeah, 0:16:36.600 --> 0:16:38.480 I was gonna say he kind of reminds me not 0:16:38.520 --> 0:16:42.600 to compare him to our comics, but Peter Parker a 0:16:42.640 --> 0:16:45.400 lot because Peter Parker idol like he has comics, he 0:16:45.480 --> 0:16:49.120 idolizes superheroes, and then he gets to be a superhero. 0:16:49.680 --> 0:16:53.400 So and you know, yeah, I feel like they're definitely similar. Yeah, 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:55.680 it's it's so funny that you mentioned that because the 0:16:55.960 --> 0:16:59.360 creator of the of the manga he actually sided in 0:16:59.400 --> 0:17:02.000 two thousand teens commic on that Spider Man is his 0:17:02.000 --> 0:17:05.600 favorite superhero. Yeah, so that must have influenced it totally. 0:17:05.840 --> 0:17:09.679 Just to give people who who kind of have no 0:17:09.760 --> 0:17:14.240 clue about My heroide Academia or Boku no Hero, which 0:17:14.280 --> 0:17:16.800 is another one of those anime things where people argue 0:17:16.800 --> 0:17:19.240 about the way you pronounced the title. It's like you 0:17:19.280 --> 0:17:23.240 don't say that h X Hunter and YadA, YadA, YadA. Anyway, 0:17:23.720 --> 0:17:27.040 My Hero Academia is about a world where superheroes are 0:17:27.040 --> 0:17:30.800 common and so common that they have schools for them, 0:17:30.880 --> 0:17:33.479 and everyone is born with a quirk. Some quirks are 0:17:33.520 --> 0:17:36.399 better than others, and in this story, which makes it 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:42.520 unique is Medoria or zuku uh. He is born without 0:17:42.520 --> 0:17:44.639 a quirk, which makes him the odd ball out in 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:48.200 a world of of of countless superpowers, he has none, 0:17:48.600 --> 0:17:51.159 and like you were saying, he's this huge o taku, 0:17:51.560 --> 0:17:54.000 he wants to be one more than anything. So his 0:17:54.119 --> 0:17:56.239 world is kind of crushed when he figures out that 0:17:56.280 --> 0:17:58.679 he won't be a superhero and he's like it starts 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:02.719 right before everyone kind of transfers to the superhero school 0:18:03.160 --> 0:18:05.640 and he has no powers. He has a bully who 0:18:05.680 --> 0:18:09.800 has fist that blow up and he and he's kind 0:18:09.840 --> 0:18:13.399 of teased for it, but he is. He's in I 0:18:13.440 --> 0:18:16.119 think to once again go back to comics. He's kind 0:18:16.119 --> 0:18:18.640 of like Steve Rodgers in the sense of, like well, 0:18:18.680 --> 0:18:21.000 where Hector was saying last episode that big moment of 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:23.959 him jumping in the bomb. There's a big bad guys 0:18:24.080 --> 0:18:28.200 situation where a Zuki zuku Um or Decu as we'll 0:18:28.240 --> 0:18:32.320 know him as, runs towards the It gets his butt 0:18:32.400 --> 0:18:35.400 kicked eventually, but it catches the eye of all Might, 0:18:35.680 --> 0:18:38.960 who then reveals that his quirk or superpower is the 0:18:38.960 --> 0:18:42.520 ability to pass on his quirk and it changes everything 0:18:42.560 --> 0:18:46.200 and that which I yes, that made me cry too. 0:18:46.320 --> 0:18:48.040 I will admit though it was it is a little 0:18:48.040 --> 0:18:52.040 bit convenient. I admit that. Um, but those things in 0:18:52.119 --> 0:18:55.040 superhero world are right and and and also like I 0:18:55.080 --> 0:18:56.760 do think they do a good job like mixing it 0:18:56.800 --> 0:18:58.680 into the world where like yeah, like they're they're actually 0:18:58.720 --> 0:19:01.679 used to exist this power, like you could give people 0:19:02.280 --> 0:19:05.680 a quirk. Yeah yeah, but it's it would I think 0:19:05.760 --> 0:19:07.919 one of the things. And that's why I kind of 0:19:07.920 --> 0:19:11.800 gravitate towards shown in uh anime a lot is because 0:19:11.920 --> 0:19:14.440 it's the same thing that kind of has started my love, 0:19:14.480 --> 0:19:17.480 which was dB Z, which is the idea. I feel 0:19:17.480 --> 0:19:19.560 like you don't get that as much in American media. 0:19:19.680 --> 0:19:22.720 You do. I think the the power creep is commonplace 0:19:22.800 --> 0:19:25.919 and never addressed in the sense of like you're strong 0:19:26.280 --> 0:19:28.359 and then if you get beat up by an enemy, 0:19:28.480 --> 0:19:30.320 you just have to think about somebody you love and 0:19:30.320 --> 0:19:32.720 then you get stronger, right Like I remember in Bleach, 0:19:32.840 --> 0:19:34.639 like I remember rolling my eyes literally at the storyline 0:19:34.680 --> 0:19:38.679 where it's like the last season they've said to the 0:19:38.840 --> 0:19:42.600 character if you do this, if you unleash this power, 0:19:42.640 --> 0:19:44.840 you will never be able to do anything ever again, 0:19:45.040 --> 0:19:46.439 Like you will not be able to seek ghosts like 0:19:46.440 --> 0:19:49.320 you will have no powers, but then like the next 0:19:49.320 --> 0:19:52.760 season is like, oh, if you just shoot like a 0:19:52.760 --> 0:19:55.560 few millimeters away from your heart and it doesn't kill you, 0:19:55.800 --> 0:19:58.480 then like it will reawaken your powers. I'm like, but 0:19:58.600 --> 0:20:01.800 you just But it's the same thing of like you 0:20:01.800 --> 0:20:04.879 know Blade who gets like beat up and then he 0:20:04.920 --> 0:20:07.880 gets thrown into the pool of blood and now he's 0:20:08.119 --> 0:20:10.760 back right right. Like there's that where it's like a 0:20:10.800 --> 0:20:13.000 lot of shown an Enemy, it's like, no, you train, 0:20:13.200 --> 0:20:15.560 you work hard, you get stronger. And I think that's 0:20:15.600 --> 0:20:19.119 what I liked about my hero that really kind of 0:20:19.320 --> 0:20:22.360 clutched enemy was this idea of like, oh, everyone said 0:20:22.440 --> 0:20:25.800 this was impossible, and for all intensive purposes it is, 0:20:26.000 --> 0:20:29.000 but with the right opportunity and the gumption, you're able 0:20:29.040 --> 0:20:30.840 to make your dreams come true. And I was like, 0:20:30.880 --> 0:20:33.960 that is the type of info I do want instilled 0:20:34.000 --> 0:20:38.080 in kids, where it's like, opportunity changes everything. If you 0:20:38.200 --> 0:20:41.040 come ready for it, you can make anything happen. And 0:20:41.760 --> 0:20:43.960 oh yeah, um, just like that scene in La La 0:20:44.040 --> 0:20:46.880 Land where she just so happens to be a casting 0:20:46.920 --> 0:20:51.520 director there and in her little sketch show just so 0:20:51.640 --> 0:20:54.440 happened to be there to change my life love la 0:20:54.520 --> 0:20:56.880 la la. But I can see where why a lot 0:20:56.880 --> 0:20:59.879 of people were very annoyed by it because if you 0:21:00.000 --> 0:21:02.320 were in the soul crushing industry, to look at this 0:21:02.320 --> 0:21:05.439 move where someone just just at the right place she 0:21:05.480 --> 0:21:08.399 went to the little play that nobody would know about, 0:21:08.560 --> 0:21:11.720 just so happens this huge person. It's very old Hollywood, 0:21:11.720 --> 0:21:14.000 but like it. But but but it does carry into 0:21:14.240 --> 0:21:16.159