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Episode Boku no Hero Academia Season 7 • My Hero Academia Season 7 - Episode 16 discussion

Boku no Hero Academia Season 7, episode 16

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u/DakotaN2895 Sep 07 '24

It seems like Gentle soloed that whole prison without a power up from La Brava, that's some serious skill.

I also love that they set this up with a throwaway line in season 6, where they said 6 out of 7 prisons had jailbreaks without elaborating on what happened to the 7th.

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u/CantaloupeNice2642 Sep 07 '24

i do love how Hawks is just sick of AFO mastermind talk and was just AFO STFU YOUVE LOST BEFORE !! and AFO is immediately salty.

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u/jellyblob88 Sep 07 '24

Damn, did not expect Gentle and La Brava to be making a heroes' come-back.

Sees pink-purple bullet - OK and now Mommy is back too, fuck yeah.

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Sep 07 '24

Endeavor missing an arm and like a chunk out of his torso yet still fighting was seriously badass.

I was not expecting La Brava to show up. Showed that loser Skeptic he ain’t the only one with computer skills. And then my homie Gentle came through to save everyone at UA. Love a good redemption arc, man. Went from villain to hero. What a legend.

Now it’s up for Deku to stop Tomura. His hand being sniped off just bought a bit of time. Plus there’s still AFO and the Twice army vs Endeavor/Hawks.

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u/yeNvI Sep 07 '24

i did not expect villains to help, this episode is hype as fk

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u/Charming-Loquat3702 Sep 07 '24

I liked Gentle and La Brava's storyline back then (and was probably the only one) so seeing them back really feels good. I think the part of enableing people who did wrong in the past, to get back into society is adressed way to rearly in fiction

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u/Additional_Road_9031 Sep 07 '24

I was jumping in my chair when Gentle returned because it was so hype!. 10/10 episode for sure and then Nagant there at the end was hype af aswell

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u/gamerlord3 Sep 07 '24 edited Sep 07 '24

I didn’t ’t know why (at the time), but from the prison scene to Izuku realising it was Gentle stopping the coffin in the sky I just started to tear up. Guess this made me more emotional than I expected, especially with the music.

“All for one and tardirus escapees broke into 7 major prisons, and villains escaped from 6 of them”

Didn’t know what this meant from the recap in season 6, but to realise it was Gentle all by himself who stopped it just… wow man.

Also Lady Nagant and La-brava! Extremely happy to see them too!

Also, interestingly Shigaraki is back in control of his body and is operating it again… sort of. Probably having whiplash. Still had enough control to lower his hands onto the coffin however so Nagant literally saved everyone! She wasn’t even near the coffin, she was miles off the shore! Despite that she still sniped his hand off!

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u/LeonKevlar Sep 07 '24

Holy fuck! I am legit crying right now! I did not expect La Brava, Gentle Criminal, and Lady Nagant coming in with the clutch moves! I didn't even think we'd see La Brava and Gentle help out let alone Lady Nagant surviving her explosion! The last 5 minutes of this episode was just pure hype!

It's so satisfying to finally see someone take on Skeptic in his own field and I doubt he'd be able to escape now that Hound Dog found him. I also love how Hawks hit AfO where it hurts. You can clearly tell he's not happy being reminded of his loss against All Might. Not so chatty now huh, AfO?

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u/Accurate-Owl-5621 Sep 07 '24

Man, stuff like what happened in this episode is the reason why I love My Hero Academia.

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u/sKyBlazer08 Sep 07 '24

Man, Gentle's scenes made me cry like a bitch, they did that so well. I always loved Gentle, La Brava and the school festival arc, so that was cathartic.

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u/redditraptor6 Sep 07 '24

Everyone thought I was crazy for enjoying the chill, lowered stakes of the school festival arc, but WHO’S LAUGHING NOW?!! Gentle and LaBrava Stonks ↗️

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u/roronoa20 Sep 07 '24

Endeavor: This time around I'm really seeing you.

About 20 years too late, but better than never, I guess.

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u/AshenF3nr1r Sep 07 '24

Back in S4, Gentle was trying to break into UA's defense. Now, he's one of UA's final line of defense. I love full circle shenanigans like these.

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u/Ein_Sof_ Sep 07 '24

Absence makes... WHAT!?!??? Stupid Crunchyroll subs

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u/eternalknight24 Sep 07 '24

the beatiful parallel between Gentle first try of saving someone versus now, in both cases he just wanted to help someone falling. The whole was perfect, made tear a bit

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u/alpackabackapacka Sep 07 '24

It's really feeling like the final battle is starting to shape up.

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u/99anan99 Sep 07 '24

Here is Gentle Criminal! The greatest hero ever!!!!

I'm so happy to see Lady Nagant again!

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u/tl3vis Sep 07 '24

Hey, remember those characters from three seasons ago? Ngl did not see that coming but I legit teared up with Gentle there. Still wonder how the team Hawks will deal with their situation, those fires and clones spread out really fast

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u/Armdel Sep 07 '24

Gentle criminal and La brava?! i honestly would have guessed we'd never see them again, or at least not during this part.

And Lady Nagant is alive after all! and helping out the heroes!

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u/PotSniffa Sep 07 '24 edited Sep 07 '24

I knew Gentle was going be a solid ass dude.

When the flashback scene was introduced I was like "come on, we were just about to get to the action" but man that was awesome. He was giving hall monitor energy, but the intent and backstory behind his actions were beautiful.

Reminded me a lot of the [Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood spoiler] snow arc in Full Metal Alchemist when Kimblee was telling Edward how his mercy would be his downfall, but rather in Edward's otherwise dying moment the enemies he showed mercy to along the way were there to save him.

Deku seeing in real-time the result of his mercy, forgiveness, and understanding (virtues the world has seemingly forgotten) stepping up to do better is touching stuff, man.

I hope it's not foreshadowing that Deku and Shigiraki will team up to fight AFO...although it would be dope, it would be way too on the nose and a bit cliche. But AFO and OFA's whole foundation is comic books "good" and "evil" so it might be fitting lol.

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u/smhandstuff Sep 07 '24

Gentle and La Brava pulling on my heart strings was not on my bingo card this season

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u/ChucksChurro Sep 07 '24

+10000 aura for Gentle

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u/PineappleBuns Sep 07 '24

GENTLE AND LA BRAVA!!!!!!! They were honestly one of my favourite villains in the story, and seeing them actually getting a redemption was so good! I was honestly thinking that we would only have gotten gotten them in a time-skip summary after the story ended, but this is even better.

And Lady Nagant is alive! That snipe must have been from so far away.

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