Redgeek reviewed chapter 311 of My Hero Academia. The shocking ending of the last chapter revealed that Deku is being hunted by a woman with a sniper Quirk. She also has Overhaul with her. The villain isn’t conscience and doesn’t seem dangerous, not to mention that Shigaraki and Mr. Compress destroyed his arms. Redgeek speculates why he might be present:

we know he wants to heal his mafia boss so… What if he wants to make some sort of deal with Deku? Maybe Overhaul tells him everything he knows about the main baddies’ current location and/or what they’re up to and he convinces Endeavor to let him heal Eri’s grandpa.

Redgeek

Battle Shonen’s male-centrism

Alise Miller explores women in shonen. She points out women are often ” the damsel in distress, the “strong” female who gets mocked for being too “manly,” the faux action girl who’s talked up as badass but never seems to do anything important . . .” Miller points out something that I’ve noticed, even when female characters are considered good fighters when it comes to the Big Bad they’re sidelined. While she credits Black Clover for “making some strides,” with female characters, they still fall into typical shonen tropes. She writes:

The start of Black Clover gave me some reason to be excited for the women onscreen. Women fight competently alongside the men instead of being cast aside. . . However, the kind of screen time girls and guys get is clearly different. Many men, including the secondary characters, show significant character growth throughout the series.

Alise Miller

Anime and the media

Scott over at mechanical anime reviews writes about the relationship between the media and anime. I avoid discussing the often childish gatekeeping and oversensitive fanboys that can’t tolerate even mild criticism of their favorite anime, not to mention the troll that deliberately triggers fanboys for clicks. Scott notes:

The nitpicking can come too far though. Especially with articles recently focused on the growth of the industry or articles about certain concepts. I think when talking about anime fandom in general, there is something wild about how people get defensive about their positions. I remember seeing some buzz recently where an older anime fan attacked the article for explaining how the anime fandom has exploded recently when that line was not even the point of the article the person wrote in the first place? Audience matters when writing an article because it is hard to write an article about everyone

Scott