#personal preferences

Apparently, he has a school uniform version open for preorder RIGHT NOW, until 8/18/2026.

Now, I am planning to attend Tanabata this weekend, so maybe I could see if the Little Tokyo anime stores have a Deku Nendoroid. Turns out, Anime Jungle does have Nendoroid Deku in the superhero costume that I want…But he's $109.99! (https://animejungle.net/my-hero-academia-nendoroid-figure-izuku-midoriya-105101849/?searchid=824781&search_query=midoriya) Nope. I'm starting to like BNHA, but not THAT much.

On the other hand, this school uniform Nendoroid Deku is a very affordable $36.99, which is how much I'm willing to pay for Deku.

And now that I look at it, the superhero costume Deku only comes with battle/angry faces and his only smiling face has closed eyes, which isn't very identifying. Meanwhile, this school uniform Deku has a nice, open-eyed, happy face. Maybe I should get him, along with the other figures I need to preorder this month?

Gawd. I hope these tariffs are done. The courts are already paying back companies that charged them. A $37 Nendoroid may be affordable, but after tariffs, my past $44 preorder jumped to $71, and my $25 preorder jumped to $40.

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Sources:

But I think I prefer the Good Smile rubber mascots:

I like to prevent this from happening in my mind by remembering that for every opinion that can be conceived of, it's opposite must exist, somewhere among the world's 8 billion humans.

Like, just me saying I love chocolate ice cream must mean there's someone out there who LOATHS chocolate ice cream. So instead of saying "chocolate ice cream is the best dessert ever!", I instead say, "chocolate ice cream is MY favorite dessert!"

Lots of arguments in fandom would be solved by using "I" statements instead of overly generalized, absolutist statements.

...But exaggerated hyperbole is such a time honored form of fandom fun, we foolishly just expect everyone to already understand such statements are just fangirling silly fun.

...But maybe that's not what that video above was about. The video above was about accepting that other people have different opinions, even loving the things you hate or hating the things you love.

Fate Nendoroids I've bought:

Fate Nendoroids I wish I've bought: