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eraserhead - octopus (no specific type)

present mic - lionfish

midoriya - green tiger barb

HOLY SHIT... The Misfit Class' performance lasted 15 MINUTES. 15 MINUTES OF MOVIE-QUALITY, SMOOTH-BABY-CHEEKED, SPINNING-SHOTS-GALORE GOODNESS. THEY USED ROTOSCOPING, so real dancers actually performed the dances behind the scenes, producing animation so fluid!!!!

There were at least 5 spinning shots. FIVE. CINCO. AT LEAST.

Like look at this. Look at Elizabetta's portrayal of Lilith... This was just the OPENING ACT you guys, and this is just a GIF!!! The music and her singing voice was so enchanting. I wish I had a music background, because they put so many details with the music and instrumentals alone. Speaking of music...

IRUMA SLIDING HIS FINGERS ACROSS THE KEYBOARD!!! The technique??? Like, is he even making mistakes here? Are these really the hands of an amateur? (Legitimate question for piano players). Not featured above, but the particular sequence he also played during Alice's scene is so prettyyyy you gotta see it!!

I'm so proud of him and his ever-growing self-confidence. And the black nail polish he's wearing really adds to the great visuals.

NOW THIS IS A SYNCHRONIZED DANCE

The bodies feel like there's weight to every movement! It doesn't feel like a copy-paste of bodies either? Like you can see their personalities or their dance experience level in the hell dance proper.

From the innocent Aleph (played by Lied) to the bold Khet (played by Sabnock), from the playful intonation of Clara to the icy rationales of Kerori, every Misfit had their time to shine!

I must admit that I don't have much experience with other Music Festival anime episodes. But like, if one's comparing this to the usually stellar and high-budgeted Bones' rendition of BNHA's 4-minute musical band performance... It's evident how much Bandai Namco Pictures CHOSE to give this part depth and substance far beyond what the manga had offered.

To be fair, music performances seem to be Nishi-sensei's bread and butter. (MAKES ME MORE EXCITED FOR THE EVIDOL ARC.) Very happy that every scene of the Hell Dance performance was given so much thought, personality-wise and music-wise and dance-wise and lighting-wise... (GOOD GOD THE COMPOSITING)

(More glazing below. But these are only few compared to the episode experience itself, so watch in full!)

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Deku couldn't miss Eri's performance

A random influencer decided he'll listen to an anti cancer song on loop. People liked it enough times he ended up listening for 9 days.

He raised 90 million in these 9 days, and then 160 million more over the last 10 hours, for a total of 250 million.

Hundreds and thousands of people signed up to donate marrow.

Hundreds of celebrities shaved their heads in solidarity.

The Foundation receiving this money had to create a special commission to figure out how to distribute the money.

The national TV stations got highjacked to stream this for hours because it was better news than anything happening in the world.

Because we broke and DOUBLED the world record for this kind of thing.

They raised about as much as the biggest running charity event in Poland did in a whole year with three decades of tradition and a goddamn army of people.

Łatwogang refuses to collab with companies that only reached out to him now because of popularity or give interviews. He said any medals people wanna give them should go to the doctors and nurses and the cancer patients.

Someone offered to renovate that shabby little flat for him as a thank you. He refused.

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/polish-nine-day-charity-stream-breaks-records-support-kids-with-cancer-2026-04-27/

Just love this headline phrasing.

...But from the POV of outsiders.

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Uni freshie: "Midoriya Izuku doing fashion school? Did he write 'fashion trend' on his shirt and call it a day?!"

Uni Deku stan: "He made an entire All Might-based collection for his thesis."

Uni freshie: "Wh-what? Ha. He probably stapled capes together and called it a mighty collage."

Uni Deku stan: "HE WOVE, DYED, HAND-EMBROIDERED EIGHT GOWNS, AND SAVED THE WORLD IN BETWEEN, YOU UNGRATEFUL BUFFOON—"

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Uni freshie: "...Why is there a long line?"

Uni student 1: "Last year, someone convinced Deku to do individual fashion analysis and give fashion advice. The sign-ups always open on Fridays.

Uni freshie: "..."

Uni student 1: "He's also the top of his class you know."

Uni freshie: "I'm gonna drop out."

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Uni freshie: "HE CAN STRUT IN 5-INCH HEELS?!"

Uni student 1: "And 7-inch, and 8-inch. He does tests on heel samples for hero costume pitches made by his fellow students... Why are you so shocked? His balance is amazing! You must've watched how he did acrobatics on the Symbol of Fear, right?"

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