mellifluousigh translated the ED of season 6!!! With extra notes that explain specific terminology and Japanese wording!
It is so interesting! Given that it can be applied to Bakugou and Deku quite easily and it is the reason why we are getting so much art of Bakugou sketching.
Giving we already have an ED (the fantasy one) about Deku's feelings, it would be appropriate to have this one about Bakugou's feelings, even if this could easily be from Izuku`s pov given the pronoun Boku.
So I've been thinking lately about how Mithrun is Kabru's dark mirror (more on that another time- it needs its own post), and I thought it interesting that one of their parallels is that they were both cared for by Milsiril, but in opposite directions. She took Kabru in as her foster after he was orphaned and tried to convince him not to become an adventurer. On the flip side, she helped rehabilitate Mithrun specifically so that he could rejoin the Canaries.
And I kept wondering: why?
For Kabru, obviously she loves him a whole lot- despite any other shortcomings in their relationship, I do believe that.
So I get why she tries to convince him not to go dungeoning, and, failing that, at least prepares him as thoroughly as she can.
But why help Mithrun? She used to hate Mithrun, but after realizing what a secretly twisted person he was, she actually thought of him more positively (oh, Milsiril). So it wasn't as if she held the kind of grudge that might motivate her to make his already-depleted life even more miserable by sending him back to the dungeons. And it wasn't that she felt bad for him either, since she didn't visit Mithrun for the first ~20 years of his recovery.
The Adventurer's Bible says that Utaya was the impetus for Mithrun returning to the Canaries, but Milsiril is the one who made the trip to see him and tell him about it.
Why would Milsiril work so hard to get her old coworker back into fighting fit? Why encourage him to return to such a dangerous lifestyle, when she was the one who chose not to mercy-kill him?
That last panel is such a crazy thing to hint at and then never elaborate on. Without it we could have just thought that Milsiril wanted the Canaries' work to continue without her, even if it seemed out of character. I think some people even assume she's just a natural caretaker as a foster mom and handwave it to include nursing Mithrun too. What could Milsiril's suspicious motives be? What does she gain from Mithrun joining the Canaries that isn't an altruistic desire to see dungeons safely sealed? Feeling a sense of responsibility for the work she left behind isn't an ulterior motive.
My theory is: Milsiril, knowing that Mithrun was empty save for the burning desire to face the demon again, wound him up like a clockwork doll and pointed him back at the dungeons.
Hoping that he'd eliminate the biggest threat to Kabru's life, before it was too late for him.
I think fratboy Podlight who sends his powerful grandmother stupid texts is a VERY funny concept.
"My dad didn't love me because he could never move on from the lover he had in his 20s. My sister is up to no good. I party hard at Aftergatherings about it, are you rockin' with me?"
some days the "fire off missiles because you hate yourself but do you know you're demolishing me" and "let all your damage damage me" and "I gave you all my best mes, my endless empathy" and "in the shade of how he was living" and "how much sad did you think I had in me?" just really fucking hit 😵💫🥴
Disclaimer: I don’t take credit for the translations. These are from the official Milgram account and put on the comic for a more friendly viewing experience.
Something I need y'all to fundamentally understand is that rage is very easy to portray as amusing or meaningful in animation, and is usually incredibly difficult to portray without seeming irritating and insufferable and illogical in live action. Yes, a big part of Katara's character is that when she runs out of patience she gets agitated and angry, but in live action it is SO hard to replicate that kind of thing without coming off entirely in a negative way. In animation you can dramatically dress up characters' expressions and actions, even turn it into a gag and make it funny. You can't do that in live action. You're just crossing your fingers and hoping that the actress somehow manages to portray it in a positive light instead of a negative one, something that does not come across naturally in real life.
If Katara were yelling and screaming in the live action version to the degree that she does in the animation, she'd look incredibly unstable and would be extremely difficult to watch. It's not an issue of the writers misunderstanding her character, nor is it sexist in the slightest bit. Goodness.