What does it mean to be a hero?

According to the medal of honor and its ancient equivalents it's about

But there's more to it than that, saving your buddy with the heimlich maneuver or CPR is not something I would call heroic, that's just being a good person, doing what any good person ought to do.

Medal of honor recipients save lives... when by almost anyone else's standards you had to be a crazy motherfucker to A. even make the decision to try to save those lives and B. get it the fuck done in spite of overwhelming obstacles and resistance.

A hero has insane courage, exceedingly high level of skill, and is likely to be cool or at least functional under extreme levels of stress.

To protect people's smiles.

Having lots of non-consensual sex with evil aligned females.

A hero is a man who knows he's free

Hero is the one that is not above rescuing kittens from trees and helping old ladies cross the street even if they have world-shaking powers.

To me, a hero would be someone that draws more Eri porn

Especially /ll/

It doesn't matter why he did it, what matters is his plan.

A hero is someone who risks danger or loss to themselves for the benefit of others, even people he doesnt know personally.

Its brave to run into a burning building to save your mother.

Its heroic to run into a burning building to save a stranger.

Heroism is rarely smart. But we dont idolize a hero for the intelligence of what they do, but the spirit of their actions.

Having the strength to be naive

GTFO with your shitty ideals, faker

Fuck off with that shitty porn franchise.

>20 posts in
>still no heroes
You might have heard these words before, villain. Today I'll teach you what they really mean! GO BEYOND! PLUS ULTRA!

You just keep killing the bad guys until you feel like a hero.

A hero beats the villains and never loses.

OPM is crap.
Was amusing at first when it was just gag strips but when they tried to make an actual setting out of his world it got real stupid, none of them have any credibility because of Saitama being the only thing keeping them from being wiped out multiple times over.
He's not longer some sort of parody, he's just a standard dull overpowered MC in a world of jobbers.

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This is actually, unironically something I thought was cool in MHA. Everyone in the cast wants to be a hero, but there are some pretty diverse ideas of what that means.

Deku sees Almight and decides a hero is someone who saves people for harm. Its about being able to walk into a crises and everyone there knows its going to be okay. Its all about the victims.

Lord Murder Explosion sees Almight and decides a hero is someone who beats bad guys. Its about being the strongest and wiping the floor with villians. If you need help to beat the bad guys, you are a shit hero. For him, its all about the power.

It's about inspiring others.

But which is the non-consenting party?

This is important.

Putting the needs of others above your own

Whoever has the duct tape over their mouths.

Have you not read the second major arc? The S Class heroes are legitimately powerful and able to go up against some of the most dangerous monsters in the world, Tats alone is a powerhouse who can wipe the floor, it's just our perspective is different, we see them fight the fodder from Saitamas perspective, and the unseen battles with those foes who are beyond S Class heroes. Saitama isn't an overpowered MC, he's a plot device. The first arc is showing just how overwhelming Saitama is, and the second arc is showing how Saitama is being used to sort out other characters issues by being strong enough to do and say whatever he wants so he can give his two cents without fear of being just knocked aside without anyone listening.

Let's get some capeshit in here.
>I'm Batman.
>I protect the city.
>I rescue people.
>I investigate crimes.
>I guard the innocent.
>I correct the guilty.
The order of these statements is important. To me, Batman is best when this is his order of priorities. And note the wording. He corrects the guilty. Not punishing them, not taking vengeance on them. Batman's not Batman without his compassion. There are irredeemable villains, but those he can redeem, he tries to.

Well how else can you save people without the power to do so. Villains won't cower before good intentions. Bakugo is right and Deku is living proof.

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To champion a belief in goodness and be willing to put your life on the line to defend it, more or less.

was getting caught part of his plan?

I remember when being An hero was to kill yourself. Man, those were good times.

>note the wording. He corrects the guilty. Not punishing them, not taking vengeance on them. ... There are irredeemable villains, but those he can redeem, he tries to
Just punishment is part of redemption. Sole idea of punishment in penal law is to achieve corrective effect. Revenge and shit like that is for idiots.

Sure. But Bakugo is likewise missing part of what makes Almight special. From Bakugo's perspective he is doing all of the stuff a great hero should do, but doesnt understand why no one is happy to see him. Everyone treats him like he is one tantrum away from being a villian, and he doesnt grasp why.

Would add: saving someone at own risk.

A hero is someone that no matter his strenght or capabilities will always be of service to those in need. Someone that despite knowing that some evil can't be changed, will be stubborn enough to give the opportunity to change. I also would like to add that a hero is someone that can clearly know the difference of someone that is evil vs someone that does evil/wrong things.

Being a hero is not about being the stronguest man and always triumph, being a hero is about being strong enough to push through and do your best. Even if you fail at saving everyone and die in the process you'll be a hero to those who you save.

A hero is a title that you ultimately earn and strive for.

From my gluttonous consumption of weeb media I've come to the understanding that heroism necessarily involves punching evil in the face.

This.

Violence is the only language evil understands, whether it's physical, social, economic, or some other variety of violence, but it's all violence. You gotta speak their language and show them you speak it better, and that there are consequences for fucking with the innocent.

Nonviolence is for pussies and is a gaslight tactic to make it easier for evil people to steamroll over the opposition.

A hero doesn't fight the bad guys. He simply brings them the heads of their freshly decapitated children.

So, killing the orc babies is a-go, but let the adults be?

Something about the world going blind, etc.

An empty and useless aphorism that communicates nothing. Evil must be punished.

Also, ignore that voice asking if you feel like a hero yet.

>Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth on the right side
Taste I wasn't expecting

IMHO there are only two kinds of good (as in not anti or "ends justify the means") hero: the guy who knows he's outmatched but tries his damnedest to protect people as best he can anyway, and the guy who's grotesquely overpowered but still doesn't hesitate to help the little guy with mundane shit if he knows he's capable. The best examples of this are Mumen Rider and some iterations of Superman; a normal guy fighting in a world of monsters and heroes capable of leveling a city that gets his shit pushed in on the daily butnstill gets back up in the morning to do it again and a man so powerful as to shake the planet apart with his hands yet human enough to view a police officer as his equal or save a cat from a tree for an old lady.

Hero is a four letter word.

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What it works out to is Saitama is just all the parts people hate about Superman and Goku comprised into one slaphead, that doesn't make for an interesting universe.

Nonviolence is the act of separating yourself from human interaction. To influence, to effect and to change another life, there must be some violence involved, some collision of thoughts, feelings or actions with another. Violence is the path of human growth.

>What does it mean to be a hero?
That depends on the genre. Like, Dirty Harry and Nanoha are both heroes, but they're also incredibly different people, because they're from different works in different genres, and each genre has its own definition of heroism.
(I bring up those two specifically cuz I actually had some fun playing with this in an anime themed game recently. My character was a standard issue Shinji-esque "oh I don't want to be a hero"character. Anyway, once the rest of the party, and the plot, convinced him to be a hero, everyone realized with horror his idea of heroism was very Dirty Harry.)
The hero, duh. It keeps the evil vilanesses from assaulting non-heroes.

An adult is none but an unkilled baby

Bear in mind Bakugo also suffers from an overinflated sense of self importance from being a big fish in a small pond where everyone kissed his ass, even the MC. Look at how quickly he shuts down or gets reduced to genuine tears of frustration when met with an actual challenge or the realization that his quirk isn't the strongest around.

He has a fucking panic attack when he begins to realize Deku is fully capable of reducing him to a red smear on the wall with the quirk he's rapidly gaining understanding and control of and that the only thing stopping him is the fact that Deku is a decent, if somewhat beta, human being. Then there's the test with Almight wherein he cries like a bitch and internally reeees at the fact that the number one hero world wide is able to casually push his shit in while handicapped and that the only way he'd even come close to winning is with that very same person he hates and mocks that's capable of pulping him backing him up. Even with everyone kissing his ass being Bakugo is suffering, and he deserves every bit of it until he learns and finally pulls his head out of his ass.

Of course!

> Sole idea of punishment in penal law is to achieve corrective effect.
You are technically wrong, I am afraid.

Was gonna post about Mumen Rider, a man horribly outmatched and knows it but still throws himself in just to buy time. That's a hero, someone willing to throw it all away just to gain enough time for someone stronger to show up if need be.

He didn't start the fire user, it was always burning since the world's been turning

Calling it now Bakugo is the next Endeavor.

A guy just trying to help

And what matters ain't the "who's baddest" but
The ones who stop you fallin' from your ladder, baby

Why does no one want to play heros anymore lads? By that I mean actual heros, not the "well I'm a bad guy who just does good for reasons" those are a dime a fucking dozen now.

Also which is the correct translation or is it kinda open to interpretation?

Friendly reminder Ochaco is a shit and will be getting cucked multiple times in the future

It's shounen, so highly doubtful. The writer has set that shit up since the entrance exam.

You seem to have set up a false dichotomy there, between correction and revenge. Justice in the past was to remove the offender from society, either by death or by banishment. These days we achieve a similar result by separating and isolating the offenders from the larger group, in order to minimize their influence.

>getting cucked
The crazy vampire chick will steal his first kiss and that's it

I didn't believe the text was real when I saw it around here where she was on the ground with her eyes starting to roll back, then I got to that part and Jesus.

>Hero is a four letter word.
~Just another term for fool~
~Yeah you'll learn well in our school~
youtube.com/watch?v=fNdMC6_eUGk

>A hero has insane courage, exceedingly high level of skill, and is likely to be cool or at least functional under extreme levels of stress

You don't need a whole lot of skill to walk across a field. youtube.com/watch?v=vur2UlU4iXE

What weeb media is this from?

>What does it mean to be a hero?

>Batman's highest priority is that he is Batman

Not only will I tell you what a hero should be, I'll tell you with song!
youtube.com/watch?v=Sc5NPVWd1CI

Boinking your best friend's wife and beating the crap out of people for pointing out said boinking is not very heroic, user.

...yes? I mean, Batman doesn't do what he doesn't because it helps people or that it improves the city. He doesn't Batman things because he is a traumatized child getting revenge by proxy for his parents death every night by punching thugs in the face.

If Batman cared about Gotham, he would fix it using the resources of Bruce Wayne. Mr Freeze only wants money for his research to fix his wife. If Wayne just, you know, *gave him a job* researching a cure for a terminal medical condition, he could not only finance a medical breakthrough but also stop like 5 supervillian attacks a year and save dozens of normal cops and nightshift guards from being frozen solid.

It means living your life freely and without regret.

>still no heroes
Lemillion was in the OP image, user.

Title is "Gamma". It's a cape manga about lesbians saving the world. Somewhat lewd. Artist has also drawn official porn of the characters. As a superhero story, it's alright.

Tell me dark prince, why did you have to take away best boys powers? Also think how terrifyingly strong One For All would have become mixed with Lemillion's quirk. Dude was already invincible and only got caught because he's a hero.

But Superman destroys the universe, enslaves the world and rapes babies every two issues. He is no hero.

That's why, when it comes to Western comics, you pic a well done version of a character you like and ignore the retarded ones.

I'm getting really sick of this constant need to subvert everything and trumpet it as great writing no matter how shitty the execution.

Yes, but on the other hand it's a very nice song.

Anyone who rejects violence completely is wrong. But anyone who rejects nonviolence completely is a dangerous fucking moron, and evil.

Non violence doesn't mean avoiding violence at any cost, it means minimizing the violence to the smallest amount necessary amount. You can't eliminate it, but you can reduce unnecessary friction and harm.

It's been a while since I read that part but couldn't Eri just rewind his body state back to when he had his quirk?

Shit, I've been defeated! Noooooooo!

That's the long term plan, at the moment she has little to no control over the power as illustrated when Deku used 100% because she just repaired his body instantly. However once it was over she didn't know how to stop and only Eraser head being dragged on scene saved him.

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THERE'S NO HOPE FOR MAN

>falling for the honor and recognition meme

watch seven samurai

Very doubtful. In the manga he and Deku have reached some sort of truce and are slowly working things out. If he and Deku grow up without problems he might take a similar role with a much healthier personality.

>Talks about being free
>Posts a literal pawn used to get back at someone for trying to skimp out on their end of the deal
Horus is no freer than when he served Emps, he traded one leash for another.

Way of the hero part 1:A hero never gives up!

I know but a man can still dream, Bakugo needs knocked down a few pegs hard.

a hero is a person who does the right thing even when doing the right thing is dangerous / difficult / unpleasant / frightening.

a superhero is a person who does the right thing even though it should be impossible.