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Bearer of a Curse

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Ok yeah whatever Aoyama might be the traitor. I don’t care right now. (Even though it’s super fucking tense and holy crap I love this manga)

What I really care about is this part of the chapter.

This is some advanced calculus right here. I can’t quite make out the equation entirely, but it looks like the following:

It’s probably not exactly the equation since the print is so blurry, but I can definitely make out a familiar looking equation or two.

For those of you who’ve taken Calculus, it looks like a weird (and difficult) integral. But more so than that, these are very special equations in mathematics that are almost never seen in high schools in America: The hyperbolic sine and hyperbolic cosine functions.

While normal sine and cosine have to do with the vertical and horizontal displacement of a point on the unit circle, hyperbolic sine and cosine (sinh and cosh) do the same thing except for the hyperbola.

Needless to say, as a guy that loves math I felt like this was really advanced stuff for a bunch of second year high school students to be learning at the beginning of the school year (since that’s canonically where they’re at it seems).

I did a quick google search to see what the difference between math education in Japan versus America is (because I’m well aware that the U.S. education system is waaaaaaaaaaay behind most of the rest of the world) and I found this.

Apparently Japanese children begin to learn Calculus in the 2nd year of high school and integration in their 3rd. 

First off, boy am I jealous, I wish I was able to learn Calculus that early in my education.

Secondly, if you assume that this is the norm for an education in Japan then certainly a highly prestigious school like U.A. might push their kids into advanced classes more quickly than other regular high schools might.

So yeah… I guess it makes sense for these kids to be taking such an advanced level of mathematics even though they’re like… 15

TL;DR: The U.S. needs to teach math better and My Hero Academia is pretty accurate.

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Sorry I haven’t updated the comic in a bit, I’ve been working on some Golden Sun pieces on the side while chipping away at a big project I’ve been working on for the 20th anniversary!

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Ayo check out my Golden Sun webcomic

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Flame Slash! 🔥🗡🔥

I’ve been replaying DQXI and forgot how much I love this game.

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Close Encounters

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no offense but nonbinary ppl can have boobs…..nonbinary ppl can have long hair, wear dresses, use makeup, have beards, be tall or short, muscular, thin, or curvy……there is literally no wrong way to be nonbinary 

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Congratulations Oda for reaching 1000 in this monumental epic. Here’s the two best boys in all of One Piece!

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Relaxing by the poolside

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Zeke, a traveling apothecary from Madra. Born with the destructive power of a Mars Adept, he’s dedicated his life to healing the wounds of others with both his Psynergy and potions. It doesn’t matter who it is, he’ll heal their wounds at no cost. 

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To whoever needs to hear it: you’re not completely alone in that darkness. There are people who care about you and are waiting for you.  

For @unluckyadept , our brave warrior. [ visit this blog if you like fascinating stories or you are a Golden Sun fan]

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i love your golden sun ocs! theyre so well designed!

Aw, thank you so much for the kind words! 😭 I’ve got a few more on the way!!

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My non-adept Viola. She’s the apprentice blacksmith at Sunshine’s in Yallam and frequently delves into the labyrinthine Taopo caves with her sister Kassa. Ever since the Golden Sun event, the ancient ruins discovered in Taopo cave have been a tourist trap for adventurers around Osenia.

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Yet another Golden Sun OC! Kassa, a venus adept from Yallam, frequently ventures into the Taopo Swamp with her sister, the blacksmith’s apprentice, in search of valuable ore. Hardheaded, this one. 

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This is a much older drawing, but here’s my Celestrian from Dragon Quest IX! Her name is Sacha and she’s a sweetheart who’s always there for people in need.

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ADHD and autism is basically being considered rude for the dumbest reasons