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Ultra Artworks cover

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My Hero Academia doesn't take place in Musutafu

I may have posted about this before, but I wanted to make a dedicated post about this. It's commonly known in the Western fandom that 'Musutafu' is the city where UA is located, where Izuku and Bakugou and the Todorokis live, and where pretty much anything important happens. It's basically MHA's equivalent of Gotham from batfam fanfics.

Except, I'm certain this is false, and I have evidence.

For starters, Musutafu is mentioned in canon sources I believe just twice: first in the dust cover from the Japanese volume 2,

where Backdraft is doing an advertising campaign for the city's fire department. (Photo credit @ shibuyasmash on twitter)

Secondly, it's the name of the middle school where Kirishima and Ashido attended.

(Photo taken by me, from volume 16)

I did check and the kanji are the same in both sources, so it's definitely the same Musutafu and not two different places. The school is certainly named after the city it's in.

However- and this is the smoking gun: Kirishima and Ashido are from the Chiba prefecture, placing the city of Musutafu in Chiba.

But Izuku, and the rest of the origin trio, live "around Shizuoka prefecture".

(Photos taken by me, of the Ultra Analysis supplementary book)

And while the two prefectures are close by, putting our protagonists (and UA) in Chiba would be a bit of a stretch.

(From Wikipedia, edited by me)

Actually, if you consider the anime canon, season 7 gave us a location for UA, which matches pretty well with the evidence so far.

(From MHA season 7)

I've pointed to it right there, on the coast near the western edge of the Shizuoka prefecture.

(This isn't super relevant to the issue at hand, but not a lot of people realize that UA is near the coast- you can see it in this shot from the second season 7 opening, and I think you can also see the ocean from a window sometime in season 1 or 2 when Izuku is talking to Uraraka.)

(From MHA season 7)

So basically, to wrap things up, I don't believe it's possible that Musutafu is the name of the city where the main events of My Hero Academia take place. The name is barely mentioned in canon sources, and when it is it's somewhere else entirely. My guess is the misonception started early on in the fandom's infancy and spread quickly, especially among fanfic writers. And since canon never really gave us a city name, there was no reason for the fandom to give that up.

But what does it matter? This is such an entrenched misconception that the wiki claims it to be true, and I'm sure if I went to go edit it it'd just be put right back. I've talked to people about this before, and one writer's response basically amounted to "cool, but everybody's expecting Mustafu so that's what I'll continue using".

I guess this is just one of those little inconsequential things that annoys me for no good reason.

(Please go check out this Twitter thread- this is where I learned of this and I'm basically just summarizing the thread here. That one goes into much more detail.)

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Backdraft

Artist: Brian Snõddy

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Mha pages continued! These are loosely themed after pro-heroes in general!

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Backdraft

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What scenes the Milgram instrumentals would be for if they were video game soundtracks.

Except I make an entire game layout with it, including three mini boss fights and a final boss. They're in order of when they appear in the game, and color coded based on the area.

This took so long why did i do this-

[If you want me to design these bosses based on like. mvs and the character designs. i will.]

Parasite - The music at the starting area, before you've began your expedition. Like the home village. Possibly shows up at the epilogue too, when you return to the village, if you enter certain buildings.

Tear Drop - The salon that acts as an equipment shop. Except the shop keep has intense lore. Is maybe evil. We dont know. It pops up all through the game, or theres a way to get back to it and its in a neutral area.

Delusion Tax - You begin your journey into the first area! It looks very rocky and lava filled, with the stone buildings melded with the rocky mountains.

I Love You - Investigation scene. For what, I have no idea. Probably something related to your mission. The beginning of ILY is like. you find something very shocking and kinda scary, but then the rest is like. you + ur group(?) using it as a cataylst to keep looking and journeying. (its giving danganronpa udg honestly)

[Possibly more Delusion Tax after]

Backdraft - The 1st mini boss fight. A very overconfident, fiery kind of boss, despite being the weakest. This is the first part of the fight, where you're chasing them while they effortlessly hop through/set off many traps you have to dodge.

Salamander - Second part of the 1st boss fight where the boss actually stops to fight you. They fight with fire (...wow who would have guessed)

Purge March - When you get to the second area, and you're. continuing with your journey. Or something idk. I'm thinking this area is circus themed. Many animals.

Vampire - You first meet the boss. You think they're just a friendly child. They're so cheery and happy and childish and innocent. And then 1:19 in Vampire, you realize they're a little fucked up. But thats okay, because they're just a kid and they could never hurt anyone-

INMF - Now they're trying to murder you, so you're running away as they chase you and throw shit at you. Like uh. A million gruesome ways to die from billie bust up.

[More Purge March]

Animal - The second boss fight, filled with many circus props used as weapons. The softer parts of the song are when you're fighting different animals this boss sends after you, like lions and other circus animals.

Android Girl - Adventuring theme for the 3rd area. This area has a glitchy, techy hallucination theme. Like the boss is hacking the area to make illusions. Everything looks very glitchy, and has a kinda cyberpunk city look.

MKDR (DSCF) - Some part of the journey through the 3rd area where you've been completely absorbed into a hallucination, likely before you know that there are hallucinations here. When this happens it becomes a lot less glitchy looking and more real.

[Android Girl part 2]

Reversible Campaign - Phase one of the 3rd mini boss fight. They have a very techy theme. Like ig spamton.

Double - Phase two of the 3rd mini boss. You've pissed them off now, and theyve switched forms. The parts of the song that are softer (when mikoto's singing) are when you're deep in a hallucination. Then when you break free, it goes back to the glitchy harsh vibe.

Neo-Neon - You've defeated the three mini bosses and are filled with a newfound sense of determination. Now you go through the final area (likely a castle?) to get to the final boss. This area is a lot shorter.

Deep Cover - The final boss fight begins ! This is the first phase, which is very long distance and not quite near the boss yet. I imagine this one has a very celestial, crystal / star theme.

Streaming Heart - You weaken the boss via long distance, and they become more enraged. They haven't given up though, and fight with even more determination. This is where you can finally get face to face with them and have an all out battle.

AKAA - This is where their tough exterior cracks. You have a brief conversation, in an attempt to persuade them to stand down. But they put the broken pieces of their form together, for one last stand.

Cat - You've defeated the boss!! Roll end credits. Yeah thats it cat's just end credits. I. could not think of anything else </3

Triage - Epilogue after the boss fight when you're talking with everyone. Everything is happy and good, but there's also those very sentimental convo scenes.

[Some Parasite sprinkled in]

[shinsei-hatsumi]

Seriously, what is Fuuta's eye color?? 😭😭

I saw in Bring it on that his eye color looks blue-ish, but most artists made his eye color green or even brown. 

What is the correct color 😭

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"Your kind has caused enough bloodshed already!"

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【Backdraft Creator's Comment】

How did you like the MV for "Backdraft"? Futa is the first character to receive the verdict of "unforgivable/GUILTY" in the first trial, so I worked on it with a sense of excitement and anticipation. The setting of this work is an underground passage filled with graffiti.

I would be delighted if you could pay attention to Futa's actions and the graffiti depicted on the walls while watching. And as for the meaning of "that person" who appears at the end of the MV...? I invite you to delve deeper into Futa's sins and contemplate their significance. [Awashima]

And we'll definitely do just that! Pazu has provided some very interesting background about the essence of Grafitti artwork!

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Characters named...

Helen

(Helen Burns, Helen North Beardsley, Helen Sharp, Helen Haley, Helen Lyle, Helen Schlegel, Helen Cruger, Helen Benson, Helen Freeman, Helen Robinson, Helen Ramirez, Helen Shivers, Helen Jordan, Helen Dawes, Helen Stephens, Helen Harris, Helen Grosvenor, Helen Mcaffrey, Helen Preston)

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In case anyone has been curious

No. I am NOT okay.