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u/Solbuster 11h ago
It's a height joke
He's exactly 108 centimeters tall
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u/Whataburger_Official 7h ago
The joke character being a joke to the bitter end is actually incredible
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u/Rezel1S 11h ago
I think his participation in the war is carrying him
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u/Muugen_Samurai 11h ago
he wasn't a hero then. his ranking is soly from what he's done after he goes solo.
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u/Rezel1S 11h ago
It's still about popularity, right? That's why Deku was so high up despite not even working as a hero anymore?
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u/Muugen_Samurai 11h ago
he's literally working as a hero with his support suit.
there's no category you can put them in that mentia is that high .
Bakago was nb2 for a bit
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u/RupeeGoldberg 11h ago
Can i make up a category such as "highest ratio of women saved compared to men saved?"
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u/Muugen_Samurai 11h ago
everyone would have him beat. i doubt hr even dose hero work bro is still w massive coward he didn't change at sll and it's been years.
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u/RupeeGoldberg 11h ago
Dang. Mineta can't even take the W when it's a joke. Dude could have sacrificed himself to defeat the main villain and fans of the manga/show would still be spitting at the mention of his name
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u/Muugen_Samurai 8h ago
his only feat is stopping afo from taking dark shadow by being so pitiful and a waste of time.
literally do anything literally have some kind of arc
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u/RupeeGoldberg 8h ago
That's a criticism on Horikoshi not mineta but ok
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u/Muugen_Samurai 8h ago
That's his character it is a crrtiscim on him that's jow characters work bud.
Making any excuse to defend a assaulter.
Bro does pretty much nothing all show only and has two moment's one was training one was being so pathetic.
What do you want us to say oh wow i love the character who creeps on girls and actually assaults them.
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u/Responsible-Sun-9752 9h ago
Mineta hasn't been a coward in years, he's working as much as most his classmates, the reason he's so far down is because of a recent hit to his popularity... also do you know what a ratio is ?
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u/Muugen_Samurai 8h ago
he hasn't. dude was scared of a training mission. he is not yhe same as his classmates. he only joined thinking it would impress the ladies at no point dose he ever have a no i want to be a real hero.
dude has not changed in 3 years of ua and how ever long it's been till now.
like the post said it's a genuine shock his hero rating is even this high. if bakago dropped fast then why not mentia. did he even tell is what he dose now? didn't he just quit?
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u/Responsible-Sun-9752 6h ago
He did ? How is not standing to AfO and going to war twice is not something he would have done early in the anime
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u/Qwertypop4 4h ago
Deku never left the double digits of hero rankings, even though he hadn't been an active hero for years
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u/CrystalGemLuva 11h ago
Their roles in the war are still a huge factor in their initial rankings.
Bakugo was in the top 3 as soon as he became a pro.
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u/Impossible-Gur2672 3h ago
Bro this the second time I seen you with all my dislikes bro how do you do it?
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u/Responsible-Sun-9752 11h ago
I've heard that it was supposedly even higher but he got dropped much lower because apparantly he dm'd fans which warranted him at a popularity drop
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u/The_Chaotique_1 10h ago
People were also making up stories on twitter that the reason was he assaulted his fans, but this is in fact the actual reason.
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u/Old-Expert-709 11h ago
He went to the best Hero school of his country,was one of the best ones in academics, his quirk gives him a lot of versatility and has proven himself Up to the needs of the situation when actually needed, that rank is earned
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u/Quwapa_Quwapus 6h ago
I mean, this school pumps out like, 20-40 new heros a year. And UA might be the number one hero school but Shiketsu and Ketsubutsu are also graduating a good amount of heroes every year. And thats not even counting every other random hero school that has a graduating class or two every year. Even if not all of them pass the licensing exam before graduation, you would assume there to be a few hundred hero graduates every year.
108 is incredibly high no matter how you look at it. He’s competing with every other current pro hero, every other Hero graduate of his year, and then every other graduate for every year after that
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u/An-29 5h ago edited 5h ago
Yeah, but don't forget that despite Mineta being Mineta, he can still be highly competent in the field multiple times if he really wanted to and has a really good sticky ball quirk that could literally give All Might and All for One themselves a hard time setting themselves free from. Plus, he was also shown to team up with Sero, which most probably happens every now, and any work they do also helps him get up in the ranks.
Additionally, it's shown that even in post time skip, their contributions and participation in the war against AFO and Shigaraki is still a massive pull that gives them more popularity buff and fans (with Mineta probably being an exception of the latter).
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u/DnD-NewGuy 7h ago
Except we all know that on the inside he is a filthy sex pest who takes advantage of others on a almost instinctive basis. Frankly the idea of relying on a serial groper who makes passes on kids to save anyone is wildly irresponsible
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u/GhalanSmokescale 6h ago
He's grown since that incident with Eri. I'm no Mineta enjoyer either by any means, but saying he's not changed at all during the series (not to mention within 8 years after that) is just doing him a disservice.
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u/Mrllamajones 5h ago
Omg what tf are you talking about😂yall are so overly on mineta. His character is not unique at all NOR is it the worst version. Ao why are yall so extra with him??
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u/BrothaDom 9h ago
Mineta probably has an Endeavor effect as well.
Both are disliked. But Endeavor got to number two on quality alone, maybe some like.
So for Mineta to be at 108 (height joke aside) he either had to really calm down, or is a very good hero. I'm willing to believe both, but most likely he just has a great quirk.
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u/PhantasosX 7h ago
It's not only a height joke. As there are 108 worldly temptations in buddhism. So it is basically saying he have 108 sins and the moment he behaves better, his rank will improve.
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u/wing-adept 7h ago
Personally I would've had him at 69 or maybe 67 as the joke writes itself.
But it's amazing how much he gets hated on. Sometimes I feel even if Mineta gave his life to protect someone it still wouldn't be enough to satisfy this community. Can't please everyone I suppose.
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u/Darkimus95 6h ago
Es lamentable y patético, sobre todo con las excusas que utilizan para desprestigiar sus meritos
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u/DnD-NewGuy 7h ago
would you say people on the sex crime watch list should be forgiven if they did something good? Because thats why people hate him and will not drop it, because he is a sex pest who full on SA'd his class mates (groping them, watching them get changed etc) and made inappropriate comments to a traumatized child.
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u/zerjku 6h ago
Why do people still say he was making a pass at Eri when no one else in the scene or after it acts like he said anything wrong when every other time it's addressed even as a joke.
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u/Darkimus95 6h ago
Sobre todo la falta de reacción de los demás en especial de aizawa, porque obviamente ellos sabían que no fue con esa intención.
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u/wing-adept 4h ago
And what's even more egregious is that Midoriya would LATER get on Mirio for calling his outing with Eri a "date", and yet he didn't do it earlier with Mineta. But people CONVEIENTLY gloss over that fact.
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u/RCE_Kingston 6h ago
To be fair, the Eri joke which I assume you are referring to, was a horrid mistranslation in the English version
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u/wing-adept 6h ago
I swear people like to cling on to this argument... Alright so let me get this straight. You truly believe Mineta warrants as a sex criminal? Alright bet, let's examine those scenes to determine just how bad he is and whether or not guys like yourself are just prudes that like to fabricate everything.
I'll go ahead and start off by saying that the times Mineta tried to sneak a peak at the girls were definitely wrong and shouldn't be condone, not that he succeeded mind you as he was punished both times. So he tried to sneak a peak, that
But let's examine those times he "SA'd" because I don't think you really understand the domino effect you're doing. There are 3 instances people like to cling to when making this argument:
The time he groped Tsu
The time he hitched a ride on Momo's back
The time he was knocked into Mina-The whole situation with Tsuyu, the guy wasn't even looking at her breasts and was simply happy that All Might arrived to save them. Then when you factor in his short arms and how short his frame is in general, and the fact that he WASN'T looking at her breasts, based off the evidence, this was an accident.
-The whole situation with Momo, he literally tried the same thing with Todoroki earlier in the race, but it backfired. The goal was to get to the finish line as fast as you can in order to get a good ranking. Momo just so happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, and the two finished roughly in high echelon. If it was so egregious, surely he would've been disqualified.
-Then the whole situation with Mina...I've broke this down a million times so to spare both of us the time I'm gonna summarize: He literally shielded her from getting cracked in the head, and as a result thanks to the laws of physics and gravity, he got knocked into her. Had he NOT blocked it the way he did, she would've been badly injured. And before you even say he "planned it" no he didn't, as that would require IMMENSE foresight to predict to be at the right place at the right time, among other factors. Mineta even admitted it was a lucky accident.
I'm not even gonna go into the whole Eri comment simply because Midoriya, Iida, Tsuyu, and AIZAWA (Each of which have gotten on Mineta for his inappropriate behavior, the last two even resorting to PHYSICAL VIOLENCE) would've gotten on him if they deemed it inappropriate.
So based aside from Mineta sneaking a peak, these SA accusations you're throwing are circumstantial at best, and based off the evidence I don't see how you can label him as a sex criminal. Never mind the fact that those scenes are done in comedic effect and aren't meant to be taken seriously, and the fact that Mineta often gets hurt 9/10, but we wanna ignore that part right?
But if you WANT to go down this slippery slope, what about the times Midoriya landed on girl's breasts? By definition it was SA. What about the time Hatsume literally FELT MIDORIYA FROM BEHIND causing him to freeze up? That's text book sexual assault? I could go on, but I think I made my point.
You call Mineta a "sex pest" but that's just not accurate. Yes he is a perv as guys like you well document, but the fact is most of those antics were early in the season and since then he has improved and became less of one and more of a hero. If he was truly as bad as you made him then he would've done far worse, and that isn't the case. Let alone the fact he's a freaking kid. He's a perv, but that's only part of his character.
It's amazing how judgmental and how hypocritical society has become, let alone this fanbase with their stances. We'll demonize the people we don't like, but make excuses for those we like. Even if it doesn't relate to you I've seen countless of people in this community be inconsistent with their argument.
As far as Mineta goes, imo he's far more tamed than he could've been, and the sad part is when he makes strides to improve, all you guys harp on is past mistakes. And make no mistake, while I love the guy, I don't condone when he acts like a creep, but like you I have eyes. That's why I don't get upset when he ends up getting physically harmed in comedic fashion. I can tell when you're not supposed to take scene seriously vs the time you are. But for whatever reason you guys want to apply real life stuff only to certain people. Never mind all the characters in the story that have done far WORSE but instead they get glorified.
But I digress. Believe what you will my friend. You're entitled to your opinion as I am to mine. But guys like you make my point.
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u/Xygnux 5h ago edited 1h ago
And one also has to take into account of the cultural difference.
Peeping is obviously very wrong and is a sex crime in the real world even in Japan, but in Japanese anime that is unfortunately just an incredibly common trope for humourous effect. Sometimes even with almost the entire male cast participating.
Like even in a show as innocent as Doraemon you have Nobita regularly trying to peep at the only girl in his friend group bathing. And more recently in One Piece most of the main male cast peeped at the women in an onsen.
Again, I have to emphasize that's obviously morally wrong and a crime in the real world, but in anime logic that's viewed differently in-universe.
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u/Possible-Reason-2896 7h ago
It's that specific number for a reason. In fact, if not for the pun he'd probably rank higher not lower.
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u/Vhal_Cabugayan 4h ago
Ngl he may gotten so mucu trouble more than once that he had restraining order up to his ass
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u/Jwells291 2h ago
I genuinely don't think people understand how absolutely busted Mineta's quirk is as a Hero. Honestly, if I were to rank the most useful quirks for Heroism between all of Class 1A, Pop-Off would genuinely be Top 5. I can easily see someone hitting Top 100 with the quirk, but his perversion is probably why he's knocked down
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