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My Hero Academia · S01E01
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tsukau kimi bakayarou nani kangaeteru n
You idiot, what are you thinking!?
Using-you idiot, what are you thinking!
All Might scolds Izuku for recklessly using his Quirk. 馬鹿野郎 is a strong masculine insult used to express disbelief or frustration — common in anime among older male characters.
da kore de ii ndayo tsukau chi
This is fine! It's okay to use it—
With this it's fine! Using—
これでいいんだよ is a reassuring expression meaning 'this is how it should be'. All Might is affirming Izuku's instinct to act.
kimi motomoto watashi no tatakai datta nda
You see, this was originally my battle.
You, originally, my battle it was, you see.
All Might explains that his personal history with Shigaraki's teacher (Nana Shimura) makes this battle his own responsibility. 元々 underscores the deep history.
kara omoidasu yo
That's why I remember.
Because, I recall.
na nagaku tatakatte ki
I have been fighting for a long time…
Long, having fought and come…
ta Shiki Tomura no nikushimi ga omae ni made eikyou wo
Shigaraki's hatred has even reached you—its influence…
Shigaraki's hatred, even to you, its influence…
Shigaraki Tomura's hatred stems from his tragic past with his grandmother Nana Shimura, All Might's predecessor. All Might feels responsible because this chain of hatred was set in motion through One For All.
oyoboshite i
…is spreading, affecting you—
…is exerting (influence)…
ru tte
…that it is.
…is (doing), that.
jaa mushi wa dekinai darou na dou yatte
Then I can't ignore it, can I. But how—
Well then, ignoring is impossible, right. How by what means—
tatakau mukousei nanda
Fight? He's Quirkless!
Fight — Quirkless, isn't he.
無個性 (Quirkless) is the MHA term for those born without a superpower. Izuku was born Quirkless, making this line a central dramatic tension point — All Might himself was Quirkless before receiving One For All.
zo kousei ga nakute mo hiro wa dekimasu ka sou
Even without a Quirk, can one become a hero? Yes—
Even without a Quirk, hero is possible — yes!
This echoes the show's central thesis — the question young Izuku desperately wanted answered as a child: 'Can someone without a Quirk become a hero?' All Might answering his own question here closes a full circle.
mushi wa deki
I cannot ignore—
Ignoring cannot—
nai nante (pause/emphasis)
—I can't just ignore it!
Cannot — the idea of [ignoring]!
tatte watashi
Even so, I—
Even if — I…
ga
I will—!
I (emphatic subject)—
The isolated が is a powerful rhetorical device in Japanese — leaving the predicate unspoken creates dramatic suspense. 私が with heavy emphasis declares 'I will be the one' without finishing the sentence, a classic hero declaration style.
ki oo-jii
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