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Oddly enough, the jury's still out on whether MHA premieres will do better than DBS reruns. This really hasn't been tested before.

If you're wearing a mask, they might not be able to hear you scream...

Probably not very great. I mean, while this season could be a mega blockbuster and anything can happen, MHA's ratings have a history of being inferior to Dragon Ball Super... ...OR DO THEY!? In 2019, first Dub Premiere episodes of Dragon Ball Super were up against network premieres of MHA through about August. In all timeslots of MHA: 12 AM; 11:30 PM; and even 10:30 PM, DBS's consistent 11 PM showtime beat it. The same was of course true of 3:30 AM, it goes without saying. But then a peculiar thing happened. After absolutely killing it in the ratings in dub premieres, DBS got a limited 4-episode encore of its conclusion from 10/12-11/2 at 11 PM, and was then replaced by MHA. MHA Season 4 beat it handily, 531K-475K. Then in 2020, MHA S4 premieres led the block, and even though they ended up in later timeslots, they did rather well, much better than the DBS encore that would rule the second half of the year at midnight. All episodes of MHA Season 4, whether premiere or rerun, averaged 546K. DBS, meanwhile, averaged only 435K when it led the block. Of the 16 times DBS and AOT have aired back-to-back, DBS has beaten AOT 14/16 times in total viewers and beaten or tied it 10/16 in Adults 18-49 (tying 5 of those). So, how will MHA Season 5 network premieres do in 2021? Will they be able to best DBS reruns at Midnight as AOT failed to do? Only time will tell, but I believe most evidence speaks that it's at least possible!

"On Adult Swim, the primetime FINAL SPACE was steady at 0.16, and the late-night line-up performed as follows: DRAGON BALL up 0.01 to 0.18/342K, ATTACK ON TITAN up 0.02 to 0.17, FOOD WARS up 0.02 to 0.15, PROMISED NEVERLAND up 0.02 to 0.13, FIRE FORCE up 0.02 to 0.13, , BLACK CLOVER up 0.03 to 0.13, NARUTO up 0.02 to 0.11, and DEMON SLAYER up 0.03 to 0.10/174K." Look at all those "ups"! Dragon Ball Super leading the charge yet again. Some things never change--or do they? It will be interesting to see if MHA can shake things up next month. Perhaps if it consistently beats reruns of Super and that carries over to success for Dr. Stone, we MIGHT see a shakeup at some point? But for whatever reason, AOT just didn't have what it took, and we saw that play out week after week as DBS beat it consistently.

Well, it's also the fact that MHA has its DUB streaming before it airs on Toonami. Too bad AOT, which was not similarly hamstrung, just couldn't maintain its popularity, or maybe its popularity was more toward the subtitled version? I still argue maybe it should have gotten midnight, but 12:30 feels right for MHA for some reason.

Yeah, it pretty much WAS just a really off week. http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-4-24-2021.html While there was some decay in the 18-49s throughout the night, as well as total viewers, the 18-34s were solid, varying only by 0.02 throughout the night, and all Toonami premieres beat Final Space in that classic [as] target demo. I think a 0.15 correlates to about 100K if I remember correctly. Not bad for 2021. Also, it seems that in 18-34, the UFC Fight Nights may be more detrimental to Toonami than PPV Prelims. Top Rank Boxing following that just barely dug into DBS but still apparently was bested by it in 18-34.

Yasha-Hime would make a decent replacement for DBS. Wonder if DeMarco's considered that? Maybe it will be available to Toonami by the time this current rerun of DBS ends.

Tickets bought online are more expensive because the "online convenience fee" has to be used to pay the cost of the web hosting or franchise fees to be able to use something like Fandango. My ticket was $16.50, but I may be able to see it a 2nd time for only $5 if it's still in theaters in mid-May. At least at this point since it was such a huge success, it will be possible to watch the season finale this week on Toonami, then go to the theater on Sunday and see the movie!

Itachi basically forced Kabuto to stop it or else be stuck in the Izanami's infinite loop. The only way Kabuto moves forward in time is if he turns it off.

And when talking sense fails, here comes power to save the day? Episode 147 - Black Clover - Anime News Network Gave it 4.5 stars. I'll admit that it was able to handle some pretty tough subject matter pretty well, but the lack of action would have been a detriment for me.

Asta the negotiator... ...failed.

Aren't their English VAs married? At some point that's just GOTTA be OK, right??

That's where the season COULD have ended, but we've got 2 episodes left next month! Episode 46 - Fire Force - Anime News Network This one got 3.5 stars. Nether 2.0 was mostly a wasted arc, but that did sort of bring it home tonight!

Maki is Platoon Leader... ...with no platoon to lead...

This may make up for all that!

Episode 3 - The Promised Neverland Season 2 - Anime News Network This one gets 3 stars, as the reviewer's bemusement after having read the manga is starting to show.

WILLIAM MINERVA!!! And after that WTF, time for a crazy music video!

They've been through a LOT!

DO NOT WANT TO SEE THIS...

Beyond weird. But man, if 5 years ago me was suddenly plunged into 2021, I would probably think the world today was super weird! Wow, a door!

Could this really be...

I have to admit I had my hopes up. I mean, we trust Nezuko in the other show with demons, right?

Could it be...the PROMISED wasteland?

It's interesting how this show doesn't really have episode title screens or anything. The first season had the day as the episode title but we don't even get that now!

The ADR Director's name is Kyle Jones. And he's obviously a Texan Mike Judge acolyte. Episode 9 - Food Wars! The Third Plate - Anime News Network Grade: B. I concur that this was more of a "setup" episode for the next major Food War that's actually important to the plot!