Tiger and Bunny - Recent Thoughts

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How adorable is Kaede? She looked so happy when Kotetsu promised he would be home for good. It wasn't a surprise that she's a NEXT. I like her power since it's similar to Rogue's but it doesn't come with the drawbacks that Rogue has.

So finally some of fan theories were confirmed. Most notably that Jake wasn't the one who killed Barnaby's parents and that someone is fucking with Barnaby's memories. I still think Maverick is the one behind everything since he's the only one who has had an opportunity to mess with Barnaby's memories.

One theory I disagree with is that Barnaby is a not human and is really a special prototype robot his parents had been working on, which they were killed over. The main reason why I disagree with it is because we saw Barnaby as a teen in one of the flashbacks. Plus it would be very difficult to hide something like that for 21 years. At some point someone is going to start asking questions on why this person isn't changing.

I think the reason why Barnaby's parents were killed was they were working on something Ouroboros wanted which probably involved running tests on Barnaby's powers. Barnaby's parents refused since they didn't want to jeopardize their son's safety and they were killed because of it.

Speaking of Barnaby, his angst tastes like candy. I love seeing him break. I do want everything to work out for him in the end though. I'm more convinced then ever that Barnaby needs to quit too and move in with Kotetsu and his family. I don't care if they're a couple (because that's not going to happen in canon, roommates on the other hand...). I think Barnaby needs a family like that since he never properly dealt with a lot of his emotional issues. He needs a stable life for a change and that's not going to happen if he remains in Sternbild, especially without Kotetsu by his side. It's not like Barnaby has any other friends to rely on. He certainly doesn't seem that close to the other heroes.

Theory time! I think Maverick/Ouroboros is behind Kotetsu's power lost. Kotetsu was hired to be Barnaby's partner to basically make Barnaby look good. But now that Barnaby is 'King of Heroes', and can seemingly handle things on his own, Kotetsu is not needed but they can't outright fire him because it would be bad for business. Kotetsu would just go to a competing company and fans would rally around him because they would think that Kotetsu was got screwed.

So I'm thinking that they forced a situation where Kotetsu willingly quits. They can't threaten Kaede because she's too far away. So they somehow make his powers disappear (maybe that's what Barnaby's parents were working on so that their son could be normal) and without powers, Kotetsu can't be a hero.

It also won't surprise me if they were behind Legend's decline of powers too in an attempt to get him out of the way to make room for younger heroes. If that's the case, I think Lunatic is inadvertently going to play a big role in destroying Ouroboros/Maverick. Which is ironic since Lunatic wouldn't even exist if Legend never lost his powers.