My Hero Academia ep 131 is like: what if Luke talking with Yoda / ghost Obi-Wan about killing Darth Vader, but instead of Luke saying "I can't kill my father" (that he didn't know *existed* until, like, last week) and Obi-Wan being all: tough shit, he's not human any more, get over yourself & kill him.
everyone involved was genuinely heroic, compassionate, and grounded about it? they have different viewpoints and say that out loud? Not "you're a fool if you think you can save him" but "we agree that he's suffering on the inside, but to us, it didn't seem like he was asking for help — just hatred."
& Deku has a whole little speech about how he's fought a bunch of people who refused to back down already, but this time, since he understands this person better due to a psychic confrontation, maybe it could go differently?
& the prior spirit-mentors are like: "heck yeah, that's why we're sticking with you. sorry for testing you. but also, like, for real, communication is not always possible, people aren't always willing to be saved, and there's a real possibility you'll have to kill him to stop him from killing a zillion more people. If it comes to that, are you prepared?"
which is the *actual* "no attachments" thing Lucas has the jedi fuck up: heroism is neither attached to killing the villain no matter what, nor attached to saving the villain no matter what. Obi-Wan wants Vader to be inhuman and morally easy to kill. Luke wants Vader's heart to grow three sizes so he doesn't have to confront the fact that his dad does a lot of evil shit. Deku doesn't know if he can save Shigaraki, or if he'll have to kill him.
He also thinks he has to do it alone, as the chosen/entrusted one (not cosmically chosen; like, these eight people each picked a successor, he's the ninth picked, and a tenth may not be possible) & if the episode thumbnail summaries are any guide, the rest of season 6 is about his classmates convincing him that he doesn't have to do it alone.
also there's some "I've never seen anything like this" in the previous ep 130 about domestic violence/abuse & what trying to take responsibility & fix that actually means.
I can't remember the last time I cried watching/reading something & I started crying after (binging like 8 eps in a row)