u/froggyhugs

Either when translating or from the get go, some students have really weird talents that either don't mean anything or imply the character is something else. Here are a few I want to complain about.

Toko, Ibuki, and Angie all have talents that are way too broad, implying they're the best at their entire field. How can Hifumi exist when Toko's talent implies all writing yk. I'd make these changes:
Writing Prodigy > Romance Novelist. Iirc it's the only genre she really writes in and suits her characters better.
Musician > Heavy Metal Guitarist. I'm sure Ibuki can perform many genres well, but this is more centralizing to her character without claiming she's the literal best musican ever.
Artist > Sculptor. I'm very aware Angie does make many art forms, but the only ones that are relevant is sculpting, both in her splash art and chapter three. Even if she's good at a lot of art, artist might be the most broad title of all time like jeez. How tf can an artist be original after fifty three seasons bro 💔.

Moral Compass > Philanthropist. If Hope's Peak wants to inspire hope, why would they get like a hall monitor bro 😭. Moral Compass is also the like most subjective thing of all time, and Taka often expresses flawed or biased views so the title doesn't even make sense. Philanthropist at least gives a better idea of his character.

Gymnast > Traceur. Akane is much more in line with acrobatics rather than gymnastics. Most gymnasts have to train for a majority of their line with incredible precision and finesse, while Akane is much more quick and dirty. Traceur (basically a parkour athlete) just fits her much better while also being way more unique. It's crazy because even in her splash art she's doing a stylized vault instead of anything gymnast related 😭.

Princess > Multilinguist. I think this is a more subjective change, but I feel like it'd make more sense in lore for Hope's Peak to scout her as a language translator rather than a princess. Like in the real world, who would be inspired by a princess graduating like yeah no shit she's influential on the world. It also brings to light her knowing thirty languages, which is insanely impressive and way more unique. Again it's more subjective, princess works fine, this could just give her character a bit more depth. It'd be like if Celeste was the ult french historian or some shit instead of the ult gambler, the latter is just cooler for her character even if she's very aesthetically the former.

Animal Breeder > Animal Trainer. Gundham both breeds and trains animals, and there isn't a clean word to describe both that I'm aware of . It's a smaller change, but training is more relevant to his character since it comes up in the fourth case. Breeding also just sounds fucking gross bro.

Those are all the ones that come to mind. From a lore perspective, I could see Fuyuhiko/Mondo and Byakuya could have been given different titles that inspire hope more. I imagine scouting actual criminals/rich bitch wouldn't be as appealing to shareholders as something like Kingpin/Biker or Entrepreneur could be. Again though I can see the argument for the current titles, maybe Hope's Peak wants to flaunt them reforming criminals or rich bitch.

EDIT: A handful of people have commented about Akane's backstory, how she competes in gymnastic tournaments. While this makes sense on the surface, just being extremely athletic and acrobatic often isn't enough to prepare for a gymnastics tournament. They heavily rely on routines and specific skills Akane wouldn't have access to in poverty. Traceur reflects her skill set much better, though I acknowledge it would lessen her character.