Today we get to see some of the
aftereffects of Izuku and Bakugo’s grudge match. Izuku put his whole being into
this latest bout, and it once again cost him the use of one of his arms. Sure,
his actions allowed him and partner Uraraka to clinch victory from Bakugo and
Iida, but the collateral damage is not good at all. How will All Might grade
this test? How will Bakugo handle his loss? Will Izuku ever not break his bones
when he punches things? We’ll find out… right now!
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| Best time to give advice is when your worldview is shattered Maybe... |
We open to the test just after
Izuku and Uraraka claimed victory over Iida and Bakugo. Bakugo is visibly
shaken at being beaten by Izuku, the kid that he’d just moments ago thought of
as ‘nothing more than a little bug for [him] to squash.’ All Might calls the
mock battle over, and that A Team is the winner. Some of the students point out
the irony that the losers were pretty much unscathed while the winners are
largely incapacitated. Uraraka suffers from pretty severe nausea when she over
uses her powers, and Izuku’s down both arms. One broken from using OFA, and the
other being severely burned by Bakugo’s explosions. Not great circumstances to
be in. While the robot janitors’ clean things up, All Might observes Bakugo for
a moment. The angry, angry young man seems to be almost having a panic attack
when the thought crosses his mind that, if they’d actually gone all out, Izuku
would have possibly beaten him. All Might tries to give him some advice, to
learn from failure, and then takes him to observation to review the challenge.
All Might names Tenya Iida the MVP
of the test. Why? As one of the other students, Momo Yaoyorozu, points out;
Bakugo lost it over a personal vendetta and acted without thinking, Izuku’s
strategy put him in the infirmary, and Uraraka acted with a little too much
force given the scenario. Launching a bunch of debris at a nuke isn’t really
the best idea. Iida, conversely, embraced the rules of the situation, never
abandoned his duties, and even seemed to have fun pretending to be bad. So
yeah, I’d named him MVP, too. Iida is pretty overjoyed at being praised, and
All Might is a little freaked out by how analytical Yaoyorozu is. He recovers,
though, and announces that they’ll continue the test. We then have a montage of
students taking the test. The only one that they go into any detail is the
second test. In this exam, one of the heroes wins it in under a minute. Shoto
Todoroki uses his powers to completely freeze the building. Every floor from
the base level to the roof were encased in Ice. Both of the ‘villains’
unfortunately, were barefoot, and ended up froze in place. Todoroki easily
claims the weapon, and then melts all the ice. His powers give him complete
control over heat, allowing him to freeze or incinerate anything at will. He’s
not super important now, other than being the best example of an incredibly
awesome opponent. That being said, keep an eye out for this guy. The test ends,
and All Might congradulates the group at a job well done. He rushes off after,
partially to check on Izuku, and partially because he’d just about hit the
limit on his hero form. His time limit is going to be a real hindrance to his
teaching ability, unless he can teach a lesson over the phone or something. He
resolves to keep an eye on Bakugo, as the young man’s ego might be a serious
problem. Smart move, as I’ve learned that the line between anti-hero and
villain is razor thin.
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| Shoto Todoroki = Awesome Half-Cold, Half-Hot = Not Awesome |
In the nurse’s office, Recovery
Girl scolds All Might for being so reckless and letting Izuku get so banged up,
yet again. The kid in question is unconscious in one of the hospital beds. She makes
it clear that Izuku being a regular of the nurse’s office by the SECOND DAY is
not a good thing. Got to agree with the sweet ol’ gal, not going to lie. It’s
also revealed that, while the staff all know about All Might’s weakened
condition and his limited ‘hero’ time, Recovery Girl is one of only four people
(other than Izuku) that know that All Might’s powers are transferable. Wow, he
must put an insane amount of trust in Recovery Girl to let her know that
particular secret. They argue a little over his tactics, but agree to disagree.
She thinks his idea that he has to appear as a ‘natural born hero’ really only
puts him at a disadvantage. But, I side with All Might. People need that invulnerable
hero, someone greater than them to look up to. She ultimately insists that All
Might do his best to be a good guide, for Izuku and the other students.
Izuku wakes up hours later. He’s
recovered… comparatively speaking. The major injuries are taken care off, but
he’s still pretty banged up. Recovery Girl explains that she can only
accelerate the rate of healing, and Izuku’s body is at its limit. Can’t make
something from nothing, as she puts it. That, for me, raises the question as to
how exhausted and for how long Izuku was after the Entrance exam. You know,
since he broke an additional limb. And broke his left arm even worse that time.
Regardless, he’ll have to come back in the following day to get completely
healed. When he goes back to class, he expects Aizawa to choke Izuku with his
scarf for being reckless again. Instead, he’s greeted by his classmates, and is
somewhat shocked to realize that, here, he’s actually popular. Everyone is
impressed that he held his own against Bakugo. They heap praise on him, and it
is pretty clear that the young Izuku isn’t used to having this level of
positive reinforcement. He notices that Bakugo isn’t there, and runs after him
when the others tell him that Bakugo walked off. He meets Bakugo at the gate,
and tries again to explain. Not sure why he’s trying so hard, considering
Bakugo is a jerk, but hey, that’s Izuku. He actually reveals to the nutcase
that he ‘got’ his power from ‘someone’ and that he’s only just now getting a
handle on it. Not sure what he expected, but it throws Bakugo into a fit, and
he storms off. But not before venting his frustration that, while #1 in the
entrance exam, he has a long way to go before he’s the #1 hero of UA. He vows
he’ll never lose to Izuku again and storms off.
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| What has to happen to someone to want to cover themselves in Severed hands? Also, scariest bartender ever. |
All Might rushes in a moment later
and tries to give Bakugo some more advice. More of that ‘keep your chin up’
schpeel he’s been spewing. Bakugo isn’t interested, claiming he’ll be bigger
than All Might, without the super-duper hero’s help. After he storms off, All
Might tries to press Izuku for details about what they were talking about, but,
obviously, Izuku doesn’t want to tell his hero what happened. He might get a
little mad that Izuku spilled even a little bit about their secret.
Guess what? We have an after-credit
scene! How theatrical. We’re shown a bar where some unsavory looking people
have gathered. The bartender looks like he’s made out of a black cloud, which
is just unsettling. One of the patrons, a young man covered in several severed
hands, lets we the audience know that he and his crew are planning to kill All
Might. Something wicked this way comes, me thinks.
This is, at its core, a transition episode.
We’re rapping up the loose ends from the previous arc, and laying the ground work
for the next. Izuku got his honest to god victory against Bakugo, but somehow,
I doubt that he got what he wanted from it. Or, he’s yet to fully comprehend
the magnitude of the nobody Izuku Midoriya taking super all-star student
Katsuki Bakugo. He toppled a titan, that’s a huge deal. Granted, it really seems that the main thing
that Izuku wants out of Bakugo is his respect. If so, then it’ll be a LONG time
coming. If even All Might doesn’t get respect from this kid, no one will get
it. On Bakugo, seeing how he handled things was very interesting. The whole
being beaten by a ‘loser’ thing clearly shook him on a fundamental level. Like
I said, it almost looks like he’s having a panic attack when he’s processing
the possibility that, if he and Izuku fought for real, that there was a real
possibility that he’d have lost. It was like showing him evidence that up was
down, left was right, or dogs and cats living together. Mass Hysteria! Bakugo
is a world class butt munch, but damn it, he’s an interesting guy. It’s going
to be a long time before he gets any real character development, but this is a
hint as to what is to come. The glimpse that we get of the bad guys is rather
important. They’re going to be making their play soon, and when they do, they’ll
shake society to it’s core. Have I built up enough hype for what’s to come? I
hope so. Have a good night!
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