So, let’s review. The efforts of
Izuku, the other students, and Mr. Aizawa have disabled the vast majority of
the invading villains. And, All Might has defeated the monster that had,
supposedly, been tailor made to kill him. So, it’s down to just down to Shigaraki
and his lieutenant, the shadow monster Kurogiri. Now, if only these two were
pushovers. Let’s get to it, shall we?
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| Kaminari is about to get... Thunderstruck! Sorry, I had to. |
Shigaraki freaks out about losing
his ace in the hole. He starts scratching his skin again. This time he’s
scratching so hard that he’s drawing blood. He mutters to himself about how All
Might isn’t ‘any weaker’ and that he ‘cheated’ to beat Noumu. Sounds like a
very spoiled child, doesn’t he? All Might, while still standing, is getting
close to his limit and needs to end this as quickly as possible. Thankfully,
while the bad guys are aware of All Might’s weakening condition, they seem to
be unaware of the signs of his weakness. Namely, they don’t know that his body
starts smoking when he’s about to weakened state. Actually, better yet, they’re
unaware that he has a weakened state at all. Hooray for villains lack of
knowledge.
We then quickly jump back to
Kaminari, Jiro, and Yaoyorozu. They are basking in the glow of their victory,
not realizing there’s one more villain until it is too late. This guy, I don’t
think he’s named so I’ll refer to him a Thunder Skull, nabs Kaminari, who’s
still mentally shorted out from his electric attack. He was immune to
Kaminari’s original pulse, as he too has electrical powers. Thunder Skull warns
them to stay put, or he’ll crush Kaminari’s skull. Jiro tries to keep him
distracted by keeping him talking. At the same time, she uses her extendable
earlobes to loop behind her back and make for her headphone jack in her boots.
The idea being that, since she can attack without any other physical tells in
this regard, she could catch her opponent completely off guard and saving
Kaminari. Thunder Skull, though, realizes what she’s doing. Somebody has seen,
like, any superhero movie. He threatens to kill Kaminari if Jiro doesn’t stop
moving. Well… he admits he’s going to kill SOMEBODY, regardless. They disobeyed
him, so somebody has to die horribly. But, since he’s such a nice guy, he gives
them a choice. He can either kill Kaminari and spare them, or they can
willingly die via electrocution to save Kaminari. Not good. He goads them with
a “What’s it going to be, Girlies?” A sexist supervillain? Who’d have guessed?
Shigaraki is getting close to
giving up. No ace, no troops, no time, it all leads Shigaraki to believe it’s
time to forfeit. This would be awesome for All Might. Again, his hero time is
just about up. He tries to goad Shigaraki into acting, either to fall back or
make some kind of mistake. The other boys, believing things have just about
been wrapped up, want to fall back and rejoin the rest of the class. Izuku,
though, notes that All Might is steaming, a sign that he’s about to revert into
his normal form. He remains rooted to the spot. Shigaraki almost calls it, but
Kurogiri intervenes. He notes that All Might is obviously at his limit, their
minions are recovering, and this may be their last chance to kill All Might.
Noting that the baddies are recovering, Todoroki, Bakugo and Kirishima decide
to keep the lesser thugs out of All Might’s hair. Good choice, boys.
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| So is this the third or fourth time that Izuku's life has flashed before his eyes this year? |
Kurogiri and Shigaraki rush All
Might together. Izuku, once again acting without thinking, rushes the two of
them. He uses OFA to super jump, shattering both legs. He, in flight, locks his
sights onto Kurogiri’s collar. He hopes to smash it, which would not only save
All Might, but hopefully leave the villains trapped in the USJ. Unfortunately,
both baddies seemed to have been expecting this. Kurogiri opens a warp gate
between himself and Izuku, and between himself and Shigaraki. Shigaraki sticks
his hand though, intent to disintegrate Izuku’s face. They laugh maniacally as
Izuku is inches from being disintegrated. But, thankfully, the cavalry arrives.
A sharpshooting hero, Snipe, shoots Shigaraki through his wrist forcing him to
drop his hand. He then also makes an impossible shot across the compound,
striking Thunder Skull and forcing him to drop Kaminari.
The hero teachers show off their
powers, Present Mic disabling the recovering villains with a supersonic attack,
and another hero, Ectoplasm, creates multiple clones of himself to nab them.
Shigaraki, knowing for sure this time that the jig is up, tries to make a run
for it. Snipe, sensing this, shoots him through both legs and his uninjured
arm. Kurogiri tries to warp them away, but a now conscious Thirteen tries to
suck them up with his Blackhole Quirk. But they get away.
As things start calming down, Izuku
angrily berates himself for not being helpful again. All Might, instead, thanks
Izuku for what he did. While he didn’t stop either villain, his attempt at an
attack bought those few precious seconds for the other heroes to arrive. He puts
it best, “Young Midoriya, you saved me once again. Mr. Nezu sends teachers in
to recover the students. Kirishima goes to get Izuku. He’s a very kind kid, as
All Might himself notes, but comes a little too close to learning about All
Might’s weakened state. All Might’s secret is saved by another hero, Cementoss,
who makes a barrier between them with his concrete manipulating power and
telling Kirishima to regroup with the others.
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| Iida brought the big guns... and the Weasel priciple. |
Shigaraki and Kurogiri reform in
the villain bar. Not the best outing for these two, since Shigaraki has
multiple gunshot wounds, they lost all of the minions they brought, and Noumu,
and they didn’t even kill All Might. Shigaraki angrily blames his teacher, whom
is watching this event unfold via a web cam. His teacher, though is just
largely annoyed. Whatever they need to do to make Noumu obviously eats up a lot
of time and resources, so making one like the one they’d lost will take lots of
time. But, he’s confident that next time, Shigaraki will take out All Might.
Shigaraki makes a mental note of ‘that kid,’ the one that is, mysteriously nearly
as fast and strong as All Might himself. I smell a rivalry a brewing.
At the school, things have worked
out impossibly well. As it stands, the only injuries of note were to All Might,
Aizawa, Thirteen and Izuku. And, while Thirteen and Aizawa are pretty messed
up, they should pull through. Thank god that they have a superhuman healer on
their side. Mr. Nezu is greatly disturbed by all of these events that have
transpired, and resolves to increase security around the school. The police
arrive, and immediately apprehend Noumu. Without Shigaraki giving him orders, the
creature is compliant, for now anyway.
In the infirmary, Izuku and All
Might are recovering nicely. They’re visited by a detective, Naomasa Tsukauchi,
who wants to appraise them of recent events. Izuku is initially freaked out by
the officer’s arrival, but All Might lets Izuku know that Tsukauchi is a
personal friend and is aware of his weakened form. They’re both relieved to
know that everyone will pull through. All Might praises his students for their
skills, and says “mark my words, they’ll become great heroes.” Even Mineta… I
guess. Izuku feels a little bad that, once again, he really didn’t do all that
much to protect All Might. But, the hero points out that, Izuku’s reckless
charge did buy him the crucial four to five seconds for the other teachers to
arrive and save them. He thanks Izuku for once again saving his life.
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| Stain is coming, and I couldn't be more excited. |
Season one ends with a shot of the
campus, and then a clip show of all the best moments of the season as the
credits roll. In a post credit’s scene, we see Izuku meeting up with his
friends and then head home. Future Izuku, who’s narrating again, muses that “We
had no way of knowing that the League of Villains Attack on the USJ was just
the beginning.” We truly end on a truly ominous sight, a new villain that will
menace our heroes, Stain.
Overall, this was a good ending.
Sure, the main threat to everyone was ended as soon as Noumu went reverse
skydiving, but Shigaraki and Kurogiri still presented a threat to All Might and
the students. Seeing All Might be so completely powerless, and then Izuku once
again flying headlong into danger to protect him, were two intense moments. I’ll
admit that finding out that no one died during all of this insanity, even Aizawa
who literally had his face smashed in, is a little ludicrous. But, come on,
this is a shonen anime/manga. Rarely do major characters actually die, unless
we’re significantly closer to the end. While this is the start of Izuku’s
journey as a hero, it is also the start of a whole heck of a lot of trouble for
his world. The big bad escaped. They’ll regroup, reequip, and return with a vengeance.
And, if the creepy image of Stain isn’t enough of a hint, I can assure you the
next major villain is a force to be reckoned with. My Hero Academia is a fun
ride, but I am looking forward to working on something else soon. Have a great
night.
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