That’s right, I was able to crank
out four of these this month. I was promoted not too long ago to a full-time Letter
Carrier, and part of that package includes a schedule that allows me to have a
three-day weekend about once every five weeks. It’s one of the better perks. And
it does help that I’m summarizing not only a show I love but one that is less
then an hour long. I can crank out so much more content that way. Enough preamble,
forward march.
Last time on My Hero Academia, young
Izuku Midoriya was able to pull out a win by blasting himself ahead of the
competition. Which was good. Only to find out that in the next match his
headband, that everyone is going to try and steal, is worth at minimum 10
million points because he won. Which is less good… Let’s get to it, shall we.
Obviously, Izuku is in a bit of a
panic now that he knows literally everyone is going to be going after him in
the cavalry battle. He’s never been good at being the center of attention and
knowing that all of the 10-11 teams that will be forming are going to be after
him is probably not helping the stress. Nor is the fifteen-minute time limit to
form teams. I think the Universe is out to get Young Midoriya. Despite this, he
does shake himself out of his panic and tries to formulate a plan.
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| I-I think he's honestly uncomfortable with this much attention. |
Meanwhile, about half of his
classmates are trying to convince Bakugo to work with them. And this is when we
learn just how oblivious Bakugo is, as he needs everyone to remind them what
their Quirks are… and their names. Yeah, he’s not good at the whole
interpersonal stuff. Even Kirishima needs to remind Bakugo what his name is,
and he’s like Bakugo’s only friend. As Bakugo picks out his team, and other
classmates start forming teams, panic returns for Izuku. Realizing your friends
don’t want to risk working with you because of how many points you’re worth must
really suck. Thankfully, he does get a few offers, like when Uraraka offers to
team up with him without being prompted. He asks Iida to join him too, as his
speedy friend would be perfect as one of the base guys. Iida thanks Izuku for
asking but admits that he’s going to work with Todoroki. Why? Because while Izuku
is definitely his friend, he’s also his rival, and Iida, like Bakugo and
Todoroki, wants to see how he stacks up next to Izuku. Which is beautiful. But
it really really really messes up Izuku’s strategy. Thankfully, he gets another
offer of support. From Mae Hatsume, she’s the crazy tech gal from last time.
Her thought was, because all eyes will be on Izuku during this next match,
helping him would be the best way to show off all her tech to prospective buyers.
Basically, she wants to use him, and Izuku is in no position to turn her down.
When he sees she’s got a jetpack as well as the hover boots and hooks, the two
start geeking out about the heroes she’d based her designs on. Uraraka is a
little… miffed that Izuku and this new girl get along so well, but she doesn’t say
anything. How odd. Izuku picks a mysterious guy who’s face remains hidden until
the start of the match as their fourth.
Turns out he went with Fumikage Tokoyami
(creates a monster he calls his Dark Shadow from his body). Makes sense why
they didn’t even show his profile then. Tokoyami’s big, crow shaped head is
kind of hard to mistaken for anyone else. The formation by in large is one student
out front as the ‘head’ and two other students forming the back to support the
rider. In Izuku’s case it’s him atop, with Tokoyami as the head and Uraraka and
Hatsume as the back. Todoroki’s team has himself as rider, Iida as the head, and
Denki Kaminari (shoots electricity) and Momo Yaoyorozu (can create stuff out of
her body) as the back. And Bakugo settled on himself as the rider, Kirishima as
the head, and Hanta Sero (fires tape from his elbows ala-Spider-Man) and Mina Ashido
(generates acid and has pink skin and horns) as the back. There are other
teams, but these are the ones that matter in context of this review. Ready?
FIGHT!
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| I think it says something when the guy with a Bird's head ISN'T the oddest member of the team. I'm looking at you goggle wearing Hatsume. |
As expected, literally everyone rushes
Izuku at once. Thankfully, he had a plan for that. Their strategy is rather
simple, RUN AWAY! They use Uraraka’s powers to make the group lighter, Hatsume’s
jetboots and jetpack to maneuver in the air, and Tokoyami’s Dark Shadow to cover
their blind spots. The creature itself can operate independently from Tokoyami,
FYI. The plan works for a few minutes but is ultimately ruined by that little
perv Mineta. The little creep formed a team with the hulking, multi-armed Mezo
Shoji forming his entire bases. Shoji’s six webbed arms form a protective
barrier around Mineta, who can throw his sticky balls to trap others, and Sue,
who uses her prehensile tongue to grab at headbands. Team Izuku does escape,
but one of Hatsume’s jet boots is ruined. While they’re still in the air, Bakugo
launches himself at them. He gets slapped out of the way by Dark Shadow but is saved
from falling by Sero’s tape. Sero really is Spider-Man, with the way he fires
that stuff.
Shockingly, in the seven minutes
since the game began, only Izuku and Todoroki of the 1-A students have any
points left. Even Bakugo gets his headband nabbed. The nabber in question, a
1-B HC named Neito Monoma, decides to monologue and reveals that 1-B came up
with a strategy early on. Their plan was to all stay towards middle of the pack
in the first round to fully examine the quirks of the 1-A students. He mocks
Bakugo, because he’s flipping stupid, and Bakugo vows to take out all of the 1-B
students as payback. Izuku over hears that conversation and thinks for a second
that they might have some breathing room. Then his team crosses paths with
Todoroki. Well, crap.
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| Ooookkkaaaayyyy I think for everyone's safety, we should all back away slowly. |
Once again we have an episode that
seems to want to highlight as many characters as possible along side Izuku
Midoriya. Which makes sense, I remember reading in the end notes of a chapter
that Horikoshi Kouhei honestly loves all of his characters and was actually
upset that he waited so long as he did to give most of them a time to shine.
This is good, in that we get a wide cast of characters to keep things fresh and
to ensure that there’s someone for everyone to root for. But kind of sucky for
a guy like me who is trying to summarize all this stuff and has to think if I’ve
mentioned one of twenty or thirty characters recently enough that I don’t have
to mention their powers again. But that’s my issue, not yours. We get to see
how Izuku, Todoroki, and Bakugo function in a leadership role. Each formulates
a unique strategy to bring out their full strength and cover up their
weaknesses. Izuku forms a flexible team that excels in mobility and defense, Todoroki
makes a flexible team that focus on mobility and offense, and Bakugo forms a
team that focuses on him. And I don’t mean that as an insult. Well, not completely.
Kirishima up front, who can harden his body to protect himself, lets Bakugo go
all out with his attacks with no fear of hurting anyone. Sero allows Bakugo to
fly around using his explosions without fear of being knocked out of the sky.
And Mina ensures mobility of the group as her acid breaks down just about
anything in minutes. Yeah, the skills highlight him, but he’s really exceptional
at doing this sort of fighting, so it’s not really a bad idea to focus the
group’s talents around him. This Monama kid must have a death wish, mocking Bakugo.
There’s poking the bear, and then there’s poking the dragon. See, it’s worse because
while both have the option of tearing you to pieces, the dragon also has the
option of incinerating you. Which Bakugo will do… with glee. Just saying Next
time, we get to see Izuku and Todoroki face off for the first, but by far the
last time. It’s going to be good.
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