So... guess not all Journalists are out for the big scoop.
Last time on My Hero Academia, the
student’s were introduced to UA’s Big Three, the top ranked seniors of their
class. They are the anxious Tamaki Amajiki, the peppy but personal space
violating Nejire Hado, and the muscular goof Mirio Togeta. Not being able to
articulate what one learns from a work study on in words, Togeta challenges the
whole class to a sparring match. While 1A, Izuku especially, puts up an
excellent fight, Togeta ends up wiping the floor with them, using his
Permeation Quirk to phase through the ground and attack them while making him
self incapable of being hurt. Afterwards, he explains that the whole point of a
Work Study is to help give them the skills to survive in the hero world on
their own. He used it to give him power, as he put it. Togeta mentions to his
fellows that he thinks his boss, Sir Nighteye would be interested in Izuku. And
while that’s going on, we’re informed that the League of Villains has made
contact with Overhaul, the leader of a group known as the Hassaikai. That can’t
possibly be good… but we’re going to ignore that for now to do a filler episode
recap. In case you’re wondering, yes, I was tempted to skip this, but that
would throw off the episode count and my brain will not allow that to stand.
Does it count as heterocromia if he has different
colored pupils?
After a quick recap by Izuku about
the basic premise of the show, world of heroes, student in training to be a
hero, One for All, All Might, all that jazz, we’re shown the scene of All Might
battling All for One. It’s revealed to be a video that a nameless reporter from
the fictitious Juko News is watching, and getting all choked up about. His
editor yells at him to get some work done. He starts writing a piece about the
history of All Might, got started in America working with David Shield, Japan’s
symbol of peace and so on, but get’s yelled at for just reciting fluff.
Apparently, the paper is under additional pressure due to being one of the last
to report on All Might’s fall… it’s a framing device just roll with it. They
want new dirt, but All Might’s friends aren’t talking and the police are
keeping any details on All For One under wraps. When things seem totally lost,
their savior steps in, freelance journalist Taneo Tokuda.
He shows them the scene of All
Might telling the cameraman ‘Now, it’s your turn.’ His editor and the others
assumed that All Might meant it as a threat to criminals, but Tokuda doesn’t
think so. He thinks that, given All Might just started working at a school,
that he may have been referring to a successor that he intends to find,
provided that Juko News can get him legally passed security. In exchange,
they’ll get the exclusive. They’re willing to give it, and ask if he has any
leads. He admits that he thought it might be Mirio Togeta, as he’s the star
pupil of All Might’s former sidekick, but thinks that’s unlikely due to the two
pro-heroes having had a very obvious falling out a few years prior. No, he
thinks it’s a student from Class 1A, due to All Might showing them extra
attention. Tokuda get’s his approval.
These two look like cousins, right?
At the 1A dorm, Aizawa tells his students
that a reporter is coming in to interview them about life in the dorms and how
they’re adjusting. He admits that it’s more or less a publicity stunt to
alievate tensions in the public and with the student’s parents. Tokuda comes
in, then, explaining he’s got full access to the students from 8am to 6pm. He
just wants them to go about their day and he’ll ask questions when appropriate.
Aizawa tells Iida to get him if there are any issues and then bids them ado.
Tokuda gets a bunch of pics of the
kids during their school day, capping it off with a rollcall and a quick
explanation of powers. I’ve gone over this a few times, so won’t waste space
repeating all 20 students and their powers again. After the rollcall, Tokuda
flashes back to when he got approval from his editor. He thinks that he can
narrow it down from the 20 students if he focuses on what All Might would be
looking for. He initially thought it was someone from the Sports Festival
finalists, but Bakugo is too vocal about his desire to be better than All
Might, Todoroki has his problematic pedigree, and the other top four students
don’t “feel” right. No, he’s narrowed it down to one green haired lad.
Convenient store meat buns are like gas station
hotdogs, right?
We’re shown Izuku doing an evening
workout when he ran into All Might. The former pro had had a doctors
appointment, and then was more or less forced to take a bunch of meat buns from
a convenience store worker who was a big fan. He brought them to share with
class 1A… the favoritism really makes things obvious, All Might! Izuku
compliments his mentor for being so selfless, with All Might telling him that
its his turn now to be the hero. He walks off.
Tokuda joins Izuku and they start
chatting while sharing buns. Tokuda admits that he was a big All Might fan, and
actually owes the hero personally. 18 years ago, All Might saved his father
from a bombing that occurred in an industrial zone. He’d been so shocked and
thankful to see his father saved, Tokuda had activated his Quirk without
thinking, which lead to an awesome picture that was run in all the papers and
more or less got Tokuda into journalism. He admits that he was shocked to hear
All Might had retired and that he was nervous about what happens next. Izuku
notes that he’d been feeling something similar, given how blatant villain
attacks have been getting. But, then Tokuda claims the world still has hope, in
the next Symbol of Peace. He gives a quick blurb about his powers, Full Body
Lens, that lets him manifest camera’s all over his body and he can print the
photos. He reveals that all of his research thus far points to Izuku being the
next symbol of peace. He mentions the sludge monster fight, how their powers
are similar, and that he’d spoken with the Pussycats and Koda, the last of
which is what made him sure. Izuku tries to deflect this line of questioning,
but is really bad at it, so Tokuda now knows for sure.
Inside, Uraraka starts looking for
Deku to join the class for Dinner, spots him speaking with Tokuda and starts
trying to figure out what’s going on there.
I could see this as the cover of this dudes book in
fifteen years, and Izuku being incredibly embarrassed.
Tokuda tells Izuku not to worry,
that he’s not writing an expose or anything, nor is he writing about dorm life.
No, he came because he needed to know that “there’s still light in this world.”
A light in the form of All Might’s successor, whom he found. He thanks Izuku
for being that light, and offers him a handshake. Izuku goes for it, but Tokuda
grabs him, and pulls him in for a selfie. He tells Izuku that he’ll cherish the
photo, and keep it under wraps. At least until Izuku’s big debut, and then
it’ll probably be included in the book he is intending to write about Izuku.
“When the New Symbol of Peace Was Young.” I think it’s a bit wordy, maybe “New
Symbol: Origin,” has a nicer ring to it.
Izuku was humbled by that little
interaction. He goes inside for dinner, but is met by Uraraka. She was
initially curious as to what that was, but is pretty easily distracted by the
meat buns. Lesson for Izuku’s life going forward, Ochako Uraraka is easily
distracted by food.
At the paper, Tokuda lies about not
having found the new symbol, that his hunch had been off. As an apology, he
offers them a candid pic of All Might eating a meat bun, which I guess means
all is forgiven? The way they acted, he handed them a blank check, but it’s
just one pic, right? Tokuda is hopeful that All Might made the right choice.
We’re then shown a quick cute scene
of All Might sneezing, and then with a runny nose telling Aizawa that he’ll be
all right. … If you don’t get that, it’s a reference to an old superstition in
Japan. According to it, if you sneeze, it’s because someone is thinking/talking
about you. And it’s just a cute moment to end on.
Okay, so that episode was… fine. I
think the swim meet episode recap from last season worked a little better
personally. It made the recap feel less blatant and gave all the kids something
fun to do. This one was pretty much all recap with very little of the actual
students. I did like Tokuda, though. His power was useful and interesting. I
liked his little origin of having his father saved by All Might and how it seemed
to propel his life into journalism, and that this whole journey was more for
personal satisfaction than anything. I just wish it flowed a bit better, ya
know? I could go on, but there really isn’t that much to talk about. It was a
standard recap episode. Groundbreaking? Obviously not, but well told and it
introduced a fairly interesting one-off character… thought Studio Bones should
feel free to use him again in other filler material. Just saying. Have a good night, everybody!
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