After some investigating and a lucky break, the raid begins!
Last time on My Hero Academia,
Nighteye called in heroes to begin discussing his Hassaikai case. After
explaining the highlights of the case, seeing the Shie Hassaikai make contact
with the League of Villains, the quirk destroying bullet, and Izuku and Togeta
meeting the Hassaikai’s leader Kai “Overhaul” Chisaki and his daughter Eri. We
then hear the most disturbing part of the situation, that the quirk destroying
bullet has blood and other cells in it, and that mixed with Eri covered in
bandages makes it clear where THAT came from. Izuku and Togeta vow to save Eri.
The heroes are sent out to investigate Shie Hassaikai affiliated buildings to
find Eri. Enough recap, let’s get to it.
That's certainly disturbing imagery.
We open a few days after the
meeting with the heroes. While the investigation is going on, Izuku and his
friends are continuing practice. They’ve been told to keep the investigation
under wraps, and that is clearly eating at Izuku. The other students note that
the work study kids are vastly improved, much to Bakugo’s annoyance.
There’s a quick flashback to
Aizawa’s conversation with the UA students. He explains that the Big 3 seniors
will be given autonomy on par with professional heroes, as Aizawa thinks they
have the experience to handle it, but the other UA students will be severely
restricted. He actually gives the non-Izuku members the chance to opt out. All
three refuse to be left out. Aizawa lets them know that the League of Villains
involvement complicates things a little. Because of what they saw at the
warehouse, it seems unlikely to them that The League will be involved. IF it
turns out to be wrong, he’s going to pull them out immediately.
In the present, the stress and
anxiety of the situation is clearly eating at Izuku. He wants to talk to
someone, but can’t even go to All Might due to the hush-hush nature of the
situation. Iida and Todoroki note that Izuku has been depressed and edgy
lately. Iida wants to be supportive and tells Izuku to talk to him if he needs
to. The same olive branch Izuku extended to him just before the Stain incident.
Izuku is moved to tears for the first time in a while. Izuku mutters that a
hero shouldn’t cry, but Todoroki thinks that isn’t the case.
Sad Togeta.
Later, we’re shown the heroes
investigating each of the Hassaikai buildings that Nighteye noted. Rock Lock
(the anime calls him Lock Lock, but that name is silly so I’m sticking with
Rock Lock), Ryuku, Fat Gum, and the others are closely monitoring each site.
We’re told that the heroes were given three criteria while investigating each
facility. 1. Could the facility manufacture bullets? 2. Are people frequently
coming in and out of the facility? And 3. If there’s an uptick in drug
trafficking in the area. Gran Torino is the one to let us know that half the
potential locations they’ve looked into have been crossed off the list. We’re
shown that Togeta is incredibly depressed with the situation. In a voice over,
Izuku begs the heroes to find Eri as quickly as possible. On screen, we’re
shown Nighteye spotting Mop-Top entering a department store. Oo, the plot
progresses.
Two days later, late at night,
Izuku gets the call. He meets up with Uraraka, Kirishima and Tsu, whom also got
the call. They, as well as Aizawa, and the Big Three are all prepping for the
case. The next morning, everyone else notes that the work study kids were
clearly on edge. Once again Izuku was staring intently at his food without
eating. Guess it’ll always be easy to figure out when Izuku’s in a funk. They
think it’s probably no big deal. … oh, how little the others know.
It is weird to see a man so serious next to something
so cutesy.
The heroes gather and Nighteye
reveals that Eri is being held at the main headquarters of the Shie Hassaikai.
Rock Lock and the others point out that that kind of made their investigation
kind of pointless, but Nighteye says that they did learn new information, so
the investigation was worth it. When asked how he found Eri, he pulls out a
magical girl doll and explains he saw a Hassaikai member, Mop-Top, buying this
doll which is currently popular with young girls. Fat Gum points out that
really isn’t proof, that maybe Mop-Top just likes sparkly toys, different
strokes for different folks. Nighteye explains that he witnessed the guy
speaking with a store employee. He clearly only had the vaguest idea what the
doll related to, so Nighteye took a chance, touched the guy’s shoulder and made
him make eye contact while Nighteye pointed at where to find the toy. The
activation requirements met, Nighteye saw the guy’s future, and saw him enter
the Hassaikai building, go down a secret entrance and presented the toy to Eri.
Rock Lock is clearly pissed that Nighteye ended up using his power, even though
Nighteye did say he’d use his power when they had a better idea of their
situation. Their stake outs gave them a better idea of the Hassaikia’s members
schedules and when they’ll be at the HQ. And because they had prep time, they
have a warrant to search the premises and the full backing of the police.
Hearing that they’ll have a chance
to save Eri, both Izuku and Togeta are fully charged up and ready to go.
Nighteye, who is happy to see his protégé is back in better spirits. He hopes
that Togeta realizes that because he stuck to listening to Nighteye, that they
no have a chance to save Eri and stop the Shie Hassaikai. He says that regret
and failure are a part of life, but what’s important is what you learn from it.
This bit of wisdom is played over a scene of All Might in the hospital
following his battle with All For One, where he touched his mentor and saw how
All Might would ultimately die. His power makes him unsure if one can change
the future, but he believes that you can change how the past affects you in the
present. Everyone suits up and preps for their mission.
At the same time, the Hassaikai get
a call. Apparently, they have an informant of some kind amongst either the
police or heroes and they tipped them off. Overhaul tells his minions to
prepare for battle, but he’s going to have to take care of something.
At 0800, the heroes and police
gather. They’re know that the Hassaikai base has a vast network of tunnels
under it, and while they haven’t mapped it out in detail, they believe that
through the future he saw, Nighteye has the quickest route to Eri. The police
had out a list of Hassaikai members and all of their known quirks. Izuku notes
that Gran Torino isn’t present. Aizawa tells him that the older hero is with
Tsukauchi, they got a tip that the League of Villains will be moving and that’s
their top priority. Aizawa tells Izuku he’s going to keep an eye on him in this
mission. Everyone is prepping and told that their operation is going to start
at 0830.
While this is happening, Overhaul
goes to see the head of the Shie Hassaikai, he’s on life support. He apologizes
to his boss and says that things are about to get noisy. Oh, yeah, I might not
have explained this well. While Overhaul runs the vast majority of the
organization, he’s technically the group’s number 2.
Okay, so the Shie Hassaikai are playing hardball
got it.
The heroes are gathered outside the
Hassaikai base. The plan is to wait for the police to read out the warrant,
then storm in and take care of things as quickly and efficiently as possible.
This plan is ruined immediately when a massive member of the Shie Hassaikai
burst through the wall of the Hassaikai building and rushes the police. Ryuku
dives into the wave and transforms into her draconic form. She wrestles the
bruiser, Katsukame, to the ground. She tells the other heroes to go on ahead
and that she and her interns will handle him. So Uraraka, Tsu, and Hado run over
to assist.
Police and the other heroes rush
in. Lesser members of the Shie Hassaikai try to stop them, but they’re quickly
taken out by less important heroes and police. The episode proper ends with
Izuku and the others rushing for the door for the building.
In a post credit scene, we’re shown
Overhaul and his minion Kurono. Kurono senses/hears what going on above.
Overhaul knows that their work is too important right now to be interrupted.
They have a contingency plan for this situation, though. Overhaul’s special
unit, the Eight Bullets. The big bruiser Katsukame is one of them, and we’re
shown the other seven in a flash. The plan is to use them to cover their
escape, and for Overhaul, Kurono, Eri and the evidence of their experiments to
run and regroup. Dastardly plan.
Okay, so this was the last build up
episode for a bit. I liked that that they made a point of showing both Izuku
and Togeta were having major anxiety about this whole thing. Good to see how
these two are similar. Though, it seemed more noticeable in Togeta given how
his incredibly over the top happy demeanor was gone. I also liked how Nighteye
ended up breaking the case, sure, it was convenient as hell, but the fact it
came down to observational skills and timing was great. That said, the fact
that Nighteye can only use his foresight was a bit too major of a handicap.
Like, using a power once a day is just crazy. At least give him a few charges
or something. The fact that their raid didn’t last more than 15 seconds before
a major brawl broke out is just great. The heroes are going to be in for a real
battle here with the eight bullets and Overhaul’s main force. I’ll see you all
next time.
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