The kids take one more day to recenter themselves, and Bakugo and Todoroki take center stage.
Last time on My Hero Academia, consequences
for actions were had by all. Overhaul, the young head of the Shie Hassaikai,
Eri’s guardian and all-around asshole got punished for his crimes. The punisher
in this case being Tomura Shigaraki. He and Mr. Compress dismembered him, removing
both his hands at the wrist and effectively taking his powers from him. He’s
still technically got his quirk, but since it’s channeled through his hands, he
kinda doesn’t anymore. The League also steals the Quirk destroying bullets for
their own nefarious ends. On a significantly less karmically just note, Sir Nighteye
succumbed to his injuries. The gaping wound in his stomach and loss of left arm
proved too severe of injuries for surgery or Recovery Girl’s to mend, and Eri’s
power was basically used up helping Izuku beat Overhaul. He was able to
reconcile with All Might before he went, though, and gave both his students and
sidekicks the advice to always keep smiling, to balance the terror in the
world. He also gave Togata hope that he may regain his Quirk and will go on to
be the finest hero in the world. Well, enough recap, lets get to it.
We open with the League of Villains
attack, assault and theft of the property of Kai Chisaki aka Overhaul. Right up
to the ominous statement that Shigaraki makes, “Next, it’s out turn” and
Chisaki’s scream of horror as he realizes that he’s been so thoroughly defeated.
Shit.
All For One kept this guy in RESERVE??
We then cut over to Gran Torino and
Detective Tsukauchi, they’re leading a small squad of police up into the
mountains. They’d gotten several tips that the shadowy metaphorical getaway driver
of the League of Villains, Kurogiri, was spotted in the area. They think it
MIGHT be a trap, as what teleporter would be stupid enough to be caught anywhere
multiple times, but it’s too good an opportunity to miss even if it is. Capture
Kurogiri, and the League will basically be stuck where ever they currently are.
They get to the area and Gran Torino flies off to find him. He tracks the
shadowy figure withing a few minutes, finding him just kinda walking around the
woods. He tackles and pins Kurogiri to the ground as the police catch up.
Kurogiri seems pretty nonplused about being caught. He really doesn’t have a
face one can read, but he talks like he isn’t pinned under someone’s boot.
Probably because, you know, he can teleport. Shockingly, he doesn’t try to warp
away, but asks if they’d hear reports of a man with a wild appearance traversing
the area. … Does Japan have Bigfeet? Bigfoots? I’m not sure what the plural is
on that… whatever, said wild man walks up to them a moment later and it’s not a
Japanese Sasquatch. Kurogiri has a brief flashback to All For One telling him that,
if AFO is capture, Kurogiri will be the only one to watch over Shigaraki but advices
that there is one other minion he can call upon for aide. This is that minion,
Gigantomachia, a colossal monster of a man. He’s also, interestingly, the guy
that scared Kirishima and Ashido’s classmates a year ago. How odd. He announces
“Everything is for the glory of my Master!” before the screen cuts to black.
Teases!
Back at the hospital, Izuku learns
about the League of Villains attack on Overhaul’s transport caravan. They also
confirm that Snatch was KIA. Izuku is visibly shaken by this, but Aizawa tells
him to not feel responsible. Great, Aizawa, that’s exactly what a kid with
Izuku’s level of guilt complex needs to hear to not feel guilty. Oy. He gives Izuku
the goodish news that nearly all the students are heading back to the dorms today,
sans Togata, whom the hospital wants to keep around for a bit for some additional
tests. Izuku wants to stay and look after Eri, but Aizawa says that’s not a
good idea. They need to trust the doctors to help her get a bit of control
before he can see her. He’s clearly not happy but will listen. But he doesn’t
want to leave before seeing Togata, so he runs up to his sempai (Japanese term
for someone whom is more experienced than them, ie, older student, more senior
coworker, etc). He goes to Togata’s room to see the large student doing leg
work outs on his bed. He’s doing that one where he’s balancing on his shoulders
while rotating his legs in the air. How Rock Lee of him. Togata seems oddly
chipper about his situation. I mean, his mentor’s dead, his powers were taken
from him, he’s still got a Tin-Tin face, life is not looking great. … I’m joking
about the last one. He explains that while he knows he should feel mopey, he’s
trying to live up to Sir Nighteye’s advice and try to be chipper. He’s planning
on looking after Eri when she gets up and about.
Togeta, this is how you hurt yourself more!
Izuku remembers what Nighteye told
him when they first met, where the veteran hero claimed he was a mediocre
vessel and that Togata should have gotten the OFA instead of him. Izuku wonders
if things would have gone different if Togata had gotten the power. He asks,
Hypothetically, if Togata would take Izuku’s Quirk if he offered it, but Togata
turns it down flat. He claims that he wouldn’t want to bum Izuku out by taking
his ability, and he’s still hopeful about getting his power back. He believes
that once Eri gets some control and experience that he’ll convince her to
rewind him back to normal, and if that doesn’t work he’ll seek out other options.
His hero dreams might be put on hold while he figures out how to get Permeation
back, but he refuses to believe they’re truly dead. He’s putting all his faith
in Nighteye’s prediction. Outside the room, All Might hears some of the exchange.
I wonder what he’ll say? Later, that is.
Later, Kirishima and Izuku meet up
outside the hospital on their way back to the dorms. They’re stopped by a pair
of patrol cops that tell them that they need to come down to the station for an
additional debrief. While they’re handling interviews and paperwork, we get a
quick scene of Todoroki walking just ahead of Bakugo on their way to their
remedial training lesson, and Bakugo, shockingly, being upset about it. Kid
needs some anger management training.
That night, Izuku and Kirishima
meet up with Uraraka and Tsu as they all make it back to the Dorm. The ladies were
held up at Ryukyu’s office with a few forms as well. They look at the dorm for
a second and Uraraka notes that it “Feels like we haven’t been here in a long
time.” Which is true, while the events of the episode were like 2 hours tops,
this was the longest arc by a wide margin for a while. It covers 40 chapters of
the manga and 14 episodes. So, for the manga, they hadn’t been around the school
much for about 9 months and the anime 3 months. That’s a LONG time to be away
from school, guys.
Iida shakes you because he cares.
They go into the dorm and are greeted
by their classmates. Just about everyone swarms them to see how they are, get
some dirt and/or exclaim how nerve wracking the situation is. The exceptions
being Bakugo, who’s sitting on the couch being mad as is his custom, and
Todoroki who is outside on a call. Sato made them a cake. Iida tells everyone
to calm down, back off and give the guys some breathing room. He advices that
they can show support by talking to them later. Izuku tells him it’s fine to
talk now, so Iida promptly grabs one of his best friends and shakes him
repeatedly while proclaiming how worried he was about all this. Good for Iida,
letting his feelings out a bit. And after Iida lets him go, Sato forces him to eat
the cake. Feels like a lot to ask a fella, eating a cake while everyone watches…
While Izuku is force fed, we go over to Uraraka and Tsu for a second. Ol’ Pink
Cheeks is feeling pretty down herself. She remembers her and Tsu’s interview
with Aizawa post fight, where she admits she is questioning her ability.
Namely, she’s beating herself up for not getting Nighteye medical help faster.
Aizawa tells her not to beat herself up about it, but to also seriously consider
if this is what she wants to do. She resolves that she wants to save people, so
this situation isn’t going to break her.
Kaminari, the lightning guy, goes
over and teases “Kacchan” for sitting by himself and acting angry when he was
clearly concerned for his classmates and was sitting up for them like everyone
else. Bakugo gets angrier, stands up and says he’s going to bed. Todoroki comes
in and says the same. Izuku, whom is brushing off cake crumbs, and everyone
else think that’s a bit weird, but then remember that those two have remedial
class tomorrow, so it’s not THAT weird. Everyone else goes to bed not long
after, but Izuku, Kirishima, Uraraka and Tsu are all shown to be up and
restless for most of the night. Izuku remembers the highlights of the arc,
meeting Eri, joining with the heroes, Togata “I WILL be your hero,” “Even if the
future is set in stone, I’ll smash it,” “remember to smile’ and all that. Izuku
admits he didn’t get much sleep that night.
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| This meeting, while inevitable, goes way better than you'd think. |
The four head out to lesson, with
All Might warning that this one will be a much harder bit of training than the
classwork that they had yesterday. Present Mic and All Might go to watch from
the stands. On the way, they meet Endeavour, whom admits that wants to have a
chat with All Might. Present Mic bails because he 100% doesn’t want to deal
with this.
Who's ready for a story with some of the most
fun side characters?
Todoroki walking with Bakugo to the
training area. He remembers that he got a call from Endeavor the night before,
with his dad floating the idea that of coming to watch his training. He hung up
on Endeavor before he finished the thought. He kind of hopes that his dad doesn’t
run into Endeavour, just like he hopes he doesn’t run into… of course the second
he thinks about it Yoarashi runs up. He’s joined by Camie too, whom hits on Todoroki
hard. Bakugo angrily points out that she wasn’t here before. Yoarashi mentions
that she got permission to join them. They’re with Seiji Shishikura as well,
the guy who can shapeshift people into meatballs, was allowed to watch. Mera
and Gang Orca are watching them via camera. Mera asks if they should make
todays training a little more interesting, and then the credits roll. TEASES!
Okay, so this episode was kind of
the final wrap up of the Shie Hassaikai and prologue for Bakugo and Todoroki’s
training day. I liked that we got a few minutes with Togata and see that he’s
not giving up hope about his future or his status as a hero. Sure, he’s had a
major setback, the most severe setback an eighteen-year-old high school senior
who has spent most of his young life prepping for this career can have, but that’s
no reason to mope. I mention that his training despite being injured reminds me
of Rock Lee, and I think that parallel is pretty strong. Quick summary of Lee,
he’s a major support character in the long running Naruto franchise. Unlike
most of his peers, he’s unable to use the semi-magic ninjutsu or genjutsu arts,
he relies total on taijutsu, ninja martial arts. Or, in more layman’s terms, he
can only fight on a superhuman level. Early on in the series, he faces off
against another ninja in an advancement test and actually comes close to
beating him. The guy in question, Gaara, is emotionally unstable and Lee had
injured him for the first time in his life, according to Gaara’s teammates whom
are his older sister and brother. Gaara cripples Lee, shattering his right leg
and arm. Lee also doesn’t give up hope at recovering, despite being told it’s
hopeless and also does his best to keep on training in preparation for his
return to the fight. And, mild spoilers, I can say both return to battle in a
spectacular fashion. And I gotta give him props for having no hesitation when
he turns down the very idea of Izuku giving him One For All. Sure, he doesn’t
know that Izuku isn’t really being hypothetical, but the fact that he didn’t
even let Izuku get the full thought out is a solid character moment for him. He’d
rather focus on doing the impossible of reclaiming his own power than the
impossible of taking Izuku’s from him. He’s a good guy, that Mirio Togata. I also
liked hearing that Uraraka has some mixed feeling about how things went down.
As far as love interests go, Uraraka is pretty high on the list of ones that get
solid character development outside their potential relationship. After her
fight with Bakugo in the tournament arc, we learned she’s a bit insecure about
her ability to fight, so she went and worked her ass off with a combat hero to
become a more competent fighter. Given that she currently is worried about her
speed and ability to help injured people, I think we’re about to see her work
her ass off to become a faster civilian evacuator. Or maybe work even harder at
the fighting so she has a wide range of skills. It’s been a while since I read
the manga, so I’m fuzzy on where this goes with her. The next episode or two is
going to be totally on Bakugo and Totoroki’s training, and I’m glad they’re finally
getting the spotlight again after being benched for a bit. Their training is
going to be a bit bonkers, but they’re both going to be stronger for it. Oh,
and we’ll be seeing a bit more of Endeavor here and we’ll learn how being given
the spot of Number 1 hero has affected him. I’ll let you know right now, you’re
not going to stop hating him, but I think you may hate him a little less after
he’s spoken with All Might. But we’ll get into that next time. Have a good
night, everybody.
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