The most terrifying job in the world, elementary school teacher.
Last time on My Hero Academia, the
heroes got a fairly sizeable win on the board. Gran Torino and detective
Tsukauchi found and captured Kurogiri, the League of Villain’s preferred method
of transport. But they also discovered that All For One has another incredibly
powerful minion named Gigantomachia living in the mountains and it’s really just
a matter of time before he causes more damage than just breaking the nearby
mountain. Meanwhile, Izuku and his friends finished recovering from their
injuries of the day before. Our green haired protagonist began to offer One For
All to Togata, as he felt that the senior was more worthy of the power than
him, but Togata turned it down flat. He’s more willing to believe that Eri or
someone else could get him his power back than the “what if” scenario Izuku
presented. And finally, Bakugo and Todoroki headed out to their second day of
Provisional License Remedial lesson. Endeavor and All Might are also there, so
this is going to get awkward fast. Let’s get to it, shall we?
They're as opposite as Izuku and Bakugo.
We open with Bakugo and Todoroki
meeting up with the Shiketsu students Yoarashi (wind elementalist), Camie (real
power unknown), and Seiji (can mold flesh into meatballs). They’re being watched
on the cameras by Mr. Mera, the proctor from the Provisional License Exam, and
Gang Orca, the #10 hero that looks like a giant whale. Short time later,
Todoroki and Yoarashi meet up on their way to the testing field. Yoarashi seems
to want to find commonalities between the two of them, but fails miserably.
Todoroki likes cold soba, Yoarashi likes hot udon, two polar opposite of the Japanese
diet. ... I assume. Bakugo sees them walk by and remarks that he’s, I assume he
means Yoarashi, is ridiculous.
Uhm... I don't know what kind of eyes those are,
but that's not an Orca eye.
Mera addresses the students, and reveals
he’s dealing with insomnia again. Dude really should consider changing careers
if it’s disrupting sleep schedule this much, this often. Just saying. Anyway,
he explains that they’re adding Camie to their course, upping the total number
of students to 11. Endeavor, All Might, and Present Mic get to the stands and
look for seats. All Might kind of wants to watch discretely, but Endeavor ruins
that plan by yelling at Shoto that he shouldn’t have failed, but since he’s there
he needs to blow the other students out of the water. The students are
surprised and mildly excited to see All Might there, and surprised and
apprehensive at Endeavor being there. Yoarashi remembers and is still clearly
upset about that time Endeavor was mean to him when he tried to get an
autograph as a child.
Whatever, Camie is brought in and
she is speaking 100% differently than Toga did when she was playing her. Real
Camie speaks like a stereotypical valley girl. Seiji in the stands points out
that she’s got a bit of a flighty personality and that’s probably why The
League of Villains targeted her specifically. We see a flashback of her just
after she woke up from a FOUR. DAY. COMA. and found out that she failed the
test she didn’t actually remember taking, and she acted like someone said they
saw a lookalike of her at the mall. Weird. The teacher with Seiji points out
that shouldn’t be hard on himself for not noticing Camie had been replaced, as
no one else completely got what happened until after the reports from the Shie
Hassaikai attack. I think actually everyone should feel bad they didn’t realize
that Camie was replaced by someone that gave zero shits about pretending to be
who she looked like. Just saying. The teacher think that Japan needs a new Symbol
of Peace before things get more dangerous.
Gang Orca comes in, and he’s in
general not impressed with the students. Seiji seems to agree that they aren’t
worth much, as he ignores the fact that he failed the first test and thus is
technically worse than everyone down there. Again, just saying. Gang Orca
specifically targets Bakugo, Todoroki, and Yoarashi, saying that the three of
them have a lot of combat potential but that’s about it. Cammie is also being
lumped in with them… for some reason. He’s decided that these four need to work
on a much more important muscle than their powers, the ability to connect with
people. So, they’ll have to work with the most terrible, horrible, and
dangerous group of people out there.
…
Kindergarteners!
That’s not a joke, I really think
Kindergartners are scary. Because they are. The kids are all running around and
screaming, much to their teacher’s, Ms. Ikoma, stress. The students quickly
overwhelm the students. Bakugo does his usual thing and starts screaming at
them, with a random boss kid pegging him as “the angry guy” within a few
seconds. Todoroki gets called “Five Wieners,” for the little bell things on his
uniform. Yoarashi initially ignores them as he glares at Endeavour, vowing to
never become like him, before he remembers where he is and gets tackled by the
students.
Hey, now, pinching butts is uncalled for.
Camie asks why she’s part of this group.
Gang Orca says that they didn’t get a good assessment of her abilities, because,
you know, she’d been replaced, and because they thought she wouldn’t be good at
this test. She tries to prove that she’s good with kids by grabbing a student
and hugging him to calm him down, which works, until a little girl pinches her
butt and she and her friends agree that they should ignore the floozie that is
trying to seduce the boy, Sho. … Why do they know those words? … No answer?
Okay, fine.
Ms. Ikoma explains that her class
is filled with problem children that won’t listen to her. Gang Orca tells her
not to worry, as he’s pretty sure his trainees will win the kids over by the
end of the day. The students not part of the kindergarten foursome will be doing
practical exercises and regular training on the other half of the stadium.
In the stands, Present Mic’s face
starts twitching, and he finally explodes. Metaphorically. Turns out, the MC in
him can’t just sit and watch students doing training without color commentary.
He runs over to the judges table, steals a mic and starts presenting said
commentary. Got to applaud his passion. Once he’s gone, Endeavor and All Might
start chatting. All Might isn’t sure what they have to talk about, as they have
pretty much mutual animosity at this point, but Endeavor explains. In the last
few months, crime has risen by 3% from the following year. Now, Endeavor has
been working to keep up with that rise, but even he has to admit that the
nebulous “thing” that All Might built up in his years as Symbol of Peace has
started to erode. He asks the simple but complex question, what does it mean to
be a symbol?
Bakugo really needs to set up an appointment
with counselor Hound Dog. Like, yesterday.
Things are not going well for the
students. Case in point, Bakugo somehow got his gauntlets stolen by some of the
kindergartners. And Camie is not mixing well with the young girls. It’s eerie
how similar this is to spending time with actual small children… Present Mic interviews
the teacher, who admits that her kids need sooo much help. Bakugo makes an
angry face, as per usual, and gets the other three to follow him to formulate a
plan. He realizes Ms. Ikoma failed as a leader for these kids and thus they don’t
respect her and run amok. He believes that there is a “boss kid” amongst them,
and, his plan is to find this kid, tie him to a pole and have the other kids
throw rocks at them. This would prove that they’re more powerful than their boss
kid. … Bakugo has issues, man. He leaps at the students and announces “Which
ever one of you is the strongest, come fight me!” The kid from before, the obvious
boss kid, mouth off some more to Bakugo whom for some reason doesn’t attack
him. Ikoma asks if the kids will be okay, and Present Mic tells her not to
worry.
Yoarashi tries to win the kids with
kindness, asking who wants to be heroes, which are most of them, and use the
logic that if they want to be heroes, then they shouldn’t cause trouble for
their teachers. This argument works for a few minutes. While it does, Seiji mentions
that he thinks Yoarashi has a way with kids and he might be able to handle this
situation. But then one of the students point out that if that’s true, then
Yoarashi probably can’t be a good hero, as he is making the teachers work
harder than they should to help him. He freaks out and does that full body bow
to ask for forgiveness.
Bakugo insists that a little violence
is necessary for these kids. Todoroki tells him that he doesn’t think that’ll
work, but Bakugo insists that this “was how (he) was raised and (he) turned out
awesome!” Damn, Mitsuki Bakugo just got that much scarier.
Back in the stands, Endeavour
explains that he trusted his legacy and dream of a Todoroki being the number
one hero to Shoto. He explained that he made it to the #2 spot on Japan’s hero
list by the time he was twenty and because he did that on his own merit, he
knew he’d never reach the #1 spot. He knew that if he just wanted the title, he
could be nicer and push up his popularity to get the job, but he didn’t really just
want the title, he wanted to BE #1. All Might isn’t sure how to explain what
the symbol is. He explains that he wanted to be a beacon of hope for the people
as well as a warning for the criminal element. He gave up a lot to follow this
path, even abandoning people important to him to walk the path. Yes, he thought
of Nighteye as he said this. He mentions that a lot of folks can’t stop dwelling
on the difference between them. And, at the end of the day, they are very
different people and Endeavor should figure out what kind of symbol he wants to
be and he should just do that. Endeavor gets distracted for a second by yelling
at Shoto to beat everyone.
Todoroki walks up to the kids. The little
girls make heart eyes at him, but decide to ignore him when Camie agrees that
Shoto Todoroki is hot. He tries to “embrace his past” and use that to bond with
the kids. He gives his whole backstory like he’s reading a DND character sheet
and thus quickly loses the kids interest. He walks back to the others,
dejected. Camie suggests that they just show off their powers to show the kids
how cool they are. Bakugo is pissed because he says he was about to suggest
that. They’re going to go all in with a demonstration of their skills.
Oh, I wonder who the boss kid could be.
It's certainly not this kid they keep focusing
on in an young man's suit.
The obvious boss kid and the other
students start showing off their powers, proving they aren’t impressed with the
young heroes. Ikoma tells them not to hurt anyone, but doesn’t specify whom she
refers. Seiji somehow got to the complete opposite side of the area to help
Present Mic with the color commentary. He points out the lose-lose situation
for the others, as there are two scenarios. They either A. go all out on the
students and beat them, but killing the kid’s self-esteem which would be bad, or
B. fight the kids with kid gloves, lose, boost their self-esteem too much which
would be bad, too. Ikoma explains that her students are actually incredibly
powerful and believe that their Quirks are stronger than professional heroes.
Oh, and they probably won’t hold back. The episode closes on one of the kids
throwing a demon ball thing at the screen. Damn.
I gotta give Gang Orca props for
coming up with an unusual scenario for these four to work through. If you can win
over the hearts and minds of the most unstable of human kind, small children,
you can win over anyone. I liked seeing how each of their strategies fail, as
they fit each of their personalities so well. Bakugo wants to rely on violence,
but no one else does. Yoarashi tries to use intense passion, but that backfires
when they poke apart his logic. Todoroki tries to be straightforward, but it’s
too boring to keep their attention. Camie is an interesting addition to this
group. It’s kind of weird that Horikoshi decided that she’d sound so different
than Toga did while mimicking her. Like, Himiko Toga, an apparently skilled
copycat just decided to not follow Camie’s speech patterns? It’s just a bit
odd. I kind of thought it was hilarious that the five-year-old girls decided to
use high school girl tactics on her. It just felt on brand. I also liked the conversation that All Might
and Endeavor have. The fact that Endeavor seems to be trying to grow into his
new role does suggest that he isn’t a complete hatesink. Yes, he’s still a bad
dad, a shit husband, and a massive jerk, but now that he’s effectively the most
important hero in Japan, he’s trying to fit himself into the role. I got to
give credit to people who want to be better, even if they were pretty terrible
before. Growth is growth, regardless of who it happens to. Next time, the
quartet will handle the students, and Izuku will have to deal with a weirder
than normal Aoyama. Yeah, I should mention that this is kind of a plot lull,
with a couple episodes fitting multiple unrelated stories being joined
together. It’s kind of inevitable with longer stories like this. Have a goodnight,
everybody.
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