Review: My Hero Academia: Heroes Raising

 Nine is coming for you.

Okay, so my neurodivergent brain won’t allow me to just keep going with the show when we had an episode setting up the third movie, but I can’t talk about the third movie before talking about the second, so we’re going to do My Hero Academia: Heroes Raising today and My Hero Academia: World Heroes Mission tomorrow. Kay? Kay. I’ll let you know, the movie itself takes place farther down the road than where the anime was at during the time of release. It’s actually slightly farther ahead than we are now, taking place a bit during the kids training post Meta Liberation Army.  But, there are very few bits talking about the current state of the world beyond Shigaraki rocking the hero world, so there aren’t too many spoilers. That enough set up? Good. Let’s get to it.

Nothing goods come from liquid filled pods.

 

Our second foray into My Hero Academia movies begins with an armored truck on the move, several cars in pursuit. The cars driven by heroes, including our old buddy Rock Lock. The lead truck is being driven by the League of Villain’s member Spinner, and that lizard boy is not happy to being followed. The heroes do their best to stop the truck, but Dabi and Mr. Compress are on defense and those two aren’t easy to beat. Fire and random objects growing from nowhere are hell on a chase. Spinner complains about being found out and the three speculate on an information leak. Inside the truck, we see a man floating in some purple liquid. The villains run into the heroes ace, Endeavor. The burning hero faces off against Dabi. Dabi’s flame is impressive, but Endeavor’s Prominence Burn overpowers him. Only for it to be revealed that this truck was being driven by Twice clones, they turn to goop before being incinerated. Those tricky little villains. The truck careens off the road and crashes below. Hawks arrives and the two check out the back of the truck. It’s empty now, but they find the machine that we got a glimpse of earlier. Hawks determines it’s a life support system of some kind, they were transporting someone… but who?

 

Evil business casual.

We cut to a man walking through the woods from the crash site. This is Nine, our villain for the evening. He meets up with his crew, Chimera, Slice and Mummy. Chimera says that he took his time, Nine telling him it was worth the wait. Nine we see is wearing some kind of machine that covers his entire upper body, including a mask that covers his face up to his eyes. He tells them the experiment was a success as his eyes start to glow.

 

After a quick universe summary from one Izuku “Deku” Midoriya, we jump to what the kids are up to. Class 1-A is currently working as a temporary Hero Agency on Nabu Island. It’s a small island with a population of only around 1000, so they’re more or less just doing odd jobs for the town, like serving as lifeguards, couriers, a mobile battery charger, and such. We’re introduced to two small children while getting an overview of Nabu, Mahoro and her little brother Katsuma. Katsuma is excited to see all the “heroes” but his sister is less impressed. We cut to the main office of the UA Agency, where Izuku and some of this classmates are manning the phones and sending each other out on missions. Uraraka gets a call from a child saying she can’t find her brother. Uraraka, Jiro, and Izuku head out to look for the missing kid. They came up with a pretty ingenious method of transport, Uraraka made herself and Jiro weightless, they grab onto an innertube and then Izuku powers up and runs them all at highspeed.

 

We cut to Mr. Nezu and All Might having a meeting with Yokumiru Mera (the guy that ran the Provisional License Exam) who explains the idea that due to recent “events” (vague because future spoilers) public trust in heroes has been shaky so they want to speed up their training. The idea is to send students to an area that’s in need of hero work, but is implied to be low risk enough that no one should die. … If only they knew they were in an anime movie.

 

Lot of hero work is just being willing to help.

We get a montage of the students doing helpful things around the island, Iida helping an old woman travel around, Ashido and Aoyama clearing debris from a rock slide, and so on, while Izuku, Jiro and Uraraka look for the missing kid. They finally find the kid, Katsuma from earlier, as he is looking for his sister near the playground. Izuku runs up and offers to take Katsuma to his sister, just for Mahoro to slide down the slide and start getting in Izuku’s face for being too slow. Yeah, she’s the one that made the call, and all to basically yell at Izuku for not finding her totally not missing brother immediately. Izuku apologizes to her as the girls join him. Oh joy, Izuku’s friend and crush get to see him getting scolded by an eight-year-old. Katsuma thanks him, though, before Mahoro drags him off.

 

Scolded by a child, a new low for Izuku.

Mahoro and Katsuma have ice cream as they walk home. Mahoro complains about heroes while Katsuma defends Izuku for being nice. Mahoro reveals in her inner monologue that she’s trying to show Katsuma heroes aren’t great.

 

Back at UA All Might is being a nervous mother hen, wondering how his chicks are doing without supervision. Aizawa tells him that it’s a small island with nothing but minor crimes reported for the last 30 years, so there’s not much to worry about. The focus behind this training is working on hero to civilian people skills.

 

That evening, the students are relaxing after working hard all day. Except Bakugo, who has apparently only been laying around the office since they got there. He says it’s to watch the office in case a real villain attacks… but we all know he hates dealing with people. The Mayor and some of the locals stop by and bring them a big banquet as thanks for their hard work. Everyone eats their fill and they bask on being liked. Everyone else is going to hit the sack, but Bakugo is told he’s on night watch for being lazy all day. .That night, Izuku spends the evening doing kicking exercises and thinking about the basic premise of One For All. One power, transferred from one generation to the next, making it more powerful and all that jazz. Bakugo, in full costume, comes over and mentions that Izuku seems to be doing a little better at One For All. He tells Izuku he isn’t patient, so he wants Izuku to master his power, so they can have a real fight and he can prove that he, Bakugo, is the best hero ever. Katsuma arrives and tells the boys that a villain is attacking.

 

Back on the mainland, Hawks and the Hero Public Safety Commission are tracking someone that is traveling down Mainland Japan. This person is attacking heroes, knocking them unconscious and somehow taking their Quirks from them. The officials wonder if Shigaraki and the League of Villains are busting out the Quirk destroying drug. Hawks suggests that maybe the Quirks are being stolen. Hawks tells them that he’ll look into both possibilities as he’s still under cover.

 

We cut to the League of Villains. Toga and Twice are complaining about not knowing what it was they were transporting. Shigaraki tells them to shut up and that the information is on a need to know basis. They were told by Daruma Ujiko, the Leagues evil doctor that kept All For One going and was the guy that told Izuku he wouldn’t get powers, that there is no need for them to get involved further. Shigaraki leaves and puts his hand mask back on.

 

We jump over to Mahoro and Katsuma’s father. He is watching a video of his children, telling him they will be fine until he comes home in 10 days. The video is interrupted by Nine and his crew, who wreck his truck. Nine says he’s been looking for him and that he won’t kill him, but he’s taking his Quirk. Nine steals his power, a lightning storm forming as he does so. After draining him, Nine directs the lightning to destroy the area, his team praising him, but then Purple lines appear all over Nine. He uses his Quirk sensing power and realizes that “it” doesn’t work on type B blood. The team is initially pissed, but Slice points out they aren’t back to square one. Why? Because they see the video, and, as Nine points out, Quirks are hereditary.

 

Izuku spends SO much time protecting Bakugo
from himself.

Back on Nabu Island, Izuku is running to keep up with Bakugo and Katsuma as Bakugo rushes to find and fight this villain. Katsuma tells him to go to the old castle, where a giant monster appears and attacks him. Bakugo tries to use his Stun Grenade, but then realizes that it’s an illusion, proving it by taking the monsters attack and walking through it. His blast reveals the monster didn’t have a shadow. It’s revealed to be Mahoro, using her Quirk to create an illusion of a monster. Bakugo, shockingly, is super pissed and starts yelling at the little girl for wasting his time. Izuku keeps Bakugo from attacking them and they run off.

 

The kids go hide in some bamboo. Mahoro complains about Bakugo, but Katsuma says that they did come to help them. She wants her brother to help people like their dad, and not be a hero.

 

Back at the city, Hawks has found out about the kid’s dad being attacked. He’s the only non-hero that has been attacked, and Nine and his team stole and destroyed all of his identification and left him comatose. They want to hide what the man can do, and that is weird according to Hawks. Shigaraki watches him from above, being spooky.

 

Back at the UA Agency, the kids get jobs for the day, Izuku heading to help a local family’s fields. He sees Katsuma watching him, and goes to talk to him. Katsuma says that he wanted to apologize for yesterday. Izuku accepts on behalf of him and Bakugo, and Katsuma tells him that he went along with it because his sister hates heroes and wants to prove they suck. Izuku notices Katsuma’s pin, of Edge Shot, and asks if he wants to be a hero. Katsuma says his power isn’t good for hero stuff and his sister doesn’t want him to. Izuku asks what kind of hero Katsuma wants to be. Katsuma says that he wants to beat up villains, but Izuku tells him that he wants to be a hero that helps people. Katsuma runs off and a neighbor, Mrs. Suzimura, comes by and explains their whole deal. The kids mom died when they were very young and their dad is away for work a lot. Bakugo was watching and heard the whole thing to. Katsuma goes to Mahoro and tells her he wants to be a hero, or starts to right before the ferry crashes into the island. Oh no.

 

Bakugo must be sick of getting captured so much.

The Villains have arrived. Nine tells Chimera and Mummy to cause a diversion while he works. Slice uses her Quirk, throwing blade sharp hairs about, to sink all the ships in the harbor while the others head out. Mahoro and Katsuma watch the whole thing. Katsuma wants to get the UA students, but Mahoro isn’t sure. Izuku makes it to the office as Mahoro calls. Bakugo answers first, he thinks it’s a “cry wolf” situation, but Izuku grabs the phone and believes the terror in Mahoro’s voice when she says there’s a villain attack, just before the line goes dead. Oh no. Chimera had knocked down the local cell tower.

 

Aoyama, Mineta and Hagakure finish helping a couple find their luggage before hearing a commotion and going to investigate. They find Mummy, who’d tangled a bunch of things in his wrappings and using them to bludgeon stuff. Aoyama destroys them with his naval laser, but Mummy tangles up more stuff, turning a truck, vending machine, and dozens of other objects into minions to fight the young heroes. They’re quickly overwhelmed as they can’t call for help.

 

Tsu and Shoji are clearing civilians while Ojiro and Tokoyami fights with Chimera. Chimera boasts incredible strength along with his weird mismatch of animal parts. Ojiro says he’ll hold him off while Tokoyami goes to the office to get help.

 

At the office, the kids notice their cellphones aren’t working. A guy on a motorcycle and Tokoyami both arrive to tell them about the villain attack. Bakugo, Kirishima and Kaminari are sent to the shopping center to help Mineta and that group, Yaoyorozu, Jiro and Ashido will go along to help with first aid; Iida, Sato, Sero, Todoroki and Tokoyami are going to help Ojiro with Uraraka and Koda helping with relief. Everyone seems to not notice that Izuku is missing… which seems… odd. Izuku, speaking of, makes it to the harbor and realizes that there’s no signal. He assumes his classmates know what is happening and will focus on helping the kids. He rushes towards Mrs. Suzimura’s house as he knows they’re near there.

 

Bakugo and his crew arrive just as Aoyama and Mineta hit their limit. They hold Mummy off for a bit, but Bakugo gets tangled up after saving Kirishima from some. Mummy explains that objects move like he wills when wrapped in his bandages. He can’t control people, but can manipulate things like Bakugo’s gear to use him as a puppet.

 

Iida and his team arrive in time to save Shoji from being killed, but Chimera is incredibly strong. He bats off Sato even at his sugar enhanced strongest. Chimera plans to take all the kids out quickly.

 

Mahoro and Katsuma run toward their house to try to figure out what’s happening, only to see it destroyed by Nine. He’s specifically targeting Katsuma. Why? Because his Quirk is “Cell Activation of Type B Blood.” Mahoro tries to keep him back but he walks through the Illusion. Nine almost gets to them, but Izuku rushes in and gets them away. Nine identifies Izuku’s Quirk as a strength enhancer and follows them. Izuku faces off against Nine. He shows off two completely unrelated powers, fingertip lasers and solid air shields, making Izuku think of All For One.

 

Back at the shopping center, Kirishima and Kaminari are caught in bindings. Mummy tells them they can surrender or be beaten to death by their friend. Bakugo, having had it up to here with this bullshit, tells them to stop screwing around and detonates one of his gauntlets to get himself free. Once free, Bakugo shows why he’s terrifying, quickly blowing through Mummy’s puppets and grabbing him by the head. Bakugo unleashes a maximum blast to Mummy’s head, knocking him unconscious… maybe. I think there’s a solid chance he’s dead. Bakugo flies off, saying he’s going after the other villains.

 

Chimera is holding off everyone, being too physically powerful for any of them to match. When Todoroki tries a fire blast on him, Chimera reveals that he can also breathe fire. Damn, weirdest combination of powers. Todoroki throws up an ice wall at the last second to protect himself and the others. Iida realizes they can’t keep this up for long.

 

These kids will not give up until they're dead.
Good for them.

Izuku tries a Delaware Smash, Air Force bullet, but Nine blocks it. He hits Izuku with a blast of air and then hits him with lasers. Izuku realizes its better to just try to take this guy out rather than risk being hit by more weird powers, so charges himself to 20% Full Cowling (his current max) and charges. Nine identifies Izuku’s big power boost before he tries the St. Louis Smash Kick. He hits an air barrier. Nine, his curiosity piqued, tries to steal One For All. Thankfully, it looks like he has a limit on the number of powers he can take and One For All is too much to take in. Izuku is too stunned to move, though, so Nine decides to eliminate him now. He blasts Izuku away. Mahoro and Katsuma are still nearby and run to him. Izuku tries to protect them but gets a laser shot right to his side. Mahoro, realizing that they might be die, makes a giant Illusion of Izuku and uses it to call for help. Bakugo rushes in and tries to blast Nine, but he throws up another barrier. Izuku warns Bakugo about Nine’s powers. Bakugo gets in real close and almost blasts Nine point-blank, when Nine shows off another power, creating large tentacles of energy. He slams Bakugo into the ground with them, breaking his ribs. Bakugo still tries to blast him, though, distracting Nine long enough for Izuku to try another smash. Nine, actually scared, blats them both with lightning. He goes to get the kids, but Izuku and Bakugo grab his legs. Nine blasts them again in a classic “such heroic nonsense” moment. He goes for the kids but drops to his knees in pain. Slice arrives to help her boss, but the other 1-A kids run in, using a flock of crows to distract them long enough to get everyone out. Nine wants the boy but Slice tells him they need to give him time to recover. She fires off a flare, telling Chimera to fall back.

 

The students hold up in an old factory, Yaoyorozu and Kaminari using their powers to get a stockpile of supplies and batteries going. The majority of the islanders are in the factory as a crisis center. They have Mummy chained up in the boiler room, but he’s not talking. Uraraka goes in to look after Izuku and Bakugo. The island has a pair of healers that work at the hospital, but their powers are only good enough to seal the boys open wounds, not mend their bones. Katsuma offers to try to help. His Quirk, cell activation, he thinks can help. He begins healing both boys.

 

Chimera joins Slice and Nine, the two realizing that Mummy got caught. They realize that even if Mummy was caught, they need to stick to the plan. Chimera remembers being saved by Nine. Nine wants to do the whole revolution thing, topple the corrupt status quo and make themselves the new rulers sort of thing. He joined with the League of Villains to get them to enhance his quirk, it appears his original power is the lightning summoning, and in the hopes the project could help cure his terminal illness. Nine was told by the doctor that the experiment worked, and he was given an artificial version of All For One’s power. He can now steal eight other powers, which is super convenient if he was already going by Nine. The downside is that his enhancement made his condition worse and that using his powers too much will kill him faster, but a cell activation Quirk should counteract it.

 

Back on the island, Katsuma is pushing himself to the limit to heal the boys. The boys start glowing really brightly, indicating he’s healing them. Iida explains to the others their situation, no communication on or off the island, no ferry, and no power. Yaoyorozu was able to make a drone and sent it to get backup. It’ll be six hours for it to fly to the mainland, and more time for the heroes to arrive. Katsuma and Mahoro come in during the tail end of this and Katsuma reveals the villains are after him. Katsuma offers to be handed over to the villains if it’ll protect everyone, but Izuku comes in to say that’s not acceptable. Izuku praises Katsuma’s quirk and he refuses to lose that to the villains. Bakugo says all they have to do is kill some villains, so why worry? They remember being told by All Might that the two of them working together will make them both stronger. The students rally and come up with a plan.

 

They plan to go to the ruin castle as their base of operations. There’s only one way to it and they’ll set ambushes along the way for the three villains. The civilians they’ll move to a cliffside cave to keep them safe and out of the line of fire. Katsuma and Mahoro will be kept safe in the castle. Izuku realizes that Nine must have a limit to how much and often he can use his powers, so they’re just planning to make him use his powers until he’s exhausted. They don’t have to win, they just have to hold out until help arrives. But Bakugo says they’ll win.

 

The villains find out where they’re hiding and head out. Yaoyorozu and Aoyama are waiting for them. Aoyama unleashes a full power blast to separate the trio, and Yaoyorozu reveals she has a pair of cannons to cut them off completely, Slice dropping into a cavern below and Chimera being forced to take another way around. Nine keeps moving forward. Sero and Uraraka are next, trying to crush nine with debris that Uraraka makes weightless and Sero throwing them. Slice, meanwhile, is up against Tokoyami and Ashido. Tokoyami wraps himself in Dark Shadow and plans to fight her head on. Chimera is lead to a waterfall, where Tsu drags him into the water and Tokoyami freezes it to hold him in place. But Chimera breaks free a moment later. Round two with this guy. Chimera flexes, his muscles growing bigger and feathers ripping through his sleeves.

 

Nine’s finer lasers cut through Sero and Uraraka’s attack with minimal effort. He hits them hard enough that they are forced to fall back to their next big trap. It’s a massive rockslide they set up and held back with a log fence. Uraraka, just barely holding back her barf, anti-gravities the logs and unleashes the slide. Sero then directs a flying Mineta who peppers the rocks with his sticky balls to seal him in. Nine blasts free a moment later. Nine goes to finish them off, but Aoyama distracts him with a weak laser. Nine says playtime is over, just before Bakugo rushes in and tries to blast him. Izuku follows a moment later, the two focused on protecting the kids above all else. Bakugo and Izuku, much to both of their annoyance, work super well together and are able to hold him back.

 

Slice overwhelms Tokoyami, her blade hairs beig tougher than he thought. He pushes her back and has Ashido hurl acid at her, melting her hair to a sloppy bob. She hits Ashido and severely injures her. Tokoyami flips out and gets taken over by a rampaging Dark Shadow. Slice, not wanting these kids to get in Nine’s way, collapses the cavern on them to bury everyone. Tokoyami gets to a bleeding Ashido and tries to cover her.

 

Izuku sees the ground collapsing from his fight with Nine and hopes they’re okay.

 

Iida, Kirishima and Todoroki are battling Chimera. He easily throws them aside… until he freezes up. They reveal that Kirishima’s fists and Iida’s legs were coated in Tsu’s toxic mucus, and he’s now paralyzed from it. Chimera goes to full power, transforming into a giant monster form. He unleashes a giant energy blast and the team falls back. Ojiro, watching from the castle, wants to help but Shoji reminds them they have to protect the kids.

 

Sero and Uraraka join the fight and try to get shots in. They’re taken out easy but Nine unleashes his energy tails, so they are at least making him use his powers. Nine tries to finish them off, but his powers start to fail as he hits his limit.

 

Todoroki tells his team they need to make an opening for him to touch Chimera. Iida uses the last of his Recipro Turbo to distract Chimera, Kirishima and Todoroki slide on an ice slide, Kirishima using his Unbreakable mode to shield Todoroki, and Todoroki rushes him. Tsu and Iida stop Chimera from attacking. Todoroki uses a lesson from his dad, to turn up the heat to the limit, to the opposite end. He sticks his hand down Chimera’s gullet and freezes him solid. His team is down but it looks like they took Chimera out.

 

Nine’s suit injects him with more purple goo as he says that if he just got the cell activation Quirk he wouldn’t have to hold back like this. He hits them both with a lightning, seemingly obliterating them.

 

Back on the mainland, Mr. Shimano is awake and he’s explaining his power to Hawks. Hawks learns about the kids and realizes Nabu Island is on the path. He gets a call telling him that a fishing boat found the drone and it’s under attack. He rushes out and tells the Commission to send help to Nabu ASAP.

 

Ojiro and Jiro try to hold off Nine while Shoji runs off with the kids… but they’re side characters going up this level’s boss. It doesn’t end well. Nine catches up and blasts Shoji. He and a recovered Jiro and Ojiro try to stop Nine but get blasted back hard. Thankfully, Nine’s attacks are slowing him down. Mahoro tries to hold him back, but she’s a child against a grown ass man. He grabs her by the throat and threatens to kill her if he doesn’t come to him. Katsuma runs at Nine and goes to hit him, Nine goes to grab him… but Izuku flies in and kicks him aside, Bakugo joins and saves Mahoro from hitting the ground. Izuku tells them to run. Nine is confused, asking how they survived his lightning blast. Izuku and Bakugo reveal they expect that since he’d done it before and used Kaminari to absorb most of the blast. The boys are actually able to hold their own against nine now, as his powers seem to be hitting their limit. Until he activates his full power. His suit shatters and giant wings of energy erupt from his back. He creates a tornado of energy and prepares to kill them all. They realize that Nine can control all types of weather. Izuku activates 100% Full Cowling and Bakugo hits the tornado with a Howitzer Impact. Unfortunately, their attacks aren’t enough. They’re knocked aside, one of Izuku’s arms broke and debris falling burying everyone.

 

The boys go Super Saiyan.

Nine smacks the boys around while he pontificates about his new world order determined by power. I feel that I need to point out that that’s actually a very old system… but whatever. He gets the boys in his crushing tails and Izuku tries to think of a solution. Mahoro and Katsuma try to encourage them and that gives Izuku an idea. He reaches a bloodies hand out to Bakugo and we’re reminded how One For All is transferred. Bakugo gets and reaches for Izuku’s bloodies fingers. They clasp hands and Izuku transfers his power.

 

Izuku and Bakugo break free and it’s time for round 3. It’s Nine vs. a double dose of One For All users. What happens next is a beautifully animated battle scene of Izuku and Bakugo use their combined power to battle Nine. They do a double Detroit Smash and their powers combined overwhelm Nine’s storm. Remember, One For All enhances the users current Quirk too, so Bakugo’s blasts are even bigger as he and Izuku tag team brawl Nine. The finish the villain off with a combination smash kick and mega Bakugo blast as the embers of One For All go out. Izuku says goodbye to the power and thanks it.

 

I do not envy All Might having to explain what happened
to the boy's mothers.

Hawks unburies Tokoyami and reveals that he and All Might rushed ahead to get to their kids. Izuku and Bakugo are found by All Might, and Izuku tells him that he gave One for All to Bakugo. Izuku doesn’t regret doing it, but he’s upset that he disappointed All Might for giving up the power before he could become a hero. All Might tells him to rest easy and he doesn’t regret their time together. All Might tells him that Izuku’s courage only strengthened the power. Izuku starts glowing with One For All energy, though, confirming he still has the power. All Might has no idea how, but the power did something miraculous to help them save the day. The kids are all saved, Todoroki is embarrassed by Endeavor’s affectionate embrace and the villains are all captured except for Nin.

 

Nine landed back on the island in a field of flowers. Shigaraki teleports in and tells Nine he’ll take Nine’s dream from here. He grabs Nine’s face and disintegrates him. Damn, that’s cold blooded.

 

Izuku and Bakugo get additional treatment for their injuries, Mr. Shimano reunites with his kids, and the students stay on for a bit to help with the repairs of the island. They leave, intending to go without a big farewell, but Mahoro and Katsuma made it to run along the ship and give a tearful farewell to the heroes. Izuku, remembering what All Might told him, tells Katsuma that he can become a hero just as the credits roll.

 

This was a very fun movie. We got to see the main cast in a new situation, we got a look at what some hero work is like, and got several big fight scenes with some interesting powers. I’ll say that the villains in this movie are a step up from Wolfram in Two Heroes. Part of that is the voice work, you really can’t ask for better than Johnny Yong Basch. The former Power Ranger always gives 10/10 performances, even when the character he’s playing is kind of bland on paper. “Wha, the guy with a ton of power wants to make a world where his power is all that matters? Surely you jest.” But Basch really sells the insane zealotry. They also found a way to make Nine incredibly powerful but also beatable by giving him that fatal unspecified illness. It lets him have some pretty over the top powers but always lets him be stopped before he could kill the kids. Let see, he had 1. Weather Manipulation, 2. Power Theft, 3. Power Identification, 4. Laser Fingers, 5. Air shields, 6. Energy Tails, and 7. Cell Activation of Type A blood, by the end of the film. So it’s a good thing that Izuku’s power was too big for him to take and no one else got close enough for him to nab, as he had one additional spot to give up. Mahoro and Katsuma were fine little tag along characters to this story. It was kind of fun to see meek but earnest Katsuma gravitate towards Izuku while brash Mahoro was a Bakugo fan by the end. It’s almost like the movie wanted to highlight Izuku and Bakugo’s sibling like bond or something. That final fight scene was amazing. I didn’t try to describe it as I don’t think I could do it justice. It was visually beautiful and was scored really well, so it has the right emotional tone visually and auditorily. I think everyone knows going into that last battle that Izuku really isn’t going to lose his power, since, ya know, this is an anime movie tie in to a long running anime/manga series. Unless this was the last bit of My Hero Academia stuff, ever, Izuku is going to keep his powers. That said, there is a small part of me that was like “wait, whaaa?” as Izuku willingly gave up his power for the chance to beat Nine. It’s a good character beat, as it reminds everyone that Izuku 100% believes in saving people above his own personal goals and ambitions. Losing his chance to be a hero is 10000% a fair trade to him if it protects even one person. That’s my boy. So yeah, a fun flick. It was originally going to be the last My Hero Academia movie, but I guess it did so well that they obviously needed to do at least one more. Which is what we’ll be talking about tomorrow, the World Heroes Mission. I’ll see you there. 

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