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In Which I Watch: My Hero Academia

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VICTORY IS MINE! FREEDOM IS MINE! I NEVER HAVE TO THINK ABOUT SWORD ART ONLINE AGAIN! (Which is kind of a shame because it was starting to get pretty good at the end there.) So, as I've been promising for literal years, it's now time to get started on an IWIW of a series that is actually good. Two series, to be precise; both of which, by complete coincidence, contain the word "Academia" in their title.

First off is My Hero Academia, a.k.a. Boku no Hero Academia for all y'all who aren't happy with the fact that it has an accurately translated and perfectly grammatically correct official English title. :V I'm cheating a bit with this one, as I've actually been reading the manga for a while and I'm thus pretty familiar with the plot. (That said, I have a memory like a leaky faucet so there's probably plenty of stuff I've forgotten.) MHA is basically a love letter to Western superhero comics in manga form, combined with a few standard "shounen battle school" tropes that we've all seen eleventy billion times before. And yet despite me usually having very little tolerance for those tropes, there's something about MHA that just works. It's hard for me to pin down what exactly it is right now, so maybe burning the show into my brain episode-by-episode will do the trick. So here we go...

PLUS ULTRA, BABY!

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Note: This is only intended to cover the first season for the time being. Once I get through that we'll see about S2.
Note 2: I'm once again going to be posting on both SB and SV. The IWIWSAO2 thread on SB will probably be left forever unfinished due to lack of interest, but hopefully this one gets a bit more attention.
Note 3: IWIWMHA and IWIWLWA have been declared Spec-Ops-meme-free zones. If I so much as hint at asking whether someone feels like a hero yet, SHAME BOX.
 
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Episode 1: Midoriya Izuku - Origin
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    • Episode 1: Midoriya Izuku - Origin (In Which Our Hero is NOT OKAY)

    We open on a playground, and specifically on a young boy crying.


    While defending another boy who is crying even harder.


    Trembling, the boy says "Stop being mean, Kacchan! Can't you see he's crying? If you keep going, I'll, I'll never forgive you!"

    Yet another boy, presumably "Kacchan", looks kind of dumbfounded at this, as are his two flunkies.


    Then all three of them grin, and WHOA SUDDENLY SUPERPOWERS.



    Young children with superpowers; that's a recipe for dystopia if I've ever heard one. 'Kacchan' goes "Oh man, look at Quirkless little Deku pretending to be a hero!"

    ..."pretending to be a hero"...

    no. i am strong. i can resist. i can do this.

    Anyway, 'Kacchan' and his flunkies charge in to commence bullying the presumably superpower-less 'Deku', though the show quickly cuts to the aftermath.


    As we see poor little 'Deku' sprawled out on the ground, a voiceover narrator (presumably an older Deku) states: "All men are not created equal. I learned that truth when I was just four years old."

    Cut to the future, where we see a much older Deku running somewhere in his school uniform. Possibly to school?


    The narrator then states "...That was my first, and last, setback."

    Turns out he wasn't running to school, he was going to observe some giant dude with a really fucked-up face making a scene.


    Oh, and we also get his full name:

    how do you get 'deku' out of 'izuku'? same way you get 'jim' out of 'james' or 'dick' out of 'richard', i guess

    "HOLY CRAP THAT'S A HUGE VILLAIN", he states, and then cue OP!

    ...blech, OP overviews are boring, maybe I'll do it in Episode 2.

    Anyway, when we return, it's time for BACKSTORY!

    Apparently this whole superpower mess started in Qingqing City in China, with the birth of a glow-in-the-dark baby.

    well at least you don't need to worry about a nightlight
     
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    • there are a few other things to worry about however

    Deku's narration continues: starting from that day, superpowers started popping up all over the place, and before long they were pretty much commonplace. The world's become a superhuman society; around 80% of humanity has some kind of supernatural trait. (Meanwhile we get a cool shot of the Earth, followed by a couple glimpses of someone who is almost certainly this world's Superman/Captain America equivalent.)


    Although neither Superman nor Captain America have a hairdo that glorious.


    In any case, the whole superpowers-for-everyone situation naturally resulted in quite a bit of chaos. But in the midst of that chaos, it finally became possible to take up a certain profession that pretty much every kid has dreamed about. Narrator Deku briefly leaves us in suspense as to which specific profession he's talking about, but I mean, come on, obviously he's talking about being a starfighter pilot.

    Anyway, we cut back to WTF-Face here smashing stuff up angrily.

    I AM ANGRY BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE EXACTLY

    He knocks over a steel girder, and suddenly someone charges in to catch it!


    A bystander excitedly informs the audience that this is the Punching Hero, DEATH...ARMS. Going by the logic of a certain other anime villain, his arms must therefore also be named DEATH ARMS.

    Another newcomer rapidly shows up and waterbends a DANGER DO NOT CROSS line, keeping all of the helpless civilians (including, hilariously, several actual cops) out of harms way. Another helpful bystander tells us that this is the rescue specialist Backdraft. And man, I really have no idea what's going on with his face.


    Two more bystanders, watching WTF-Face look for more stuff to smash, comment that being able to kaiju-size yourself is a pretty amazing Quirk. (Presumably "Quirk" is the general term for superhuman traits or powers here.) Although apparently WTF-Face is just a random purse-snatcher that kind of snapped when cornered, which is just kind of really lame. Meanwhile, we see Deku (tiny little midget that he is) shoving his way to the front of the crowd to get a better look at the situation while another bystander nervously explains to his cellphone that the trains are out of service.

    Suddenly, another newcomer flies overhead, and before we even see them we see their squad of adoring fangirls.


    Going by their semi-coherent squees of delight, he goes by Kamui. And his power? Well, he's got wood.



    Deku finally makes his way up to Backdraft's DO NOT CROSS LINE, and asks another bystander (who looks like his Quirk is the result of a very inappropriate use of a 3-Star Goku Uniform) who's fighting.
     
    But it's not long before he answers his own question: Kamui's full name is apparently "Kamui Woods", who is apparently kind of a rising star. 3-Star points out Deku's self-answering, and with a grin asks if Deku's a fanboy. Deku just kind of laughs nervously.

    (Note: A lot of the hero names are in English (e.g. Backdraft), others are in Japanese (e.g. Kamui Woods, whose name was spoken as "[Japanese I can't understand] Kamui"), and some are in a mix of both (e.g. Death Arms, spoken as "Death [more Japanese]"). The subs are really inconsistent about which bits are translated and how.)

    After fending off a couple punches, Kamui lands on a stalled train in front of WTF-Face and stares him down, listing off his crimes. (Including "unauthorized use of powers", which is interesting.) He provides a bit of his own commentary as well:

    this just in: purse-snatching and property damage make you literally hitler

    Then he starts to prepare some kind of super move, the (absurdly long) name of which Deku shouts out in perfect sync with him.

    i wonder if this is a pun that makes perfect sense in japanese

    Unfortunately for poor Kamui Woods, SUDDENLY GIANT WOMAN INTERRUPT


    Pretty much everyone, bystanders and heroes alike, goes "wat" at the newcomer. And then they realize that the newcomer is an attractive woman in a skintight outfit, and everyone knows exactly what to do in that situation.


    Standing over the fallen WTF-Face, the newcomer introduces herself as Mt. Lady, and then says something that I assume was an appropriately awful pun in Japanese but just...doesn't really work in English at all.

    being translator is suffering

    Deku appears mildly displeased with this turn of events...


    ...while Kamui, still on the roof of the train, laments that Attack of the 50-Foot Fanservice is taking all the credit.

    As Mt. Lady basks in the adoration of the crowd, Narrator Deku continues: there was an explosive increase in crime that came along with literally everyone getting superpowers. While the various legislative and law-enforcement organizations tried desperately to get a handle on the siutation, individuals stepped up to the plate and started doing the comic-book superhero thing. And it wasn't long before they gained acceptance, and even adoration, from the public.


    Eventually the government got its shit together and started regulating and employing superheroes, and they're now considered part of everyday law enforcement. Of course, they're also minor (or in some cases major) celebrities, too, which...has its ups and downs.


    Narrator Deku cuts out and the camera returns to Real Deku, who's scribbling stuff about Mt. Lady in his notebook.

    He comments to himself that self-kaijuification is a pretty awesome Quirk but if she doesn't have fine control over her size, she can't really operate in narrow spaces without potentially causing a lot of collateral damage etc. etc. etc. Three-Star notices his scribbling and says "Hey, you're taking notes? You're gonna be a hero! Awesome! Give it your all!" And that just makes Deku as happy as a Deku can be.
     
    Oh, and finally we get the title card.


    Cut to a classroom in Standard Cookie-Cutter Japanese Junior High, full of standard cookie-cutter students being told by their standard cookie-cutter teacher that since they're third-years, they need to all start thinking about their standard cookie-cutter futures.


    Teacher says he's going to start passing out the standard cookie-cutter "plans-for-your-future" handout, but he grins and says it probably doesn't matter too much...since everyone's just planning to study superheroing, right?

    The class enthusiastically agrees, and in the process reveals themselves to be not quite so cookie-cutter.


    The teacher then tells everyone to settle down, since using powers in school is against the rules, but you can tell his heart really isn't in it. Meanwhile, Deku is being very depressed and Quirkless.

    he doesn't have the standard anime protagonist seat. interesting.

    Suddenly one student speaks up, in pretty much your standard "delinquent" tone. "Yo, Teach," he says, "don't lump me in with rest of these bottom-of-the-barrel losers." Oh, hey, looks like it's "Kacchan" from Deku's childhood trauma memories!


    We get his full name a moment later.


    The rest of the class gets all insulted and offended and stuff. The teacher asks for confirmation--Katsuki was planning on going to U.A. High, right? The rest of the class mumbles background information about how U.A. is apparently the best (superhero?) school in the country and their acceptance rate is super-low etc. etc. etc. Katsuki confirms it...in fact, he stands up on his desk to do so, because apparently everything he does must scream "asshole attention whore" or else the bus will explode or something.


    And once he does go to U.A., Katsuki continues, he'll become the greatest hero of all time and surpass even "All Might". We get a flash of the Superman-esque guy from earlier as he says this; presumably that guy is All Might. Anyway, even as he says this the teacher's already stopped paying attention, he interrupts Katsuki's speech by mumbling to himself...


    u wot m8

    The rest of the class bursts out laughing at the Quirkless loser for thinking that he could get into U.A. just by, I dunno, studying. Deku halfheartedly protests that there's no rule saying he can't, it's just that there's no precedent...

    Katsuki is not nearly as amused as the rest of the class at this. One might say he has an...explosive temper.

    that's not overdone fansubbing, btw, the visual sound effects are actually in english
     
    He starts ranting at the terrified Deku about "how dare you even think about being on my level you Quirkless little loser", over Deku's protests.


    Deku says it's just that going to U.A. has always been his dream, ever since he was a little kid, and, well, he probably can't get in but you never know unless you try!

    This answer is not pleasing to Katsuki.


    but then i'm starting to think that nothing is pleasing to katsuki

    Jesus, I'd say he needs to take a chill pill but I don't think they make chill pills in a high enough dosage for him. Maybe get him hooked up to a chill IV or something, I dunno.

    Cut to later that day, apparently in the same city.


    There's a high-pitched scream from a bystander and a yell of "Stop! Thief!" from a convenience store clerk. Apparently there's been a robbery! By...this...thing.


    A couple bystanders just watch slime dude run by, and one idly comments that there don't seem to be any heroes around.

    Some skinny dude with a character design unusual enough that he's probably important wanders out of another convenience store across the street, and happens to overhear the commentary.



    One of the bystanders says that there's no end to people who don't know what to do with their Quirks. In response, skinny dude decides to do the obvious thing and Hulk the fuck out.


    In a voice like booming thunder, Formerly-Skinny Guy announces that there is end to such people. Why?


    For some reason there's no sparkle of light reflecting off those pearly whites. YOU HAD ONE JOB BONES.

    After a commercial break, cut back to Deku's classroom, where class has just been dismissed. Deku himself is eagerly checking news sites and Twitter on his phone for more information about the WTF-Face/Mt. Lady incident that morning. He's planning on heading home so he can get all the details down in his notebook...until suddenly said notebook is rapidly and violently yoinked.

    Who's the culprit? WHO THE FUCK ELSE.
     
    Katsuki shows the notebook to a couple of his flunkies, who just laugh it up over the title.


    Deku begs for it back, but Katsuki...well, Katsuki is not a nice person.



    Katsuki says to Deku that heroes tend to build up their reputation from their school days on, and he wants to make sure he keeps the reputation of being the only person to make it into U.A. from "this mediocre city junior high."

    Wow. One of the flunkies actually mirrors my own thoughts with a little aside to the camera.


    "So, anyway," Katsuki concludes...


    He makes his way out of the classroom. As Deku is left trembling and in tears, the self-aware flunky tells him "come on dude, at least say something back..." Deku, however, remains silent.

    So Katsuki takes the opportunity to get one last parting shot in. "Hey, dude, there's always one way you could be a hero. Just believe really hard that you'll be reincarnated as someone with a Quirk..."


    ...Holy shit, dude.

    This almost gets a response out of Deku...


    ...but doesn't.

    Cut to Deku, walking out of the school building morosely. And his thoughts are...um...interesting. "You idiot!," his internal monologue goes, and he's not referring to himself. "If I'd actually gone and jumped, that'd mean you'd instigated a suicide! Think before you start saying words, man!"

    Is he...is he expressing concern for Katsuki? The guy doing his absolute utmost to traumatize Deku out of trying to follow his dreams? That's either really dumb or literally Jesus-like levels of empathy. Possibly both. Either way, it's not long before he spots his treasure, currently being investigated by a trio of curious koi fish.


    "Stupid fish," goes his internal monologue. "That's not fish food. Stupid...stupid moron..." It's not clear whether he's referring to the fish, Katsuki, or himself at this point. Either way it's MOTHER FUCKING FLASHBACK TIME

    We see young Deku holding an All Might action figure and begging his mom to use the computer.
     
    His mom obliges, though she points out in the nicest possible way that Deku has probably added about 10000 views to this video all on his own. Also, I have now found my official new HYPE HYPE HYPE gif.

    Dekumama says the video's too scary for her, so she'll just leave Deku to it. Older Narrator Deku gives us some background info--this was apparently actually a pretty old video when he discovered it, of a disaster that happened long ago. It's an early video of a hero who hadn't yet made his official debut at the time. We get to see the video fullscreen:




    As we see Mini-Deku's hype reach critical mass, we hear a booming, almost jolly laugh from the hero now climbing over the bus, carrying no less than eleven people in his arms and on his shoulders.


    The music hits near John Williams levels of triumphantness as the hero plants his boot on top of the overturned bus.


     




    "Once I get my Quirk, I wanna be like him!" And Mini-Deku does his best impression of All Might's laugh. His mom smiles at first, but then looks a little preoccupied by something.


    Smash cut to the doctor's office.


    >high impact oneiric violence

    Worried, Dekumama asks the doctor if there's something wrong with her precious baby. All the other kindergarteners' Quirks have already manifested...

    The doctor asks Dekumama about her Quirk; she's fourth-generation, correct? She confirms it; she's telekinetic and Dekupapa can breath fire. The doctor says that Deku should have manifested one of those Quirks, or some combination thereof, by age 4.

    The doctor goes on to explain, while the camera zooms in on what is presumably an x-ray of Deku's foot. Apparently people born with Quirks have only a single joint in their pinky toe, without the vestigial second joint us normies have. (Is it actually vestigial? Paging anyone with medical knowledge!)

    And poor little Midoriya Izuku?

    Two joints.

    Genetics, evolution, etc. don't work that way but whatevs. Never let science stand in the way of a good story.

    Anyway, cut back to the Midoriya apartment, where Mini-Deku is apparently watching the All Might video on loop and Dekumama is starting to look a little worried.

    i don't want to have to purge him, but it's for the good of mutantkind

    "Mom..." Deku says quietly. "He's so amazing...he saves everyone with a smile..."

    Trembling, he turns to face her, and it's too much for Dekumama to take.


    guys i don't know how much longer i can do this...the memes...they call to me...
     


    But Narrator Deku tells us that that's not what he wanted Mom to say back then. What he wanted her to say was...

    AND CUT BECAUSE UNFINISHED SENTENCES ARE COOL IN JAPANESE.

    Present-Day Deku tells himself he already decided, way back then, not to care about whatever everyone else thinks.


    He does his impression of All Might's laugh as he marches down the underground walkway. Unfortunately, he's not alone in there...


    Deku sees the slime-thing behind him, freaks out, and tries to run, but it's too late.



    Slime-thing starts forcing its body into Deku's mouth, saying it's all right, he just needs to take over Deku's body; it won't hurt for long...it's very creepy, almost rape-ish. Kinda not the type of thing you'd expect to see in a show like this.

    It just gets darker as Deku realizes he can't breathe, his attempts to claw the slime-thing out of his mouth aren't working, and his strength slowly fades away, his last sight a sketch of a new hero costume in his notebook...


    And then MANHOLE COVER INTERRUPT





    Someone else is in the tunnel with them. And he says, in a voice like thunder:
     




    Slime-thing tries to tentacle-whip the newcomer, but to no avail; he's far too fast. The newcomer pulls back his fist and booms:

    "TEXAS...SMASH!"

    Look, long story short, slime-thing literally explodes from the shockwave of the punch, at least a good 10-15 feet away, freeing Deku. Deku catches a glimpse of his rescuer and mumbles "All...Migh..." before he passes out.


    Cut to elsewhere, and specifically to the rescuer in question trying to wake Deku up in the most inefficient way possible.
     
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    It works, though: Deku wakes up.




    Deku backs away screaming, having lost all grip on reality. All Might, apparently not too worried about this reaction, apologizes for getting Deku caught up in his villain-fighting; he doesn't usually screw up like that, but you know, he just moved here and it was his day off, ahahahaha...

    pictured: ahahahahahaha

    Deku is NOT OKAY


    All Might continues: He safely caught slime-thing and everything, so Deku was a big help!

    these are not proper containment procedures

    Deku is STILL NOT OKAY but he's starting to get words back.


    He thinks to himself that All Might looks completely different in person...I'm not really seeing it, honestly. Oh, and FINALLY BONES JEEZ TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH!


    Deku realizes he should ask for an autograph and frantically pats himself down trying to find something signable, then spots his charred Hero Notebook and rushes for it...only to find that All Might is way ahead of him.


    Still sort of screaming, Deku starts frantically bowing to All Might, saying he'll treasure it forever, it'll be a family heirloom, etc. etc. Again, All Might seems to be pretty used to this kind of response.
     
    "Well, I need to take this guy to the police," All Might says, "so see you on the other side of the screen!" Sounds like a catchphrase but I'm not really sure what kind of screen he's referring to.

    Deku goes "wait what already?" All Might says that a hero's work is never done, etc., then says his goodbye, crouches down, and makes a tremendous leap into the sky.


    Except he ain't getting away that easy.


    All Might goes WHOA WHOA WHOA HANDS OFF THE MERCHANDISE, but Deku wisely points out (through a mouthful of transonic wind) that letting go at this point would probably be fatal. All Might says "huh, yeah, good point." Deku whargarbls out "I STILL HAVE STUFF I GOTTA ASK YOU PERSONALLY" and All Might says "okay, okay, I get it kid, just please close your eyes and mouth." It's not hard to see why.

    jesus christ how horrifying

    Deku obliges, and All Might grabs onto his backpack to make sure he won't fall. As he does so, though he turns away and starts coughing. And for some reason one gets the impression he didn't just pick up a cold.


    All Might lands the two of them on the roof of a high-rise. Deku is once again NOT OKAY, although it's a somewhat different kind of NOT OKAY this time.


    All Might hurriedly says that the folks below them will probably let him down, so if that's all he really, really must go now. Deku shouts at him to wait, but All Might just keeps on going. Deku starts to yell again, but then trauma time hits and he remembers everyone who ever told him he couldn't be a hero.


    So he just blurts it out all at once:


    And All Might...stops. Deku keeps going: "Can even someone without a Quirk be like you?"

    All Might turns. His grin...hasn't faded.


    And Narrator Deku goes "This miraculous meeting with All Might...I never could have imagined how much it would change my fate."


    And roll credits!

    ...

    I love this show so much. I love the goofy half-superhero comic, half-shounen battle manga aesthetic; I love the simple yet weirdly relatable characters; I love its consistent optimistic tone; I love the fact that it's pretty much the anti-Worm in every way imaginable (which is weird because I don't really dislike Worm all that much). I love the fact that it has huge variety in its character designs, especially after a few too many shows worth of A-1 Face. I love the fact that it doesn't spend half its runtime on characters spouting exposition at each other in cafes. This is a show that hits all of my YES buttons so hard I'm not sure I can be properly critical of it. The only real negatives I can think of come from knowledge of later events in the story, and so I don't think it's really the right time to bring them up yet.

    Also, it's 12:30 AM and I'm running half an hour late on this...I don't really want to ruin this first post with a SHAME BOX pic, but rest assured that shame is being experienced right now.

    Anyway, I'll see you next time for...shit. Not sure how to schedule this. Okay, both IWIWMHA Episode 2 and In Which I Watch Little Witch Academia Episode 1 will be posted by next Sunday, 7/16. Or else actual SHAME BOX. See you then!
     
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    Another newcomer rapidly shows up and waterbends a DANGER DO NOT CROSS line, keeping all of the helpless civilians (including, hilariously, several actual cops) out of harms way.
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    Yea, there's a jurisdiction type thing. "When criminals are over 30 feet tall, let the heroes handle it."

    i wonder if this is a pun that makes perfect sense in japanese
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    I think just a wood reference made to sound cool!


    (Is it actually vestigial? Paging anyone with medical knowledge!)
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    Eh, pretty much. I mean, I don't think I use mine for much?
     
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    Jesus, I'd say he needs to take a chill pill but I don't think they make chill pills in a high enough dosage for him. Maybe get him hooked up to a chill IV or something, I dunno.
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    Ahahaha oh 'you pretending to be clueless for the sake of narration' has no idea.
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    "TEXAS..."


    "SMASH!"




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    An appropriate amount of AMERICA

    Also the fuck you doing son, watching this subbed. The dub is worth it for Christopher Sabat's All-Might alone.
     
    Ooh, caught this nice and early :)

    I'm really looking forward to your reactions to this as we go along.
     
    Well, this should be a fun ride. I look forward to seeing your reactions to some of the later developments.
     
    Episode 02: What It Takes to Be a Hero
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    • Episode 2: What It Takes to Be a Hero (In Which Dreams Do Come True)

    Good evening all, and welcome back to IWIWMHA! I've spent the last couple days trying to get IWIWLWA episode 1 up and I'm running a LITTLE BIT SHORT ON TIME HERE so my apologies if this is a little rushed.

    Disappointingly (but kind of thankfully for me given the aforementioned time constraints), the first 100 seconds of episode 2 are flashbacks to the first episode, culminating in Deku asking All Might whether someone can be a hero even without a Quirk.

    All Might pauses a bit at this, his grin not fading. "Without a Quirk, huh?" Then he suddenly doubles over in pain, cursing (in English) like a sailor as his body seems to actually smoke.


    Deku completely fails to notice, mumbling about how he's always been made fun of for being Quirkless but he still just thinks saving people is really cool and so that's why he wants to be the greatest of heroes just like All Might etc. etc. etc. Then the smoke starts to clear and he sees the person standing where All Might was a moment ago.


    Deku's wordless shout of confusion and dismay echoes across the city. And cue OP!

    (I actually kind of want to do an OP analysis, honest, but I'm REALLY SHORT ON TIME right now so maybe next week!)

    We return not to Deku and All Might(?) but to an alleyway where All-Might apparently dropped one of the soda bottles containing Slime-Thing from last episode.


    Slime-Thing abruptly wakes up, wondering where it is. Then it remembers TEXAS SMASH and goes "oh, HE showed up, no wonder." At that moment, who should walk up but Katsuki and his flunkies?

    Matter of fact, his flunkies (without changing their disdainful-delinquent tone of voice much) are suggesting that maaaaaybe Katsuki might have gone a little overboard on Deku, considering he's his childhood friend and all. Katsuki responds by kicking a random piece of litter that is actually not quite so random.

    this will end well

    Katsuki flashes back to Deku saying he won't know if he can get into U.A. unless he tries, and whoops there goes that temper again.



    The flunkies are pretty used to this kind of outburst; they suggesting going to the arcade to blow off steam. One says "there's lots of prey there", which Katsuki responds to by saying "IF I GET CAUGHT THAT SHIT IS GOING ON MY PERMANENT RECORD YOU DUMBASS", which suggests that the activity they're suggesting isn't playing Time Crisis or DDR, but I'm not sure what they are saying. Beating up randos for shits and giggles? Anyway, right about then the flunkies notice that something just came out of the soda bottle Katsuki kicked away.

    this is definitely going to end really poorly for somebody

    And with that we get the title card.


    NOW we return to Deku and...the guy who was standing where All Might was. Deku's like OH MY GOD YOU'RE DEFLATING; he looks around frantically, trying to figure out if this is some kind of trick or if this skinny guy's an impostor or something. Skinny attempts to start explaining but apparently he is NOT OKAY
     
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