Category: Manga

My Hero Academia is off next week and I couldn’t be happier. Seriously. Horikoshi deserves a freaking break!

I hope someone plays this song for Tokoyami.
Since this was another short chapter (Don’t waste your break only playing Spider-man on PS4, Hirokoshi.) we don’t get to see Aizawa punching Aoyama and Hagakure in the face, but let’s assume it happened off-panel. We gear up for match #3. Team Idia VS Team Tetsutetsu.

We get some foreshadowing that Todoroki will use at least one of Endeavor’s attacks this match. He’s never done it in a fight so far. Should be an interesting moment. Meanwhile, Iida is ready to prove why he’s in most official My Hero Academia promo art. Let’s hope he earns his keep or the upcoming X-mas poster will have Mineta instead. Eek!

Is there really anything fighting wise left for Toshinori to teach Deku?

The kid already knows the basics and has copied almost every one of All Might’s attacks (Oklahoma Smash being the only move he hasn’t yet performed comes to mind). Face it, Toshinori has the knowledge and experience to continue mentoring Deku, even helping Deku improve his current abilities. But, when it comes to coming up with new fighting moves I think the former #1 is tapped out.

But, this is a battle shonen, right? Deku has to learn new moves, right? So, what will he do? Easy, get someone else to teach him. No, not Aizawa? And, not Gran Torino. I’m talking about seven teachers who’ve been with him since the day he ate All Might’s mighty hair: The previous One For All users.

Hagekure, you idiot!

Your whole shtick is stealth. Stealth. Why in the bloody hell would you alert a target of your presence? And why was it taking so long to take Manga down? Are you telling me the invisible student whose quirk allows her to sneak up on people doesn’t have hand-to-hand combat skills? Seriously! You didn’t think to take a couple martial arts classes? No one ever suggested that? I can’t believe this. The one person who should know how to beat down a person doesn’t know how to fight. My jaw is on the floor. You know, where freaking Manga should’ve been in two seconds flat!

I’m not done yet. Aoyama, you were literally carried by your team. You got captured, twice before the end. You couldn’t hit Kuroiro with a beam sent through your arm? Come on, dude. That was a weak performance. Poor Momo and Tokoyami did their best but how do you expect them to win when it’s 2 vs 4? 

I love Manga Fukidashi’s quirk.

Oh, and happy 200th chapter My Hero Academia. I already sent my present to Hirokoshi. It’s a new pillow because I’m sure my buddy needs a good nap.

We learn more about Kinoko’s quirk, Mushroom. She grows mushrooms. Yeah. Let’s move on to the quirk of the day, Comic. Manga Fukidashi has the power to make onomatopoeia real. Love it. Love it. Loooove it! Such a crazy quirk and quite powerful. That wham wall he made was gigantic! And his sound effects have the power to generate what they represent, so Manga’s humid words are actually humid and help make Kinoko’s mushrooms grow more! It’s my favorite Class B quirk so far by a mile. Could it be overpowered? I hope so! Like Class A, I want Class B to have a couple super strong quirk users.

Question: Did Hawks get assigned as a double agent right after the USJ incident?

I don’t think so. If I remember correctly, those government people approached him after the Kamino incident. I think… If so, Hawks get points for being on the ball early.

Glad we got to see Tokoyami’s internship and work-study with Hawks. Intentional or not, Hawks set him on a good path. I wonder how much Tokoyami will cry when Hawks is killed? Yeah, I said it. Well, I don’t think it’s 100% certain, but I put it at around a 50/50 chance right now. Either Hawks becomes the biggest hero kill of the League of Villains or… Well, I don’t know. Make that a 60/40 chance.

Time for Match #2!

But, before that, the first match crew reviews what they learned. Froppy, of course, has it together more than all of them put together, just sayin’. I’m not a fanboy, damn it!

We also learn that Shinso’s fights are his big test to decide whether or not he’s moving to the hero course. B-but Jinbe Shinso can’t join. He won’t fit through Thousand Sunny’s doors inside the classroom.