My Hero Academia Episode 42 Review: 1,000,000% Better

Season 3 / Episode 42 / Hulu The League of Villains has finally made its move and Midoriya faces his greatest challenge yet. “My Hero” kicks into high gear from the opening, going five minutes into the past where Aizawa and Vlad are in the classroom with the failing students. They hear Mandalay’s warning that villains are attacking the training camp and that there may be more villains in the area. Aizawa rushes out to help the others in the woods and walks into Dabi’s surprise attack. The scene then shifts across the woods, checking in with the students of UA High as they encounter the horrors of the villain assault. Dark. One of MHA’s greatest strengths is how appealing the supporting characters are. The students of Class 1-B don’t receive much screen time, but they never feel like background players or fodder. That’s thanks primarily to Kohei Horikoshi’s character designs. Every character has personality and vibrancy pouring from them in every frame. Any of the students of Class 1-B could be the main character of MHA and that helps them to feel like the main character whenever they’re on screen. Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu, ladies and gentlemen   The main focus of the episode is Midoriya and Kota’s encounter with the villain Muscular. In a twist of fate (or narrative contrivance, take your pick), Muscular is the villain who killed Kota’s parents and it looks like he’s going to finish off the family by killing Kota , until Midoriya arrives at the last moment. Their clash prov…