My Hero Academia Returns With Season 3’s Premiere

After a six month break, My Hero Academia returns with the premiere for season 3. A new season means, of course, a new opening. My Hero Academia has been excellent with its openings, and some of the fiercest fan debates outside of the best character (spoiler alert: it’s Iida) have been about which opening is best.

All good things must come to an end, though. I don’t think anyone is going to be stanning for this season’s opening:

Also, let’s not mince words here. The premiere of season 3 is a filler episode that’s designed to catch us up with the events of the past two seasons, and introduce new fans to the anime’s world. It accomplishes these goals with wit and humor, and continues to demonstrate why My Hero Academia is one of the best anime on television now, even in its filler episodes. The plot of the episode is simple enough. Mineta overhears the girls of U.A. Class 1-A planning a day at the school’s pool, and he and Kaminari hatch a scheme to see the girls in their bikinis by asking to use the pool at the same time for “endurance training.” They rope the diligent Midoriya into their plan as cover for their lust, but the plan backfires when Midoriya invites all the boys to join in the training too. Not exactly what they were expecting The endurance training gives way to a series of races between the boys of the class, culminating in a winner-take-all heat between Midoriya, Bakugo and Todoroki which ends in a rather unexpected way. Between the races, the episode lays the…