What’s New Pussycats? My Hero Academia Episode 40 Review

Season 3/Episode 40/Hulu Last week, My Hero Academia returned with a clip show which left many fans underwhelmed. But now, the moment we’ve all been waiting for: the return of the plot! The episode opens with Shigaraki and Kurogiri doing what they normally do- a whole lot of nothing. At this point Shigaraki is feeling like wasted menace. He’s been set up to be the antithesis of Midoriya, a young man inspired by All Might, but to do evil instead of good. Yet with the exception of the USJ incident at the end of Season 1, all we’ve seen Shigaraki do is pout and talk about being evil. We need to see him start acting (and don’t @ me with “But in the manga!” This is an anime review, folks). Did this screencap come from this episode? Or one of the dozens of other times Shigaraki just sat around? Find out next time! For our heroes, the first semester of UA High School is in the books, but there’s no rest for Young Midoriya and the rest of class 1-A. Eraserhead informs the students that they’ll be heading to summer training camp for further training. They arrive far short of their destination and are introduced to the pro heroes who will be conducting their training: Pixie Bob and Mandalay of the Pussycats, and their cousin Kota. The Pussycats surprise the students of class 1-A by throwing them without warning into the Beast Forest and forcing them to make the rest of their journey on foot. The students come together as a group, and we see a good action sequence where the powers of ea…