My Hero Academia Recap: “Boy Meets..”

Season: 4 / Episode: 3 3 episodes in and we’re finally back on that My Hero hype that made us all ride or dies. This episode encompasses everything we love about the series; the quirky, the inappropriate, the inspiring, and the enticing. Ikuzu Midoriya’s undisputed determination is on full display and he once again gives us hope there are more endearing young people like him and Tanjiro in this cold, hard world.

Hope, Humor and Heroes Sir Nighteye is a beast. To be left with that cliffhanger of having to make that terrifying man laugh, was peak anime ridiculousness. Let’s not even get into that tickle death trap he had Bubble Girl strapped into.. The way he went so hard to criticize Deku’s All Might face and the detail of the wrinkles was amazing. The rebuttal facts that Midoriya dropped about the inspiration behind that one smile made it even better. That vinegar riverbank incident didn’t involve any villains, so it didn’t get much media coverage and the subreddit life wasn’t buzzing about it. Nevertheless, he chose that narrowed-eyed face in particular because of the response he gave to the boy he rescued during his interview; “Thanks to you my skin feels 10 years younger”! That line is so indicative of who All Might is and how much he values being the symbol of hope and peace, while putting the people he saves at ease. Sidebar: I love how Mirio strolls up to that tickle coffin while this All Might “age” debate was goin down and let Bubble Girl out mad casual, as if he’s s…