My Hero Academia Recap: Relief for License Trainees

Season: 4 / Episode: 17 A-Side: Adventures in Babysitting, The Conclusion So our friends Todoroki, Bakugo, Inasa, and Cammie got singled out last episode because for all of their combat skills and quirky mastery, they also have difficulty working as a team and some basic socialization skills in Bakugo’s case. They have been tasked with taming a bunch of elementary school kids, but these kids have quirks too and lord, these kids are apparently living examples of the “Quirk Singularity Doomsday Theory” which means these aren’t just superpowered kids (already terrifying), these are SUPERPOWERED kids (several magnitudes more terrifying). The teacher and the others license trainees are worried about the quartet, but Gang Orca promptly tells everyone to sit down and let them handle everything.

Now, Todoroki, Bakudo, Inasa, and Cammie are powerful enough that they are able to no sell most of the kids’ attacks, but it’s not exactly the best strategy to beat up a bunch of kids. Mr. Mastermind is convinced of his superiority to all adults, but at that precise moment our heroes get to work.

With some illusion work from Cammie creating some Northern lights, some aerial lift from Inasa, and some thermal construction from Todoroki with the frame built from the debris the kids’ quirks left behind, the three of them manage to create an indoor roller ice slide that manages to capture the imagination and hearts of the kids. It turns out Bakugo understood that their main goal was to impress t…