My Hero Academia Recap: “Suneater of the Big Three”

Season: 4 / Episode: 8 The eighth episode of My Hero Academia starts off with a brief monologue from Tamaki a.k.a. Suneater of the Big Three. We see him in the typical elementary school introduction segment and after meeting Mirio puts some light in his eyes, the present action commences in full force.

The raid on the Shie Hassaikai hideout started last episode, but now our heroes are storming the stronghold in full force in an attempt to save Eri at all costs. As the aerial pan shows a mix of heroes and police taking on goons, Sir Nighteye leads a small contingent through the front door and then the secret ninja puzzle door that Sir Nighteye has the cheat codes for. As they enter the underground labyrinth, a villain injects some Quirk-boosting drugs directly into his neck and begins shifting the environment around. This proves problematic for most of the heroes except for Mirio who embodies the “the shortest distance between two points is a straight line” mindset and just… books it (side note: his costume is made of his hair. How long did that take? What if it gets damaged? So many more questions that I don’t want to dwell on). The rest of the heroes get trapped with some goons and while the pros are willing to stay and fight, Tamaki makes a simple declaration.

Now of course, most of the pros are thinking “you’re a student intern. You can’t take on three villains by yourself.” Fat Gum backs his protege up with the reasoning that if this introverted, anxiety riddled hero …