My Hero Academia Recap: Red Riot

Season: 4 / Episode: 9 “As long as you have chivalry in your heart, anyone can be a hero” Lately, you can catch me rockin’ the Fat Gum Agency jersey on my back after expecting straight trash from these three. Kirishima had his coming out episode back when that Chunin level villain popped those Quirk steroids and forced him to go Red Riot Unbreakable on that fool. Tamaki overcame his anxiety and went full Beast Boy Super Saiyan on those fools in that handicap match and somewhere Mirio is smiling with his headphones on listening to “Keep grinding boy, your life can change in one year, and even when it’s dark out, the sun is shining somewhere.” Fat Gum impresses me after every fight I see him in, and lately, these boys been on Ino–Shika–Chō levels of great.

Suneater put the work in on the 3 stooges and freed up time for Kirishima, Midoriya, Rock Lock, Eraserhead, Fat Gum, and Nightshade to find all the smoke. Annndddd they played right into the villain’s hands, as they begin to target the heroes, starting with Aizawa sensei. But Fat Gum pushes Eraserhead out of the way and gets knocked into a battle, alongside Kirishima who was trying to save his teacher like Naruto when he stopped Mizuki from murkin’ Iruka with the giant shuriken. They run up against opponents who are the equivalent of a shield and a spear, and the shield/shield heroes may have met their worst nightmare. Red Riot immediately whips out his fancy new Unbreakable move and is wrecked off one punch! Homie swimmin’ …