My Hero Academia Season 5, Episode 23, "Tenko Shimura: Origin," focuses on the tragic story of the Shimura family. Tomura remembers his childhood. As a 5 year old, Tomura then Tenko, is abused by his father Kotaro. His father enforced the rule to "never talk about heroes." He forces Tenko to sit outside alone without … Continue reading My Hero Academia Season 5, Episode 23: The death of Tenko Shimura
My Hero Academia Season 5, Episode 22, "Sad Man's Parade," centers on the most interesting villain in the series, Twice. What makes him so intriguing is his search for friendship. Normally heroes benefit from comradery but villains only seek selfish goals and view each other as means to a end. Jin Bubaigawara (Twice) resembles Marvel's … Continue reading My Hero Academia Season 5, Episode 22: The split personalities of Twice
Endeavor teaches Deku, Shoto, and Bakugo how to be heroes My Hero Academia Season 5, Episode 15 opens with Hawks debriefing the board of the Meta Liberation Army on his progress in spreading their propaganda. The League of Villains Dabi, Toga, Twice, and Spinner are present. Hawks is praised for his understanding of the "words … Continue reading My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 15: Endeavor step up to teach
Deku, Bakugo, and Shoto spring into action My Hero Academia Season 5, Episode 14, "Off to Endeavor's Agency," begins with Hawks talking to Dabi. Hawks is a double agent for the Heroes but can only succeed if villains like Dabi can trust him. He believes Dabi at least thinks his useful because the villain is … Continue reading My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 14: Hawks secret Endeavors
In My Hero Academia Season 5, Episode 10 starts with Izuku taking the lead. His classmates note Izuku and his team's strategy resembles Bakugo's team. Deku first encounters Neito, who taunts Deku. With Shinso on the team, Deku has to remain silent otherwise he might get caught. Nieto does manage to provoke Deku by slandering … Continue reading My Hero Academia Season 5, Episode 10: Deku’s Blackwhip bursts free
Bakugo to the rescue Season 5, Episode 9 - "Early Bird!" Katsuki Bakugo has always seemed like he'd make a perfect villain. He rude, violent, short-tempered, and his Quirk is "explosion." His treatment of others particularly Deku is dismissive and meanspirited. Initially, he wasn't very complex but as My Hero Academia progresses he's starting to … Continue reading My Hero Academia Season 5, Episode 9: Bakugo goes beast mode
Katsuki prepares to blast Suneater. Season 5, Episode 1: All Hands on Deck! My Hero Academia Season 5 opens with a mostly anime original episode. Or a filler episode. Is that fair? Maybe. All filler episodes aren’t bad, but they usually lack something. It’s often the animation that suffers and the story rarely makes sense or matters. … Continue reading My Hero Academia Anime Season 5, Episode 1 Recap and Review: A Filler to Open
