Wednesday, August 9, 2023

T5W#417-Top 5 Best Moments from My Hero Academia Season 6

Well I guess it was inevitable but hey I’m not complaining.  A 4th My Hero Academia movie is on the way…and that’s all that can kind of be said about that at the moment.  Besides the announcement, all that’s been shown is an image of Deku during his rogue solo hero stage.  Could this mean the new movie might take place during Season 6?  Tough to say but it’d be hard to fit any kind of extra feature length tale into a season as jam packed as My Hero Academia’s most recent outing.  After two years of build up, War erupted between Heroes and Villains and it changed the world of Deku and his classmates forever.  And man did it work.  It’s not that My Hero Academia hasn’t been good but I feel like the high point is still Season 3 for me and Season 6 felt like the best one since.  Well with the new movie due out eventually, let me take you back a few months to the season that changed everything and talk about the Top 5 Best Moments from My Hero Academia Season 6.

 
#5-MIRKO SMASH!!!!
When the Heroes launched into action against the Paranormal Liberation Front, one particular femme fatale was one of the main vanguards.  Unlike the introduction of some heroines of the past, Mirko actually lived up to the hype and man did she come in like a force of nature.  This super stacked rabbit powered heroine ripped through Nomu’s like tearing through tissue paper.  And when the going got tough, Mirko never lost her trademark grin of pure delight.  The girl got and arm and leg crushed and she was still giving 110 percent in battle.  It’s no wonder Mirko’s become a popular cosplay character cause she’s the full package bad ass deadly beauty My Hero Academia’s been waiting for.

 
#4-“We’ve Got An Akira Situation on our Hands”
Season 5 ended with Shiguraki gaining an entire army as he took command to the Paranormal Liberation Front, adding the League of Villains to the mix.  But after being subjected to many months of testing, one of My Hero Academia’s big bads returned stronger and scarier than ever.  In an instant, Shiguraki turned the tables on the Heroes, turning near victory into devastating defeat.  Shiguraki’s powers have been enhanced to the point where he pulled a total Akira/Testuo and leveled an entire city in seconds thanks to his ability to disintegrate anything he touches.  The was the worst case scenario before the real worst case scenario came to be (more on that later).  Shiguraki was back with a vengeance and even the full power of pros like Gran Torino and Endeavor couldn’t put him down for good.  At this point, Deku will have to pull out a miracle to stop him for good.
 

#3-Hawks Kills Twice
I’ll be honest, I’ve never liked Hawks.  Something about his attitude seemed like he knew far more than anyone else in the room and he’s always kind of throwing it in others faces in his own way.  And yeah I know he was deep, deep undercover trying to bring down Shiguraki’s plot but still, I don’t like him.  And then he does the unthinkable by killing one of My Hero Academia’s fan favorite characters.  Poor Twice.  He was a psychologically broken man who was truly grateful he’d found a family with Shiguraki’s crew, especially with Toga.  It was this dedication that pushed him to unleash his full potential and man it was scary.  Honestly, I don’t care if its for “the greater good” that Hawks had to take him out, he still did Twice in and I cant imagine anyone was happy with it.  So when Dabi kicks the crap out of him in retaliation, I was fine with that.  We’ll miss ya Twice, easily one of the best villains in My Hero Academia.

 
#2-Dabi Explains it All
Ever since his first appearance in the series, fans began to speculate that the burnt skinned Dabi was somehow related to our half fire/half ice favorite, Shoto Torodoki.  Even if it was a reveal you saw coming a mile away, it was one the show was never gonna let you forget, or rather Dabi wasn’t gonna let you forget.  The normally calm and detached fire villain went full mad psycho as he not only revealed all the dirty laundry about the atrocities heroes like Hawks committed to stop the Paranormal Liberation Front, he also laid out the entire history of abuse he and his siblings had suffered thanks to their father, Endeavor.  This was Dabi’s golden hour to finally let out every bit of crazed frustration he’d been holding in for years.  And for icing on the cake, being faced with every single mistake he’d made coming back to haunt him, Endeavor could do nothing but fall to his knees and nearly cry.  It’s not juts a powerful scene for Dabi, this is the moment where it became clear that the Villains had won this battle…and maybe even the war.
 

#1-Bakugo Finally Apologizes
When Deku goes rogue in the second half of Season 6, he slowly cuts ties with everyone: his classmates, his family, even All Might.  He sees it as his and his responsibility alone to take care of Shiguraki and All For One and the weight of Shiguraki’s attack is a burden that is slowly tearing him apart.  Deku is so stuck in his own head he forgets his classmates love him and we get a fun and emotional sequence where he faces all of Class 1-A, everyone now aware of Deku’s One For All secret.  The real kicker?  Bakugo once again shows true character growth by being the voice of reason to bring Deku back by doing the one thing I don’t think anyone thought he’d ever do: He apologizes to Deku for being such an ass to him all their lives.  He always knew that despite his initial lack of Quirk, Deku was gonna keep up with him and maybe even surpass him.  This is a game changing moment here, as great as any this season.  I’m sure Bakugo’s attitude isn’t gonna change (and it shouldn’t).  But it was here he truly accepted Deku as a friend and assured him that if Deku’s gonna pull this kind of solo crap, he’s gonna either bring him back himself or lead the charge to beat some sense into him and then bring him home.

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