T5W#146-Top 5 Moments from My Hero Academia Season 3 (so far)

My Hero Academia.  Anyone who talks about Anime these days will bring it up at least once and now, it has become the title that you must be caught up with…otherwise any Anime conversation is basically dead.  “Are you caught up on Hero Aca?  Did you see last weeks episode?”  And the best part?  The hype of this show is real.  My Hero Academia has set a new standard for Shonen Anime that is slowly eclipsing the big three of Shonen Jump (Bleach, One Piece and Naruto) and is becoming a force to be loved and reckoned with.  And if you thought Season Two set a high bar to be surpassed, Season Three has crushed that bar and set a new one much higher.  Considering there are pretty lengthy breaks in between seasons now, it’s a testament to Hero Aca’s brilliant writing and heartfilled cast and exciting AF action sequences that maintain its staying power in Anime culture.  Well im totally caught up and I think its time to highlight how much good has happened so far.  So consider this an official SPOILER ALERT (unless someones spoiled them for you already) as this weeks Top 5 Wednesday is all about the Top 5 Moments from My Hero Academia Season 3 (so far).

 

#5-Kota’s Storyline

This little ones storyline is (right now) very brief but very well done.  Kota is introduced as most would be brats usually are…punching Deku in the nuts when the hero in training tries to introduce himself.  We later learn that Kota hates heroes because his parents, combined known as Water Hose, were killed in action and their loss rightfully left their young son devastated.  Kota doesn’t want to believe in the concept of heroes when theyre going to die and leave him sadder than he already is.  Leave it to Deku to risk his life anyway to save Kota, nearly dying in the process (we’ll come back to that).  But Deku’s heroic nature inspires Kota to access is own quirk, water much like his parents, in a vain but incredibly brave attempt to save Deku in turn.  Im not sure how much more of Kota we’re gonna see in Season 3 but I wont lie, im gonna miss the kid and normally I cant stand brats like him in most Anime.

 

#4-UA Undercover Swag

With Bakugo in the hands of the enemy, Deku and his classmates are crushed in their first real defeat.  Although the teachers forbid them from taking any action, Deku, Todoroki Kirishima, Yaoyorozu and Tenya decide to try and rescue Bakugo while the heroes deal with the villians.  But to make sure the enemy, and their own teachers, cant spot them, the quintet stops off at a clothing store and emerge in crazy outfits that definitely disguise them…but their attempts to act are the true entertainment.  My favorite is Deku dressed like a would be Yakuza bodyguard trying to sound crude and vile.

 

#3-Tetsutetsu and Kendo defeat Mustard

Believe it or not, there are other classes at UA besides Deku’s.  During the Training Camp Arc, Class 1B accompanies 1A.  When the villains attack, everyone is separated and we get different groups battling different foes.  Two of 1B’s more prominent characters, cute Class Rep Kendo and Kirishima’s 1B counterpart, Tetsutetsu, battle Mustard, a cruel and rotten high school student who can create a debilitating mist.  Like many of the villains in this Arc, he is a pain to battle and when he pulls out a gun to fire at Tetsutetsu, you really want his ass to get kicked for being so cowardly.  Thankfully, Tetsutetsu’s steels skin holds out long enough for Kendo to clear the mist and beat the mess out of Mustard with Tetsutetsu’s help, a definite F Yeah moment.  BTW is it just me or do Kendo and Tetsutetsu look totally “shippable”?

 

#2-Deku vs. Muscular

I’ll say this for the bad guys of My Hero Academia, they are scary.  Everytime the UA students have faced these guys, they’ve always been gigantic, titanic in strength and you get worried really, really quick.  The Vanguard Action Squad of The League of Villains had a plethora of these guys but none were scarier than Muscular.  Armored by his own muscle fibers beneath his skin, this guy was an impenetrable wall that even Deku’s most powerful attacks couldn’t break.  Seeing him thrash Deku was heart crushing and, for a moment, I didn’t think Deku was going to make it.  That’s where Kota’s shinning moment came in (the one I mentioned above about him using his Quirk to get Muscular’s attention).  That gave Deku the strength to go PLUS ULTRA like never before and beat the leaving crap out of Muscular in a single blow that would make Saitama from One Punch Man proud…also Deku saves Kota from falling off of a cliff using his teeth because his arms are too messed up during the fight…that was priceless too.

 

#1-“GET BACK ON THE BUS!!!”

One of the funniest moments I have ever seen in any Anime ever.  On their way to their summer training camp, Class 1A makes a pitstop to stretch their legs.  Quickly, theyre met by their Summer Training Camp hosts, The Wild Wild Pussycats.  When they point out that their training facility is on the other side of a nearby forest, each member of Class 1A begins to have the same realization.  It’s slow, it builds one student after another until they all realize in horror…this isn’t a pitstop.  As that sadist Aizawa declares, “TRAINING CAMP BEGINS NOW!!!” every student runs for dear life, trying to get back to the bus only for everyone to be thrown into the forest below and told to reach the facility by noon if they want lunch.  Considering how dark and serious things got afterwards, this moment of brilliant hilarity and levity was more than welcome.