My Hero Academia S7 Ep 12 Review
My Hero Academia, the manga has come to an end, but we still got a few months left of the anime. And after what happened at the end of last week’s episode, I can safely say that this is where things get real. They were real before, but Bakugo being mortally wounded is when things for the heroes go from worse to downright hell. The villains spend the majority of this episode beating the heroes into a pulp, and for a few moments, it looks like they’re going to lose. Had Horikoshi been bolder, he could’ve killed more heroes before this was done. Then again, if there’s one thing superheroes are good at, it’s pulling off insane bs.
Too bad the villains can do the same.
Driven into a Corner
At the flying coffin, the heroes are aghast at Bakugo’s apparent death. They were barely hanging on against Shigaraki as it were, but now? Now they’re truly desperate. Mirko and the Big Three can barely slow him down, and Jeanist and Edge Shot are doing everything they can to save Bakugo’s life. And for the longest time while reading the manga, I was just as afraid as the heroes were that Bakugo might not make it! It was like the moment when Neji died in Naruto. At first you and try and deny it or think that something will be done to undo it! I was afraid that Horikoshi was going to repeat history, and while I knew plenty of people would applaud him for such a gutsy move, just as many would be angry.
It gets worse as the villains begin to counterattack across the frontlines. Dabi is the only one we see outside of AFO, but that alone was still terrifying. The man’s hatred and utter disregard for his own life has turned him into a monster from the pits of hell!
Why AFO Becoming Young Works
And All for One? If the heroes thought fighting him in his current state was bad enough, facing him in his prime flat-out nightmare fuel.
I’ll admit: All for One injecting himself with a duplicate of Eri’s Quirk to rewind his body to his prime feels like a stretch. Its a very convenient way for the story to take a bad situation and make it worse, and even reading the manga, I knew people would have problems with it. However, I would like to point out that AFO’s new god-mode is offset by the fact that it will rewind him until he ceases to exist anymore. Now both sides are up against the clock: the heroes to take AFO and Shigaraki down before they meet, and AFO getting his hands on a new body and One for All before he’s unborn. That’s a pretty good way to maintain stakes.
All hope is not lost, though.
The Second Round Has Begun
Mirio might be one of my favorite characters in the series for a reason. As powerful as he is, he knows when not to take himself too seriously and make people laugh. And while that “peachy keen” gag seems stupid to do on the battlefield, people say the same about Naruto and his Sexy Jutsu. And last time I checked, that was pretty good at distracting people!
It also works, too. It distracts Shigaraki long enough for Deku to make it back to the Coffin in the Sky. And I dont need to have read the manga to know that the next episode is going to see him livid at whats happened to his teachers and friends.
This episode essentially marks the start of the second round of the final war. Both sides are done warming up and are ready to go all out. It may seem strange since they were going all out before, but that’s how Shonen operates. The fights keep escalating until one side loses. And with everything on the line and nations already preparing to bow to Shigaraki, the heroes can’t afford to lose. Otherwise, they’ll live in a world ruled by darkness forever. Time to go beyond, PLUS ULTRA!
I Give “Those Who Defend, Those Who Violate” a 4/5
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