Deku Travels into Shigaraki’s Memories to Save Him

My Hero Academia Final Season Ep 6 Review

It all comes down to this. Deku has one chance to stop Shigaraki. By transferring One for All into Shigaraki, he can break through to the core of his mental self and do what he promised: save him. It’s the last hope that the world has, and despite knowing what will happen, I was still at the edge of my proverbial seat watching this! If anyone can reach Tenko Shimura, it’s Izuku Midoriya!!

The Whole World is Watching Deku

The final round between Deku and Shigaraki begins in the most epic way possible, with neither holding anything back. Deku knows that he’s at a disadvantage thanks to losing Danger Sense, but he’s had it for far longer than Shigaraki has. Like Spider-Man’s Spider-Sense, it has its flaws and gaps. Combined with his incredible knowledge of Quirks as a whole, and Deku is able to outsmart Shigaraki. In the fight between brains and brawn, brains often come out on top.

The fight between Izuku and Tomura is not going unnoticed, either. The entire world is watching Deku fight for his life against the monstrous Shigaraki. The anime makes it a point to extend the scenes where the Heroes are recovering and evacuating the flying coffin. In particular, I liked how we see Kaminari bursting into tears because he’s worried that some part of him fears Izuku Midoriya won’t be able to win. I felt that. No matter how much I want things to be all right, there’s always that little bit of annoying doubt in my head that won’t shut up. The only thing we can do is make sure we can’t hear it.

It’s even worse for the kids like Eri and Kota. They desperately want to help Izuku out somehow, but they can’t do anything. All anyone who isn’t fighting can do is pray. The actual fight is nothing short of epic, though, like something out of an AAA video game. When this is all over, I doubt that there won’t be a person in the world who doesn’t know who Izuku Midoriya is.

Seeing Shigaraki’s Memories First-Hand

I really like the fact that as Deku forces One for All into Shigaraki, their memories start to become all jumbled together. They both see how each others lives have gone, and how their choices have led them to be who they are now, and I think it’s great from an artistic standpoint. Eventually, though, we see that Deku manages to force most of One for All into Shigaraki, giving him the breach he needs to enter the core of Shigaraki’s mind. The only vestige left is, fittingly, Nana Shimura, Tomura’s grandmother and the one with the closest connection to him.

Nana, You Shouldn’t Have Said Goodbye like That

Despite knowing how much of a threat her grandson has become, I’ve always thought that there was a part of Nana that wanted to save Tenko as much as Izuku does. So getting to see her see her son’s home up close is a very emotional moment. A moment that only gets more emotional when Izuku and Nana see the memory that gave birth to Shigaraki: his dad beating him.

Nana, I know you left your son up for adoption to protect him, but you still really screwed up. You should have better explained why you had to leave him, and that it wasn’t because you didn’t love him anymore. If you had, then a lot of terrible things could have been stopped. Of course, there are more guilty parties at work.

Even after all this time, I still don’t know how to entirely feel about the ending to My Hero Academia. I think that it could’ve been better written at certain points, but I still think that Horikoshi did the best with what he created. But now, it’s time to finish this. One last time, Izuku Midoriya need to go beyond, PLUS ULTRA!!

I Give “Wrench it Open, Izuku Midoriya” a 4/5

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