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My Hero Academia, season 2 - Episode 29

Alright, let’s get into this. It’s My Hero Academia, episode 29! Here we GO!

-PREVIOUSLY ON My Hero Academia, things went to hell in a handbasket.

-Opening!

-PRESENTLY ON My Hero Academia. So the train’s come to a stop, and the officials are trying to keep things calm…And Deku promptly hops right out and starts sprinting down the track, needing to get in the field…He pulls on the 5% charge, and takes a big leap, starting to really move…

-Episode 29: Hero Killer: Stain vs U.A. Students

-While the Nomus do their thing, rampaging wildly…And Gran Torino’s out in the field, doing everything he can to keep them off the people…

-But he’s not fighting alone, as a vicious fire catches one up! The flames of Endeavor, who has entered the field. I can only assume he was here looking for Stain, that seems like the sort of conflict he’d want to throw down in…

-Back to Deku, who’s trying to think through the Nomu situation. If they’re dealing with multiple, and if they’re anything like the one from the UA attack…He’s got a mess of a situation. To say nothing of Tenya being at risk…And that’s when he hears someone shout his friend’s name! Oh god, that can’t be—

-…So that’s…Even worse than I thought it would be.Deku just walked into a situation with two Nomus and the entire place is on fire, and it’s Manual who was shouting for Tenya, because of course he’s nowhere to be found…And that’s when all the pieces come together in Deku’s head. They’re in Stain’s current killing ground. The League of Villains would no doubt become aware of someone like him. This…Well, Deku doesn’t have all the data, but he has enough to know shit’s fucked.

-Meanwhile, Tomura’s watching the fun from afar, and staying out of it because of his injury. But he got a set of Nomus from whoever’s pulling the strings, who’s made six and let him have three…

-Then it’s to where we left Tenya and Stain at the end of the last episode. Tenya makes his big speech to take on the name of Ingenium, and dives in to try and literally kick Stain’s ass…Which does not go well for Tenya, as he ends up with a boot-spike in his side and a sword in his shoulder. And of course he’s full of fury, impotent rage at being unable to avenge his older brother, who he looked up to so ferociously…

-That man, so very humble, who lived up to the very ideal of heroism…The one who gave Tenya the entire dream of becoming a hero!

-What kind of hero would claim vengeance before rescue, kid? You have an injured comrade right there, slowly bleeding out. You have an entire city in chaos, in need of as many heroes as it can get. And yet you’re here, trying to kill him. What kind of hero does that make you? Not one worthy of living.

-Stain pulls the sword out of Tenya’s shoulder, and licks of the blood…And in an instant, Tenya’s body locks up. He’s helpless. Down comes the blade, to end his life…

-But a moment too late, as Stain eats a fucking Smash right into the face! Deku’s hit the stage to save his friend!

-Flashback to Deku’s thought process. His feeling that the pieces were connected. Running off the pieces of data only he had. Barely anyone would know the younger brother of Ingenium was interning. Even fewer would know he was in this city. Hardly anyone outside of UA would have the knowledge to recognize a Nomu. Add it together…And it all smells wrong. It sounds like a real risk. And if Tenya wasn’t in the field stopping Nomus…Then that meant he found the hero killer!

-And right as Deku put it all together, he found Stain, and put a ferocious punch right into his jaw…He’d seen the news reports, how Stain always worked in areas without a lot of people. And where would be less populated in a time of crisis, than the alleyways right next to a hero agency? It all fits. Tenya, can you move? They need to get gone.

-He can’t. Stain’s Quirk did something to him…And that’s when Deku spots the other hero. That makes this bad. With Full Cowling, and possibly some propulsion from Tenya’s engines, they could have gotten well away from Stain and to somewhere safe if it was just the two of them. But now that would mean abandoning someone to die. That’s not an option.

-And to make it worse…Tenya is still furiously wanting to take Stain down himself. And Stain’s deciding he has to kill Deku, too…Well. That’s…Bad. Deku can see the raw killing intent in those eyes. This isn’t a man who just makes threats he can’t follow through on. This is someone who truly, genuinely means to end his life.

-Deku manages to get his phone out of his back pocket, and send out a GPS ping. He’s found himself in the shitter. Now, all he can do is stall for time. Best case scenario, he might even be able to force Stain to retreat. Worst case…He just has to hold the line. He just has to survive. People will come. Stain will be outnumbered. It’s not a great plan, it’s not even a good plan, but it’s the best he can do with the score as it is.

-Tenya, of course, wants Deku to leave, that this has nothing to do with him…

-Then what hero could do anything, if they had to wait until it had something to do with them? They’re going to have a long talk later…But All Might told him something important. Meddling when it’s not your problem, trying to help just because you saw someone who needed helping…That’s what being a hero is!

-And now, Stain’s intrigued. Deku races in with a Full Cowling sprint…And rushes PAST Stain sliding under his legs before springing up! It puts him under one swipe and over the next, and he comes in with a 5% Detroit Smash to Stain’s skull! He managed to hold it, managed to move almost like Katsuki’s crazy explosion-flips…

-But Stain, Stain licks the tiniest part of his blade…Catches a single drop of Deku’s blood, and his body locks up immediately. So. That’s…Really bad. And then Deku sees the blood, and puts it together. He didn’t get stopped from a grazing cut. He got stopped when Stain got his blood. That’s, that’s important…If he can survive this, at least.

-Stain is, admittedly, impressed. Deku thought through that strike well. He used clever tactics, and put them to work fast. You’ve got a lot of spunk, kid. You might just be worth keeping around. These other guys…Not so much. And he steps forward, to finish Tenya off…

-When a gout of flame forces him back! Whose flames…?

-Shoto’s, of course. Brought into the fray by his father, when he caught Deku’s ping. And recognized the number. A location ping, from someone like Deku, without any information, had to mean something was rough. He kicks out an ice field, forcing Stain back and lifting up the injured parties…He’s got pros coming fast, all they have to do is hold the line!

-Shoto manages to get all three behind him, his fire up…And Deku lays out what he figured out about Stain’s Quirk. Keep him from getting your blood! …Right.

-And then a knife hits Shoto’s cheek, thrown hard! Stain sprints in fierce, and while Shoto blocks his first strike with an ice wall, Stain gets in close to lick the wound…Until Shoto kicks up enough raw fire to force him back! Tenya’s left watching, as they fight for him, his rage burning past his logic…

-Shoto, though, doesn’t have to play nearly as nice as Deku about this. So shut the fuck up, Tenya. You’re an embarrassment to the name you claim you inherited. While Deku starts to be able to move…And manages to force things with a Full Cowling when Stain tries to catch Shoto! He’s able to grapple Stain and launch him back, as Shoto, with two fresh knives in his arm, tries to figure out the limits…

-Especially since the others can’t move still, even though Deku got locked down last…Stain realizes in his head that the kid must have blood type O. While Shoto pulls Deku back out with an ice attack, and he shares his theory. He could move first. That means at least one of three things. One, Stain can only hold a certain number on lockdown. Two, the amount of blood affects how strong or long-lasting the effect is, since Stain only got a drop of his. Three, it has to do with blood types.

-And Stain outright admits, it’s blood types. As we get the big Quirk explanation pause moment. His Quirk, Bloodcurdle, can lock down someone with even a drop of their blood, for up to 8 minutes. It goes from O, A, AB and B in terms of effectiveness.

-Of course, knowing his Quirks only does so much. And carrying both injured out of here is a bad plan, especially with Shoto having a deep injury on one arm. So Deku cooks up a simple plan: He’s going to get in close, try to force Stain to turn his back to you. You keep the ranged attacks coming. It’s a shit plan, but the best one they have on the board…

-As in Shoto’s internal monologue, he’s been concerned about Tenya ever since the attack, but didn’t have the closeness to reach out…And we see a flashback to the encounter with his mother. When he told her everything…And saw her smile again. It was her happiness, her dreams for her son, that made him able to take his father’s internship offer, and see the real challenges and work of the number two hero…That put him in this city, on this day.

-All of it started, because of Deku’s simple words. All of this happened because Deku was willing to push, and push, and keep pushing, and refuse to let him stay in that tunnel-vision icy rage. And now they stand here, to defend another soul who needs to be broken free of that kind of narrow focus, and see freedom again…

-Deku ends up taking a slice to one leg, as Stain goes in for the kill, only to barely avoid Shoto’s flames. He’s moving faster now, more ferocious. This isn’t a game anymore, this is him intending to kill to survive…

-Down on the ground, Tenya’s still furious that he can’t do anything, that he’s not able to avenge his brother…Then shut the fuck up and stand! You want to be a hero worthy of your brother’s name?! (Stain gets a lick of Deku’s blood, locking him down, and Shoto forces his attention back to the rest of them with an ice wall) Then START ACTING LIKE ONE! He kicks his fire to full burn, holding the line…

-As Tenya’s blood starts to boil, and he feels the first inkling of movement in his fingers…!

-Credits!

Well that got dense. And intense. All of these rich plot-meats coming together, these amazing character beats flowing into one single fantastic fight…We’ll have to see how it goes from here next time, in episode THIRTY of My Hero Academia! Wait for it!

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The Mistresses of Lord Maulbrey

Was it the mistress and not mistresses that goes around in the translation? Should’ve been mistresses, but anyway. 

Much spoilers, very series, beware, so wow, you know, all that. 

The case case episode, the main plot is still there, but I think it’s still in the old school Holmes style, a complicated detective story with twists and turns and drama and all that. Quite enjoyable, I like Holmes’ aethestics there, always end up screencapping the guy the most. 

He’s beauty he’s grace he’s got a joke for a face.

This is incredible that I managed to miss the entire build up to Watson proposing to Mrs. Hudson in the future, but I just had a really hard time understanding these idiots. Funny, huh, yesterday I called Holmes and Adler a bunch of idiots, now it’s Watson and Mrs. Hudson. Love sure does some fucky things to you. 

Fucking Holmes in the end actually spelled out the answer to my question as to what exactly Mrs. Hudson is going for here, like holy tits, thanks buddy, like you actually helped. Now it’s clear to me that the love is not one-sided, but Mrs. Hudson is sure a weird lady in her ways. And yeah, she wanted something from Watson, and there came drunk dating advice Holmes and rightfully said that she’s waiting for him to make a move, and a cool move for that. Like huh. Understanding women, I had trouble understanding her across all these years, what are you saying.  

Take a look at this lady and please answer me what kind of transformation was this 

Talk about villain wardrobe. 

Okay, the case. Very smart again, very overcomplicated as well, just like Moriarty likes it. I just can’t drag a man for this if he slaps his fucking initials on everything he breathes, those fucking maths nerds just can’t think simple, can they. 

I mean I guess it’s worth to fight for like 500k pounds, it’s no rocket science Moriarty does self-funding for his big ben plans and he needs a fuckton he can’t get any other legal way, but still. Really, some sort of manslut inheritance scheme? Too fucking bad all your plans relied on an assumption that Maulbrey isn’t a troll, buddy. 

Anyway, in this case I again saw some patterns both from the previous and future episodes. Future ones? Getting people via card debts, exactly how they got Calloway on the force here, and how they got that blueprints chancery man from the last episode: get them into huge debts, promise to let them go if they do a job for Moriarty. And from the previous ones, using people with their own personal interest in the matter. Using racist Sholto to foil the Indian plans, and using Maulbrey’s bastard daughter to get to his money. Never surface in the case, throw these people under the bus: nobody suspects you and the criminals had a solid motive and did everything willingly. Bingo. 

Why the hell did I understand it only just now why Moriarty makes such a big deal out of staying hidden, he’s literally being hunted by the queen herself. Literally, all the high top secret unknown forces are on his ass, if he doesn’t make an extended effort to hide, he’s fucked. 

So, the case was kind of complicated, let me clear it up for myself: this artist gal was Maulbrey’s illegal daughter. When the thing about his mistresses getting showered with money became known, she somehow got hooked up with Moriarty. Moriarty proposed this entire scheme. The gal grabbed her two half-sisters and threw them into the lord’s bed. Both her and Moriarty agreed they weren’t actually going to share with these gals, so they killed them. That’s two out of five total mistresses, including miss “Baker”, the other three, I’m suspecting, were actual mistresses that pushed Moriarty to his idea in the first place. In the end, Moriarty wanted to outplay everybody, lying not only to miss Baker, but also to the artist gal as well: Baker gets rid of the nephew, thinks she’s the sole candidate and gets her ass chopped => she was the actual last element in the scheme to get rid of, and, according to the first will, Maulbrey’s closet relative gets all the money, i.e. the artist gal. Then the gal would’ve been disposed of as well, and therefore everyone involved is dead and Moriarty gets himself a cigar shower. 

What still remains fucked up about this entire story is the fact that one of that gal’s sisters was her twin, so Maulbrey was her dad. Like,,,,

Anyway, yeah, quite a nice old school case, nice episode, but it’s still a kind of one-off that was just another quick plan foiled, doesn’t play a big role or anything.

Double anyway, very good Holmes content. Black shirt - 10/10, soup eating skills - 10/10, faces - 10 weird laughs/10.

Yeah, in this episode we find out that Moriarty is Robert. As sve-tka once pointed it out, this is an ancient reference, so ancient it goes way back to some stage play that used to run during the times when ACD himself was alive and well, and there, apparently, Morarty’s name was Robert. *shrugs* I find it kinda cute though, there ain’t a bad guy called Robert nowhere. Rob Moriarty. Robby. Amazing.  

That gal kind of looks like Mrs. Hudson, but either way she’s really pretty

Holmes legit busted a nut somewhere during this episode because of her, have you seen the faces he made while talking to her? They even legit spell it out, she said she liked him, and Holmes replied he sadly liked her too, like??? Irene would be shook at the sight of this fuckery, good thing this gal turned out to be psychotic and now chills in jail, amiright. Why do you always fall for such shit, Holmes. Why can’t you just find yourself some chick that goes into a seizure at the faintest wind of problems brushing her ass, not some type of freelance gold diggers with a fucking body count? Honestly. 

Speaking of freelance assholes with a body count, here’s Watson and his first time in jail.

That is incredible that I have to mention it was only his first time there yet, what the fuck is going on with people in this series. So casually too, punch a homeless dude, steal someone’s bike, wait until your friend makes a walk up to the police station to bail your ass out, and make no deal out of the entire event whatsoever. Did I mention Watson scares me more than Moriarty? There you go.

Let’s appreciate the man that managed to fuck everyone over with his touching trust for a man he’d never met.

I got so emotional when his parcel came in, he literally never met Holmes ever in his life before (ironically Holmes was the last person he’d seen in his life), but he went on and sent these exceptionally crucial documents that Moriarty himself was hunting for, to Holmes. Because he’d heard that Holmes is a great man with great abilities, and Kibby’s trust in that was so strong he turned this entire case upside down, in the favor of a man he never knew, but believed in. Holmes was giggling like a bitch reading his letter, he was showered with compliments. I don’t know about you, but I find this very touching. Hats off to Kibby. 

Goggles on, that’s right. Velcom to ma labratory where safity is namber one preority. 

Here comes the detail that will make it into the Sign of Four. You thought some little black peeps were this dangerous and exotic? Take, that, literature bullshit, there’s a country more fucked up than all of the Andaman Islands combined - Australia. 

Let’s talk about this Henry dude, which could’ve been the prototype to sir Henry in the future, as a nephew of a rich guy and the only his known heir. They forced the guy into a pissy bathroom and made him write his testimony with a pencil on a toilet roll.

They’ve stressed this dude out so much he died on a shitter of a heart attack while writing an all-important information on a toilet roll. 

He visibly blinked on camera while dead. I rest my case.  

Oh man, the “Actually I heal people” scene.

“Actually, I’m a doctor” is what he really said, but my proofreader changed it to reflect on the actual meaning of that phrase. Vrach = doctor, learning Russian with Sherlock Holmes, you’ve heard this word a lot. Syschik = detective, all the time. In the Soviet series Watson was exclusively a doctor, here it’s both vrach and doctor. But both adaptations avoid calling Holmes a detective religiously, and that’s what everyone is calling him nowadays. But it’s funny how persistent they are when it comes to this detail, always a syschik, never a detective. Very Russian for a British show, don’t you think. 

Also, I did point it out once and I’ll point it out again - guns here matter and I love it. They’re actually counting bullets shot, and their barrels do run out - when Roy’s did, he was harmless. Thank you.

The face reveal wasn’t exactly a reveal because we kinda saw Moriarty already in the previous episode, but thanks I guess?

Shades have just rendered the entire achievement pointless, but yeah, alright? Holmes now can hang it above his bed, which is exactly what he does? Do you caress the picture before going to sleep or something? 

What I’m saying is, we just saw his face, but a lot of people have never guessed that he was there ever since episode one personally, so that face reveal was rather yeah. Still love ya Rob, cool shades. 

So yeah, a nice episode and all, many good moments, but it kind of falls out of the overall plot because of the “and I could’ve gotten away with that too, if it wasn’t for you meddling kids!” story. Like yeah, the plot didn’t happen, they found out about it this episode, foiled it in the same episode, the end. I still like the case though, as I’ve said before, the good old Holmes, as canon as it can ever get with this series. 

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