To add to the entertainment, UA brought in cheerleaders - specifically American cheerleaders? - and the perverted gears in Mineta’s ( Ryo Hirohashi) head turn once again. While preparations are made for the final competition, the runners up do a scavenger hunt with help from the audience. The weight of another fated battle between men is somewhat lessened as the students who didn’t make the final round partake in recreational games. Watching from the shadows, Bakugo ( Nobuhiko Okamoto) wishes anyone took him so seriously. If Todoroki wants to make it to the top, he’ll have to take Izuku seriously. While Izuku’s passion stems from a more vague feeling of general disempowerment and empathy, All Might’s squire holds true to his beliefs. To do so, he’ll have to get past the other students and their ambitions. He will never use his father’s flame Quirk, and he will achieve the greatness that always eluded Endeavor. Regardless of the physical pain given by his mother, Todoroki vows to avenge the emotional pain Endeavor has caused to his entire family. Disgusted by Endeavor’s features on her son’s face (and surely in an awful mental place), she poured scalding water on Todoroki, giving him the burn marks around his left eye. She hated Endeavor, and she hated seeing him in their son. Though Todoroki only speaks briefly of his mother, it’s pretty clear that she was not interested in being forced in to marriage and motherhood just because of her Quirk. If he couldn’t be the top hero, his child would be, and that child would need an exceptional Quirk. After spending so long failing to achieve this, he extended his plan to the next generation.
His purpose in life was to be the #1 Hero, not to do things that would get him there and incidentally wind up on top. Where Izuku and All Might burn with a desire to help others, Endeavor burns with a desire for status. Endeavor, at every turn, seems to be a real jerk. Flame Hero Endeavor ( Tetsu Inada), always striving to be #1 (and always falling short to All Might) learned of a woman with an ice creating Quirk and cajoled her family into giving him her hand in marriage. In the first couple generations after Quirks started manifesting worldwide, arranged marriages came back in vogue with the goal of breeding children with superior Quirk combinations. The hot and cold kid at the top of Class A goes on to explain his troubled backstory one with elements that other students might share. Todoroki was shaken by Izuku’s determination in the Cavalry Battle, and seems to hope he’s found a kindred spirit. Izuku tries to brush that assumption off, but can’t hide that he has a connection to All Might. When they came face to face in the Cavalry Battle, Todoroki was certain he saw something of All Might’s ( Kenta Miyake) power in Izuku, and wondered if this boy was the secret love child of the Symbol of Peace. At first, he comes to Izuku seemingly seeking a kindred spirit. Not only was Shoto Todoroki born with power over ice, but also fire… and an intensely messed up family life. As the students recover from the Cavalry Battle and prepare for whatever comes next, the drama focuses on the conflict between Todoroki ( Yuki Kaji) and Izuku ( Daiki Yamashita) - Todoroki being the titular “boy.” Last week, they found a quiet hallway in which to quietly square off, and now we get to the heart of Todoroki’s drive. The title of this week’s episode is “The Boy Born With Everything,” and it seems to mean “everything” in more of a sense of quantity than quality. Though, I don’t think we’ve been introduced to a character with a literal Midas touch Quirk, yet. Every well trod story line, ever played out trope, every decades old concept can be shiny and golden and new. If someone tried to sell me on My Hero Academia by telling me it’s a story about men and their pride, I’d run them out of town on a rail, then find something else to watch.
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