My hero academia season 5 series#

Re-Destro preaches over the inherent connection between an individualвЂ™s Quirk and the userвЂ™s temperament, which in ShigarakiвЂ™s case paints the picture of a villain who is only interested in destruction. The Meta Liberation leader inadvertently triggers an epiphany in Shigaraki that leaves him more ready than ever to set the world on fire. ShigarakiвЂ™s past pain helps fuel his current fight against Re-Destro. ItвЂ™s a villain who destroyed his support and left himself with nobody. This isnвЂ™t a villain who had nobody for support. Even after all of this pain itвЂ™s still possible to picture a version of Shigaraki thatвЂ™s able to live a healthy lifeвЂ“possibly even as a heroвЂ“if he still had Hana by his side for support. The most gutting collateral damage from ShigarakiвЂ™s burgeoning Quirk is his sister, Hana, who was always there for him. The episode details that Shigaraki loses everyoneвЂ“not just his mother and father, but also his grandparents and even his dogвЂ“which leaves him in a newly harash world. ThereвЂ™s no scenario in which this loss feels acceptable, but вЂњTenko Shimura: OriginвЂќ doesnвЂ™t hold back when it comes to the fear, sadness, and shame that dominates the вЂњbirthвЂќ of Shigaraki. The complete annihilation of oneвЂ™s family is enough to break even the most altruistic of heroes. ShigarakiвЂ™s flashbacks are so heartbreaking because thereвЂ™s a real sense of calm and happiness in their normal suburban life that the audience knows will decay into ash at a momentвЂ™s notice. вЂњTenko Shimura: OriginвЂќ is the first time that the specifics of this tragedy get unpacked and it easily ranks up there with the seriesвЂ™ most devastating moments. My Hero Academia casually dropped the bomb of backstory that these hands are actually from the members of ShigarakiвЂ™s family a morbid badge of courage over how much heвЂ™s changed. Shigaraki has commanded an air of intimidation ever since his first appearance, largely because the cluster of severed hands that decorate his face is definitely a look that would give villains like Red Skull or Two-Face pause.

My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 22 Review: Sad ManвЂ™s Parade By Daniel Kurland Previous episodes have provided flashes of ShigarakiвЂ™s grim past, but itвЂ™s nothing compared to whatвЂ™s uncovered in вЂњTenko Shimura: Origin вЂќ an excellent episode that, as its title suggests, thereвЂ™s a lot more to Tenko вЂњTomura ShigarakiвЂќ Shimura than the audience realizes. The culmination of this is of course Tomura Shigaraki, the head of the League of Villains, the seriesвЂ™ central antagonist, and a character whoвЂ™s increasingly been positioned as Izuku MidoriyaвЂ™s dark counterpoint.

My hero academia season 5 series#

There is no shortage of villains in the series and My Hero AcademiaвЂ™s вЂњMy Villain AcademiaвЂќ story arc has risen to the occasion by choosing some of its more vicious and unstable villains to put under the microscope.

TheyвЂ™re the perfect amount of dark and haunting without feeling exploitative or off the mark from what the series should represent. ThereвЂ™s an inherent risk of ruining the magic that surrounds certain characters by answering all of the questions that contextualize them-especially when it comes to villains-but My Hero Academia has not only avoided this particular story struggle, but excelled in the territory and turned the challenge into some of the showвЂ™s most powerful episodes. This My Hero Academia review contains spoilers for Season 5, Episode 23.