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*[Evolution.](https://i.imgur.com/zegChP3.jpeg)*

The way that Okinawa scene was going i was half expecting it to be an Ad for All Mights agency and not a real situation lol

Koichi's evolving his quirk quite a bit this early in the season

#SUMO ROOMBA MODE UNLOCKED!

[](#dekuhype)

Giant Lion, cuccumber, and Tofu? Huh.
ALL MIGHT IS HERE TO SAVE THE DAY!

Oh this takes place after the All Might fight with one for all in the past.
Aw All Might worried about his friend thats nice.
Aw they exchanging gifts thats cute. Oh All Might was thinking of his sis.

Oh he still wantss to question pop thats bad. Luckily we got someone capible to help.
JESUS MAKOTO IS SCARY GOOD DEDUCING! SHE FIGURED IT OUT FROM SO LITTLE!

Oh its Mantis guy he cant go back it seems and cant live a normal life now.
I like how this bath smell stuff is just a plot point haha.
Oh shit its Hulk Hogan Hero who died to Dabi and Compress. o7

Aw All Might thinks she relies on him because hes her brother, maybe.

Mecha Godzillas? At a School?
THE CRAWLER IS HERE TO SAVE THE DAY AND HE CRAWLING!
DID HE JUST STICK TO THE WALL WHILE REPELLING MISSLES WITH HIS HANDS!?
Of ccourse they are Pop fans ahahah. Every delinquent is.

Oh they think the quirk for speed boy is thought acceleration. I didnt consider that.
Someone named o'clock maybe, He had a speed quirk.
Maybe relitive? Could be a taken quirk too and put into someone.
Speed Boy Hes training? Oh and talking to All For One, maybe it was given.
Ok yeah hes a guienie pig for all for one it seems. he sees oclock as master?

Aw Pop and Roomba domestic life is cute.
Yeah he figured out how to repel with just 1 hand after that.
4 points was because as a kid he slipped around a lot and needed stability.
HE UNLOCKED SUMO FORM! HE CAN STICK TO FLOOR AND SUMO PUSH! DOSUKOI!

Old Fisty is a negative role model hahaha. Wow....

So the use quirk to push/block stuff was something people spoiled for me during season 1 at some point when people were saying how crappy his quirk was, someone said he could use it later to push or block. Glad we just got right to that and it wasnt as big of a spoiler but still people need to keep their spoilers to themselves about source stuff.

I love getting to see All Might pre-teaching job. And how he and Tsukauchi were bros even back then.

You literally can’t say anything in front of Makoto if you don’t want to piece together something you don’t want her to know.

Look at scenic Okinawa! Where you can enjoy the sights and also get attacked by a bunch of spontaneous, Okinawa-themed, Kaiju! But don't worry, All Might is here with an Okinawan greeting!

And in his civilian life as Toshinori Yagi, he's meeting his old pal Tsukauchi! If Tsukauchi is in danger, All Might is willing to race to his aid, but the #1 Hero can't be seen to play favorites or it would compromise his status as a hero AND his loved ones...but giving souvenirs is totally in the "okay" zone!

Tsukauchi is worried about the kind of dealings his sister is getting into and how comfortable she is possibly skirting the law, but when it comes to Pop she won't sell her talent out. I mean, for one, the police don't really need testimony from Pop, and whatever slightly illegal stuff she's done is moot because she's basically gone legit thanks to Makoto. So Tsukauchi isn't winning this argument against Makoto, and she fully expects her brother to bail her out if she gets into any ACTUAL trouble (legal or otherwise), but he CAN take away her bath salt gift, so...there!

Man, rough going for Kameyan. Turned into a Kaizuo-Ninguen equivalent like he's a proper Kamen Rider, only unlike the Rider brothers he can't transform back into a human...and society is not built to be accommodating to giant mantis-men. Not that there isn't systems in place for people like him, but is it enough? Should people with his circumstances really need special services when society should be more accepting of his needs?

Tsukauchi seems really nice thanks to bath salts but he's more determined to get to the bottom of the Villain behind Trigger and his super-speed...super-speed he shares with the High-Speed Hero O'Clock, basically the MHA equivalent of The Flash and one of the older generation who hasn't been seen in years. How could these two be connected? Master? Family? Either way, there's probably something there.

My condolences to those girls getting harassed by Metal Godzilla (and one insect-looking guy) martial artists who want to do "Kumite" with them. But hey, Koichi can deflect missiles! BUT GET OUT OF THERE POP!

With all this mystery behind how the Villain is related to O'Clock, the subject himself is trying to fight exactly like him, even to the point of disagreeing with ALL FOR ONE on how to operate. Seems like he sees O'Clock as his "Master" and wants to be more like him.

Man, at this point Koichi and Pop feel like they're basically shacking up. I know Pop probably goes home at some point, but still.

Koichi has unlocked the ability to repel and fire repulsive blasts from his hands! The Crawler: Scrappy Thrust Style! He just needs to make sure he doesn't casually damage their place like his old master Knuckleduster! They need to be better! Dosukoi!

It found it kind of amusing they started the ep with a whole “All Might in Okinawa” bit since I’m actually gonna be in Okinawa in a couple weeks. Big man even managed to pick up bath salts for his little cop friend. Bro was sprouting roses like some kinda shojo manga character lol.

So that drug dealer from last week is some kinda demented O’Clock fanboy? Also, was I hearing things or was that AFO he just called “boss” after he hung up?

All Might is making some more appearances. Some people got the impression he would be at a time of being prime level in prequel, but clearly showing its after his AFO injury with his Small Might form. Nice to see him and Tsukauchi meeting together.

The interactions with Makoto and her brother are pretty fun as well. Makoto is a great addition to the cast when we see her. It's nice to see her pestering little sister side with him apart from her more proper image when she's working.

So those Okinawan villains from the opening... I really hope they're just people who can make extra tofu or goya, because All Might just decimated them.

Pretty decent episode all things considered. A Tsukauchi focus is fun, given he didn't get much attention even in the original series.

Not digging the storylines of this season. The grasshopper was random this episode. Trying to be all secretive about meeting with All Might but literally meeting with him in his cafe. Then giving his sister a gift with the name on it too

All Might and Tsukauchi. Hope to see them interact more in this series.

Good thing Makoto is protecting Pop Step and Koichi.

Koichi's quirk is evolving. Can't wait to see it in action. I miss Knuckleduster.

You know, I really enjoyed the first season but I am just not vibing well with this season. Sort of feels like the main characters are being pushed to the side in favor of cameos from My Hero Academia. Last season had cameos, but they felt more natural, and were limited in scope. Like...I am not sure what if any purpose All-Might served as being in this episode. Like...we are three episodes in, and how active have Popstep and Crawler actually been in the series?

So our speedster villain seems to be some kind of fallen protege of an older hero? Seems to be another pawn of All For One like Hachisuka was, though I guess I should have suspected as much since he went out to retrieve some of the Bees. 



Glad they called the giant villains in Okinawa, well, villains. Was concerned that they might try and act like they’re just kaiju or whatever, even though that’s not really a thing in MHA. Though that makes me wonder if they were trigger victims like some of the other giant instant-villains we’ve seen around so far, and if that means that trigger and somehow made its way all the way out to Okinawa. Maybe this set up for some mass-instant-villain-outbreak conflict later down the line? 



Or maybe I’m just overthinking this and they’re just giant villains, just really big ones this time. There’s always that possibility.



It’s always good to see buff All Might again. I’ve seen some people confidently say that this is meant to be the fabled “Golden Age All Might”, but he spat out blood once or twice in his skinny form, so I don’t think that’s the case. And also the fact that All For One very much seems to be in hiding, that really gave me that this series is also post-injury. Crazy that All Might was able to do all that with the time limit. 



Pretty cool how Koichi is learning more about his power. Being able to stick to walls is already very useful, but what seems to be miniature force fields for his palms is crazy. Projectiles too is pretty wild. Since his power seems to be attraction+repulsion, would getting hit by his projectiles just be like getting pushed? Could he also do a similar kind of ranged attack but for attraction instead? Kind of like Inko’s quirk? So many questions, I can’t wait!

Daddy Detective Day 💃🏾🫆

No overlays in the EN dub, all right.

I have things to say about that jumbo plant.

That’s all tofu? Say less, girl, sick us non-meat eaters on the tofu, that looks scrumpdiddlyuptious, thank you for the food 🙏🏾

I now have more things to say about jumbo plant.

All Might is such a cute dork. And a great gift giver. I think he’d be a good participant for Secret Santa.

The gasp I guspt. You mean two people who give me queer panic are *related?*

I want to wrap myself around Fat Gum’s biceps.

Oh. Is he Kafka?

Honestly, what *would* accessibility laws look like in a society with people like this?

>The system needs more inclusivity for minority groups. I’m talking infrastructure and social services

*snaps* 🪭

When Daddy smells like roses. He became a shoujo male lead 😌

>All within the span of about one second

<1 second> (supernatural, firefighting and EMS, manhwa) is awesome.

Oho? So there’s a Flash variant here too. Is the villain Bart Allen or Wally West?

Why does the villain have nice arms? And the fingerless gloves, he is a hottie 🤧

Koichi leveled up! Congratulations! 🎉

Not the window! And you’re renting this place! I have anxiety for him.

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**Shouldn’t need to watch the JP to get overlays, Crunchyroll.**

I want to make a Fat Gum edit of him to SNL’s *Big Boy* feat SZA. He has polar bear arms and could bring in my groceries in just one trip. ***That*** is attractive. His body heat would be insane. He looks like a mighty fine cuddler too 😌

I’m glad to see more about the issues heteromorphs have. I wonder what the debates look like with inclusivity and accessibility for them. I think their advocacy would align with a lot of disability support advocacy.

Oooh this is fun to think about. I’d love to read about this. I’m sure r/HFY has stories around this. Or they’re somewhere in the urban fantasy, supernatual, paranormal, speclit genres.

I need more of the Tsukauchi smells good arc.....

[Considering how silly the situation was at the start of the episode](https://i.imgur.com/loDYvGA.png), I was honestly expecting them to reveal that [it was a tourism ad for Okinawa starring All Might.](https://i.imgur.com/nXWYdCc.png) It turns out that was a real villain attack. Man, those Okinawans were lucky All Might was passing by. xD

[All Might is such a lovable dork](https://i.imgur.com/lBzIJ1C.png). I love that entire scene between him and Tsukauchi, especially when [Tsukauchi starts venting about Makoto to All Might.](https://i.imgur.com/PgJ4GTO.png) And you really can't blame him for venting when you have [a smartass for a sister.](https://i.imgur.com/NCiTdkI.png)

It's no surprise that Makoto is protecting Pop's identity, but I wonder how long she'll be able to keep this up [considering Pop still does vigilante activities with Koichi](https://i.imgur.com/oQ14eEr.png). Makoto is pretty good at [stonewalling her brother tho](https://i.imgur.com/Qoh9XUx.png), so I don't think this is an immediate concern.

[I feel bad for that Kamayan dude.](https://i.imgur.com/RheX7MU.png) Now that he's been permanently transformed, he really can no longer go back to his normal life. [The city really needs to invest in their infrastructure to be more giant mantis-accessible.](https://i.imgur.com/k5Q3pS0.png) lol

So our mystery speedster villain is actually the [student of a retired hero?](https://i.imgur.com/cfdfWEk.jpeg) What are the chances of the dude not actually being retired but AfO stealing his Quirk and giving it [to this guy?](https://i.imgur.com/jj2hcjR.jpeg) Hmmm... I wouldn't be surprised if that's what happened here.

[Koichi has unlocked a new power!](https://i.imgur.com/8rSiio7.jpeg) We're only on episode 3, and he has already learned two more ways to use his Quirk! [Our boy can now deflect attacks](https://i.imgur.com/Vt9Nidc.jpeg) and maybe even use his Quirk offensively!

[Using Knuckleduster as a negative example](https://i.imgur.com/6D6zdRT.jpeg) was pretty funny. I do miss the old man tho. I really hope he comes back, but he's probably still taking care of his daughter.

A giant shisa, a giant goya plant, and a giant block of tofu. What a crazy day for the Okinawans,

Any other vegetarians on here crack up when the tofu monster broke into cubes?!

My guy is just making more and more techniques..I was looking forward to him punching someone from a distance

So funny the detective smelling like roses...so great...what a fun episode.

I thought this show was further back..but I guess All Might is already injured here...if he has his other form...unless he could always change? I don't remember 😂

Fastest Okinawa arc I've ever seen.

What a silly episode, in a good way.

Really leaning into the Evil Flash nature of this seasonal villain, there was even a very Flash styled lightning bolt on his laptop.

Neat development for Koichi to be able to use his quick from his hands as a deflecting or punching aide.

Instead of mazinger z , its sequels and grendizer, we got mecha godzilla from showa to millennium era and moguera as the martial art students desperate for girlfriends ,lol. We didn't get the iconic rocket fist punch but missile fingers instead.

This world has some serious accessibility issues, there's not even any giant mantis infrastructure!! How's the poor dude meant to take a dump lmaooo


It's great seeing All Might again just being a giant dork, I love how casual he is with his buddy cop.


So they're gonna go searching for this old hero speedster and potential children huh, well we the viewers know the villain speedster is in cahoots with AFO, so that raises the chances considerably that the hero's quirk was stolen.


Koichi's quirk is growing again, or rather he's learning to use them again after repressing them so he could literally walk as a kid lol. He's definitely got that *shonen protagonist* feel about his power, where it starts off seeming pretty lame but then grows into something absolutely broken.


I hope we get some more Knuckleduster this season.

It seems like a small thing but I get the feeling those scented bath salts are gonna play some kinda role later on. Chekhov's gift bag.

This season is such a slog without Knuckleduster.

aw man that random cameo of the Godzilla mecha including Mogura was hilariously out of nowhere
i loved it

It's nice to see [Koichi](https://imgchest.com/p/xny82zkaoyb)'s [quirk developing](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/fce9ef0772fa.png) in a very interesting way; I bet it'll come in handy in the future.

By the way, [Pop☆Step](https://imgchest.com/p/xny82zkdoyb) and [Koichi](https://imgchest.com/p/xny82zkaoyb) look and behave like a married couple, as [Pop has made Koichi's place her second home](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/ce0d88bfc25f.png).

It was also great to see [All Might](https://imgchest.com/p/vj4jn32l278) in [today's episode](https://imgchest.com/p/wl7l5kjvp4x).

[Tsukauchi siblings](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/a78260e22f35.png)' relationship is very entertaining. [Naomasa using bath salts himself](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/e9f1672ff2a3.png), and the fact that [everyone could smell him](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/58b051c999cd.png) after that was hilarious xD

Here my screenshot albums from the episode:

* [Pop☆Step](https://imgchest.com/p/xny82zkdoyb)
* [Group scenes](https://imgchest.com/p/wl7l5kjvp4x)
* [Koichi](https://imgchest.com/p/xny82zkaoyb)
* [All Might](https://imgchest.com/p/vj4jn32l278)
* [Others](https://imgchest.com/p/a8466xbew4x)

I expected the Okinawa Scene to be an ad, but hey food for the whole city (if it’s edible otherwise they need to find their version of Senshi from Dungeon Meshi).

Tsukauchi was interesting, typical sibling arguments and could try bath salt.

Koichi learns new tricks with sumo style, nice.

The ending had a nice touch, like “they killed the man, but not the idea”.
I miss you Knuckleduster.

I miss knuckle duster. Hope he comes back

Really enjoyed the ep. Always nice to see All Might in his hero form again.

Honestly, I totally ship Tsukauchi and all Might, them exchanging gifts was cute.

I loved seeing an update on Kamayan and the more direct society commentary, the second is exactly the kind of stuff I would have loved to see in BnH. The whole using quirks being against the law unless you're a hero is crazy and adapted homes for mutant people not being a thing everywhere is kinda fucked up if you really think about it.

Koichi's mom is his nemesis, she made him forget every cool thing he could do with his quirk, now he has to learn everything again. I really hope he can learn to fly like he did as a baby lol

Knuckle Duster is missed, it would be nice to at least see him taking care of his family and how he's doing.

So O'Clock is straight up The Flash, down to the costume huh?

I'm a bit confused on the timeline here. It's clearly post AFO battle that injured All Might, but also, why aren't the police considering the possibility that O'Clock got his quirk stolen then? That was my first thought when they mentioned how similar it is. I suppose if it's not long after AFOs defeat maybe they just don't consider him having survived a possibility yet, seems like they should at least be aware of his existence.

Also really cool seeing AFO work from the shadows again like he did in early seasons of the main show.

I liked seeing Tsukauchi outside of his police routine, it was amusing to see him act like a big brother with Makoto and the consequence of keeping the bath salts to himself the next day lol. I wonder if he still kept the salts after going through that day.

Aizawa using those guys' shop as a coffee place is also amusing, they were all so chill.

Kouichi being able to deflect is a big discovery and wielding two types at the same time will give him a lot of options too. It's funny how Knuckleduster is the basis of what they shouldn't do, he needs to come back and scold them.

Love Eraser Head just giving some fourth wall breaking commentry out of the blue. A pretty fun episode mostly starring our cop cast member Tsukauchi. Some funny diversions with Makoto, All Might, The Cruller and Pop, as well as the insectoid minor crooks who Eraser gave a break to. Mostly pretty amusing gags (someone really had becoming a gigantic block of tofu as a quirk?), but there's also a scene of the Sandevistan villain from previous episode communicating with his ominous boss. Oh and Kouichi now has a combat mode with his quirk.

Was pretty fun... but despite a callback in the last minute or so, we still haven't seen Knuckleduster. Has he retired from vigilantism?

I love seeing anime only fan's theories and thoughts a out where this is all going 

Pop
Step

Koichi is evolving even more now. He might actually get pretty strong now? He has highspeed movement, stick to stuff climbing up walls etc and now can even repel attacks with his quirk or shoot projectiles. Like damn if he trains enough won't he be pretty broken potentially?

I liked this episode. It looks like it's setting something up

kinda miss Knuckle Duster will he ever comeback?

Another Kamen Rider reference with Modifying scene with Kamayan

Lol Mecha Godzilla Kaiju

The [No smoking sign](https://imgur.com/a/qA6beIX) with all the cigarettes hidden while he talks about his sister's law abiding actions is just peak cinema lmao

The Crawler is finally starting to learn combat application for his Quirk now. Noice.

NGL, season 1 was good especially with good opening, I was excited to watch it. 7/10

Now this season has been so boring and the opening is not good either. Wish they kept the same opening at least. 6/10

Naomasa lied to All Might about not giving the younger sister the bath salts or forget. He did give the younger sister the bath salts albeit very briefly.

The Mecha Godzillas make sense considering Toho is part of the anime production committee. Well, Toho Animation is.

"Cologne can't help a guy who poops in the bathtub" - AHAHAHAHA!

So he's a big fan of O'clock. And his quirk is very similar. And his boss sounds an awful like OFO.

Did OFO still O'clock's quirk and give it to this guy?

Also, complete stretch, but O'clock looks familiar?? And his fighting style (at least the new villain guy who claims to be copying him) is super similar to Knucleduster?

Yall. I'm either cooking or I'm high asf.

I really like how natural most of Koichi's quirk evolution feels, in essence most of it is repulsion (and suction) coming from his hands and feet but he didn't explore past using repulsion for simple and safe mobility until now. Kind of wish One for All in the main series was more like it.

[Wow, wtf..](https://i.imgur.com/E47SKd0.png) I can't believe the next episode preview just spoils Eraser getting killed

This episode had more world building than all of boku no hero liked a lot the self aware lack of attention to mutant quirk

Also the side characters were really charismatic Tsukauchi is really good alongside the hopper and mantis trio lol

So is anyone gonna mention how O'Clock is just straight up Flash, color coding and all? 😂

I love how Naomasa had to suffer w/ those great smelling bath salts.

Hey Koichi learned a new move again.

Kazuho using the sumo palm strikes on Koichi was cute.

timid all-might is kinda adorable...

all might! nice to see all might for a lil bit lol.

so koichi is rapidly advancing his quirk hes doing 3 new things in the span of 3 episodes, i wonder if this is coincidence or something else.

Tsukauchi and Makoto are both very similar. They both have a secret they want to hide from each other.

Bro, not even prime All Might and he's literally Superman and One Punch level aura, he just cleared those Kaijus in 1 shot, diced them into a perfect 1000 pieces, and instantly dips put, even flying like Superman too.

Man, this episode is so cool we learn so many things about the quirks and I love how the power of koichi developed. There's a question in my mind right " What happened to O clock?

I feel kinda sad that his mom is indirectly stunted his quirk growth but hey, hes relearning it!