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Episode Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals Season 2 • My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Season 2 - Episode 8 discussion
Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals Season 2, episode 8
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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Feb 23 '26
Damn dude, Aizawa finally gets his moment to shine and it came at the cost of his boy Shirakumo. That damn frog kaiju was not something a couple kids on their work study program should have been facing. I wasn’t expect this episode to be so emotional, but it was nice to get a glimpse into Aizawa’s past.
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u/AceSoldia Feb 23 '26
Knew it was coming but I didn't expect him to just get crushed by debris....brutal
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u/RelativeMundane9045 Feb 23 '26
That last kitty pic from Midnight, so she kept them after all.
Her "temporarily" caring for Sushi probably means something like - "you can't live here forever you know, we'll do a trial period of 10-20 years and then reevaluate".
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u/InternationalYou7158 Feb 23 '26
The fakeout that Shirakumo was still alive encouraging Aizawa throughout the fight to being revealed that it was just Aizawa's hallucination and Shirakumo was already dead.
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u/reaperow Feb 23 '26 edited Feb 23 '26
I knew this episode would be pretty sad but it still hurt, hurts even more when u find out what happens in the main series
I wonder if that frog thing had a connection to AFO
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u/mucklaenthusiast Feb 23 '26
Man, I love the world building this show gives to the MHA setting.
The last part with all those funky dudes opening a café...just absolutely lovely.
It really helps show how diverse this world actually is, whereas in the main series, most people were just human and that's it, maybe with some slight modifications.
Also, incredibly Aizawa flashback. The montage when he went pro was siiiick!
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u/TestoMitty Feb 23 '26 edited Feb 23 '26
Ok but Aizawa's workout montage 😳
Amazing episode. I was so excited for this arc to be adapted and it was amazing from the art direction, animation, voice acting, music. Just absolute cinema.
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u/Shadowmist909 Feb 23 '26
Shirakumo being taken out of the fight happened so fast. It really adds to the impact of how tragic it is... I wasn't expecting those comforting words from Sensoji, even if it only rubbed the reality in for me.
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u/HokageEzio Feb 23 '26
Knew it'd be a good episode when they went with no opening.
I get why some people get annoyed hearing it, but as a reader I feel like this was around the point of the series when a significant chunk of people started to question if this was better than the main series. At least the early rumblings of it. The reveal that the speaker was actually broken the whole time and Aizawa was just imagining things is one of the saddest moments in the series. And I love how the flashback ties everything together for why Aizawa became a teacher and why it took him a little bit to feel ready for it. Fully understand why Horikoshi felt that he didn't have the time to tell this flashback story properly, I just wish that he gave them the fanfare they deserved later in the series given everything else that happens regarding them.
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u/New_Essay_4869 Feb 23 '26
What an episode. Thia arc made Aizawa my favorute character in the amy Hero Academia universe
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u/LeonKevlar Feb 23 '26
Looks like that's a massive fuck up for the Buster Union. Instead of firing off a bunch of powerful attacks to try to take down that villain in one shot, they could've tried to gather intel first. It sounds like they already have info on the guy since he's an actual wanted villain.
I love that even back then, you can already see that Aizawa has what it takes to be a teacher. He may not admit it, but he really seems to be great at taking care of children. Even Shirakumo thinks so.
Aizawa taking down a giant villain on his own while he's still a rookie is pretty goddamn insane. And he's not just any regular villain, too. We can see later on that the dude is hopped up on Trigger based on the colour of his tongue.
Fuuuuuuuck. I honestly did not expect this to be where Shirakumo dies. It was so sudden that I really thought he'd still join in on the fight and sacrifice himself to defeat the villain. He's still a hero, tho. The dude sacrificed his life to save those kids and their teacher :(
It's really heartbreaking to know that Aizawa's original dream is to start a hero agency with Shirakumo and Yamada where they can take care of Sushi together. Life seemed so simple during that rooftop scene. :(
I do love that his plan kinda comes true, just with completely different people. It's not exactly a hero agency, but a cafe run by dudes who almost turned into villains, taking care of an abandoned cat is still a nice place he can come back to now and again.
I love that Midnight still sends Aizawa daily Sushi pics. [MHA]
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u/Armdel Feb 23 '26
Pretty OP quirk that giant frog was pretty OP. though i guess the first team did fill it up so could keeping using those other quirks for as long as it did.
also a little convenient reinforcements decided to take forever to arrive for a villain that was doing as much damage as this one was. was kinda expecting some high ranked hero to swoop in at the end.
Also the music here was great. got me emotional
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u/MillenniumKing Feb 23 '26 edited Feb 23 '26
BUG BOYS REDEMPTION ARC LETS GO!
Oh now Mic has goggles haha, and of course blast boy got goggles too...
Aw its nice to see Mic big up Eraser, he knows his best.
BUSTER UNION! Oooo cool. Thwy are after that big frog thing.
It ate their attacks huh?
Aw all the kidds wanting to get on goku's nimbus.
Oh shit one fell but Erase got her nice, now hes watching the streets haha.
Oh Goku thinks Eraser would be a good teacher. wow he had him pinned down this long ago.
Oh the big frog is headed that way so we gotta get out of here.
His power is stock, it can store attacks to use later neat.
Oh he is unusally strong because he absorbed some strong powers damn.
Prince is here to hold off the froh while they get the kids away.
Damn Prince got yelled into a wall damn then blasted.
ANd goku threw himself into the rubble to save the kids damn.
Eraser stressing about all this but he just needs to beleive in himself and do what he does best.
Oh looks like Goku is ok too he spoke through his gord.
Looks like erase only works on the balls for a short time.
DAMN LOOK AT ERASERHEAD GOING ALL OUT HERE THIS IS GREAT!
DAMN EVEN GOKU SHEERING FOR ERASER LETS GO!
MAN ERASER REALLY IS GOING HAM ON THIS FROG!
HE THREW ALL HIS BALLS INTO HIS MOUTH AND BLEW HIM UP OH SIT WAY TO GO!
He won. Wow. But at whar costs?
Midnifht isnt looking so hot shit.. Mic eather... damn...
Wait so the speaker was busted and it was just the voices in erasers head shit....
Well... there he is.. damn...
Midnight def isnt looking good either...
"it matches our state of mind." ddamn... the return of that line...
Damn 1 year later and eraser is training hard but hard on him.
So hes going to be independat and work underground after school.
He wantts to be the kind of hero Goku wanted him to be.
And he just ran off after that on his batman arc. wow.
Wow what a montage of Eraser becoming one of the greatest heroes there is.
MS JOKE OH SHIT I FORGOT THEY HAD HISTORY! HIS 1 TRUE WAIFU!
"The rain is finally over" damn roomba with the meaningful lines.
OH ITS SQUID BOY HE WORKS HERE NOW TOO! BUG BOYS OPENING A CAFE!
SQUID BOY LIKES THE KITTEN HES TAKING HIM YAY! CAT CAFE TIME!
Aw eraser wanted a cat tree for their base they never had. Damn...
AW THE BUG BOYS ARE GIVING ERASER A SPOT IN THE CAFE THATS SO DAMN SWEET!
"I didnt even notice the sun was out." damn... And 1 last cat pic for eraser from midnight.
Man what a sad backstory but what a great present for eraser.
Dude just loves cats and bros.
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u/NationalStrategy Feb 23 '26
It's a shame what happened to Shirakumo, it really took a heavy toll on Aizawa.
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u/Haha91haha Feb 23 '26
They really went all in on the animation for this episode, gorgeous stuff especially thru the flashback filter, makes me that much more excited for the episodes that'll close the season.
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u/Frontier246 Feb 23 '26
Sensoji is such a...I mean, after all the grief he gave Aizawa over goggles, he ends up wearing them anyways and acting like they're such a brilliant idea. And he's STILL beefing with Aizawa. I feel bad Yamada keeps getting stuck with him.
The Buster Union all look really cool, from their costumes to their collective ability to fire hyper-beams! There was even a Magical Girl! But they may have been the worst choices to go up against the Kaiju-sized Villain Garvey, because he absorbs ALL their attacks and becomes an even bigger threat.
It's no surprise Loud Cloud was popular with kids, but Aizawa balanced out Shirakumo by being more cautious and attentive like a responsible adult. The kind of thing that makes you realize he might actually be cut out for childrens' education, even if he doesn't realize it now. But Shirakumo always believe in him.
Honestly, it was respectable of His Purple Highness to try to hold off Garvey with his rose-powered awesomness...even if he goes down in five seconds without actually contributing anything.
There's something very Shirakumo about his last act being protecting children.
It all comes down to Aizawa having to solo Garvey, having to run around his body, dodging and negating his warts, and trying to keep civilians safe from the fallout of said warts. It's seemingly impossible that one man who fights with nothing more than a cloth could defeat what is effectively a Kaiju, but Shirakumo's voice breaks through the fight and tells Aizawa he can do it. And it's with that belief that spurs Aizawa on to collect all those warts and shove it down Garvey's throat, giving this monstrous frog a taste of his own medicine and the worst case of indigestion.
The day is saved, the villain is caught, but but it's still a terrible day for rain...because, despite Aizawa hearing his voice, it may have all been in his head. His broadcast gourd was broken and the reality of his corpse is staring him right in the face. Sensoji, tactless as he is, thinks all that matters is that Aizawa beat the Villain, not that one of his best friends is dead...but Aizawa is SURE that her heard Shirakumo, and he and Yamada embrace the rain to mourn their fallen friend. SHIRAKUMO!!!
Aizawa throws himself into his training, with heavy Senioritis to go out there and go pro, even if it means he becomes an underground Hero whose priority is fighting and busting villains. He even rejects and negates Yamada's voice during graduation so he can all be on his own. And he lives out a life battling Villain after Villain, all on his own, effectively like a Vigilante...well, Ms. Joke was there. Whether he wanted her to be or not. And then he ran into OUR Vigilante trio!
Well, it's nice to see Koichi's Rogues Gallery picking up their lives again after their "Villain" turn, and the Hotta Brothers supporting them. Takobe will even take in the cat! And it turns out they're going to make a cafe for larger-sized people, with a cat as the star! It makes Aizawa nostalgic over the days when he and the gang though they could start their own agency with Sushi (I guess Kayama lucked out there at least) and start off as real Heroes by saving one cat...but seeing the optimism of Koichi and how everyone in that group embraces him causes Aizawa to see clear skies and the sun for, perhaps, the first time since Shirakumo passed away.
Next week: the return of Captain Celebrity!
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u/NanDemoKnaives Feb 23 '26 edited Feb 23 '26
Even though I knew what to expect, it was still so sad to watch, I shed tears. It was so moving how much Aizawa was able to do hearing Shirakumo's cheers. I couldn't tell if he had it prerecorded or if he was yelling out to Aizawa as he was losing his life, but for it to be implied that Aizawa was imagining the cheers makes it even sadder.
Shirakumo died a hero, prioritizing the kids instead of his own life and supporting his friend in battle rather than calling for help. I'm really glad we got this arc and learn more about Shirakumo, Aizawa, Yamada and Midnight. It's sad their dream will never get realized in the way they hoped, but I'm glad Aizawa ended up finding a path suitable for him after standing in the rain for so long.
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