Tom Laurie

My Hero Academia

MY HERO ACADEMIA Recap: (S02E15) Midoriya and Shigaraki

Tom Laurie

Picking up right where last week’s My Hero Academia left off: Deku’s ongoing training, and Shigaraki’s villainous plotting. In his ...

My Hero Academia

MY HERO ACADEMIA Recap: (S02E14) Bizarre! Gran Torino Appears

Tom Laurie

A new intro! A new arc! My Hero Academia returns, putting the Sports Festival in the rear view and speeding ...

My Hero Academia

MY HERO ACADEMIA Recap: (S02E13) Time to Pick Some Names

Tom Laurie

My Hero Academia‘s Sports Festival is over and the students are back from their brief recovery break. On the train, ...

My Hero Academia

MY HERO ACADEMIA Recap: (S02E12) Todoroki vs. Bakugo

Tom Laurie

I want to know more about Katsuki Bakugo (Nobuhiko Okamoto). Throughout the series, we’ve been given glimpses at something deeper ...

My Hero Academia

MY HERO ACADEMIA Recap: (S02E10) Shoto Todoroki: Origins

Tom Laurie

The cement battleground at the center of UA High’s stadium is freshly cured after necessary repairs. Two challengers step into ...

My Hero Academia

MY HERO ACADEMIA Recap: (S02E09) Uraraka vs. Bakugo

Tom Laurie

Uneven competitions are a staple of action anime. If you’ve ever seen a Rocky movie, you’ll get the gist of ...

My Hero Academia

MY HERO ACADEMIA Recap: (S02E08) Battle on, Challengers!

Tom Laurie

  Fighting tournaments have the potential to lend some key elements to an action series; most obviously, they’re an easy ...

My Hero Academia

MY HERO ACADEMIA Recap: (S02E07) Victory or Defeat

Tom Laurie

There’s some old superhero saying about power and responsibility, but it’s hard to grasp as a teen; particularly when that ...

My Hero Academia

MY HERO ACADEMIA Recap: (S02E06) The Boy Born With Everything

Tom Laurie

If someone tried to sell me on My Hero Academia by telling me it’s a story about men and their ...

My Hero Academia

MY HERO ACADEMIA Recap: (S02E05) Cavalry Battle Finale

Tom Laurie

He’s got it! By Jove, I think he’s got it! Things finally start to heat up as the Cavalry Battle ...

My Hero Academia

MY HERO ACADEMIA Recap: (S02E04) Strategy, Strategy, Strategy

Tom Laurie

This week, I learned what a “cavalry” battle is. Last week, I assumed it just referred to some specific rule ...

My Hero Academia

MY HERO ACADEMIA Recap: (S2E3) In Their Own Quirky Ways

Tom Laurie

A swarm of building-sized robots goes tumbling– knocked off balance by a wave of ice– with a swipe of Shoto ...

My Hero Academia

MY HERO ACADEMIA Recap: (S2E2) Roaring Sports Festival

Tom Laurie

The motivations driving many of UA High’s students remain a mystery. Who the heck is this constantly silent angular guy? ...

MY HERO ACADEMIA Recap: (S2E1) That’s the Idea, Ochaco

Tom Laurie

A new intro, a new season, and a lot of retreading of the premise. People have powers. Kids go to ...

My Hero Academia

MY HERO ACADEMIA Recap: (S01E12) All Might

Tom Laurie

Being a hero– a professional hero– is hard. It’s not just the luck of being born with a powerful gift, ...