The students of “My Hero Academia” have returned for a super-powered summer vacation filled with threats in the show’s third season. The series is set in a world where humans have evolved to no longer have a second joint in a certain toe, somehow causing them to develop super powers, referred to as “quirks.” Many then become superheroes, fighting off supervillains, with society eventually developing a system of restraints to license heroes and prevent people from using perks unnecessarily in public. Society’s greatest hero is Toshinori Yagi, known as “All Might,” the symbol of peace with the power to multiply his natural abilities, giving him super strength, speed, and agility. Main character Izuku Midoriya, though dreaming of becoming a great hero like All Might, learned at age four that he was born “quirkless.” He aims to overcome his lack of power by training and learning everything he can about the heroes and villains known to society. Being quirkless also results in friends turning on him, with Katsuki Bakugou, a boy from his childhood with explosive sweat, constantly bullying him. The main source of bullying appears in Midoriya's name, which Bakugou notes can be interpreted in Japanese as "Deku," or "one who can do nothing." Even Midoriya’s mother can’t find a way to support his dream fully, but his possibilities change when he meets All Might. After All Might saves him and gives an autograph, Midoriya clings to him as he leaps away, and after they land, All Might suddenly reverts to an emaciated form. Midoriya discovers that All Might was injured in the past, losing multiple organs, causing him to cough blood in this form and limiting his time powered up. All Might soon recognizes Midoriya's heroic nature, and reveals that his quirk, "One For All," can be passed on, and he chooses Midoriya as his successor. The first episode of this season is a filler episode made to remind viewers of what all has happened, since so much time has passed since season 2’s final episode aired. As summer is coming, the students want to spend some time having fun, but past events have them on a tight leash. In season one, the league of villains attacked Midoriya's school, U.A. High, and only retreated after an all-out counter from All Might. Later in season 2, the villains struck a city Midoriya was in, along with Stain, the man known as the "Hero Killer," and Midoriya and his friends barely survived. With a training camp planned for the summer, the teachers don't want the students too out of their sights, where they'd be in danger. Two often perverse characters, Minoru Mineta and Denki Kaminari, invite Midoriya to do endurance training at the pool, where they plot to spy on the girls, as they need permission to use the pool and see Midoriya as a way to make their lie believable. Midoriya, more focused on training and not knowing their true intentions, invites the other boys from class, and the group soon focuses on swimming races. While talking, Midoriya’s friend Tenya Iida brings up everything they’ve been through since joining U.A. as a way to remind viewers of past events. After the main races, during which numerous characters use their abilities to completely avoid actually swimming, the group gets to the final, with Midoriya, Bakugou and Shoto Todoroki, who has ice and fire powers. The episode comes to an end with the race and the audience learning of things to come from the group’s teacher Shota Aizawa, as well as the League of Villains. The episode does little more than serve as filler, but is a good way to remind fans of the show’s current situations. The following episode gets back into the true story, with the students heading to camp, only to find themselves on a mountainside. Here they meet two members of the hero team “The Pussycats,” and realize they will have to traverse a dangerous forest to get to camp. Before anyone can get back to the bus, one of the Pussycats uses her earth-manipulation quirk to knock them down the mountain with a landslide. She also mentions that because they are on private property, the students can use their quirks freely, which they can't normally do because of societal law. The students come face to face with large creatures, quickly realizing they are earth constructs, and begin using their quirks to speed through the forest. This is one of the more effective moments of the two episodes, as it shows in a few minutes and without clunky dialogue what the characters can do and how far they’ve progressed. Everyone demonstrates the skills and techniques they've learned, and work off each other, as the teachers worked to get them to learn. The group finally gets to camp after three hours, exhausted and facing the effects of overusing their quirks, and get dinner. Here, the group also meets Kota Izumi, a boy with a chip on his shoulder when it comes to superheroes, who says he doesn't want to be near any of them. Midoriya and the others begin to get comfortable at camp, but know they have hard work ahead of them, and Midoriya takes an interest in Kota. What the students don’t realize is the true danger lurking on the edge of the camp, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. Fans of the manga know that future episodes will bring visual spectacles to the screen as the students face greater danger. Even those who don't, however, can rest assured that great action is coming, and it will exemplify how far Midoriya has come from his quirkless days.
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