Mirio decides to explain the work studies by taking on the whole class at once, and the tricks up his sleeve are more than they bargained for. The kids are less-than impressed with the Big 3, noting that they seem relatively normal, and Midoriya remembers seeing Mirio in the previous sports festival, where he fell behind when his costume somehow fell off. He realizes that Mirio and the others all fell behind, and wonders what they did to become U.A.'s best. One of the three, Tamaki Amajiki, suddenly makes an intense face, intimidating the kids, but it turns out he simply has stage fright and his trick of imagining them as potatoes isn't working, so he turns away. The girl, Nejire Hado, joyfully says he has the heart of a flea and starts gushing about all the students, asking personal questions like how Todoroki got his scar. The students have a variety of reactions, though overall there is confusion, and Aizawa, annoyed, urges them to wrap things up. Mirio takes charge and attempts a joke by trying to have the kids fill in his phrase "The future's gonna be..." but when they sit in silence, he fills it in as "grim." I'm honestly still confused what he was trying to do here, but it does show his personality. Mirio explains that he understands it must be confusing for them to suddenly have third years come talk to them about something they don't understand, especially since they didn't react to him. Considering that the students are energetic and already have their licenses, he decides they should fight him all at once. He says it's best the gain experience directly from theirs, and Aizawa gives the go-ahead, so they head to a training ground, where Amajiki says it'd be easier and faster to just talk, and that not everyone's energetic like Mirio. His statement about kids being potentially unable to recover leads to Nejire revealing that in the past, a student got so frustrated they gave up being a hero. Aizawa says they need to take this seriously or they could get hurt, and when Tokoyami and Kirishima worry things are in their advantage, Mirio assures them that they can all rush him with everything they've got. Though Kirishima is talking tough, Midoriya shocks everyone by volunteering to leap in first, and Uraraka remembers his drive to catch up to them. Aizawa tells them to make sure they learn from the experience, and everyone eagerly prepares as Midoriya hopes to compare his current abilities with Mirio. As he goes for it, the group is shocked to see Mirio's clothes suddenly slide off, and he struggles to get his pants back on, like Midoriya remembers from the festival. Midoriya gets to him as Mirio gets his pants on, but his foot passes right through the young hero, as do everyone else's attacks as Mirio comments on Midoriya's attack. When the smoke from their attacks clear, Mirio springs up behind them, again naked, to Jiro's horror and everyone's confusion, as they believe he has a warp ability. While everyone comments on the strength of Mirio's quirk, Amajiki comments quietly from the side that they're wrong and the ability isn't to be envied; his skill is. As he thinks about how he was built up to this strength by a certain hero during Mirio's work study, the young man finishes off the long-range fighters he'd focused on, giving a shout of "Power!" On the sides, Aizawa comments to Todoroki that he believes Mirio is the closest to being the new number 1, even amongst the pros. Todoroki explains he's not taking part because he failed to get his license, and Aizawa notes he has calmed down. Mirio's prowess surprises the students, who assume he must be unrivaled, which Amajiki says shows their level the same way an ordinary person would fail to understand the technique and work of a pro. Midoriya calms the group, saying they need to figure out what assumptions are correct, thinking Mirio either has a slipping quirk that lets him "warp," or a warp ability that lets him "slip." Explaining there have to be times he is tangible, Midoriya suggests they wait to counter, inspiring the others. This time they see Mirio slide into the ground, and Midoriya predicts he'll come from behind, going into a kick just as Mirio appears. He slides through Midoriya's attack again and feints a poke to the eye, switching to a punch right to Midoriya's gut. Mirio explains that people sometimes go for a counterattack like that, so he takes them out to weaken his enemies. With Midoriya out of the way, Mirio is able to quickly dispatch the remaining students, with Nejire commenting that he's grown stronger. The students struggle after, saying he should learn to hold back, as he apologizes for his nudity and they lament not being able to figure him out.
They say it wasn't fair because he had two quirks, but he reveals he only has one. Nejire excitedly says his quirk is permeation, but to her disappointment he takes over the explanation from there. His permeation allows everything to slip through his body, allowing him to even go through the ground, but once he's solid again, his regained mass launches him up. With proper angles, he can aim at his opponents, which Mina says is like a buggy game. Tsu says it's a strong perk, but her corrects that he made it strong. His weakness is that, while using the quirk, literally everything passes through him, including light and sound waves, so he can't see, hear, or even breathe. The kids realize they wouldn't be able to use the quirk the way he does, as it requires immense concentration to switch where his permeation is active. Mirio reveals that he quickly fell behind because of how tricky the quirk is, but because of his work study he learned to use it and how to predict people to make up for his lack of senses while using the ability. With his encouragement, the kids become excited for the studies, saying his teaching method was great, and leave to think things over. The episode ends as they do so, wondering how the studies will go as Mirio explains an interest he had during the fight, and get a glimpse of a hero said to be All Might's former sidekick, as well as a meeting between villains. Episode 25 serves as the season 3 finale, and it works effectively to get fans excited for things to come. In a way it's frustrating because we've just been introduced to some great characters, like Mirio and Overhaul, and we won't get to see them for months. At the same time, however, this brings excitement because we have something great to look forward to. With this episode, we get a big fight to end things, like people would expect from an action-oriented show, but it's nothing enormous that would feel unresolved as a season finale. There's a lighthearted tone throughout, since it's a training session, and we just get a hint of the darkness to come next season at the end. Mirio's lesson for the kids, while strange at first, was definitely a good way of showing them how they should think about one's abilities. Whenever someone is really great at something, in this case Mirio's combat skill, people tend to see them as just having a great power. We even see this in the real world: when someone has talent in something, especially art, others tend to assume that person is good and they themselves couldn't possibly be as good. This disregards that the person with the talent had to work for a long time to become great, and makes it seem like those who are the best were just born that way. Like Midoriya, however, we see that Mirio was not great to start with; in fact he was one of the worst. Over time, however, he learned how to use his perk and how to predict his opponents, allowing him to become a great hero. It's important to show this kind of thing, because while Midoriya has stood out in this world as one who came from nothing and has become great, the ones who mainly do the best started out that way. Todoroki and Bakugou may have not passed the exam, but when it comes to fighting, they're still the top of the class and know how to use their quirks in incredible ways. On the other hand, you have someone like Aoyama, who also has an ability that seems to also be a curse in ways and hasn't always been effective in battle. To him, it has occasionally seemed near-impossible to successfully become a hero, shown when he tries to give up during the exam. By showing someone like Mirio, who has a problematic quirk but became one of U.A.'s best, the other heroes can be inspired to improve, as can viewers. It can also be a wake-up call to those who were already strong, again meaning Todoroki and Bakuogu. We did see that Todoroki was impressed already just watching Mirio, and coupled with his failure to get his license could encourage him to word even harder than he ever has before to get past the issues in his way. Likewise, Bakugou had his failure along with feeling responsible for All Might's retirement, and since the latter said he and Midoriya are now proper rivals, even if he didn't see Mirio in action, he'll likely hear about him and be further pushed. It's strange to think back to the beginning of the season, considering how far the characters have progressed since then. Back in episode 1, Midoriya was still constantly breaking his arms, everyone was much less refined and experienced, and of course All Might was still working. At this point, however, everything's different: Midoriya now has the combat skill to effectively combine with his knowledge and make him one of the best in class, quirks and skill have improved, and All Might's retirement has sent society into a tailspin. If that much can happen in a single season, then I can't wait to see how much they'll manage to do in season 4.
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