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.My. .Hero. .Academia. 5x21-22

🕑 Added 2025-08-27 19:00:11 +0000 UTC

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Fatipapi (Endeavor’s Wife)

i cant unsee doofenschmirtz and i cant unhear sanji

Fatipapi (Endeavor’s Wife)

hahahahaahahahahaah ofc cannon gets pink koda 😂

Marcus

how did i not know wtf?? vincent genga looks soo good

Trandon

That toga scene was actually done by the goat Vincent Chansard but due to difficulties on the production side, they had to redo the final version of the scene. You can watch the comparison between the two here https://twitter.com/sakugabrasil/status/1431645383785127938

botanbutton

How did i miss this upload

uona

I hope we get the reaction a little early today I am really sleepy T-T . I was at work and all I could think about is their reaction to ep 23. so excited.

Belly

impatiently waiting. so excited for episode 23

Yam

Im here early as always, with my coffee/cookies and full of cope that it will release early...

cozo

next batch will be peak

Mia Malvik

So excited for Saturdays drop 😩

Jenny D

I'll laugh if every time they spin Cannon ends up having to wear the pink shirt. Its so weird rooting for the Villains, but I like it. I'm enjoying the backstories. I can't believe we are getting close to season 6! If I had a shadow clone I'd have a few doing chores, a few helping me with my TBR, and one or two doing my job when I want to take a break.

Rayanh LaNansha

You can’t say that and then not allow for the universe prove it, lmao

Nrock23

the whole season is insane

Jeremy

I'm gonna smash

mish

TWICE DESERVED BETTER!

Sam Davis

The start for S6 is gonna be insane!

Nami Swannn

I think the worst part about how this arc was animated was that it just ruins a huge chunk of the storytelling. MHA is split into 3 acts with the first ending after AM retired and AFO was imprisoned. Act 2 follows the start of the journeys of both their disciples having to take over the legacy that was left behind. In the manga, the arc is narrated by Spinner, and the arc starts with him doubting Shigaraki since he joined because of Stain, and he's been feeling weird ever since it became clear that Shigaraki had no interest in Stain's ideas. This kinda frames the arc as us watching Shigaraki become a leader Spinner wants to follow. Idk why the anime decides to just spoil MVA before it even happens. Plus before this, the villains were rather flat but this arc fleshes them out so well. That’s why MVA is so important, cuz it directly parallels our protagonist and antagonist and builds up to act 3 in such a wonderful way. I implore everyone regardless of if you disliked/liked this arc to please read the manga cuz it tells it in such a better way 😭🙏🏼

Nami Swannn

And then Kota becomes pirate king 🙂‍↕️

Nami Swannn

I’ve never watched this arc, only ever read it, and it really is so bad in comparison 😭 idk why they decided to cut like 3/4 of it…it not only messes with the pacing but also the characterization. That being said, sad man’s parade was EPIC

Mia Malvik

McKays "DUDE what is going on 🫨" every five minutes is so funny lmao

Ale

I'm (im)patiently waiting for Saturday's drop

justin

i see it

Dub_quinn

Yeah next season! S6 E3-13

Abigail Jerry

So they are binge watching? How many episodes? I must’ve missed that announcement.

Abigail Jerry

SO HYPED THAT WE ARE CLOSE TO SEASON 6 🔥

magik carpet

Calling Toga the "anti-Koda" in response to her drinking the birds blood had me dying

jrnoodles

Thank you! My villain academia is interesting.

Mdmarki

Btw, the thing that caused toga to upgrade her quirk is called "quirk awakening" it happens when a person is in a desperate or almost near death situattion + sometimes when training ur quirk too much to a point where it surpass its limits

Moon

The power ups that several of the League of Villains members are getting in this arc really comes down to the crisis they're in. Not only have they been getting absolutely NO rest whatsoever while fighting Machia (it's an easier name that a lot of people use to refer to Gigantomachia) for a month straight, they're all put in positions that threaten their lives, their sanity and their bonds with each other. The League of Villains are still human, and although they aren't heroes, the ability to pull through in a moment of crisis (death, sleep deprivation, stress, mental fatigue, etc.) makes them no different from heroes who prevail in the face of adversity. It's like when All Might pulled out the last remainders of the One For All embers he still had in him in S3 during the fight with All For One. He forced himself past his limit by remembering his origin (the words his master told him to recall whenever he finds himself unable to go on). And what the League of Villains is doing is exactly that. We know by now that quirks can improve with time and practice, and sometimes in moments that force the user to adapt to survive. Obviously, not EVERYONE can do that. It requires a crazy amount of determination and a disposition that can create change (like All Might & Izuku) to invite something as significant as an upgrade in your quirk. But as we've seen, Shigaraki's ceaseless hatred at the world, Toga's desire to be more like the people she loves (to a maniacal degree), and Twice's trauma that held him back before are all dispositions that allow them to push for change, not just within themselves but in the world (more on this in S6 & 7). Their power ups are just the beginning of a monumental shift in superhuman society (or so the story leads to believe at this point), the outcome of which we're witnessing and will witness in future seasons.

Hegataro

These episodes definitely made Toga and Bubaigawara some of my favorite characters in the series, because they show how fucked you can be by circumstance, be it Bubaigawara "tripping" once and it spiraling out of control, or Toga being born with a quirk that made her "wrong" in the eyes of society

Frizen

Absolutely not. You are telling them to skip out on one of the greatest animated sequences ever and Nakamura greatness, you are out of your mind lol

JevCor

rue

49:37 now imagine being a manga reader following this arc for like 6 months without the main characters showing up 😵

Lorenzo Myazoe

Im surprised jack hasnt caught that yet

I’m Tired

my hero is like haikyuu, gives you a reason to like the most random characters, even the opposing team

KenpachiKam

My Villain Academia will always be one of my favorite arcs. It’s what made this villain group into more than just an “evil for no reason” group. The depth and nuance it gave some of these characters - especially Twice and Toga - really elevated this show to me. It also brings a definite tonal shift in MHA. From here on out the shows themes and even just the action/plot/consequences become more severe and intense. Excited for the coming arcs

Farfaraway

At this point i’d say screw the movies (jk i love the movies don’t get me wrong) get me the juicy plot going NOW

Kim555

Lmao I got the black one in XL in case their L is small, you look like you’re wearing a muumuu mckay 😭

Enma

Re-Destro looks like the Vulture from spectacular spiderman

Swish Mix Productions

Alex Ramirez

Most of the tension in this arc is lost, oh well.

humbleandkindness

So crazy we’re this close to the end of the season, I feel like we just started,, re-destro has always been a character that low-key annoyed me lol, specifically for what he was just saying to Not-Shigaraki (the clone). Both of them want to completely tear down what exists and make something different, each for their own individual reasons, but only his reasons were noble/made it okay? Mental gymnastics at its finest. He’s interesting though, I’ll give him that. And yes, Twice really is someone you want to root for! Horikoshi’s best work is in the insights he gives to each of his characters, and I feel like the League of Villains, the Todoroki family, and the relationship between Bakugo and Midoriya exhibit that really well. I forgot how crazy these episodes are lol, I’m so excited to see everything going forward, especially because Season 6 covers the part of My Hero that I finally caught up to the manga for when it first came out, so seeing it in the anime was a whole different experience and I think of it as “my” season lol.

Light D Yagami

Damn

Alex Mehmeti

Love hearing Re Destro's voice since he's Sanji😆

Beeg

Jack all love my guy...but you need to pay more attention to the screen lol you always ask about or say things they literally just explained on screen

Creed ⟢

So close to season 6 👀👀

Dub_quinn

Carter calling Toga the anti-Koda while between two Kodas, the Koda content today is top tier lol

Dub_quinn

McKay said the rabbit girl was epic, her name is Mirko 🐇 she was ranked after Edgeshot but before Crust and Kamui Woods

IQLou

Next batch is going to be so good! Great reaction Geks 🔥

Bisky

such a good episode, I love the villains in this show

Ryan D

who would win in a fight. Koda or Goku? I think it'd be close ngl. Imagine Goku going Super Saiyan and Koda's just in the corner talking to a squirrel or something🤣 idk if yall seen Rick and Morty but Squirrels lowkey crazy. #NeverMessWithSquirrels #KodaGang

Ryan D

peak on peak incoming. Just does not stop! Horikoshi had to have iced his hands nightly after writing everything from this point on

Kyle Gentles

There is a fan episode of Naruto where the clones turn on him because he makes them do all the stuff he doesn't want to lol.

IQLou

Calling Re-Destro = Doofenshmirtz + Phineas is killing me 😂

Alan

The block thing on the reporter lady’s hand was a support item

bigdog

NEXT EPS BOUTA GO CRAZY

Nanami's Wife

I'm so glad the guys understood Toga. It breaks my heart that she couldn't live a "normal" life because of her quirk and she couldn't even turn to her parents. Her episode definitely made me love her more. Also Twice is one of my top favorite characters. He's so well written and seeing his whole backstory is so sad. I was so hype when he overcame his trauma but at the same time I was like "Damn, what this mean for the heroes" 😂😂

JevCor

She used Dekus blood already before she awakened. She used it to get the heroes to drop in on Overhaul.

Animeke

Cannon's name should be left on the wheel for both spins. I'm sure the universe would want him to wear both shirts at the same time.

cozo

yeah even with the binge they'd be 9 episodes behind by the time season 8 comes out not even including the movies

Dub_quinn

Only 3 more episodes of S5! I hope we get to hear who y’all’s top 3 favorites are at the end of this season. It feels like it’s been awhile since hearing which characters y’all like most!

Dub_quinn

Jack asking why is this so compelling.. because let him cook is our philosophy lol, thank you Horikoshi! MHA builds upon itself and I love how characters get explanations and development

Swish Mix Productions

HYPE!! Y'all will figure it out and I might be wrong but, I was doing some math and lets say if y'all were to do the binge next Wednesday (skipping movie 3), we would only have 12 (MWSAT) slots left before S8, and 33 episodes. So, 9/12 drops would have to be 3 episodes, if y'all wanted to catch up right on time for the season, or doing a longer binge or multiple. I know y'all will figure it out though we only got a month left until S8 so I was just thinkin.

Dub_quinn

The Koda shirts are killing me hahah

PurpleQueen💜

Yea toga couldn't use their quirks before but now she can. I forgot she had deku's blood. She would either not be able to use his quirk or instantly die since her body wouldn't be used to it.

Sasha Ruple

Liberation Army got done dirty. Could have actually wanted everyone to be free, but instead they have weird power fantasies where the stronger the quirk the more social status you have smh

PurpleQueen💜

Oh wow That's true cause all the copies of the league had their personalities

Rayanh LaNansha

Bakugou is the prime example of that. Both his quirk and personality are explosive 💥 . Even the way his hair couldn’t be styled by Best Jeanist shows this to be true. Their quirks and selves are mirrors of each other.

Swish Mix Productions

SATURDAY SATURDAY

Swish Mix Productions

So goated

Chlo

THE NEXT EPISODE DROP..... oh my god i can't wait

Noelle

If twice made a copy of All Might, he's still gonna have All might's personality so no way would the league be able to convince him to help them fight. He'd probably just pack up the whole leauge so it's be self-sabatoge for twice to replicate him lol.

Albin Limani

Twice is such a well written character. Such a tragic life, society just consistently punched him down until the only one he had left was himself. So he starts creating copies just to feel some kind of company. Then the clones rebel all thinking they are the real one and he has to watch hundreds of himself kill himself over and over, to the point that in the end he does not even know if he is the real one, in the process developing a dissociative identity disorder. Then avoiding getting hurt at any cost, because he is scared he will vanish. The League taking him in is the first time anyone has ever accepted him, so he sees them as his real family, especially Toga who has being closer to him than anyone. All that to finally having his arms broken trying to save someone else(which is what a hero does, not a villain), finally learning that he is indeed the real one and unleashing maybe the strongest individual quirk anyone has shown yet is so satisfying. Sad Man's Parade, what a name.

Daniella

It's okay to not get Toga compared to our society drinking blood like a smoothie is not normal lol but in a world where anyone can have any type of quirk her parents/school counselling were absolute bums to not try and help her. Yes it's creepy but it's her quirk she can't help it if it's linked to her personality, like she said in the episode just as you like someone you're affectionate with them, that's how she shows affection with people she likes/loves. MHA has shown multiple times that people's quirks are directly linked to their personalities, it just depends on the type of quirk you have, sadly Toga got the short end of the stick and was pushed out of society because of it :/

Tyler

Mha does such an amazing job of having these villain moments that feel “heroic” lots of anime villains have those aura farming moments but you can see how much twice truly cares about toga and the rest of his friends

Lexzc

He could just do copies of AFO himself and insta win

Lexzc

It is not weird,Toga's backstory is a direct reflection and critique of what "being normal" means,where people who dont "fit in" are put down and forced to become secluded and rely on desperate means and it applies to pretty much anyone that has ever felt that way,im not trans but ive also felt like Toga since i was a child,i simply learned to cope with it and developed my own tools to be able to get by,but i have no interest on "fitting in" or having a "normal life",i live the way i want to while also making sure i dont hurt anyone in the way,Toga is what happens when those emotions get out of hand.

kai

i didn’t realize it before but the geten vs dabi fight really showed how of a problem geten is even though dabi is a direct counter to him

SHDW Replayz

I'll explain some stuff in this episode 1st twice power some people get confused so he can make two copies at a time but if he copies himself the copy can also make two copies so you see what that means? 2nd The yeti ice guy how he was getting so much ice had to do with the water underground in pipes l, he's freezing the water underground and essentially creating ice 3rd im not entirely sure about the shigaraki not disappearing in the tower but I think it has to do with the durability I think I was showing that shigaraki got stronger so even at less durability on a clone it still took a lot for it to disappear

Lori

The next couple episodes are some of my fav in this season

Navri

Man im so hyped for the binge i want them to just get to it asap its gonna be so peak

Rayanh LaNansha

The way I’m eager for the next episodes… I gotta go and watch the following two right now. The anticipation is killing me.

Rayanh LaNansha

Makes sense though

jblakk

I predict jack! Edit: I should have went with my gut. Fate needed Cannon to wear it.

Mdmarki

My villain academia is trully a wonderfull arc that almost no shonen manga have done before, just focusing a single arc in developing tthe villains and their backstory to a point where u care about almost all of them

Connor O'Hara

The journalist lady had a support item that was a bracelet around her wrist. It said "Deternat patented" which is the company that Re-Destro runs. It's a support item company. They kinda said all this but it's easy to miss, hope that clears up some confusion.

NC Hawks Fan

They still sleeping on my boy Tomura.

Kinx

It was only Twice that wanted to save him. He’s the only one that went to the tower, and then Shiggy was like “fuck your saving!” Decays the whole building*

JevCor

More like this is part of why manga readers were annoying online.

JevCor

Just the meat guy during the kids vs bakugo and shoto, when he was talking about the quirk doomsday theory.

JevCor

Sad Mans Parade is such a great name man

Lori

I feel like it should be acknowledged that they could have just let Giran die. They’re villains, after all. And sure they have ulterior/additional motives, but they genuinely are trying to save Giran as well. I just really enjoy the League of Villains haha

cozo

my villain academia is so peak, especially hyped for saturday mha really cooking from here on out

Night Sterling

Next batch of eps are gonna be juicy

IQLou

Cannon rocks the pink fr

Julio Martinez

“Koda’s Start” soon 👀👀👀

Belly

togo couldn’t use the powers of those she took blood from until episode 21. she had a quirk awakening.

Vextipher

Having Twice's quirk means you can always hang with the homies.

I’m Tired

FINALLY PEAK

I’m Tired

A good suggestion! Some would say great, even !!

chiyash

kim my goat

Cannon Andrus

We will see how devious fate is

Cannon Andrus

Fate is devious

katsuki’s wife

Would you guys consider doing episodes 23-25, then 6x1-2, and then we can get the binge next Wednesday? No pressure at all, just a suggestion

Shiv Bhakta

guys next post is gonna be Peak Studio Gek

Zenitsu

Hype!!

katsuki’s wife

Wait, I totally forgot, have they ever mentioned quirk awakening before in anime?

stako

twice = top 10 character

Neptunestar79

TWICE APPRECIATION

Tyler Owens

The thing I love about Toga (and I don’t know if this is intentional by the author but it really doesn’t matter) is how a trans friend told me they felt seen by her character in a way they never have before. They explained to me that Toga’s experience resonated with theirs of being born into a life where what felt “normal” to them would not be ever be accepted by the world around them… They, like Toga found a family in the other outcasts that were also forced out of their own rural homes and communities for being true to themselves. When they told that to me I saw Toga in an entirely different light. Yes, it may seem weird to you. Yes, you may not understand. But also… you don’t need to understand to know they are a human being… They were and are being hurt, ostracized, and marginalized by the world… and they (especially when a child) deserve and deserved to be protected and loved too.

cade-carter

twices power has to be the single strongest individual quirk. Hell, even people like All for one should lose to him realistically He could make a million of himself and then 2 million copies of people with quirks. The way its handled is great, but god damn its busted beyond belief

Sloth

I would unironically wear the pink one.

Alex Ramirez

16:10 Yeah, Himiko Toga went through what is called a quirk awakening. I think it's heavily debatable whether Kirishima or Deku go through the first on screen quirk awakening. I don't think they count because quirk awakening only happens during a stressful/life or death situation.

Nash

The shirt😭😭

Kinx

These boys eat so much Cheez-It’s, that they need a sponsorship by now.

V STAN

Ay lesgoooo! Hopefully Cannon wears that fantastic shirt for the binge lol

bondbond53

You NEED to read this arc in the manga no question. This was part of why people disliked this season. A rather basic and lacklustre adaptation of My Villain Academia arc

Jabriel Stockton

They’re about to see the best part of the season that I’ve been waiting for them to see since the beginning and they’re literally edging me (pause) with these episodes😭