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ヴィジランテ -僕のヒーローアカデミア ILLEGALS- 8 [Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals 8]
by Hideyuki Furuhashi
Wraps up the sky-egg drama and we get teen Aizawa flashback!
The sky-egg cliffhanger gets solved pretty quickly once All Might swoops in to save the day. I like that since this is a MHA spin-off he's used sparingly, but in dire moments like this it makes complete sense that he'd show up to save the day. I also loved that he found out by Tsukauchi using his private cell and pleading for him to save his sister's life, it's honestly so sweet. This is also a moment All Might realizes he'll have to tell Tsukauchi the full truth of his quirk One for All, I love their relationship and how much they both fully trust the other, it's really sweet. Also Koichi got him to sign his current hoodie and that's legit his entire takeaway of the day, not that he almost died or had a pretty large hand in helping Captain Celebrity save them, he's such a goober. Tsukauchi does inform Makoto though that due to his huge help with this ordeal he'll let it slide that Koichi's action oftentimes lean towards vigilantism, but that due to it he can't give him the praise or attention he deserves to not encourage others to follow suit. Basically for him to watch himself and not push it to far despite that he's grateful for his help and can tell he means well, it truly is a morally gray area. I get not wanting to praise vigilantism, but I do appreciate that he sees good deeds. It's also super cute that CC's wife immediately thanks Koichi for saving her dumb husband, after beating him up, I adore their relationship. And apparently Makoto is studying abroad in NYC, so unsure when she'll be back from that. We also get a cute moment of Pop wishing Makoto gave Koichi more credit and him joking that she could praise him if she wants so badly, which just embarrasses her, I ship them so much, what can I say?
So turns out scar villain and knuckleduster are not working together, he's basically stalking him trying to take him out and goes for the headshot, but misses causing a big kerfuffle. Scar villain turns out to be a big fan of knuckleduster's past persona, which is apparently a hero known as o'clock, whose power he's now stolen. I don't know when knuckleduster lost this power, as we now know he's technically quirkless, or what happened, but scar dude, who refers to himself only as number 6, is a huge fanboy of him and wishes to be like him and surpass him, it even looks like he gave himself his scar to mirror o'clock. But apparently he's also souped up with exploding limbs and quirk enhancers and healing quirks, so I guess he's a sort of nomu as well with all his various abilities. A lot of explosions and fighting commences, but it seems like both came away as they only found traces of their blood. Knuckleduster is such a bizarre character and we know so little about and with each new nugget I'm just confused more and more. I cannot wait to have his backstory fully explained, he's so fascinating. I'm also quite interested to see who's behind number 6, as it seems like he's an experiment hence the number instead of a name, which is quite interesting. But it's clearly an overarching villain, so I'll just have to wait and see.
I'm also given the gift of a teen Aizawa flashback which gives me almost as much joy as it does sadness. Aizawa really used to struggle with believing in himself and how best to utilize his quirk. I adore we get more of his friendship with Shirakumo even though it hurts my soul knowing what happens him. SPOILERS FOR MHA, we find out that they believe Shirakumo was murdered in a skirmish with a villain while in school, something that seems to be alluded to here with the cliffhanger, much to my heartbreak. I honestly thought we had more time with him, I cannot believe it happened when he was 16, that's just so sad. But come to find out his body was taken and apparently experimented on to create Kurogiri, the warp villain who's one of Shiggy's right hand men. We don't know how that's possible or if any of Shirakumo still exists, it's also quite strange seeing here that his quirk seems to have nothing to do with warping, his quirk is manipulating a cloud-like substance. Ugh it's just so sad to see how bright and vibrant he is here and how quickly it's snuffed out. He's described as a Mirio-type which honestly breaks my heart even more since his dynamic with Aizawa feels VERY similar to Mirio and Tamaki from the UA Big 3. He immediately saves the abandoned cat when Aizawa wasn't sure enough with himself to do anything but shield it with his umbrella. He's the one who gives Aizawa the goggles he sports even today, I think I knew that but it still hurts my heart. I love that he encourages Aizawa that his quirk is perfect with tripping up villains and making it a fairer playing field and that he's perfect for teamwork leading to them proving so in their workstudy. Their agency is Midnight's mentor, who legit looks like a giant Prince which is honestly so funny, he's just as insane as Midnight is which feels right. She's also currently in her 'birthday suit' phase where she has a utility belt and gadgets strategically placed to hide her otherwise fully nude body, which is so funny. She also ends up adopting the cat, that she names Sushi which I'm pretty sure is the cat shown with her in current times which I love, and constantly sends pics to Aizawa knowing he loves it, even if he won't admit. I just adore seeing their dynamic and it looks like we'll get more with the cliffhanger of Shirakumo's 'death', but oof makes me sad just thinking about it. But I adore the backstory, I always want more of my sweet Aizawa and all of these characters, I look forward to reading on.
The sky-egg cliffhanger gets solved pretty quickly once All Might swoops in to save the day. I like that since this is a MHA spin-off he's used sparingly, but in dire moments like this it makes complete sense that he'd show up to save the day. I also loved that he found out by Tsukauchi using his private cell and pleading for him to save his sister's life, it's honestly so sweet. This is also a moment All Might realizes he'll have to tell Tsukauchi the full truth of his quirk One for All, I love their relationship and how much they both fully trust the other, it's really sweet. Also Koichi got him to sign his current hoodie and that's legit his entire takeaway of the day, not that he almost died or had a pretty large hand in helping Captain Celebrity save them, he's such a goober. Tsukauchi does inform Makoto though that due to his huge help with this ordeal he'll let it slide that Koichi's action oftentimes lean towards vigilantism, but that due to it he can't give him the praise or attention he deserves to not encourage others to follow suit. Basically for him to watch himself and not push it to far despite that he's grateful for his help and can tell he means well, it truly is a morally gray area. I get not wanting to praise vigilantism, but I do appreciate that he sees good deeds. It's also super cute that CC's wife immediately thanks Koichi for saving her dumb husband, after beating him up, I adore their relationship. And apparently Makoto is studying abroad in NYC, so unsure when she'll be back from that. We also get a cute moment of Pop wishing Makoto gave Koichi more credit and him joking that she could praise him if she wants so badly, which just embarrasses her, I ship them so much, what can I say?
So turns out scar villain and knuckleduster are not working together, he's basically stalking him trying to take him out and goes for the headshot, but misses causing a big kerfuffle. Scar villain turns out to be a big fan of knuckleduster's past persona, which is apparently a hero known as o'clock, whose power he's now stolen. I don't know when knuckleduster lost this power, as we now know he's technically quirkless, or what happened, but scar dude, who refers to himself only as number 6, is a huge fanboy of him and wishes to be like him and surpass him, it even looks like he gave himself his scar to mirror o'clock. But apparently he's also souped up with exploding limbs and quirk enhancers and healing quirks, so I guess he's a sort of nomu as well with all his various abilities. A lot of explosions and fighting commences, but it seems like both came away as they only found traces of their blood. Knuckleduster is such a bizarre character and we know so little about and with each new nugget I'm just confused more and more. I cannot wait to have his backstory fully explained, he's so fascinating. I'm also quite interested to see who's behind number 6, as it seems like he's an experiment hence the number instead of a name, which is quite interesting. But it's clearly an overarching villain, so I'll just have to wait and see.
I'm also given the gift of a teen Aizawa flashback which gives me almost as much joy as it does sadness. Aizawa really used to struggle with believing in himself and how best to utilize his quirk. I adore we get more of his friendship with Shirakumo even though it hurts my soul knowing what happens him. SPOILERS FOR MHA, we find out that they believe Shirakumo was murdered in a skirmish with a villain while in school, something that seems to be alluded to here with the cliffhanger, much to my heartbreak. I honestly thought we had more time with him, I cannot believe it happened when he was 16, that's just so sad. But come to find out his body was taken and apparently experimented on to create Kurogiri, the warp villain who's one of Shiggy's right hand men. We don't know how that's possible or if any of Shirakumo still exists, it's also quite strange seeing here that his quirk seems to have nothing to do with warping, his quirk is manipulating a cloud-like substance. Ugh it's just so sad to see how bright and vibrant he is here and how quickly it's snuffed out. He's described as a Mirio-type which honestly breaks my heart even more since his dynamic with Aizawa feels VERY similar to Mirio and Tamaki from the UA Big 3. He immediately saves the abandoned cat when Aizawa wasn't sure enough with himself to do anything but shield it with his umbrella. He's the one who gives Aizawa the goggles he sports even today, I think I knew that but it still hurts my heart. I love that he encourages Aizawa that his quirk is perfect with tripping up villains and making it a fairer playing field and that he's perfect for teamwork leading to them proving so in their workstudy. Their agency is Midnight's mentor, who legit looks like a giant Prince which is honestly so funny, he's just as insane as Midnight is which feels right. She's also currently in her 'birthday suit' phase where she has a utility belt and gadgets strategically placed to hide her otherwise fully nude body, which is so funny. She also ends up adopting the cat, that she names Sushi which I'm pretty sure is the cat shown with her in current times which I love, and constantly sends pics to Aizawa knowing he loves it, even if he won't admit. I just adore seeing their dynamic and it looks like we'll get more with the cliffhanger of Shirakumo's 'death', but oof makes me sad just thinking about it. But I adore the backstory, I always want more of my sweet Aizawa and all of these characters, I look forward to reading on.