History Recap / MyHeroAcademiaS6E21TheLovelyLadyNagant

* BadassNormal: Even without One For All, All Might effectively intimidates two Villains on his way to regroup with young Midoriya... just by looking at them!

* ShellShockedVeteran: Flashbacks show that Nagant had been doing the Safety Commission's questionable errands for so long, she started to be more numb by the day and question if they have made any progress at all for a better society. At one point, she agreed to shake a few kids' hands, only to back away [[OutDamnedSpot when she hallucinates her right hand stained with the blood of her victims or enemies]].

* DeclarationOfProtection: All Might warns his assailants that he's not going to stand around while the student he has trained is out there carrying the burden he once had, and says this.
-->'''All Might'': If the unthinkable ever happens to that young man... '''''it'll be over my dead body'''''!

* HistoryRepeats: Nagant discusses this with Midoriya during their fight about what would happen if he ''does'' defeat AFO and things are back to normal. Worst case is that someone else would fill in for the HPSC and have another unwitting person endure the dark side pf Hero Society while everyone else focuses on the bright one.

* TalkingIsAFreeAction: ZigZagged: Neither side has the time or luxury to stand and talk in their fight in real time, especially since Midoriya has to keep moving to avoid getting shot by Nagant. However, they do hear each other out. Some of the bullets Nagant fires possess tiny speakers so Midoriya can hear her side of the conversation.

* ShoutOut: Deku's generation remembers the sight of All Might moving [[Franchise/{{Superman}} faster than a speeding bullet]]. He uses OFA "Faux 100%" to outpace one to save Chisaki.
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: ZigZagged: Neither side has the time or luxury to stand and talk in their fight in real time, especially since Midoriya has to keep moving to avoid getting shot by Nagant. However, they do hear each other out. Some of the bullets Nagant fires possess tiny speakers so Midoriya can hear her conversation.

* OnOneCondition: Midoriya tells Chisaki that if he can have the will to apologize to Eri, the little girl he had used for his twisted Quirk-erasure bullet project, then he will help fulfill Nagant's promise and take Chisaki to visit his old boss.

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Midoriya makes use of the 3rd OFA User's Quirk called ''Fa Jin'', which allows him to store up engery through repeated movement and release it for additional speed and power.

* ResignationsNotAccepted: Nagant questions if silencing others and keeping the veil over the public is the key to a better society, the SC chairman reads what she was actually thinking about and only hints that there are consequences for walking away. Before he reaches for [[TheUnreveal something]], Nagant kills him.

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: After the battle is over, Midoriya tells Nagant that she still has the "heart of a Hero", considering that she has no killing intent. She seemed to be moved by his words, reading them as genuine.

* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Sensing Nagant's loss, All For One triggers something close to a bomb to attack Midoriya from within the sniper (hinted to have been attached to the Air Walk Quirk he had given her earlier), just as she was moved by Midoriya's words and considering a change of heart.

* ForgotAboutTheirPowers: Midoriya reminded Chisaki that his Quirk-erasure bullets project existed because he painfully used Eri's cells. However, he remembers that he was able to do so because he learned her Quirk can rewind time on anyone she touches, and wonders if she might be capable of reversing the coma he inflicted on his boss.

* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: The HPSC's mindset, according to Lady Nagant: Maintain the peace and keep the populace happy, and weed out the imperfections that threaten it all. She eventually grew sick of this.

* CoverUp: Nagant explains to Midoriya that she was in charge of handling any loose ends that might endanger the bright image of Hero Society, by order of the Hero Public Safety Commission. In most cases, it involves killing off criminals, potential terrorists, and even corrupt Heroes without a process of a trial. She eventually wonders if there was a point to her job and grows disillusioned by the society itself. After killing the previous SC chairman upon not being satisfied with the answer, the Commission immediately threw her in Tartarus under a cover that she instead killed another Hero in a dispute.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: While not exactly evil, per se, Nagant is surprised how Midoriya and Hawks remain optimistic about the future, especially when the latter tells her that he was her successor as the Safety Commission's agent and thus was assigned with similar assignments.

* HistoryRepeats: Nagant discusses this with Midoriya during their fight about what would happen if he ''does'' defeat AFO and things are back to normal. Worst case is that someone else would fill in for the HPSC and have another unwitting person endure the dark side while everyone else focuses on the bright one.

* ObviouslyNotFine: The preview of the next episode has Midoriya sounding more eerily tired than usual, ending with the insistence that he's "fine" [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness instead of the usual "Go Beyond! Plus Ultra!"]] It's clear that the lengths All For One is willing going through just to get One For All are finally starting to affect him.

* TalkingIsAFreeAction: ZigZagged: Neither side has the time or luxury to stand and talk in their fight, especially since Midoriya has to keep moving to avoid getting shot by Nagant. However, they do hear each other out. Some of the bullets Nagant fires possess tiny speakers so Midoriya can hear her conversation.

** Despite everything he has, Midoriya chooses to face Nagant's BatmanGambit and prevent Chisaki from getting shot, even though he had a feeling she would miss on purpose just to try and hit the boy.
** Despite constantly trying to shoot him, Midoriya catches Nagat before and after AFO blows her up.

* ShoutOut: Deku's generation remembers the sight of All Might moving [[Franchise/{{Superman}} faster than a speeding bullet]]. He uses OFA to outpace one to save Chisaki.