It's time to train those quirks, but while class 1-A and 1-B are putting their bodies through hell, the League of Villains is getting ready for another attack this time with an elite force.
Tropes present in this episode
- Adaptation Expansion: In the manga, everyone's individual training was just a single panel, albeit a large two page spread, and it didn't even show what everyone was doing. The anime on the other hand shows not only what everyone is doing but why they are doing it too.
- Arc Words: Aizawa reminds the students to "remember where they started from". That is to say to remember their "origin"; why they are striving to become heroes or who they were before. Midoriya, Bakugo, and Totoroki's backstories were visited last two seasons, and almost everyone else's will be revealed as the series continues.
- Broken Pedestal: Kota views this for his late parents, and heroes in general. His parents were killed by a violent villain, and he questions why all heroes go through this if it will only get them killed.
- Can't Get Away with Nuthin': Ashido, Sato, Kirishima, Kaminari, and Sero have failed in their practical final exams before the day of the training camp. As a result, while they are allowed to train, they are unable to join their classmates when it is time for fun activities. Sero is a special case because his exam partner, Mineta, bailed him out while captured. Monoma is the only one in Class 1B to fail.
- Funny Background Event: Iida is shown repeatedly dashing in and out of view like a madman in several shots as the students undergo Training from Hell.
- I Have This Friend: Midoriya frames his struggle with being powerless as one experienced by a friend of his.
- Mood Whiplash: The exciting and somewhat fun training abruptly ends when a group of villains known as the Vanguard Action Squad makes themselves known.
- Mundane Utility: The Pussycats tell the students that they will need to cook on their own going forward, requiring some to use their Quirks to perfom some cooking tasks. Todoroki uses his flame powers to light stoves. A request for Bakugou to do the same is... much less successful.
- Pervert Revenge Mode: The 1A girls and Wild Wild Pussycats have Kota guard the girls' side of the hot springs in case Mineta, specifically, tries anything. As expected, Mineta tries to climb up the giant fence for a peek before Kota knocks him back down.
- Training from Hell: Following the previous episode, Class 1A is forced to train either their quirk or their body past the breaking point. Class 1B's teacher, Vlad King, shows them what to expect with the 1A students.
Before you become a hero, you should learn how to become a good human.
~Kota
