"How cute."
Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.
After blazing through Stain's arc, My Hero Academia slowed down the pace last week to pick up the pieces left in the Hero Killer's wake. This week, the show takes a detour from the main plot altogether, as "Everyone's Internships" delivers a fun, albeit inconsequential window into the internships of Deku's peers.
Of all the internships touched on in the episode, Bakugo's is easily my favorite. His facial expressions perfectly convey just how out of his element he really is. I especially enjoyed the callback to Season 1's slime monster attack, which delivers a quite a blow to Bakugo's pride and causes his nicely groomed hair to burst back into its usual spiky position. I don't think I'll ever grow tired of the stark and often humorous contrast between him and Best Jeanist.
Tsuyu Asui (aka Froppy) is unquestionably the star of this anime-original episode, as her internship dominates the latter half of "Everyone's Internships." While I would've liked to have seen a bit more of Bakugo and Best Jeanist, as well as some of the other students, I think it was ultimately the right call to just briefly touch on several of the students before honing in on a single character for the remainder of the episode, given its 24-minute runtime.
Like Deku, Todoroki, Urararaka and so many other students of U.A. High, Tsuyu is such a likable character, and her internship with Sirius and Selkie only made her all the more endearing. Her calm, collected and obedient demeanor were on full display, thanks to some excellent writing. Tsuyu isn't the chattiest girl, but when she does pipe up, it's always something insightful or charming. The quiet manner in which she reacted to Selkie's attempts to be cute, which weren't winning over Sirius, was an adorable way to convey her admiration for the Sea Rescue Hero.
Still, "Everyone's Internships" is lacking the substance I've come to expect from My Hero Academia. Even in its slowest episodes, the series almost always manages to work in meaningful character development or setup for things to come, neither of which is really found in this episode. The time spent with Tsuyu, Bakugo, Urararaka and the handful of other students highlighted in this episode feels more like a fun diversion that relishes in the qualities of these characters that have already been established, rather than actual character development. This makes sense given "Everyone's Internships" is an anime-original episode that sidesteps the main plot. Taking that into consideration, I have to commend the writers for crafting an engaging detour that doesn't feel like blatant filler.
The Verdict
Serving as a fun diversion from the main plot, "Everyone's Internships" delivers an engaging, endearing and humorous window into how the internships of Deku's classmates have been going. While ultimately inconsequential to the overall plot, well executed moments of comedy, especially those between Bakugo and Best Jeanist, keep things engaging and prevent the episode from feeling like filler, despite the lack of character development. The decision to dedicate the latter half of the entire episode to Tsuyu was an excellent decision, affording time to shine the spotlight on one of My Hero Academia's most endearing and underserved characters.
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