THE MOLE UNCOVERED | My Hero Academia Season 7x3 Reaction | EP141 

Also side note: In the VERY 1st episode, Dr. Garaki tells Inko and Izuku he will be quirkless. After that Izuku asks the iconic question “Do you think I could be a hero too?” And his mom says “I’m sorry Izuku. I wish things could be different.” One of the BIG differences between Izuku and Yuga is wealthy status. What if Inko WAS given the opportunity to make the deal with the devil but chose not to because they couldn’t make ends meet and the debt would be too great? We were QUITE close to Deku falling to the same fate instead of becoming the perfect candidate for OFA.

*I can’t be mad at Aoyama if I’m being honest. He didn’t want or choose for any of this to happen. If anything, he basically had a gun to his head the whole time. He’s not a villain.*

Alright! The traitor is revealed! I have been waiting to talk about this for quite some time. I like the story and I like the idea of all this. But I don’t think it was utilized the best. I remember when a certain chapter ended, Hagakure was hiding behind a tree as they narrated about the traitor. And the people who suspected Hagakure did a MASSIVE victory lap. She wasn’t at the vote for the Class President Vote! She hasn’t done anything narrative so she’s free to do whatever! We can’t see her body so she might be deformed with other quirks! And I to counter said please there’s ZERO build up for her. None at all! I don’t like the idea of student suspects at all and AOYAMA has more build up. And then the NEXT chapter came and I proceeded to have a doctor surgically remove my foot so I could fit the entire thing in my mouth. It’s like Horikoshi heard me and slapped me. XD I spent a good amount of last season talking about what crosses off traitor suspects off my list and what gets me to think they are traitors or not. And at that point in the manga I figured it was Vlad King, Present Mic, or Principal Nezu. Vlad King was absolved when the villain who killed Midnight appeared in color who had an identical build and hair style when he wasn’t in color. And Present Mic attacked Garaki in his home base to stop Shigaraki and in a place he could have been betraying for the sake of Shirakumo who has now become a Nomu that they could hold over him. So those didn’t match up. But Nezu? Surely this episode absolved my concerns for Nezu right? You’re not going to believe this, but no. In fact this episode made me certain with how AFO explained how he enjoys making plans, there was someone standing over Aoyama AT UA to maintain pressure on him as the middle-man. As the way they explained it…somehow made Nezu MORE suspicious not less. Everytime Aoyama acted it got confusing how this pulled off at all. Nezu PERSONALLY had a scene in season 5 where he SPECIFICALLY hard clears EVERY student. They investigated the kids and came up with NOTHING. And I say HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE. Aoyama is engaging this episode and he broke instantly at every single juncture out of the sheer terror of AFO literally killing others RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM for those that disobeyed. He was in constant panic and turmoil and Nezu HARD CLEARED HIM. Then there’s the blind spot in the forest. After beefing up security across the seasons, INCLUDING the New UA barrier and being in OFA’s inner circle for years when AFO has targeted UA for such a long time by his own admission, I find it weird that this blind spot was found at all and during THIS time of the jailbreakers and the need for everything to be even more secure with Deku now back! Not that AFO wouldn’t have ways of drawing people out or finding these people alone to target them, but this is essentially the same place Deku fought Gentle Criminal where a blind spot was found LAST time. And one of the BIGGEST ones that threw me off. All-Might is going to be a teacher at UA. Go and enroll. The state of All-Might’s UA employment was STRICTLY hush hush and there was no real leak about any of that. So what’s the issue? All-Might being a teacher blind sided the public and was ONLY talked about during a SINGLE scene before this. And it was RIGHT after AFO was critically injured with All-Might in their prime fight, Nighteye saw the future of All-Might, and they discussed how it’s time to choose a new symbol. And there were only 5 characters present. All-Might, who wouldn’t betray himself. Nighteye who has since passed away. Gran Torino who has been on AFO’s hitlist for YEARS as Nana’s friend and he’s successfully escaped with his life AFTER taking blows from BOTH AFO’s. Recovery Girl who while DOES have opportunity to take advantage of Deku in his bone breaking stage to give him to AFO, doesn’t and keeps him safe. And the ONLY ONE that fits giving up that information being Nezu. And stacked with the list of OTHER suspicious actions that AREN’T cleared up with this reveal, I just sat there and said HOW IS HE MORE SUSPICIOUS?! I’m not trying to endlessly prove Nezu is apart of this. In fact once Aoyama was revealed, I said how can I DISPROVE Nezu. And only found MORE. And I decided to air my suspicions on Nezu ANYWAY knowing the traitor because it boggles my mind. Also AFO once had navel laser. Someone PLEASE tell me he posed like Aoyama does to use it. I love the idea AFO has a bunch of useless/unstable quirks he can give to people willing to make a deal with the devil. My biggest question is why did Aoyama try to get an SOS out AFTER AFO was caught? Before fine but after? I don’t object to Aoyama being a great reflection of Deku receiving a quirk from All-Might and AFO. I don’t object to his motivations. I don’t object to any bit of how Aoyama’s role played out here. The emotions of this was extremely well played and thought out. But it needed support to work well and I just think this part of the story needed to cover more considering the pure scope of how people dissected the story looking for the traitor. EVERY CHARACTER was dissected. For one of the most looked at aspects of the franchise, I just feel like Horikoshi didn’t go big enough. And I’ll just say the smartest character in the show be slacking off.