Izuku Just Had His Best 'My Hero Academia' Episode Yet

My Hero Academia has officially jump started its third season as the Vanguard Action Squad of the League of Villains made their move on U.A. Academy's forest boot camp, and it lead to one of the biggest battles in the series to date.

Protecting Kota from danger, Izuku jumped in front of a brand new, horrifying villain. Not only did he possess strength and a mean violent streak, he was the villain that killed Kota's parents.

This leads to a confrontation in which Izuku shines in a way he was never able to before. After Muscular, whose Quirk enhances his speed and strength, was able to take a Detroit Smash at full power, Izuku was out of options. This battle showed great improvement from Izuku, as he tried to protect Kota and escape while holding Muscular at bay.

Out of options, Izuku is eventually overwhelmed by Muscular's attack. He starts giving up, apologizing to his mother and All Might for not becoming a hero, but is then saved by Kota.

Kota had hated his Quirk because Muscular killed his parents and hated the idea of powers that lead to their deaths. But in this moment, he's reaching out to Izuku after constantly pushing him away. But Izuku shines so much, that he's able to get through to Kota after learning that it was going to take action in order to do so.

In this moment, Izuku gets a second wind and summons "one million percent" of his strength and manages to punch Muscular severely. In that moment, he becomes Kota's hero and shines more than he has in the series so far.

For those unfamiliar with My Hero Academia, the series was created by Kohei Horikoshi and has been running in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump since July 2014. The story follows Izuku Midoriya, who lives in a world where everyone has super powers but he was born without them. Dreaming to become a superhero anyway, he's eventually scouted by the world's best hero All Might and enrolls in a school for professional heroes. The series has been collected into 15 volumes so far, and has been licensed by Viz Media for an English language release since 2015.

The third season of the series is currently adapting the the School Trip arc, the students of Class 1-A head to a forest in order to bring the control of their Quirks to a new level. Suddenly, the League of Villains attacks in order to kidnap one of the students and Midoriya and the others must think quickly on their feet in order to survive.

My Hero Academia's first movie, My Hero Academia: The Movie - The Two Heroes, is scheduled to open August 3. The film will cover a story not seen in the originalmanga with series creator Horikoshi noting that, "Of course the movie will be filled with Class A's great efforts, that character's past that hasn't been in the manga yet, flashy action scenes, and much more." The film also previously revealed its first key visual depicting a character fans have never seen before, and a trailer revealing an All Might in his prime.

What did you think of Izuku in this week's My Hero Academia? Let us know in the comments or talk to me @Valdezology!