Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals Episode 12 Discussion

A good small-scale fight is actually harder to produced than a good big-scale fight, and being small-scale also come with a risk of having audience overlook all the effort that pour into a tiny detail. That's why most fight in anime are big-scale fight. And that's why this episode is very special, it takes on the risk head-on and produce a high quality small-scale fight, and the result is the impact that can bypass judgmental eyes and slam directly into the heart.

What an episode!!

That's how an idol live should be. The girls were so good. Pop was talking about restroom a lot lol

The music and animation was outstanding. Pop was killing it with her performance and she was singing her heart out about Koichi. But I don't think that baka got it.

Not to mention Knuckle going all out with his daughter.
Sakuga animation for the fight !!

I hope Tamao can make it. The one thing that I didn't like was the bee b**tch still being alive.

Knuckleduster finally getting his daughter back! After the investigation he's done behind the scenes up until now, and the confrontation last episode. He's reached her again. We now get the full picture of how his daughter is Bee. She's just the host, not some disgruntled daughter turned sour. The Bee jumps from host to host as often as it pleases. Tamao storming out that night changed everything, got her caught up in Bee schemes and got her mom in the hospital. Knuckleduster did great, forcing the Bee to abandon his daughter's body. Pushing it to the brink so he could easily kill it. The animation on their final blows looked incredible! We got some amazing impact frames and lighting effects. Knuckleduster going through hell to get his babygirl back but he did it! I'm glad to see that, and that the neighborhood festival could still go on even after the power surge. Everything ended up working out! With a little tease of some scarred man at the end

I've been binge-watching a lot of Fascinating Horror videos lately. When they said they were gonna continue with the concert despite the blackout caused by the villain instead of evacuating all I could think was wtf were they doing. Even if they had all the heroes shit could've gone wrong in so many different ways. Thankfully, it wasn't in the real world. If I were there in such a situation, I'd leave immediately. Fuck the concert. My life is more important.

Other than that, Pop's singing was so good. She has come such a long way. The main event song being a remix of a department store song is kinda funny to me. But at least people got to make some memories from it or something. The animation was excellent.

Knuckleduster vs Hachisuka was absolute cinema once again. I don't care what anyone says but I enjoyed this fight way more than anything from the main series in a very long time. The stakes felt real and I actually felt attached to the characters.

Knuckleduster proved why he is basically homeless Batman by doing so much insane prep in advance. I'm a bit worried that they didn't show Tamao waking up. Like what if that shoddy stun gun he got from some black market seller fails? I hope he won't lose his wife and daughter... I feel bad for him. He was probably just trying to protect his daughter but he was too strict and it ended up just backfiring on him big time. Even tho we don't know the fate of Tamao that mofo Hachisuka still managed to escape somehow. Because of course she did.

The next episode is the last. I really hope they're gonna announce Season 2 fast...

What a heater of an episode on all fronts. I loved Pop Step’s moment in the limelight as she entertained the audience while the power was out, I’m sure that was a career defining moment for her, not to mention the collaborative performance itself that turned out to be pretty epic, how can a remix of a company’s theme song be so awesome lol, I guess that would be because of the artists and crew involved.

But as good as the performances were, the real meat of this episode was Knuckleduster versus Hachisuka/Tamao, and boy did that fight look amazing, it’s safe to say bones cooked hard here. And it looked bad for Knuckleduster when he went down the first time, but he really did think of everything to save his daughter and defeat the bees within, he masterfully made a comeback and exterminated the bees that took control of Tamao once and for all, now I just hope he managed to save her there at the end because we didn’t get to see the outcome of his efforts yet, it would be a real shame if he can’t after all the backstory that was revealed. But that fella at the end with the cops, is that the one behind the bees? I’m guessing yes but damn I was really hoping the bees were done lol, but the most important thing for now is that the main villain of the season, Hachisuka, is done, hopefully the finale next week will be a good place to end on!

Even in a tense situation like this, the show must go on, so it makes me happy that Kazuho stepped up on stage to entertain the crowd to the best of her abilities until the power was restored. Her solo performance was very good and upbeat, which got better once the power came back on and all of the other performers got on stage and played together. The animation here was also used really well, which helped to liven up the performance.

While that part was upbeat, the battle between Kunckleduster and his daughter, Tamao, got even more intense. I must pay respect to the anime staff for how well this fight was animated. Knuckle took a risk and it did pay off as he was able to extracted the queen bee from his daughter and blew it up in a "Cool guys don't look at explosions" sort of way. I just hope that he's able to help restart his daughter's heart, though.

Sadly, looks like the origin user of the bee is still operating without anyone being none the wiser. He does give off the vibe of someone you don't want to mess with. Overall, this is the best episode of Vigilantes so far.

@TheColonel76 I honestly think the finale will be anticlimatic in comparison to this episode because everything was building up to this fight, and realistically Queen Bee isn't doing anything in the next episode. Not to mention that Knuckleduster has left his vigilante gear, with Koichi talking about doing vigilante work on his own. We'll see though...

@KingBaller06 Oh yeah it’s gonna be hard to beat this one, but I’m just hoping it’ll be a good stopping point for now because it might be a bit before Season 2/Cour 2.

I didn’t say there weren’t any stakes in MHA. Obviously the stakes are much higher there than anything here. And because the stakes are so high I can't take it seriously. The fight between Knuckleduster and Hachisuka wasn’t a world-ending or existential threat. It was something more personal. Which is why I enjoyed it so much. I can no longer relate to any character from MHA. Maybe because I got older.

Also, I call Knuckleduster homeless Batman clearly as a joke. Obviously I know he has a job lol. But because Knuckleduster is much poorer than Bruce Wayne he very much gives hobo Batman vibes. He doesn’t have advanced gadgets like Batman or even a Batmobile. His "gadgets" are basically all DIY or scrapped together at the last minute instead which is really cool. He might not have the wealth of Bruce but he seems to have his smarts or preparedness at least to some degree. That's why he's "homeless Batman".

Thought that guy looked familiar. He worked with Twice in the main series (before introducing Twice to the League of Villains)

@0451 I can respect that you enjoyed this fight more than anything in the main series, but to imply there aren't stakes in any of the MHA fights is downright ridiculous.

Also there's no indication that Knuckleduster is homeless, especially since he clearly has a job outside of his vigilante work.

If there is gonna be a Season 2, it would have to be next year at the very least since the final season of MHA is coming in October.

another sakuga episode

the idol show is good, popstep did great

old man knuckle saves her daughter from the queen bee but looks like there are more queen bees?

Stellar episode. The animation and style from that fight were terrific. I'm still a big fan of the sound effect lettering popping up too.

Don't really see the family resemblance between Knuckle and his daughter, but now we finally know what's going on. Someone is using a mind control quirk using those bees. Wonder who it was? And I wonder who that guy at the end was?

The animation for Pop's concert was equally as good as the fight. She looked great on stage, but it was even better when everyone else joined in. My only gripe is that they told us last episode the injured idol would be in the center to avoid moving, yet she was on the side instead with Pop in the middle. It's a minor thing, but still weird they didn't follow through with that.

Impressed with this series so far, and only one episode to go.

@0451 Oh the "Homeless Batman" thing now makes sense.

I better understand your perspective now.

What an episode!!

That's how an idol live should be. The girls were so good. Pop was talking about restroom a lot lol

The music and animation was outstanding. Pop was killing it with her performance and she was singing her heart out about Koichi. But I don't think that baka got it.

Not to mention Knuckle going all out with his daughter.
Sakuga animation for the fight !!

I hope Tamao can make it. The one thing that I didn't like was the bee b**tch still being alive.

Pop's concert was cool and all but the real part of the episode came with Knuckleduster or should I say Oguro and his daughter Tamao. As it turns out, he was too cautious and lashed out at her, turning her away and she became possessed by some horrid bee monster. But the way he was able to deal with it despite being quirkless and in a superb animation style was outstanding. I really wish the original series had more of these heroic acts relying not only on quirks but quick thinking and deduction. It was really cool to watch.