Hit him with the one tap!!

Scariest thing about this Deku in this state is how calm he is. He’s not even phased. Man one-shot Muscular like it was nothing and went on about his business, ready to take out other villains

“Detroit smash.” Deku said calmly.

For Muscular It was the most important rematch of his life, but for Deku, It was merely a Tuesday.

Deku really got all might to be his Alfred, and he formed is own mini justice league. 😂

This version of Deku reminds me of like when Spider-Man stops joking around and gets serious, that man is a menace, especially with the Black Suit

It’s insane how midorya actually took out muscular with one punch. It shows how much he has grown and I love it

4:07 fun fact, the split second deku arrives and hits muscular, there is a frame where it just says smash, on impact, it is extremely fast and hard to catch but trust me, you'll see it

Deku really standing on that ledge saying “I am the night” 😂

The best part of this fight honestly is Deku’s development of trying to understand villains more and coming across a villain that *couldn't* be saved. Build up for his confrontation with Shigaraki. This also related to the societal narrative to address how hero society could better prevent people from becoming villains in the first place. Deku at least called Muscular by his full name and tried to see if there was more besides his bloodlust, but not able to see anything past that. Realizing he only speaks the language of violence, so the fight is inevitable.

The way Best Jeanist holds his phone during a conversation is hilarious 😭. Despite being in his weakening state, All Might looked like he fits perfectly with Deku and the others 🔥

Midoriya is such a great character, his been studying hero’s for years and his friends. Writing down all the moves and trying to make them his own, he respects quirks more than anyone else. I love the fact that he uses his quirks together to achieve feats on par with 100 percent output while only using 45 percent of the power. It shows that midoriya is a really smart, calm and collected character.

People gotta realize, the reason Deku's asking these questions is because he's trying to sympathize with the villains, trying to see why they became the way they are, it's why I like Deku so much, he wants to try and save EVERYONE no matter who they might be, even if it might be in vain he at least wants to try

It's incredible seeing just how effortless deku took out Muscular man. Remember, this dude was deku first actual villian he fought on his own. It took everything and then some for deku to bring him down which further damaged his arms.

Deku acting so calm was badass

The fact that this fight was shorter just lets you know how MUCH Deky has leveled up.

It's not just about Deku's power, but also his battle analysis skills to strategize, reflect on his previous battles, and observe his opponent for current battle. His nerd quality that he had as a kid for analysis for all those years coming in to aid him even to now. He observed Muscular's movement to see that Shindo's quirk affected him. Aiding to easy take down. No need to work harder when you can work smarter. Deku's power is also more of a swiss army knife skill set, as it's not as much as individual power for strength as much as combining them for use. The extra quirks are more support type than offensive thus far.

This episode showcased how powerful deku has truly become and also his total character change. He's no longer the nervous guy, he looks calm but also tired.

Deku really went thru 6 seasons, then said I’m Him now. Fuck around and find out I dare u 😂

Vigilante Deku looks so fucking sick bro. The approaching arc gonna go so hard 🔥

You know deku is about that life when he starts rocking that bunny mask and makes it cool😂

Deku's mom is the MVP. She inspired and supported Deku all the way through his childhood, even without a quirk, even while he was getting bullied. All Might was the reason why he wanted to be a hero, but his mother is the one who he wanted to save and protect. The GOAT.

As a manga reader I am happy to see us finally get to this part in the storyline

It felt so good finally seeing this animated. When I was reading it, I realized that this was almost like an extra measure of progression for Deku.

Muscular forgot he was only a Season 3 level threat and got bodied in the first half of the ep lmao Also…I havent heard alot from the Deku haters lately…the switch up is insane🤣

This a comment I loved when I was reading the manga on a website. "Drku may not be as strong as many Shounen jump MC, but I'm sure none of them got to hug their mother the way he did" that scene just made me tear up both in manga and anime and reminded me of the precious existance a mother holds!!

(Muscular returns) Deku: How many times do I have to teach you this lesson, old man!?

Fun fact: Shindo (Quake boy) and Turtle Neck are in fact dating. This was confirmed by Horikoshi as a canon relationship ship.

My dad passed away unexpectedly last night and I'm just...floating through all my normal channel haunts to keep my mind occupied rn. I just wanted to say thank you to you guys for being one of the ones providing me a brief escape

I love Dekus calm demeanor when he says that line about the huge villain. That was the first line of dialogue he had in the show and comparing how excited he was saying it then to how he does now is such a brilliant and small detail showing his change over everything that's happened recently.

Muscular really reminded me of Bakugo in this episode. - Wanting to be the strongest - Thinking of Deku as a rival - Excessively violent and angry - Spiky blond hair It really makes me think of what Bakugo could've been if things were a bit different.

I love that when All might took his shades off he still had shades on

*FYI:* Yo Shindo and Tatami Nakagame (Ketsubutsu students from Ms. Jokes' class) are canonically dating, as mentioned in MHA data book in relationship chart.

Lemillion: A Cape is to hold a crying child Gran Torino: A Cape is to remind you you sometimes have to kill a bitch

Man, Deku looks totally different with that mask on. He really is a combination of Spider-Man, and Batman.

What's wild is that All Might wore shades over his usual shades

3 things 1. One of the impact frames of deku's detroit smash says SMASH 2. Disapointed you didn't make any jokes about all might wearing sunglasses 3. The mid gauntlets Deku is using is not the same gauntlets from the movie. That thing was called full gauntlet. The supplier for these ones is unknown, all might bought those for him

The voice acting of muscular when he saw midoriya was outstanding. I can literally feel the excitement in his voice. 👏

Let the Rogue/Vigilante/Dark Deku Arc Begin!!!

"nah bro that's a muscular" - Lupa

I definitely teared up during the scene with his mom. 🥺 Also wanted to say, idk if y’all got new mics or had a different way of setting them out, but I felt like Sheera’s audio quality had greatly increased! I usually have a harder time hearing her commentary, but this video’s audio was great 👍

I noticed that the spacing looked different on each note, they got the same information but he still addressed them all individually because he cared about them all, classic Midoriya. Deku isn’t turning back, resolve is solid now. I knew I wasn’t trippin’ when I thought his wash was lighter during his phone call.

Muscular gonna wake up wondering where the green truck that hit him went

10:17 made me laugh out loud cause no bullshit. Muscular gonna be back in the pen like WTFFFFF JUST HAPPENED 😂😂😂

Got that batman theme going on All might is a sidekick now 🤣😭😎 That master disguise joke/ turtle turtle reference ' was funny af

8:52 casual Jeanist is such a funny detail only really noticeable in the anime with color lol

That smash was perfectly animated out the manga woah....

seeing dekus face at 5:27 reminds me of all night for some reason, he’s whole aura gives off all might to me

The Deku in this arc is what got me into MHA in the first place. Before that I knew very little and even hated it. Since then I've come to absolutely love this show/manga. Horikoshi did the right thing with Vigilante Deku 🙏

Man, I was for yall to talk about how pointless All Might's sunglasses were lmao

“I did know you were gonna become him” - lupa . Bro I’m dead 💀💀

Muscular, in jail rocking back and forth: The bunny... the bunny...

8:44 best jeanist is just a whole JOJO character with the poses he does

4:06 I just noticed that one of the frames say SMASH

I can't believe how Gran Torino still didn't die. He took pounding from both All Might and Shigaraki and this frail man still is alive. I guess him giving the cape means he's now retired.

Haven't seen anybody else mention this, but Deku's new suit design in this arc pulls major parallels to Stain's design back in season 2

I love how he look like some kind of villain but he shine carrying the light of hope , wishe Mirio join the team

All might wearing shades on his shades

izuku finishing muscular like it was allmight going late for work

I haven’t seen deku not cry for this long and it’s scaring me

Bro's said Detroit smash so calmly, gave me the chills 🥶

Deku took some notes from Naruto with that unnervingly calm Detroit smash.

“Plot twist your child become all might” GAGAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHA

-all might should take his sunglasses off while hes talking to his mom- 💀💀💀💀😭

08:18 i just realize that "Farmland Saga" 😂

8:02 😂Roshi made me laugh so much out of nowhere with this comment

They gave this man All might some shades for his shades

Muscular came out of jail just to get one popped back into it

Bro all might isn’t wearing sunglasses🤣 that’s how his eyes look

And here we go. It’s the start of Deku’s exhausted state. Deku has been through SO much and he firmly places it all on his shoulders…and honestly the pro heroes would have likely done the same anyhow. Deku has been exposed to every emotional trauma you can imagine and it’s worn him down more, and more, and more. ESPECIALLY for the war and after. For Empaths we have a unique strain that has started to appear. Can any of you hear how unemotional he is? The last time we saw him like this was the Overhaul arc and his concern for Eri overloaded him til he was unresponsive. That’s an EARLY stage. These are all EARLY stages we’ve seen so far. Imagine what happens as time goes on in this state. I’ll explain more in-depth later but keep in mind today isn’t Deku at his best, he’s quite frankly much closer to his WORST. This is the fight I got inspiration to look into Deku’s OFA development. No quirk should just OUTCLASS 100% OFA which has charged for nearly 200 years. Especially not what we’ve seen All-Might do with it from exploding cities and changing weather. That applies to Muscular’s muscle augmentation, and applies to Grand’s Vibrate. If it really is that great, AFO would’ve taken muscle augmentation the moment he came across Muscular in the jailbreak. And while I DO understand people saying Muscular was heavily weakened by Grand, it’s not in a way that would effect an impact from a LESS THAN HALF FULL SMASH OFA. Deku needed MORE than 100% to beat him last time. I normally tell people his 1,000,000% punch in season 3 was 125% to match the doctor’s hysterical strength calculation because there’s NO WAY body limiters restrain exploded bone and skin. 100 is 100. Not 80. (He tells Deku the human body uses 80% of its abilities consciously with body limiters in the way and 100% in crisis.) Stockpile by nature has been increasing its power CONSTANTLY over the holders lifespans otherwise there would never be a point AFO and OFA become equals. And I doubt it ever decreases BECAUSE the holders maintain their quirk factors and consciousness OVER A CENTURY later. So I use the doctor’s explanation and gave him the same boost for 125. HERE it’s VERY different. Deku only needed 45%. Torn muscles or no, they would still provide MORE than enough cover. And as we see THIS episode Deku is bounding around not unlike All-Might over MUCH greater distances. Not just with float. Each of Deku’s levels increase every other one of Deku’s previous levels because his stockpile grows. And I still whole heartedly believe he used MUCH more than he used against Muscular previously. I still hold Deku’s 100% should be 9x greater than it was in season 1-2 because his control is 9x greater, and he’s using 45% of THAT. 405 of 900. This would provide AMPLE power to not just be stronger but FASTER than Muscular. Deku IS approaching his master’s power. But not the full force. All-Might had ALL the info from Deku’s vestige meeting, but much of it I suspect he at the very least had to have strong suspicions. That means there are 2 sources of OFA. And since we know what the prime of OFA did to AFO’s face…we can all pretty much figure as AMAZING as Deku is physically…none of that can be compared to the 2 biggest moves in MHA. And neither were even on screen. They are whatever All-Might did to AFO’s face, and whatever AFO did to All-Might’s internal organs. Even over Shigaraki’s decay which IS deadlier, but since he’s only at 75%, I doubt it’s as big as it could have been. Deku is approaching injured All-Might. I just have no doubts. And All-Might must retain the rest. Shigaraki no quirks is a little weaker than Injured All-Might. They show the comparison to the 1st Nomu fight. The time we LEARNED All-Might is a fraction of his best. I have no doubt Deku will one day receive the power and surpass it. It’s the nature of OFA. And Deku with the prime, will be the perfect opponent 50-50 vs full power Shigaraki. That’s what this builds to. I figured all this out BECAUSE of this fight with Muscular how Deku must develop in order to have such an INCREDIBLE boost in performance. Also I want to make my final quirk accusation of All-Might right here right now. Sadly it CAN be discounted more than I would’ve liked but it still works EXACTLY the same. All-Might awakened the 6th’s smokescreen. I know it’s purple for Deku. And I know it’s white for All-Might. I want you to side by side how they are animated coming off their bodies. It is IDENTICAL. It leaks off of them. And All-Might used it to cover his transformation. And FAR more smoke appears when All-Might is scared of getting caught. It’s used nearly EXACTLY the same. And before you discount this entirely for the color difference, I’ll point to All-Might’s yellow OFA lightning when he’s about to use the United States of Smash in season 3. Looks EXACTLY the same as Deku’s OFA lightning, just a different color. Used EXACTLY the same. I wish it looked exactly the same, because I would’ve LOVED to see it create proper foggy conditions which is a VERY underrated weather condition. But it seems the quirk/quirks color swap between holders. So this is the full arsenal I predict All-Might had. Prime of OFA, and the 4th, 6th, and 7th quirk. He is quirkless, so all the conditions are in place for All-Might to have awakened quirks as well. Deku is going to awaken ALL of them, he’s going to surpass All-Might, and he has a much more in-depth vestige encounter than All-Might. Deku is still the prodigy student who will blow away all our expectations as the ultimate underdog. But so long as there are 2 known sources of OFA, we can’t guarantee Deku has everything yet. But he will. I would ordinarily explain more emotional nuance as well, but quite frankly ALL of my attention these chapters lands on OFA. (And Deku’s deteriorating emotional state.) I love the rest of this episode and it’s emotions do NOT get me wrong. I REALLY wanted to explain why I made the theory I did because as complicated as it is, it is actually the simplest answer I can see that actually accounts for every crazy phenomena because OFA is CRAZY complicated. It just CAN’T be interpreted as straight-forward based on the rules the show has provided us. It’s not possible for Deku to start from Prime All-Might and build off it, and based on the INSANE progression, it’s not 1% at a time. So here’s my full OFA theory in the replies which I’ll copy/paste and edit to account for the new info like always.

Wonder if we're going to be ending with the fight between Stars & Stripes and Shigaraki. That fight was an incredible show even in the Manga so I am hoping they give it the animation love it deserves.

People used to make fun of Deku's mask but now he look so badass in that mask

Man the naruso shisuto soundtrack on best jeanist. Well played editor. 😂

Almight doesn't wear glasses his eyes are sunken in

2:37 its basically Deku 2.0 😂

Was that Rizzuku Himdoria, the Rizzilante?

One of my favorite Sheera title bits "ACADAMIUUUUHHHH:

Deku out here really becoming the avatar the last one for all user

Muscular forgot he is a season 3 level threat 😂

The turtle club joke hits different

Deku: “Rematch, But I’m batman this time”

God I love that Batman shot right at the beginning…

Deku retreating back to his Smash Cave to update All Fred on the status of Detroit and Delaware😂🤣😭.

"Detroit smash" Deku said calmly

One things that bugged me/made me laugh is when All Might is wearing shades, and when he takes them off his eyes look like he's wearing another pair of shades lol

Yo deku is like Batman when he hide behind the smoke 💨

It’s like that moment in a Capcom game where they make you fight all of the earlier bosses again when you’re nearing the end of the game, just to show how strong you are.

Point of clarification Deku wouldn’t be considered a vigilante, as he still has his provisional licence and is working with the top 3 heroes and All Might he would still be under the terms of that licences so he’s still technically working as a provisional hero no different from a work study or people who become heroes without going through a hero course at school. The normal civilians who wanted to fight for their homes and not leave however WOULD be classed as vigilantes as the have neither any training nor a licence to use their quirks to harm/protect anyone else, even in self defence they would technically be breaking the law. Also the current name for Deku is Dark Deku as per Horikoshi’s sketches and this arc is the Dark Hero arc not the Vigilante arc.

The earthquake guy is from Season 3.

Dam he hit him so hard it replayed 3 different times

Lol All might didnt have on glasses in the hospital. His eyes have always been drawn like that in his injured form.

Muscular being like Raditz asking for a rematch on SSJB Goku 🤣

Forget a letter, they have cellphones. Deku coulda just sent a mass text in the Class 1-A groupchat. Homie just wanted to be dramatic lol.

Dont think i missed that Master Of Disguise reference😭😭

*When your friend says the enemy is one shot. Deku: 👌

The end is really beginning and this fight is going to be both a moral battle and a test of how much Deku has grown emotionally and how much he has mastered One For All.

4:09 Ha! Deku literally came with the smoke!!!

Vigilante Deku is just too good, man! xDDD

“Was there no other path, Goto Imasuji” was the line in the manga that hit super deep

I saw someone say Midoriya is BatDeku and while the name is corny, he's fully breaking things down in battle like a young Batman and the analogy is starting to stick for me.