Inflation (INFLATION Infurēshon?) is the one hundred and forty-fifth episode of the My Hero Academia anime and the seventh episode of the seventh season.
Summary[]
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Erasure doesn't work against "Tomura's" strange new power.
After "Tomura" strikes Mirko with the mass of fingers growing out of his right hand, a ginormous wave of them starts pouring out of it, swamping the entire battlefield and the Heroes taking him on. This new attack by 'Tomura' isn't the result of a Quirk, since Phantom Thief is still keeping Erasure active. Instead, it's his body mutating and reshaping itself under the pressure of the Quirk Singularity Theory, as it struggles to handle his constantly evolving stockpile of Quirks.
As the others fighting inside the Coffin in the Sky try to take control of "Tomura's" new development, Mandalay arrives to warn that they have received a message from Deku requesting a Warp Gate to his designated battlefield, since he was dragged to Okuto Island by Himiko.
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Himiko's twisted sense of love allows her to remain undetected to Danger Sense.
Their hands are tied, as Phantom Thief can only Copy one Quirk at a time. And as Eraser Head and Best Jeanist noticed, if they don't keep Erasure active on "Tomura", he can easily obliterate them by using Decay with his increased number of fingers. Eraser Head apologizes to his student and says the rest of his group will hold off "Tomura" while he somehow attempts to make it to the floating school campus.
On the island, the Heroes are making steady progress in fighting the Villains, with Deku providing temporary aid as he tries to formulate a way to get to his battle zone without Warp Gate. He has little time to start planning since Himiko suddenly starts confronting him, and her actions still aren't being detected Danger Sense since they're fueled by affection instead of malice.
Excited, Himiko asks Deku to be her "boyfriend".
Deku asks Himiko what she wants from him, as the girl infatuatedly says she wants him to be her boyfriend. The boy explodes into an embarrassed mess as he tries to ask what she means by that and where her feelings came from, as Uravity shivers in mild discomfort at the conversation. Himiko tells him about how enamored she became with him when he saw his decrepit state back in the Quirk Training Camp, and says she wants to drink his blood and become just like him, as being a couple to her means becoming just like the person you're into.
Himiko conceals her presence in the giant waves produced by the surrounding fighting, as Deku tries to reason with her while fishing her out. He says he can understand where she's coming from since he grew up admiring and wanting to be like All Might, then asks her why she can't just be open about her feelings about someone she likes, as he can't imagine causing harm to anyone he feels for that way.
Himiko stabs Uravity in the arm.
Deku's words have opposite effect, as it only reminds her of her previous interactions with Uravity, Curious, and her parents about her behavior not being "normal". The Villain activates the new rocket-powered sickles on her upgraded Blood-Sucking Machine, and rushes in from the shadows to attack Deku. Uravity then swoops in and tackles her off to the side, as she too tries to reason with the Villain.
By this point, Himiko has completely tossed away any motivation in trying to get the two to understand her, as she maneuvers out of Uravity's hold and swoops back around to the stab the girl in the shoulder. Deku and Froppy move in from the sides to knock Himiko off of Uravity, with the Villain now slumped in the water and restrained by Blackwhip.
Deku is convinced to go face "Tomura".
As Himiko begins to recover, with some coaxing by Uravity and Froppy, Deku blasts off from the island towards U.A. with a combination of Float, Fa Jin, and using Delaware Smash Air Force to build up speed and maintain his balance in the air. Deku begins to panic as he's not fast enough to get to "Tomura" in a timely manner, and he can't use Faux 100 Percent to solve the problem since there's nothing in the area to grab onto with Blackwhip.
The vestige of the Second User then tells him to keep his composure, as he risks injuring himself before fighting "Tomura" if he tries pouring 100% of his power into his new makeshift Mid-Gauntlets and figures out that the boy was planning on attempting to use his Quirk to fix the speed issue. He reminds the boy that his ability is a last resort, and it's evolved in power to the point where Deku can't use like he did back then. The Second User tells Deku to not rush things and trust his friends to continue fighting on whenever he can't.
The Flaming Sidekickers agree to help Shoto in his fight against Dabi.
At Ground Zero in Kamino Ward, an ocean of Blueflames engulf the area, as Dabi pensively states that the number of Heroes going up against him and his cohorts has dropped quickly and continues to steadily decline. He compares the current scene to the Hosu Incident, and how that event inspired him to take action after joining the League of Villains.
On the ground, Ingenium, Shoto, Burnin, Kido, and Onima, are the only ones left to fight Dabi, as the Villain complains that Endeavor brought these five to take him down instead of facing his eldest son himself. Ingenium stays back as he can't get any closer without ruining his engines, and Burnin, Kido, and Onima, stay close behind Shoto as he faces his older brother.
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The increasingly charred Dabi tells Shoto how he survived.
Shoto tells Dabi that he's here on his own terms to stop him, which the Villain writes off as Shoto finally becoming the perfect pawn that their father aimed to mold out of him. The boy says it might be the case if he chose to ignore the current situation and continue being a Hero elsewhere, as Dabi supposes that their current standoff might just the natural pinnacle of human emotions and imbalance tucked inside a superhuman society boiling over.
Shoto asks why his brother never came home if he was alive all this time, and Dabi, whose charred skin begins to peel off from his jaw, begins to tell the boy about how he transformed from Toya into a full-fledged Villain.
Characters In Order of Appearance[]
- Naomasa Tsukauchi (Flashback)
- Sansa Tamakawa (Flashback)
- Ethan Drive (Flashback)
- All Might (Flashback)
- Hawks (Flashback)
- Tomura Shigaraki
- Star and Stripe (Flashback)
- All For One (Flashback)
- Dabi
- Eraser Head
- Ragdoll (Flashback)
- Can't Stop Twinkling (Flashback)
- Hitoshi Shinso (Fantasy)
- Phantom Thief
- Kurogiri (Flashback)
- Deku
- Great Explosion Murder God Dynamight
- Best Jeanist
- Suneater
- Edgeshot
- Nejire Chan
- Mirko
- Endeavor (Flashback)
- Kamui Woods (Fantasy)
- Tsukuyomi (Fantasy)
- Shishido (Fantasy)
- Shoto
- Burnin
- Onima
- Ingenium
- Kido
- Himiko Toga
- Gang Orca
- Uravity
- Gang Orca's Sidekicks
- Froppy
- Sirius
- Tailman (Fantasy)
- Cellophane (Fantasy)
- Sugarman (Fantasy)
- Fat Gum (Fantasy)
- Gigantomachia (Flashback)
- Manual
- Doctor (Mentioned)
- Red Riot (Fantasy)
- Present Mic (Narration voice)
- Creati (Fantasy)
- Earphone Jack (Fantasy)
- Mandalay
- Near High-End Nomu
- Moonfish
- Hikage Shinomori (Vision)
- Tentacole (Flashback)
- Saito (Flashback)
- Curious (Flashback)
- Second User (Vision)
- Twice (Mentioned)
- Spinner (Fantasy)
Quirks[]
- All For One (Flashback, Original and Duplicate)
- Radio Waves (Flashback)
- Air Cannon (Flashback)
- Heavy Payload (Flashback)
- Rivet Stab (Flashback)
- Springlike Limbs (Flashback)
- Kinetic Booster (Flashback)
- Strength Enhancer (Flashback)
- Blueflame
- Brainwashing (Mentioned)
- Copy
- Warp Gate (Mentioned, Original)
- Erasure (Original)
- Half-Cold Half-Hot (Fantasy)
- Manual's Quirk
- Rabbit
- Foldabody
- Manifest
- Telepath
- Wave Motion
- Orcinus
- Blade-Tooth
- Good Ear
- Frog
- Zero Gravity
- One For All
- Danger Sense (Mentioned)
- Dupli-Arms (Flashback)
- Blackwhip
- Float
- Fa Jin
- Gearshift (Mentioned)
- Engine
- Traject
- Onima's Quirk
- Blazing Hair
- Hellflame (Flashback)
- Gecko (Fantasy)
- Body Bulk (Fantasy)
Locations[]
- Central Hospital (Flashback)
- U.A. High School
- Coffin in the Sky
- Makeshift Fortress: Troy (Flashback)
- Gunga Mountain Villa (Mentioned)
- Ground Zero
- Okuto Island
- Takoba National Stadium (Mentioned)
- Jaku General Hospital (Mentioned)
Battles & Events[]
- Final War
- Pro Heroes & Trainees vs. Tomura Shigaraki (Continued)
- Deku, Uravity & Froppy vs. Himiko Toga (Concluded)
- Okuto Island Team vs. Paranormal Liberation Front (Started)
- Shoto & Flaming Sidekickers vs. Dabi (Continued)
Anime & Manga Differences[]
- The previous Counter-Force conversation is expanded in the anime with a flashback detailing where each major Villain would be located and which Heroes would face them.
- The fight against the Near High-End Nomu on Okuto Island is slightly expanded upon in the anime.
Trivia[]
- In the English dub, when Katsuki and Mirko are arguing, he calls her a "bunny wabbit", referencing Elmer Fudd from Looney Tunes, making this the second time the series has been referenced this way since Episode 114.