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<\/a>All in all this is a pretty low-key and comedy-driven mini-arc for Vigilante<\/em>. But it represents a great example of what a good adaptation can bring to the table. Bones really enlivened the Captain Celebrity story \u2013 a DJ, cheerleaders, the whole nine yards. It\u2019s not like you could do anything to make this dude seem less of a ludicrous popinjay (or that they would have wanted to), so why not go way, way over the top? And the anime can do that in ways the manga can\u2019t, just by their respective natures. Some of that stuff was in the manga too, but the experience just isn\u2019t the same.<\/p>\n<\/a>Indeed, Captain Celebrity<\/a> (Morikawa Toshiyuki<\/a> having way too much fun) is very much the focus of this episode. He arrives in Japan as (supposedly) America\u2019s top hero, a sort of living embodiment of everything Stain will one day set out to destroy. It\u2019s always fascinating whenever Boku no Hero Academia<\/em> takes on Americanism, since it quite brazenly wears its American influence. Indeed it\u2019s noted (as Makoto confirmed last week) that the U.S. is where all this business started. And All Might is nothing if not a tribute to American heroism (including his attack names), even if he\u2019s not a full-blooded yankee himself.<\/p>\n<\/a>C.C. and The Crawler clash instantly, a process exacerbated when Celebrity signs his autograph on Kouichi\u2019s All Might hoodie in sharpie. The Captain\u2019s quirk is flight, and the hard truth is he\u2019s very good at the whole hero thing. But he doesn\u2019t like to act until the cameras are rolling. And Knuckle informs his young colleagues that the hero\u2019s nickname is \u201cCaptain Catastrophe\u201d in the States, and he carries a trail of lawsuits behind him like the train on a wedding dress. His arrival to work in Tokyo may therefore not be entirely a matter of choice.<\/p>\n<\/a>Further complicating matters is that new old friend Makoto-san is working for Captain Celebrity\u2019s hero agency. Kouichi has enough general irritation towards Celebrity that one could interpret his reaction to this in a couple of ways, but Pop jumps straight to the most obvious one (and she\u2019s probably not wrong). Apparently most of C.C.\u2019s lawsuits are a result of his womanizing<\/a>, but fortunately Makoto is nobody\u2019s fool<\/a> (and she\u2019s befriended his wife). She seizes on his arrival as a chance to rebrand him, Japanese-style \u2013 which leads to one of the most incongruous culture clashes<\/a> you\u2019ll see in any ad campaign (but then, Japan specializes in that).<\/p>\n<\/a>As if all that weren\u2019t enough, more comic potential is unleashed when Kouichi\u2019s dad calls to tell him his mom is on the way<\/a>. This is some of the first backstory we\u2019ve gotten for Khiouic \u2013 he\u2019s from the countryside, and his mother was highly skeptical of his ability to survive in Tokyo. He hastily cleans up the \u201cpenthouse\u201d in a manner that will satisfy her, but there\u2019s a bigger problem \u2013 Kouichi has told her that he has a fantastic girlfriend. Of course Pop\u2019s mind immediately goes to the obvious place, but she\u2019s very young \u2013 she\u2019s not quite ready to suggest that (yet).<\/p>\n