My Hero Academia: Vigilantes has reached the climactic battle of its closing arc as Koichi is attempting to do the whole lot he can to avoid wasting Kazuho from her present villainous self, however the latest chapter revved issues up a notch as Koichi formally met the primary villain of the sequence that has been behind most of the terrorist assaults he has helped foil previously. However what was sudden about this assembly, nonetheless, was the small Easter Egg referencing well-known DC Comics character Nightwing’s costume. That is already on high of a number of DC Comics parallels arrange for the villain already!
Chapter 81 of the sequence sees Koichi formally meet Quantity Six because the villain reveals that he was behind Kazuho’s explosive bug rampage. He is been manipulating her as a part of a grander scheme to get extra notoriety as a hero within the hero world. A part of his plan was to make use of Kazuho’s defeat as a grand introduction to his new heroic persona, O’Clock II (that’s already a reference to DC Comics superhero The Flash). Doing so, he additionally reveals a brand new costume for himself.
Displaying Koichi his official new look, this costume is a lifeless ringer for DC Comics’ Nightwing if barely extra villainous. This may very well be a coincidence, however contemplating how this spin off has already included tons of non-apologetic references to Western superhero comics, well-known My Hero Academia scenes, Thomas the Tank Engine, and extra, that is almost certainly an intentional callout to the well-known member of the Batman household.
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Talking of the Batman household, Chapter 81 of the sequence additionally options a much more direct Easter Egg referencing one other Robin with a picture mirroring Batman: Loss of life within the Household’s now notorious Robin loss of life scene. These allusions to DC Comics paints the form of image Quantity Six is attempting to invoke because the villain desires to shift the angle for Koichi and Kazuho to make them the villains tragically killed within the battle with a burgeoning younger hero. He is actually attempting to write down his personal superhero story.
Did you catch this shout out to Nightwing’s costume in My Hero Academia: Vigilantes? Did you suppose this was an Easter Egg for one more hero or villain as a substitute? How have you ever been having fun with Quantity Six as a villain up to now? Tell us your ideas within the feedback or you may even attain out to me instantly about all issues animated and different cool stuff @Valdezology on Twitter!