My Hero Academia 108 Review: Belly Button Laser

My Hero Academia, Chapter 108: Rush

Bit of a spotlight on Aoyama of all people, Mr. Belly Button Laser, the weirdest dude in the entirety of this manga. We have some short scenes showing the Ketsubutsu Academy kids talking about taking advantage of the chaos to strike against the students that are all obsessed and swarming around the U.A. kids. We have a short bit of Bakugou confronting Midoriya passive-aggressively about his 'borrowed' power. We have a bit in the end talking about the next stage, which is a rescue mission.

But the bulk of the chapter is basically just Aoyama being awesome. There are only so many spots left, and the Ketsubutsu students just glomped up 8 slots in one fall swoop. Iida has apparently been running around trying to gather around the U.A. kids, but he only managed to get to Aoyama. Iida isn't incompetent -- he's just being a leader who refuses to let a single one of his men fall behind. Stupid? Definitely. But damn if it isn't touching. Aoyama himself kind of just realizes his power is kinda shit and he's not going to have Iida fail for him, so he's just going to blast his laser up into the sky to distract the others and act as bait, and we get a couple of flashbacks about how this weird dude just wants to fit in. Awww Aoyama...

Aoyama's big laser show ends up attracting the attention of all the separated U.A. kids, though. We have Tokoyami and his awesome shadow dove swarm, we have Mineta using his sticky balls in combat rather effectively, even Hagakure uses her invisibility offensively. The U.A. kids absolutely owned the other students, and, well, that was what I expected, really. It's a nice moment for Aoyama, though, surprisingly. The dude's been used as something of a joke and a deus ex machina, but man, it's nice to have a little sob moment for the dude.