My Hero Academia Season Four Episode Ten, Temp Squad Review: One, Big, Unhappy Villain Family.

One of the reasons I like the League of Villains from My Hero Academia so much is because of how much they feel like an actual dysfunctional family.
Well, the tenth episode of the fourth season, “Temp Squad”, adapts the first time I actually began to see the villains this way perfectly, with the character growth of Twice, Toga and Shigaraki.
In a flashback, we are gifted with the sight of Twice struggling with his guilt over Big Sis Magne’s death in a great character moment for him.
“I may be a villain but I’m still human. We all are, man”, Twice states in a heartbreaking moment after Shigaraki announces he wants Twice and Toga to go work for Overhaul.
As for Toga, her reaction to Shigaraki’s order is much colder, as she threatens him with a knife.
Her family-like moment comes when she covers Twice’s mask up with a cloth to keep his personalities from splitting.
Back to the flashback scene, Shigaraki shocks both her and Twice by removing the hand from his face, for what I think is the first time in front of them, and tells them this is for all of them because he wants the two to infiltrate Overhaul’s group and gain their trust.
He goes on to say that he will trust them to know what to do.
This is the moment Shigaraki’s growth from the man child to the confident leader was cemented for me when I read the manga and it is wonderfully adapted here.
Just as wonderful is the visual of Toga and Twice spinning in the air before dancing over their trust in Shigaraki and being able to do what they want.
This leads to them insulting Mimic in an impromptu moment that leads to the cliffhanger of him trying to crush both them and the heroes.
However, not every moment with Twice and Toga is all family-like because they cause plenty of mayhem.
This mainly applies to Toga, who manages to successfully stab Rock Lock thanks to a diversion from one of Twice’s clones.
Taking on Rock Lock’s appearance, Toga attacks Deku and would have cut him for sure if Aizawa had not been there.
As for Twice, he was much less successful, with his clone of Rappa being easily defeated by Nighteye with the help of his support items.
Nighteye then attacks him, leading to the moment where Twice almost splits but Toga arrives to help him.
So, all in all, this in an almost entirely villain centric episode.
The plot may have not progressed that much overall but the character growth for the villains Twice, Toga and Shigaraki is fantastic.
Another solid episode.
I am incredibly excited for the next episode, though, because it will give Mirio his chance to shine.
The previous episode showed why I love Kirishima so much as a character and the next episode will do the same for Mirio.