My Hero Academia vol. 19

“I can’t reach the strings thanks to my design.”

As U.A. prepares for their School Festival, there is a villain Gentle planning to “expose” U.A.’s inability to protect their students. Before the event, Eri visits U.A. to witness the preparations and plans to attend the event.

For the most part, Gentle is dull and uninteresting. But I feel bad for him; on the one hand, he’s different from other villains and appears to be trying to bring attention to shady corporations but also doing petty crimes that aren’t gaining attention. He’s more of a nuisance rather than a villain.

This volume reads as a filer since nothing significant happens, nor does Deku have a significant breakthrough with his powers.