Cobra Kai star Jacob Bertrand's love of anime has made its way directly into the series – and in an early, blink-and-you-might-miss-it moment. "Bakugo from My Hero Academia. I don’t know if people might have caught it, but in Cobra Kai season 2 was when I was reading the manga for My Hero Academia and also, you know, watching the anime as it was coming out," Bertrand tells GamesRadar+ when asked if there were anime characters the actor had based his character Eli 'Hawk' Moskowitz on.
"And when we’re in the school fight, I’m searching for Demitri, I scream out at him. I’m like, Demitri, ‘I know you’re in here. You damn nerd.
' That’s just ripped straight from the dub of My Hero. Especially how I even say 'damn nerd.' I just was like, I’m gonna be Bakugo.
And I didn’t tell the writers and they were like, 'this is perfect.' I was like, 'hell yeah, it’s perfect.'" In Cobra Kai season 2 episode 10, a brawl breaks out in the hallway between Miyagi-do and Cobra Kai.
Hawk, still at the peak of his villain arc, sets out to fight Demetri – who runs and hides while Hawk taunts him. Throughout My Hero Academia , an anime series based on the beloved manga, Bakugo frequently refers to his enemy-turned-best-friend Izuku as "damn nerd" or "nerd." The series, which follows powerless Izuku as he makes his way through high school for superheroes-in-training, has a tournament arc known as the U.
A Sports Festival. In the final season of Cobra Kai, the Sekai Taikai, the most prestigious karate tournament in modern martial arts history, is on the horizon. Bertrand says a tournament arc is something he's been urging the writers to do for years.
"I've been telling the writers for year to do a tournament arc. Hunter Hunter has a tournament arc. Naruto has one.
Jujutsu Kaizen has one. My Hero Academia has a tournament arc and I've been begging them to do a tournament arc. So, you know, Cobra Kai season 6 part 2, you just might see a tournament arc, who knows?" Cobra Kai season 6 part 2 is set to hit Netflix on November 15.
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