My Hero Academia: Vigilantes (ヴィジランテ -僕のヒーローアカデミア ILLEGALS-)

Osaka?

Well... she's taking part in a program to promote local idols, apparently.

Excuse me? Why am I just hearing about this?!

I missed the train because I was buying a bento box from the station!

Koichi!

You mean to tell me you caught up with the Shinkansen on your own?!

You stuck to the train?

Yeah. Kinda like a magnet, or maybe a suction cup?

Like your Quirk suddenly inverted?

But you're gonna get just as bad as you've given me.

Excuse me!

Your takoyaki is safe.

You folks here for sightseein'? Where ya headed?

Oh, a place called SS Mall in Super Minami.

Nice to meetcha! I'm...

"Snip snip, clip clip...

"Heike crab!"

Grimace

That's what I'm sayin' in the ads! I'm Monika Kaniyashiki!

The official idol of the Kanidoge!

Pleasure to meetcha!

Equipment Room

No Unauthorized Entry

The goal of our investigation is exposing the network that drugs are being distributed through.

You boys ever heard of the crab route?

Yeah, I've got it handled.

Esuha Police Station in Osaka

Our investigation so far indicates that they will infiltrate existing supply chains,

smuggling their drugs among the legitimate products

and arranging for them to be delivered to individual customers.

Crab, seafood Boat

Processing •Preserved •Treated

Trigger

Delivered by truck

Distributed to stores •Shopping Malls •Supermarkets

In other words, they're taking advantage of distribution methods used by legal businesses.

And since those businesses have streamlined their delivery process for speed...

Pickin' up any kinda trail is gonna be an issue.

Kinda hard to picture them makin' any cash if they're having

to piggyback offa other deliveries, though.

Crab, seafood Boat

Processing •Preserved •Treated

Delivered by truck

There's more to this than drug-dealing.

Crab, seafood Boat

Processing •Preserved •Treated

Delivered by truck

Making money... may not be their goal.

Another officer had mentioned before that the way they operate seems to indicate

disdain for the economics of it all.

Well, that ain't good.

Never easy to predict how crooks who don't care about profits are gonna move.

But that's where we come in.

Right. If we can catch them in the act of their smuggling process,

Crab, seafood: Boat Processing: •Preserved •Treated Delivered by truck

it should be a big step in closing in on the Factory.

This police babe is going into action!

secret identity

the true person behind the mask of anonymity worn by spies, superheroes, etc.

Crabtastic Rampage!

Esuha SS Mall

I'm at the scene.

There are two refrigerated Kanidoge trucks, two of those loader exoskeletons,

and three workers.

Kanidoge

Situation confirmed.

So the contraband's mixed in with the cargo...

All right, it's showtime.

Hey, hey!

Huh? What's up, Kaniko?

Workin' hard, fellas?

So, they found a tracking mixup over at the market,

and asked me to double-check the products before they're shipped out.

This is kinda sudden...

Should we stop loading stuff up?

Nah, keep on keepin' on! I'll take care of it on my end.

Lemme take a look at that tablet, though.

She really knows how to blend into a scene.

It's what she does best.

She's charmin' and goofy enough that she can get into most places.

It's quite the talent.

Kanidoge deals with a lotta different crab products,

but they have the same kind packing for shipments.

In other words, there's no telling what's in any box.

It's all temp-controlled, so it's gonna be packed up tight, too.

Turnin' it into a black box, basically.

They're sorted with barcodes,

so nobody would notice if there was something extra mixed in with the shellfish.

Beep, beep, boop...

And jackpot.

This Super D Assortment's gotta be what I'm lookin' for.

The website only lists Super Assortments A through C.

Meaning this has gotta be a premium product for a special customer.

Huh?

Just looks like a crab to me.

No secret compartments in the box...

More cooling packets than usual, though.

And some of them are different sizes.

I get it now.

Hey there, Kaniko. What's this about a tracking issue?

Wait, did you open a box?

We can't sell that one anymore. This is bad...

Aw, put a sock in it. I'm workin' here.

And for that matter...

Who the hell are you?

I work part-time in shipping—

Don't lie to me. I know every one of the part-timers around here.

Kaniyashiki here. Got a suspicious individual,

and I've got both the product and some evidence.

Turns out, it was disguised as coolant packs, not crabs.

They almost got past me.

Copy that. The team will head to the scene now.

The address for delivery's on the tablet, and I even found me a witness.

If that ain't mission complete, I dunno what is.

Pretty slick, Kaniko.

Don't move!

I'll shoot if you do.

That's my gun!

This is Kaniyashiki! I've encountered a villain!

He ran off with my piece! And the tablet with the evidence!

Say what?!

Fatyan?!

Sounds like a job for me!

This is the police!

Freeze!

Everybody stop what you're doing and put your hands in the air!

Hey, villain! What're you standin' around for?

He's talkin' to you!

But if you wanna play around with that gun, I'll take you on.

No, I'd rather not.

I'm just here to prune this particular distro route.

Don't move!

And so...

W-What the...?

The arms are movin' on their own!

What the—?!

What is goin' on here?!

And as you can see, using the latest refrigeration technology,

we ensure newly-caught freshness.

The production is then distributed from our sources, including Hokkaido,

to our fifty domestic locations using our proprietary delivery network!

That is how Kanidoge provides Japan with superlative taste,

no matter where, and no matter when!

Quit yappin'!

Stupid! Sing a song!

No one cares!

Boooring!

I wanna go home already...

What? What is this?! What's going on?!

Pop?

What's the deal here?!

The crab-loading crab-arms are trying to snip me!

Fatgum!

What do you think you're doin'?!

I'm gonna clobber you!

Don't do it, Fatyan!

Those are normal old civvies trapped in those things!

So they're hostages?! Fantastic...

Take 'em down, but don't hurt anybody!

Any more requests?!

'Cuz Fatgum lives to please!

Quirk: Fat Adsorption

Good job, Fatyan!

Got 'em!

Quirk: Snip Clip

The self-described police babe, Monika Kaniyashiki.

Quirk: Snip Clip.

She can cleave just about anythin' that she can fit between her fingers!

Snip, snip!

Okay, the hostages are loose! No more holdin' back, Fatyan!

Hell yeah!

You're not supposeta use your Quirk though, are ya?

Bein' a cop and all.

Yeah, I got paperwork incoming.

Well, nicely played.