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.'"
