Kimiko And Frenchie's Arc Is The Best Thing About The Boys

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I enjoyed The Boys’ third season more than a lot of folks at TheGamer it seems. Sure, the satire was very on the nose, but due to the considerable lack of media literacy the loudest people online seem to display, I completely understand why the writers went in a more obvious direction. Seriously, how did so many people only just realise Homelander is the bad guy?

While the overall finale wasn’t as gripping as I’d hoped, what I did love was the arc Kimiko and Frenchie had. I watch the show with my housemate, Will, and the adorable pair have quickly become our favourite duo on telly. We audibly gasped any time one of them was in danger, especially when Kimiko got impaled after losing her powers. There’s a lot of father-kid stuff happening this season, and it’s been strong, but it’s much rarer to see a platonic friendship between a man and a woman get this level of development in a show without it immediately focusing on an explicit romance.

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Frenchie and Kimiko share similar backgrounds, despite being from different sides of the planet. Frenchie was abused by his father and became a gun for hire, a weapon to be pointed wherever his boss desired. Kimiko was stolen from her family, forced to become a terrorist, then smuggled to the US and pumped full of Compound V. They’re both seen as nothing more than tools by their masters, and in that upbringing they find common ground that the show has done such a fantastic job exploring.

The French mercenary has always been closer to Kimiko than the rest of The Boys, but this latest season really cemented just how much the two have grown and love each other. Frenchie affectionately calls Kimiko “mon coeur”,