Ill preface this review with the fact that no this isnt going to be a positive review and no I didnt like this season. With that out of the way feel free to scroll down and downvote because you dont agree with my opinion. Story: 3/10 I found the story and plot development of this season to be remarkably unremarkable especially the school festival arc. I will admit however that Chisake is quite an interesting villain and I enjoyed his arc. Its quite tragic that one of the most interesting villains in a while is now just stuck in prison where all we have now villainwise is Sasuke and his band of misfits. The final fight with Chisake was pretty meh as well in my opinion Eri just healing Deku or rather reversing his body in time is quite an ass pull. Its on par with the ass pulls youd find in shounens such as JoJo like Star Platinum suddenly becoming the same stand as Dios or Giorno just immediately getting godlike invincible powers. Its just cheap to build a villain up give him great power and then just finish him off with the protagonist getting sudden invincible power to defeat him. Its just bad boring and uninteresting story telling to do so. Does that mean its not enjoyable? Of course not its entertaining but is it good? No absolutely not but again thats just my opinion. Pertaining to the school festival arc I found it to be horrendously boring to the point where I had to force myself to watch it. Gentle Criminal is an enjoyable villain and character but his writing is laughably bad in my opinion. His goal was what to infiltrate the school and go viral? Its beyond lame and they couldve given him greater aspirations and greater evil plots but no his most evil grand scheme? Infiltrating a high school. Wow so daring so adventurous so evil. Its eye roll inducing how mediocre the school festival arc was. Before you say or think it yes I know Gentle Criminal is a foil to Deku and that hes a representation of what Deku couldve been had he not gotten his power from All Might. Even with that said I still think this season was mediocre. Characters: 2/10 Like many other reviewers have pointed out this show has a problem with having too many characters in one show. Whats more is that they keep adding more and more every season. Four seasons in and most of the characters dont even have a smidgen of character development we dont know anything about most of them Theres no background or development for: Ochako shes just a cardboard standin love interest for Deku Bakugou hes just Sasuke but with no backstory and is as annoying as OG Naruto saying believe it. God I hate this character literally all he is is just loud annoying and obnoxious anger. Tsuyu Asui Momo Mineta Mina Denki Hanta Mashirao Mezou Fumikage Tooru Kouji Rikidou Aizawa Even with 88 episodes of development we know nearly nothing about these characters. Theyre just cardboard standins for Deku just a classroom full of nobodies and dont even get me started on the villains of Sasuke and company we know less about them than we do about class 1A Its terrible writing and whats worse is that they keep adding more and more characters. To compare take a shounen like Naruto even at episode 88 there was somewhat of a background on nearly every character even the minor ones like Neji and Hinata. MHA is full to the brim with characters we know nothing about they just stand there and make the protagonist look good or cheer him on thats it. In my opinion thats boring and lackluster writing at its worst. Visuals: 7/10 Not much to say MHA has a huge budget so the animation is crisp and high quality. With that said I wasnt stunned or shocked by the visuals nor was I impressed. Enjoyment: 2/10 I did not enjoy watching this show I had to force myself to even complete it. I cannot understand how people rate this show 810/10 its just not as good compared to other shows of similar rating. It doesnt have a background meaning it doesnt make you think and it doesnt have a significant story of any kind. Its just cheap shounen action designed to entertain you for the brief time its on screen. Were the fights entertaining to watch? Sure but then after those few minutes what then? Its just boring especially since the second arc barely had any action in it. My Hero Academia is a clusterfuck of characters we know nothing about is overhyped and painfully mainstream and has absolutely no depth to it at all. Its a mediocre show to watch when youre bored and want to see action nothing more.
35 /100
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