So My Hero Academia...
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
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My Hero Academia..let's talk about it.
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Something we can all agree on is that Horikoshi is great at drawing. The manga looks insane, which is contra-producent when it´s animated.
I’m pretty sure contra-producent is not a real word
@@crysler2046 now it is
@@crysler2046 Sorry, my brain was off and I made an english word that does exist in spanish lmao.
What I tried to say was that the art is so good that the anime sometimes doesn´t do justice. Like with Mirio and Overhaul.
The paneling is nice, not the best out there but it's clean enough for a manga, though the art style and character designs are the things i absolutely hate. But that's subjective. Don't get me wrong, the art is absolutely spot on, mostly recent panels, they're top notch.
Especially for a weekly series
its always "its the masked man" but never "how is the masked man"
Underrated comment.
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Idc what anyone says. The art and paneling in my hero is top tier. It doesn't have to be vagabond or berserk style to have good art. My hero style is cartoony, sharper, striking and dramatic. This later arc has been great along with the villians arc. My hero was just solid for me but it really is grown.
The thing is though - it's a *WEEKLY* shonen series with this quality, some of those other series are seinen that are monthly or Berserk intermittently. lol
@@raec5426 I mean, Vagabond was weekly
@@artbyatticus3001 I did said *some* but yeah. lol
@@raec5426 Lol I was just saying that because of how detailed and well panelled everything in vagabond is
I would say that the art is definitely high tier, but not top tier. I consider top tier art to be Berserk, Vagabond, Vinland Saga, One Punch Man level stuff. My Hero Academia has great art, but not on this level. A+ tier art, I reckon.
"I haven't slept in 2 days"
My dude SLEEP
@@ZaKRo-bx7lp I don't even know it would be like to not sleep for 3 days straight. I don't think i'd have the energy for that.
Who is in your pfp
@@yoshihirotogashi9437 my guy stop asking about ppls profile pic and write hxh
@@yoshihirotogashi9437 Maka Albarn from Soul Eater
Easy to say, hard to implement
One thing that My Hero and Black Clover do, keeping the side-characters into the background but enough to keep you interested then dedicating a handful of chapters to develop them.
also, go tf to sleep Masked
@@mightdai7489 I mean the lastest episodes have just been filler written by the author himself.
@@mightdai7489 BC manga has had hella development and info dumped onto us and MHA manga has been straight fire with the fighting
but yeah, the BC anime has been a little dull with the anime filler but i’m eagerly waiting until they start adapting the manga again haha
@@mightdai7489 it's fucking filler bro
I actually think this is one aspect that BC does a lot better than MHA. In BC, even the minor side characters get their moments to shine, cool fight scenes and character development, never mind the actual main cast. In MHA, we've barely gotten any good development/cool moments for half of class 1A.
Like, when's the last time we saw Sero (tape guy) or Ojiro (tail guy) do anything significant? Whereas Klaus or Leopold in BC have defeated some notable villains in the latest arc and they're side characters.
Toongamer he meant character development, like we know they improved but there was not conflict or character arc to follow, there just there to fill the class room and do stuff like being fodder heroes.
The irony of MHA is that it's a way better series when they're not focusing on the Academia stuff
Honestly like after the My villain academia arc I was kinda disappointed when we had to focus on the students again.
@@Snpaulie This
@@Snpaulie that was only 1-2 chapters
Exactly, I feel like the Hero school aspect is what's holding MHA back from being a good show. Honestly the series would've been better if
A.) Deku didn't get to U.A
or
B.) Deku didn't get a quirk
@zCyclic YT The thing is that it's pretty contradicting that the show's premise is "you can be a hero if you work hard enough" but yet Deku literally got the most OP quirk at the third episode. And yeah he cleaned up a beach but he's literally one of the strongest people in U.A as of right now and he's still a freshman
MHA is a quintessential 6-7/10 for me. Its a great shounen with awesome moments and characters but doesn’t quite hit it off as one of the greats. My feelings and score could either rise or fall as the story and characters develops more down the line, but as of now its just fine. I don’t agree with much of the hate it gets and I don’t agree with some of the praise either. Its just a good series that’s very accessible to many and it makes sense why/how it gathered the massive audience it has.
I think the series gets carried hard by its villains tbh. Sure, there are some interesting characters on the side of the heroes but they don´t hold a candle to the quality of the series´ antagonists. Shigaraki might become one of the greatest villains in the shonen genre, heck he´s already way better than most, but if only half your roster is great and the other half is just acceptable that makes for a good but not a great series.
I do however have faith in the franchise because the last few arcs have gotten better and better and I like the direction the world building is going. If Horikoshi plays his cards right his manga can become a solid 8/10 for me once it´s finished.
@@chrisdivodi9291 The boku no hero strongest point is the fact that the main cast are childrens with parents and that doens't take all decisions. Unlike other shounens where the main cast is either orphan or just travel the world without adult supervision, boku no hero is more realistic about the main cast age.
Yea don’t worry as of right now it’s pretty decent,but once the rest of the manga will get adapted(season 5 but more particularly season 6)it will skyrocket to a whole another level trust me,and the development and backstory your looking forward will come at some point. I don’t wanna say too much since I don’t wanna spoil,but let’s say the Mc will get a big buff in developement,and the villains will get more spotlight. Like legit the last chapter was so mind breaking that it was on trending#5 on Twitter during the election
I like the anime too, but I too feel like it isn't as comparable to something like Jojo or HxH
Think I agree with this, for me it's a 5 or 6 and I don't think the characters are that good and they come off as one note tropey characters. A character like Endeavour however is very compelling and more morally grey and I look forward as an anime only to seeing his story progress. I think the villains are kinda average but again i'm an anime only and I hear they get their own arc and develop accordingly. I don't really like Shigaraki but hopefully he gets more interesting and his backstory actually tracks with his actions in the narrative and comes off as consistent.
Just rambling my thoughts I guess, it's just mediocre with some good moments and i'm kinda watching it because of sunk cost fallacy and just hope it improves more
I'm happy you made this video and by the fact that unlike many people you didn't just attack MHA and Deku but gave professional criticisms. I understand why people would feel bored of the down arcs and want things to progress already, although I never felt that way. I think the reason Horikoshi-sensei does that is because the sitting is a school and you have to show the characters as students and heroes in training. Although with the recent happenings in the story, I think that's out of the window now.
Yeah, I mean if you did not have some of the downtimes at all, you would not care about the characters even more then some people already claim they may not. lol And I think a point is to make the kids feel like kids which contrast how currently they feel like child soilders. And yeah, some people really like seeing the power progression of the students since it feels more rewarding to see their progress from before. My Hero ACADEMIA is in the title after all.
Once the students get main focus as a whole in the narrative again and progress further, I think many will appreciate being able to track their improvements from earlier on but for those who want more hype in the narrative NOW, they will underappreciate those moments in the more present times but maybe appreciate it more in retrospect later. MHA's author is a slow burn writer and many want quick pay off but in retrospective I think many people will appreciate stuff (biggest case is the growth of the villians when people complained how they sucked at the beginning. Same is in the works for Deku as well, can't wait to see the switch up once he gets his big moment of growth. lol).
That's why I stand correct is that you should avoid making a story in a school setting unless it has a unique spin on it.
My hero has a pain Invasion arc vibe right now . Good that you put Shigaraki in your thumbnail since he grew to be a formidable villain. My hero is a A tier manga for me
@@toongamer2810 My hero academia is in my opinion the spiritual succesor of Naruto
A theme of the new generation surpassing the old generation is a main part of the narrative (hence why the pros as a whole are making their last big stand before the kids pick up the slack later). Once the students get main focus as a whole in the narrative again and progress further, I think many will appreciate being able to track their improvements from earlier on but for those who want more hype in the narrative NOW, they will underappreciate those moments with the students in the more present times but maybe appreciate it more in retrospect later. MHA's author is a slow burn writer and many want quick pay off but in retrospective I think many people will appreciate stuff (biggest case is the growth of the villians when people complained how they sucked at the beginning. Same is in the works for Deku as well, can't wait to see the switch up once he gets his big moment of growth. lol)
BNHA is a magnific manga
One of my biggest problems with MHA is that there's a lot of interesting characters who have barely gotten spotlight, like Class-1B, and Nejire, and Hagakure, and Shoji, etc. Hopefully Hori will expand on their characters and/or make them contribute something significant.
Also, this arc has been fucking *wild* . It genuinely has me guessing as to what will happen afterwards.
Horikoshi has done better than most in relation to how many characters he introduces, better than Kishimoto on Naruto, better than Kubo on Bleach, characters may not always be in THE FINAL BATTLE TO DECIDE IT ALL! But he does seem to remember the characters he makes lol. I do expect Nejire in particular to get more love in particular since she's actually here lol
@@Nerwrax15 Nejire's definitely going to get a spotlight in the upcoming chapters to show why she's part of The Big 3. Some of Class A feel a little left out, but maybe they'll serve some potential, though I don't see much justice for them other than Shoji. I really do hope we get some sort of Class 1B arc, but with the current situation, that will probably get put on the backburner for a while.
Joint training arc was an attempt to give 1b some shine and focus on characters like monoma thou....it had mixed feedback to put it nicely
@@cvox607 It's kinda sad that Setsuna got her ass kicked by Bakugou even when she's a recommended student, which bummed me out since I really liker her character. Hopefully Hori gives her a chance to make up for that.
CF I think hour kinda fucked up with students quirks cuz some of them are just bad and how they passed the exam with the robots doesn’t make sense if you going to give students non combat quirks at least put them in divisions they can be useful like Kota is an example of someone that has a non combative quirk and trash fighter I don’t know why he’s there even.
You should read Ashita no Joe. It's the grandaddy of shounen and sports manga. Definitely one of those classics everyone should read
edit: the anime is fantastic too
its my favorite manga ever
Agreed, I've been reading through it a bit and it's really good
I'm currently watching hajime no ippo and I really love it,is it as good as ippo or even better???
@@shockshplock3480 really?I have to definitely put it on my list then
@@shockshplock3480 personally prefer Hajime no Ippo, but both are great
I don't think deku was meant to be an underdog the moment he ate all might hair
He square up with the best of his class right from the get go.....by the first dozen chapters he's easily top 3 strongest in his class... his grade are top tiers...he defeated high level villains like muscular early on in the story
The only time I saw him as underdog was when he was quirkless...the first line of the series was "men are not equal "
I always thought that fans emphasize MHA as more of an underdog story than the actual story does. Unlike say Naruto, which really thematically focuses on the underdog aspects with heavy handed dialogue, MHA never really explicitly explores Deku as an underdog.
He had to mangle himself to get stuff done, he was(and still kinda is) on a limit, he litterally had to abuse his power to defeat musclular.
Which directly led to him failing to save his friend, as well as being told he can't use that kind of output again under normal circumstances, which coukf be could be an empty threat, but horikoshi has been pretty dead on with bodily harm in his series, everyone loves Mirko and he yanked her arm off no problem.
@@Nerwrax15 of course didn't say he's invincible....what t meant he was never at the bottom of the ladder and had to climb up....he started at a decently high place
@@cvox607 oh yeah, he arguably has the strongest quirk ever, but he needs to manage it in addition to trying surpass the other students. He ain't neccessarily a underdog in terms he needs to get stronger and stronger, but he definitely has more to worry about in terms of control compared to everyone else. He's always putting in the effort and even then can still lose to people who technically are weaker than him(this current arc not withstanding)
@@bboywolf ? I know..
love your thumbnail style, they ALWAYS look clean
Well My Hero is an enjoyable and a fun series. I'd recommend it to someone instead getting into the anime.
I’m glad they’re taking the seasonal approach
It's my first anime apart from dbz and Pokémon so ye I can tell it got me into it
@Allassan Sankara plot is fine , pacing is can be great or bad ,villain just because doesn't make them less of bad character. Mha villain are top tier antagonist as masked man said .
@Allassan Sankara main theme of mha is people are not born equal qnd what is meams to be hero and societial hypocrisy
@Allassan Sankara Buddy you sound like new weebs who hate on Popular show just because its the trend, please dont do that or u eill regret it.
All of your point is invalid, first of all the writing is original, the omly thing that is generic is the superhero system, but that is the first in Anime history, and the plot is also different. The protagonist is not suck, its a really good protag morepver for a shoune category its just the best. The pacing is definitely really good its better than One Piece.
The plot is not dry, its more like predictable because in the season 2 we already know all of this a flashback.
Yeah well buddy about his fight its not that simple, fight in anime is not just they win then its finish no bro its not like that look at the context, lets take Muscular for example well yeah Deku won the fight but did he won the battle tho ? They basically lose because Bakugi got kidnapped, moreover that was also the root of All Might retirement, i dont think u can say that as a win. But yrah i agree deku won against every villain.
In naruto the other genin was only get the spotlight in the chunin exam after that they became irrelevant, and to provide that BNHA wont reveal all the side character in just one arc, they take it slowly like Todoroki in S2, Bakugo in S3, and Kirishima and Mirio in S4, etc.
Well deku the MC Lmao what do you expect ? You want Deku to be like Gon ? Which in HXH literally the MC is killua.
Nah we saw deku done more than Mirio in just deku first year, he already prove himself. Todoroki without his family problem is pretty bland, and it could end in just 200 chapter or around 5 season.
No you wrong BNHA is good for both Veterans and New, because u can get away with not paying attention so much into the series, and it will reward u more if u pay attention to the serious.
You like it or not its not my problem people have preferences, but atleast get ur Reasoning right.
I strongly/respectfully disagree with your take on the Class A/B arc. Are they probably the weakest arcs in the story? yes, but they do serve a purpose. 99.9% of shonen puts children in unrealistic life/death and save the world situations, painting them as the heroes of legend who accomplish all their life goals before turning 18. Do I have an issue with this? No im a shonen-tard, but the High School arc in my hero are there to get across the idea to the reader that despite all these life and death situations, these are first and foremost kids living everyday life. This allows for more emphasis on their life and death situations, introducing more tension into the more intense arcs.
PS. Horikoshi's editors are known for telling him not to make MHA too dark or it won't be too markatable so that's my guess why he throws in slice of life arcs after a major one, ie Overhaul doing child abuse, human experimentation, and giving a girl stockholm syndrome was followed up by a school festival arc.
its still boring and drags on and they fight like a million times and i barely even care after a while. and i cant even take any of the dark elements of the show seriously when every 5 seconds it swaps to an image of this green haired monstrosity smiling for 3 hours straight
Honestly don’t bring up Overhaul he was just wasted potential. Seriously for someone they portrayed as a “genius” with probably the most powerful ability in the entire series capable of manipulating matter with his very hands; don’t think they couldn’t have come up with a dumber plan, and even worse execution of his abilities
Yeah the whole point of manga and anime is to be entertaining. No matter what purpose it serves if its portrayed in a boring way then that aint gonna cut it. For example: berserk wouldnt be the same if it didnt make the complex and dark themes of it engaging and interesting.
By far one of the worst fanbase I've seen in a while.
The worst
If JoJo's didn't exist then yeah they'd be the worst.
@@theultimateprofilepicture4532 Not at all. Jojo fans can be annoying but at least they don't harass the mangaka if he does something they don't like.
@@soul6733 yeah I suppose you're right
@@soul6733 Atleast boku no hero fanvase don't spam their memes and ships like jojo fans do. They are quite quietly about it.
Dabi is f-ing insane...I am gonna just leave it there
@Z _Moouse It is quite beautiful one as he said.
@Z _Moouse In the manga community, sure. Just try not to slip up when talking to anime-onlys. 😂
What does he do to make him insane? He fought the ice chick and then beat hawks. That’s pretty much all there is
@@slQa.
Literally spoilers for the most recent chapter of the manga as of date.
The timing of his reveal as Touya was great, the dude has been practicing his magnum opus to display it at the lowest of hero society, just when two monster are rampagining cities and every citizen has teir hopes on the heroes and Endeavor, Dabi drops the bomb on the latters's shady past.
I mean, everyone saw that coming.
It’s a good manga. It has some decent characters and great villains. The art awesome and the storytelling is good as well. I feel like people hate on it because of the cringe fan base but please give the manga a try
Yeah the fanbase really need to chill
Especially on Twitter
@@mcpics4448 nah instagram is the worst. They’ll ship any character and only watch mha and demon slayer. But yeah the fan base in general is pretty garbage
I personally wasn't aware of the fanbase back when I watched it. I just really hated the first season due to the characters and and the setting. I watched the second season much later and I found it decent but defo not gonna continue it.
@@orange9911 have you seen the tik tok video???
I had to drop it
I have the same problem with side characters, it literally feels like if we had 5 usefull characters in the cast and like 15 tentens from naruto
I mean to prevent BNHA side character became like naruto which is irrelevabt later in the series, BNHA take it slow, and each of the side character will got their spotlight later in the series. Its a long run series afterall
@@ahmadfadelyusuf4003 but I mean taking it slow in mha case isn’t the best option considering that we have already been introduced to them and now we are just waiting for those characters to get big moments. This approach ,in mha case, is just leaving us unsatisfied. In naruto’s case, at least they had side characters that were relevant as soon as they got introduced( but yes, they lost their relevancy as shippuden started). Imagine if they introduced us to Konoha 11(?)+ team gai but didn’t make them relevant until shippuden began. That would have been worse and that is basically what mha is doing. And plus, some of the class isn’t even interesting( ex. Tailman, invisible girl, sugar man, etc. ).
@@noexpressions6976 Yes that is one of thr bad thing about BNHA, they i troducr us bunch of cast right away.
But after this few seasons u should atleast understand that each of the charactrt will get a spotlight in the future, ans you wrong about saying The side character will knly relevant in tbe future. One by one after the character got a spotlight they will be relevabt for the rest of the series, which in this case better than naruto.
Even Mineta which you guys only think he is a comic relief, The author said he have something big for him. If he have something big for someone who we assume a comedic relief what about the rest ?
The rest of the class is not interesting because we dont know anything about them, take Jiro for example whats good about her before the festival arc ? Nothing, then after that she became fan favorite, same with Kirishima.
We know that its a long run series which can go on over decade, so we can expect so much from it.
petition to make readers understand that class 1 a are only background characters with some exceptions..
@@adrijaghatak4940 Horikoshi once said that each character wont only be a simple background character, Horikoshi even said that he have serious plan for Mineta
Hey, a few points of arguments against some of your criticisms:
I will argue the importance of arcs like class 1-a vs 1-b or the provisional license exam. These arcs are necessary for the establishment of the world. The training arcs make since in the story and are necessary because they are in school. We have to have arcs focused on everyday school life because the main character is a students. These arcs show that the chaos of the world do not revolve around the students. It makes since that there will be repetition because of having the story take place in a school. Schools are realistically repetitive and my hero has show realistic lasting consequences than other shounen manga. These arcs also establish justification and explanations for why the student are capable as heroes.
Also, to clarify one thing. Deku never unlocks a new power. He always learns a new way to apply that power. The only new powers that he gains derived form situation of necessity and chance. He unlocked Black whip by chance and unlocked float in a moment of danger but he was training to use float before hand.
And to answer the question OFA by all might never learned about the other quirks. One, I was naturally able to handle the use of all for one. Two, never I’d ever saw the vestiges of the quirks. And theee, the quirk singularity theory. The theory states that Quirks will continue to mix together and deepen, growing in both strength and complexity with every new generation. Eventually, Quirks will develop to a point where no one will be able to control them anymore. This is mostlikly the case with AFO because it was stated that black whip is more powerful now than it was in the past.
Also, I would also argue the importance of repetition. We see that some story beats repeat but they are tied to Deku not fully developing as a character and as a person. Deku repeatedly destroys his arms over and over again to the point of no return. Deku looks up to all might to the point of copying his and other people’s fighting styles. Reparation brings knowledge and growth. You improve at a task or action with practice which is repetition.
And the argument of why it took him 100 chapters to use his legs instead of his arms is very weak and has an easy explaination. Deku looks up to All Might and wants to be like him to the point of only using punches like all might. Even all might himself told Deku “you’re still trying to emulate me.” Deku was hyper focus on one thing that he missed other simpler solutions which makes since for someone who mumbles to themselves a lot.
nice counters
BigBlueDrew97 You actually paid attention to the series. Good job.
@@msbkaioken136 he had valid points like the pacing and the huge cast but rest of it were debunked a lot of times
Great counters and pointing out the part about his change in fighting style. I'm not sure how that one gets missed so often. I guess to add to your points another complaint I see alot is Deku being overpowered so virtually he's never in any real danger, but I think alot of ppl ignore the consequences he faces for the power(shattering his body as you stated earlier.). We even see in the beginning of the story when he's told by Eraser the consequences that could come if he can't even move properly, which we actually see happen during the forest camp arc when Bakugo is kidnapped and Deku not being able to do much by that point due to his body being a wreck and now the potential danger with his arms. Now we're getting the situation again in the current arc. But yea good points you made.
@@edenzblue849 Thanks, and to add something else to the point. Deku is a different form of overpowered. He had that power to be broken but he does not have the ability to do so without breaking his body. It makes sense for him to have power greater that the number one heroes but he can’t control it properly yet. Also, it takes and overpowered hero to defeat an overpowered villians.
Don't let the toxic fanbase ruin it for you☣️
For me the weakest point of MHA is the “Academia” part. Horikoshi gradually has to twist the story, to disable the heroes, so the protagonist can fight the villains.
I believe you may enjoy the manga. Aside from the next arc from season there is no more "school" are there probably wont be for a while.
@@BlueShiftna I do actually. The war arc was really enjoyable. Hope the ending isnt as close as Hori communicated...
@@liraimnida8144 he later said he only planned out the ending to the academia part of my hero, most likely taking it into post war consequences
This was a good video I would say. As a MHA fan, I really enjoyed your criticism. Good work!
(You forgot to mention Iida tho 😂)
Who?
(Jk.)
Just think its now cool to hate My hero and Deku. People love to focus on the negatives, instead of the many MANY Positives.
He did mentioned the positives in MHA .
A huge misconception is that Deku is a physical underdog. He is an underdog but not in the sense that the threats are physically dangerous. It's that he has a huge task ahead of him, fixing the present society, saving EVERYONE (including the villains, as a recent theme). This is something that cannot be fixed just by beating down bad guys, which has been All Might's solution. At the end of the day, Deku is not special. But he HAS to be. That's the task he has to rise to.
THANK YOU. People stuck with this perspective on Deku as being an underdog for the story lose some footing with their arguments knowing Deku gets OFA *in the very beginning* and his narration saying - "This is the story of how I become the greatest hero." lol
Honestly expected better from masked.Really disappointed how he completely ignored the parallels between izuku and shigaraki.Maybe if he realised that he wouldn't have brought up the Lemillion issue and he also didn't talk about the "dabi" reveal.He had valid criticism like the pacing and large cast which I can agree kind of but the rest of it were kind of debunked a lot of times before
@@blank2736 I guess he probably chose to ignore it. Cause it doesn't matter in the end. I have been following MHA for 4 years now. The protagonist is the weak point of the story. The rest is why I keep coming back.
@@sayan2369 " Cause it doesn't matter in the end" wdym by that?
@@blank2736 I kinda phrased it wrong cause I wanted to sound cool but I wanted to say that he doesn't go over the plot details of ever manga he reviews and keeps it as spoiler free most of the time. I am not a Mha hater and I used to like Deku in the beginning but I don't anymore. I read mha for the other characters. I don't always agree with him but for this video, most of the points hit the mark.
You just earn a sub for being critical, yet level headed when it comes to this series. Please keep it up and don't become biased towards it for the easy clicks from the fanbase. There is a serious lacking of real reviewers that aren't afraid to criticize and be honest about a popular, anime series these days.
Cold Lightning9 Except Masked Man got several details wrong in his criticism of MHA. I'm all for criticism of MHA or any series, but when you get information wrong. Good critics are able to point out what's wrong with a series, explain why this is an issue and if possible provide an alternative series that does it better or even fix it. In other words, quantifying your statements. Masked Man has a nasty habit of failing to do this. He's not being "real" but really nebulous and ignorant. MHA has its share of flaws, but I argue he picked the wrong arguments to focus on.
For example, MHA struggles quite a bit with tone. A lot of this is a byproduct of the formula it follows, but when you cut from Sports Festival to Hero killer it is awkward given how Sports Festival relatively a less darker arc than hero killer. Contrast this between Overhaul and Cultural Festival which Overhaul had its light moments but was serious from the getgo.
Another criticism Masked Man failed to pick up on is how did All Might know that Float was going to be the next quirk Midoriya unlocked? He unlocked Black whip from the 5th user but you'd think that the 6th user is next. Finally, there are the villains of MHA prior to Tomura which some have more time to shine, but others who do not get to do a whole lot. Overhaul being a good example of this.
"real reviewers that aren't afraid to criticize and be honest about a popular, anime series"
Nah not really mha gets hate rants from MANY youtubers. It may be popular, but it is also equally hated.
@@adrijaghatak4940
yeah I'm kind of tired of people acting like it's brave to criticize My Hero or any other big series the contradiction of a series being insanely popular is because of that people are quick to look for things wrong with it
@@Avarn388
I think All Might was saying that Float would be next more so because the sixth user was a mystery that wasn't really known plus Nana had been the most recent user with a quirk
Yooooooooo finally, you've got into GTO. Looking forward to that vid.
I literally made a whole ass vid that was basically a love letter to Onizuka lol
I know someone that became a teacher because of GTO
for real, gto the goat
How should I start reading GTO cuz there are some prequel manga stuff, and I watched the anime and know they changed some stuff
@@kdsanime4507 u can just start of with the GTO manga and move onto sequels/prequels after cuz GTO stands by itself.
@@kdsanime4507 just start with the 96 one. then ,if you want more, read the spinoff and the paradise lost one. i personnaly only watched the prequal and i wasnt very fond of it. The main focus is def the 1996 GTO
I disagree with some of your negatives about MHA but I respect your opinions.
Have you caught up to black clover??
it's been i think two weeks since the initial toughts and he read a lot of mangas in that time, so i think he either dropped it, or simply wants to talk about other series first
I think Masked man just wants to read "My Hero" instead of "My Hero Academia". Just because a manga doesn't show an OP side character that threatens the protagonist's position doesn't mean the protagonist is automatically the most righteous one. No matter how well a fictional manga tries to portrait its protagonist, it doesn't flush out the sin of "why he/she is the one". Instead, MHA introducing Mirio actually is actually a way to face this issue because it simply admits that there can be a more suitable main character even when Deku is so much hardworking. However, the reason why this is GOOD writing for MHA is that the core writing style of MHA has always been realism, and it's stated from the beginning that this is the story of HOW Deku became the greatest hero but not WHY he became.
Basically, all Masked man's criticisms on MHA boil down to his personal preferences on side characters and the main characters. (Him stating the "pacing" problem is just an equivalence of saying that he doesn't like the screentime for some of the side characters) Admittedly, if one can only like so many characters based on their personal taste, then when you read a manga like MHA, you could get bored sometimes like during the joint training arc. However, the fact that there are so many different characters in MHA is also exactly what makes MHA so popular because nearly every reader can find one character they resonate with the most. To me, this isn't some flaw of MHA, but yet another writing style Horikoshi chose for his story: Ensemble cast drama.
At last, some "flaws" in detail that Masked man pointed out just frustrated me even though I appreciate him "working hard" to catch up with the latest chapters of MHA.
For example 14:08 :
It's not that it took Deku 100+ chapters to realize using his legs. It's only until Chapter 100 he started to think about not copying All Might's fighting style, and then he quickly figured out the shooting style. One of Deku's biggest constrain is that he was a big All Might fan. This isn't about whether he's smart, but about him trying to jump out of such a mindset and begin to think for himself of how to become his own version of a hero, which is never an easy move for anyone in real life. That's also one of the main reasons why Horikoshi introduced Mirio because Mirio is a perfect knockoff of young All Might (not Toshinori though) and Horikoshi was basically saying that it's unrealistic for Deku to compare himself to Mirio if he just wanted to become another young All Might.
Overall, I think it's just like a popular saying for some criticisms toward MHA: many people who read MHA don't actually READ it. Cheezy as it might seem at the beginning, but if you hence overlook the subtle details and hidden layers in it, you surely wouldn't understand its success.
Solid take!
@@turonparker4552 Thank you.
@@francies4523 you're welcome!
The League is easily one of my favorite villain groups in manga, not only do they feel like a group that plays off of each other well in interesting ways, but they're all crafted well as individual characters whose personality and goals greatly reflect the flaws of the world and experiences that help them evolve into more intimidating villains
they give phantom troupe vibes, i would be surprised if they weren't inspired by them
Better than the Akatsuki and Phantom Troupe or nah?
@@jojo_n_dat7325 can't comment on akatsuki but phantom troupe hell nah
Not better than the god hand though
The League is a terrible group my guy. For most of the story none of them have anything other than generic goals. "Destroy society, kill people, follow strong person"
*Deku was never meant to stay an 'UNDERDOG' once he got OFA* ... Anyone thinking that is missing part of the narrative surrounding his character and their criticism sounding those misconceptions make some of those arguments lose solid footing. Literally says, 'this is the story of how I become the greatest hero' in chapter 1, gifted All Might's power soon after and ya'll think he's supposed to remain an underdog? lol Also gotta give props to the quality of art for specifically being a *weekly* series compared to some of the other series mentioned that are not on the same schedule of release.
Lmao seriously though. They act as if he was quirkless for 100 chapters and was working to be the underdog quirkless hero that people always doubted but that’s not the case. He was literally gifted arguably the most powerful quirk aside from AFO in the series within the first few chapters. It’s literally just like people calling Naruto an underdog story. I don’t agree with that because he was known to have more chakra than anyone in the series from the very start and had an enormous powerful entity inside of him from the very start so what did everyone expect? He was literally destined to be great and after the chunin exams, any “underdog” ish theme that was there was no longer there.
I don't know why people think "Hard work beats talent" is the theme of mha...
@@hellothere10yearsago97 They say MHA simple and generic but they fail to see the theme of social inequality - ALL MEN ARE NOT BORN EQUAL stated by Deku in the beginning.
Jay Dua • 10 years ago people created this whole Batman Deku in their heads and got disappointed that it wasn’t what it was 🤷🏾♂️ oh well
Normal human : after reading for a while I need sleep
Masked man : I ran on battery so I don't need sleep
Even though I didn't enjoy mha as much as other people do , I can still see why people love this anime so much , but sometimes I feel mha fans can be annoying telling me that mha is better than some of my fav animes
Is it true your wife is learning your drawing style so she can continue hxh?
Now come back
Hey, i hope you heal your back pain and be ok soon.
@@toongamer2810 how far are they in berserk?
Maybe it's just me but I've never seen the fandom saying Mha is best manga, best shonen or something like that. Everyone who at least has red more than 5 mangas knows that it's not true. I see lots of people hyping it up, but this is common to almost every mainstream anime/manga: Mha, One Punch Man, Demon Slayer, even Jojo.
I’m a huge MHA fan but if I see one more training arc after this most recent arc I am gonna lose my shit. I really agree that after those hugely climatic moments the training arcs really take away from the pace of the plot. We don’t need to see training arcs to know that the heroes are training. Other than that it’s still my favourite shounen rn.
Yeah I don't care for class b really.
Nah time skip incoming
holy shit its like you guys are so obsessed with all the incidents that you literally forgot about the plot the story is literally about kids going to school to turn into hero's of course their are gonna be Training arcs How THE FUCK are our main characters and side characters gonna stribger
@@christopherbrian2967 I love the school aspect of MHA however, I think the placement and timing of school-related arcs often takes away momentum away from the series. I think this is something Horikoshi is aware of as it's been less of a problem recently. School festival arc was one of my favourites.
@@cerjc1429 how does it take momentum away the story is laterally about kids wanting to be heroes and going to school of course their are gonna be training arcs and exams its litearlly how all school works
You're the only youtuber who has so much power over my next manga that I would've picked up my hero if you said it was great
98.5k Subs!!!!!!🔥🔥Let's go masked
So close to 100k
I agree on everything you said aside from Deku being an underdog actually he’s an overdog
Its the epitome of being nigh equally overhyped and overhated, the reality lies somewhere between depending on one's tastes and I can very well see the elements that might tickle peoples peoples fancy in just the right way and others that believably rub people the wrong way. The arcs that masked man and others don't favour at least to make up a decent percentage of this as it seems that some can enjoy seeing some lower stakes down time with the supporting cast(because even if their characters are going nowhere they are mostly likable characters) with some training stuff thrown in, a breather basically. On the other side they can be seen prolonged roadblocks in the forward momentum of the story spent with characters that seem likely to never be that relevant. Basically what I'm getting at is the ACADEMIA part of My Hero Academia plays a big role in deciding where peoples feelings lie on the series.
No offense, i feel like you don't really understand certain points about the series and it's taking away from your enjoyment of the series. My hero is very different from the shonen blueprint. It's a very different time for jump rn with very different titles pushing for the next big thing. JJK, MHA,Undead Unluck so we cant be tied to old concepts and likes. But either way, its a fun and i hope you continue to enjoy it along the way.
You keep on saying it's different very different from the shonen blueprint. but u haven't mentioned a single unique point. There is a reason why people call it a generic action shonen manga. Now generic doesn't mean it;s bad or anything. but u make it seem like it some really hot shit. but it ain't that. So I'll ask again. Whts so diff about this manga?
@@tipusensei it gradually became extremely dark. Most shonen keep mostly some balance between comedy and drama. I can not even remember the last time i heartly laughed in mha manga. Also deku is truly an intelligent protagonist and his development is smooth both power and maybe a little less emotionaly (but i will wait how he will react to the aftermath of the war arc). He is not goofy like most shonen protagonists
I made one comment. 🤣
Umm it is very different. Its meant to be a slow burn of a manga. Most manga characters leave for an adventure in which they grow exponentially. MHA grounds them in a school setting. Which should be around 3 years. We are expecting them to be getting better yes but closer to end of 2 or 3rd to arrive at pro hero level. Its not meant to be as fast. A dsrkening tone and really setting up things like romance from the start of the series. Just a few off top man.
@@vaggelisek5636 Extremely dark? lol what a joke
@@reinhardt2290 yes it is way darker than what it was in the beginning. You cant deny that unless you are just another hater that has no arguments to provide to this conversation
Me personally I don’t mind the school themed arcs, and in the case of the festival and A vs B arc, I thoroughly enjoyed them. The main reason being if they had these extremely high stakes life threatening situations occur over and over again, it’d be difficult to keep the core high school environment in focus, as one of the main environments of the story is a high school. I think it’s fine to take breaks between the big stuff to focus on everyday school life for the students because it not only establishes the connections between all of class a, but it also serves as a relaxer between the tension of arcs like Overhaul. This is probably because I primarily experienced the series recently through the anime and then continued to read the manga afterwards but I digress😂😂
"why don't I throw a kick?"
THANK YOU.
This was the thing that pissed me off the most, after being able to analyse people so well he still couldn't think about using his leg instead of his fists.
Other than that I think the main problem of MHA is that the author tries to bring in a lot of new characters and just uses them to fill the episodes, which would've been fine if they weren't shown as characters who are very important and are going to play a bigger part in the story later on whilst in reality they aren't touched upon, and the last arc of season 4 was absolutely unnecessary ( 12 episodes focused on making one child smile, sorry if you loved the arc but it could've been easily cut down to 3-4 eps ).
I think MHA is a solid 6-7/10, nothing too bad but I think what pisses off most of the people is the fanbase and how they treat it as the greatest shonen of all time, which it isn't and they need to accept that.
Izuku has thrown kicks before making it his main fighting style, he just didn't know that he was subconsciously mimicking All Might due to his early inability to find out how to live up to everyone's expectations with OfA
@@eriksulin627 thank you!!
@@eriksulin627 no the whole point is that they made it sound like such a big thing, all might constantly telling him to find his own style or whatever, deku thinking hard about what it could be and all it ended up was just him using his legs, deku using the tip of his finger instead of his entire fist was smarter than this imo.
@@varunk4391 Using his fingers was just him mimicking All Might's air force moves, also it was a big deal because he needed to change up his approach so he wouldn't risk crippling his arms, he constantly felt back on mimicking All Might whenever he got into unexpected encounters like with Muscular where he didn't have time to think about methods of attack, Deku thinking hard about it was also exaggerated in the anime with that one scene
Persona Protagonist you do know this is Deku you’re talking about, you know overthinking thing that make the simplest solution become lost to him
I think Deku is honestly a lot better of a character than people give him credit for. Sure he's a bit generic in personality and attitude, but what he represents is honestly great. Hes a starstruck kid who's transfixed on being exactly like All Might. Hes viewed All Might through the TV screen for the majority of his life, seeing heroes as the pinnacle of strength and victory and villains as enemy-of-the-week fodder to stomp through. Now that hes a hero hes practically being thrust into a world of questioning ideaology and fighting for your life at many points, with failure meaning the death of innocents. In many ways I view Deku as being just as delusional in thinking he should be exactly like All Might as Shigaraki is in thinking that the pain he has felt in the past justifies his actions of hurting people. Deku himself still doesn't have a steadfast motivation to be a hero. He has been a fanboy just trying to play hero from the start and is in way over his head.
Thats why it means so much that a development as simple as switching from punches to kicks is so obvious yet so much development on his part. He has been practically hindering himself, trying so hard to be picture perfect to All Might, when he can't even control his own power. He hasn't given a single thought to changing the style of how he fights. In a sense, All Might left a massive mold of how to be a hero, and Deku is trying to practically stretch himself out just to fit that mold. Hes killing himself by using a power and fighting style that All Might had to build up for most of his life. When a very real consequence is put in front of him, being that he could lose his arms if he overuses his quirk, its a moment where hes woken up by reality. He cannot be a hero like All Might just because he got his power. He won't be able to break his arms, go get a kiss from the school nurse, and be ready for battle the next day. That's why it's a great change of pace. He has had his legs the entire time and could have used them, but he didn't because he was trying too hard to copy All Might. When he uses his legs, he's showing development by breaking free of the idea that he has to be the next picture perfect All Might. Hes growing as his own character and making his own steps towards becoming a hero. Such a simple development, and yet it has so much meaning behind it
Mha gave an entire arc to the villains who themselves are underdogs....gave a slow,sensitive and well thought arc to a domestic abuser instead of making him a 2d villain we love to hate.... it's been trying to make strides and create things out of the box....the art is crazy for a weekly series...while it have it's flaws I can't understand the deep hatred some have for it ....and no hating a series just cuz the fanbase is annoying is and will always be dumb
And they went back on doing the same shit they did before that arc. that's a definition of a 2d villains.
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They didn't though
My criticism to people criticizing the lack of development for some of the side characters is that some of them are just meant to be background characters to make the setting more believable, so that criticism to me is not genuine
exactly.you cant really criticize hori for choosing not to make many of the cast revelant from the get go.especially when doing that will drag the pacing down. its best to takes a small portion of them instead all of them at once if you want to keep the story moving while giving characters importance.
Yeah and don’t get me wrong i do have some criticism to mha but this one i don’t feel like it’s actually a criticism more like people having their own expectations that are not fulfilled
@Foq Que because it’s realistic that every character has a personality duh 😂
I love MHA, but you're right, I feel like we're finally progressing in the latest arc, I hope Horikoshi doesn't restore the status quo right after. Based on the textboxes from the beginning of the arc, I think we're heading towards a timeskip or something similar.
Its sad to think that many characters have no development yet were probably in the finale arcs of the series
@@kjtheidiotbloodn MHA needed a smaller cast, or more deaths I don't know
@@lephoquebleu8302 even then no one would care for the deaths since the characters have no screen time if i wasn't such a weeb kota and ojiro would be mysteries to me
@@kjtheidiotbloodn True, true, at least Kota had his moment and was the first civilian who ever thanked Izuku but Ojiro....
@@kjtheidiotbloodn we're far from done here in terms of the story.
Nice review. I love MHA to death even with its flaws, many of which ended up agreeing with you.
I always had a theory that may shine somelight on the whole "class A vs Class B feeling incosequential" and the "Deku feeling that he's playing catch up to better heroes" problem.
In an interview Horikoshi said that in one of his original story outlines UA didn´t exist and Deku wasn't a hero student but a salary worker turned hero. He added the school setting and made Deku a teen because he wanted to attract a younger demographic.
I always felt that UA was a bit out place in the world of my hero, mainly because we never see freshly graduated heroes from any of the other hero schools and the hero characters are so well developed in comparison to everybody in class 1-A. It makes me think that the existance of UA and having Deku away from hero work was something he added at the last minute.
btw, you can read that story, it's a one-shot called "My Hero" with protagonist Jack Midoriya, an anemic, quirkless, salary worker that sells superhero equipement.
@@lephoquebleu8302 that really sounds boring...
@@LegendzPlushStudios It's a oneshot, probably wouldn't have worked as a full manga but as a short story, it's pretty cute
And it's interesting to see what he kept from that oneshot to make MHA
@@lephoquebleu8302 how is that cute
@@lephoquebleu8302 ik all that but how is it cute?
Dude legit. I get super tired of Deku not changing or being portrayed in a different light... EVER!
Everytime it's the same thing! He's pure-hearted! He's the one worthy of One For All!
Yes- I know! It's great! I don't need literally every arc to end with the villain or side character (or sometimes both) being like "that kid's what a hero looks like"... bitch PLEASE! There's not all that much that makes Deku special other than his power! Which was fine when it was just crazy super strength! Then he gets these shitty powerups out of nowhere! And in a weird order! Why did he unlock Black Whip during some shitty training arc? Why was it triggered by some shitty kid making fun of another shitty kid (I love Bakugou but in real life he'd be nightmare to be around lol)? Why was it the first thing he unlocked? Why not Nana's quirk or literally any other user?
How come he could completely control it literally two seconds later?
Honestly from that point on, I kinda tuned Deku out as a protagonist. He was already starting to get slightly on my nerves. Because it's not like it had to be this way. He was, for once, an underdog protag that I actually rooted for and could actually buy his victories way back in the early days.
But as this series goes on, he just keeps pulling shit from his ass. He doesn't even strategize anymore. He just blitzes his opponents with his overwhelming power. On the off chance he teams up with others, his plan is to just tell everyone to either stand back and let him do the blitzing... or tell everyone to just blitz should he be incapacitated.
Even Bakugou is shown strategizing more often than Deku. It's embarrassing.
Man u sure hardcore hate mha
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Nah, I'm just critical towards everything. Including the things I like.
I love MHA. I still read it. Still get excited at the big character moments. And I don't hate Deku. I just want better from him.
While I do agree with your criticisms a pattern I see alot in the criticisms people have for it is that they judge it harsher compared to a lesser known anime off the hype it gets and alot of problems people have with it is the decisions the author uses which to me feels unfair because whenever people critique MHA they are only comparing it to the standards of an anime they have often grown up with and MHA is judged for not being unique enough but whenever it does anything differently like Deku people will judge it
@@toongamer2810 did he call deku bad because he isn't like other protagonist? Guts and Edward aren't interesting protagonist cause of their dark past wtf. I hate this thing that people say when a character they like is criticized, "it's just because z character isn't like y so they dont like them". Bro what? You can have an edgy/dark past and still be shitty af as a protagonist lol
@@erenja3ger871 bruh why you so triggered. Im just saying Deku has points that other anime characters dont have he is relatable especially by our worldly standards he is a character who has alot of room for development and isnt MHA supposed to portray anybody can be great how come when he says any character can replace Deku thats a problem when thats the whole narrative
As a bnha fan it always annoys me when people look at bnha on the surface level and assume it’s just an entertaining battle shonen without any deep themes within it. One if the main reasons i love my hero so much is precisely that: the themes it tackles and how interesting they are. The my villain academia arc is the perfect example, also the character of shigaraki and his parallels with deku. There’s an underlying message in my hero that has to do with criminality and how society shapes criminals (villains) and organizes itself to marginalize a certain group of people, and i hate that bc of the fandom and how the story is being read by the majority of people, all these things that horikoshi is trying to portray get lost. Anyways, bnha is underrated in that sense (don’t get me wrong, im not saying it isn’t popular bc it is) bc it doesn’t get all the credit it deserves for the actual things it does with its message, themes and characters that most of the time get overlooked
mha for me us good not the best shonen but its good also plz finish billy bat
A b is very good and since its pretty early in the story and at rate its been improving recently I could see mha being a high A or a low/mid S at its end
The true thing about my Hero academia Is that the villains are the true important characters
I’ve been reading MHA since it’s debut and it never had me on the edge of my seat as much as other series.
The series felt like it started out with a pace of gradual threats rising, but after a certain point, the gears shifted to a pace that the characters wasn’t ready for. It feels like they had to change up the pacing, either to reach an end or keep up with the pace of other series.
11:34 Thank you masked man, you took the words right out of my mouth. Vermillion shafted Deku, no cap.
Secondly was it really necessary for Deku to be able to use the other holder's quirks, even tho he already has the strongest quirk in the world or is it just me.
Shigariki got himself all for one
Plus decay
And his base is on par as UA nomu
And do I have to go into detail on high ends and gigantomachia
The question is he need to unlock it sooner than now
One problem i have about izuku is that some quirks just don't work on him for the plot, like when shigaraki literally steals one for all but then its like nah we don't want to leave. It just feels he's been gifted the most broken thing in existence but I'm still expected to feel triumphant when he wins
@@narco1655 shigaraki not being able to steal ofa has to do with how the quirk works it stockpiles not Just power but wills as well the wills of the previous users are what prevent shigaraki stealing it not because the plot demands it
@@narco1655 and just because he has ofa doesn't mean he Just has the recipe to success it's not like other series were Jusr getting a op power makes you op it's the person that makes you strong the the quirk it doesn't matter of he has ofa if he can't use it
Mythical Zone One For All is the strongest quirk because it allows its user to use the stockpiled energy of the previous users. If Deku didn’t have access to the past quirks, then it wouldn’t be the most powerful. It’s not the strongest quirk because it makes him really strong and fast, it’s the strongest quirk because it allows him to use multiple different quirks. There are already many different quirks that are far more powerful then just the base use of OFA. Erase, Half Hot Half Cold, Blood Curdle, Permeation, Rewind, Decay, and All For One have all been shown to be more effective then OFA. It’s the fact that he can use multiple quirks due to a single quirk that makes it the strongest.
the latest arc is wild and have a lot of plot twist.
While i dont agree with everything you said(mainly the parts that the training arcs dont serve a purpose) i do appreciated that you're werent simply just craping on the show.
Yah i agree Training Arcs give more characterisation to Deku & Others
Honestly, I know I'm one of the few, but I just couldn't get into My Hero Academia. I started the anime back in 2016 and it was so boring for me. I literally forced myself to start it again back in 2017. Series like Black Clover and Demon Slayer were just so enjoyable for me. I love the characters, symbolism and many folk tale references they made. I literally tried to catch up to the My Hero Academia manga this year but I'm decided to drop it again now. While I do find the manga much more enjoyable than the anime *mainly for the art* it's still too lack luster and just eh. Of course it does have some good parts, like the Izuku vs Overhaul or Bakugou vs Izuku 2, but it really just doesn't do it for me :(
It gets better later in my villain academia
I like and agree with the video
And Horikoshi art is really underated
First of all great video man, really loving your content!
Second of all I really enjoy mha, and think its a great shonen. My favourite character is Bakugou, I think his character growth and dynamic with Deku is really something special and new.
the series is good, imo. I really like the current arc, but it's not over yet. If the authors does something, it can kill the entire arc for me. So far I love it. solid 7/10 maybe even an 8 if Deku gets more character development after this arc lmao
Lol the author already killed his world from the moment the joint training arc began.
@@nordbard5027 in what way exactly?
@@gutsonthemic5261 By turning his world into a magic one
@@nordbard5027 what? How?
@@nordbard5027 seriously,how?
The major turn off for me was the first chapter saying how he became the number 1 hero which is just a huge flashback which takes away a lot of the sense of danger
This current arc has been amazing and ever since My Villain Academia it's been either good or great for me but before that I didn't like all the training arcs not saying they don't need to train their quirks but rather see that growth in irl battles and intense moments
Quirks just getting stronger in fights is terrible writing. Early in the it is set up that you need to work to train your quirk and apply it in new ways. Midfight power ups are lazy
@@somethingwitty3300 I guess what I meant to say was not exactly their quirks themselves but the individuals growing and as a result their quirks becoming more polished
@@somethingwitty3300 Midfight powerups?.... Deku vs Muscular, Deku vs Overhaul, Deku & Bakugo vs Shigaraki, Fatgum vs Overhaul minion, Shigaraki vs Re destro, Toga vs Re destro minion, etc. Lazy
been watching your videos and I've been wondering which manga took care of their op character(like all might, gojo, the wizard king etc) best in your opinion, or rather, which one did you like more.
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The thing about the power ups hasn’t been explained yet but there’s a running theory that it’s because of eri being on his back. They all come after that. His ability to communicate come from the power being bundled up for a while. The powers all bump themselves up. Just a lil in universe explanation for the holes
I disagree with some of your criticisms I don't believe the pacing is as inconsistent as you say it's in the title itself My Hero Academia so of course Horokoshi is going to focus on the Academia/School setting that's the point. Also Class 1A and 1B have only fought two times out the story realistically and interacted the rest if the time. The Story doesn't have to be full of action and fast paced all the time because that would get boring and would sacrifice the character development with no substance that's why we have the training arcs or class 1A vs. 1B you have to consider the little moments because they can play an essential role in later story arc which they have for the War Arc everything we have seen in the story has a purpose. And as for Deku's character I have seen there is no winning with people complaining about his character either he progressing to fast or to slow or people constantly project his past behaviors as if Deku still acts that way now in the story or that this character should have been the protagonist blah blah and so on. In my opinion it wouldn't have mattered who the protagonist was they would have still complained and Also Horokoshi himself stated why Deku is the main Character in the recent chapters will always be the one for all people in his story. I get it My Hero isn't the end all be all of Stories but in my opinion I think the only reason people are criticizing so harshly or straight up being Voalitile with the series because it has become so popular ot has become.
Manga recommendation "Three days of happynes",it is realy short(18 chapters),manga is about guy who sold his life and now he has 3 months left
Lemillion is legit a better protagonist than deku imo. He’s just more interesting and fun making him feel less stale than deku
Ew no
Hence why he was introduced
@@walterapple ok but i think the problem with mirio is that he does it too well. He’s so good that he just overshadows deku and makes you wish that he was the protagonist instead because imo he’s just better
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That's the point
I do like My Hero Academia, but one of my problems with it (aside from the ones you named, which absolutely hit the nail on the head by the way) is that a lot of characters don't really have character arcs as much as they do small bursts of character development before becoming static for the rest of the story.
There are certain characters in MHA like Endeavour, Shigaraki, and Bakugou who have long, slow character arcs over a long period of time that feel earned (probably why they're considered some of the best characters in the series). But for every character like that, there's five Iidas, Todorokis, Urarakas, and Momos. Characters who get some character development over a single short arc, and that's it for the rest of the series.
Iida got a lot of good character development in the Stain arc, but nothing else before or after that. Uraraka and Todoroki got a lot of good character development in the tournament arc, but nothing else before or after that. Momo got some character development during the Hero exams arc, but nothing else before or after that. Now these examples of character development are good, but there's just not nearly enough of it. It's not like their character arcs have come full circle either, there's still so much more that could be done with all of them.
Todoroki has been developed at least in the manga but i agree with lida ochaco and momo but even those arcs are kinda dumb ochaco doesn't look poor at all its never brought up before or after the event and it makes it look like it was just shoved in and forgotten. Lida just fought stain that's it but heck even then stain,deku and todoroki completely stole the spotlight there. Momo lost one battle and suddenly lost her confidence which is just stupid if anything characters like toru should have losed there confidence she made it to the finale stage of the tournament shouldn't she be thankful mina should be way more sad she fell for the same trick despite watching the battle almost everyone should have lose there confidence if it's this easy to do so almost all these characters have huge problems
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With Momo she lost confidence I think because she was supposed to be one of the best students and despite making it to the finals she was still pretty casually defeated
@@jasonjones3328 its still one battle plus she still made it to the finals which is a pretty good accomplishment she didnt even get a flashback or anything that battle was all we saw of her losing confidence
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I agree it wasn't as well explained but I seen it kind of like a Bakugou situation she's used to being at the top and one of the elite but despite that while she did come close she didn't even make top 3 and that shook her confidence
mha is a solid 7-8 for me
Thank you! The side characters get a lot of screen time but that doesn’t equal character development!
I was waiting for this day
I think MHA's biggest Strength and biggest Weakness is it's setting.
A world where almost everybody has super powers is cool. The super hero job system, the way society looks down on people with villainous looking quirks and the danger of how stronger each new generation seems to be getting is all interesting.
On the other hand, the school part of the setting really limits the story a lot. It's not loose enough like Naruto's school or creative enough like what's done in Assassination Classroom. It's plagued by samey training arcs and the side characters get left out frequently.
The way Horikoshi writes his group of characters, he probably should of just focused on a small team aspect like in Jujustu Kaisen or Chainsaw Man.
Stain is one of my favorite anime villains you can really see were hes coming from
He is talking about manga
Nice video. I have my disagreements on some things, but I can't be bothered enough to list them. I will say at least you were honest and fair.
Would you mind reading and make a review of Shaman king and D-gray man also, please? Thanks.
Have you gave MHA: Vigilantes a go? I think Koichi is a better protagonist than Deku. The story provides a lot of world building and backstories to some side characters of the main manga like Aizawa and Stain.
SleepGremilin Hard disagree. I like Vigilantes but it leans too much on the MHA world without actually defining its own corner enough and Koichi is fine. Not terrible, but Midoriya I find has a much more consistent character arc going forward. I'll agree about the world-building even if as I said it over utilizes existing characters. For comparison sakes, Railgun and Sinbad No Bouken I find are better spinoffs. They both take place in the same worlds as their main counterparts, Magi and Index, respectively, but defined enough of their own corners through Railgun focusing more on the academy/ science side and Sinbad showcasing Sinbad's rise. Vigilantes from the first few volumes had an identity crisis between focusing on the smaller elements of MHA and then focusing on some very large stakes. Still, I'll give the current arc of Vigilantes credit for going smaller and more personal. But I'm not willing to overlook the serious flaw I mentioned above. If I were rating vigilantes, I'd give it a solid 7-7.5/10. It's pretty good. Also, the art of Vigilantes is really inconsistent.
finally a very good review of MHA
Other than those sparing matches against other classes MHA is a decent manga and it's pretty enjoyable..!!
I hope you do a full review of black clover as well..
I've always enjoyed the between training arcs, but if you don't like the side characters then I guess they would be tough to read.
To be fair
Deku overthinks all of thing when it come to simple solutions
This is one of your best videos, I appreciate the depth
Funny that Jagaaaaan was my first seinen and bnha my first anime.
The only thing I really disagree on is the underdog part. Deku was already one of the strongest student in his class the moment he learned Full Cowling.
It makes sense for him to already be stronger than even Endeavor, because he inherited an even stronger version of All Might's quirk, who was by far the strongest pro hero even while heavily injured and weakened.
I think it'd be cool if a timeskip happens, and a big focal point and obstacle in the series is Deku's handling of being the strongest hero and the pressure of him being pretty much the biggest factor when it comes to saving everyone and preserving peace society.
Hes not stronger than All Might. He's as strong. It's been stated by Endeavour.
Am I really the only one that likes the training arcs?
Training arcs if executed well are great . The issue with MHA is that every single training arc is very bland and often mess up the pacing .
pretty fair review. this series does need to write their characters alot better. making a huge cast but not use most of them can be a really big downgrade.
Horik just dont want the series too be all over the place. Plus,itd not like he hasnt try to give some side character importance
@@gutsonthemic5261 I understand that but even the main class besides a hand full hasent gotten much for their character.
Day 6 of recommending Sanctuary and Fist of the North Star to the Masked Man
I do like this manga. I've been reading it from the day it was first released, and I completely agree with all this criticism... especially the part about the "Class A vs Class B" arcs being filler.
I would also go as far as to say that the spin-off manga "Vigilantes" has surpassed the main manga, and makes it look bad in comparison, IMO. Vigilantes has maintained the underdog theme that BNH has gradually lost. In Vigilantes, we follow characters who really are weak or powerless, and see them conflict with Endeavor and other top tier characters. The protagonists rely much more on strategy and planning, rather than just unlocking new powers (mostly), and this is more interesting, to me.
Im still waiting for the black clover review
he already made a video on it
@@pd5147 i think he means an updated review after he caught up
That was first impressions when he only read 100 chapters
I started with MHA after reading the first 3 parts of the Wild Cards series
If you like a more adult and politics oriented version of the concept that MHA is using i would recommend that
Also what if Deku hat a quirk like Fortunato or the Astronomer
Shiggy so gawd damn cool (Day 9 of recommending Kaiji to The Masked Man)
nice kanamori pfp
@@Snpaulie nice Phil pfp :)
I'm kind of late but, I think the fact that Mirio(Lemillion) feels like he could or should be the main protagonist is one of the reasons why he exists.
Deku's been doubting his worthiness of his power since the beginning of the series. That's why he cries so much, he KNOWS he is lucky.
Trying to copy All-Might, his friends and other heroes. He can barely make HIS power his own.
Suddenly he finds out that All-Might was planning on giving his power to Mirio. Deku has the same mindset of the readers: he doesn't deserve One For All. When Mirio loses his power, Deku doesn't hesitate to give Mirio One For All. He even forgets about using Eri's rewind ability.
All-Might saw Deku's heart and told him he could become a hero. It's his hero academia after all. And ours as well.
The kinda problem with MHA is that not having some regular classes would not make any sense, since it Hero Academia. The issue is the lack of depth when it's only the students and one teacher.
Correct no depth
I don't mind the slow development its realistic. Like as people we grow at a very slow rate and the story of my hero since Deku got into U. A has only been a year.
Endeavor arc is one of the best redemption arcs I've seen imo....even though it's not really about redemption
Great video! A lot of the things that you brought up as criticisms for my hero are the same things that I've thought about myself, I think a lot of the areas where my hero falls apart are emphasized because of what other shounen do better, whether that be the protagonist or the quality of buildup arcs or in my hero's case, the lack of quality.
Wow. I stumbled upon this by pure chance, but I'm glad I did. I think you're the first critic of MHA I 100% agree with.
I really like the lore and how it's fleshed out, most of the secondary characters are really interesting and entertaining, and I don't dislike Deku as a character, but he feels really out of it. Like, you have the hero society that is facing backlash left and right, with even entire towns plotting against them, heroes that question their place, villains that question their goals, a grim future ahead, things moving at lightning speed...
And then there's Deku over there, doing his own thing. Pretty much everything I said just flies over his head. He's here for the fights, he has some growth, and... That's it. He feels so disconnected from everything that's important. Even now that he's at the center of the current conflict, it just feels it was by pure coincidence. Beating Shigaraki won't solve a single thing, and yet that's all he's here for, essentially. He really feels like a side character in his own story, except he's finally got the rights to be the one to throw the final punch.
I think one thing that hold back Deku and UA as a whole is the high school setting. If you look at all of the aspects of the series that are the best are when the plot is detached from the school. However as the title of the series says it’s “My Hero Academia” so the school aspects are going to be heavy. The Pro Heroes are free to be proactive the villains are free to be proactive but the students are bound by UA and things have to happen to them or be forced into situations away from UA.
Like you said this slow down the pacing a lot. Being an MHA fan I enjoy these portions of the story but understand why others find them tedious. I also don’t like the exam arcs and 1A vs 1B expect for a few moments but hopefully the animation will make up for it in season 5.
I think all the students will improve after the current arc if Horikoshi gives himself more freedom by removing them from school. But I highly doubt that will happen but if he skips to when they’re Pro Heroes I think your enjoyment of the series will improve.
okay but that has to be the most obvious plot twist of all time
It aint a plot twist if its already obvious
It was more of a confirmation than a plot twist
that's on way to look at it, tho it was played like a twist and too heavily implied
@@el.pd10 yeah, an example of actual mind blowing plot twist is aot chapter 100
@@anushk4670 lol,I haven't read aot chapter 100 yet,but glad you agree and I like your dybala pfp