Boku no Hero Academia

Tackling a show in a negative light is usually a very tricky task. However in this particular instance, I figured that taking the risk may be worth the trouble, seeing as the show in question is very undeserving of the praise it has gotten so far. Boku no Pico Academia is another run of the mill battle shounen about overpowered teenagers doing overpowered things. It tries to be slightly different in essence but ultimately crumbles under its own weight.

The story is set in an alternate universe where 80% of the population have received superpowers (Quirks) and evil is running rampant. To protect society from ... these villains, numerous heroes have emerged over the recent years in order to make justice triumph and bring peace to the citizens. Our protagonist is Midoriya Izuku, a shy 14 year old boy who's aspirations ever since he was little were to become a hero. Unfortunately for him, he is not a part of the overwhelming majority in the sense that he has no Quirk of his own which is why he is regularly ridiculed and looked down upon by the people around him.

All of this is put to a stop when he is conveniently placed under the strongest hero of all time, Allmight. After going through a harsh training routine for a solid 10 months and gaining a Quirk of his own, he is finally deemed worthy to join the ranks of other overpowered teenagers alike and enroll at the Hero Academy in order to groom his newly-formed power and finally qualify to be a real hero, thus making his dreams a reality. Though that is just the glorified way of saying it. Around here I noticed that the story often struggles with balancing whether or not it wants to handle this plot in a serious manner or a not-so-serious manner, which makes up for some rather rough transitions down the road when the serious arcs role around.

Anyhow, the premise of the story is not the problem I have with it, but rather it's the way they went of doing things. I was personally hoping to see the plot move in a bit more serious fashion or maybe have a bit more focus on the implications and alternation of society as a whole from suddenly receiving these bizarre super powers out of the blue. Though this is a shounen after all, so we ended up taking a more shounen-ish approach to things as we follow Deku and friends through their many trials and tribulations. Unfortunately, when compared to series of the similar nature like last year's One Punch Man, it ends up falling short.

With other genres to the side, a big portion of time and effort is spent on action and comedy, as you would normally expect from a shounen series. The action scenes are usually handled fairly well due to the bizarre nature of the Quirks and there being basically no limitations to what one can and can't do which in turn makes up for some interesting scenarios. And Bones being Bones, the animation is as consistant as you can imagine. The comedy, on the other hand, is very lackluster and more often than not just ends up falling completely flat. And if it miraculously does somehow end up being even remotely funny, then you can be sure that they will re-use the same joke 5 times over and run it to the ground. A good example of this would be the gag of Allmight being anorexic.

This section plays a significant role in the series decline as like with most other shounen, the characters aren't developed that well at all. Though, that is not something I should entirely fault it for, especially considering the genre at hand. However, Boku no Hero Academia misses a very crucial opportunity here. Do you know what all the top-tier shounen all have in common? They have an actual likable main cast of characters.

Thus, we enter Midoriya Izuku, otherwise known simply as Deku. Deku, being the protagonist of the story of course doesn't have a quirk of his own and was therefore looked down upon by his peers throughout his entire life. The amount of victimization they give to this character can get pretty overwhelming at times, seeing as at one point he is laughed at by everyone in his classroom even with the teacher being present and everything. They really went all-out to make this guy the ultimate underdog, to the point where it sometimes just irritates me to watch him. He's weak, can't stand up for himself and is socially awkward around girls. However, this all changes when he conveniently meets up with his favorite and most powerful hero in all of existence and gets taken under his wing. After that, he is fed a piece of hair, thus receiving superpowers. Hooray!

I really thought it couldn't get any worse but here we are. Bakugou Katsuki is Deku's psychopath of a childhood friend, his biggest bully as well as his possible rival later on. He is usually a tool from which Deku's victimization during the series stems from, as Kacchan here is completely mental. It is heavily implied throughout the series by Deku that he became the way he is now after "straying off the path" and receiving his Quirk, yet it was clearly shown in multiple flashbacks what an egotistical maniac he was even during his childhood. There really aren't any justifiable factors for this guy. His character is very basic and doesn't ever go beyond him being a self-absorbed cunt who wants to be the best at everything for extremely shallow and selfish reasons.

Then there are some other main characters that didn't leave me much to write about either because they either weren't utilized properly or were just not very good. Allmight is the object of Deku's admiration as well as his questionably-anorexic mentor. He usually ends up defeating the villains in a few seconds and has some semi-inspirational dialogue throughout the series but is ultimately overshadowed for the majority of the show, up until the final 2 episodes. Uraraka is pretty cute and ends up giving Deku panic attacks whenever she talks to him due to his seemingly crippling anxiety around girls. I don't remember the armored guy's name but he's pretty cool. As for the antagonists, their motivations never get explored and we're just left to our imagination.

The art for Boku no Hero definitely isn't bad by any means, it's just very unappealing so to say. With a very cartoonish style to it, it has a sort of unique feel to it, yet still somehow looks ugly. This complaint is nearly nonexistent when it comes to the backgrounds but is very much there when I stare at the character designs for too long. Midoriya's design faintly reminds me of diarrhea, for one reason or another. Bones has continuously produced some of the best animation through each passing season for years now so no surprise here. Since it heats up during the intense moments of the show the fights are quite nice to watch. Most of the tracks from the OST were unnoticeable apart from the main theme and another track which's timing was nailed very well every time to enhance the feeling of dread once the antagonists showed up. I enjoyed the ending and especially the opening theme a lot and the voice acting was solid, albeit there were some performances that I found to be annoying.

The enjoyment of the show will mostly depend on how big of a fan of shounen you are. If you go in with the assumption that it will suck, you may be pleasantly surprised like I was when the latter half rolled around. It has deplorable humor which is a miss in 90% of cases which can easily ruin a series for me and that really was the case for the first few episodes, but eventually I just tried looking past it. The final 3-4 episodes of the show is where shit hits the fan and I don't remember the last time I was this entertained while watching a seasonal anime. Essentially, if you're a shounen fan looking for some dumb fun you'll probably love it, and if you're coming in with a skeptical mindset then try to look past the first few episodes, as the show gets better the longer it goes on.

In conclusion, I don't think Boku no Hero Academia is that bad of a series. Sure, it has its fair share of problems here and there but what my rating mostly stems from is when I compare it to other series in the same vein, be it a regular shounen or the example that I have previously mentioned which is OPM. It has a story with some potential to be found but a very mediocre and slightly disappointing execution, with every character in the show being either extremely unlikable and annoying or simply bad. At times it takes itself too seriously and at others not seriously enough, which makes up for some pretty awkward transitioning.

If you're a fan of shounen series, I'd recommend Boku no Hero with a grain of salt as hopefully you don't come in with your previous completed series being FMA and end up setting the bar too high. Though, if you're an easygoing person who's just looking for some dumb fun then this is definitely your go-to this season. All in all, it's not bad and is certainly not good but mainly fails to live up to the hype created by the community.

Overrated, childish, and cliche. Those are the first three words that come to mind when I think of this anime.

This is the most overrated anime that has came out in the past 5 years. After watching two seasons of this anime, I've come to the conclusion that this anime is absolute garbage with no redeeming qualities. I actually cant believe that people above the age of 15 can be watching this. It's actually crazy...This review might also contain spoilers. I cant fully explain how bad this show is without including spoilers unfortunately. This review will also not only be about season 1.

This is hands down ... the most basic and generic shounen I've ever come across. The story is very stupid and cliche. The story is about a kid that wants to become a professional hero. It cant get anymore generic than that. So almost everyone in the world has quirks but Midoriya apparently doesn't. Ok. He then receives a quirk given to him by all might. That's just lame to be honest. I don't like how he just gets a quirk given to him. I'd rather see him training to get his own quirk. If anyone here is familiar with Black Clover, then you know how Asta got his own powers after training right? Even Black Clover did that better than My Hero Trashademia. How boring and uninteresting is it to see him just getting a power from someone else.

The plot is extremely repetitive. They go to school and have training sessions, random villains attack, fight villains, villains run or get defeated, and that's it. Now sometimes it's a bit different, but for the most part shits exactly the same. Nomus attack, League of Villains attack, it's just the same boring shit. In conclusion, the plot is fucking terrible. The only good thing is that the pacing is fast and I don't have to watch 10 episodes for 1 fight. That's literally the only good thing about this awful anime.

As I said earlier, this is the most basic and cliche shounen I've seen in a while. After finishing the first season I just thought, why the fuck are people hyping this up? It's literally the same thing as every other generic battle shounen we've had in the past 20 years. It does nothing different yet I see shounen fanboys everywhere sucking it off for what??

This anime easily has one of the worst cast of characters I've ever seen. The mangaka just tries to give ALL of them screen time it just doesn't work. In the end, barely any of them get character development at all. They're so bad I barely can even remember their names, even after two seasons of watching it. There's nothing interesting about the main characters either. There's nothing interesting about Bakugo. I don't know how anyone can like a character that screams 24/7 and gets absolutely no character development whatsoever. Midoriya has to be one of the most boring characters I've seen in a Shounen. His character development is just basic shounen character development. One second he's a pussy and the next he's extremely serious. It just makes no sense. As for Todoroki he's just a garbage Zuko rip off (but zukos actually a good character) with daddy issues. As I said before, this anime is extremely cliche and bad characters like this just prove it.

There's just too many irrelevant characters that get screen time for no reason. The only students that need a lot of screentime would be Midoriya, Bakugo, Uraraka, Momo, Frog, and Tokoyami. All these other characters shouldn't be getting screen time when they have little to none impact on the plot. If anyone here is familiar with Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans, use that as an example. The writers for that anime tried to give too many characters screen time and it turned out to be a complete failure filled with underdeveloped characters. The same thing is happening with this anime.

This anime has the worst character designs I've seen in a Shounen. I honestly could not stand looking at these people. These characters just look so damn goofy and childish I felt like I was watching a childrens cartoon. Mineta, Alien looking girl, dude with the tape quirk. There's just way too many goofy looking characters to name them all. That's why this is the most childish anime I've ever watched. Not even joking. I've never seen an anime that looked goofier and more childish than this.

The music wasn't that great either. The only good opening is the first one. The endings are all pretty bad. There was only one memorable OST which played during fight scenes, and that got annoying real quick.

One good thing about this show is Stain. I think he's the only good villain in this entire show, all three seasons. But besides Stain, every other villain is complete and utter garbage! They're literally all just evil for the sake of being evil, especially that muscular guy. There's just no other interesting villains in My Hero Academia and that's fact.

The fights in this anime are very underwhelming. All might vs One for All, one of the most disappointing fights I've seen in a shounen. Why should I care about this trash villain One for All when he has no depth whatsoever? He was just used to make all might look badass before his career as a hero ended. Todoroki vs Midoriya, once again another bad fight. The only good part of this fight was the end, that's it. Everything before that wasn't good at all. All the animation was put into the ending of the fight and anything before that was just talking or just boring to watch in general. Uraraka vs Bakugo, a fight that many My Hero fans were sucking off around the time it came out. I... I don't understand why people think this is that good? When it comes to actual fighting/choreography My Hero Academia fights are complete trash.

In conclusion, this show is just awful and I don't suggest watching it. It's no different than any other generic battle Shounen anime you've watched. Bad characters, bad fights, bad plot, bad character designs, bad villains, bad everything. Don't watch this show.

Hi there it's actually my first time writing a review. *I NEVER PLANNED TO WRITE ANY, BUT THIS IS A TRUE EXCEPTION*

If you are a fan of this, it would be in your best interests not to continue reading.

Anyways bear with me. A sentence to summarize this whole show? "the most overrated cliche shounen anime with ripped off ideas from a marvel movie forcefully jammed together with childish ideals"

The story.
I can go on and on about this it was absolutely dreadful and the most cringiest setting I have encountered.
A bland boy suddenly gets superpowers from a hero and starts training and fights for eons. ... Amazing. It's repetitive like the filler stories of Naruto except it's all squeezed into a season.

The art.
Not bad really, colors were well done.

Sound
yeah classic booms and other normal sound effects. The theme songs were nice.

Character
Characters are well dictionary definitions. Please. There's a difference between exaggerated to definition characters. The main character is a textbook example of a one dimensional character with no background other than he was born without powers. "I wanna be a hero!" says he but all he ever does is write diary entries about current superheroes and does nothing to even train for it. He gets bullied and never fights back. As a survival instinct you usually defend yourself to avoid damage and things get cringey. His academic skills aren't special too. Normal. Normal. Normal. Wait, to be fair underdog is a realistic opinion.
His childhood friend would then be the definition of emo. He hates poor "does nothing but daydream" kun and bullies him. I can understand, all he ever did when I watched the episodes was talk about his dreams but still, way too violent.
Others are poor representations of emotions and ideals like the movie inside out (inside out was good).

Enjoyment: No. Shounen for kids? Yes. Adults? Unless you really like this stuff no. No. No.

Overall: Just please no. It's an overrated anime that should be called more of a cartoon. I've heard some say this is better than SAO and I really must protest. Yes I acknowledge the issues like story skipping and such in SAO, but BNHA also has its issues with the whole classroom dynamic focusing on so many characters they start to become less important as the anime progresses, etc. I accept that no anime is going to be a perfect 10/10 for everyone and agree with the constructive criticism for such situations. BUT this is the most overrated, I repeat, overrated anime (ahem cartoon) I have ever seen.

PS: looking back, I still feel the same way but would like to point out, as one user said, "I'm not going to dislike someone because they liked something I didn't." I hope you feel the same way that this user did. I'm not going to go around trying to argue my opinion on this show in front of avid fans. And yes, I am an SAO fanboy and I feel not-so-smart bringing up SAO on a totally different show.

As i see season 2 of this anime is very good ranked i wanted to try it. People say its a original and refresing shounen but they are all wrong.

Story: The world they live in everyone has superpowers, but the mc dont so he is useless. But even tho he is useless the best hero gives him his power for no reason instead of giving it to someone more op. I mean think about it, if you could choose to give superpowers to a useless guy or guy that make explosions what would you choose??

Art: The art is only good with this anime

Sound: Sound is ... okay

Characters: This is the worst part of all, the characters is so cliche. Its like copy paste from all other shounen. All male characters are boring and cringe. And no good waifus for female characters, just boring.

Enjoyment: I only give this anime a 3 cause of cliches. And it only makes it worse when all might is copy from saitama in one punch man.

Story 4: My Hero Academia is a story about superheroes learning at an academia. Except it isn't. It starts that way, but it isn't that way. Deku works so hard just to go to a school we don't get to pay attention to. People say it is just a typical shounen, but a typical shounen would have tried to flesh out the school life a little. When you have such a unique school setting for once, you decide to just blow it. It's so stupid. The story is very, very character focused and overly convenient. You go from entrance exams to showing off a really ... powerful set of villains and how the fledgling heroes act in a crisis almost immediately, right when we were just feeling like it would possibly be a more developed world.

Art 9: There are a ton of character designs, which is amazing to me. There are some exceptionally cute character designs, which is not something that I have said about any anime before. It also doesn't shy away from mixing big muscle and a slightly more Western style with the typical skinny young anime heroes aesthetic. There is nothing really lacking, but it isn't artistic enough to warrant a 10.

Sound 8: I don't remember much of the sound, but I have a feeling the soundtrack isn't a weak point. I'm not at all a fan of the opening theme, but the ending isn't too bad. Usually I don't factor in openings or endings into the sound department too much though since they aren't made by the team behind the anime usually.

Character 6: Characters SHOULD be higher, but I still feel like the only ones they really care about are the biggest protagonists. Even with trying to give a lot of characters a little time to develop, it is done in such unnatural form that it doesn't feel nice. The only exception in this arc was Iida, who really got to show what they were like at heart. All Might is annoying character. While it might seem deep to give such a strong character a weakness, it just feels like an excuse for weak writing and a reason to have a slightly unnecessary tutor character like in Naruto or Reborn!. Yes it may have been the start of the story and a central plot point, but it doesn't work well in the long run and All Might basically just proves that the time limit he placed on himself might mean nothing at all, which makes things feel extra fake. Maybe once the injury is explained, we can understand his reasoning because i don't get why it would hinder him so much.
The main character Midoriya, nicknamed Deku, is really a solid shounen protagonist since he is truly thoughtful, studious and passionate and gets to where he is at the beginning by pure hard work. But how his power develops is very, very shaky because we don't get to see him train the power directly. His rival is very well presented, has a great character design and you can really feel that he has deeper motivations in everything that will probably develop further even if other developments were dropped.
One character I absolutely hated was that baby. There is no reason why he exists. His personality is bad and quirk is useless so it doesn't make sense that he got into the Academy with the highest standards. Additionally, Sui's reaction to him is terrible.

Enjoyment 3: I was able to watch 26 episodes of Hero Academia, which is more than I can say for basically all of the few anime I get around to trying. But that may have just been because I was curious about the world since I was in an RP discord server and wondering what made the world stand out. Still, I was not excited past the first two episodes. There wasn't too much that caught my attention after they got to the exams and school, except Deku's rivalry and showing off new character skills, which is just too flat for me. There was also the feeling that the plot wasn't properly explored at all by skipping to a major fight so quickly in place of what could have been a very interesting event (learning how to rescue people in natural disasters or something like that).

I dont understand how yall can enjoy this show when all the main character does is cry, its a huge cringe fest it literally hurts me to watch through each and every episode. WHY does this need to be cringe and filled with awkward ass moments. Then they have this gravity girl quirk person that pops up and adds even more cringe. (Spoiler ig?) The main character has a quirk aka ability and when he flicks his fingers he breaks them because hes weak as all hell. He will NOT stop crying afterwards and its a pain to hear a young child screaming and moaning ... because he broke his god damn fingers lol. If you dont mind a cringe fest the fighting is at least alright. Would i recommend this? Definitely not.

I watched this show a long time ago, so I don't really remember much, but the amount of nonsense made me cringe basically every single episode.

The power system is one of the worst I've ever seen and names of Deku's moves are super cringe. You use a stronger move? Just add some % to it! Use a detroit smash 100000000000% instead of 100%, you dummy! Ehh, idk what to say really. Also "quirks". Why not just name it "powers" or smth? It really does sound weird. Why are 99% of quirks actually useful and only a few are dangerous and good only to cause harm? ... Could it be because otherwise the plot would fall apart? No way! Why are there no random quirks like having a 20 meter long schlong? Where did quirks even come from? There are so many questions that will probably remain unanswered, because I can't think of any reasonable explanation to any of these.

When it comes to the story, main villains having trouble with a bunch of kids really isn't something I could get hooked into. Villains atleast are somewhat interesting and don't cry or shout 24/7 like Deku does. Basically every plot point other than anything related to the titular "Hero Academia" was decently fun, but the problem is that 90% of time we spend on either class battles or other repetitive academia stuff.

Characters are never growing. Deku is still crying out loud, Bakugo is still mad for god knows why. I doubt it'll change anytime soon.

There were a few moments I really liked, but none of these included the main character. He's just super unlikable.

Also the humour. I didn't even chuckle a single time, but I cringed at the failed attempts to make me laugh.

That's about it, I feel genuine giving this show a 4/10 score.

I was just randomly scrolling through MAL and I came across a 8.20 something score for My Hero Academia. I soon as I saw it I needed to instantly right a proper review for this trash series. My Hero Academia is one of the most boring sleep-inducing, corny anime I have ever seen. Brings nothing new or unique in any way. Its as if the author said hmm I wonder what cliche shounen series I should make. Oh, yea I know lemme make the setting of my story have superpowers called quirks "cause that's totally not a cliche name". Next ill adds just a bunch ... of mindless fighting and a school cause hey why not.


Story(-10) The story is set with everyone being born with quirks ill just refer to them as superpowers because just how stupid that sounds. Being a superhero is a career in this world. Our main character was born without any superpowers, but still wants to be a hero, he wants to try with determination, never giving up and things will come my way. Then you think hmm cool perhaps this would be like a batman thing were batman has zero powers and is a cool hero that fights villains without any powers but does that happen NOOOO. The author is so lazy to make to the story he just gives him powers. The series just loses the coolest thing about it. As soon as I saw this I knew what kinda show we were dealing with, just ur average shounen trash that we have seen 1 million times. Then he just goes to school like in every other shounen gotta have the school. Its a very predictable poorly written trash that everyone likes to hype up.


Characters(-50) The characters are awful the main character looks like the biggest loser I have ever seen. He's just ur average whiny, crying, scared of his own shadow kind of a character. zero character development or depth.


Final thoughts: Character designs are one of the worst I have ever seen, its as if the illustrator gave a pen to a four-year-old and said draw me an anime. The story and the characters gave me brain cancer. The fights arent good. This proves that anime is just falling more and more these days and how appalling most are. BUT people always hype up garbage and say well if this guy is hyping it up I should too. This anime is only for casual anime fans that have no idea what a good anime is.

My Hero Academia was an anime that missed it's chance to be a good anime.

It's not like I really wanted to hate it. From the hype it was getting I expected something that would be enjoyable to watch, but unfortunately, it ended up being anything but that which was a huge disappointment. What initially drew me to the show was the superhero theme that the show was suppose to be going for which would've been all well and good had it not been for the characters, the way the plot played out, and most disappointingly the fact that this anime focused way too much on ... Deku and All Might.

I'm not saying that having them as the main focus is a bad thing, but in the 13 episodes the anime had the other characters basically irrelevant to the point where the only thing that we learn about them are one or two personality trits and what their super power is. This brings up another issue I had with this anime and that is the way the characters were presented.

In all honestly, I found basically every character to be one dimensional cliches of your typical anime characters. Deku was a wimp that wanted to be strong, Bakugo was a jerk with an inferiority complex, and All Might was a Dues Ex Machina hero with super strength. Their traits were so stereotypical that I was able to predict what each of them planned to do in the episodes they were in which made my viewing experience less enjoyable.

Even the so called plot was nothing more than reasons to make Deku looked like a competent hero when really he was just a typical protagonist that wouldn't think before he acted which almost got him killed on multiple occasions. Even in instances where there were less risky solutions he chose the options that no only put his own life in danger, but also left him with more damage than he should've taken because he could'nt control his power which would'nt have even been the case if he actually attempted to trained with his power to avoid all of the unnecessary damage he took which he obviously didn't.

I will say that one thing this anime got correctly was that it wasn't trying to be more that what it should've been. All this anime was suppose to be was a shounen underdog anime which is definitely is, though I will say that in terms of execution it falls short on so many levels. I wished this anime took the time to showcase the other characters because they appeared to be more interesting than the ones we actually got to see in action. All I can really is that Academia is failed potential and with season 2 already confirmed I hope it will be better and actually give a reason to enjoy it.

Watch it if you want. but I won't make you.

A mildly entertaining watch, but nothing more than that. Boku no Hero Academia is a type of series that isn’t anything beyond just one more fighting anime and one that follows common aspects of the genre as if they were rules. There is an ambitious protagonist with a dream, his mentor and a strange world where people have peculiar abilities/powers. Even though more series fit that description, what makes them different is what they add to the formula and not how well they follow it. In Boku no Hero Academia, there are few of those extra features and the one different aspect it has - ... the setting - is made unimportant as the series progresses.

In the world of Boku no Hero Academia, 80% of all people have some special kind of ability. It became so common, in fact, that the 20% remaining are now the unusual ones and unfortunately the protagonist is among them. What sets this setting apart from others is how the protagonist has no prospect of growth. The power he wants to become a hero (like so many people in this world now are) is not something he can train on his own to obtain. He was simply not born with it, and there is, at first, nothing he can do about it. This aspect alone goes against most of the shounen of the same kind: while the message is usually that one only needs to work hard to achieve their goals, the frustration of someone with an innate difference is not so common of a theme. In a strange way everything seems to be a big deceit when the protagonist acquires a special power anyway, meaning that what was apparently established in the first episodes is not what the anime meant to explore at all. In the end it seems that the show reinforces the idea that the only way to success is to be like everyone else.

For the time being, though, the protagonist finda a way to achieve his dream. Because he has a starting point -- a power -- he can go to the same school the hero he admires went to. Since the protagonist obtained his power a short while before the entrance exams and taking into account the training he had before them, it all seemed to be leading to this point. Getting into this “academy” comes off as a necessity for the story to introduce shounen conventions and not for the growth of the protagonist. Even though the academy is an important point in the story (it is in the title itself, after all), the way the protagonist gets there shows that the will of the story shapes the will of the characters and not the other way around.

However, if we leave the characters to the side for now, this part of the series is not all that bad. If you like battle shounens, then you will (probably) like the battle shounen aspects of Boku no Hero Academia. There is the typical test characters need to pass and the training they have to go through after they pass that test. The test is interesting because it is the first time we get to see how the protagonist uses his power and likewise the training shows how the protagonist will handle its use once he comprehends its limitations. The fights that follow are often creative when it comes to the protagonist’s tactics, although all the other characters seem to only rely on the strength of their powers to win. The fights are one of the things the Boku no Hero Academia did well and they are what accounts for most of the anime’s enjoyment factor. The downside to them is that because of characters that only follow stereotypes or strange relationships between those characters (for example, the protagonist admiring a guy that ceaselessly bullies him) the fights are much less intense because there is no real, personal conflicts when they do happen. When characterization and setting fail, everything is left to the action and the story.

The problem with the story is when it is rendered meaningless, not only because of bad characterization, but mainly because the show demonstrates inconsistencies from the very beginning, as was the case with the story’s setting. Although this is only one side of the anime, inconsistencies negatively affect any show. If the viewer cannot count on the anime to be well-structured, there is no room to analyze anything beyond maybe an action sequence looking nice. It is not clear what Boku no Hero Academia is trying to do and any guess is futile since the dots that should be connected keep moving around. The outcome of any situation becomes irrelevant and the enjoyment is left to the most superficial parts of the show to carry, such as action sequences. But in the end, if you like this type of show and are simply looking for enjoyment, not minding if it does not go too much beyond that, then Boku no Hero Academia is a good one to watch.

It's ridiculous how cliche a show can be. The good boy main kid, power up, doing school training, somehow got a good teacher..Is it possible for a story to be more generic and cliche?

Not even mentioning the cartoon vibe that I find childish. I wonder is there anyone who's at least middle schooler's age actually enjoying the show? Feels like the target viewer for the show might be 5-9 year olds.

I'll still give an average score cause the studio still worked hard on animation stuff, etc. But other than that it's crap except for 8 year olds.

Animation: 8/10

Music: 7/10

... Character: 4/10

Story: 1/10

I quickly dropped it, i first gave it 3/10 bit i realized that wasn't fair.

the main characters just sucks, characterd in general are low iq sheeps without any real goals. The villains in the show are just monsters with less intelligance than dogs.

The story isn't interesting at all either. The loser teenager got selected by allmight for no good reason, he was rewarded for acting like an idiot saving a guy that bullied him earlier, obviously he should have died but ofc he was saved by plotarmor.

The fights and animations where ok but it was impossible to get involved in any way. ...

It was a total waste of time watching it.

I have a decent impression with the series when I see the images because the design are really good the animations is really good is bones is a teen shonen simple premise What can be wrong?
Starting overview :
ART&SOUND :
As I said the production is good ONLY GOOD
STORY&CHARACTERS
The premise is simple like a most shonen a city with superpowers is all , but the story want to make this simple premise more deep with moral speeches and don't work also
the EASY SIMPLE BASIC PREMISE and the story add some little thing then the EASY SIMPLE BASIC PREMISE DON'T MAKE SENSE ... . A kid want be a hero but he don't have powers so, he needs to effort to make big things this is a conflict that even kids cartoons show take. BUT IS A WAY TO MAKE A POWER UP AND HAVE POWERS so what is really the message know.......
the protagonist is the same as most shonens (stupid) they have moral speeches begin annoying after the first speech also is a rival is a jerk & bad that's really all.... the rival all person in the show said that he is cool but why? because jerk = badass i guess? is only there for make the protagonist good
there is other characters but a really only to make a joke and don't do relevant
CONCLUSION - 4/10
BAD
Characters are annoying and irrelevant the story is stupid and is MORAL FAG

Tried to get into it because I was bored but had to drop this because I couldn't stand to watch another episode.

Characters
- Winy MC is so winy, he'd cry if you took away his candy. Seriously. Most shoujo heroines are not as winy (and I still hate them o.ô; )
There's just a limit to how much an MC can cry. I think there's not a single episode where Deku is not sniffling or crying at some point. Don't get me wrong, I don't even mind the occasional emotional outburst...but here it just got to a point where it was plain annoying. Remember DBZ little Gohan? ... Thought that was annoying? Deku is a 15 years old crying like 4 year old Gohan.But we're supposed to see him as the next big hero and root for him? Sorry, while I may root for a kid that's trying to surpass its cry-baby mentality, we're talking about a teenager here...So it's just annoying.

- Psychotic rival character is case for the loonies
Deku's childhood "friend" is non other than the childhood-bully. You know, that one kid that is always portrayed as needing to torment and make fun of others to feel superior? Again... this over-the-top stuff may be believable for kindergardeners but in this case... Ugh.... He just seems like he's lost some of his marbles. And the tip of the iceberg? Deku still idolizes that guy and follows him like a lost puppy. Heck, it's no wonder there are so many yaoi doujinshis about them out there... One acts like a total sadistic tsundere seme and the other like the begging-for-it-don't-hurt-me-but-you're-still-so-smexy-I'll-follow-you-everywhere uke. And I'm saying this as someone who does read and enjoy the occasional yaoi. In this settings their characters are just too much and ughhh...

- Girls only existing in this series to have *some* fan service. That pink suit with the stripe *cough* slot down there...really? Was that necessary? Those are 15 year old kids. Yet they all have a C+ rag and every last one of them is in the story only to add a pair of big tits and butt. Most of their quirks also carry some innuendos. Like that girl who's invisible. So she runs around naked all day only wearing gloves. Or did I mention the girl who pops out things between her tits? Or the girl with the incredibly long tongue...? Yeah, you get the drift. If you're looking for sexism - here it is. I don't mind if there is a fanservice scene or two. But when all the girls and women are portrayed like this it makes me freaking mad. I've seen scenes and images from other scenes throughout the series and I really haven't seen even a single female character that is not somehow sexualized.Heck, the even have an entirely naked girl pinning down the MC and licking him? At some point that became too much.
There's even this "kid" character who goes around molesting or trying to molest females in nearly every episode. This is supposed to be "fun" apparently. It just pissed me off. You can have a "pervert" in a manga/anime without it being so darn tasteless. Think of Miroku (Inuyasha) for instance. But the portraying and length of the scenes and how they're packed into the context/the other characters' reaction does influence how they are perceived. In BHA it's not funny anymore. It's just plain annoying, tasteless and sexist.

- Ridiculous costumes are ridiculous
I was never a fan of Marvel character designs but this... ugh.... most of the characters are probably designed to look that way in a bid to be "funny" or w/e. It just takes off the entire series as I can't take any of them serious. And in the case of females, the ridiculousness is topped with sexism. Every damn one of them has to wear skin tight suits with high-heel shoes to emphasize their tits and butts. Most of them don't even get enough clothing to make for a full body suit, so they have to show off their rag.

- The characters overall lack depth. Even fan service galore manga/anime like Shokugeki no Soma explore their characters better, give them a backstory and motives; make them likeable and dislikeable for certain aspects and all that. BHA barely gives you anything even for the "main" characters.

Art
Art-wise this neither especially good nor bad. However the style is much simpler than for other anime/manga, so it's also a lot easier to animate as you have less lines and details et cetera.

Sound
This is more or less one of the few redeeming features of this anime. The seiyuus are mostly well chosen and do a great job. The soundeffects are on par and the soundtrack is nice in most cases.

Story, Enjoyment and overall impression
Possibility-wise this could have been entertaining. While it never had the potential to be something I really liked (as I don't click with Marvel that much), it could have been a way to kill time.. But the execution... ugh... From blatant sexism over sniffling wanna-be-yet-don't-wanna-be-yaoi-boytoys... Ugh... I could have enjoyed this to some extent if they toned down the sexism and made the main character a bit more likeable. I don't care about the "getting super powers without doing slack to deserve it" part as much. I could imagine someone with a personality similar to Mahiru (Servamp) in this setting for example. He was also more of a silent force type that was hard-working and a bit timid in a way. But Deku....I can only see him as a wanna-be-adult version of 4 y.o. Gohan. :/

~Multilingual review, English & Español~

The thing I hate the most about anime is when the writers think you're an idiot and they explain everything to you (even though most of the times they are pretty obvious things), feeling the need to make a flashback to things that happened THREE MINUTES EARLIER.
If you make these kinds of things eight times per episode, mix it with one-dimensional and archetypical characters, overused themes, pedophile fanservice (for Christ sake Ochaco Uraraka is fifteen years old, couldn't you restrain your urges of making her heroine-suit so tight???). Every episode is a different tournament, the plot is just dreadful, the villains ... are....well, lets just say that the villains don't have really strong motivations behind their acts, and even with that, the series insist in making it an absolute Good and Evil thing, it's just the same kindergarten Manichaeism we have seen a thousand times before, booooooooooooring. If you blend all these things, you will obtain Boku No Hero, a major bluff that makes me wonder why people hold it in such high regard.
Now let's talk about Bakugo. Wtf. It's the most annoying character of them all (and this show is full of lame, silly and annoying characters making lame, silly and annoying "comedy"). I believe the teachers had a meeting to decide if Bakugo should be accepted into the Academy and it went like this: "are we really going to train a boy which is clearly unstable and short-tempered, full of hate and showing a lot of the traits of potential villains? OF COURSE WE ARE, AND WE ARE GOING TO GIVE HIM TWO GRENADES TO COVER HIS ARMS THAT CAN EXPLODE AND DESTROY BUILDINGS, HELL YES". Not even a doubt? A psychological test to determine if he is fit to become a hero? Without a psychological treatment to understand and fix his anger issues and his inferiority complex disguised as superiority complex? Because all, ALL he says is AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH DEKUUUUUUUUU IM STRONGEEEEEEEEER DIEEEEEEEEEE. I don't know, but there's plenty red lines there.
And yes, the other characters are really lame, annoying and not funny. As an example I'm thinking about that grape-head kid, an annoying perv that makes you wish you've had never ever watched any episode of this show.


La cosa que mas odio del anime es cuando se cree que eres tonto y te tiene que explicar absolutamente todo, haciendo flashbacks a cosas que han ocurrido tres minutos antes.
Si haces esto ocho veces por capítulo, lo juntas con personajes unidimensionales y arquetípicos, temas manidos, fanservice pedófilo (Ochaco Uraraka tiene 15 años, a que vienen ese traje de heroína tan apretado???) , que cada capítulo sea un torneo, argumento xd, villanos con motivaciones ridículas y maniqueísmo de preescolar (has robado una cartera?? claramente eres la encarnación del Mal Absoluto), te queda Boku No Hero, una serie muy mediocre que hace que me pregunte por qué la gente la tiene en tan alta estima.

Ahora hablemos de Bakugo. Wtf. Es el personaje más molesto de todos (y este espectáculo está lleno de personajes estúpidos y molestos que hacen una "comedia" cutre, tonta y molesta). Creo que, para decidir si Bakugo era aceptado en la Academia, los profesores tuvieron una reunión y dijeron algo así: "¿Realmente vamos a entrenar a un niño que es claramente inestable e irascible, lleno de odio y que muestra muchos de los rasgos de un villano potencial? POR SUPUESTO QUE SÍ, Y LE VAMOS A DAR DOS GRANADAS COMO BRAZOS QUE PUEDEN EXPLOTAR Y DESTRUIR EDIFICIOS, CLARO QUE SÍ". ¿Ni siquiera dudaron? ¿Le hicieron una prueba psicológica para determinar si es apto para convertirse en héroe? ¿No creen que va a necesitar un tratamiento psicológico para entender y arreglar sus problemas de ira y complejo de inferioridad camuflado como complejo de superioridad? Porque todo lo que dice es AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH DEKUUUUUUUUUU SOY MUCHO MÁS FUERTE QUE TUUUUUUU MUEREEEEEEE.
Y sí, los otros personajes son realmente patéticos, molestos y no graciosos. Como ejemplo, estoy pensando en ese niño cabeza de uva, un pervertido que te hace desear no haber visto nunca ningún episodio de este producto.

Um dos piores protagonistas da historia dos animes, muito sem graça a historia em si tem e bem atrativa mas o prota acaba estragando toda a historia e a trama!
Os personagens e poderes são bem criativos em si de longe o mundo n e sem graça, infelizmente a historia como de costume e muito centrada somente no Japão, o prota tem uns poderes legais mais a personalidade n deixa ele usufruir de todo o potencial dos poderes dele!~
Se alguém gosta de um prota chato e bebe choram eu recomendo essa obra mas para aqueles que gostem de protas legais n recomendo de maneira nenhuma.

I'll be reviewing the entirety of the show rather than just the first season.

My Hero Acadamia is what you get when you take all things generic and cram them into one show.

Story: It's training to be a hero. We just follow the main character's journey to be the "Number 1" hero (cause you can totally gauge how heroic a person can be). Only we are graced with some arcs dedicated to the villains to get some character "growth" and that's it. That's the entire story. Absolutely straightforward and linear plot progression.

Art: Nothing to write home about when it comes to the anime and character design. ... Some characters have good designs, but that's about it. I can say that about almost every shounen anime, that's why it's nothing to write home about. But the manga though. The manga is absolutely stunning. What it lacks in character design, it makes up for with the characters expressions and the details. You can really feel the emotion with every panel and page. I'd compare it to Murata Yusuke's art (One Punch Man mangaka).

Sound: No one cares. It's not really noticeable so you can say it does it's job of being background noise

Character: Our main trio of idiots, namely Midoriya Izuku, Katsuki Bakugo, Todoroki Shoto are blander than a body builder's diet. Midoriya has the perfect traits for a hero (in theory). He's selfless, reckless, and doesn't listen to authority. But the problem is that as a character he is so shallow. He was motivated to be a hero because he once saw his idol save people from a fire though the television. He wasn't being saved, hell he's not even in the scene of the fire. He has so little reasoning yet he saves people as if his life depended on it. Bakugo is literally just Kageyama from Haikyuu, except Kageyama actually grows as a character. Bakugo is first world problems personified. He has a strong ability, very good battle sense, praised throughout his childhood and its not enough. He's both full of himself and insecure at the same time and he's always angry for no reason (which is such a garbage trope btw). Todoroki is the only main character that has some semblance of depth as a character. But it doesn't matter cause his story is a literal rip-off of another character. Imagine this, he was neglected and beat up by his abusive father who was hungry for power, and he resents his father because of that. Sounds familiar? That's cause his story is just a rip-off of Zuko's story from Avatar. Even his design is a literal rip-off. You don't even need to think hard about what he looks like. Just think Zuko but less edgy and with white and red hair. Those are the main dumpster fire characters. Now there are some interesting characters with depth, but we're forced to follow these idiots so there.

Enjoyment: The show has its moment (as does any other show on the planet). The fights are nice and cool, partnered with the smooth animation it's definitely enjoyable to some degree.

Overall: If you just want braindead action sequences then this show is exactly just for you. This is perfect for when you go home and you're tired from working a 9 to 5 job and just want to shut off your brain by watching a show that doesn't need any form of cognition whatsoever. Other than that you're wasting your time by watching this.

This is your typical shonen about a guy who is the worst but for some reason wants to be the best.

The characters are super basic and bland and the setting is super generic: a damn school for superheroes.

The plot itself has nothing interesting to offer aside from the fact that the MC has a power that brakes his boby when he uses it, but guess what? He just needs to learn to control it. How? Just trying. There's no reasoning behind it, eventually he would just achieve it and that's it. That means the only thing that didnt bored me about the show its going ... to disappear.

WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAIN SPOILERS

I know that many have already talked about the good and bad points of this anime, however, I want to tell you what's my opinion about it and the amount of mistakes that this anime did in this particular seasson. So, it's time to have fun with the ideas that this show presented to us:

1. Introduction: "This is the history of how I convert into the strongest hero". Since the introduction, the show have already killed the tension becuase from now on we know that the protagonist, in one way or another, will not be killed and/or will be revived like ... in other fighting shonen. Was that introduction really neccesary? Mystery.

2. Deku's flashback: Why in the flashback the writer only show the bad things that happened to Deku? No fucking idea. This is basically, victimization. Deku didn't face his problems and just tried to forget about it. I know this doesn't justify the harassment he received, however, was it difficult to ask, at least, someone for help? I do not know. Additionally, if he wanted to be a hero, isn't supposed that he should have some type of training? What he did in all this time in order to achieve his goal? Mystery. The worst part is that, with the advance of the episodes, we discovered that this flashback didn't have any relevance to the plot. So the show could have easily skipped this flashback and focus in the main story if you ask me.

3. All Might giving the powers: He recognized Deku as a potential superhero for trying to help someone without having any special ability. In this point, the story sounded interesting. It's the underdog premise that, with a proper execution, have given great results like the case of Ashita no Joe, however, later, All Might decided to give Deku his powers negating a great message that the anime could have given to us. What was the purpose of try to make Deku look like an underdog if he gonna receive special powers anyway? I don't know. In addition, All Might have recently met him, he didn't know anything about him and, however, he gave him powers, there are no other people with similar 'good heart' in the world of the series? What makes Deku really special then? This is a big plot convenience if you ask me.

4. Training: Why Deku only trained for 10 months in order to control his powers? Mystery. Other characters have trained for years in order to control their powers and this little kid achieve it in months. This a fucking nonsense is you ask me. To make things worse, later, we will see a lot of covenient abilities that Deku gonna show, like the case that I'm gonna mention in the next point. Also, wouldn't it have been better to apply for the UA entrance exam 1 year later? I don't know.

5. UA entrance exam: It is a great coincidence that Uraraka has been trapped in the rubble so that Deku can show his powers for the first time. It wouldn't have easier that she used her levitation abilities to escape from it? No fucking idea. Deku was injured after this scene and, later, we discovered that he have regenerative abilities. Wouldn't it have been better to show how he recovers in a more organic way by making him learn from his mistakes? I do not know. If the introduction was already killed most of the tension, this part made things even worse.

6. Bakugou: Is there an humanly possible form to explain his irrational hate against Deku? Mystery. Is like a forced way to make a rival for Deku. How is it possible that the teachers find Bakugou's behavior with Deku normal? I don't know. Even in real life, teachers don't go to that level of irresponsibility and recklessness if you ask me.

7. The plan against All Might: How it's possible that the villains didn't know, anticipatedly, the abilities of the students? Mystery. Also, how they pretended to catch All Might sending only 1 Nomu? It wouldn't have been better send more in order to have more chances to succeed? I don't know. This part was extremely convenient in order to maintain all the characters of the main cast.

The good aspects are the soundtrack and the animation that are cool. I'm gonna give points for that.

This first season, in conclusion, is the future sight of the mess up that the show will be from now on. The underdog premise was really wasted and could have been the best way to make the anime if you ask me.

This is the most overrated shit I have ever seen.

Story: The story Is about a world where 80% of humanity get some super powers and the other 20% don’t. And here comes the young boy who belongs to this 20% of humanity which hasn't got any powers. Then the protagonist meet a hero who want’s to give him his powers because he is injured or something and he can only use his powers for a few hours a day
So here is the point when it starts to be boring and retarded.

The superhero gave him his power but he can't use them because he is weak ... cunt so he
starts to train his body so he can someday use those powers.
He gets into the best school where they learn how to use those powers and how to be a
hero or something like that.
For the rest episodes are some fights that are boring as fuck and generally this starts to be horrible to watch.

The story Is just retarded and not enjoyable.
Art: Art isn’t bad but I personally didn’t like it however this was the best thing in the series.
Sound: Don’t remember any of it so it must suck.
Character: Characters are retarded and unlikable
Enjoyment: This is not enjoyable at all.
Overall: Just please don’t watch this shit… I rather watch SAO 10 times a month for the rest of my life than watching this shit. And I’m not even kidding.
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