Boku no Hero Academia 4th Season

After successfully passing his Provisional Hero License exam, Izuku "Deku" Midoriya seeks out an extracurricular internship with a professional hero agency. At the recommendation of his mentor All Might, Midoriya lands a position under All Might's former sidekick, Sir Nighteye, now a famous hero in his own right.

As Midoriya's classmates further their own abilities through various internships, up-and-coming villain Kai Chisaki utilizes his terrifying powers to gather favor in the criminal underworld. Known by the moniker Overhaul, Chisaki's ambitions collide with the League of Villains and its leader, Tomura Shigaraki.

Through his work with Sir Nighteye, Midoriya discovers Chisaki's crime syndicate and the villain's hostile relationship with a mysterious young girl named Eri. Fearing for the child's safety, Midoriya and his upperclassman Mirio Toogata must work together to put an end to Chisaki's reign of terror.

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Midoriya, Izuku Main

Yamashita, Daiki Japanese

Todoroki, Shouto Supporting

Kaji, Yuuki Japanese

Bakugou, Katsuki Supporting

Okamoto, Nobuhiko Japanese

All Might Supporting

Miyake, Kenta Japanese

Aizawa, Shouta Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Kirishima, Eijirou Supporting

Masuda, Toshiki Japanese

Toga, Himiko Supporting

Fukuen, Misato Japanese

Uraraka, Ochako Supporting

Sakura, Ayane Japanese

Dabi Supporting

Shimono, Hiro Japanese

Asui, Tsuyu Supporting

Yuuki, Aoi Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Okamura, Wakana Producer

Oyabu, Yoshihiro Producer

Saga, Hayato Producer

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Oct 12, 2025

theo1763

Recommended

My Hero Academia season four was another strong entry in the series and one that I'd rate an easy 8/10. This season probably held my favorite arc to date with the Overhaul arc. It contained everything I could've asked for from this series, with some great action, emotional character growth, and impactful character moments that stayed with me long after I'd finished watching. The whole Shie Hassaikai arc truly invested me because the stakes were so high, especially for both the heroes and villains on a personal level. Overhaul himself was one of the series' greatest villains up to this point, in my opinion. His ... personality of being calm and calculating, combined with his frightening quirk and warped sense of "purity," made him truly menacing. I also loved Sir Nighteye and the manner in which his dynamic with All Might, Midoriya, and Mirio added an extra emotional depth to this arc. His seriousness regarding heroism was a good balance to All Might's positivity, and how he believed in Mirio and came to have more respect for Midoriya made him a character that I found myself very attached to. Mirio and Eri were definite standouts for me as well. Mirio's scene was one of the most powerful and emotional moments of the series, and Eri's storyline was heartbreaking but uplifting when she finally smiled again. Midoriya's fight against Overhaul was just incredible, both animation-wise and emotionally, and I loved getting to see how much he's developed, not just in abilities, but in being so set on saving people.

The second half with the school festival was definitely a disappointment in terms of energy, and quite frankly, it kinda took away from the pacing for me since the first half was so good. While it was sweet to see Eri get to have fun and enjoy a normal day since all she's been through, the whole Gentle Criminal and La Brava subplot just didn't do it for me. Their reasons were strange and sort of felt off from the overall story, and the arc itself felt more like filler. It wasn't terrible by any stretch, the festival parts were cool, and it let Class 1-A bond, but in comparison to the emotional impact of the Overhaul arc, it felt a little disappointing. However, it was a good cooldown from the intense preceding episodes and demonstrated that no battle needs to be life or death to be meaningful.

The final few episodes cranked things up in a rush, with focus now being placed on Endeavor and Hawks. The fight with the High-End Nomu was one of the better animated battles of the entire season and was reminiscent of something from a film. I'm still somewhat torn regarding Endeavor as a character because it's hard to forget all the things he's done to his family, but I think the show did a nice job of showing him attempt to reform and take on the role of the new number one hero. Hawks was a nice addition too, confident and stylish, and nice to watch while also looking like he might have something more going on behind the character. The animation was consistently excellent, especially the climactic fight scenes, and character designs still looked great. Again, the music was great, with openings and closings that lingered in my mind, and the soundtrack blended superhero flair with tension perfectly. Both dubs' voice acting was also excellent. The English dub can be a bit too much at times, but it still got the job done where it had to and did not sound off. Both versions of Midoriya were great, Bakugo’s rage felt real, and All Might’s voice acting continues to be the best in the series.

Overall, I’d give season four an 8 out of 10. It delivered some of the most exciting and emotional moments of the entire show, gave plenty of growth to both the heroes and villains, and pushed the story forward in a big way. While the middle section dragged on a bit, the highs were some of the best in this series' history. If the past seasons were all about setting things up, season four is like everything coming together in a more mature and emotionally resonant way that left me even more excited for what's next.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Apr 8, 2022

Sadies

Mixed Feelings

I've been enjoying the series of My Hero Academia up until this one. The first half of the anime was really good and interesting, but the last 5 (approx) episodes really sucked and I ended up skipping most of them because it honestly was unwatchable for me.

First part of the series; infiltrating and saving someone, interesting and I enjoyed that. The characters were super interesting and I was able to fangirl over my favorite character...General good anime stuff. XD

The last 5 episodes...SO BAD! It felt like they ran out of ideas and were just trying to throw something together to make the big 25!
The ... fight was completely pointless and literally only to make some kid happy! Of course the main character always wins in the end and the school gets their celebration. But it felt stupid, I was constantly asking myself "what is the point in this?" No-ones life is at risk, it's not saving anyone. It's a festival and apparently that justifies beating someone up? The villain didn't even say he was going to hurt anyone and there was other defenses that would had stopped him; literally part of the plot.
BUT the main character had to "by accident" meet him, beat him and then make it on time within the minute....Just felt like filler to me.

Then the last few episodes featured around some other hero's and new villains and little to nothing about the school students.

So yeah, real disappointing ending. I hope series 4 is better!

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Mar 26, 2025

Caeruleus_CCXVI

Not Recommended

5.5/10 ~ meh

MHA at this point just feels like a whole lot of nothing for build up into big spectacle climax that are all pretty showy action scenes 1-2 per season. The show started off pretty meh, had some great highlights through season 1-3, Season 4 forsure seems like a step down but not really by much, maybe .5 to a whole 1 point down from the rest. Im not really sure why people either praise or hate on this show, its just fine.

Slain is still the best part of MHA and all the other villains are just dumb or feel like they ... are from a diffrent show entirely. Tournament arcs, invading the basement of a villain base are all so getting old, it almost feels like these are prerequisites for being a shonen, its so tiresome.

This is the part where I found most people started to drop the show when i was airing, but from what I can tell I think the mediocrity started to finally creep in. lol

The best part of MHA is between the moral choices people have to make, and the emotional developments the characters of varying ages make, neither of which is done particularly well. The third best thing is the action scenes and really people just cling onto this aspect and ride out the mediocrity.

On to the next season in my quest to Finnish everything while I work

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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