Mayor Flanderization of characters problem

White_Hollow said:
You're comparing this to naruto? They're high school kids... and they're not in the world of ninja what'd you expect from them?

I think most of the characters in my hero academia is one dimensional because they're still a student. And the most obvious reason is because there are too many characters in bnha that it's frickin hard to balance all of them at once. So as you can see, most of the characters are bland and unremarkable.

There is a sense of danger in almost each arc of naruto, they're ninjas and their mission mostly involves fighting. But, with the school setting Hero Academia has... everything is limited and most of the students are restricted from direct battle with villains.

If you compare it with naruto it is underwhelming in many ways.

But the one thing great about hero academia is how the most unremarkable and even the forgotten characters can do a comeback and prove their worth. But it took way too much time and people get impatient with it instead. Even the quality of the animation is starting to drop. Hero Academia wasn't as great as it was. Too many characters but not many chance for them to get attention. The story is unfocused.

Compare that to naruto, there are a lot of important characters that, without even making an appearance at all, still intriguing and makes you interested about them. Akatsuki, The Kages, Seven swordmen of the mist, The Bijuus, Orochimaru, Madara, Obito, Danzou, etc, etc.

And look back at hero academia. Look at the pro heroes, they're unremarkable, the author certainly have run out of idea


There aren't many remarkable heroes. Everything is focused on all might for being the so called symbol of peace.

The villains are just the same. Look at All For One, he is the main villain, and yet the first time he finally made an appearance all he gets is a punch to the face and he's all done for. He's in prison and never to be shown again. BUT THAT'S NOT THE MAIN PROBLEM. The villains, ALLL THE VILLAINS IN MHA. They're all a one time villain. They made an appearance once and they will never get any screentime ever again.

Look at naruto, even the first season had itachi and kirisame fighting with kakashi, kurenai and asuma. And not only that, they even made an appearance again and fought jiraiya and naruto later on. THEY FOUGHT ALL THE STRONGEST KNOWN CHARACTERS. And get out of it alive as if nothing happened. How cool is that? :)



I will go on forever at this point. If you think Hero Academia characters are one dimensional, you're right. And if that bothers you, you should drop it right away. There's not much to expect.

fancyjasper said:
I like MHA a lot, but even i have to say that Rock Lee is better than every character in that show combined.

Himeee03 said:

Also i also feel its, not really an agruement saying that there in school, so thats why theres one dimensional, cuz on the flip side naruto is like 12 while deku is like 16.

Himeee03 said:

I compared it naruto cause by ep 80, the character writing was a lot better, and if bnha wants to actually become close to natuto, it needs to sort its character writing.

Himeee03 said:
Id admit,bnha is better character wise, than a show a about tenten. But its on par with character development of kiba

deg said:


even All Might? he is the best character in MHA imo

White_Hollow said:


Actually, my point wasn't because it was at school. But, because there are less life threatening situations.



It takes time as i said before. I've read the manga and it really does sort its character writing.

The reason why bakugou's character flanderized is because he never got a proper development. because he didn't get any chance to develop. The whole point of Bakugo character is trying to be the best, to be absolutely on top. He is angry because while everyone is improving themselves and get some good experience on their intern, all he get is a new hairstyle from best jeanist. And in the latest episode he's babysitting kids.....

Seriously... i pity bakugou. Right now, he's like a moody teenage girl whenever he's angry. And that's because of how underdeveloped his character is. He is behind everyone in terms of experience. He is angry because he is frustated. It's not that his character has been regressed. This is just Bnha writing style. He'd get much better later on, imo.

Surely, there is a progress and in the manga things starting to look better. But, as i said before, the progress is little to none. So, it seems to be regressing....





Nobody gets left out in bnha. Every character is intended to be equal. It might seem that the development is regressed but that's because it's not the time yet. At least that's how my opinion is.

MonkeyDJasper said:
Bakugo character has development... you know what I’m not even gonna do this LMFAOOO

Himeee03 said:
Soo ive never considered boku no hero characters as one dimensional - but they are. Even when comparing this show to naruto ep 1-100 (to keep it fair between the two shows), i see almost character done a lot better. Like sasuke, like him or not is basically bakugo, lida and todoroki in one. Hopefully this illustrates i how the bnha characters have literally one trait compared to sasuke, who actually is surprisingly a lot more complex than the bnha.

Literally every character has regressed, like bakugo. Who is literally just always angry now, and feels like all character development of slowly becoming more civilised, but now he is more angry than peak season 1. They have really exagratted this one trait of him being hot headed. This is just one example, almost every character is just an exaggerated trait of there previous selves.


I do want discussion and thoughts on this opinion