Jul 12, 2021
Writing this as someone who is currently caught up on the manga, I will try to focus on it from a strictly anime point of view.
There are many issues with this season of Boku No Hero Academia, be it story, art, characters or anything else. I'll start with my biggest issue, which is the artwork.
The anime has had two previous incredible seasons, and I mean incredible. The art in the fourth season especially in the fight with Overhaul has been perhaps the peak until right now, and any manga fan knows Deku v Kacchan 2 has been incredibly animated, doing justice to Horikoshi's artwork in
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the manga. Unfortunately, this season fails to deliver; This is exactly where I feel it failed to deliver the most as the art is lacking, the characters look off, and there are moments when you really wonder whether the artists have read the manga previously. I know anime and manga will never be the exact same, but it is upsetting to see the beautiful artwork of the manga transform into something that often feels like it's unfinished or not checked more than twice. I am well aware the season was under time restraints with COVID, but I would have much rather they focused more on making the scenes beautiful and accurate to Horikoshi's artwork than fluid if necessary.
The next part of the review will have spoilers, so please proceed with caution!!
The story is good, the first half feels a bit stretched out and certain moments have been taken out but it isn't to the point where it is quite literally upsetting. There were some foreshadowing-like moments that have been removed and scenes that were changed, but the biggest issue I had with the inclusion of an anime-only Izuocha scene after Deku manifests blackwhip and removing what I felt was telling of Izuku's actual fear of manifesting blackwhip. While I did feel the scene was nice, I do wish they would've more focused on the foreshadowing of Izuku being terrified with himself.
The characters are fine, although it is quite obvious Bones has favourites. Bakugou is unfortunately not one of them, which is quite unfortunate as he is building up to be a big part of the story. Regardless, I am willing to overlook this as it is possible they simply didn't focus on the first half of the season as much as the second given it was a more relaxed arc, however, I do wish the same kind of attention was paid to everyone in the anime.
The enjoyment is fine. It isn't the best season. It's probably one I'll skip if I ever rewatch it, or not watch entirely. It's not bad by any means, but it is also not up to par with what we've already seen.
Overall, I give this season a 7/10. It isn't a bad anime and it's far from being a bad season by overall anime standards; However, by the standards Bones has already set for us with Season 3 and Season 4 in particular, and by the standards of the manga, I do have to say it falls quite flat. I do hope the second part which recently started airing will be better, but we will have to wait and see.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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