Boku no Hero Academia is an amazing story. The Quirkless boy, Izuku Midoriya, tries to defy societies restriction. Izuku is an ambitious dreamer, but every since he was young society said his dreams to become a Professional Hero were without base and unrealistic. Though they're opinions are justified, Izuku just couldn't give up on his dreams. He storms after his dreams, and eventually meets All Might. Here, Boku no Hero academia peels away from the clichés. Battle after battle, physical or psychological, Izuku fights through them. That's what I really loved about Boku no hero academia, even though he faced many obstacles in getting admitted into U.A high school, the battles don't end there. He needs to continue to work hard and show that he is worthy of being in a top school. That's where the real fight begins in chasing his dreams to become a top hero. “I have to work a lot harder than other people!” Izuku is aware of where he stands; he’s at the bottom and barely making it through the hero training. Instead of being discouraged, he decided to work harder! Every struggle Izuku fights through, his tears of hard work, his face of disappointment, all of these moments, I as the watcher feel it as though I am right by his side. And every time Izuku succeeds with the amazing OST playing in the back, I want to go fight my own battles (figuratively). After every Sunday of watching the newly released episode, I felt really pumped to work my hardest for the coming week. I wanted to run even harder, I love Boku no Hero Academia because it inspires me to work harder toward my very ambitious dreams and goals. As Izuku surges forward, I realized that truly, success will shine through with enough hard work.
The music in Boku no Hero Academia is magnificent. The OST is able to capture the mood perfectly and made me feel like yelling "Ganbatte!" I love the ending song because it sums up the hard work expressed in Boku no Hero Academia into a rhythmic beat. Listening to the song makes me feel that I want to “go beyond!” The opening took sometime to grow on me but it, too, is upbeat and I think that it expresses the tone in Boku no Hero Academia nicely.
I have to say that I love Kaachan, All Might, Aizawa, and Izuku but I wish they spent more time on other characters. They do introduce all of Izuku's classmates but half of them I can't even remember their names, let alone their quirks. Some of them I forgot about their existence until the final episodes. They make all the classmates quite intriguing so it was a bit disappointing that they didn't invest as much time in the characters as I had hoped. I understand that it is a class of about 20 students, however there were few characters that naturally got more screen time (especially in the final arc) like Todoroki, Kirishima (I think was the guy's name), and Yaoyorozu (I just had to search her up to find out her name). These characters deserved more time than they were given but perhaps they are given that time in the original manga series.
Overall, I loved Boku no Hero Academia because it is funny and weird but it definitely ignited a flame in me that makes me want to work even harder in almost everything that I do! Boku no Hero Academia teaches the resolve of making your dreams come true requires that you keep the flame of hope alive, then work hard to run after your dreams because that's how dreams come true; through the essence of hard work.
