BOKU NO HERO ACADEMIA 5

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CAST

ANIME ActionBoku no Hero Academia 4
MANGA ActionBoku no Hero Academia
MOVIE ActionBoku no Hero Academia THE MOVIE: World Heroes' Mission
ANIME ActionBoku no Hero Academia 6
ONA ActionBoku no Hero Academia 5 (ONA)
OVA ActionBoku no Hero Academia: Yuuei Heroes Battle

REVIEWS

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  Tumultuoso

  65/100
  Definitely the worst installment of the My Hero Academia's anime so far.

  __This review is full of spoilers, so go ahead at your own risk. __

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  The anime of My Hero Academia season 5 is over and already a few people are muttering about how the sixth season will be adapted. I personally believe that since the MVA arc was concluded in season 5, the sixth season will finally bring the entire Paranormal Liberation War arc. What I'm sorry to say, is that this season has been a disappointment of an adaptation. I am a lover of the series, in fact I caught up with the manga and it is one of my favorites on the list, but although that, I have not been able to appreciate this season. The first part of the series, which is the one dedicated to the joint training arc, was extended as long as possible, the episodes lasted a lot, half of them were summaries, and they felt like fillers. Then, I don't understand why, but bones decided to mix the Villain Academia arc with the Endeavor training arc, a fatal mistake, which after about 16 episodes of Joint Training arc, was left neglected. I can understand that it was important to develop all the characters in order to ensure a more solid future for the series, but to do that, they created something beyond boring, ended up developing too much unnecessary characters, and neglecting the MVA arc. Long story short, what we saw was a my villain academia arc that has been badly adapted, overlooked, and in some parts skipped due to bad adaptation pacing. We have been more than patient, and during the series I have done nothing but repeat to myself "now comes the best", when in reality nothing good has arrived, because when it really came it was either neglected or postponed. What's positive about this season is, as always from bones, a beautiful and stunning animation that constantly pulls up the series, a great cast for the dub of the scenes, which I remember improving a lot of the part where Deku gets his Black whip, and listenable ost, leaving out the openings that are more based on personal tastes. The only time this season really surprised me was when Shigaraki had his backstory and his awakening. It felt well adapted, no censoring, really good ost and dub, and as always, a great animation. Those two episodes really hit me, and were the best episode in this season. But that wasn't enough to fill the precedent mistakes. Beyond that, the season has been a disappointment for many of BNHA's fans, a felt-rushed experience that actually "ruined" the manga, and certainly has given a critical hit to anyone who wasn't a fan of the series. Personally, I hope people who didn't like this season will take a look at season six as well, because if they adapt it how it needs to be, it will definitely be the peak of BNHA. I highly recommend to those who want to see a better version of what happened this season to read the manga, because it is definetely more fluent and paced better than this.
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  Kaito67

  80/100
  A review of season 1 to 5 from one of the best modern battle-shounen out there.

  This is my first review written in English so please bear with me if you encounter weird grammar or overused vocabulary. I’m trying to improve lol

  Until very recently (roughly a month ago I believe?) I didn’t really care much about MHA. I watched the first season, and it was good but not anything remarkable. I dished it out as a well-done, but still generic shounen and that’s it. After season 1 I didn’t bother continuing mainly because Netflix in Germany is shit and offers only the first season so watching the other ones is too much of a bother than it’s worth (that’s what I thought). But thanks to some friends of mine I actually tried the second season and oh boi from there I fell down into the MHA rabbit hole very rapidly. You can probably already tell by now but this review will be about all 5 seasons so far. So if you want my score for each season you need to have a look at my anime list (especially because I don't determine the overall score by average) And yeah, I won’t bother summarizing the plot and all that shit, you know already what happened you watched the anime too. So let’s start with the actual review.

  MHA’s biggest strength is probably the execution. Like I already said, season 1 doesn’t try anything new. It’s generic, but well executed and that’s where its main strength lies. The quirkless Izuku being gifted a marvellous quirk from his idol All Might (which he worked hard for, of course) is pretty commonly used in superhero stories but who cares? It definitely works. And now don’t tell me that the line “You can be a hero too” plus Yuki Hayashi’s soundtrack didn’t get you hyped up. Actually, all of the soundtracks this anime has to offer are great. Ranging from “You say run” to “Rampaging Evil”, each one of these is a great addition for every scene. Accompanied by Bones animation the show definitely has great production value to make all of the great moments in the story shine. Again, at that point of time I didn’t think that MHA is a masterpiece or even great. But it was good, and it was difficult to find anything in it which I actually disliked.

  

  Season 2 and 3 were the seasons which actually made me realize the potential of the “simple, but good” concept. If you look at it objectively, it didn’t change too much in its approach to season 1. We had a linear story with little to no plot issues, we had character development, we had finally a tournament arc, which was great by the way, and as usual, high production values. Not one scene feels wasted, each of these has a purpose and while not trying anything crazy new or mind-blowing the story progressed at a neatly pace with well-made execution while keeping us constantly entertained. And slowly, but surely, we started to care more and more about the characters and the world which MHA takes place in. Some may think that I’m giving this show way too much credit here, but I honestly do think that MHA really brought something back which I miss in A LOT of shows. I still remember how pumped I was when watching Naruto and Digimon when I was little and what made these shows great to me definitely wasn’t because they’re trying something new or have crazy twists. (Short disclaimer: I don’t want to badmouth these two things, they’re great in their own way ofc) What I enjoyed was that it got me hyped, that I cared about the characters, that I cared about the worldbuilding, and that I just had a fun time watching. MHA season 2-3 was great just because of that. And it made a solid foundation for what this show has in store next.

  

  In season 4 and 5 the show decided to shift a bit in direction and tackled darker themes. We actually saw consequences from events in the previous seasons and a lot more insight into the more sinister side of the quirk society. Similar to how parts of Deku’s world crashed down when he met Eri and realized his own helplessness, it’s a shock for us viewers as well because until now we mostly saw the world from his perspective and it was easier to distinct between “good” and “evil”. Now we are offered more perspective and more background for the villains and their motives/beliefs which is not only great character building but elevates the world building to another level as well. (Another good reveal is Mirio. It showed us that Deku was lucky to get OFA, deconstructing MHA’s earlier theme “Anyone can be a hero”) You can literally FEEL how much All Might contributed to peace as symbol and now that he’s missing, everything which stayed in the shadows during his radiance is slowly coming to the surface as well. This not only makes the threat of the villains even more believable but also gives characters who weren’t in big spotlight before a chance to shine. The biggest example probably would be Endeavour. He had great character progression during these two seasons. But lets talk more about the villain side, to be specific about Shigaraki.

  Season 4/5 and most importantly MVA truly showed us the potential Shigaraki has as a villain. Which doesn’t mean that he was a weak character in the previous seasons of course. I loved that Shigaraki was parallel in development to Deku. Both of them are inexperienced and not fully certain of how to use the power given to them but slowly they learn and develop, while pushing opposite Ideologies. Taking turns influencing the story they adapt to each other. Every scene with Shigaraki is simply a pleasure to watch just because of his beliefs and progression as character. Shigaraki and Deku are opposites, one being good and the other one being evil. While this does sound simple enough, it’s actually very interesting because stories rarely have an literally EVIL villain. Most of the time villains have background motives which you somewhat sympathizes with and which you may could understand and relate to. But Shigaraki doesn’t need justification for his goal: He wants total destruction. And that’s because society and AFO warped his beliefs and views to a point where he despises the image of a hero. Remember when Deku said that he can’t understand Shigaraki? I’m sure Shigaraki would have problems understanding Deku too. Reason for that is that their viewpoints and values are so fundamentally different they can’t possibly understand each other. You may sympathize with Shigaraki because of his childhood and appreciate some aspects of his character like for example him caring for his comrades in the League of Villains. But you can’t deny that the goal driving him is without doubt 100% evil and very hard to actually comprehend because he clearly has different values. MVA wonderfully showed us that by Shigaraki freeing himself of his shackles in the past. In conclusion, as you probably noticed by now lol, I really like Shigaraki as villain. He’s awesome.

  

  However, as much praise I have for the show there are was also a worrying decrease in production quality in S4 and especially S5 which tampered with the enjoyment I had while watching. Lack of animations and sakuga, lots of use of still frames in crucial moments ( for example Mirio vs Overhaul and Shigaraki decaying everyone in Ep 21). Directing/Pacing was messy and the dialogue doesn't feel as organic as in previous seasons. Especially in season 5 there also seemed to be heavy censoring plus cut out content from the manga, which is sad to see considering that the anime according to manga readers used to SURPASS the manga. I don’t think that Season 4 and 5 is an absolutely awful adaptation in comparison to the average anime adaptation but it’s a huge difference nonetheless and I hope that season 6 will have a healthier schedule and more time to go back to the quality MHA once had. Overall I still enjoyed both seasons because of their wondeful peaks but they could’ve been much, much better honestly. That’s why I feel like while Season 4 and 5 moved the plot in a good direction and presented lots of interesting developments, both seasons aren’t great on their own.

  TLDR: MHA is a great show excelling at using common shounen troupes successfully thanks to great execution. The slow but well-made world- and character-building shines especially in the later seasons, and I can’t wait where all of it will lead to in season 6. MHA is, without doubt, one of the best anime, if not the best, modern battle-shounen can offer.

  Now that we reached the end I also want to pay respect to arguably the best animator of this show:
  YUTAKA NAKAMURA

  Thanks for making so many moments in MHA absolutely amazing.
  He's not the only goat at Bones of course, but he is the one I noticed most so I wanted to address that at least once :)

  Thank you for reading! Feedback, etc. is always appreciated.

  (Disclaimer: The score shown below is my overall score for all seasons. It's not the score for the fifth season!)

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  SmashBlack

  81/100
  Worst MHA season? Sure, but it was still good.

  __*Note that this review will have spoilers in it and this is my first review, so expect it to be pretty bias__ Alright, so My Hero Academia. I know it, you know it, we ALL know it. Ever since it first aired in 2016, it instantly became extremely popular and got tons of people into anime. It's honestly one of, if not the most popular anime of this generation, and even people who don't even watch anime know what it is, and the 5th season just finished after airing on March 27. Did it live up to the expectations of the people who loved the other seasons of MHA? Not quite, in fact, some MHA fans even said that this season was disappointing and the worst season of MHA so far. Well, what do I think? Do I think that this was the worst MHA season? Sure, but this still has some stuff that makes this good. Let's talk about the first arc of this season first. A lot of people say that that arc has some pretty slow pacing, and I can agree with that, the pacing was just pretty slow so it honestly kinda just ruined that arc for me, but the matches are still really thrilling and awesome to watch, especially the 5th match, the moment when Deku suddenly unleashed the Blackwhip quirk accidentally during the 5th match was a surprise to behold, and Uraraka and Shinso trying to stop the BlackWhip was so hype to see, but there were some matches that felt underwhelming, like round 2, for example, like why did the mushroom girl put mushrooms inside Tokoyomi's lungs when doing something that could cause someone to die is illegal for these training sessions? That makes no sense, but the other rounds were still good, even though the pacing was sort of eh. Now comes the 2nd arc. It was sort of boring to just see Deku, Bakugou, and Todoroki train with Endeavor while we see Hawks find out more and more about the Meta Liberation army and their plans, but what I liked about this arc was the drama involving the Todoroki family. It felt like something that you wouldn't see in a typical battle shonen and it was a nice idea to have this be in the anime. Endeavor trying to redeem himself and be better to his family was honestly so nice and heartwarming to see and him ultimately leaving his home so that his family could finally live happily was also a really good moment I never expected to see in My Hero Academia. Finally, the My Villain Academia arc. My personal favorite arc in this season. I'll just keep this part short. Seeing the League of Villains face off against the Meta Liberation army was so hype to see and Shigaraki's past was just so brutal to watch, just seeing him end up killing his entire family and almost having nowhere else to go was so sad to see. This arc was honestly a very great battle shonen arc that made this season worthwhile. Overall, this season was actually pretty good. Even though it wasn't as good as the other seasons, this season was still worth checking out and it definitely wasn't as bad as people say it is either, at least, in my opinion, anyways. Here's hoping that season 6 manages to be just as good, if not better than the previous seasons, though.
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