In a world where having a superpower is the norm. Can this unusual boy who doesn't have a power become the hero he wanted to be?
My Hero Academia is one of my favorite manga (and anime), because it has a simple story but very interesting characters that you always want to know more about.
My Hero Academia plot isn't something new, a story of a boy who got a power from someone very strong.
But the presentation of this story is amazing... The pacing in this series is very good, The art style is unique, the arcs are short but move the story forward. And the best of all: interesting characters.
I'm sure this Manga/Anime is the next flagship for Shonen Jump and would be the flagship anime of Japan in the next five years.
New Hero/Villain Ideologies
The world of this series is a very simple superhero/supervillain setting. But the morality is never black and white....
The hero Midoria Izuku is a typical shonen protagonist, but he's the thinking type unlike the popular do-before-thinking protagonist. He admires All Might a lot and he's intrinsically heroic. (His body moves to save people without thinking).
The main villain starts very weak and unorganized. He gives up easily... But holds massive hatred to the society and its Symbol of Peace. He keeps learning just like the heroes and I'm sure he'll become a great threat in the future.
The series is very good at making the question "What's a hero? What's a villain?" Hard to answer.
I can write a lot about all the characters because they're all interesting and hold more than their character type will tell you, tell me if you want a series of posts about MHA characters.
Gets More Awesome Every Arc
This is a series that becomes better the more you learn about the characters, and there's always a new thing to learn.
The Hero Killer arc of Season 2 is one of the best arcs since there are 2 different villains with opposite views and a hero that is turning into an anti-hero (or rather a Knight Templar)... It's the arc that made me say this would be a flagship shonen Jump series.
And there's one arc that will happen later (around chapter 90 of the manga, so it'd be late season 3 if it was long enough), where everything becomes more awesome... we learn a lot about All might... and the rivalry between the childhood friends gets more heated.
All images are from either manga/anime promos, taken from google.
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There's another fairly new JUMP manga that I can't stop reading:
Promised Neverland
But that's a story for another day.