Hallo everynyan! It's Christmas Day today, but I'm writing this waaaaay in advance. It's currently the first of August and I'm just procrastinating on my summary document for my internship. But Merry Christmas anyways if you celebrate and otherwise Happy Holidays!
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After telling myself I would watch BnHA for who knows how long (maybe 2 years at this point?) I finally sat my butt down and binged it in like two days. It wasn't super hard since it was only 13 episodes and each of the episodes nicely led into the next which made it really easy to binge. The thing is with overhyped anime is that sometimes I get overhyped myself for how epic the anime is going to be and then when I watch it it's not all that people talked it up to be. For sure it was an amazing anime that kept me on my toes, but after seeing so many protagonists in hero stories having to work their way up, it kinda felt the same as the others. This is not to say that my opinion is a hard and fast one, feel absolutely free to change my mind lol I'm flexible, but I'm just saying it didn't absolutely knock my socks off. Then again, my specialty isn't in shounen hero shows really anyways? So honestly just discount my opinion. It's not hate though so please no flames this holiday season!
As we all know at this point, Boku no Hero Academia is about a little boy named Izuku. He lives in a world where abilities known as Quirks materialize in people in their childhood. Unlike the majority of the population, Izuku was born Quirk-less and is the butt of basically everyone's jokes. This young boy is heartbroken as he dreams of being a great superhero like his idol All Might. He wants to go to the prestigious superhero school called UA, but his chances of getting in Quirk-less are slim.
Being the fanboy he is, Izuku constantly watches different heroes and writes down all of his observations in notebooks he keeps on heroes. One day he runs into some trouble and is saved by his idol All Might. Desperate to get to know him better, Izuku ends up discovering All Might's secret. He's actually a critically injured hero that can only transform into his super buff self for 3 hours before having to revert back to his scrawny normie self. He tells Izuku that no matter what he does, without a Quirk there's no way that Izuku could become a hero. Heartbroken, Izuku almost gives up on his dream. However, he finds his frienemy Bakugo caught in the middle of a villain attack and rushes in to save him while other heroes stand back helpless. His heroic action inspired All Might to train young Izuku to inherit his powers.
One thing led to another and Izuku is now a student in UA's hero course where he's with a bunch of other super cool kids that have crazy powers like levitation or literally having your calves turn into engines. And each of their Quirks has limitations that keep them from being super OP...for now.
Most of the story takes place inside UA so there's no slice of life to be found. Not even any after school going to karaoke for these kids :(
The plot thickens as Izuku tries to control the power All Might has given him and everyone comes face-to-face with a group of villains that threaten the peace. Because it wouldn't be a spicy enough plot in a superhero comic if there wasn't a cohort of villains that are a looming threat.
I think as I watch the other seasons on BnHA it'll be interesting to see how things unfold in terms of how All Might's power decreases, how Izuku deals with his insane power, and how each of the characters introduced will continue to grow as heroes. One kind of gripe I have with these kinds of shows is the sheer number of characters. It's overwhelming when each of them is given their own little spotlight to shine, and then inevitably their backstories and their full character's won't be fleshed out. That in itself is pretty disappointing. Then there's the whole deal with names haha. I thought I was pretty good with names, but honestly there are too many characters each with their own Quirk (I can remember the Quirks better than their names though). To memorize them all would be insane. Props to you if you've done it though just after the first season.
In general I wouldn't say that the hype is undeserved. I do think that it was an engaging and very stimulating watch with the battle sequences especially. I'm curious to see how Bakugo changes as a character since he seems especially villainous I guess.
Overall I would recommend the series just for the hype if you're into that. Just know that if you're a completionist like me, there's 3 more seasons currently to watch so you've got that to look forward to/to be overwhelmed by. It wasn't anything special though. It's your hero story with a formulaic villain enemy and underdog hero trying to make it. What makes it more interesting is everyone's Quirks and how they're used. I look forward to how the plot continues to unfold and how the characters grow, but if you didn't get "glowing review" vibes from this, I hope you kinda get the gist of why it's not like that.
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