As summer arrives for the students at UA Academy, each of these superheroes-in-training puts in their best efforts to become renowned heroes. They head off to a forest training camp run by UA's pro heroes, where the students face one another in battle and go through dangerous tests, improving their abilities and pushing past their limits. However, their school trip is suddenly turned upside down when the League of Villains arrives, invading the camp with a mission to capture one of the students.
Boku no Hero Academia 3rd Season follows Izuku "Deku" Midoriya, an ambitious student training to achieve his dream of becoming a hero similar to his role model—All Might. Being one of the students caught up amidst the chaos of the villain attack, Deku must take a stand with his classmates and fight for their survival.
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(SPOILER WARNING FOR HUNTER X HUNTER, FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST, AND NARUTO + SHIPPUDEN) Season 3 is bad. It's the point where you finally realize that all the potential the earlier seasons flashed was no more than just that: unrealized potential. And all the problems with the writing weren’t blips, they become a constant problem that deflates the tension and drama in every arc. Every time Deku we’re told Deku is risking his body only for him to be fine after a day in the hospital, every time a villain is hyped up only for them to lose while barely accomplishing anything, every time stakes are established and thenretreated from immediately. It all starts to add up.
Decline of Visuals 1
Now, one thing that’s important to note is that the decline of the MHA anime is not entirely due to Horikoshi’s writing. A fair amount of blame should be attributed to Studio Bones, as well. I complimented the show based on how there was a lot more effort than I remember in season 1, and the reason I was surprised by that is because of how low the quality of visuals is in seasons 3 and 4.
MHA’s visuals in general have never been that sharp (especially in terms of backgrounds), but season 1 did a good job of covering for that by being loose and creative with the visuals. That is no longer the case. The visuals are flat and the tone is overly stiff. Which uh, is a lot less fun to watch. And if you’re not enjoying what you’re watching, you tend to be less engaged. And when you’re not engaged by what’s in the foreground, you start to zone out and look at the backgrounds out of boredom.
At which point, you start to notice how cheap-looking and shoddily thrown together the backgrounds in this show look. You’ll notice the same tree copy and pasted over and over again, stale coloring, buildings with no style or personality put into how they’re drawn, and sometimes you can’t even tell what you’re looking at. (I’d put a screenshot of a scene from episode 53 like I did on AL, but MAL’s decrepit review interface doesn’t allow for that. So instead, you get homework. Go to episode 53 at 9:00 and look at the wide shot of the city.)
This is supposed to be an establishing shot of the city. What the hell is this? Looks like a bunch of digital garbage.
(Now go to S3E53 at 4:00. AL has image embedding in their reviews btw. And video embedding! And proper formatting! Go read my review over there! @Bubblesssssss)
What the hell are those things in the background even supposed to be?
Forest Training Camp Arc
The first two arcs of season 3 are the forest training camp arc and class raid arcs, and they are both very bad. So bad that season 3 (and really, the whole series) never recovers from it. What you realize while watching these arcs is that all the bad aspects of Horikoshi’s writing thus far aren’t going to go away: the problem has actually gotten much worse and is deflating any potential drama and tension for new arcs.
The Forest Training Camp arc isn’t as bad as the Class Raid arc, but…its still bad and starts season 3 off on a very bad note. Most of why I dislike this arc is the emergence of Horikoshi’s writing becoming…lazy. The problems that pop up in the Class Raid arc are recurring issues that have spun out of control, but The Forest Training Camp arc started to make me question if he even had a plan for where the story is going.
Here’s a brief summary:
Students go on a class trip to train. Deku meets Kota, a kid who lost his parents and hates heroes as a result. Villains attack, Pixie Bob is injured, Deku fights this muscle guy and beats him, Bakugo gets kidnapped, arc end.
There’s a lot of dumb shit all over the place here, but let’s start with the villain’s reason for the raid:
“To make them see that their peace is resting in our hands” S3E41 13:10
What the fuck does that mean? Something I’ve noticed while re-watching is with the villains, you kind of have to ignore what they say at times to make the writing coherent. Like with Stain when he says that money and fame worshippers are ruining hero society, despite there being sort of 1 example of each that fit that description even existing. What he does in the alley though, points to a more coherent ideology. Iida ignored an injured hero because he was too busy trying to get revenge on Stain for his brother. That selfishness and inability to control his emotions is bad and holds Iida back. You gave me an example of something Stain opposes directly and showed me rather than told me, excellent.
And then you have this shit. I don’t know what the fuck “make them see that their peace is resting in our hands" means. That’s confusing, vague nonsense. Later on, they explain that they want to kidnap Bakugo and try to show him that there are options other than being a hero. So why not just say that to begin with? You want to kidnap students to convert them to your cause. It conveys your motivations better than whatever the hell “make them see that their peace is resting in our hands” is.
Anyways. Most of the villain attack is standard MHA stuff. Villains attack, have mixed results, students counterattack. Blah blah blah.
The real garbage starts in the scene where Pixie Bob gets hurt. Here, Chatora starts talking about how the villains are bad because they hurt Pixie Bob because she’s apparently thinking about getting married, something that was never brought up until now.
This is lazy, last minute garbage. Last-minute characterization is something I really don’t care much for, and MHA had done well to avoid this sort of lazy writing. This is literally just Horikoshi saying “Hey I know you barely got to know this character, but you should feel something because I’m abruptly telling you she’s getting married”. There’s no emotional anything here. I don’t know how important marriage is to her, I don’t know who she’s getting married to, I don’t know anything about this woman! If this plot line had been developed ahead of time (aka Horikoshi had scenes where we saw her doting over her fiancé, or just scenes of the 2 together in general), then there would be grounds to put this line here. Because then, the show would have actually earned it. But you can’t do it like this. This is lazy. We’ll get back to this problem in part 4, as it (like the other parts of Horikoshi’s writing) snowballs out of control.
And then we get to the big fight from this arc, Deku vs muscle guy. I don’t care what his name is. His design is bad, he’s badly written, his only notable feature is how muscley he is. He’s muscley guy.
Before getting to the fight, we need to talk about Kota. His parents are heroes that were killed in the line of duty, and he now he hates heroes. Which is whatever. Generic backstory, depends on what you do with it. It's fine by itself. But what I dislike about this is Deku’s reasons for wanting to help him. The show treats Kota as though his opinion about heroes is…wrong. Something that needs to be corrected. This is an annoying part of the way MHA is written, and is yet another problem that spirals out of control in seasons 3 and 4. On its own it isn’t a big deal. But when you take into consideration the fact that Horikoshi very clearly wants to write villains who represent problems with society, but at the same time is unwilling to write flawed superheroes or hold accountable UA or his society’s heroes, and also seems to treat all criticism of the heroes as wrong…like which is it? You can’t have both, they clash with each other.
So obviously, this muscley guy is not a very good villain. Kota’s backstory with his parents was already pretty token, but did you really have to make muscley guy the same guy that killed his parents? That’s like the lamest twist ever. It was the first thing I thought of when I was guessing plot twists they might do in this arc. Never mind how infinitesimally small the odds of that same guy coming to attack this particular training camp, and just so happening to show up right in front of Kota and Deku are. It’s a lame thing to try to make a twist to begin with. It’s too obvious.
Then you have the fight itself. Which is…whatever. There’s some neat animation here I guess, but overall I don’t care much. The villain is bad, the drama is bad, and there aren’t really any stakes with Deku injuring his body because I know after the arc is over, he’ll sit in a hospital bed for a bit and then be fine. Speaking of...
Before we get to the episodes after the forest training camp arc, I'd like to highlight one thing Deku says during this fight:
From E42 15:40: "a hero's job is to turn the lip service into reality"
Remember this quote. I'll refer back to it a lot going forward.
Fake Stakes 1
The episodes between the end of the Forest training camp arc and the class raid are important, in that they highlight the one problem with MHA that it has proven unable to escape from:
Horikoshi is deathly afraid of taking risks. His writing is among the stalest and safest in a popular shounen I’ve ever seen. He’s overly attached to his characters, he never provides long-lasting consequences for the actions of his characters, and he seems terrified of moving a single piece out of place.
There are 2 categories of this I’d like to highlight here:
UA
The first problem area when it comes to fakes stakes is this ongoing storyline with the media's criticism of UA and their failures to protect their students. Or rather, it’s just Horikoshi pretending there will be consequences for the students getting into trouble for both UA and the students, but then immediately retreating from it because actual consequences would be hard to write. Anyways, we're gonna establish the details of this subplot that are important, and I'll explain why this part of the story is a problem in a bit.
In season 1, the media manages to sneak onto school grounds after Shigaraki blows up the wall. This one isn't as notable as the others, but I just wanted to point it out because in this instance, UA couldn't even keep reporters off their school grounds. Maybe a wall and sensor isn't a great security system in a world where nearly everyone has superpowers, yeah? You think maybe someone might try to just jump over the wall or blow it up?
Anyways, then you have the villains that attack students at the end of season 1. Also does not reflect well on the school, and they receive criticism for it. This looks even worse when you consider the people that got in were proven to be morons. That's basically the subplot. The media goes after UA for letting the students fall into danger, and that's uh. That's it. As for the students:
In episode 31, the police guy tells Deku and friends that they and the other heroes are going to receive strict punishment...and then they don't do that at all.
Not a huge deal they don't follow through here. But next time they get into trouble, there needs to be actual punishment for the students or UA. This could just be to establish stakes for the future. All you gotta do is follow through next time.
There you go, that's how all that...stuff is setup. The important part of this plotline is that somewhere along the line, the show has to be able to establish real consequences for UA for not protecting its students, and for the students of class A for getting into trouble. And...we'll get to that in a minute.
Deku Destroying His Body
Another recurring problem is Deku's body.
The threat of Deku damaging his body so badly he can't be a hero anymore is established pretty early. It’s a good way of keeping One for All from feeling overpowered, and a constant source of drama during Deku's fights. At least, it would be. If Horikoshi was willing to actually commit to it. Knowing that Deku could permanently damage his body so badly he could never walk again is an interesting subplot, but it can't be if every time he risks his body, he stays in the hospital for a day and then he's fine again. This is, again, something that isn't a struggle for other popular battle shounens:
We're back to Naruto and Hunter x Hunter again.
In Naruto, when Rock Lee uses his Hidden Lotus ability, it has very similar risks to Deku's ability, with Lee's being a bit more extreme the further he goes with it.
Anyways, when we see Deku and Rock Lee overuse their ability to try to win, we do see them exhausted, crippled, etc. But it’s what the writers do after the fight ends that separate the two.
Rock Lee's body is torn up really badly after his fight with Gaara, and they tell Guy that it's likely he'll never fight again. But then, they follow through on that. He is absent from combat for the next 76 episodes, but it is a source of ongoing drama as we see his recovery process and struggle to come to terms with the possibly giving up his entire way of life. And then, several arcs later when he pops out to fight Kimimaro, you get a huge adrenaline rush. This happens for 3 reasons: one, Rock Lee was gone for so long. Two, the last time we saw him he was in the most entertaining fight of the show thus far. And most importantly three, we saw his recovery process and knew how hard it was for him. So when he jumps out here, we know that his recovery is complete, he's back as a ninja, and we finally get to see him fight again. Great moment, and a great example of establishing stakes for a fight and actually sticking with them.
In Hunter x Hunter, Gon loses control of his emotions after he finds out Kite is dead. His anger leads him to use "everything" to kill Pitou. But since Gon is nowhere near strong enough to even fight Pitou, he has to sacrifice...well, everything. Based on what we know about nen and the way it works, seeing him suddenly obtain this much power means the amount he sacrificed is so great he will probably die.
Okay, so our main character has taken on a colossal risk and the stakes are his sacrifice took a massive toll on his body, and he could die. How do we follow up on this?
(This is where I would post the screenshot of Gon’s fucked up hand. But since MAL doesn't allow image embeds like AL does, go to the scene in episode 145 of Hunter x Hunter where Gon gets healed and look at his hand when its getting unwrapped by Killua.)
This is what it looks like to create stakes and stick with them. Gon nearly dies, and Killua has to go through tons of hoops to save him. And while yes, Gon does recover. He is completely absent from the manga for the following arcs. No, really. The protagonist is out of the story for several major story arcs. He can't use nen because of what he did to beat Pitou. Kurapika is the main character during the prince succession arc, which is the current arc. Togashi was willing to take that risk to make it clear that when he declares stakes, no matter how great, he will follow through. As a result, when they say something like "we could die”, I believe it regardless of who its referring to.
And yet with Deku, we are told time and time again that he is risking his body by being reckless, and every single time he goes to the hospital, the nurse heals him, and he's fine again. There are no stakes here. Deku has the strongest plot armor on I've ever seen.
This isn't even that hard to fix either. Here's how you do it:
Have the nurse heal him a couple times, then have the villains kill her; cutting Deku off from having an insta-heal every time he's reckless with his body. He will then be forced to actually deal with the damage he's doing to his body, and for the first time in the series actually following through with the stakes it established. It would also ground Deku, preventing him from just doing whatever he wants with no consequences.
But killing the nurse lady would be a risky choice to make, and we can't have that!
Or alternatively, stop reminding us of this plot point if you refuse to do anything with it. If you're gonna keep saying he's risking his body, then show the stakes! Have him damage his body so badly that he's absent for an arc. Naruto did it with Rock Lee. And Hunter x Hunter is doing it with Gon right now. The other guys don't seem to have a problem with it, and if MHA is as great as people say it is, Horikoshi shouldn't either.
Class Raid Arc
Now. The reason I brought up all of that now is because the episodes between the Forest Training Camp arc and the Class Raid arc are so fucking stupid, and it's because of the issues with the writing I just talked about. Deku suffers colossal damage to his body. He is up and walking immediately after. The heroes say that they're going to keep a closer eye on the students, and LITERALLY THE FUCKING NIGHT AFTER THEY SAY THIS, THEY LET THE STUDENTS SNEAK OUT. You even have the stupid fucking press conference the teachers put on, acknowledging all the criticism UA has rightfully gotten for putting its students in danger.
AND AS THEY ARE SAYING THIS, NO ONE IS WATCHING THE INJURED STUDENTS AT ALL, SO THEY ALL SNEAK OUT.
Do you remember this line I mentioned earlier?
E42 15:40 "a hero's job is to turn the lip service into reality"
This is My Hero Academy summarized in a single fucking line. Say you're gonna do one thing, and never follow through. It constantly contradicts the message of its own main theme because of its incompetent and lazy writing.
"Yes, we're taking the criticism seriously and are making changes" as they are letting the students sneak out because no one bothered to keep an eye on them. Deku is threatened with losing his arms, and yet THE LITERAL DAY AFTER THE ATTACK, he sneaks out with the other students to go get Bakugo back! Ridiculous.
And Iida understandably objects to this stupid ass plan, but since Horikoshi refuses to take a risk like slowing down for a bit to enforce the stakes he just established, Iida backs down and goes with them.
This was the point where I could no longer deny the truth: My Hero Academy is a big piece of shit. Horikoshi is unable to establish any drama or stakes or tension due to his overly safe and lazy writing, and Studio Bones' effort in its production has gone down significantly.
It had another chance, though. It had one last chance to fix its villain problem. This could have done a lot to ease my growing irritation with the series. But again, it blew it.
All for One, and Why the Villains Need to Kill
So, a growing issue I have had with MHA is the villains. Like yes, they're bad. If we're keeping track of only the ones we've seen so far, Shigaraki is an idiot (allegedly on purpose) and Stain doesn't accomplish much on-screen. That's in terms of writing though. Another big problem I have is that they never kill anyone.
You see, when you have a problem with weak villains like MHA does, a great way to establish a new villain as a threat would be to show them killing a hero we know on screen. Not in the past, not telling us they kill people; actually showing them kill someone. This ties into my problem of Horikoshi being overly attached to his characters and not wanting to make sacrifices or take risks with them. Because there are tons of expendable ones.
Anyways, the reason I bring this up now is because the class raid arc is where we are introduced to All for One, the Ying to All Might's Yang and supposedly the strongest villain there is. He has dozens of quirks stored away. He can use multiple quirks at once. This guy is a FORCE. So naturally, I'm expecting him to have a big impact in his first appearance. After all, All for One is THE GUY. Finally, a competent villain! This is gonna be great!
...Oh. Oh. (I would show screenshots of All for One getting punched and arrested here like I did on AL but MAL review interface lmao)
All for One is disappointing for a number of reasons, but really All for One being disappointing is a backbreaker itself. He NEEDED to succeed, and needed to make an impression on the audience.
The villains up to this point have been a joke. They also kinda just…always lose. Not every villain can just inflict "psychological" damage to the heroes or whatever. Its the battle shounen equivalent of a moral victory. That's what Shiggy did in season 1. His raid was a laughable failure that got him ridiculed by the students and All Might. Stain loses without killing anyone in season 2. Dude's name is literally "Stain the Hero Killer" yet we see him kill no one and then he gets arrested. Eventually, a villain needs to actually win. Succeed at their goal, outsmart the heroes, kill someone. Just something, so I can believe for once that there’s some competency to these dumbass villains.
The most dangerous villain in the show has to establish themselves as a threat somehow when they show up. They can't just not kill anyone and get owned. Why? Because it makes them look incompetent, and that has a trickle-down effect on the other villains. You REALLY aren't going to take the other villains seriously. After all, if the biggest, baddest villain isn't allowed to win; if the heroes all have plot armor that can't be penetrated even now, ...what threat are the lesser villains? I see them as a joke now as a result of All for One's first appearance. His goal here is to kill All Might here. He does make All Might retire, but whatever. He still loses and gets captured. This is another moral victory.
The best way to shock your audience and establish this guy would be to have him cut down a hero. It would be great! Hasn't happened before, so it would shock everyone. Horikoshi even has 3 excellent opportunities to do it.
Obviously the preferred choice would be All Might. Him dying in a fight with All for One is a better way of inflicting fear admist uncertainty among the citizens for future arcs than him just retiring. And it would display vividly the ultimate act of what All Might says is the most important qualification for a hero:
The spirit of self-sacrifice.
It doesn't have to be him, though. Best Jeanist is incredibly expendable. He just took a massive shot to the gut. Why aren’t you killing him? Gran Torino is old and senile. They're so expendable and yet Horikoshi just...can't...let go of them.
You kill Best Jeanist here, and the following fight with All Might suddenly becomes incredible tense. Why? Because when you kill a hero like that, it firmly establishes the stakes as life and death. Something, that was kinda not established during the season 1 raid, Stain arc from season 2, and the forest training camp arc. And, it would completely shock the audience, thus raising their investment. And that shit is important for a series like MHA.
An important principle of being a hero in this series (and for…most battle shounens) is that they are fighting for their lives. As such, its important to establish that the stakes of fights are well, life and death. This is something I think My Hero Academy is trying to do.
But without examples of heroes we know LOSING their lives fighting or just generally, its hard to really say the stakes are that high. We’re told that people could die, but we’re never shown it. Because all the heroes have plot armor. They aren't allowed to die because they're heroes. Why? Horikoshi is unwilling to take risks. And no, heroes that died before the show starts don't count. Heroes we know and that have been established, that we've seen in the series, dying. That's what it is needed.
This is, again, something writers of other popular battle shounens understand. Let’s knock these down quick, I don’t need a paragraph to explain each:
Hunter x Hunter:
Everyone Hisoka kills during the Hunter exams: establishes Hisoka as a serious threat and that the Hunter exam is very much life or death, which is very much true.
Ponzu and Pokkle: displays how ruthless and cruel the chimera ants can be.
Kite: Juxtaposed with how Kite wiped out an entire squadron with one swing earlier, establishes how unbelievably strong the Royal Guard are.
Those 2 dudes at the beginning of the Zoldyck arc that get killed by Mike: establishes up front how dangerous the Zoldyck manor is.
Fullmetal Alchemist:
Hughes: this is a message from the Homonculi to the audience and the Elric brothers: if you keep snooping around, we'll kill you.
Basque Grand: makes it clear that Scar can kill any state alchemist if he gets the opportunity and Edward and Alphonse are not safe.
Naruto:
Jiraiya: establishes Pain as a huge threat. He just killed one of the legendary sanin for fuck’s sake.
Gaara mercilessly slaughtering those rain ninja in the forest of death and killing Dosu: establishes deadly stakes for the fight vs Rock Lee and vs Sasuke, respectively.
Orochimaru kills Hirouzen: makes it clear how dangerous he is, and more importantly makes the audience worry about what's going to happen when Sasuke decides to chase after him. "Oh, shit. that guy killed the hokage. And Sasuke's going to go with him?"
Stuff like this sends a message, and its usually pretty good at scaring the audience if they’re invested. When a villain kills someone, it says “this could happen to one of the protagonists if they aren’t careful”.
Killing a character is an amazing way to establish danger, something that MHA sorely lacks at this point due to how shit the villains are and how safe the writing is. This is especially true here, because it ruins what could be a genuinely great fight. On paper, the way it's set up works. But to once again have no one die and the villain lose despite setting the stakes higher than ever? That just can't happen here.
In Between Arcs 1/Fake Stakes 2
Now hold on just a minute. Because everything I complained about in the Fake Stakes sections immediately comes back again after the All for One vs All Might fight.
During the first half of episode 50, All Might yells at Deku for destroying his body and sneaking out even though All Might and the other dumbass teachers weren't watching the students, and thus let it happen. Also, Deku is fine after all that. Walks away with some bandages.
In the second half of episode 50, Deku's mom takes a stand against All Might and UA for continuously allowing them to endanger her son, and threatens to pull Deku out of UA. This, of course, does not happen. All Might begs and she gives up. The show declares stakes in the form of consequences for a student and UA, and this is again retreated from in the same scene.
E42 15:40 "a hero's job is to turn the lip service into reality"
Despite episode 50 focusing on the fallout from the class raid for UA and the students, including showing several parents of class A students angry with the school...not one of those parents pulls their kid out. So, no consequences of any kind for anyone. The most we get is that UA has a dorm system now. Ugh.
Later in this same episode, Eraser says that he would've expelled almost all of them if not for All Might's retirement. The fuck does All Might's retirement have to do with anything? Just expel them. All Might's retirement is just a lazy excuse to not follow through with stakes you yourself established. Stop being lazy and taking shortcuts with the writing. You keep saying you're going to do one thing, and then you don't because you're scared of the risk. As I recall, that seems to contradict what you said earlier:
E42 15:40 "a hero's job is to turn the lip service into reality"
Provisional Hero License Exam
And finally, we have the last arc from season 3. Like usual, we start with the stakes:
S3E53 "the Provisional License Exam has a 50% fail rate"
That’s actually pretty intense! Sure hope they don’t immediately retreat from that after the exam like they always do.
Overall, this arc is…bleh. I think its main problem is that it feels like it goes on forever, and due to the repetitive plot structure this just feels like the 10,000,000th exam stage. I don't believe you about the stakes. Deku will be fine no matter what they do. None of this matters. I’m not invested anymore.
I think the training camp and Bakugo retrieval arcs were just so bad that the show can't recover now. I am actively irritated with the show. Also, the tone is incredibly tiresome and stiff now. I miss the loose feel of season 1, where All Might swore in front of Deku and it didn't take itself as seriously as a heart attack.
Seeing the number one hero in the world, the symbol of peace, swear in front of a young kid is hilarious. Made you feel like at least part of his hero persona was a front that he put on. As such, he felt a bit more human. I liked that side of him. I don't really like him at all now. He's boring. This exam stage in particular is really fucking boring. They're doing a little with making the people they're supposed to be rescuing assholes, but it isn't enough.
Fake Stakes
Oh, and guess what? Just like I said, they waved off the stakes. Those who failed can take a 3 month course to get their provisional licenses anyways.
Since this is now a problem I can't ignore, I'll address it here. One of the biggest offenders of fake stakes in this series is the exam stages. Horikoshi has a crippling habit of creating stakes for the students during exams, only to backtrack as quickly as possible once the arc is over.
For example:
In episode 5, Aizawa threatened to expel the student that scored the lowest on an entrance exam. This is quickly retreated from the next episode. Not a big deal that they backed away from it here. Just make sure you follow through next time, that way I can believe there's actual stakes to these exams.
In episode 38, the students are threatened with having to go to summer school if they fail.
This is again, retreated from after the arc ends. Now it’s a problem. Because twice now, you have declared there to be stakes via consequences for failing or performing poorly in an exam, and both times you failed to follow through. There will be more examples later. So, why is this bad?
Because 1, I don't believe the show when it tells me there will be consequences when someone fails. Because there never are. Be it the students getting into trouble, UA failing to protect its students, or something as simple as student failing an exam. You always retreat from it afterwards. And because of that, I'm less engaged during exams. After all, there are no stakes because Horikoshi insists on giving plot armor to everyone in class A.
And 2, because its supposed to be difficult to get through UA, right? After all, they tell us that as early as episode 4.
Like a lot of things the show does, this is telling without showing. The show will tell us it is difficult to get through UA, but it really isn't at all. The school bends over backwards constantly to keep students from failing. This is not really something that should be a struggle for a battle shounen at all, at least if you're a writer that's willing to take risks. Want some examples?
Let’s look at the Hunter exam from Hunter x Hunter and the chuunin exams from Naruto. These are basically the same thing as the exams the characters go through in UA. To become a pro hunter/ninja, you have to pass these exams. Naruto and Hunter x Hunter want you to know that these tests are difficult and making it through is a significant is a huge feat. So how do Kishimoto and Togashi support it?
Uh, by having people fail. A LOT of entrants fail in both the chuunin exams and Hunter exams. And not scrubs, either. One of the main characters fails the first time in Hunter x Hunter, and most of the entrants that you end up spending most of the show with end up failing in Naruto.
As for as numbers go:
Most of the characters lose before the finals, including main characters (Sakura, Ino, Rock Lee, Kiba, Hinata, Choji, Tenten). Killua fails in Hunter x Hunter. if you look at insignificant characters, all but 7 failed the hunter exam. 400+ examinees failed. In the chuunin exams, hundreds failed as well. There were only 5 genin remaining when the Konoha Crush interrupts the exams. (Failing is a bit different in Naruto. You can lose in the finals and still become a chuunin). Why does this matter?
Because part of the point of having these exams in the first place is to make it clear how difficult it is to become a shinobi/hunter. People need to fail out so 1, the threat of characters failing is established. 2, to establish stakes. and 3, establish the extreme level of difficulty to accomplish the goal, for the purposes of making the task seem daunting (which will be a constant source of drama), and to make those that have accomplished it (in this case the pro heroes) worthy of respect for having reached it.
Hunter x Hunter and Naruto wanted their exam stages to seem difficult and intense, so they supported it by being willing to have characters fail. It’s really that simple. Kishimoto and Togashi as writers are willing to take those risks to make their manga better. Horikoshi is not.
Class B
Another example of fake exam stakes that annoys me is how they keep telling us that if class A trips up, students from class B could replace them. This is another good source of drama, and adds even more stakes for the class A students. But like all the other stakes, the show never follows through with it.
I really wish they would too, because there are some weak characters in class A I really wish would get cut out. Like the animal guy, and the tail guy, and especially the tape guy. He's boring and his power is boring. Get rid of him. I would love for Horikoshi to take a risk and move one of these boring dorks out for someone like Shinso, but Horikoshi is again too afraid to move even a single character out of place for some reason.
So once again, you say this one thing will happen, and then retreat from it afterwards. You never follow through with what you say you’re gonna do, which, again, contradicts this:
***E42 15:40 "a hero's job is to turn the lip service into reality"
Deku vs Bakugo
Capping off season 3, we have Deku vs Bakugo. And look. I know people think this fight is amazing. And…I mean it could be. If it was organic to the narrative, had stakes, and wasn’t forced into a place in the story it doesn’t belong. The problem I have with this fight is it doesn't represent a moment where past and/or current differences and philosophies collide naturally due to the narrative. The show is pausing its story to have this fight.
Deku vs Bakugo is MHA's version of Naruto vs Sasuke. But with Naruto vs Sasuke, it was very much the right time for that fight, and there were real stakes. Sasuke wants to go off and join Orochimaru to gain power, but Naruto knows and we as an audience know that Orochimaru only wants to use Sasuke as a vessel to switch bodies. And while you might think Sasuke can handle himself, …we watched Orochimaru kill a hokage earlier. (One of the benefits of killing off characters btw). So we know he is a serious threat to kill Sasuke. That's the kind of stakes and emotional drama you need for a fight between main characters. Which is what I think this fight lacks.
Granted, there isn't really a rule to how you write a fight like this. And I'm not really advocating for it to just do what Naruto did. It isn't a bad fight. I just think you need a little more here. Something to be lost for Deku when he's defeated. And have it be written more organically into the story, rather than shoving it awkwardly between arcs.
In Between Arcs 2/End of Season 3
We end season 3 with episode 62. The first half of it is looking into the idea of how All Might’s retirement is affecting normal citizens. This is, of course, a very good idea. As the show hasn’t really put any effort into humanizing the citizens so we gave a shit when villains attack and put their lives in danger. It also is the start of the idea that Endeavor doesn’t really work as an All Might replacement. He lacks the charisma and people just don’t react to him the same way. It’s…interesting. And they follow up on it later. Uh, good stuff.
The second half is more fake stakes for Deku’s body and consequences after his fight with Bakugo. Deku is fine, again. Deku and Bakugo broke curfew, destroyed a bunch of shit, fought, and their only punishment is they have to clean more. Really? After sneaking out during the class raid? Have the teachers at UA learned absolutely nothing this entire time?
Big three arrives, season over.
Lindle
Before this, I would recommend reading my reviews of the first two seasons of Boku no Hero Academia. Many details that explain my opinion on this series in a broader sense are already covered there. This season picks up where the previous season left off, with the students preparing to go to an inevitably doomed summer training camp. The plot takes a much darker tone this season, with The League of Villains newly-emboldened by Stain's actions in season 2, and full of fresh faces. The first arc of this season gives the new villains a chance to show off what they're made of, and set upthe league as a more immediate, tangible threat.
Without spoiling too much, the following arc goes even further into developing The League of Villains, finally introducing their leader and revealing his true plan. It also sets up for a changing of the guard for both the heroes and the villains, building towards Deku and Shigaraki becoming arch-enemies in the vein of their mentors.
While these two arcs excel due to their establishing a greater cast of villains and creating a sense of genuine threat, the following arc doesn't fare quite as well. The Provisional License Exam arc doesn't serve much purpose in the overarching plot other than to get the story from point A to point B. While there is some exploration of Todoroki's grudge against his father, this isn't anything we haven't already covered elsewhere. Ultimately, without it being as firmly rooted in the emotional journey of its characters, it has a lot less substance than the other arcs, and feels awkward and transitionary.
This is exacerbated by some uncharacteristically bad pacing for this series, with two filler episodes sandwiched into it along with some added scenes and dialogue, presumably included to make sure that the season ended at a good point rather than smack in the middle of another arc.
While one of the two filler episodes (technically three, but the first was a start-of-season recap) follows a similar idea to season 2's surprisingly good filler episode, in covering events that happened offscreen to secondary 1-A characters, the other is a completely unnecessary waste of time that accomplishes little more than plugging the movie. And even the better of the two fails to repeat the same success of season 2's filler, partially because while the previous one came as a breather episode inbetween story arcs, this one directly interrupted the plot in progress. It also doesn't help that Tsuyu is a better character than Yaoyorozu (fight me, nerds).
The writing is also noticeably worse during filler, in particular for Uraraka and Bakugo. Uraraka gets a lot of screentime in additional scenes, but almost all of her dialogue in these scenes revolves around her uncertainty around her feelings for Deku, something we had already established and which didn't need repeating ad nauseam. Bakugo on the other hand plays up all his worst character traits in the movie-plugging filler episode, but where his recklessness in canon is usually due to his anger and frustration with Deku, here it's pure idiocy.
Once the exam is over, however, the quality immediately picks back up. And whatever disservice the filler may have done for Bakugo, it's easily forgotten after he gets some long overdue character development. While Bakugo was never a bad character, he wasn't a likeable one either. But Bakugo's character arc has been long in process - with his entire worldview being flipped on its head the moment Deku gained a quirk, Bakugo has been challenged with the thought that he's no longer superior to everyone around him - a belief that he had always taken for granted until then. This season finally takes this setup and brings it to a conclusion redeeming an oft-maligned character in the process.
Overall, while the quality of this season does take a noticeable dip during the provisional license exam, even then it isn't bad - just underwhelming in comparison. Outside of this arc, it matches (and in places exceeds) the benchmark the previous season set.
And for any mistakes the series may make, it still manages to retain investment in both the ever-evolving setting and its quirky (pun not intended) ensemble cast, the latter in particular benefiting not only from more character arcs, drama, and development, but from increased downtime letting us see more of these characters outside of their roles in the plot, fleshing out more of their personalities and character dynamics.
With the series ending on a foreboding note, Hero Academia promises great things to come - but for now, Hero Academia 3 is an impressive, if uneven, entry in the series.
Story/Plot: 7/10
Characters: 9/10
Animation/Art: 9/10
Sound: 7/10
Overall: 7/10
For Fans Of: One Piece, Naruto
Stark700
Superhero stories feels like it’s been populating the entertainment industry from these recent years. Marvel and DC successfully adapted many of these superhero tales with huge fanbases. The CW Network have aired shows with a large following like The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, and Legends of Tomorrow. My Hero Academia always reminds me that it has a place with its own set of superheroes and villains. With that in mind, I was pretty ecstatic about the return of My Hero Academia. The third season does a bit of recapping at first to get viewers comfortable with its characters, story setting, and general concepts. As someone who hasbeen following both the anime and manga, I knew what was to expect as the series is structured with story arcs. From the first half of the show, we follow Class 1-A as the first semester at U.A has concluded. Known as the “Forest Training Camp Arc”, it details the events of our young heroes participating in a training camp. They are supervised by a hero group known as the Pussycats but incidents happen that leads the arc into quite a chaos. It’s no surprise either as My Hero Academia likes to build tension and make story with its characters. From the Training Camp arc, we are introduced to a character named Kota who has a distasteful view towards heroes. The show explores his reasons for this while also adapts how he begins to change after meeting certain people. Enter Deku. He is pretty much symbolic for what Kota detests because of his values and desire to become a hero. The arc details of what it really means of being a hero and opening his eyes to reality.
Moving on, it’s also clear that the series has dangerous adversaries for the heroes to face. The League of Villains has been teased from season 2 and in this season, they make themselves known with malicious intentions. Their core members exposes the dangers our heroes faces but they also have a hidden agenda. That brings into the question of a guy named Katsuki Bakugo. You’d remember him as the arrogant guy who always strives to be the best with a huge ego. From this season, you’ll also see what it means to be a hero from his point of view. Nonetheless, I think there may be an overemphasis on the idea of making heroes. Every episode and arc dedicates an immense amount of time to such concepts that sometimes, I wonder if there’s just too much. I say this because after a certain amount of episodes, the storytelling feels a bit redundant without much development. Heroism becomes too symbolic even in the case of All Might. On the contrary, one could also mention that All Might is a symbol of being a real hero. He represents courage, integrity, peace, and self-sacrifice. The apex of the show has him battle out against a powerful enemy from the past that draws out perhaps one of the most important episodes of the franchise. While still overemphasizing the idea of heroism, it’s significant enough to prove what being a hero is all about.
Meanwhile, the series still has its sense of humor. There exists many moments in the show that offers to delivery comedy ranging from Mineta’s ridiculous perverted antics to an episode about checking out everyone’s rooms. Bringing back to the main plot, the second half of the show features the hero license exams and internship arc together. It now transcends from young heroes to take their next step in following their dreams. New characters are introduced while familiar ones are bought back together to add to the drama. It also adds bits of tense rivalry between certain characters that may or may not be pleasing to remember. But I must say, preparing these heroes in such a way feels like the pacing could have been improved. I’m not a big fan for the latter half of the show as most of those episodes didn’t make much of an impact. Even in terms of personal enjoyment, I find myself losing interest when watching Deku, Bakugo, Momo, Todoroki, Enji, Tenya, Ochaco, or others compete to earn their spot. Some of the new characters like Mei did occasionally spark my interest but nonetheless felt underwhelming. What about the new characters like the ones from Shiketsu High School? To me, they’re unique individually but lacks development and isn’t well crafted enough for true appeal. I’m not going to lie, it felt like the show sometimes has too many characters in a story arc at once and doesn’t really bring out their true potentials.
Speaking of which, I guess you may be asking if character relationships develop further in this season. It definitely proves itself being able to capitalize on the complex relationship such as with Deku and Bakugo, Deku and All Might, or Deku and Koda. But for other characters like Ochaco, they really take a pitfall. There’s obvious romance that blooms from her towards Deku but the season acts more like a ship tease with no true hope of sailing sail. Never say never though, right? Just not this season.
Coming back to this franchise definitely reminded of the Shounen Jump action I was looking for. A superhero action series like this isn’t complete without its colorful character cast and their action roles. It offers all sort of characteristics where every hero or villain is unique. However, it may be noticable that some episodes dropped in quality compared to previous seasons. Yoshihiko Umakoshi worked on a variety of roles from previous seasons ranging from character designs, chief animation director, and key animation. In this season, he’s absent as a role of animation director. That doesn’t mean the third season fell apart though because in some of the more climatic episodes, there’s definitely high quality animation. The explosiveness and energy of the fighting scenes from some of the more important episodes really are worth praising. There’s also the dynamic character motions with emotional content that adds more value to many scenes this season. There’s even environmental physics and other background animation that are worth paying attention to. To me, I think My Hero Academia Season 3 started off a bit slow but was able to work itself up again to bring these storybook characters to stardom. The familiarity of the soundtrack also brings together moments that you won’t forget.
After three seasons of My Hero Academia, I think it’s safe to say that the momentum of this roller-coaster isn’t going to stop for a good while. Superhero shows often portray characters as exactly what they are – a symbol of justice and peace. While My Hero Academia does continue to follow that concept, it has moments that truly capitalizes on the meaning of this ideology. With more episodes on the way in the future, I still have bright hopes for this franchise.
Awi_Sem
This is actually my very first review so I'll try to be proper in terms of critique. (Very Light Spoilers!!) Boku No Hero Academia is one of those animes that I actually consider as mediocre regarding on how generic it is but at the same time I hate it because of how it leaves out many things in terms of characters, plot etc. and that will be explained in this review ⋆Story- 4⋆ The Plot of this season was based on the Licenses that they were supposed to be receiving through training in the woods and actually applying for the exam. Compared to Season 2, it wasn't doneextremely well considering that the beginning arc was rushed and went straight to the actual fight within 5 episodes or so, Compared to the U.A sports carnival Arc where they took the time in order to finish it and its end was enjoyable to experience. The Forest Training Arc was somewhat rushed and was not being able to completely finish due to the events that occurred but was later finished by the training they did prior to the exam so that's a plus. The (someone) retrieval mission, to be honest, was really unnecessary considering the character was formidable enough to defend himself (This was due to the fast pacing in the beginning). Besides that everything about the season was ok but didn't really reach up to standard.
⋆Art- 8⋆
This part doesn't really need to be explained considering the modernised art style of the season was good but not the best of course so it gets a solid 8.
⋆Sound- 7⋆
Boku no Hero Academia doesn't disappoint in its osts including the Op and Ed which were good but the repetitive tracks that are being used are why it gets a 7. It would've been best if it's sound was diversified.
⋆Characters- 3⋆
I know you guys would be screaming at me for saying this was probably the best part, but for me, this was the worst. An anime basing off 2-3 characters and saying that the rest of the characters are practically meme material is not what I'd consider the best characters. Bakogou's development was the main focus of this season and honestly considering the character he is from the 1st and 2nd season, I was surprised that this occurred and I feel like it'll get better later on. The main issue to BNHA is the characters mostly due to the lack of development. Midoriya is practically the most annoying MC I've ever seen because of how he's more of a crybaby towards things and that's what disappoints me a lot but the worst part is leaving out the majority of Class 1A, heck it's been 3 seasons and I don't know anything about the characters and they don't shine a lot and I got bored when they focused more on the MC's then the supports which makes this the worst anime for me in terms of its characters. It's generic, typical and boring at most points because of lack of screen time for the whole class (1B is seen a lot more and they get more attention TBH and I feel like they skipped they whole entire class for no reason.) I could go rant the whole time but I actually want to get to the end but you get the idea. Focusing on 2-3 characters doesn't justify why the whole part of character development is done well. You forgot the other characters and that's something most people tend to ignore.
⋆Enjoyment- 4⋆
Would I recommend watching Boku No Hero Academia, well yes and no depending on how you like your Shounen animes but this was indeed the worst Shounen I've ever seen and I don't understand the amount of love it has besides the memes. I don't really have high hopes for the 4th Season because I feel like it'll do the same mistake and I'll still have the same perception of it but considering how the next arc is one of the bests (from most sources) it's a show to take into consideration of if you're starting to watch anime but if you're a full pledged weeb then this isn't the anime for you, it'll just bore you to death.
⋆Overall- 3⋆ (Plot-wise, it's bad. The other factors doesn't contribute to the overall score)
KuroKagami
Have you ever liked an anime's characters so much you wished they got out of the dreadful story they are involved in? Well, BNHA is this case. Why does a season 2 or a season 3 always get more praise than season 1? That's because people who already saw the awful plot already dropped the series and the only ones remaining are the ones who praise it a lot. But why do i keep watching it even though i almost gave Season 1 a 5? Well, because people told me Season 2 was a "masterpiece". I decided to give it another chance and I was notdisappointed. Midoriya's plot armor had disappeared for a time being and the anime focused on other great characters (such as Todoroki and Ochako).
As a matter of fact, I decided to give Season 3 a go. Season 3 is the worst season of BNHA, and it's not hard to know why (spoilers ahead):
1) Plot armor. Midoriya once again defeats a strong enemy (who nobody cares for btw) using an asspull power-up. All Might defeats the most powerful of all enemies by just talking and a Smash, ugh.
2) Filler episodes. They stretched the whole License Exam arc, one of the worst arcs out there. Playing dodgeball? Ugh. Rescuing people? Ugh. The worst of all filler episodes was the mystery episode. Midoriya solved the case just himself, which takes me to the other point:
3) Midoriya. He is becoming the Kirito of BNHA. He solves cases, always saves his classmates, girls love him, boys praise him. even the teachers always speak about him "he's the heart of the team". And what even bothers me most, is that Midoriya can't stop crying. He has to cry 2 times each episode. It doesn't feel emotional at all, it feels horribly forced. When Bakugo cried, it felt real. Midoriya is just crying and crying for everything. He is the worst character in this series.
4)Arcs and villians. Have you noticed how we are moving in a full circle? That's because this story is not going anywhere. We get a "training arc", then an "exam arc", then the villians appear out of nowhere with no special reason and we get the "Villian team arc". Then, a bad guy (nobu, stain, All for one) appears and the pro heroes have to defeat him with the help of the students. Then we go to the starting line. I don't think that after 50+ episodes, some students have only figured this much of how to use their quirks. For example, the acid girl now just uses her hands to shoot at larger distances. Midoriya only figured that he has legs, Bakugo now shoots an explosive beam. We are going nowhere if you think they are progressing.
5)Filler characters. Each 2-3 episodes, we are introduced to great new characters. These characters are designed perfectly. They are great, i am not kidding. The guy who can manipulate his skin? Great! The gale guy? Amazing! What's the problem? They are only introduced with the sole purpose of giving one fight and never ever appearing again. They even introduce us "The Great Three"; i am sure they will get disposed once this arc ends.
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But not everything is bad about BNHA, I mean, i love its characters (except mineta, the tail guy and the sugar guy). The animation is superb, the fights are amazing too. The music is meh. But I am seriously considering to stop watching this after too many Deku-focused episodes, too many filler and it's horrible writing.
Well, I have been told "Overhaul" arc is super dark and i cannot miss it. Maybe I can give S4 a go, but if it dissappoints me, I can assure you I won't hestitate in dropping this series.
Username57
"I want to win like All Might. No matter what anyone says, that will never change!" - Katsuki Bakugou What does it mean to be a "hero"? Is it someone who saves those in need? Someone who defeats all the bad guys? Someone who brings good things to the lives of others? All of these? Or maybe something entirely different? Maybe it's all a case of perspective. But what does it mean to be "the Greatest Hero"? ---Boku no Hero Academia 3rd Season--- Story: (9) - Art: (9) - Sound: (9.5) - Character: (10) - Enjoyment: (10) Introduction: In July of 2014 a new series appeared on the pagesof Weekly Shounen Jump titled "Boku no Hero Academia" (Eng: My Hero Academia). A story about superheroes authored by mangaka Kouhei Horikoshi, it quickly rose in popularity and received an anime adaptation less than two years later in April 2016, animated by Studio Bones (FMA, Soul Eater, Noragami). Created in the middle of the western superhero age of media, it's no wonder that it also became a popular series in the West. As it stands currently, the third Season of BnHA is the most popular anime of 2018 on MAL. The following are my very personal and biased thoughts on this entry in the series.
"Next, it's your turn." - Toshinori Yagi
Story:
Following the events of the 2nd Season, the students of Class 1-A are on their Summer vacation after taking their finals. What starts as a fairly standard Summer break quickly escalates into the most dangerous situation the students of U.A have been a part of yet. The events of the first half of this Season have consequences of utmost importance to the world and characters of the series. Not only Horikoshi introduces unique new villains in the story, but also keeps building on its concepts of heroism and villainy by making the series' protagonists and antagonists clash with fists and ideals. The fast pace of the Second Season is also present here, which keeps the action engaging up until the climax of the arc.
In the second half, things slow down substantially, and the story takes a backseat in favor of character building, but the writing is consistently good all the way through. Even though the show is light-hearted and comedic for most of the time, its humor doesn't ever get in the way of the narrative when portraying darker and more serious situations. It should be mentioned that, as with the previous Season, this one does contain filler. Episodes 1 (39) and 20 (58) are original stories not written by the original creator, and episode 17 (55) is mostly comprised of an original scenario. While not entirely bad, these episodes don't really have the amount of consistency and quality in its writing that comes from Horikoshi's.
HeroAca's take on the hero society is still just as interesting as before, and with every arc Horikoshi develops its world-building even further. Though the series starts with a pretty cliche outlook of Heroes vs. Villains , with every passing episode the shades of gray become clearer and clearer. We get to see how the existence of quirks and heroes affected the masses, and made the villains do the things they have. What looked like an exciting prospect at first starts to rear its ugly head.
"The image of victory I have inside of me is you." - Izuku Midoriya
Art:
As it is common with Studio Bones' productions, BnHA has consistently good animation, but you could say that the animation and art in this Season weren't *as* consistent as in the previous Season. This is due to the team behind the anime having been split up for most of the Season's production, with many of the staff's finest animators and storyboarders working on the movie that was released in August of this year. Still, the Bones' staff gave it their very best, and really made the anime look amazing when it counted.
"I wanted to try saying it just once! Plus Ultra!" - Inasa Yoarashi
Sound:
The OST in HeroAca is an integral part of the action. It manages to convey the excitement and feelings that the characters are having. The new tracks composed once again by Yuki Hayashi are all delightful. The atmosphere that they create is nothing short of incredible. Though I will say that some of the older, more iconic tracks from previous seasons are kind of underutilized, and the placement of some tracks is questionable.
The actors' performances this Season are even better than in previous ones, if you can imagine. The old voices are very comfortable with their characters at this point, and the new voices fit their characters perfectly. A notable actor this season is Nobuhiko Okamoto, the voice of Bakugou. His performance elevates his character throughout the whole season, something that is incredible to see (and hear).
"No matter how much I beat you up, you were always stuck to my back like glue...!" - Katsuki Bakugou
Character:
Now this is where Horikoshi excels at. He manages to juggle his cast of 20+ recurring characters all with different personalities (some more developed than others) and are constantly sharing screentime, without making the narrative feel bogged down with too many faces. The dynamics that are set up between characters are ingenious, and dialogue can be hilarious or chilling. The new characters are all unique in personality and quirk, and all of them serve a purpose in the grand scheme of things.
The protagonist, Izuku "Deku" Midoriya, continues on his long journey to become the greatest hero ever, and he goes through substantial development this season. But I'd argue S3 belongs to the deuteragonist, Katsuki Bakugou.
Bakugou has the most character progression in the story (although at first glance it may seem like he's one-note). He is ever-changing and complex, and understanding his complicated feelings and relationship with Deku is crucial to the enjoyment of HeroAca's emotional substance. Their interactions are the crux of this season's story (and arguably the entire series). They're two halves of the same coin, and this season shows them what they both need to do in order to become the heroes that they aspire to be. Being two different types of people (and future heroes), but complementing each other perfectly: the Symbol of Hope and the Image of Victory.
HeroAca's themes of Legacy and its focus on the adventures of characters who are trying to live up to the previous generations' expectations and surpass them is very inspiring. It's a Next Generation story that doesn't completely show you what came before, and we get to see the struggles of the adults that protect the children who are training to take their place.
"Let's all work together and laugh together again!" - Ochako Uraraka
Enjoyment:
It should be clear by now that I enjoy BnHA immensely. I admit I am biased towards it, but it has had a very meaningful presence in my life. To me, all of its aspects combined just make up a very good show. I'm someone who grew up watching superhero films, Spider-Man (2002) and Spider-Man 2 (2004) were my favorite movies back when I was 5/6 years old. Watching BnHA reminds me a lot of my childhood, and I love it for it. Experiencing it has actually improved my mental health, and that's something I can't ever repay. It has made me laugh, cry, and feel. And honestly, that's enough.
Overall Score: 10/10
TL;DR: It's great, watch it.
CrazyPikaMan
I dont want to lose more time on this anime. Combat have no animation. pretty much boring combat except the tech behind and the strat. The worst thing about this anime is the 15 minutes episode for 24 minutes. They SPAM AND SPAM those names and abilities each fucking minute. Annoying af after 3 season. NO NEED TO TELL ME WHAT SHE LIKES SINCE YOU HAVE NOTHING TO FILL THE 24MINS. Oh and yes I know what I watched last week im I dont need 3minutes of the past episode. We all know pop music. We all know trash artist like Nicki Minaj without talent.This anime is pop. Made for kids so who needs art and a vision.
Mrromana
This season is a great example of how a show with potential could rapidly descend to mediocrity, and this is coming from someone who enjoyed the first 2 seasons. The writing this season has been so bad, that it’s impossible for me to review it without dissecting just how bad every part of this season was, so spoiler warning. Anyone who hasn’t already seen this season, stay away from this review. We start off with a mini training arc, continuing this show’s incredibly repetitive formula of training arc – villain attack – tournament arc – villain attack – training arc – villain attack. Then we’re remindedof one of the show’s weakest points, the villains, they’re just so hilariously incompetent, they always lose, and they’re painfully dumb. Shigaraki, who after his confrontation with Deku last season, the show would like you to believe he’s some sort of a criminal mastermind now, came up with such a genius plan: kidnap Bakugo and turn him into a villain. Why Bakugo specifically you might ask? Did he do his research and discover he had a history with heroes that would make him more likely to betray them? Some psychological weakness he could exploit? Nope, it’s because he saw how angry he was in the ceremony of the last tournament and thought “Hey, he hates the hero society just as much as me!!....Yes, that’s right. That’s the reason he risked his entire crew (and lost some of them) for. Remember how it was weird when Todoroki suddenly didn’t want to use fire against Bakugo in the final even though he just had that break through with Deku and used fire just 1 episode earlier? I thought it was just because Horikoshi wanted to save this cool fight for later in the story maybe, the reasoning was lame but I didn’t mind. But now I get it, Todoroki didn’t use it, so Bakugo would be upset, so Shigaraki would see it and this whole stupid arc happens now. Brilliant writing.
Deku’s fight with Muscular made it certain for me that this show wasn’t as good as I thought it would be. Wasn’t this show supposed to be about how an underdog who could beat stronger opponents by outthinking them? It really came down to who shouted more passionately. “My 100% broke my arm and it had no damage on him?? Well I’ll use the same broken arm but this time with 1,000,000 %!!” And then Horikoshi corrected it in an interview saying no it’s actually just 100%, he was just joking I guess. You know your writing is bad when you have to clarify something in an interview that your own story failed to do.
Then comes the peak of the season, AFO vs All Might, I was actually dumb enough to expect All Might to die in this fight. I just thought this must be it, the reason manga readers keep saying this show is amazing, the reason this season was hyped so much, and it makes sense story wise, he dies taking down AFO and passing down the torch to Deku, that would be such a great turning point for the series, an actual death that changes everything, actual consequences in this series, I mean we all know All might’s literally useless as a mentor, so what possible role would he play in the story if he’s still just around as a skeleton? But yeah that was definitely my mistake, expecting a show as safe and bland as MHA to do something so risky, I mean what would happen to the sales of All might’s figures if that happened? We can’t jeopardize that! So the fight ended up being a dull replica of the muscular fight, a punch that didn’t work in his muscular form now worked better in his skeleton form somehow, and AFO proving to be not as menacing or bad ass as we thought, but another dumb villain with no motives or interesting perspective, just like the rest of them. The dullest final boss fight I’ve ever seen. Brilliant writing.
Then came my absolute favorite moment of the entire series: Deku, who is supposed to be a smart guy, after nearly 60 episodes into the show, finally discovers that instead of always using punches, he can use his legs too. The way the show treats this discovery as something epic and groundbreaking is the most unintentionally hilarious thing ever. I mean the epic OST was used, and everyone was so shocked and impressed, even Bakugo was like “I just made up this new AP shot, but Deku just kicked a rock?? Damn it, I’ve been bested again!!” This is without a doubt the most retarded power up a shounen protagonist has ever had. And btw he did actually use his legs before (he broke them twice), and after that muscular fight he specifically said he didn’t use his legs to keep moving afterwards and help the heroes, so yeah, Brilliant writing.
Obligatory training arc comes, a whole bunch of new characters are introduced, another psycho girl that likes Deku for no reason (that turns out to be the same previous psycho that likes him for no reason), but my favorite one is Inasa the wind guy. He was supposed to be the best of all the students on recommendations at UA, but for some reason he didn’t join UA and we were left to wonder why for a couple of episodes until they revealed the amazing reason: Todoroki refused to shake his hand once…. This guy’s only defining characteristic in the show is that he’s so passionate, well apparently he wasn’t passionate enough about being at UA to overcome the PTSD he got from one random guy not being too nice to him. That was such a mind-blowingly dumb reason, again such brilliant writing.
The final part was the Deku and Bakugo fight, that was cool to be fair, animation was great and all. Honestly though I still don’t get why Deku respects or cares about Bakugo so much, this was your school bully, he kept tormenting you and abusing you all your childhood, why the hell do you even consider him to be a friend at all? What redeeming characteristics do you see in him to keep caring for him after all this time? His desire to be the best? Really? You’ve got really low standards in picking friends Deku, you should value yourself a bit more than that.
The season ends with the introduction of a new villain, who if the show keeps sticking to its incredibly repetitive formula, is probably gonna end up being another stepping stone for Shigaraki, just like poor Stain did.
All in all this season pretty much exceeded my expectations in how horrible it could get, but fortunately it’s still in the “so bad it’s actually good” area for me, I still enjoyed it enough to watch the next season, although I have zero faith in the story getting any better, so it’s probably gonna be a bumpy ride.
ChartTopper60
"My Hero Academia’s third season is quite an outstanding product." Before I finished this third season, and I had only watched the first twelve episodes, that is how my first review began. The season's first twelve episodes are probably the best in the series up until this point. The Forest Training Camp and Bakugou Arcs that these first twelve episodes adapt bring out the best of the main characters and setting in stone a new fate for the future of the anime. Unfortunately, I picked up the anime and manga series almost a year and a half later, watching the next thirteen episodes, and witnessed the truenature of My Hero Academia.
First off, I would like to say that Bones offers great animation and sound for the My Hero Academia anime. But there is no fixing the problems I experience with this series that come straight from the manga.
Most of our characters, after 60+ episodes, have almost no development. I've come to conclude that outside of Deku, Bakugou, Todoroki, and MAYBE Uraraka and Kirishima, all of Class 1-A are background characters that exist solely for pleasing fans. When they appear on screen, they are there simply for "funny anime moments" and for the sake of screentime. They don't actually get development that matters in the grand scheme of things. For the most part, they are not needed in any important situation, and the series could easily do without them existing at this point. I notice that the series has a habit of introducing new characters and making them SUPER important, but doing frickall with Class 1-A. If they're going to have screen time, at least give them proper exposition and development.
Then there's the entire Hero License Arc from episodes 14-25 of this third season. It honestly feels like an arc that exists solely for hype, just so we can see the characters fight. The entire arc's theme is really tired out, in every season since the first we seem to have an arc where Class 1-A trains and/or fights in "unique terrain" that includes generic city and rocky formations. Compared to the first two arcs in the season, the arc feels dragged out. Though this is more of a personal thing, it could have carried on faster. The fillers added throughout the arc add virtually nothing, including a fight with an anime-original "all-girls high school". And here we go introducing new "competitor schools", building tension without release, because they do absolutely nothing within the arc and the only ones that even slightly matter are two characters from Shiketsu High. At this point, I feel like the story is introducing too much characters to know what to do with. Overall the Hero License Arc was incredibly boring despite its importance of obtaining licenses.
I would like to conclude that the series has a formula that goes from Deku and 1-A funny antics, training/student combat, fight the bad guy. Rinse, repeat. U-A Arc to WSJ Arc. Tournament Arc to Stain Arc. Forest Camp to Bakugou Rescue. Hero License to the next saga. It really takes out any sense of progression and makes it seem like no matter what the series will return to the status quo. While Episodes 13-25 sucked out my enjoyment, I cannot deny that the first 12 Episodes, the next season and even everything before has a crazy amount of potential for growth. I just wish My Hero Academia would give more time nurturing the things it needs to blossom.
Phasar2022
In my opinion this is the weakest season of MHA so far. Boku no Hero Academia 3rd Season And here we come to the point where MHA, unfortunately, announces its downfall. Here the viewer again becomes terribly aware of how generic this series actually is and how little value is placed on variety and creativity. -Don't get me wrong, I'm still a big fan of the series and love every single episode, but you can't ignore something like this. This season begins with a training trip into the wilderness, so that the students of classes A and B, find out their own strengths and try to compensate fortheir weaknesses. But the villains know about this excursion and ambush them, resulting in a (not) epic battle. Perhaps it was better in the manga, but in the anime, its pacing was very slow and lacked momentum. The attack of the villains was not convincing at all.
What surprised me more, though, was their goal and what that resulted in. Although you might think that Bakugo is actually more like a "villain" than a "hero", here again, his will was demonstrated why he wants to be a hero after all. And that this fight resulted in the clash between All Might and All For One, no one could have seen this coming. Who builds in a fight against the final antagonist in the third season? This was indeed surprising, even if the course of the fight had been a bit stretched and lacked dynamics. Not to mention the final blow of All Might, cliché but convincing.
So far it wasn't actually that bad, it was "Average". But what awaited me after the fight was torture. By far the most boring and monotonous School Arc in the series. Not only was it uninteresting, but the pacing was also slow and there were almost no entertaining moments, even for me. If I could, I would have almost skipped this arc.
[Characters 4]
There were no notable additions on the part of the main characters this season. Instead, you got a decent presentation of the villains and slight hints of their "special" relationship. Later on, there are far better developments on the part of the antagonists, which impresses me a lot about the series.
[Conclusion 4]
A continuing decently entertaining season with a heavy aftertaste. Both animations have slackened here, as well as the pacing has become very slow. For a shounen fan, however, this is more than enough to get by. However, if someone is here for the story and plot, this season becomes a very heavy project.
Dreamer_DW
I really enjoyed the first two seasons of this show. But the characters and story have failed to remain interesting, so I will not be keeping up with it anymore. It is so clearly drawing out the story as long as it possibly can so the show can run for as long as possible. This season peeked dramatically half-way through, with a tired "win by punching harder" fight. And the rest of the season was pretty dull. Ultimately Another Forgettable Anime. What else do I have to say? In the first two seasons I fell in love with the characters and the setting, but this season failed to deliver drama,romance, or comedy. Although it did have a few new concepts I enjoyed.
oldsnake04
I liked boku no hero season 1 and 2 and looked forward to season 3 with great enthusiasm, but to my surprise when I go through chapter 6 or so the fight between deku and muscle I notice something strange that this is not so exciting and epic as I thought it would be, I continue to see, useless, foolish villains, then the strongest of all appears but is easily defeated, the story is super repetitive, then started school matters super boring, unfortunate, the fight of deku vs bakugo me I like it not so much for the reason of it but for the choreography,in general very disappointed, this is a roller coaster, the story seems to go nowhere.
the animation is fine and the music too,
conclusion : I expected more from this series, but it is what it is, a school series disguised as superheores.
sorry for the mistakes is not my native language
PhoenixKola
My Hero Academia has done something that sets it apart from all other anime in the Shonen arena. The episodes excel in every category. It is written well in that there are good reasons provided for why characters act the way they do. Fight episodes contain engaging animations as well as purposeful dialog. The animation style itself is also enjoyable. They take advantage of crisper animations while retaining the anime feel. My one concern is that the writers made the My Hero Academia universe large enough to keep the series going for years to come! Right now it seems pretty focused on one main villain(and I don't expect it will be a show like Bleach that will open up entirely new words that come out of no-where to add seasons worth of content). I hope the show doesn't end when the known villains are taken out.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoy this show, it's definitely worth a watch. It has fun and compelling characters, and interesting narrative, and can even get really intense, at times. There are also a good amount of cute and funny moments to give a breather from serious topics, so it's definitely not a depressing anime. I'd compare it to Steven Universe in its coming-of-age+magical powers story along with One Punch Man's themes and the like moods that either show bring to the table, portrayed through a shonen anime style. With great animation quality and excellent pacing, this show has quickly made itself one of my top favorite shows that's currently airing. It might not be for everyone, but I urge you to give it a chance.
OVERPOWERED99
STORY - 8 ART - 9 SOUND - 9 CHARACTER - 9 ENJOYMENT - 9 Plus Ultra, the Latin phrase we've come to love ever since the epic final showdown on the first season of Boku no Hero Academia. Meaning to go further beyond, it encapsulates the very definition of what Season 3 is all about. How far can the society of Heroes vs Villains run for without causing major destruction? What does it take to ensure protection, stability, and peace among a changing world full of Quirks? The story wrestles these questions solidly and seeks just how much can heroism triumph against those who wants to crumble society. Upon thevillains' ambush, justice treads over a dangerous tightrope. When more menacing personalities and powers arrive on the doorstep, the suspenseful atmosphere becomes a trigger that sends out a wave of harsh realities towards both students and pro heroes alike. This has now turned into a stage to protect. As new insights are revealed within the evolving villainy allegiances, characters step outside of their comfort zone to battle against destruction. Emotions whirl around, strategies and moves are formed to ensure the best way out, and heroic resolutions truly shine to guard society from the flames. All these mayhems not only add to just be bursting with tense goosebumps or powerful excitements, there's also the influential message of the symbolical justice passing down onto the next generation. Ultimately, they're the next ones who have to fight. And to transition with this succeeding group of heroes, additional focus is given to more hero schools out there. A showcase of developmental progresses and relationships are shown within the students of Class 1A as they face against other students. Their growth ever since the beginning feels very tangible now and it's this aspect that answers why they are deserving to become society's future heroes. They will continue to go further beyond.
Following up after a great production during the second season, this season carries on with nuclear excitement. Shockwaves after shockwaves of intensity are sent through the audiovisual works produced by Bones. With their maintained consistency, the enjoyment hardly ever stagnated, leaving a solid set of episodes behind. And the proofs are found right on the battlefield. Among the powers of Quirks lie a combat zone full of the smokes and ashes caused by destruction. The animation takes precedent when it comes to focus over a wide array of moves. Not only does this help to give all sorts of lively forms, it also gives them motion on a heightened level. Seeing the characters move about a dynamic battlefield with energies and dangers everywhere enliven the action. This is further reinforced by other visual techniques such as camera shakes and character expressions, particularly the ones evoked by the villains. Their expressions are the embodiment of society's crumblers, the ones who threaten the heroes with heavy influence. In a way, it does give this season more of an emotional weight compared to previous seasons. Facing off against their foes, those they have to beat, will definitely raise the stakes. It's during these times where the voice actors express their skillful talents. They've accomplished a way to tell a powerful story, eliciting a sense of raging strength to never give up. And it doesn't just stop there. All the potent feelings didn't just come from the character's voice. Because in the background, bolstering soundtracks boost this season off with a hype that goes further beyond the horizon.
Season 3 of Boku no Hero Academia is a strength that maximizes what it's like to have a heroic identity. To watch them pit against many tough threats and situations, there's really no other reason than a straightforward one as to why I kept on watching them. It's simple. They are also my heroes.
LegendAqua
Boku no Hero Academia is back with another season and this season probably has some of the biggest shifts in it's plot and characters yet! Spoilers ahead! Boku no Hero Academia 3 leaves us right after the second season with.....MOAR TRAINING AND EXAMS...yaaaaaaaa No but seriously Deku and the gang goes through the typical superhero training and exams but within all this comes one of the most pinnacle major shifts into the plot and this review will go into spoiler territory with...All for One vs. All Might and what it means by the end for Deku. The All for One vs. All Might fight finally shows us the BiggerBad of the entire series, All for One and what he is capable of as well as being the diametric opposite of One for All as well as knowing more about Tomura Shigaraki in the process as well. By all means this fight is the pinnacle for this season in LA's view, as it's the major changing point of Boku no Hero Academia in general, as the resulting situation and what it leads to is both the hero side needing to quickly learn their junior heroes as fast as possible in keeping with All Might's legacy *cough* Deku while the villains are spreading more and more because LA will be spoiling, All Might retires which is why this changes everything, from Boku no Hero Academia's setting and it's beliefs on it's heroes and villains taken to even more extremes and spreading like wildfire as a result of the shake up of the hero system by toppling over with their Number 1# Hero being taken down but not out from the literal stains that Stain smeared over All Might's reputation to the fight against All for One awakening new villains while growing the ones already lurking out of the darkness.
With the entire major scope of Boku no Hero Academia 3 of All for One vs. All Might, well what does this mean for Deku?, well Deku grows as a character both in his determination and beliefs of being a better hero whilst trying to stay in the law this time AND evolving his fighting style to better suit him, honing all his skills and better becoming a hero AND keeping All Might's reputation on the line as a result. Deku grows immensely in this season and that is a no brainer due to the major events that occurs in this season, not just All for One vs. All Might, from solidifying his beliefs as a hero and to be the best to changing his fighting style are great examples, but he also grows through his turbulent rivalry with Bakugo reaching it's apex with this season as well. So in speaking of Bakugo, Bakugo has some personal problems going on with him mainly involving Deku for obvious reasons, which comes into the prospects of him having something of a superiority inferiority complex towards Deku and HIS beliefs of justice grown from All Might as a result thus clashing of Deku and Bakugo being inevitable.
So with this season being more or less the same in terms of plot mainly of the hero exams and training arcs and this isn't for the norm for Boku no Hero Academia and this is one nitpick many people would say about this season but again LA will say that at least it's what happens in between or around these exams and training arcs that grows it's huge cast as result. Now Boku no Hero Academia's 3rd Season does do well in it's approach of developing it's ensemble cast VERY well once again, due to it's plot structure on a wider scale and looking into many of it's characters simultaneously while working on Deku as the narrative focus. Some major focuses besides Deku within both the hero exam and training camp arcs, Todoroki once again more development this season like he does but this time instead of him opening up his powers through his parental issues as a result this season however looks more in his introspective look at Todoroki almost having the same personality as his father Endevour which manifests itself with one of the newer heroes in the cast, Inasa Yoarashi bringing this out of Todoroki, it's definitely not the same as Todoroki's development from his 2nd Season but this outlook was interesting to say the least and brought on another great battle in the process. Other characters who gets some form of screentime were the League of Evil most notably Himiko Toga voiced by Misato Fukuen and she is something of a wild card for LA for Boku no Hero Academia in LA's faovuirtes as well. Once again LA's favorite character in the ensemble cast are Uraraka and Momo Yaoyorozu but Himiko is definitely interesting to be probably in LA's top 3 for her involvement this season...as much of a playful psycho she is.
In terms of animation done once again by Bones, well they have the consistency down even in it's more bombastically insane fights ESPECIALLY with the All for One vs. All Might fight but in general this has Bones' animation all over it, from it's distinct and eyecatchy character designs, amazingly detailed and outright crazily fluid and impactful battles whilst still being comedic and serious when it calls for it. Bones has the consistency down and under the banner of stunningly great animation to boot...
Voice work, well LA will be here all day if LA talks about the huge cast of characters so LA will keep this short, Kenta Miyake was great as All Might, Nobuhiko Okamoto as Bakugo gets some leverage with amount of adrenaline and somewhat drama Bakugo goes through and Daiki Yamashita as Deku was typical as he's been voicing the character for so long, but like Nobuhikio Okamoto got some leverage with the drama and craziness that ensues this season. To say the least, we have a HUGE cast of character so with that LA will at least bring up Ayane Sakura as Uraraka who gets less screentime than usual as she really doesn't get much screentime or little developments here and there but Ayane Sakura was fine nonetheless even with Uraraka's crush on Deku growing even more which means...Ayane's lovestruck and deredere opening up and on the other side, Misato Fukuen as Himiko was like the controlled pyscho yandere which Misato has something of a niche in and she once again nailed it as Himiko...yeah if this season did something with the long list it already achieved then LA has some obvious liking to Himiko because of this season to say the least what with her itching LA's psychotically playful villains archetype and Himiko with Misato Fukuen voicing her works it quite well *ahem* All for One voiced by Akio Ootsuka had the right cadence to be that smotherly smarmy evil business type and he does GREAT as All for One as a result like damn both he was at times frightening for a character who had no face (no seriously). Overall, the voice cast was widely diverse in personality and many of the characters new and old were great in their role like they should be.
Boku no Hero Academia's 3rd Season vastly improved from it's 2nd Season both improving of it's ideals of being a hero AND a villain and what this means to society as a whole, while massively working on Deku, All Might and Bakugo which had been hinted at multiple times in previous seasons finally coming to something of a resolution in this season, getting to know the League of Villains and their beliefs that clash with Deku, All Might's and the like and let's not to mention the All for One vs. All Might fight being a major turning point for the series and only riles the franchise into new peaks to say the least, from the beliefs of a hero, to the rise of villains and what all this means to society and how they deal with it. Boku no Hero Academia 3 was great to say the least, LA was entrenched in it's lore, it's world and LA didn't see many of it's huge plot twists coming, it's fights were generally amazing and hugely impactful to the plot, interesting and unique characters (both heroes and villains) that don't get left behind and instead evolve with Deku and it's main core cast *cough* well cept Mineta for obvious reasons -sigh- *cough*. Boku no Hero Academia 3 was just crazy bouts of fun and interesting turn of events that it's to be expected that with how LA feels about this season, this season like Boku no Hero Academia in general, LA is favourable to it with how it improves on many of it's fronts that it already improved as well in it's second season and with that yes, Boku no Hero Academia's 3rd Season might be one of LA's favourite animes of the year by the time LA writes this review at the time...and with a 4th season announced, LA will be happy enough to plunge back in and LA will honestly would want to watch more because it's 3rd Season gave us the major turning point of the series, LA would like to see it's repercussions and how it's character deal with it and much more of it's secrets that it hasn't revealed yet...
Boku no Hero Academia 3 is was it's peak but can it go even further beyond....plus ultra?...LA hopes soo...
Dukino
Ya know. I don't think words do this show justice. There's something so special about My Hero Academia for me that it's almost intangible. This season has been incredible. So many amazing moments. Being a manga reader gives you a sort of special insight into how things will go sure, but seeing it animated and acted and with all the music and everything is a whole different experience in my eyes. Going into this season, knowing what would happen, I knew it was going to be great given the material, but I think I might have dominated Bones a bit on just how good it'dbe. Cause this season raised the bar and then some. Really elevated the whole thing. The manga was already a high bar but they some how went beyond that, I think Studio Bones is the real embodiment of Plus Ultra!! They deserve a lot of worthwhile praise and then some.
Now getting into the nitty gritty, this season had it all for me. The Training Camp Arc was such a gut punch, the villains attacking head on like that was crazy to see again. The League is such a cool threat, not an all powerful menace from the jump like we see tons of other shonen villains whom pop up in other series. That whole arc was awesome, it had so much craziness. Deku vs Muscular is one of the top fights of the year no doubt. That moment had me choking up ngl. Deku is such a good boy. Then even after that when Bakugo gets taken away it's such a powerful moment because it hits so close for all our heroes. It was such a gut punch as I said. Them all trying to save him but coming up short was so sad and you could feel their anguish in it.
Next arc being the Hideout Raid Arc was even crazier somehow. Like nuts. Getting the obvious out of the way, All For One. The man. The big dog himself. Master as Shigaraki has called him for so long now. Finally stepping into the light once again. And boy what a showcase it was. That fight with All Might, fantastic all around I bawled like a child throughout most of it tbh. It was everything. Such a high point for the series. It was everything. Talk of the town and then some everywhere you looked I think. One of the best anime moments this year no doubt. Rest of the arc was crazy good too. All the lead up to the fight was great. The Bakugo Rescue Squad was a sight and funny as hell in their get ups too. It was such a great arc.
Now the Hero License Exam Arc might not be as crazy as either of those last two. But it was a chance to let the audience catch their breath some after all that madness and all the big shifts the story has just taken. So I respect it for that. The arc itself might not be anything too special, but it had a good share of awesome moments. The introduction of other schools and their students was great. Shiketsu with Inasa, Shishikura, and "Camie" we're all awesome and had great moments. The big showdown so to speak between Todoroki and Inasa was cool as hell. The whole test set up was meh but the actual arc was Damn fun and a needed lighter touch considering all we'd been through in the season thus far.
I honestly think everything about this season worked so well and especially worked so well together. Seeing the Big 3 at the end made my heart flutter. The finale was so cool seeing Mirio go full power on them just to show how much they still have to learn to become pros. Mirio is an absolute beast. The dude is a prodigy. Love how they show they his quirk is nothing special but it's how he uses it that elevates him. Awesome stuff. This season has been such a blast to see. Some of my favorite material finally being adapted to perfection and then some. Just a damn good time. Love, love, love this show! Another each score and another AOTY contender.
10/10. Go Beyond!!! Plus Ultra!!!!
Frassati
Of the three seasons I found this one the most boring, but I enjoyed it more then season one due to my growing love of the characters. The biggest downfall for this season is the lack of pay off for the two seasons of buildup. All for one is portrayed to be a mega-powerful villain, and he is, but he is somehow defeated very easily in a relatively boring boss-fight. This is redeemed however by Allmght and the internal battle he goes through during the fight. The test arc is pretty entertaining but not quite as much as the tournament arc from season 2. Myfavorite part of this season is the relationship between Deku and Bakugo which sees a lot of growth, especially in the Bakugo area. You can tell how much Deku has grown as a character compared to season 1. Deku used to be one of my least favorites, but now he is one of my favorites along with Mr. Aizawa.
AnimeBear422
My Hero Academia is a show that has a very interesting way of melding Western superhero culture (think Marvel/DC) with shounen & high school elements from the anime world. As I mentioned in a review I did for season 1, this show's ability to take inspiration from outside the anime world might be why it feels more refreshing than I thought it would. MHA has come a long way indeed since season 1, where I nearly dropped the series because I felt a bit overwhelmed at the size of the cast and saw nothing special. If season 1 was an introduction to the setting and Deku/AllMight, season 2 was a proper introduction to all the students of class 1A and began to explore their motivations and backstories. Now, in season 3, we got to see a continuation of that, and more rapid maturation of the characters through adversity.
SPOILERS BELOW
For the record, I think season 3 was the best one yet. HOWEVER, I simply don't understand why the apex of the season's storyline, and basically the entire show up to this point, occurred on S3 E11 (in case you don't remember, this was when we got to hear "UNITED STATES OF SMASH!"). That REALLY should have been the last, or second to last episode for maximum impact.
Seeing that happen so early made the rest of the season (which was mostly filler anyway) feel so weak in comparison.
Other than the backwards structure of season 3, I feel that the story has definitely become less formulaic since season 1 with the whole idea of All For One and the removal of All Might's power. I think there are a lot of interesting directions the show can go as we head into season 4, and I look forward to more unique elements in this category.
I'm not sure if the art has improved or not, but I'm still impressed at the quality of the character designs and the excellent animation. I have no complaints whatsoever.
Sound was a bit more average to me, as I didn't hear anything particularly special in the OST or intro/endings.
Character development took another step up in this season, and introduction of new characters was frequent enough to be interesting but not too much as to be overwhelming. Some of the filler content towards the end, like the dorm room episode actually added an interesting edge to our understanding of class 1A.
My personal enjoyment of the show fluctuated quite a bit, but as a whole it was strong and I rarely found it difficult to convince myself to go through another episode. It was primarily the second half of season 3 that caused issues, as the events following the battle with All For One seemed less interesting.
So overall, the first half of MHA S3 was by the best arc of this show thus far, and even though the content tapers off near the end of the season it was a very solid run and I will definitely be looking forward to S4.
Sopseii
My hero academia, one of modern big three. I absolutely loved the first 2 seasons. But S3, for me was a LETDOWN, it had some epic and good moments but as a whole it was a disappointment. • S1 we had the premise of the show, the MC got developed, while S2 developed some other characters including the bad guys, introduced some more. And S2 of it doesn’t disappoint us at all. It got even better than S1. • S3 felt repetitive, [training /exam arc+ villains attacking them]. Up to S2 it was not a problem but S3 following the same formula was kind of lazy and repetitive. There were someshounen clichés in this season, which the previous season avoided, the villains were blunt compared to other seasons, ALL FOR ONE was a disappointment from what the hype he had. Still enjoyed the fight the fight between all might and all for one.
All for one had the power to stole others quirk, which is kind of OP and the potential is high, but his main move of all things was some kind of a super punch.
Midoriya vs muscular , for me it is a cliche fight in this series, like I am going to defeat to cause I am the main character.
Him using 100 percent for three times was such an asspull, how can he use his hands after, and even after he beat muscular he was trying to fight. In my opinion Midoriya as a character would think and fight, not jump into a fight and win a fight by shounen clichés.
•Story 7 Good
Story is still good, [but the repetitiveness, the deku harem, blunt characters, affects this season].
The exam arc was not good; it was dragged down. But the last three episodes were great [we got Twice’s view on what’s happening in the world, introduced to the seniors, made me hype for next season.
•Art 10 outstanding
Bones did an amazing job in this season like always. So art is unaffected.
•Fights 8 good
Fight in this show are actually kind of like JOJO, where application is preferred over firepower.
‘ALLMIGHT VS ALL FOR ONE’ was EPIC, but I don’t think all for one was worth the villain [seeing what he did even though he had more potential] hyped to be.
‘DEKU VS MUSCULAR’ - it had shounen clichés
Deku vs Bakugo -ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR. Everything was good about it. Bakugou was able to open his feelings and Deku was brave enough to stand against him. Great developments
•Sound 10 Outstanding
The osts are really good
•Character 7 Good
This season we had some lack in character developments [ I meant only the developed ones were developed further, rest of the cast were still blunt, just to add numbers in the classroom].
Among the big three 3, Mirio Togata is introduced good, as a next Allmight contender to remove the absence of allmight, but NEJIRE and TAMAKI is not yet clearly introduced well enough, hope they will be in future seasons.
•Enjoyment 8 Very Good- well at end they made me hype for the next season, still the worst season of my hero academia.
•Overall 7 good- I can’t say it is trash, considering the fact there were some amazing developments in story character, and some good fights.
•Fan base - THE WORST
I hate to say it, but the fanbase of this series is fricking annoying. [more than the fan base AOT had when season 1 aired, even though the fan base of AOT is not bad now, they got better from season 2 eventually].
But MHA fan base gets worse every season, it makes most of people to hate the show, down do that, don’t destroy a good show. Most of the people who dropped this is just because of this annoying fan base.
Anyway I am hyped to watch the next season.
