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REVIEW: My Hero Academia - Season One Limited Edition BD+DVD

MHA really didn't work for me. Big part of that was the pacing that was already highlighted (I remember thinking the first two episodes could have been done in half an episode with room to spare) but this only feed into my biggest problem with the series, which most likely translate to the manga, to me this show is the perfect example of a "tell, don't show" kind of story.

Every message is repeated on and on at nausea but nothing is actually backed up by the the actual event that happen in the story. I agree that the message the story want to say is that heroism is about inspiration, but I only know that because the show was constantly telling me about its message, not because that's what the story actually says. Ultimately Midori wasn't able to become a hero because all might inspired him, but rather because all might gave him his power, except that's something that can only be done once to one person and didn't require Midori to be inspired at all (and in fact giving it to Midori is probably the worse possibility). And trough the story Midori just win because he has overwhelming power, not because he inspires others. Yes his power have drawback, but there's so strong that he only need one shoot to win. All might himself isn't the greatest hero because he's the most inspirational, he is because he's the most successful (which again come back to his power being amazingly good), if anything he's inspirational solely because of his prowess. The real message of the show is closer to "results are everything" or "luck is all that matters".

This extend to almost all aspect of the story, for example we're constantly told Bakugo power are amazing, yet they're incredibly weak, he lose all the fight he's in and generally he's less effective at being a hero than a normal person with a gun, oh and also apparently in that world bully can become hero (once again power > inspiration, except for the fact that his power are super weak but the story doesn't realize that).

Haikyuu! also aired at daytime but I don't recall if it had any pacing issues.

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it takes nearly forever for anything to happen - the show is full of repeated, unnecessary flashbacks, long pans that kill dramatic tension, and sequences where single-panel gags are stretched out over far too many seconds of screen time.

My main problem with Boku no Hero Academia right here. I'd also like to mention the constant need for characters to explain what's going on in a fight, but I know that's shounen logic. It's just that it can get too ridicolous sometimes, especially in season 2.

Other than that I love this show. It has become one of my favourites. It's impossible not to love these kids. As for the grading, I'd personally give the animation in S1 an A-

Nagasaki's prior claim to fame was directing Gundam Build Fighters, a generally acclaimed series suffused with exactly the kind of youthful energy something like My Hero Academia needed.

Have we been watching the same show?

Though out of all the points you raised, I'd like to address the idea that All Might is the greatest because he's the most successful. That's not the case. It's outright mentioned by Midoriya in one of the early episodes that the most successful hero is Endeavor, who has the most successes ever, despite being in the business for less time then All Might. Yet, he's relegated to the #2 position.

Pierrot. wrote:

Haikyuu! also aired at daytime but I don't recall if it had any pacing issues.

Haikyuu also followed the "two chapter per episode" format yet nobody cared the last season had to adapt 5 chapters per episode because the match they were covering was running for an entire year in Jump. "Pacing" only ever becomes a issues when you feel like bringing it up it seems.

Bartholomew Kuma wrote:

Pierrot. wrote: Haikyuu! also aired at daytime but I don't recall if it had any pacing issues. Haikyuu also followed the "two chapter per episode" format yet nobody cared the last season had to adapt 5 chapters per episode because the match they were covering was running for an entire year in Jump. "Pacing" only ever becomes a issues when you feel like bringing it up it seems.

Mate the pacing depends on the content and not the number of chapters adapted in an episode.

actually their polar opposites of those series. while both have youthful energy with their kids casts, there were a crapload of flaws in build fighters that wasnt in academia. its clear he learned from his mistakes from that series and didn't include them into this one.

jr240483 wrote:

actually their polar opposites of those series. while both have youthful energy with their kids casts, there were a crapload of flaws in build fighters that wasnt in academia. its clear he learned from his mistakes from that series and didn't include them into this one.

I think Build Fighters did have a bunch of things that weren't good but overall I liked it better than MHA's first season. I don't really remember any faults from Build Fighters that I'd blame on the director, but rather on the writer -Yousuke Kuroda. He also works on MHA but since it's an adaptation there's very little he can do to screw up the script, I suppose.

jr240483 wrote:

actually their polar opposites of those series. while both have youthful energy with their kids casts, there were a crapload of flaws in build fighters that wasnt in academia. its clear he learned from his mistakes from that series and didn't include them into this one.

I think Build Fighters did have a bunch of things that weren't good but overall I liked it better than MHA's first season. I don't really remember any faults from Build Fighters that I'd blame on the director , but rather on the writer -Yousuke Kuroda. He also works on MHA but since it's an adaptation there's very little he can do to screw up the script, I suppose.

Gore17 wrote:

Have we been watching the same show? Though out of all the points you raised, I'd like to address the idea that All Might is the greatest because he's the most successful. That's not the case. It's outright mentioned by Midoriya in one of the early episodes that the most successful hero is Endeavor, who has the most successes ever, despite being in the business for less time then All Might. Yet, he's relegated to the #2 position.

And I'm sure he would have been just as inspirational if he had been number 500, right? Or really, anything outside the top 10.

"Pacing" only ever becomes a issues when you feel like bringing it up it seems.

Bartholomew Kuma wrote:

"Pacing" only ever becomes a issues when you feel like bringing it up it seems.

Anything only ever becomes an issue when you feel like bringing it up. It's an issue if it feels off in practice (which would then motivate you to bring it up), not if you put the numbers into your calculator and get an unfavorable result.

And no matter how much people say "show X is slower" or "show Y was too fast though" or "the ratio of chapters/episode was the same in show Z and people liked that" or even "well it's because of the timeslot/demographic/fear of filler", all of that is just trivia. It's too slow if the audience feels it's too slow, no matter what the circumstances are or what everyone else does.