The Downfall of My Hero Academia

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[@juannaym8488]

One of my biggest problems of the show is how Bakugo's character arc was wrapped up by season 3/4 and he was still one of the main characters. He never does anything of value or even remotely interesting that only he could accomplish and his character doesn't develope in any way anymore. The author should either completely sideline Bakugo or he should've given him some depth beyond "I was a bully but I grew out of it"

[@s4mur4rtist21]

Bakugo does get more moments in the manga tbf

[@Ayame.Spicer]

Although I personally think that Bakugou still deserves to be a main character, I do agree that they should’ve waited to do his arc. Season 6 Bakugou character arc was okay, but the season 7 and possibly 8 is going to be huge for him, especially *spoiler alert* in chapter 362-410. If they waited til something bigger, then it would’ve been written better.

[@juannaym8488]

@@Ayame.Spicer then he wouldn't have anything in the first couple of seasons I think his biggest problem is how he relies entirely on Deku. He has has a little bit of interaction with characters that aren't Deku but his whole arc surrounds the mc. He's like the female love interest that doesn't have any substance beyond the guy they love

[@Ayame.Spicer]

@@juannaym8488 You've got a point. Bakugou is a hard character to make work if you look into it. Even though he has his own ambitions, he's just kinda there. I can see that the writers at least tried to note that he was going through and processing something, probably going after the whole, "He's a good person," "Wait no, he's my enemy," to the "I want to apologize but I don't know how and I know he will never forgive me" kind of prompt. It could've been at least ok if they built up his arc over the seasons, but other than like, 4 episodes, there never really was anything about this and the apology came out of nowhere. I remember watching his arc in seasons 3-4, and then watching season 6 and being like, "M'kay ssssoooo where did this come from? when did he express that much regret for bullying him?" In other words people gotta write psychological and mental related arcs better. They never really told us about he was feeling besides a few scenes, so we don't have any deep understanding with him besides his either A, parent issues, and B, his angst with Deku. So yes, you are correct.

[@n4me485]

Please, PLEASE read the manga.

[@nomus1172]

From what I’ve seen and what bones has shown is that 1: Horikoshi’s art just kept on getting better 2: due to time constraints they couldn’t use all of the animation they made . If you look at the story boards that has a higher quality compared to the final product . Lots of animation and voice lines were scrapped

[@BowlOfStainlessSoup]

and not to mention they were also working on Mob Psycho 100 s3

[@nomus1172]

@@BowlOfStainlessSoup I think that was a different animation team . They weren’t just given enough time. For instance lots if spinners lines were cut and scenes like toga’s awakening basically had half of its original animation scrapped. In the original version toga zigzaging through the crowd is way smoother and is more expressive .

[@JoJoboiWav]

any source for the second point pls ?

[@RandomGirl785]

@@JoJoboiWavit’s just true

[@nihili4196]

Yeah, I agree with having too many characters problem. We've already started with massive cast of characters, and show seemed like it was going to focus on them. But then cast kept growing and growing...

[@stovespiegel]

"Mob psycho is going strong" No... it's not? Both the manga and anime are over

[@upg5147]

He mean't season 3 which was going strong as the writing of the video. It's over now of course.

[@stovespiegel]

@@upg5147 But not as of the release of the video. So... change the script? lol

[@upg5147]

@@stovespiegel They could but eh lol

[@DeadCenterCrow]

Yeah, that was something I noticed didn't make much sense when watching. Man, the more I think about this video the worse it gets. It lacks research and they really should have polished the script (if one was used) but gotta try to farm those hater clicks.

[@t.j.1584]

@Kirchenlied According to Parrot Analytics, MHA is like the number one in-demand anime in America and streams in the top 5 in Japan. Heck the manga sales literally peaked this past year. The heck are you getting your re-search from?

[@Darkblazer789]

To be true I actually enjoyed S6 a lot than any other season each episode after episode I was waiting for next episode like I loved it 🔥 and about Animation and others also I loved it

[@IdkMan42]

The story in season 6 is probably the best arc of the entire show but studio bones just didn’t even try with most of it. Makes me so sad

[@user-og6pb6dd5p]

@@IdkMan42 I'm tired of this. (The studio didn't try) or some shit like this. Japan animators are anything but lazy. That happens when a 2 cour high profile Show like MHA only has over a 1 year schedule.

[@fuahuahuatime5196]

You're full of bs lol

[@t.j.1584]

@@user-og6pb6dd5p I’m also tired of the (Bone didn’t try)crap. The animation in this season was literally really good, I’m genuinely shocked people looked at all that, like the Miriko fight and are acting like it’s bad animation like “Seven Deadly Sins” type of animation. It’s just that people expected to have a Nakamura animated fight, like what he did with Deku vs Overhaul or Iida popping off in season 5 during the joint training arc. Even though Nakamura didn’t animate some scenes in the arc, it’s still really well animated and a massive improvement from the 2nd half of S5. Especially since they only had a year to work on 25 episodes per season.

[@BowlOfStainlessSoup]

@@IdkMan42 it's because bones was working on Mob Psycho season 3, now that Mob is over Bones should have more resources to pour into MHA

[@carpickles]

The only difference I noticed from my own research was that the directors changed from Season 3 onwards. it went from Kenji Nagasaki to Masahiro Mukai. Does anyone know their role in the production, and if that changed anything? I know very little about the anime industry. Also, I was in the same boat xD If the second cour of this season turns out similar to previous seasons, I am just going to recommend the manga from Season 3 onwards. The new opening gives me hope though, because it has been a while since we have seen animation that good coming from My Hero, and no movie seems to be planned.

[@exactcrackle9659]

You lost me when you started talking about MVA but ended up using scenes of Season 6’s War.

[@anthonymort5202]

Because he said they didn't animate it

[@olaz5131]

8:32 just to correct you on that, no. All 3 movies are canon, horikoshi states how he and his team work hard to make sure the movies can fit into the story and there's been references to the movies in the manga.

[@carbharharbcar5867]

thats very sad because the actual story of the movies are fucking terrible

[@Bodzio2M]

@@carbharharbcar5867 First one was nice. Second one was a typical WSJ movie, third one was a cringe fest.

[@katzelol]

correct me if i’m wrong but in one of the earlier seasons all might told midoriya they had to take a trip to somewhere, and then the next episode never addressed that. I’m pretty sure that was leading up to the first movie so yes like you stated they are definitely canon

[@zukosvfx]

@@Bodzio2M whats wrong with the 3rd one

[@DraconicInsomniac9815]

​@@Bodzio2MI loved all of them, but the 2nd had to be my favorite. But if that's how you feel, I'll respect your opinion.

[@r_sketchum6365]

As another youtuber pointed out and from my point of view, the main issue was both the bad direction of the anime from season 4 to nowadays and the greed of Studio Bones. The direction makes everything flow. Up to season 3 it was perfectly organized, but from the very beginning of season 4 it was just a mess. The Overhaul arc was right away rushed, then it went slow, all the way to the festival arc with Gentle. Many disliked it because they stayed so long in the most casual parts that by the time the fight started, most people didn't really care. Then, because of the movies, where most of the budget went, the most hyped arcs of My Hero had inconsistent animation and pacing because they wanted to spend the least amount of budget they could on it. MHA is their Goose That Laid Golden Eggs, so they went all in with movies that no one asked for to drag in more audience, but neglect the goose itself in the process. This was greed in its purest form. The reason they delayed the LOV's arc and made sure to reduce it as much as they could was that when that arc came out in the manga, it didn't sell well in Japan, and therefore they were afraid the audience would drop when it came out in the anime as well. Sure, the censorship was part of it as it removed part of the weight of many scenes (like Kirishima having his body covered in blood after his fight with Rappa, or Shigaraki killing his family), but unfortunately, as it is transmitted in TV for children to see it too they had to tone it down.

[@lpassione]

The still shots of Mirio fighting Overhaul in season 4 weren’t present in the manga and instead it was just a text saying how hard Mirio fought. You could say the anime added at least something rather than making a black screen and have someone narrate it. All of Overhauls fights in season 4 had very fluid animation especially him versus Midoria so I really don’t know what you were on about.

[@t.j.1584]

Wait hold on…you mean to tell me, that all this time people and especially manga readers were complaining about the quirkless Mirio fight being a bunch of still frames, when in the manga they literally got nothing but a black page and texts, about how long Mirio fought?! Bruh what?! I was also kinda bothered by the still frames at the end of that fight, but to know that they didn’t even have that in the manga but Bones actually gave us something, just makes me appreciate the stills they put in with the OST they used. I’d rather have that than a black screen with dialogue and subtitles. And even before that the fight was 🔥. The heck were they complaining about?!

[@lpassione]

@@t.j.1584 If you don’t believe me you can go compare the two sequence (end of chapter 152 and the end of episode 11 of the 4th season) and you’ll see that the manga has some white page with some narration on it meanwhile the anime removed the narration and instead added the still shots. Manga readers ESPECIALLY MHA’s are always so hyperbolic when it comes to the anime like not long ago a common critisims of this latest season was ‘’we’re in the middle of a war and the sky is too blue”… It’s sad to see mha manga readers ruining the anime for themselves and also going out of their way to ruining it for anime only’s as well😞

[@t.j.1584]

@@lpassione I just saw the chapter and wow…some of these MHA manga readers are some ungrateful little freaking crybabies. All they got was a white background with texts but they out here complaining about Bones at least giving us stills showing us something about that fight! Bruh, my disappointment in this fandom is immeasurable. First we got the toxic shippers and now we have these ungrateful crybabies being hyperbolic, treating it like it was done dirty like The promised neverland (Season 2). They got a white background with texts, while the anime actually let us see stills of the fight. I appreciate the stills a lot more knowing how that fight went down in the manga.

[@t.j.1584]

@@lpassione I’m actually not this surprised given by how I remember seeing some MHA “fan” on Twitter make a whole 8 page essay about why he hates how the clouds look in the anime. And now they’re saying “we’re in the middle of a war and the sky’s blue” like bruh the whole arc literally takes place in the day, what?! Heck in the manga there’s chapter 256 that’s literally titled “The high, deep blue sky” and chapter 284 titled “Deep blue battle” with Deku and shiggy in the air. Like did they not expect a blue sky during an arc that took place in the day? Heck even in real life war can take place during the day. And if the anime decided to change it to nighttime, the complaints would be even worse, and they’d be saying “it’s not accurate to the source material”.

[@t.j.1584]

@@lpassione I swear the complaints and hate this series gets, even from it’s own “fans” feels forced, like there just grasping for straws trying to find something to hate about it. These hyperbolic crybabies and toxic shippers, is literally why some people get turn away from the anime.

[@Sigming]

The "where the budget went" segment was filled with misinformation. (7:40) 1) The production committee already confirmed that the team and budget is totally separate for the movie. 2) even if the movies were taking the budget then why doesn't S6 look good? S6 has no movies with it. 3) in studio bones they have separate teams (A-D) team B works on mob psycho and team C works on mha. So, the budget and team for both anime are different. 4) the main issue with mha is the schedule they have and you failed to mention it even once. Mob Psycho got 2 years to animate 12 eps and mha got 1 year to animate 25 eps how can you even compare? I like your vids but this one was just filled with false info.

[@DeadCenterCrow]

Yeah, the lack of research is apparent. The amount of misinformation spread about how the anime/manga industry works has really accelerated lately.

[@navi7402]

the budget meme should die already

[@Sigming]

@@DeadCenterCrow yea it's crazy

[@coatrak1357]

My only complaint is about season 6 "not looking good". Imo it has many great moments

[@samuelG009]

If it was wrong, why does it look so shit then? I mean, if they had less budget, I could understand.

[@maximilianlau8267]

This is strange to say while season 6 is the highest rated season of the show across every aggregate website, the series is like the number one in-demand anime in America and streams in the top 5 in Japan. The manga sales literally peaked this past year I’m sorry but I’m not seeing what you’re talking about.

[@balloonboy5524]

Literally, but them clicks gotta Click

[@kennethsatria6607]

Well the animation is undeniably rough in Season 6 and they use a lot of flashbacks and stock footage rather than continue with the story at hand. Half the time episodes are 30% recaps but I am really hoping now that the war arc has ended we can stop that approach

[@maximilianlau8267]

@@kennethsatria6607 What? It looks well-done for the yearly production cycle, it has sakuga cuts, we just didn’t get like a nakamura-esque fight scene.

[@upg5147]

Sales don't equal quality. A lot of people have been complaining about the story failing since around this point in the anime. There are some amazing things that happen but a lot of it is rushed or feels under baked because of how much has to happen now that we are in the end game.

[@maximilianlau8267]

@@upg5147 did you even watch the video, the man was also arguing for it falling off on a popularity basis, which doesn’t make any sense.

[@weeklyshoes473t]

The animation this season has been pretty good, definitely not season 2-3 levels but it’s way better than what we got from my villain academia’s adaptation, this season has had some really strong sequences of good animation overall, But it’s not really the staffs fault that the scheduling has gotten so bad that animation ideas and project that could’ve been approved got shut down because there probably wasn’t even enough time finish them, it’s quite hard to animate two arcs in the production span of 1 year, arcs that have some of the more harder moments to animate, The anime hasn’t fallen off seriously, it’s still like on the top 10 most watched animes in Japan and In the west, IMO, this season is the best since season 3 and is honestly great considering the terrible scheduling that the animators are given, the story is still enjoyable tho so I don’t rlly get what u mean, this animes a running 8.5/10 for me.

[@t.j.1584]

Agreed.

[@handsomeorange198]

Ya... although I still think there are some moments better animated than s2 and 3... but definitely some parts that aren't as good... just my view tho 🫠

[@Ginryuken]

I agree with you the animation is overall pretty solid on this season excluding some shitty scenes and deku vs shigaraki

[@scottvgamer1163]

I think this season has given us some if the best animated sequences in the series so far. It’s the consistency that’s the problem. If we take the quality we’ve gotten and the consistency together, I’d say this season has reached some middle ground between what season 4 and 5 gave us, and the first 3. If the studio takes their time with next season, things are sure to turn out even better.

[@keneticwoodstone8830]

I like art though I'm not going to gallery's to just trash talk about another person work n do any of u look at other art besides anime even graphics can b mostly filler wen not following scientific properties even though reality is stranger than fictional graphics let alone animate a scene that's in the air so deku protects the environment n people so theirs less to visualize yet non of u can picture empty space n assume its the persons in charge fault, know art before u measure it.

[@terrorblaze6]

MHA has reached In-N-Out status where people get off on saying how much it sucks.

[@PoIarisPrime]

Even tho in n out is one of the best

[@starrush1818]

@@PoIarisPrime haven't ate there but I'll vouch for them Also I still think MHA is really good, and I haven't seen a ton of the manga but it's still pretty cool

[@PoIarisPrime]

@@starrush1818 in n out is really goated only behind five guys, possibly McDonald’s at times, (when you ask them to make the food fresh) and more importantly home made burgers

[@starrush1818]

@@PoIarisPrime sounds good lol

[@buffphraug9172]

​@@PoIarisPrime Five guys in and out. Sounds like some quality content.

[@shortnap3464]

I don't think problem is anime only , manga gotten worse too. deku got so much unrelated powers , main villian Tomura Shigaraki is as interesting watching the paint dry. this anime beyond saving

[@broskibrobro1278]

The characters just have terrible character development. Deku gets the best powers possible so he doesn't rlly have to develop much as a character. Also the villians mostly have no good reason for doing what they're doing

[@user-mt5uu4pz4j]

This show fell off after the eri arc. The whole war arc came way too soon and the show is now breaking its own rules. Deku shouldn't have other quirks, it defeats the contrast of OFA and AFO. All the characters suddenly have no limits and just keep going to extreme hights. Like I understand toga was bioengineeref to be a monster but come on, being super strong even under Eraser head quirk makes no sense. The war arc is filled with plot holes that make it seems its more of a fanfic of the original show.

[@satsumaking4635]

The main flaw I see in your analysis is you put MHA in the category of going wrong, irrelevant, poor animation quality, struggling. Mob Psycho is used as a contrast, with good animation and therefore an assumption that the show is doing well. Yet as far as I can see Mob is hardly talked about at all, or at least a fraction of even a struggling MHA let alone peak MHA. The MHA movies makes 10s of millions at the box office, a live action Netflix adaptation has been commissioned. The show still trends on twitter after episode air. If that's a struggling show then 99% of anime shows want to be a struggling show. Is there less hype now, sure I would say so, but that's mainly due to becoming an established property with set expectations verses being an underdog and something people view as underrated and want to promote. People tune into MHA expecting Nakamura to have animated every scene and are disappointed when a simple conversation scene between characters doesn't have sakuga. Its a dumb and irrational expectation. You can take bad instances of MHA animation and put them next to good animation from another series, but what about putting the good animation scene form MHA and putting them next to the good animations scenes of other seires. Another point, animation quality is actually not that important to the overall appeal of an animation. Otherwise older shows with objectively inferior animation quality wouldn't be as liked, but they are beloved still. Its story, plot, character, meaning, emotion, intellectual stimulation that keep people engaged in and interested in a series, all things you didnt mentioned once. People don't watch and love sports-romance anime because of the mind blowing animation it presents to them. You either havent thought about this topic yourself and are simply parroting opinions you have heard from others or you have become one of these people that has lost perspective and fixates on animation while disregarding the most important aspect of creative storytelling.

[@felipekane9611]

L take, sorry.

[@zetsu_pdf]

I think it's obvious why the animation just keeps getting worse. These guys make a 25 episode season every single year. Some people keep asking why mob had better animation. Think about it, mob has like 3 years for a 13 episode season to be made. The management is terrible. Honestly I'm surprised how good it's been looking so far with this management

[@francescooliva5975]

I totally disagree, season 6 is the best season of mha in my opinion!

[@theasif08]

In season 6 only one episode animation quality was down. Others episodes animation quality was ok. But here we go some people be like they ruined the whole season.

[@frontiersmodel4781]

Bro season 6 is the best so far (in terms of story). The only thing that really got worsened was its presentation, NOT THE ANIMATION, just the way how it looks (still not horrible tho) But yeah, the fact that season 5 horribly adapted the manga just hurts me, that's why I give more importance to the original work now.

[@starrush1818]

It sounds like the guy who animated the super big amazing fight scenes was busy during Cour 1 of the season but will come back for Cour 2, so the animation should be cool

[@frontiersmodel4781]

@@starrush1818 Hype

[@henriettaasare4359]

This youtuber seems like he just doesn't like action packed seasons. I like the battles and I think MOST characters have enough development.

[@KillerTacos54]

I mean this season has been pretty amazing (easily the best so far other than 1 and 2)

[@emanjurassicsav3140]

Deku vs shigaraki was animated very poorly. Besides that pretty good season

[@IzukuMidoriya-hj1xm]

@@emanjurassicsav3140 it was solid like a bunch of animators and directors from other series said it was fine or even good.

[@IgorJCorrea]

@@IzukuMidoriya-hj1xm Nah man, Deku's black whip didn't have any actual physics, the manga literally made it seem like Deku was playing ping pong with shigaraki, it had no intensity in the anime, no exciting pacing and tons of static frames when this should have been the most well animated episode of the whole show so far (at least it deserved that). At least endeavor's attack looked good and there was a single good punch but well....

[@IzukuMidoriya-hj1xm]

@@IgorJCorrea it was exciting what??? It’s literally the highest rated episode of the season on every place you can rate something, I guess people disagree

[@IgorJCorrea]

@@IzukuMidoriya-hj1xm the original content is amazing, that is why it deserved the best production, instead we somehow got the ep with the worse production so far in the season which blows my mind, if I was in charge I would literally put all resources possible into making this ep a masterpiece first and then go for the rest of the episodes.

[@toplobster740]

He seems to be wondering why a series not made by MAPPA is not like animated like the series made by...MAPPA. I guess they've really spoiled anime viewers and raised their expectations to the sky.

[@kennethsatria6607]

I dont need that self indulgent realism rotoscope driven shit I just want Old MHA animation back where they dont kill the quality of character drawings. I have been noticing they abuse the spinning top animation a lot with Endeavor and Miruko's fights and it just feels lazy. And thats only when they actually animate. Half the time its still shots and reused stock footage why do they have to be so cheap with MHA its killing the momentum!

[@itsjustvin7630]

I prefer prime Bones

[@DeadCenterCrow]

Yeah, I've come to realize that I'm from a different generation when it comes to all this anime stuff. Dude's are mad spoiled when somehow comparing animation styles from completely different studios. Just compare it to past seasons or other works the studio created like Mob being the only good example.

[@whirlwind872]

@@DeadCenterCrow Did bones always do MHA?? I feel like even with mob, s1 had the best animation. S3 has some great high points but I just rewatched Season 1 and i was like god DAMN this had great animation.

[@DeadCenterCrow]

@@whirlwind872 Yes, Bones has always done MHA. Personally I think season 2 had the most consistent quality. Things just change unfortunately, the director for the series was changed after season 3 and it's pretty noicted around season 4. Bones also got way more projects over the years and broke up these projects into several teams working on them at once. Members from these teams bounce between one another, which is why you can see noticeable dips and raises with something like season 4 looking pretty decent then goes hyper mode during Deku vs Overhaul for example. I will say the director has gotten better with season 6 or a least more help for individual whoever is the lead director for that episode. Like episode 11 for season 6 as an example.

[@raec5426]

*Yutaka Nakamura* (the one who animated many parts of new S6 Pt 2 OP action scenes) who usually does the flashy animation for MHA (like in movies, Deku vs Shoto in S2, Overhaul fight in S4, etc) said he was busy during part 1 of S6, but he may be present somewhere for part 2 besides OP (mentioned on his twitter).

[@dreamshell.121]

Yeah the 2nd op to s6 is beautiful

[@jasonthomas9729]

Hopefully he can help with the Nagant fight

[@Goatzo705]

I wish he will help in shigaraki vs Star and stripe fight in the end of the season

[@jasonthomas9729]

@@Goatzo705 they might not end there...bones pacing isn't the best at the moment

[@t.j.1584]

@@jasonthomas9729 And the Deku vs Muscular re-match.

[@KingFyber-fh3hs]

In my opinion the quality dropped in season 5 Season 4 was 100% rushed i agree but it was enjoyable

[@isaiascanete6651]

If this video came out when S5 was going on I would agree 100% but S6 is fine, not mindblowing, but the best it has been in a while

[@felipekane9611]

Expect it to be better with cour 2, yutaka nakamura will be present.

[@jvbutalid8316]

I think S3 held out in the first 11 episodes, but after All Might's last victory, series just went eh

[@Red-Renegade-Studios]

I told you so. I was telling EVERYONE when this show came out they they only liked it for the superhero aspect and nothing more. Deku was a character who had potential if they had made him a Batman type character with no powers. But for whatever reason, set him up with no powers only to give him some anyway. Strike 1. He's reason for recieving said powers was also stupid. Considering Mirio was clearly the better candidate. But they had All Might give Deku the powers, because he had more passion even though Mirio fit the bill right from the get go. That's strike 2. And finally the villains are nothing more than villain of the weeks. I mean I know they’ve since made them more intimidating, but they should've been that way from the beginning. You don't set up your main villains of your story to be beaten by children in the first half of it. No, you build them up as an actual threat. Not make them punching bags for everyone and laugh at them as though they were a joke. That's strike number 3. I tried to tell everyone, I really did. But no one wanted to listen to me. I knew this anime would fall off sooner or later it was just a matter of time of how long it take for people to get their brain cells back.

[@kwayneboy1524]

I somewhat agree but that latter half of your sentence was pretentious

[@Red-Renegade-Studios]

@@kwayneboy1524 What do you mean?

[@kwayneboy1524]

@@Red-Renegade-Studios read after strike 3

[@Red-Renegade-Studios]

@@kwayneboy1524 I did though. I tried to tell everyone that this show wasn't as good as everyone hyping it up was saying. But all they did was say I didn't understand, or I was dumb.

[@abdulkahfialghifary8598]

but i think first half season 6 has many things like mirko vs nomus, twice death, dabi dance, shigaraki appearance

[@felipekane9611]

This season has been amazing, there has been only one episode with some flaws on the animation (ep 9) and expect cour 2 to be even better bcuz Yutaka Nakamura said he’s going to animate scene in cour 2.

[@lukehero1815]

Agreed, I was so confused when my friends told me the fanbase “thinks this arc is awful”

[@Goatzo705]

@James Renwick I spotted the Hatter 🤣🤣🤣🤣😱

[@IAmMega]

I disagree on it’s popularity. It has gotten more popularity and exposure than ever before. Mha is only right below dragon ball and Naruto in popularity

[@raec5426]

I think people need to have more stats on popularity and where they get it from because it can vary depending on region and platform you go to. People maybe going off one aspect like maybe Twitter engagement (say I haven't heard X people talking about Y, so there for it is not popular) but maybe not looking at the big picture for the assessment.

[@toongamer2810]

Yeah but the perception of it probably isn't very good unfortunately

[@washno.8251]

I agree with OP

[@MrUsernamesomeone]

He over stated the lack of popularity but it wasn’t even top three this season.

[@deb9548]

Copium

[@DADchs13]

Downfall is a strong word people love to throw out Willy nilly. The shows more popular than ever and imo in the best season so far

[@enoo9003]

Imo it’s been unwatchable since s5, whoever directs the second to second moments needs to be fired. The amount of stills and bs is just painful.

[@deepay1840]

@@enoo9003 W.

[@coleslaw5713]

@@enoo9003 good shit. Shit is embarrassing compared to when midoriya fought bakugo . Where is that animation

[@Trolosi123]

The ammount of cope within the MHA is so crazy

[@nicrules77]

youre wild s4 was amazing all in all, def my fav season both w/ gentle and overhaul

[@t.j.1584]

Fr, and don’t forget about the Endeavor fight against the high end Nomu, that crap was literally 🔥, S4 of MHA is probably the most underrated season of MHA by far.

[@daltonmcmullan96]

Yea he goofy fr

[@endeavor4178]

With gentle? In my opinion he is one of, if not the most uninteresting character in the entire show

[@ochitokes]

​@endeavor4178 not interesting to me either but he's damn funny

[@Toxic_Drip_1995]

I blame COVID. MHA was popular before the lockdown. After lockdown a lot of anime came back and it's been hard to keep up if you are a casual fan of anime/Manga

[@chris200830]

Season 6 has been great overall. Definitely a step up from Seasons 4 and 5. They also improved the animation, storyboarding and made some great episodes.

[@colin8696908]

no season 6 just reinforces the issues in 4-5 which is the garbage writing and the fact that the author can't keep his story strait. Like originally MHA was supposed to be about the issues that come along with hero society and the need to take personal responsibility. Then the author decides to do a 180 on that and show us that we all need to obey authority and defer to those with authority during a crisis, and of course those with authority can do no wrong the hero's are all prefect people, and if they fail it's not their fault it's the peoples fault for not believing in them like WTF was this written for a 5 year old, dude forgot that he was trying to write about how these institutions get corrupted by fame and fortune.

[@astrobird11]

​@@colin8696908when the fuck did that even happen, you're watching an entirely different show

[@LepocalypseLB]

@@colin8696908I’m pretty sure the only entire show is about how Heroes aren’t perfect and how Corrupt they actually are. Season 4 and 5 were about plot. They needed certain factors for future season/ manga. For example; The first half of season 4 was needed for the manga and All for One needing Rewind in some way; the second half was mainly filler, but Gentle Criminal and La-Brava are needed in the manga as well. Season 5 was everyone showing how they improved since the start since everything goes to hell after the first Hero Villain War. The second half of the season is about mastering Black Whip and emotions (since emotions are the thing that drove Deku to going emo.) Season 6 was all about what Shigaraki’s goal was at the end of season 6. To show how fragile society was without there Symbol of Peace (which he turned out to be correct because All for One is 10x stronger than any hero alive.)

[@burtscho]

Hating on my hero. So Popular nowdays. People need to chill its still going strong

[@samuelclayhills3298]

When saying that the art was bad in the meta liberation army arc you showed scenes from the paranormal liberation war arc bruh try harder.

[@chainsaw8523]

My hero made in 1 year with 25 episode compared to mob 13 episode in 3 years, this video is just bs .

[@yasuchika]

Having read up to date on the manga now, I have no idea why people keep saying it gets better. It doesn't, it just gets worse. The show peaked at All for One vs One for All.

[@onpoint4gamers]

I thought the first three seasons were epic! Season four had an absolutely phenomenal first half, in my opinion, then an okay second half that was made up for with the first half. Then season 5 came along and was an absolute mess. Season 6 started rough, but managed to pull through to provide some solid moments and an interesting enough story. MHA is in a weird place, and I hope their situation gets figured out, cuz I’ve been reading the manga and it’s absolutely stellar!

[@willmcauliff506]

0:51 "four seasons later *and the series isn't talked about as much as it used to be*" This video is based on a flawed premise -- that a decline in discussion must have been caused by a *decline in quality*. Isn't it true for *any* long-running series, that the episode-count becomes a larger barrier to entry to casual fans? The fifth season of a show will naturally have a smaller viewing audience versus season 1, and that's not a judgment of a series' quality. We can't tie quality to viewership. Take **Andor** as an example of an incredible show which hasn't seen the same viewership as the other Star Wars series. Take **Better Call Saul** as a multiple-season long series which didn't have as much discussion among mainstream audiences in its latter seasons.

[@questionking3553]

Bleach is not even over yet the Thousand Year Blood War is only on Part 2 right now

[@xell6834]

Your saying the downfall is because of bad animation and missing parts however the main problem is MHA wasn't interesting in the first place. The gaps in logic in the series takes away from suspense and really any emotion tbh. Shigaraki for example. He was able to track Midoriya down in a mall but yet he can't tell where Midoriya lives and can't get to his mother? Its almost as if the questions that should have been answered to make the characters actual people aren't even given thought into. Same with most recent arcs where Midoriya leaves U.A. it's as if him losing himself doesn't exist but he lost himself entirely. This problem was inside MHA from the very begining.

[@bigassbetsy5645]

Man you fell off if this is what ur putting out now 💀💀💀

[@victoruchiha4550]

What animes would you recommend?

[@MachiriReviews]

Shit fell off with the Darku arc. Hori forgot that his characters had motives and reasons for what they did and just said fuck it.

[@mushiim8]

S5 was very mediocre but S6 is proving to be better. The one season dip doesn’t really make this video worth making imo.

[@Spring64pepsi]

I’m in 2024 and I don’t remember anyone talking about the show not my job, not my family nothing The only time I remember it is like in my mind. I’m thinking about a random anime. It pops up. But I feel like the show fell so hard 💀

[@IAMA1]

As a manga reader whose been hating on the past 2 seasons of the anime, I gotta say that season 6 so far is the best the show has been since season 3, maybe even season 2. Even with some off model frames with characters here and there, the animation and layouts have been consistently well done and interesting. The most important reason I'm loving this season is because of the pacing, it's actually well done and gives time to important manga moments without feeling too slow like the last 2 seasons have been. There are some things like lighting or the detail on Shigaraki that they can work on, but I'm the of the former, it's consistent with what the show has looked like most of the time, if not all. Complaining about the comparing out rendering not being Ufotable, TYBW or CSM levels is just getting upset over what we never had. The show looks consistently good this season and does everything it needs to bring this important arc to life extremely well. Comparing to Mob is also not really helpful, as MHA has been airing 2 cour seasons over the past 5 years annually while Mob has had only 3 seasons aired around 3-4 years apart. Mob is one of the Studio Bones passion projects, while MHA (particularly because of it's length and popularity as a long running Jump series) is produced in a different way. Even if I love the current season so far, I also hope that this second half is better.. because Lady Nangant is the best.

[@BowlOfStainlessSoup]

Season 6 has by far the best story telling in the anime but also the worst animation it's ever had

[@Young_Wrath]

Definitely not the worst animation lmao have you seen s6 they literally did good on the important parts lmao

[@MEllOWDPRODUCTIONS]

Then i have good news...!!! Anime animations studios always tidy up animation after the TV release for the BD (Bluray) release :D So these episodes are not the final product at all, for the tidy up character models, shading and lightning~ Here are some examples of the past seasons: Season 1 (famous) example: external-preview.redd.it/7mHj-WdD4P5J61UkewXtCw19lRoN-UWwvHljCKT82jc.jpg?auto=webp&s=31a94ac86b9bf703784615426aeb5dc2f8046e50 Season 5 example: i.redd.it/oq09mugk8qc81.png Season 5 Shirigaki closeup: pbs.twimg.com/media/FJcwJ0dWUAEcXIp.jpg

[@alc4528]

Damn personally the Mirio fight is one of my favorites in the series. It’s not because of the visuals of course but purely because of mirios determination.

[@fistsofgratitude]

Lol you're hard tripping 😂, this is some click bate if I've ever seen it

[@Savageguy_Official]

... Well

[@onlyicedinfinite9410]

How? After overhaul arc my hero is the worst anime airing currently. Let’s give shigaraki hax for literally no reason and ruin the show

[@XxDarkShadowLord6144]

nah as an anime only all my life, watching this video makes it feel like i'm having a hell ton of shit coming together after up to 3 years of feeling all like confused since the releases of seasons 5 and 6

[@nomorok15]

Idk sounds more like you just fell out of love with the show. That’s fair but the show isn’t bad because of it.

[@Trolosi123]

Yes - It is terrible

[@DuckGoesViral]

my man just said the only good arc in s3 was the hideout raid (all might vs all for one), like the training camp was so good please

[@Speculector]

i read the manga and watched the anime and i liked them both. and imho, season 4 is peak mha even though so many people complain about mirio's animation, even though mirio vs overhaul still manages to make me tear up and get hype because of how emotional and powerful the moment is. only thing about season 4 i hate is kirashima and choji (oops, i mean "fatgum") vs those forgetable villains, and then sasuke (oops again, i mean "suneater") vs those other forgetable villains. i know there are kirishima, fatgum, and suneater fans who were probably mad hype from those fights, but the whole time i was honestly like "who fucking cares"

[@t.j.1584]

Season 4 is honestly the most underrated season of MHA.

[@henriettaasare4359]

I agree

[@mk-aka-morgan8386]

I stopped watching after season 3, mainly because I ended up feeling burnt out from all the anime I was trying to keep up with… so I ended up not watching anime again for a hot minute. I just back into anime this year when I decided to watch at least one anime a month.

[@cloakedoblivion22]

Gotta say this is not your best hot take

[@IdkMan42]

?

[@alz397]

Whys everything a “hot take” lol can’t opinions just be opinions

[@earn6890]

@@alz397 fr

[@SuperRandoms.]

@@alz397 truee

[@THE_Number_ONE_1_HATER]

2:24 chainsaw, man was not animated poorly out of the 60+ anime I have watched in the past 10 years of my life to include Naruto JoJos bizarre adventure etc This was very close, but the best story I think I’ve ever seen Fujimoto is truly a genius, but due to hemino being generally criminal, Denji being mostly unlikable, and the fact is disguised as a show character, despite being extraordinarily complex followed with kobeni’s realism overall caused the first season to tank but the international assassins’s arc is fucking amazing and chapters 71-97 {can’t spoil the name for this arc} is what transformed the show from being extraordinary, in my opinion to one of my favorites

[@victoruchiha4550]

Which anime? So I can watch it

[@ChronicTheHempHog-mf3nh]

Imo it’s just difficult to take the story seriously it doesn’t feel like there is anything at stake and there is nothing that surprises you (the vigilante spin off series is honestly way better)

[@RAzoRSnipzZ]

Honestly I’ve enjoyed this season so far and I enjoy the manga maybe it’s because I enjoy the story but I really enjoyed it so far

[@Lemuel928]

The downfall continued with All for None Arc?

[@ChrisJZedStormzone-fz8od]

Im not a big fan of mha, but I'll like it if Deku (don't know his real name) remain powerless and grind hard to where were at in the manga

[@SpeakHerMusic]

I agree with everything you said but the movies are NOT filler.

[@ViolenVaymire]

Well, Baring everything else, Mirko's scenes were Fukin incredible! Nobody can argue about that!

[@Osav_kimi]

Agreed

[@aidanisachair]

Idk I’m not the biggest fan of MHA, I thought season 4 was pretty bad, but I’ve liked all the other seasons. From someone that hasn’t read the manga, I saw nothing wrong with season 5 and quite enjoyed it.

[@Thedoorway123]

Season 4 was good

[@samuelclayhills3298]

Also if the reason the show looks bad is because they do movies then season 1 should have looked as good as them but that clearly aint the case.

[@dr.strangelove4665]

manga has been so bad for over 150 chapters. horikoshi hates writing this story and it shows. and the anime is laughable

[@Thedoorway123]

A hater has been spotted 🥸

[@mrdeadinside9462]

My biggest problem with my hero is easily how fucking flat and 2d the world feels, we know so little about how the world actually works and everyone who isn’t a main character gets so little screen time I’m honestly trying to remember what I know is canon about side characters and what is fanon. There’s also the constant issue of them bringing in new character only to never have them do anything again (see Ms joke or basically the entirety of class 1-b) or them appearing again only to die (see midnight and stars and strips) Then there’s more minor issues like the fact quirks are supposed to be based on science and aren’t just magic despite most quirks not at all working scientifically, not gonna name every example but here’s the worst. Eri’s quirk (how is science supposed to explain sudo time travel?) aizawa’s quirk (there is literally nothing that could even remotely explain being able to disable people’s powers) new order (basically a beta version of reality manipulation, there is no way that this can be scientifically explained as not magic)

[@johnXD7]

Now that Mob psycho is over, I have hopes for part 2. Pls don't fuck up my favorite arc. Btw Season 6 wasn't bad at all. The only things that went wrong, were giving ep 4 and 5 incredible animation instead of ep 9, making the season look to bright and censor sometimes. Besides that this season was really good, so I'm not complaining, because it could haven been way worse.

[@michaelbarnes2126]

I’m an anime only guy and season 6 started out fast and on fire with the hero operations. But during that same arc the momentum after episode 4 or 5 just went down the drain

[@Young_Wrath]

And its crazy how that shigaraki frame of him attacking aizawa is literally just the wrong frame if you pause it with your hand out it looks just like the manga they just be picking which frames to pick im assuming they wanted that to he a shot with shigarakis hand out just zooming in like some 12 yr old animation transition

[@another_eu_player8035]

Mha is still really good and extremely popular

[@souvikg2115]

I don't understand this, Season 4 was very good, season 6 is just amazing.

[@superthon7762]

Agree this man a hater

[@geetee2456]

It's crazy how y'all not seeing this

[@skkhammuansangngaihte4989]

Blind fan

[@servus_incognitus]

How sad that this video didn't reach its intended audience lol

[@hybridvenom9]

i know this might sound like a ad but i will try to fix this okay show what's the name these to or I'm going to change the name again my night academia or my monster academia i have no idea until it actually happens

[@handsomeorange198]

This is such a dumb video lol... I think the top comments explained it well... and it's funny that I saw a video minutes ago in my recommended talking about how the new season has drawn him in so much... but he still points out things he's personally not a fan of... and he's very respectful...

[@LamirLakantry]

The Deku vs Shigi fight was the biggest letdown I've felt in years. I'd been so hyped to see it for so long. And despite the disaster of MVA's adaptation, the way they had embraced the gore gave me hope. Then the season opened strong with some well done Mirco scenes. I dared to hope. Season of build up. The protag and the antag finally going to fight for the first time. Multiple new quirks activating and being revealed. Limbs being lost. Lived ending on either side. All out desperation on both sides. This was going to be good... And then to see Deku's shockwave inducing barrage of punches feeling weaker than his single finger baseball toss from season one. I was expecting the broken heroes on the ground to barely be able to stand as the shockwaves ripped through the decimated city. I wanted to see the look of awe and fear and disbelief at the scale of the battle going on above their heads. I wanted the to see them struggeling to even think of how to aproach such a battle to help Deku. But no. We got a blue pastel sky giving everything a saturated happy hew. Slow music with no tension. Voice actors sounding mildly annoyed in place of screaming in desperation. And then it was over. At least the Nagant fight this week was well animated. Honestly surprised they didn't change it to sunny daytime and color it like a scene from the Teletubbies or something again.

[@victorortega1036]

I can agree that the animation in these important fights could’ve been better. But I think you are in the minority in this opinion here buddy the animation was good enough and also if you have a good enough story and continuity it can make up for the lower quality animation which in this case what it looks like the great majority here agree that it really wasn’t that bad. If it’s not your cup of tea it’s fine but My Hero’s biggest problem that people have with it is that the creator can’t stick with a narrative. Like we go from All For One vs. All Might to Gentle Villain and then after that a training arc? Like bro keep the momentum going at least make the story progress lol if he keeps up this consistency that he has rn and keeps the continuity flowing like he has been doing in these seasons the anime can rise up to popularity again because it is a good story

[@icards7986]

Other than the Openings and Endings I haven't watched the anime since season 3. Horikoshi's art is pretty amazing, and that is how I decided I want to remember MHA. Other than the final fight between Shoto and Dabi taking WAY too long I've been consistently satisfied with MHA.

[@animefanlt01]

yeah even as someone who loves season 6 I must admit the first cour's animation and art wasn't all that impressive, though it's seems like the studio might be putting their best foot forward with the second cour based on the first 2 episodes, at least to me lol

[@n4me485]

I feel like part of the reason MHA 'fell off' in a way was partly, and most apparently, because of the animation gripes- of course no matter what, someone will ALWAYS complain- but the thing that I see not a lot of people talk about is the rep that the show got with it, the whole "My hero fans are so weird" thing.

[@skelly6453]

In my opinion, the two arca being switched around wasn’t the worst this, i was so able to understand it completely even without reading most of that part in the manga. Not to mention they were still entertaining as hell. Also i do understand the not so good quality of season 4 and 5, some parts where a little embarrassing, but the movie’s animation? no. i mean for the most part, it was great. great movie, great visuals and great story line. (bakugo and todoroki’s fights at the end where 10/10) but MIDORIYA’S fight, i was in tears in the movie theater, it made no sense what was happening it was literally a 20 minute fight of the same thing over again and then he does some pokemon shit. it was crazy, and i’m honestly so disappointed in it.

[@RainIIsun]

Same pfp

[@elco-coisoriginal]

Studio bones has different teams for different animes. I think mha and mob psycho are for different teams though

[@ryanellison1652]

Horikoshi is great animation, it’s actually ruined his health issues and problems, including stressful situations, my thoughts about the story is interesting good, but afterwards he’s actually really long recovery time, 1-4 seasons

[@goosygrower419]

I disagree completely on the series becoming "less interesting"

[@raec5426]

Season 6 has the best overall material imo.

[@kennethsatria6607]

​@@raec5426 Its only the friggin animation that leaves you bitter about the anime. The manga despite loosing steam in its duration and release dates I will always love it just needs proper footing.

[@itsjustvin7630]

Eh the manga content so far felt more like dragging its last leg in the race. Kinda lost the enthusiasm for it like it's being rushed

[@raec5426]

@ItsJustVin If you know the issues behind the scenes with Hori's health, that is an explanation.

[@itsjustvin7630]

@@raec5426 left out the editorial issue as well I see

[@kingace6186]

Honestly, I don't think the anime should shoulder all the burden. Studio Bones is a trustworthy animation studio that TENDS to do its best when it comes to manga adaptations (the biggest example being both FMA, despite uncontrollable constraints). I think the manga deserves more than its fair share of grief.

[@Indeeee]

Ngl MHA is way too overhated these days.

[@pointlessmaks]

Season 6s second part has been very good to me. Although I feel like it covers so little per episode but it's still good quality.

[@Thedoorway123]

I don't see a downfall

[@gaminginvirinch3339]

Not a downfall these are forced hate the same forced hate that black clover fans did. I don't remember the time where black clover anime villains made sense except for the elf arc remaining villains are bunch generic evil guys

[@jvbutalid8316]

Seriously, we need a movie adaptation of All Might's final fight arc

[@adamm394]

So just the animation looked bad? Nothing story related or that people could be bored of cape-shit by this point?

[@anthonyyawtwumasimensah197]

When all might pointed at deku and said "next it's your turn" the TV show just fell off.

[@pablowannam75]

One thing I have always hated of MHA anime is the background it looks bad and many times doesn't fit with the characters, this is mostly when there is vegetation it is not as bad when their in a city

[@TaviiCatniss]

LOL mob going strong LMFAO Its over now

[@FreshIngredient]

I like the arcs Season 6 is going over so the animation downgrade doesn't bother me too much but Season 7 is when things are really going to go downhill...I most likely will be skipping S7 because the actual final war has been very disappointing to me, I'll stick with the manga though just to see how it ends.

[@Thedoorway123]

I think they'll do better next season

[@raymondyee2008]

While the outfits look good it’s unfortunately fanservice heavy and the toxic community was also why me and my cospartner didn’t do this series.

[@goldenboxen6430]

i liked mha at the start season 1 and 2 but after that for like 3 seasons they didn't have any major fights or any that felt important and the animation was good but it felt like they were trying to be family friendly making some characters look goofy or the facial expressions did't match what was going on sometimes 4:01 here's an example of what i mean if what i said didn't make sense this was supposed to be an important fight but the way his eyes are animated doesn't fit it's the same expression when bakugou is yelling at deku just cause doesn't feel like he was taking it serious but that's just me i been an anime only watcher i only read one manga csm before it got released cause i didn't feel like waiting but out of all of the anime i watch mha just didn't click with me after season 2, like with demon slayer aot and jjk the it was easy to tell when a major fight or key story point was happening the way they animated the characters background and how serious they look when in danger with mha it's more like it was a small fight too keep people hooked they didn't use their best animation on the fight or have impactful moments yet again that's just how i feel your choice to get mad at this or not im most likely not gonna reply anyways

[@angelq.1280]

You hit it right on the nose when you see the le’million fight with overhaul. I was sooooo disappointed when I read the manga and then saw the fight. Complete waste.