Boku no Hero Academia
My Hero Academia

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High Notes
- The art is amazing. Kōhei Horikoshi is able to draw manga in a comic-like style which makes the reading experience constantly entertaining regardless of writing. Character designs are very unique and creative, shadows make scenes a lot more intense and impactful. The panelling of scenes is very creative such as using hands to act as borders between scenes, characters' facial expressions when expressing great emotions and impact frames are beautiful to see.
- The concepts of quicks are very interesting and just seeing how people in this world use them for their own everyday use or hero ... work is always a delight to see.
- The beginning of the story is very impactful and draws you in. Deku is an underdog in the story and watching rise to the occasion during fights that seem difficult to tackle is inspiring. I enjoy the Todoroki family parts of the story since I kinda remind me of some difficutls parts of my life (I recommend reading the manga for this part since it brings up topics of people growing up in difficult family)
- Kōhei Horikoshi is good at making emotional moments for characters. All might be a joy to see on the pages with his contagious smile that brings hope. With his backstory being provided, it makes you feel for the character. I also enjoy the villains of the manga where they are born with a quick which puts them in a situation where society resents them.

Low Notes
- The series had an issue similar to Naruto where it felt dragged out longer than it should have. Like halfway through the story, it feels as if the story gonna be going for 500 chapters since it introduces a lot of interesting topics and themes but then suddenly those things are wrapped up in an instant to go to a final arc. During the final arc when things are speeding up, the arc slows down which makes it odd that some themes or topics when the manga was speeding up weren't properly addressed in detail.
- This will expand a little bit on the previous point. During the halfway part of the story when it suddenly speeds up, it makes me sad that we didn't slow down to let the impact of certain moments land and cause certain plot points to be introduced just to be eliminated in a few chapters. There were a lot of weird writing choices during the later half that put me off the series at times but I think the ending (while not being perfect) rounds things out alright.
- Kōhei Horikoshi is a very creative artist but when it comes to character writing side character, it doesn't seem to be his strong suit in my opinion. Deku's classmates besides the important ones (Bakugo, Todoroki, Uraraka) don't seem to be very relevant in the story unless Kōhei Horikoshi puts them in a fight then they suddenly have a character moment. So sometimes these characters feel kinda left out or under-explored. I feel the female cast besides Toga and Uraka was kinda under-explored.
- Fight scenes aren't very deep (it doesn't have to be but something to note). JJK has a very good fight layout and understanding of battle flow (like how characters do certain actions to beat the enemy). MHA has a Bleach effect where they pull off certain moves and then there's a flashback thus character does a cool move and beats the enemy. This writing style isn't bad as stated before Kōhei Horikoshi is good at making emotional moments but once you notice a bit of this style it kinda becomes predictable.

I think this manga besides its flaws is still enjoyable to read. It is not the best manga ever but the impact of the themes of the story hits hard. It was not a dark story and it didn't need to be. Certain topics and themes weren't explored enough which is disappointing but after some time to reflect, manga still had something worth experiencing.

I loved this manga so so much while it was being published. It was an amazing distractor for the dark times of 2020 and 2021, all until Stars and Stripes showed up I think. And then the non time-skip happened (it was way to damn short to be called a time-skip imo) and the story lost me almost completely. Ever since the time-skip reading this story felt like a chore more than an enjoyable thing like before.

I have my gripes with this story, a bunch of them really. The way the author decided to progress the story truly disappointed me. At the beginning it ... seemed to be such an amazing story with mysteries and complicated relationships, I got so much hype on so many things; being hinted that maybe there was a weird reason why Deku was quirkless, All For One and One For All beginnings, Deku's father, his relationship with Uraraka, his friendship with Ida, the frenemies relationship with Bakugo... and so many more things I cannot remember rn, all went nowhere except for maybe his relationship with Bakugo; and by the end it was generic boring shonen bs full of ass-pulls. Man it was hard reading the last arch.

Still, the first half is an amazing read that I truly recommend and I bet some people may enjoy it 'till the very end even if I and many others didn't.

How can I start, it is a typical action-adventure shonen, that starts showing us a world that is not usually seen in animes, which I liked, however, the story is very childish and does not bring any emotion to the reader, though the artist tried to spicy it up on the last few volumes, it was not enough to make it a good story. But the worst part is the end, I do not wish to spoiler, but as someone who grew up watching BNH, I'm afraid to say that I'm more disappointed with this end than with Fairy Tail end, the character development is ... null, the story premise is not fulfilled, we got nothing to bring joy to the fans if you are someone who is watching the anime and is coming to the manga, my recommendation is for you to drop it, do not spend you time watching something that will finish leaving a bad taste on your mouth. There are many good shows out there, but this is not one of them.