Sep 9, 2018
This season was just more of the same of the previous two except longer. We first get another training arc, where the students are training to improve their quirks. The training portion amounted to “the more you use it, the stronger it gets.”, how exciting. The author must have realized how dull it was as it only lasted about half the episode and was never to be seen again for the rest of the season.
Next was another attack by the Shigaraki and goons, their goal this time is to kidnap Bakugo. We’re also introduced to a new one dimensional villain called Muscular, who
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debuts and is defeated by a 1000000% smash asspull from Deku the same episode. I also can’t get over how stupid it is that the students need permission from their teacher to use their quirks despite being in a life or death situation (Even made more annoying is the fact that such a rule wasn’t present in the first season when Shigaraki and friends first attacked). Anyway, the League of Villains succeed for once and kidnap Bakugou. Why? Because they want to recruit him. That’s right, someone who chooses to enroll in one of the top hero school totally has his eyes set on becoming a villain apparently. Stupid shit like this is why the villains in this show can’t be taken seriously (And it doesn’t help that we still know next to nothing about them). We’re again introduced to another new, bland villain named All for One, who is the villain counterpart to All Might. The two eventually engage in their last battle and All Might wins.
With the exception of the first fight between Deku vs Bakugo, the battles in this series are generally lackluster, and All Might vs All for One is no exception; there was no build-up, the fight itself was mostly talking about All Might’s mentor (Who we still don’t know enough to care about) and at most there were about 4 exchanges overall with explosions everywhere, how exciting.
The final arc of this season is again, an examination. This time they’re going to take an exam in order to get their “Provisional Hero Licenses”, which allows them to use their quirks to save people and put down villains. The first portion of the exam consists of playing dodgeball, I shit you not, this is how they pick heroes who can be entrusted with saving lives and taking down villains. One Punch Man had a better examination and that was a freaking parody. Second part of the exam wasn’t so bad until Todoroki gets into an utterly stupid quarrel with a newly introduced character named Inasa, and holy shit, this guy takes pettiness to a whole other level; Inasa apparently was suppose to enroll into U.A but instead chose to literally go school in the other side of the country just because he didn’t like Todoroki, and it’s not like Todoroki did anything to him, he just didn’t like the vibe Todoroki gave of. Due to Inasa’s actions both him and Todoroki fail the exam, but wait, there’s actually another test that those who failed can take in three months to earn their licenses, consequences be damned.
So again, we get more training, more Shigaraki "doing stuff" and more exams. Most shonen have repetitive formulas but they are at least heading towards something, MHA’s just going in circles from the looks of things, I mean, this season is almost over and we’re getting yet again, another fight between Deku & Bakugo (Though if it’s anything like the first one then it’s might be worth looking forward to). The show doesn’t even have anything to make up for it’s lack of story; the world building is practically non-existent, the fights consist of either talking or spamming the same technique for majority of the battle, and most characters are incredibly shallow (Seriously, a lot of people claim the characters in the show are well developed and fleshed out but that couldn’t be further from the truth, only Deku, Bakugo & Todoroki get anything worth noting).
Long story short, the show gets worse each passing season with it's only redeeming quality being its animation at this point.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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