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Slow build-up to perhaps some of the most incredible scenes in media history.

The fact that most reviews seem to have watched only 4 of the 8 episodes is honestly crazy given the ramp-up in this arc. As if you do that then you are effectivly kneecapping the entire point of watching this season. A season that is, as described, a training arc.

As much as I would love non-stop action, it's these slow moments in anime that build up character and motivation within fights. After this season I am substantially more invested in a significant volume of the cast.

This season is full of ... chill vibes, meaningful interaction and progress. And will be a highpoint for many in retrospect. When you get to the end of the season you'll understand this review.

This series starts out, and stays, a feel-good manga for a really long time. But later on starts to lose it's way from this premise. Something I notice when reading or watching something is the emotion it creates. Early on this series creates a sense of excited anticipation and happiness. Later chapters have this feeling disappear and our main character changes on some fundamental levels.

A major point that really hurt my enjoyment of the series was that it skips over perhapse the most interesting growths in power. And it sort of felt like the author was rushing towards an ending.

"The best reviews use ... pronouns (I, me, my, you) very rarely. - MAL" I do not feel taking out your subjective experience of a media piece is healthy for a website. So I will defend my use of personal pronouns here. My personal experience was that with the change in genre my enjoyment declined from 10/10 to 7/10. Still good, but I really felt this decline which make the rating feel like a 6 for me. My opinion here on MHA is probably quite unique. And reflects how I read 200 chapters all at once and the rest over a period where I changed quite a lot as a person. My perspective fundamentally altered going from child to adult while reading. As a professional writer, I started to see more issues in the series as my own skills developed. Most significantly, the the villian's motivations really just didn't align with reality. Abstract villains remove a stories grounding and my own suspension of disbelief - well, now at least.

Beware: god awful english translations.

The story is good, if not paced a little weird, characters abruptly appear and disappear and there aren't really any story arcs, there is a substantial overlap of plot before any one event finishes (so it feels a little unending). It feels like not a thing has been planned further than a few chapters. There is also a lot of convenient coincidences that help out the protagonist, these disable interesting storytelling: you won't be moved to tears.

The art is reasonable if not a little inconsistent, beware, as of this review the official translation is at 24, its a lot ... clearer, but the rest id very inconsistent, poor jpeg file handling.

I have a high hope for the official translation. The fan translation is childish at best, whoever did it has no conception of tense. Though their foray is appreciated nonetheless and can be considered berable.