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Imo the show kneecapped itself the moment Deku was given the quirk. Shonen is all about earning your power yourself and mastering it and the journey in that growth.

From the get go supposedly what makes Deku the most qualified person is that he wants to be a hero despite not having power but in the show there's an entire police force of quirkless people that are motivated to serve others as much as Deku was so if All Might wanted to choose a quirkless kid there's really no reason for it to be Deku in particular. He could've just secretly chosen the best police ... officer since that just seems like the rational course of action if he was looking for a quirkless person with a strong sense of selflessness and civil duty. Deku's love for heroes doesn't really seem like a rare thing either. I'm pretty sure any young boy would also be obsessed with heroes and it's not like All might couldn't give his power to someone that already have a quirk so why not just give it to someone that has the proper motivation and could use All for One in conjunction with another power that compliments it well. Basically I don't really see Deku as an interesting or compelling character, I don't see any reason he was chosen in particular (other than it being forced by the narrative) and I don't care about his journey because he's just not an entertaining character.


Another thing that fucked the show is the contradiction in theme. In the first season one of the most emotional moments is Deku crying with the revelation that even he can be a hero. But really he could only become a hero because All Might chose him. The theme that anyone could be a hero is completely killed here. Anyone can be a hero if they're at the right place at the right time and the person that's choosing who gets the quirk pities them more than they care about doing the best they could possibly do with their duty. Fuck the police officers that probably went through a similar origin story to Deku and just came to terms with their lack of a quirk and decided to do the best that they could do within their limits I guess.


Yet another thing I dislike about HeroAca is Deku's power. We already know what the power can be used for, so there's no real intrigue. Because of this Deku's development isn't interesting we know he's going to use it until he gets good at it. There are no powered up forms that he can enter or new techniques to develop just brute force. Yeah powered up forms are a icky but it's marginally more interesting than having a power with no cool techniques.

There may be villains but we know there will be no real consequences since Deku becomes the number one hero anyway.

Glaring plothole break: If Deku needs to be a good vessel to carry All for One how the hell is All Might carrying it. Dude is as lanky as a stick bug. Unless the muscles that he has in his All Might form are his in that case how the fuck does that work.

The characters aren't even likeable in this show. They're all really simple, uninteresting characters. No one is asking anyone to reinvent the wheel with characters just make them feel human rather than husk-like. Deku wants to be a hero and is hardworking, Uraraka is also hard working and wants to support her family, Bakugo has a complex about being superior to everyone else especially Deku. Pretty much every character is really simple including the main character. I'm ok with side character's not being detailed in shonen of the focus is on the development of the main character but at least make the MC interesting. I'll compare this to something recent like Darling in the Franxx that while having characters that are generic the characters are at the very least written in a way that makes me care about them. Hiro is a pretty basic guy on the surface level, he wants to protect Papa and he cares about his friends. But his character reflects one of the central thematic conflicts of the story: Humanization vs Dehumanixation. In a world where children are assigned numbers he gives people names. Names being a concept that gives something a unique identity. Basically the children are treated like live stock while Hiro sees them as deserving of being treated like people. This idea contrasts with Hiro's ideals when it comes to piloting Franxx. He thinks that if you can't pilot you may as well be dead since you're useless to Papa. This conflict in his character reflects how he is affected by his interpersonal relationships and the society he lives in. His development as a character furthers the thematic conflict of the show which is what makes his character interesting. This, again, is compared to Deku who might reflect the societal ideal of having a cool quirk and hero, howerver, instead of defying this flawed ideal as a character he fully embodies it. When he had no quirk he was a worthless loser, now that he has a quirk he's a really popular hero (socially) only out-shined by Mr. Fire and Ice because he can use his power without breaking himself.

HeroAca has a few things going for it. The chaacter designs are pretty cool and I see no issue with the quirk being somewhat spoiled since I'm a believer in the value of how they use quirk being matters. One might ask why I bashed Deku's power for being predictable is not only is the nature of the power really limited on what can be done but since it's the type of power that's passed down All Might will probably teach Deku all the techniques that there are to learn although there isn't really many to be had anyway.
Another thing it has going for it is the theme of not all heroes are "good". Endeavor for instance is abusive and manipulative to forward his own goal of being the number one hero and Iida and his brother do what they do because it's a family thing. Point being that the motives for being heroes are selfish. Stain was an overdone but still quality villain.

Another side note: An official ranking system for heroes is fucking stupid. There's no use in explicating the most able hero a hero system would just need to know who's strong enough to handle certain type of scenarios. I can see an unofficial ranking system by fans or tabloids or something but there's no point in enumerating ability. Also the HeroAca system is never really explained is it based on ability or is it based on number of people saved? Is it a One Punch Man deal where your rank is upgraded by the level of threats you naturalize?

Anyway despite it's flaws the show doesn't offend me and is well put together visually. When I started this rant I originally gave the show a 7 because it was alright and I was putting funish harems at 6. This show is the second to make me consider fixing my rating system but I'm too lazy. Either way I'm thinkin this show is a 6 due to it's boring cast, bad premise theme combination and general plot holes.

Note: Spoils

When it comes to Re:Creators, despite its attempt to pay tribute to the industry I found the plot and characters lackluster.

The very first problem I had with the show was the main character. You know there’s an issue with a story when you ask yourself “Why is he (MC) relevant?” or “Why is he (MC) here?” The only time he becomes somewhat useful when he provides information he was withholding. Also when it comes to his backstory I can’t understand his motivations. Teenage boys are animals so if a cute, talented girl thought highly of him the main character would most likely be ... all over it rather than remaining a jealous cunt.

The second was that it never really took advantage of the show’s premise. The conversations between the creators and the created were supposed to be the show’s highlight but most of the time it either felt like the bare minimum to justify the character fighting for the creator’s side. The only decent conversation was between Blitz and his creator which broke down to “Why did you do those bad things to me?” “I like making you suffer because it makes me feel good” with no satisfying conclusion. The conversation that we never got to see was the true loss as Magane and her creator would have had an interesting bit of banter. I can’t wrap my head around why they would let Magane kill the creator without talking to them as her character seems to like to have fun taunting the person before killing them.

The third was the character motivations. I mentioned my problem with the main character’s motives in his backstory but what about Magane, Blitz, and Aliceteria? What made Magane decide to help out in the end? How could she love humans but kill a random for no reason earlier in the show? Maybe she wanted to keep having fun in the real world (but she lost her powers by the end anyway)? Why did Blitz fight to save the real world for the sake of his daughter then leave the real world where he could be with his daughter for the world where she’s dead? Aliceteria seems like a knight with a strong sense of justice, so why didn't she sense something was fishy when she was recruited by a shady character (even Mamika could tell something was up albeit the real world resembled her own so she had more context). Why would Aliceteria trust Magane (regarding the death of Mamika) when she’s the literal most shady character in the show?

I guess a fourth and final issue while not huge is the way Altair got the creations on her side. She told them basically that the creators wrote their lives into stories. Do the creations not have stories in their worlds? Do the creations not understand the seeming harmlessness that goes into making stories? Why would they blame the creators for writing them at all if they had this kind of context?

So basically Re: Creators fails in my book because the characters being caricatures aren’t too interesting, the characters don’t feel realistic although it’s really ironic that the characters are doubly not real I would have preferred if I could imagine that they could be people, the character’s motivations aren’t always justified (in their perspective not morally) and it did nothing with its somewhat interesting premise.

To get an idea of what would make this show good in my eyes look no further than Fate/Zero. It had more interesting characters and conversations between the characters about ideals and philosophies not to mention the fights were better (if you’re into that sorta thing).

I called Re:Creators a failure but it's better than the mediocre high school romance light novel adaptation which inherently is a 5 unless it does something interesting. So a mid-high tier 6/10 because I liked the sunglasses dude a bit not to mention it explores some ideas regarding why people enjoy media. Can't be a 7 because 7 is where I start thinking things are good. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

With harem series we have a few rules:
1: The Main character must be dense
2: The side characters are better than the heroines
3: No romatic conclusion
Nisekoi strikes the nail on the head when it comes to being generic in most aspects.
Like a doctor I will first deliver the good news then the bad news.

The art in Nisekoi was quite beautiful. I love it when an anime is as colorful and liberal (in changing art style) as Nisekoi is. My only issue is that the girls are in constant blush.


Audio was good. Didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. I do like ... Click the OP.


Characters:
Raku- Basic harem MC (dense as a neutron star)
Chitoge- Basic Tsundere
Onodera- Basic suck-up character (like Saukura in Fate/stay night, the Fate and UBW routes)
Onodera's sister- Already forgot her name. Don't care anymore really.
Marie- Not enough screen time and was rushed in at the lend of first season. Is actually pretty cool in a perverted manipulitive manner.
Chitoge's slave- Unnesesary big boobs
That's all I can remember

Story:
Prepare for the bad news.
Nisekoi would have been good if it hadn't tried to force a backstory. You know the one. The one with the locket and stuff. For the uninformed plebs, Nisekoi's backstory goes into how Raku and his playmate from his childhood made a promise to marry. The promise is sealed with a key (literally) as the girl locked a locket with a key and gave it to raku as a means for them to find eachother again. 10 years later he's a teenager in highschool. Like most adolesent males he's thinking about girls. The girl he particularly has his eyes on is Onodera. The two had flirted all through middle school and were preping to do the same in high school. That is, untill transfer student Chitoge slammed her way into his life and due to certain family circumstances they are forced to pretend to date. Then to add even more feul to the fire of potential they both have keys. This raises so many questions: Which key is the right one? Is he going to start to love Chitoge or will his flirtationship with Onodera stop him? Is he going to remain true to his promise he made as a kid or will he move on and date who he loves? The anime slowly feeds these questions with dates with both of the girls and signals that both of the girls like him. Then at a climax the show has Chitoge try the locket to see if she's the girl. The locket breaks leaving the questions the show gives us on hold untill the locket is repaired (which doesn't really happen). This would be no problem to me if the show didn't end the way it did. Instead of bringing he locket back for a great climatic finale that resolves all of the questions invokes upon us the ending features Raku reconciling with Harem Girl A, Chitoge after a fight. This climax has nothing to do with the sideplot whatsoever. Then in the second season the show finally hammers the nail into the coffin by telling us the locket will never be fixed.

Enjoyment:
If it wern't obvoius from the rant above, watching nisekoi was not enjoyable. I would have enjoyed it better if they hadn't included the backstory subplot and just focused on the Romatic Comedy section. Also if they just had all of the girls in the begining intead of adding them every 3-4 episodes that would be great. And every girl doesn't need a key.

**Disclaimer**
**Nisekoi is kinda a show without spoilers cause harems never have a proper conclusion so don't get your panties in a twist with the plot events that I've mentioned.**