Oct 12, 2024
(slight spoilers of who fights in one fight)
By far my favorite season out of the franchise. I honestly didn't think I would be making a review for this season, but it proved to me enough that it deserved to be at least talked about.
I will say this time and time again about Horikoshi’s work; his character writing is his strong suit. And this is wholeheartedly one of the, if not, the reason I decided to even discuss my thoughts on this season.
So, we’re in the final arc of the series. The final part of any story is bound to have their characters showing up
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and that's exactly what Hori did. This arc shows each and every one of his large cast showing out. That is what I love about this finale, Horikoshi is finally shining light on his other characters rather than the fan favorites, which is no doubtably what he should've done way before; but I digress.
I love how he had brought in his characters into fights not just for the sake of having that character doing something in the midst of the war, but it was planned out to show the character’s true strength.
Specifically, during a particular fight, I liked how Hori tied in “real world” dynamics into his story. In the middle of the fight we can see how society treats animorphs and that is used to help build the characters of his work which are also affected by this.
Moving on, towards the end of the season, the final fight actually shown, Ochako vs Toga, was my absolute favorite part to watch. We can finally see the climax of these two’s intertwined story since season 3, and I loved how he tied it all together. Both of these characters had their reasons behind the fight and despite knowing each other beforehand, didn't hold back. Hori uses emotions and past experiences to help us understand both of these characters. In the end, we end up actually feeling bad for the villian, and this isn't the only case.
Wrapping this up, Hori uses this technique to help give his other characters their well deserved spot light and not just that but to improve on his already worked on characters. At the end of each battle, we can really see how much these characters have grown, this can be said for all of his cast, both villains and heroes, despite it only being a year since the story began.
A story made to focus on heroes is also very focused on the villains too. His villains are not just thrown in to just be somebody the heroes face, but are written to show why they chose to be a villain, and we as spectators, understand why they do what they do. These villains are here to show the two sides of society.
If this isn't Horikoshi showing his skill in character writing, then I don't know what is. Nonetheless, this was a great season also productive wise and I can’t wait for how well they handle the actual final part of the story.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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