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11 Sep

My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 23 Review: Tenko Shimura: Origin

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This My Hero Academia review contains spoilers for Season 5, Episode 23. “You’re right. I just want to destroy.” There’s an inherent risk of ruining the magic that surrounds certain characters by answering all of the questions that contextualize them—especially when it comes to villains—but My Hero Academia has not only avoided this particular story struggle, but excelled in the territory and turned the challenge into some of the show’s most powerful episodes. They’re the perfect amount of dark and haunting without feeling exploitative or off the mark from what the series should represent.  There is no shortage of villains…
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04 Sep

My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 22 Review: Sad Man’s Parade

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This My Hero Academia review contains spoilers. My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 22 “Even if you stumble in life, you can pick yourself back up again.”  “All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy.” That’s the central question that the Joker poses in Alan Moore’s Batman: The Killing Joke, but it’s a concept that’s been prevalent throughout the histories of many of My Hero Academia’s villains. The events of “Sad Man’s Parade” explore how Twice’s life in particular has had a dark domino effect that progressively pushed him to his life of…
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29 Aug

My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 21 Review: Revival Party

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This My Hero Academia review contains spoilers. “What is…a normal life?” “Normalcy” is often viewed like it’s some congenital defect in My Hero Academia and there are plenty of characters in the series who view a lack of special abilities as a confirmation of inferiority. Granted, My Hero Academia exists within such an exaggerated world that there’s a sliding scale of what qualifies as “normal,” especially when it comes to the context of society’s villains. Contrasting opinions are presented on which villains are acting “properly” and have the best vision for not only the state of villainy, but society itself. …
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29 May

My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 10 Review: That Which Is Inherited

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This My Hero Academia review contains spoilers. My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 10 “The time has not yet come”  Patience is an extra special virtue in anime. It’s a medium, especially the shonen genre, that’s notorious for dragging out conflict. Patience is something that’s been integral right from the start of My Hero Academia since it engages in what’s ostensibly a superhero origin story. Characters like Midoriya understand that they won’t become the Number One Pro Hero overnight and that it’s a very gradual process.  My Hero Academia season 5 manipulates patience in new ways, largely with the tournament…
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22 May

My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 9 Review: Early Bird!

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This My Hero Academia review contains spoilers. My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 9 “Save people to win.” “Win to save people.” My Hero Academia’s current season has done an excellent job in highlighting many of the series’ more neglected characters, but it’s also functioned as an opportunity to demonstrate how much Class A’s most celebrated heroes have upped their games. My Hero Academia begins with Katsuki Bakugo arguably as the second lead after Midoriya and even though the friendly rivalry between these two has never faded, the two characters have been pulled in very different directions.  Bakugo remains a…
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15 May

My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 8 Review: Match 3 Conclusion

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This My Hero Academia review contains spoilers. My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 8 “Raise the temperature higher. I can go higher. Burn myself! In order to become who I want to be!” My Hero Academia season 5 has worked very hard to showcase the wide range of characters that compose Classes A and B, especially some of the more obscure or forgotten heroes. This season caters towards perpetual combat, but part of the reason that these clashes are so successful is because everyone has trained hard and improved upon their base skills, only the audience isn’t privy to how…
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08 May

My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 7 Review: Match 3

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This My Hero Academia review contains spoilers. “The strong spirit…of a successor.” A major problem that can arise when anime enter “Tournament Arcs” is the fatigue that sets in from constant action that’s manufactured and doesn’t have any actual buildup or emotional connection between the fighters. My Hero Academia is at least able to keep things relatively fresh due to the wildly unique nature of Quirks, but the episodes in this season have already highlighted that there is considerable overlap between some of these abilities. Creative powers aren’t enough and now that the Joint Training Arc is at its third…
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02 May

My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 6 Review: Foresight

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This My Hero Academia review contains spoilers. My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 6 “It takes time to create something big…” Imposter syndrome is a real condition that takes over people and it seems like it’d be incredibly prevalent in a world like My Hero Academia where the population is conditioned to become heroes from a young age. My Hero Academia frequently shows characters grow stronger, but it’s not often that it dwells on their inner turmoil on whether they’re worthy of the praise and status that society gives them. “Foresight” centers around Momo Yaoyorozu and Itsuka Kendo, two strong-willed…
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24 Apr

My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 5 Review: Operation New Improv Moves

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This My Hero Academia review contains spoilers. My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 5 “We’re birds of a feather.” Battles are chaotic and it can be easy to focus on only the immediate danger within them. Survival can give the illusion of strength, but sooner or later this facade crumbles away without the right preparation. “Operation New Improv Moves” is an exciting My Hero Academia episode that presents another grueling fight between the students of Class 1-A and 1-B, but it also speaks to how essential it is to adopt a bird’s eye view perspective. This vantage point, which considers…
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17 Apr

My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 4 Review: Make It Happen, Shinso!

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This My Hero Academia review contains spoilers. My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 4 “You’re totally a future hero.” My Hero Academia emphasizes the importance of many different skills when it comes to what’s required to be a hero. There’s plenty of debate over the benefits and disadvantages behind strength, defense, or a unique Quirk, but it’s hard to argue with the essential nature of good communication.  Communication has sunk prominent heroes and villains alike in the past in My Hero Academia and the circumstances behind season five’s Joint Training Arc make this trait paramount. Communication is arguably important in…
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12 Apr

My Hero Academia’s Deku and Bakugo on Season 5, Class 1-B, and Dark Betrayals

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My Hero Academia is one of the biggest anime series to come out in the past few years. It’s a delicate coming-of-age story that looks at what truly makes a hero and why it’s important to have role models that give the world hope.  There is no shortage of superhero content out there, yet My Hero Academia takes archetypes from the genre and recontextualizes them through its heightened world of overpowered individuals. Each season chronicles the next generation of heroes’ growth as they train to become the best versions of themselves. My Hero Academia is optimistic and bright, but a…
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10 Apr

My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 3 Review: Clash! Class A vs. Class B!

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This My Hero Academia review contains spoilers. My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 3 “You’re not alone.” Each season of My Hero Academia is structured around a major story arc that ideally brings Izuku Midoriya and company closer to their goal of becoming professional heroes. The anime has a tendency to rotate between arcs that involve rampaging villains or the continued training and competitions between U.A. High’s heroes. “Clash! Class A vs. Class B!” officially kicks off My Hero Academia’s Joint Training Arc, which allows Midoriya and the rest of Class 1-A to intermingle with Class 1-B’s students.  Class 1-B…
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03 Apr

My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 2 Review: Vestiges

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This My Hero Academia review contains spoilers. My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 2 “Have you ever thought about the feelings of those they left behind?”“I’ve thought so much about it that I’ve gone crazy.” My Hero Academia season 5 technically started last week with “All Hands on Deck! Class 1-A” and it’s become an unofficial tradition for each season to begin with an episode that functions as a recap or primer for new audiences, but this premiere was especially superfluous. Sometimes there’s enough of a fresh perspective that can analyze past events critically, but “All Hands on Deck!” Class…
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01 Apr

My Hero Academia Season 5: What to Expect

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Season four of My Hero Academia wrapped up almost exactly a year ago and ever since fans have been anxious to see how the anime series follows up their biggest and most mature season yet. My Hero Academia’s core premise remains the same each year, but it’s genuinely impressive how Izuku “Deku” Midoriya and the rest of his classmates at U.A. High have gradually grown into the very types of professional heroes that they idolized in reverence when the series first began.  My Hero Academia season 5 promises more kinetic action sequences, thoughtful character work, and terrifying villains, yet the…
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10 Jul

My Hero Academia: The Rise of Jiro and the Future of Dubbed Anime

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Funimation is one of the leading companies in the anime business and they’ve been instrumental in bringing many popular series over to America, along with producing excellent dubs that are actually able to improve upon the source material. My Hero Academia and Attack on Titan are easily some of the biggest anime of the decade and Trina Nishimura voices two pivotal characters in the series, My Hero Academia’s Kyoka Jiro and Attack on Titan’s Mikasa Ackerman. The anime dubbing industry has had to roll with a lot of changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it hasn’t stopped Trina Nishimura…
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02 Mar

My Hero Academia The Movie – Heroes: Rising Review

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My Hero Academia has only been around for a few years, but it’s already gained mass acclaim and become one of the most popular anime series in years. The series consistently pushes its characters to challenging new places, but it can be difficult for supplemental feature films to capture the same level of importance and feel like they’re not stuck inside of some non-canonical bubble. My Hero Academia’s first film, Two Heroes, was considered a success by fans, but the series is now in a more complex place where its endgame is increasingly on its mind. Thankfully, My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising isn’t just an…
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