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78. My Hero Academia
https://myanimelist.net/anime/31964/Boku_no_Hero_Academia
Spring 2016 (13 episodes), Spring 2017 (25 episodes), Spring 2018 (25 episodes), Fall 2019 (0/25 episodes, unfinished), Spring 2021 (0/25 episodes, unfinished)
My Score: 7/10, MAL Score: 7.92/10 S1, 8.14/10 S2, 8.07/10 S3, 7.93/10 S4, 7.42/10 S5
Best Character: Midoriya Izuku

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1FdEBTJXus

Premise: Despite how much he wants to be a hero, Midoriya Izuku has no superpowers. Then he meets All Might, the greatest hero of them all, and Izuku finally gets a chance to prove himself.

The Good: My Hero Academia is a superpowered battle anime that mostly follows one class in a hero training school. Izuku is the main character and hes easily my favorite, but a big draw is the large cast of zany characters with even zanier powers. Theres gravity-manipulating Uraraka, explosive Bakugou, frog girl Froppy and those are just the heroes! There are just as many villains going up against them, each with a unique ability that must be approached in a unique way. Since he spent most of his life idolizing superheroes but having no powers of his own, Izuku focused on researching superpowers and coming up with counters. This makes a lot of battles fun, because while he receives All Mights super strength very early on, Izuku doesnt have the strength to safely wield it yet. He needs to approach each battle smartly if he wants to win, and Im a big fan of fights where theres more going on than just hit the guy really hard.

The Bad: I still havent started the fourth season or beyond of MHA, and I havent rewatched anything for this write-up so my memories arent fresh. Thats mostly just because its such a huge commitment, though. Its 113 episodes not even counting the sixth season that just started airing. I mostly just remember that the first and second seasons elevated MHA into my favorites, and then the third season had some problems with pacing and plotting that made it not as good. It might just be because I watched that one while it was airing, though. MHA is the kind of show I prefer to binge. Sorry I cant give more concrete bad feelings. When it came to ranking this anime, I just felt kinda meh about it, but I still remembered enough good things to slot it in here.

Overall: My Hero Academia is an awesome superhero anime. Im not the biggest fan of superhero media, Ive only seen like two Marvel movies, but this anime still easily managed to win me over. Izuku is a friendly and relatable protagonist, and his power is strong enough to be useful while still having limitations that make his battles genuinely tense. The rest of the cast, whether theyre a friend or a foe, all have interesting powers too. I had some problems with the third season, but mostly Im just waiting until more episodes pile up so I can binge them all at once.