First of all let me get this off my chest real quick: Can we all collectively agree that My Hero Academia has easily the absolute worst fanbase for an anime ever? Like, if you’re an MHA fan, I really hope that you are mentally stable, because the kind of shit that your fanbase does is really concerning and whack. For example, you guys have no idea how many posts I see on Instagram and Twitter where people have shipping drawings of Deku and Bakugo. Like, what the fuck man? Out of all the characters in this show, why the fuck would you wanna ship those ... two? If it was like...idk, Deku and Ochako shipping drawings then I guess that would be fine since they have a relationship I think? But no, it's like they blindly pick these characters out of a hat and then are like: "Yeah, let's just ship those characters even if it doesn't make any sense."
And that's just the tip of the iceberg. There is a plethora of weird and toxic shit that the MHA fanbase loves to do like it's a goddamn pastime of theirs but I honestly don't wanna go too deep into that rabbit hole for this review because I don't want this review to turn into a rant about the insane asylum that is the MHA fanbase. But I feel like it's important to bring up because a lot of people say that the fanbase ruined this show and I have to agree, the fanbase for this series absolutely sucks and I never wanna be apart of it thank you very much.
Now as for the show itself, if we could just pretend for a moment that the fanbase isn't a problem, what do I think about it? Well, I guess I like it. I mean, I'm not a huge fan or anything like that and it's not really one of my favorites, but I think it's a fun show that I mostly enjoy when it's on. I personally like to call it "Anime X-Men" because this show reminds me SO much of X-Men and just Marvel superheroes in general and since I just naturally like superheroes I'm pretty much destined to at least like this series. And I was actually looking forward to watching this new season since it has the highest MAL rating out of all the other seasons and I was hoping it wouldn't be as uneventful and underwhelming like season 5 was. And I'm happy to say that I enjoyed it way more than I thought I would.
I think this series realized that the last season was kind of a dud because with this season, they go in guns blazing. This season kinda felt like the last season to me, even though it isn't. Which I have no idea when this show is going to end, it seems like they are setting up the finale, but apparently the manga is still being published soooo...who fucking knows? But despite that I think they set up the "finale" quite well. The season really starts with a bang as we get this huge superhero battle. And things certainly get more interesting once certain plot twists are revealed. And honestly there was one twist that I didn't really see coming even though I probably should have noticed it. And I also liked how this season took itself a little more seriously than any of the other seasons. This whole season is a huge turning point in the show so it makes sense that they would handle the situation a little more maturely than other seasons.
Another thing I noticed is that there's barely any Mineta in this season. Let's be honest, that guy is easily the worst character in this whole goddamn series. And I think the show has realized that because they have seem to utilize him less and less throughout the show's progression to the point where he's not even that much of a main factor anymore. Which is both hilarious to me and a huge improvement because I cannot stand when that character is on screen. I CAN'T STAND HIM GODDAMMIT!!! I also like the direction that Deku goes through near the end of this season, he becomes kind of a badass and it was pretty fun to watch.
But to complain a bit, I still don't like how some characters aren't getting much development, or sometimes getting no development. Like when a certain teacher died, I didn't feel much because I didn't really know that character on a personal level. In fact there's still some characters that feel like background characters to me. Hopefully in the next season they give them all satisfying development and conclusions but we'll just have to wait and see. And another thing is that even though the middle act kind of excited me, it didn't really pay off as much as I liked. I think this season really peaked during the first half but it kinda lost its steam during the halfway point. But it's still far from a bad story.
And for once, I'm actually looking forward to seeing what happens next. And I think this show is at its best when it gets to the point or gets to the stuff that people want to see, like amazing animation, cool action, good development between characters and a nice emotional core. I think that's why shows like Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen have become so successful because they don't waste your time on dumb shit. This show is at its worst when it's doing exactly what those two shows are NOT doing. Like adding more slice of life drama when there already is enough of that in this show, then attempting to balance that with the superhero action. Not that I'm against more normal moments in a shounen anime, but this show does it kinda poorly for the most part. But this season seemed to forego a lot of that and I'm so glad it did.
ORIGINALLY REVIEWED ON 06/26/2023
Alternative Titles Synonyms: My Hero Academia 6 Japanese: 僕のヒーローアカデミア Information Type: TV Episodes: 25 Status: Finished Airing Aired: Oct 1, 2022 to Mar 25, 2023 Premiered: Fall 2022 Broadcast: Saturdays at 17:30 (JST) Licensors: None found, add some Studios: Bones Source: Manga Genre: Action Demographic: Shounen Duration: 23 min. per ep. Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older Statistics Score: 8.301 (scored by 303,123 users) 1 indicates a . Ranked: #2632 2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #333 Members: 636,793 Favorites: 7,107 Available AtResources |
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