I finished watching the first season of "My Hero Academia". First time I'm seeing this and, well, I knew the series was popular, but I did *not* expect there to be 5 seasons of it out! Sheesq. Have I been living under a rock or something? (Don't answer that!)
Simply put, this was a lot of fun to watch. A lot of the focus of the show is on Deku (or Midoriya), but we have enough tangents with the other classmates/characters (especially All Might), that I'm growing certain expectations. Point I"m making is that the rest of the class is not unknown (like some other anime). It looks like there is a plan to use the different cast for different things in the series.
The tension between Midoriya and Bakugou is amusing and baffling. I find that charming. i.e. Bakugou's anger really does not make sense. He's just holding a grudge just because Midoriya isn't being as he expected him to be. To the show's credit, that's all it is and they take pains to make it obvious (At least, I will be *very* shocked if it turns out that Bakugou had another *reason* to be angry). Speaking of Bakugou, it is remarkable that he is not a hot-headed idiot. Yes, he appears to start out that way, but there are points in the season where he displays remarkable intelligence and thinking. Not genius or tactician level smarts, but just simple common sense that I can't remember seeing too often in other anime with similar muscle/power characters.
My favorite character (besides Deku & All Might) is Iida. He is an amazing class representative and awesome leader. Yes, he is very strict (a bit of an overkill), but it is obvious that he means well and truly cares for his classmates. In the very last episode when he announces "Your class rep has returned. I've fulfilled my duty and I've brought reinforcements!" - that was just cool and awesome. Go Iida!
The scene when Uraraka comments that "Deku" is a nice name and Midoriya embraces it - that was just cute. They are, as I understand the canon couple. Which is (so far) decently done (this is a Shounen anime, so I am not expecting a romance story - but what we have here is nice to see). As an "alternate" pairing, I find myself thinking of Midoriya and Asui. Or do we call her Sui? I'm not quite sure. Her official name is Tsuyu Asui but she perfers to be called Sui? That feels weird. A better explanation is that I misheard what she said.
I need to binge season 2 next. Hope its as good as season 1! Heck, I might just use some of the cast from this show as my desktop wallpaper background now.
-chronodekar
Simply put, this was a lot of fun to watch. A lot of the focus of the show is on Deku (or Midoriya), but we have enough tangents with the other classmates/characters (especially All Might), that I'm growing certain expectations. Point I"m making is that the rest of the class is not unknown (like some other anime). It looks like there is a plan to use the different cast for different things in the series.
The tension between Midoriya and Bakugou is amusing and baffling. I find that charming. i.e. Bakugou's anger really does not make sense. He's just holding a grudge just because Midoriya isn't being as he expected him to be. To the show's credit, that's all it is and they take pains to make it obvious (At least, I will be *very* shocked if it turns out that Bakugou had another *reason* to be angry). Speaking of Bakugou, it is remarkable that he is not a hot-headed idiot. Yes, he appears to start out that way, but there are points in the season where he displays remarkable intelligence and thinking. Not genius or tactician level smarts, but just simple common sense that I can't remember seeing too often in other anime with similar muscle/power characters.
My favorite character (besides Deku & All Might) is Iida. He is an amazing class representative and awesome leader. Yes, he is very strict (a bit of an overkill), but it is obvious that he means well and truly cares for his classmates. In the very last episode when he announces "Your class rep has returned. I've fulfilled my duty and I've brought reinforcements!" - that was just cool and awesome. Go Iida!
The scene when Uraraka comments that "Deku" is a nice name and Midoriya embraces it - that was just cute. They are, as I understand the canon couple. Which is (so far) decently done (this is a Shounen anime, so I am not expecting a romance story - but what we have here is nice to see). As an "alternate" pairing, I find myself thinking of Midoriya and Asui. Or do we call her Sui? I'm not quite sure. Her official name is Tsuyu Asui but she perfers to be called Sui? That feels weird. A better explanation is that I misheard what she said.
I need to binge season 2 next. Hope its as good as season 1! Heck, I might just use some of the cast from this show as my desktop wallpaper background now.
-chronodekar