Boku No Hero Academia is one of the landmark manga of the 21st Century. Here's a look back at its ten-year run.
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Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 12
「縷の希望たち」 (Ichiru no Kibou-tachi) "Threads of Hope" A name so absurd that on anyone else it would be laughable.
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「禦ぐ者と侵す者」 (Fusegu Mono to Okasu Mono) "Those Who Defend, Those Who Violate" This is a monumental week not just for Boku no Hero Academia, but manga as a…
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Boku no Hero Academia Season 4 – 12
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Boku No Hero Academia S6
Still going very strong. When a series has been running into multiple seasons, you know it is on the right track and formula. And hence it is without…
Boku No Hero Academia S5
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Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 09
「爆豪勝己 : ライジング」 (Bakugo Katsuki: Raijingu) "Katsuki Bakugo: Rising" It’s all hands on deck for the hero side at this point.
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 15
「タルタロス」 (Tarutarosu) "Tartarus" This part of the story is kind of Horikoshi’s “Empire Strikes Back” arc.
Boku no Hero Academia 7 – 02
「亡霊」 (Bourei) "Specter" What will the fans complain about next week, I wonder?
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 14
「極々、地獄)」 (Gokukoku, Jigoku") "Hellish Hell" All of Izuku's narration in the A-part can be boiled down to "things are really bad".
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 22
「友だち」 (Toomodachi) "Friend" Essentially, what’s critical here is not that the hero society created all the problems – it’s that it’s unable to solve any of them.
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 23
「デクvsA組」 (Deku Bāsasu Ē-gumi) "Deku vs. Class A" Who will protect the heroes?
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 17
「火の不始末」 (Hi no Fushimatsu) "The Wrong Way to Put Out a Fire" Endeavor’s problems are entirely of his own making, entirely avoidable, and ended up hurting (and worse) a lot…
Boku no Hero Academia 7 – 10
「焼身照命!! 手負いのヒーロー」 (Shoushin Shōmei!! Teoi no Hīroo) "Wounded Hero, Burning Bright and True!!" The pretenders come and come, but BnHA still outclasses all of them.
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 24
「未成年の主張」 (Miseinen no Shuchou) "A Young Woman's Declaration" Let’s hear it for crybaby heroes.
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 03
「One's Justice」 With HeroAca, it isn’t always easy to see who the heroes are.
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 10
「僕らの中の人」 (Bokura no Naka no Hito) "The Ones Within Us" If you want an arc with event, “Paranormal Liberation War” has you covered.
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Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 16
「地獄の轟くん家 2」 (Jigoku no Todoroki-kun-chi 2) "The Hellish Todoroki Family, Part 2" Does regret matter?
Boku no Hero Academia 7 – 13
「連なる星霜」 (Tsuranaru Seisou) "A Chain of Events, Across the Ages" Mirio Very Productive
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 11
「ダビダンス」 (Dabi Dansu) "Dabi's Dance" Those heroes dropping out of the sky might as well have been shoes, the way this season is going.
Boku no Hero Academia 7 – 04
「皆がヒーローになるまでの物語」 (Min'na ga Hīrou ni Naru Made no Monogatari) "The Story of How We All Became Heroes" A last stand for idealism?
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 13
「ラストステージ」 (Rasuto Sutēji) "Final Performance" Among the League of Villains at least, the sense of personal loyalty is no different than it is among the heroes.
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 25
「つながるつながる」 (Tsunagaru) No Man is an Island" Stain is utterly fascinating, this series' finest antagonist without a doubt.
Boku no Hero Academia 7 – 09
「Extras」 All For One’s ability to hone in on weaknesses is probably more powerful than any of his myriad quirks.
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 18
「谷いずくと信楽戸村」 (Midoriya Izuku to Shigaraki Tomura) "Izuku Midoriya and Tomura Shigaraki" He’s the hero for a reason, you know.
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 19
「全力!!」 (Zenryoku!!) "Full Power!!" Now the Izuku as Luke Skywalker thing is impossible to ignore.
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 01
「静かな始まり」 ( Shizukana hajimari ) "A Quiet Beginning" The stage is set for Boku no Hero Academia to catch a lot people sleeping.
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 05
「破滅のボルテージ」 (Hametsu no Borutēji") "The Thrill of Destruction" Too bad he didn't hit the snooze.
Boku no Hero Academia Manga – 325
You can see the bigger picture, find out what it's all about. Beyond idealism—accountability and personal development as foundations of communal support.
Boku no Hero Academia 7 – 06
「Division」 You didn’t think Class 1-B was just there as a foil, did you?
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 04
「継承」 (Keishou) "Inheritance" It isn’t always this good, but at its top end BnHA still puts those shounen pretenders to shame.
Boku no Hero Academia 7 – 16
「ここに至るまでの連なり」 ( Koko ni Itaru Made no Tsuranari) "The Chain Thus Far" If victory is ever achieved, what sort of world follows it depends very much on the…
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 06
「エンカウンター2」 (Enkauntaa 2) "Encounter 2" The odds are anything but even here.