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As is so often the case with anime generally but especially this series, I seem to find myself at odds with the general zeitgeist. Read more
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Shigaraki is growing into the role fate has chosen for him right before our eyes. Read more
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Boku no Hero Academia Season 5 – 17
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Boku no Hero Academia Season 5 – 07
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Boku no Hero Academia Season 5 – 13
We're still in the interstitial period between arcs here. Read more
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Is this development really a gift for Deku - or one of those burdens Monoma-kun talked about last week? Read more
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「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.
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The balancing of all those spinning plates falls not just on the writer but the audience too.
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All of Izuku's narration can be boiled down to "things are really bad". Read more
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Boku no Hero Academia Season 7 – 09
All For One's ability to hone in on weaknesses is probably more powerful than any of his myriad quirks.
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It's the subtext that makes these headline fights in BnHA as great as they are.
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A name so absurd that on anyone else it would be laughable. Read more
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Boku no Hero Academia Season 7 – 12
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The pretenders come and come, but BnHA still outclasses all of them.
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It was a hell of a week at Bones Plaza. Read more
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Boku no Hero Academia Season 7 – 20
If this society sometimes blurs the lines between heroes and villains, it blurs the line between victims and villains too.
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Boku no Hero Academia Season 7 – 01
While there's no question Boku no Hero Academia can be a frustrating series at times, I'm always glad to have it back.
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Boku no Hero Academia Season 7 – 06
It was clear from the very beginning that Shinso's Brainwashing was one of the most powerful quirks in the plot.
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