this story had always suffered from 'character bloat', which means having too much characters to the point where it reduced the momentum for the interesting parts of the story. every character besides the hand full of main cast had always been bit of a noise in the background, to make the world feel artificially alive, like NPCs in a video game. character dynamics had always felt off, like why does midoriya even go through all this trouble for bakugo who had been a bully? whats the deal with endeavor and todoroki? why does the other heroes rely too much on all might, given that this hero society had specialized training courses for a long time?

the story didn't do much justice for any of these plot points up until now.

horikoshi is not oda, but he does have high ambition like oda. he did create a splendid world of heroes and villains, with the emphasis on the former's actions and responsibility to the people being one of the core reasons for driving this story home to millions of people.
the story of boku no hero academia had finally reached the boiling point of no return, and from here on, it's going to be a full speed ride to the climax.

all the mentioned plot threads are tied in this season. the characters took all their little moments of meaningful interactions and reinforced the idea that 'we are all in this together' to our protaganist, izuku midoriya when he was at the most broken point in his life. bakugo ( or, i should say - great explosion murder god dynamight) confesses and apologises to izuku, along with the rest of the UA class. endeavor who had also been heart broken over his lost son, toya and the public outrage, finally gets a shoulder to cry, with the help of todoroki choosing to forgive and save his family. this is an excellent opposite reflection of hawks, who admired endeavor's heroic deeds but ultimately chose to abandon his family, in pursuit of being a hero. todoroki had done what hawks couldn't. i had heard before that endeavor got a 'redemption arc', 'oh is he a good guy now?' before. many fans see it as a ridiculous notion to paint endeavor in good light after all that he had done. i may not be able to convince you, to see why you're wrong here but, i will say that you probably do not understand your own father's feelings as well. endeavor is a great character. he is well-written as all might himself. every father has to go through the burden of securing a bright future for his child, even though the children will grow up to despise the very thought of you. a father's job is to accept all the burden and keep paving the path for the next generation to stand on. endeavor encapsulates it. what he had done is wrong, and he accepted all his sins but this time, his wife and his children is with him in all his sorrows and regrets.

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midoriya had finally unlocked more power of one for all and the villain, all for one had done a significant damage. all for one essentially bought down the whole country to the primal days when the quirks were discovered. shigaraki is not under control of his own body and its only a matter of time before his body is perfected which elevates the stakes further more. i didnt touch upon all might and deku, because that's been talked about in great length before by everyone. they're the highlight of the anime. suffice to say, i did enjoy their character dynamics and all might finally seeing that he is not a failure but a stepping stone to a bright future with the help of hero killer stain.

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the special force who work like assassins to maintain the false pre-tense of the 'hero society' was done right, although not elaborate enough as i would've liked.
this season showed both sides of the story. the villains side where they accused the hero society and its shortcomings, and the heroes side where they struggled to gain the trust of the people, and reinforce the idea that justice is alive.

the bright blue skies are finally replaced in the second half of the season when the hope of the people started to dwindle. i really liked the night scenes, the mood lighting was perfect, but its a shame that studio bones had chose to keep using the same bright blue sky backdrop for most of the seasons to cut cost and pass it off as an ideological theme of hope. that's the only qualms that i had with the animation, otherwise everything was good. the fights were amazing as always.