My Hero Academia is a show that I have recently gotten into and binged watched, and overall the first 3 seasons were all good fully while still having some cons and overrated things into it. I thought Season 4 was going to be the same mostly in the departments and decided to avoid reviews for a better experience. I watched and thought it was a solid enough time but for sure thought it had notable flaws. I was in a Situation of being in the middle ground so i decided to explain my thoughts .In this review I will be fully explain my thoughts on this Season and reflect where it worked and where it did not. Please don't just dislike this just because someone has a different opinion then you. I don't do that to others that disagree with me instead if I just do not like it.
Summary ( Skippable)
This season's main story starts with the idea of a more advanced internship with the people that succeeded in getting a provisional license. Izuku Midiorya or Deku ( Which I'm just call him) learns about Sir Nighteye's agency and asks All Might his former Teacher/Mentor to get him the provisional license, however All Might Declines, due to a previously made Prediction that he will die in the future through Nighteye's quirk which can see the future. All Might does request for Mirio Togata to escort him to Nighteye's agency and Mirio execpts. At the same time Overhaul a prominent Mob Boss approaches the League of Villains and asks for a partnership, when the league declines he Kills one of them and cuts one of their arms. Shigaraki then decides to accept, planning on just using him. Nighteye decides to test Izuku and Izuku does fail, however Nighteye allows him to join anyway due to him already planning to do it before the test. Nighteye then tells Mirio and Deku to scout out the area and they encounter a crying kid named Eri, a young girl that is abused by Overhaul by using his destroy/remake quirk, they then encounter Overhaul and alow him to take Eri, due to Mirio thinking that they should wait it out. At the same time at Kirishima's intership with a hero named Fat Gum, he encounters a thug with bullets with The temporary power to enhance or stop a quirk, Kirishima then defeats the man with the bullets after going to his Red Riot Unbreakable form. Nighteye requests a partnership with other heroes and Deku, Kirishima, Ochacko and Tsu are all roped in due to their internships. Nighteye then explains that the child Eri is possibly Overhaul's child and may being used for Bullets. Mirio and Deku are obviously disgusted and vow to save her later. Aizawa then meets Up with Deku and the others and tells them the league of villains could maybe be involved. Deku worries about Eri as do the others. They finally get a text that they found Eri's location and then head there and everyone fights with the mob that Overhaul has in place. Mirio is then critically injured and has his quirk erased, but is sucessful in saving. Nighteye then gets injured crictally and looks into Deku's future and sees that he doesn't make it. Ovehaul then calls Eri back saying that she will kill another, Deku then faces Overhaul and goes to 20% of one for all and doesn't beat Overhaul however he jumps to save Eri instead and tries to flee. Nighteye warns Deku that he will die but Deku says that he will change his future. Using Eri's reversing quirk to sustain his body Deku turns to infinite 100% of one for all and deafets Overhaul. However Eri cannpt control it, but Aizawa erases both of their quirks so they don't die. Overhaul is then taken to jail, however the league of Villains take his formula for the bullets and Cut of his hands so he can no longer use his quirk.In the hosptial, Nighteye tragically dies infront of All Might, Deku and Mirio. With his last breaths he tells Mirio to never stop smiling. Aizawa then announces that there will be a school festival. However a villain named Gentleman tries to stop it and Deku succeeds in stopping Gentleman. The Festival goes as planned and Class 1-A does anh amazing job. We are then introduced to Hawks the 2nd best hero and who Tokoyami decided to intern with. Hawks asks Endeavor to help him with a Nomu rampaging through the cities and Endeavor stops it and reflects on he should be a better father and hero.
Story
The story in the first Arc works Great. The progression seems believable, and all the events that happen are shown in a believable way. We also see what it is like to see a more advanced internship and the payoff of getting a provisional license. We also see the more seriousness of being more highly up, as we get mentions of child torture and burned corpses. Also, we can be shown what characters react to this hopeless situation. I personally like how Deku is scarred at the torture. This story has pretty good side stories that I excluded from the summary such as All Might execrising, Bakugo and Todoroki getting a provisional license and Hawks being introduced. My biggest problem with this first arc is that Uraraka and Tsu are basically useless, like the have no point being there. The second arc's story is simple, which is fine, Season 2's sports festival was extremely simple to the point. The School Festival is fine , but is ruined by the stupid introduction of the new villains, which makes it sour the pacing and actual direction. The idea of the charcters being softer and having more moments is fine, but if you want to do that you need to fully commit. The concept is also a bit too light hearted, as Nighteye literally died. The story works amazingly in the first arc, but reeks of missed shots in the second one, making it Meh. Finally the new guy with All For One's influence could have been moved.
Characters
The characters are good, especially the new ones. Kirishima gets a really good backstory with him feeling like a failure, and thinking about him not saving a group of people when some people getting attacked. He accepts failure but is then inspired by his mentor. I also like how he talks about Deku saving Kacchan from the sludge villain and then says they don't focus on people that are subtle. Mirio is great, he is a good mentor for Deku, he has a great personality and him vowing to save Eri as well and him vowing to always to smile after his mentors death. Nighteye is great, his backstory with All Might is interesting and him seeing into the future feels like a burden to him. I like how he only scouted to be All Might's successor, but then realizing he likes him in his own way was great. His death was probably the best death in the show and almost made me cry and him telling Mirio to always smile was powerful. Eri was great, as she thinks that she causes everyone to die around her. I also love her for her thinking she's a burden and her seeing Deku and Mirio as the light. The visuals shown with Eri in the end credits is really well shown and she barely talks as well, making it great. Deku is good, wanting to save Eri is great and him fighting for the festival is like great. Tamaki and Hadou are great and Aizawa is a blast. However as good as the new charcters are, the old ones execpt Kirishima are meh. Bakugo is not a good character anymore and is used as comic relief wierdly .Todoroki has good interactions with his father but is overall stiff. Uraraka literally does nothing at all and is there just because. Tenya is just his season 1 self. The rest of the side charcters are overall just ok.
Villains
Overhaul was very threating and I think he shows being a scary villain to a great degree. His dark power with his hands literally kept me on the edge of my seat, and honestly I was terrified to what he could in a single touch. They succeed in making him very dark as he literally extracts blood from Eri, kills her when he's done and then revives her, which works well in making a good threat. However they mad the mistake similar to what they did to Kuvira from Legend Of Korra. They make the final battle kinda anticlimactic, like it's a good final battle and Infinite 100% was hype but that final form looked stupid. I also like they cut off Overhaul's hands making him unable to use his quirk, it's so savage. I also like the members in his crew, specifically the person who fought Kirishima. The freaking Gentleman villain is so bad. Like his backstory is fine I guess, but his inclusion sours and ruins what the school festival goes for and clashes it's tone. The League is also pissing me off, like the barely have done anything since the forest attack, it's been 1.5 seasons DO SOMETHING.
Other
The animation is worse then the previous 3 seasons, but that does not mean it looks bad. It still looks great and even better in the ending credits with Eri. The end credits is weirdly good and is a great example to use imagery to tell a story. The Humor mostly sticks in this season, but has it's fails. OP 6 is great and OP 7 is fine, but could be better. Action wise, it's ok except for the battle against overhaul, with some great visuals and good ideas in it. Pacing in this is great in the first arc but just bad in the second.
Conclusion
In my previous review on season 2, I talked on how the first 2 seasons reminded me of the X-Men movies. This one feels like episode 8 from star wars which I think has great moments but is hidden under a ton of flaws. This season could have been great, it could have been as good as season 1 or 2, but the second arc drags it down and then some making the amazing first arc suffer badly from the meh second arc, and I can perfectly see why people Love/Hate it. I just wanted to give my point from the middle ground. I cannot wait for season 5, however I hope that they don't make too many apparent flaws like this time
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