Question Boku no Hero Academia. Or, "My Hero Academy"

kissmanga.com/Manga/Boku-no-Hero-Academia

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A new, to me, Manga featuring a Super Hero school that seems to have a lot of parallels to the Whateley universe, and a lot of dissimilarities.

But if you're a fan of Whateley I think you'll enjoy it.

Actually you posted it in the New Arrivals forum

Ib12us wrote: Actually you posted it in the New Arrivals forum

DOH! I sent a request to the moderator to erase that post.

peter wrote: kissmanga.com/Manga/Boku-no-Hero-Academia

Did I mess up? I thought I submitted this, but no sign of it.

A new, to me, Manga featuring a Super Hero school that seems to have a lot of parallels to the Whateley universe, and a lot of dissimilarities.

But if you're a fan of Whateley I think you'll enjoy it.

The Anime has previewed. Has a lot of hype and expectations. Here are the early reviews.

www.animenewsnetwork.com/preview-guide/2...ero-academia/.100613

Looks like this show is suppose to be one of those fifty episodes a year, for years and years, show. Gives them time to really develop the characters and the story line.

The main character has been taken under the wing of the Champion of this universe, and there are similarities. His particular Quirk/Power, which is very secret is, "All For One" It means the bearer can pass on his ability and power to a new person, and with each bearer of the power it becomes greater and greater.

One aspect of this anime I enjoy, and that reminds me of some of my favorite Whateley stories is that while there are some characters with ridiculously huge powers, the majority of them have abilities that are not really all that significant on the surface. they must be clever and learn how to get the most out of what they have, and to use brains instead of brawn in most cases.

Many of the characters would fit right in at the underdog table.

If you go to www.funimation.com/shows/my-hero-academia/home , you can see subtitled versions of several episodes.

Kristin Darken wrote: I've been watching the series on Hulu. Very impressed so far. Only issue is that episodes are way too short.

Well, if it gets picked up as the next big Shonen show, replacing the soon to be gone Naruto, then you can wait a couple of months and binge on a dozen episodes at a time. ^_^

Kristin Darken wrote: Its sadly indicative of the awful state of television and film these days that this show is easily head and shoulders above anything else I've watched in years.

I don't if I'm just incredibly picky but yeah alot of shows out there are...hmm crap? Seems to insult crap but...

Another good one that I've found is Psycho-Pass, I don't know if you already seen it, but if not I give it big thumbs up.

Ugh yeah it's at the point now when I watch a TV show or movie I'm going 'welp things have been serious for 14 min, must be time for the comedic break with forced humour'.

Now I will admit to liking the Netflix 'Daredevil' and 'Jessica Jones' stuff. Funny yes at the right times, but oh so dark. David Tennent as 'Kilgrave' was awesome!!

'Arrow' was good at the start then they made him do that 'no kill' stuff and a 'symbol for hope'.

'Flash' is goofy, but a good goofy and enjoy seeing the twists they do to old characters, but lord the technobabel is worse than Star Trek.

'Limitless' again goofy but has it's serious moments and seems to be proud of its tongue cheek style and 4th wall breaks.

Trying to think of good shows is hard, which is a bad sign.

I've seen this one around for the last year or so. Finally rented the first two volumes of the manga today and read through them, and it's pretty good so far. I'm not sure if I like the art style as much, though All Might's aggressively American Hero stylings are worth a laugh. Probably would have gotten a few more volumes if the entire shelf hadn't been rented out today.

Wasamon wrote: I've seen this one around for the last year or so. Finally rented the first two volumes of the manga today and read through them, and it's pretty good so far. I'm not sure if I like the art style as much, though All Might's aggressively American Hero stylings are worth a laugh. Probably would have gotten a few more volumes if the entire shelf hadn't been rented out today.

It just got an order for a second anime season.

In the Manga they reference the fact that he looks like a Golden Age hero more than once, in a joking way.

I'm really looking forward to season two, which I think starts in January. Going by the manga the first half is likely going to be devoted to their version of the Combat final.

Or rather, sports day.

They even say in the run up to it that broadcasts of their school's sports day draws better ratings than the olympics.

And then their is a gadgeteer chick who is in the Support stream, who sees this as a chance to display her 'babies' to all the corporate types in the audience,

And then the students from the marketing stream/agents, who are discussing how this or that student's performance will affect his potential earnings.

Figure I should revive this. The sports festival! Awesome stuff going on! Such a good series, the heir to Naruto/bleach, the next part of the Big Three (along with Shokugeki no Soma maybe?)

Midoria is slowly figuring this stuff out.

Manga is even more awesome! Such a beautiful example of a society that has long since passed the point in time this universe remains in, where powers are a minority instead of a majority.

Indeed! This is one of the really good series, and I like the "one power" rule as well. Keeps things simple and clean. Of course, "one power" is more of a "one power and usually various required secondary powers that all work together" but still, it keeps things simple and clean. It's also cool to see super heroes in Japan instead of the US for once, but still see so many familiar tropes in a completely new setting.

So far, I've only watched the anime, but I'll admit I've been hooked. I need to take some time and read the manga at some point, but there's so many things to do as is. @.@ It hasn't blown my mind out of the waters, but I'm waiting eagerly for the next episode.

Not to mention the obvious reference to Whateley. >>

Though in this case, it might be more placed at a point in the future of Whateley, since it's repeated many times that 80% of the population has a quirk, and it seems mostly accepted.

The one thing I would ding it on, is that it's early on predictable. If you know your tropes and got experience in those styles of stories, odds are you will have a good guess where things are headed, and your guess will land in a good ballpark area. All the way down to "You're a wizard, Harry."

Midoriya is one I consider a typical shonen main character, but he's established very well. He's hopeful, dreaming of great things and does want to be a hero. He's brought down real early as an underdog, with his dreams almost crushed to bits, and it's with a little luck, but thanks to his character that hes given a chance, and he takes it to heart. It's why you cheer him on, and it feels great to see him succeed. He doesn't just overpower things either. The odds are constantly stacked against him, and he often finds clever ways to progress forward, often turning a situation on it's head. You even see scenes where he has to evaluate the situation, listing down every facts that are useful, decide on a plan of action, not directly explaining the plan to the readers to leave tension, and seeing the plan unfold. Sometimes it works, sometimes... Well, I won't spoil too much.

I'm more curious about All Might's character though. For once, we get to see the character of the struggling teacher, someone trying to pass the torch, knowing things aren't looking good for him, but he must keep on inspiring others for the sake of society. It's incredible pressure on one's shoulders, and he has to do it without flinching, even if he's not used to some parts of it. He's still learning some parts of being a teacher.

As mentioned by others, there's a LOT of characters around, each one deeper than the usual types, so I can't go through everyone. I am curious on the rival Bakugo though. They've clearly spent time developing his character and his background, the whole thought process of why he thinks he's the best and hates the idea of being challenged. You might say his personality is as explosive as his power, but there's more to that. At first, it even felt like his whole personality was more fitting for a villain, but even Midoriya admits that he's changing. I do want to see where they're going with this one.

What I am also happy to see is evolution of the characters as we progress. Nothing made it more apparent than at the sports festival, when the 0 robots showed up, and we got a picture of Midoriya's reaction back at the entrance exam and how he stared down at the contest. I could feel my chest swell with pride.

The last arc of the first season was real good for action too. Lots of danger, lots of action, tension, and the situation kept on changing into new threats at every acts. It was a bit ridiculous, but I was cheering on.

So yes, I do recommend watching it, even more so to younger readers who might not know these tropes. I'm betting it would blow their minds to see them executed this way. There's grounds I can predicts, and directions I can see coming, but I find myself cheering none the less.

Oddly I've found myself like the Spin off.

mangapark.me/manga/vigilante-boku-no-hero-academia-illegals

And for those who enjoy anime only dubbed, it is starting on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim this Saturday at the 11:30/10:30 PM Central time slot.

Since I'm in Canada, and Hulu is not accessible here, Crunchy roll is my option for the show. Been enjoying so far.