The Arc that broke MHA

EDIT: I want to say it clearly - I specifically avoided speculating on Horikoshis health and the involvement of his editors because while some signs are there, we simply don't know anything yet. You are free to discuss it obviously, but in a video like this, which can easily and quickly spread its information, I didnt want to accidentally propagate false or incomplete assumptions about real people. This is about the observable, structural changes and tendencies of the media product, not about judging and analyzing the people behind it. It is a willful omission on my part. Want to see ALL videos early? Support me on patreon for exclusive access! www.patreon.com/oceaniz

The fact that this entire series takes in place in one year of the students school highlights how badly Horikoshi paces the story. By now, Class A should be seniors and it would show that they're finally ready to become heroes. Instead of freshman who just keep getting lucky or sporadically power boosted

Horikoshi really exhibited his love for american comics and Star Wars movies. By replicating all their flaws

I think the largest problem the show and maybe even shonen at large is their inability to go through with serious consequence and that just gets worse as mha continues. Once u start bringing dead characters back it’s the point of no return

I wish Horikoshi, after AM lost his quirk, had the power to just say “f%#$ it, I’m taking a few months off to rest and plan the rest of the series, see you all next year.” Would probably have helped a bunch with the pacing and overall structure.

By the way, I cannot BELIEVE we skipped over the students reaction and “recovery period” after the war arc. We NEEDED to have a bit of time with the students together or something. Or hell! Midnights funeral! God damn man.

My biggest problem with the series is that timeline is crunched into a single year there isnt enough slice of life or time spent actually living in the world the manga creates. Its the reason i like the fanfics that give the world and characters the depth it both needs and deserves.

No one's gonna mention the one-shot he made before MHA? It's basically the same premise (no-quirk guy wants to be a hero in a hero society), but the main character never gets a quirk. He works together with others to be just as useful as other people in society and its a really touching and fun story that highlights how disability makes you no less ambitious and no less of a person. I feel like MHA held this theme early on and came close to expanding on it, but lost its way and became a generic super-hero comic.

A problem i always had with Mha is how fast deku got a handle with ofa and his classmates weren't even growing at the same pace as him. The kids who've had their quirks their entire lives suck at using their quirks more than the guy who's had his for only a few months

I think Horikoshi lowkey forgot that Chisaki losing his hands didn't make him quirkless genetically, and that's the only reason AFO didn't take Overhaul.

The explosion of the mansion is literally that one simpsons joke where the nuclear facility staff almost dies because of a bunch of escalating safety measures having been cut, only for the show to transition to a guy saying „I won‘t bore you with the details of our miraculous escape“.

I think it's insane that despite being 300+ chapters long when you compare it to the things it's ran alongside like KNY, CSM, and JJK it genuinely feels like barely anything has really happened simply because of how abhorrent the pacing is

There's something sad about the rushed ending, Dabi. His greatest pain was that the world did not care about his suffering and endeavour. And in the end, despite the excellent execution of his revelation, it failed because in addition to endeavour and his family, nobody cares. The audience doesn't care too much about it because they need endeavour, Deku and Shoto's friend are too busy to care. In the end, Dabi's desire to hold ENDEAVOR accountable for his actions (other than self-imposed guilt, the lowest of punishments honestly) mattered to no one.

This sure sounds a whole lot like what happened to Game of Thrones. "We need the story to end immediately, so no more slow complex story-telling, just speedrun it"

I honestly feel Hori wants to just end it because he grew burned out. It sucks that has to be this way, because MHA was my favorite out of the new gens. There could be loads of reason why it's this way ( mangeka work schedule, mental exhaustion, health concerns, etc). We really don't know what's going on behind the scenes. At the end of the day, it's Hori decision and I have to just to respect it. I hate it, but we can't force a man who doesn't want to continue.

I was kinda hoping we'd get Class 1A going from Year 1 students all the way to Year 3, mastering their powers and getting a lot of character growth and development while the villains slowly attain power and become a legitmate threat, and just take out the pro heroes slowly while the students improve. Certainly would've made the final battle more interesting with everyone at their peak against the villains at their peak with the stakes escalated with almost all the pro heroes getting killed or taken out.

They made a big point with Nagant that the Hero Commission sometimes secretly executed villains. So then… why wasn’t All For One quietly exterminated?

Dr. Garaki: "Wait so... AFO, why did you groom and raise Tomura into the next you?" AFO: "We do a little trolling ;)"

I do agree that they really glossed over details in the villain hunt. Like we never even got real reactions from Enji on what his thoughts were with OFA. He's just moved past and works to help Izuku.

MHA changed its theme abruptly. AFO vs OFA was a battle of ideals. Then it changed into Battle between old vs new gen. Then it changed into a Villain vs Hero theme. The reason many rallied behind AFO in his prime because he was someone who can take away Quirk and give away quirk. He was a cult leader. He went from an intelligent cult figure to a megalomaniac Demon Lord.