My Thoughts on My Hero Academia Season 5
Similar to season 4 I have mixed feelings about season 5 of My Hero Academia. It's definitely not the worst thing ever, but it does feel like a filler season for the majority of it. The bulk of this seaosn was another provisional license exam. The common opinion is that it was pointless and boring to return to the hero license exam yet again, and I mostly agree. I get that this is important in universe, but I think Naruto did this a lot better. In OG Naruto when the Chunin Exam finals was interrupted by Orochimaru's Sound Village and Sand Village alliance, once the Konoha Crush was over they didn't redo the entrie Chunin Exams, or even just the finals. They didn't even pick up exactly where they left off in the finals. They automatically passed Shikamaru to Chunin, everybody else remained at Genin, and they called it a day. Then, after the timeskip, it was revealed that there was another Chunin Exams that took place off screen, and all of the characters that took part in the previous became Chunin, except for Neji who was Jonin by that point. I think that was a much better way of doing this concept. Don't get me wrong I love tournament arcs but I'm not the biggest fan of repitition. I don't think it was ever completely boring, as the characters personalities and their interactions with each other are still fun, but every subsequent attempt for the characters to get their provisional licenses aren't nearly as interesting or fun as the first. And I know that Izuku first started to awaken some of his Quirk's other abilities in that arc, but that could have happened in the Overhaul arc. in fact I generally think that would have been better from a storytelling perspective anyways, since there's only three seasons left now, and the war begins next arc. What makes it even worse is later on in the seaosn Bakugo and Todoroki had to retake the exam because they failed the earlier one.
However, the second half does mostly pick up a bit. I did like the stuff with Endeavor and his family, even though I don't think he should ever be truly redeemed, I do think Horikoshi is successfully making him into a complex and interesting character. In this season we learn that their fmaily had another son, Touya Todoroki, whom is dead, and one of his other kids, (I forget his name but he's the only ohter brother aside from Shouta), blames Endeavor. Which I mean, if you know anything about what's to come with this plot point then you know that this is objectively true. He still hates his father, and reasonably so. What he did to Shouta and their mother is only part of it, like I said he blames Endeavor for the death of their other sibling. Meanwhile Shouta's feelings on this are still very complex and evolving, and it will be interesting to see what conclusion he comes to in the future. The second half also had a confrontation between the League of Villains and the Paranormal Liberation Front. They were intersting but it's one of those instances similar to Overhaul where they could have been better if there was a lot more time dedicated to them, or if they were the main antagonists in a completely differnet anime, because we obviously want to see Shigaraki take his place as the main villain, which thankfully he does by the end of this season. Re Destro was a descendant of the original destro, the son of who I believe is the mother of the first ever Quirk user, although I could be wrong. He felt there was a ton of discrimination towards Quirk users in society which was represented by Quirk users using their powers being restricted and that people with powers should be free to use them without limit. By the end Shigaraki defeats him and takes control of his organization.
However the best part of htis season was learning Shigaraki's past. He was raised by his parents and his father, who was Nana Shimura's son, hated Quirk users because of how he perceived his own mother abandoned him. Shigaraki felt isolated and abused. It didn't help that he couldn't control his powers. His sister was the only person who showed him any kindness but one day he accidentally killed her with his ability, although he initially thought that it was because of a villain attack. Then he did the same to his whole family. The only person in this incident that he enjoyed taking out was his father. It wasn't long after this that he was discovered by All For One who took him under his wing. He was the first person who reached out a hand to help him. Of course this doesn't justify all the people he's killed, but it does make him very sympathetic. It's one of the best backstories we've got so far in this series in my opinion.
However, the second half does mostly pick up a bit. I did like the stuff with Endeavor and his family, even though I don't think he should ever be truly redeemed, I do think Horikoshi is successfully making him into a complex and interesting character. In this season we learn that their fmaily had another son, Touya Todoroki, whom is dead, and one of his other kids, (I forget his name but he's the only ohter brother aside from Shouta), blames Endeavor. Which I mean, if you know anything about what's to come with this plot point then you know that this is objectively true. He still hates his father, and reasonably so. What he did to Shouta and their mother is only part of it, like I said he blames Endeavor for the death of their other sibling. Meanwhile Shouta's feelings on this are still very complex and evolving, and it will be interesting to see what conclusion he comes to in the future. The second half also had a confrontation between the League of Villains and the Paranormal Liberation Front. They were intersting but it's one of those instances similar to Overhaul where they could have been better if there was a lot more time dedicated to them, or if they were the main antagonists in a completely differnet anime, because we obviously want to see Shigaraki take his place as the main villain, which thankfully he does by the end of this season. Re Destro was a descendant of the original destro, the son of who I believe is the mother of the first ever Quirk user, although I could be wrong. He felt there was a ton of discrimination towards Quirk users in society which was represented by Quirk users using their powers being restricted and that people with powers should be free to use them without limit. By the end Shigaraki defeats him and takes control of his organization.
However the best part of htis season was learning Shigaraki's past. He was raised by his parents and his father, who was Nana Shimura's son, hated Quirk users because of how he perceived his own mother abandoned him. Shigaraki felt isolated and abused. It didn't help that he couldn't control his powers. His sister was the only person who showed him any kindness but one day he accidentally killed her with his ability, although he initially thought that it was because of a villain attack. Then he did the same to his whole family. The only person in this incident that he enjoyed taking out was his father. It wasn't long after this that he was discovered by All For One who took him under his wing. He was the first person who reached out a hand to help him. Of course this doesn't justify all the people he's killed, but it does make him very sympathetic. It's one of the best backstories we've got so far in this series in my opinion.
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