My Hero Academia Season 5: What Went Wrong? 

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The biggest disappointment: THE OPENING TITLE CHANGE SHOULD'VE BEEN SHIGARAKI WALKING BY & DECAYING THE TITLE TO "MY VILLAIN ACADEMIA!!!" HORIKOSHI LITERALLY SET THIS UP IN THE MANGA FOR THE ANIME TO DO PERFECTLY, AND THEY MISSED IT!!! The Opening should've totally just leaned into the whole "Villains are now the main characters" aspect of this Arc, I was totally expecting some sort of harkening to how the regular Openings show All Might in the light with his back, and then it fades to Deku....They could've done that with All For One in the darkness, and then fade to Shigaraki!!! It would've been so cool!!! But NOPE....

nah bro you just hating i really loved it when they made a nonsense rearangement and shafted the most anticipated arc in the series, ungrateful smh. subscribed.

My argument against those who say the cuts were small? Art isn't always math. My Villain Academia (and everything that followed) is legitimately a perfect example of "greater than the sum of its parts".

Just like how Hori's storytelling and art elevated to accommodate the shift in tone for MVA, people were expecting the showrunners for the anime to do the exact same thing. And for perfectly good reason. It seems like Season 5 solidified the fact that MHA's anime will be the definition of playing it safe from now on (network reasons?) If that's the case, we now know what to expect for the war arc and further on. It'll make money anyways, right?🤷🏾‍♂️

i really agree with the 4th reason you presented -opening didn't focus at all on the villains -terrible pacing and episodes countdown -deku narrating the previews and also, in recent days i saw how desperated the MHA japanese anime twitter was spamming the final season episode PV because "we came back to the heroes!" i'm really afraid of the future of the series. considering how possible is to us to have a "second MVA" considering how the League is rn in the manga and the necessity of Shigaraki's character to take his most important spet in order to be the true symbol of fear.

Joint training arc was fine. It hit all the points that it needed to. But yea, second half was a mess. It was already weird to switch the Endeavor agency and Villain arcs to begin with, but the fact that they extended the agency arc to be longer than the manga was unnecessary, and really hurt the MVA a lot.

What I would have suggested, to address the Capitalism issue, is Joint Training and MVA simultaneously. Show part of the training, cut to part of the Deika battle, cut back to training. The two arcs do offer some parallels, so this could have addressed the issue, while giving the audience suspense. If done right, it would have had Shigaraki's mental breakthrough happening at the same moment Black Whip manifested. Just imagine that parallel for a moment.

So anime watcher here (although I’ve been thinking about getting more into the manga) and I just wanted to thank you for this video, because it explained why season 5 felt so weird. Like I had heard about the MVA arc and I’d heard it was awesome, and then they got there and like… I didn’t get the hype. Which made me sad because one of MHA’s strengths is how they handle the foil relationship between the heroes and the villains. But now I get why I didn’t get the hype, the hype wasn’t there. They cut off the things that people loved about the arc. And yeah that really sucks. The one thing that was still cool I thought was shigaraki’s development, which you brought up. But even that was flattened a little bit by the complete lack of… like, anything for ReDestro. Like for the whole arc my reaction was just “oh, there’s some… guy” and then he and shigaraki start fighting and it’s just “oh I guess he’s big now” Like all the same weight and emphasis was put on the confrontation, but they hadn’t done the legwork to justify that weight and focus, so it just felt confusing. I genuinely though I must have missed an episode where they tell me who this guy is but clearly no, they decided that it just wasn’t important enough and uh… I think they decided wrong. But yeah, from an anime watchers perspective, this season was confusing and felt like a lot of wasted potential. Your video was super helpful in helping me understand why that was

I never understand the logic of “Hey let’s ruin this show people enjoy watching so we can make more money off it.” That’s how you lose your audience and lose all your money.

I liked Shigi vs Redestro in the manga more because when Redestro delivers his lines about him realizing Shigi is the most liberated man, you have time to absorb it while in the anime he just says it real quick and that's it, but that's a problem that will always exist with anime vs manga. after reading the manga, that scene stuck in my head to this day, while after watching the anime i don't even remember watching it.

They really did Spinner dirty in the MVA arc-it's really sad to see how much was cut. Like in MVA in the manga there was a lot of stuff introduced that added up later on into the arc. And the fandom was kinda robbed of that by a lot of MVA stuff being cut (especially considering how much really cool content and themes were not included in the anime thanks to chapter 220 being cut)

FINALLY, someone who UNDERSTANDS MHA, and has WATCHED it, and doesn't just market it as trash because they didn't find Deku interesting as a character, or they think MVA was bad. They actually have reasons as to why, and are non-biased. Great video, Asaratha!

Option 5, which is the most viable to me and possibly other people, is that whoever directs the anime just hates the villains. In fact, while a good amount of people complained about MVA in every country, even Japan, the general thing in Eastern countries seems to be that you follow the rules no matter what, and you don’t like people who are different in any way. This seems to have translated into the Japanese MHA fandom as well, because most of the Japanese fans LOVED the season BECAUSE of the switch and the metaphorical crippling of the League’s character development. I mean, it’s ranked the number 1 season at least in Japan, from what I have seen. Besides, the ONE moment in MVA that isn’t a still frame besides the entire Shiggy Vs. ReDestro fight is when Toga is transformed into Uraraka, and even THAT was toned down from what it could have been. An official Season 5 BNHA animator put their animation that they made for the Toga-Uraraka transformation scene that she nearly finished, and told people that she was told to scrap it, and they didn’t give her a proper reason why other than ‘Time Constraints’, which you already explained why that excuse doesn’t work. Looking at all of the evidence, this is the only thing that I will believe, especially because they don’t care about the season making money when they have the ‘Movie Money Grub deus ex machina’ to save their asses.

In the anime, MVA didn't seem like much to me- just "Oh, I guess we're taking a look at what the villains are doing now for a bit." Re-Destro didn't seem like an important character; it felt like we were just getting an explanation for what's happening behind the scenes. Seeing what was missing, the quick pacing, and the importance of this arc to the manga, I'm inclined to agree that they messed up what should have been a major, interesting change that fleshed the villains and world out even more.

You quoting Hitchock's suspense lecture is the best shit. Like, it sums up perfectly what I was saying!

Dude, you hit the nail on the head i'm very glad you made a video that put a lot of our thoughts into words. I hated that on Twitter, if you even dared to point out that the anime was mucking up; Spinner's character arc, animation quality, opening, LOV characterisation, important plot points, episode pacing, world building and general cut content then you were told that you were being dramatic, to wait it out and that you only cared so much bc you were a villain fan, as if people didn't get into an uproar for Bakugou's wonky face in one panel when he retook the license exam. I don't just care about the villains bc I like them, I care bc they are integral aspects to the entire plot and the message Horikoshi is trying to convey.

*My lizard boy got shafted hard and I don't know how to process it*

I think it is also reason 4, because IIRC One Piece stopped adapting cover stories because less people watch One Piece if there’s no Luffy and Joint Training getting Twice the episodes as MVA. An actual creative decision would have been during Endeavor agency instead of Endeavor sitting on a chair for half an episode he could have been investigating Redestro’s secretary disappearance, why the support items of the cider house gang exploded, the creature rejection clan being wiped and Redestro’s group. That could even lead in to MVA. Also would be cool to see Endeavor more as a detective. Also hope the fandom isn’t getting you too much down.

After watching season 5 and this video, I'm glad that I started reading the manga after season 4 and experienced MVA and Joint Training for the first time through the manga with none of the issues the anime adaptation introduced.

Just got recommended this, I think GRRM has the best guidance on this topic "The book's the book and the show's the show." Good video, earned my sub.

Season 5 had 2 unnecessary filler episodes that could've been dedicated to the My Villain Academia arc. Instead, we got the glorified recap in the first episode and a movie tie in episode in the middle of the Endeavor Agency Arc.

Mva deserved better imo. It had so much potential. That's the thing that bothers me a bit.

This was an amazing and well thought out video of how season 5 was handled. Very objective unlike Twitter. Awesome stuff! I look forward to more content and whatever else you choose to explore.

Great video dude! Honestly I still remember my thoughts on the arc rearrangement as it was airing. As bad as it was, I *guess* you could suggest the idea that only Twice/Shigaraki survived MVA and the rest of the league were clones, but even then that is me grasping at straws. I'm super disappointed with the Spinner/MVA cuts in particular. This arc really dumbed down his character in my opinion.

And crazy thing MVA was the most viewed episodes of season 5

This was a great video you really encapsulated all my feelings on season 5 and was presented it greatly!! As someone else who loves this series and is incredibly disappointed by season 5, I look forward to more of your content!!

As an anime only until I watched season five I can confirm that I would have rather had the mangas order of events because from my perspective, thinking that this was the intended order when watching, I couldn’t get why MVA was considered the best arc because by the time it started I already knew shigaraki got a massive buff that let him destroy an entire city had an army of 100,000, and that all the members of the league made it out fine, and because of this I didn’t get to feel the suspense of thinking toga might die cause she was seen alive, when they were going to break twice’s arm I already knew he was the original because he was still alive this is why it makes me mad when people say the rearranging of the arc is no big deal because it meant I didn’t enjoy the best arc as much as I could’ve

Another banger, Asa!! Love to see it

It's a shame that this had to season 5. Hell, that pointless beach/tie in episode or filler scenes like Endeavor fighting that villain with wheels quirk. Could've been used for MVA

Just now found this video and honestly this sums up everything I thought about season 5. Hopefully with season 6 on the horizon it is given the care and passion that it deserves, as they are adapting probably the most popular and important arc in the story

Thank you for the analysis, it was really complete and well thought, and it helped me understand what bothered me. I was disappointed by S4 and really feared what would become of S5 when they announced it. When there was the covid, the date was postponned, and I thought "it's ok, i'd rather they take their time and make something amazing for my favorite arc (MVA), I could even wait years". When the first part was released I thought it was good, but I wanted to see Shigaraki. Then I saw the reversed arcs. And the new opening. Oh god, the song is great but the animation ? The story board ? I mean come on hype us up a little, even if there are spoilers, it never stopped other shonens. I decided to wait the end of the whole season before resuming where I left. I tried not to look at social medias to really have my opinion, to have a few good surprises (a new opening, please lord). I mentally prepared myself for the worst. In the end I was pretty happy (I really thought it would be terrible), and at the same time a little confused by the decision the higher up took. Another movie ? Fillers episode ? Flashbacks ? Deleted content ? This ugly ass opening (very personnal) At this point I would like to know who exactly took those decisions, and why, because it makes me a little sad to be happy for something that is rather mediocre. At least the manga is still here, still very good, and I can't thank enough Horikoshi and his skills as a mangaka. In the end I'm sorry if I ranted a little. I'm happy you made this video and I want everyone to stay positive, we don't know what will happen for the future, and we can remember what we liked in S5. (i really like the new ost for mha , and shigaraki's origin story was really well done imo)

This is a great video. Completely hits the target on all points. Never understood why they switched these fantastic arcs...

The least they could have done was remove the beach filler episode and replace it with Re-Destro's real intro (killer commercial) , the CRC massacre, the Villains living in ruins and Spinner calling Shigaraki out.

A really good breakdown! I agree with everything, I still liked watching the mva ark animated but was so so so glad, that I experienced it in the manga first

Yup, exactly my thoughts, couldn't say anything more even if i tried. Good job Asa (and everyone that helped obviously)

I was expecting MVA to take up half the season...

1:07 i don’t animate for studio bones but on behalf of animators, THANK YOU. we don’t go into studio jobs to create half assed animation. if the paycheck isnt gonna be worth it, might as well create the best work we can!

The funniest thing to me when the season was airing and I was watching with my family was the second op. I knew the villain arc was coming up and I was excited, I liked them already and wanted to see what a villain-centered arc would be, and then the opening comes on: “Wow, wow, it’s alright. Everything will be alright.” I laughed. It felt like they were trying to comfort a small child that their favorite heroes would come back and it wouldn’t be scary for long. (Which given future event makes it even FUNNIER) Still, wish they leaned into the ‘villain’ aspect more

Season 5 in best order possible: Episode 1: Deku's Dream and Starting of Joint Training Arc Episode 2-7: Joint Training Arc Episode 8: End of Joint Training Arc and Starting of My Villain Academia Episode 9-19: My Villain Academia Episode 20-23: Endeavor Agency Arc Episode 24-25: Setup for War Arc

@AsarathaHS amazing explaination and pretty much sums up my feelings about this szn. In terms of quality this was supposed to be the bounceback season after S4 in terms of quality but it just disappointed me even more imo

For me, the only problem with this season was the cut content (I think that they adapted the MOST essential parts for the story going forward, and I think what got was adapted pretty well for the most part). While this is a downside to the anime version, I was able to solve this problem by reading the stuff I missed in the manga, simple as that. It really helped me appreciate the anime version more. I really don’t think this season is “bad” at all, but I would say it’s also not the best either. Personally, it’s my third favorite season behind 4 and 2.

While you said not to criticize the animation, their needs to be at least some discussion about it because their clearly was thought and effort put into some scenes and disregard for others. My main point being the ABSOLUTE SAKUGA allotted to the Iida vs. mudman and that weird scene with Uraraka grabing the charm. WHY DID THEY HAVE TO GO OFF in those moments, like DAUM! While it was beautiful animation I other more worth while scenes (The cut Toga fight) and the final fight against Shigaraki vs. Redestro and the whole Tenko Shimura origin would have been better suited for some better animation right?! Those scenes could of had much more of an impact if the looked better instead of one-off moments that are forgettable. I honestly feel like the animation budget (in regard to what the Sakuga was used on) was scuffed this season aswell, and honestly leaves me hesitant to continue with the show when THEY KEEP BUTCHERING MY BOI!!!!

The one element i keep missing in every single analysis is simply COVID. We know Jump sent their artists home during the pandemic, leading to a radical shit in production. Why wouldn't it impact the anime? And specifically, the thing people come back to with work-from-home is that it's harder to communicate. A lot of the seasons' problems seem to come back to communication, like the setup for the sushi joke missing entirely. It's like writing and production for one episode didn't know what the other was supposed to cover. But other than that, #4 is definitely the main reason: the OP shows 1A in it's entirety and gives each a duo shot for several seconds despite barely being in the cour. The villains get primarily group shots despite being a much bigger part of the season. Even something as simple as Shigaraki decaying the MHA logo, practically tailor-made for the anime, is left out. The anime is clearly working with it's brand in mind, and does not like anything that strays from it.

I was actually curious why I dropped this season because I quite enjoyed the joint training, thanks to this I remember that they did not give enough time for MVA to prosper and giving the arc a strong adaptation

Mins blowing you were able to upload this video without having your video struck down Great vid BTW

Good video on the subject! When the season ended yesterday I gave it a 8 but now? It's a 7 for me. I was really optimistic for this season, seeing how well they did JT arc (minus the pacing) I was really excited for how they would handle MVA and I was personally left disappointed by the 2nd cour, like many others. The reasons for anything changed this season might never be covered to us but I am still looking towards season 6 and I will always have the manga to go back to. Perhaps I am too optimistic by giving this season a 7/10 but I did still enjoy this season, flaws and all.

It's been a year and I'm still not over it.

Very well made video! I'm a little more positive on the MVA adaptation overall. The most significant stuff (everything with Shigaraki) was handled really goddamn well and the cuts didn't bother me too much as they were isolated to just two characters. Which is still a shame, but the fact that they managed to cover almost everything else in such a short time frame and still give justice to certain moments, is commendable. I also saw the arc swap as a way to end the season with a bang. It might've been odd pacing wise to switch gears so suddenly mid-way through the season, and instead build-up to the Deika city battle with a sense of intrigue over what's going on. The execution wasn't great, since as you said the outcome was blatantly spoiled and the tension was ruined by a random beach episode, but I feel like I get what they were going for and might've preferred it honestly had it been handled better. I am very curious how the overall reception of S5 and the rest of the show onwards will be in the future, as there have been examples of shows in the past making cuts that are arguably a lot worse but still managed to become beloved classics (like FMA Brotherhood which removed a lot of the beginning chapters). Are we simply over-reacting since we're watching the show weekly with more time to sit on each episode, and in the long run it's not that big a deal? Guess it's up to each person individually, and whether or not the anime can learn from its mistakes going forward and turn things around.

They also forgot to add the scene in the manga where a mysterious man (afo) was taking tenko home and thats when he gave tenko decay

Personally I feel reason 4 actually could tie into the movie theory, not because the movie would make sense but how it was the best arc to put the filler episode to advertise the movie. I say this because if they worried about the focus of the main three characters, they could've shoved MVA in the middle, make it short, and then use the rest of the season to focus on Deku, Bakugo, and Todoroki. Really good video btw

Hello asa i'm in love with you :) Nice video btw. Overhaul OST usage/10

amazing video

GOOOOOOOOOOO + RATIO

Solid video Asa. While I don't agree with all the points made, you presented them in a concise and well-presented manner that kept me intrigued throughout. Great work

As an anime only, and manga reader up until Redestro appearance, I liked Season 5 better than I did Season 4. But I can totally see where a manga reader is coming from with how the suspense was basically absent. Maybe the production company wasn't confident in the "up down" pacing that these 3 arcs provided so they swapped the arcs to ramp up the suspense linearly. Maybe I wasn't watching close enough but I didn't even know the MVA arc happened before the Endeavor Agency arc so I was under the impression that chronologically the villians got stronger AFTER the Heroes. My ignorance made the MVA arc better because I genuinely thought one of the LOV members wasn't going to make it out. Overall I think Bones played the hand they were dealt, and I would read the manga but if they're going to war I much much rather watch it animated. Especially since bones does a beautiful job with action scenes.

Anime only guy. I loved that mva ended the series, the endeavor agency is good but not knowing what happened made it more suspenseful in my eyes. Going into the next season fresh off the villian arc made me more anticipated for the season as well

I do agree what your saying but I still enjoyed season 5 of mha

Putting the villain arc on the back burner for the training arc and the third movie that nobody asked for was what made season suffer the most imo.

My boy spinny was done dirty by calcium studio

While I loved what was adapted, I’m still pretty devastated and disappointed over how much they butchered the MVA arc to fit the remaining episodes of the season. I haven’t read that part of the manga properly yet, but the list of differences from manga to episodes on the MHA wiki and in this video was pretty shocking to see. So much interesting looking stuff was cut. The executives not liking the idea of the main characters not being in so many episodes in a row and the Agency arc lining up with the upcoming 3rd film are the possible reasons I believe in the most. I love the first 2 movies, but messing with the story flow just to advertise a movie that weren’t very plot impacting to begin with is pretty dumb. I wouldn’t even mind the order mix-up if, there could have been a way to make it work. Like let the MVA arc continue on into the next season. As I think most of the final episodes of each season feel like blatantly simple bridges to the next season than proper season finales. But that’s just me. Makes me wanna check out that arc in the manga sometime soon. I’m really curious on how much they butchered this arc for the anime. Nicely done video overall.

Recently rewatching the season cemented to me that this was my least favorite season of MHA. It's sad too because I was a big defender of the first half, I would say it's fine to drag it out because MVA was gonna be worth it and that the fights being two episodes will just make Bakugo's match even more dominating so it's fine. This was all under the impression that the second half was gonna be mostly MVA. Then the switch happened and I lost almost all hope. The remaining hope I had was dashed with that filler episode and the Kurogiri episode. After that I knew MVA was gonna be bad and man was I so dissapointed. The cut material really made the arc feel like it was rushed and just to kinda explain what happened in the Endeavor arc instead of an actual arc that changes the entire future. Then after I did this rewatch everything in the arc made me mad. Realizing how the entire arc turned out, Joint Training being 2x longer than MVA is ludicrous and really brings the season down since it's basically the main arc of the season. Then the Endeavor Agency arc switch made me like that arc so much less (and I didn't even like it before). I know a lot of people who got out of the season because the agency arc coming right after the training arc bored them so much. I can't even blame them because two low stakes arcs together really drag the season down despite any "mystery" going on. MVA still hurts the most because of how much importance it has but the anime feels like a skeleton of it's manga counterpart. I used to really be a strong advocate for watching the anime but now I can't because I can't recommend season5 without saying they should read the manga version as well.

Ever since mukai became director the direction in mha anime has been seriously lacking.

A lot of things could’ve been improved in this season: - Animation - Directing - Censorship - Scheduling - Adaptation

I stopped watching My Hero near the second part of season 4, I tried season 5 but it wasn't for me tbh. I think when season 6 comes out I might try and get back into it

I only remember MVA whenever I think of season 5

honestly i really loved the my villian academia anime, hearing that it was actually worse in the anime just got me hype for now reading the arc in the manga

I just finished watching Season 5 and it's my favorite season so far, by far, but based on what people have said I'll definitely be picking up the manga after this. I started watching MHA two months ago, so I wasn't there for any of the releases (except that one time last year I forgot I joined the subreddit and had dozens of posts screaming about Bakugo pop up on my home screen...). It's really interesting to learn how people felt about it outside of Crunchyroll comments! I wish I could've been there, I would've LIVED for the flame :D Edit: I commented that before watching the entire video. Kinda mad now

Anime only here- I thought the my villain academia arc was pretty mediocre I was confused why everyone liked it so much. Now I know. 5 episodes for 22 chapters? WHY.

When I recently saw season 5 I was wondering where the hell the MVA arc went. I genuinely thought I missed episodes lmao. In the end it was fine tho...

The Eri arc and the licencing exam are actually my favourite parts of the anime. I must be crazy thought because my villain academia was so boring and i skipped so much of those episodes

My Villain Academia is 5 episodes but it’s actually 6 cause Bakugo and Shoto vs Cider House is part of the beginning of Meta Liberation Army Arc which is add on the last episode of Joint Training Arc and Dabi talks to Hawks on the phone was also part of My Villain Academia which is add on Endeavor Agency Arc but the fights like League of Villains vs Gigantomachia, League of Villains vs Meta Liberation Army, Toga’s Past, Twice’s Past, Shigaraki’s Origin and the introduction of Paranormal Liberation Front was good so far but the only thing that was missing is Re-Destro’s real introduction like making a commercial and kills his assistant for insulting Destro, League of Villains vs Creature Rejection Clan, Spinner confronts Shigaraki about his motive, Gigantomachia stands out victory after overpowered League of Villains and Skeptic confronts Twice directly like he wants a rematch

Also the shushi scene makes no sense now.

I honestly liked it all

I know this was 1 year ago but I’m gonna get the manga (just the volumes that are the MVA arc) cause I’m actually interested after seeing all the controversy of it. I didn’t think about doing this until more recently witch is why I’m commenting this a year later, I’m gonna stick to the anime after reading MVA though.

I actually dropped the show 10 episodes into season 5

Good vid man , That's why I'm manga reader after season 3

As someone who watched the anime only, I was confused and bored by the pacing, it's good to get answers on what happened but I am sad to know we won't get the best anime adaptation we could have.

Season 6 will probably have another movie coming so the same problem with cut content might happen again

Yeah flashbacks have been a trend in these types of anime just look to Naruto where in the later part of part 2 where Naruto would have a swing flashback every 5 to 10 min especially in episodes with heavy dialogue.

First video of yours I'm watching

I find it hilarious how we spend all this time focusing class 1-B and how great their powers are only for like half of them to be completely useless in the war arc.

So when I first got into mha I was anime only until I hit the end of season 5. I had no knowledge of the manga and the whole undercover Hawks side quest completely confused me. I had to go through on a second watch to figure out what I was missing. Now that I'm up to date on the manga I know that was because of missing the my villain Academia Arc. I had to Google it to figure out what his whole point was in the story and then re-watch it.

also in MVA i realised that they blew all the budget on the joint training arc, which led to many frames just being completely still, quite disappointed

War arc is a type of an arc that should take the whole season 6 to animate

As an anime only, yeah this makes sense, I honestly didn't feel any hollow as other commenters say, the only real complaint I had was re-destro being somewhat confusing and one note, which clearly isn't the case. I think the anime did ok which is upsetting when it could've been so much better, I loved MVA arc even if it was short, it was incredibly exciting and my favorite part of the season and it's a shame it could've been so much better

Ironic how Spinner, who's entire character is about being a nobody in superhuman society, got all his characterization cut. Oof.

My Hero Academia will be Amazing If: •No Movies •The War Adapted Majority of Season 6. I was thinking 12 Episodes will be The Very Beginning of the war up until Shigaraki and All For One Infiltrating The Core of One For All. Then Episode 13-15 could Be The Hospital Scenes included with Flashbacks of showing the rest of the War. The Reason for that is because they need a new op after episode 12. Then that leaves The Final Arc of Season 6 being The Tartarus Escapee’s Arc. •Great Animation. Best the show’s ever given so Far. •Little to No Freeze Frames. •Well Adapted Panels •Pacing Ofc I already talked about that

I made you and therefore I own this sensational video

I forgot to mention it but Oceaniz sent me to this video.

I think they just didn't want to end on Endeavor heavy episodes two seasons in a row even though war prep is just as good a cliffhanger as the end of MVA

my hero academia has the potential to go nuts. i wish more resources could be sunken into this show as it’s nearing its climax. outsourcing, postponing, i don’t care. as long as it’s to reach the level of passion we received with season 2 and 3.

2:57 The background music slaps.

I kinda liked season 5 and 4 as they were at least entertaining even if they weren’t the best, but season 6 became very hard to watch due to the constant weird decisions and flashback scenes

I know I am a little late, but in all honesty what I noticed in terms of the decline of MHA after the midpoint of S3 was that they chose to include another director. I don't know how influential that other director was (Masahiro Mukai), but I felt like from the latter half of season 3 onward, the series felt different, and I couldn't really pinpoint why until I noticed that it was strictly Kenji Nagasaki, the original director up until Season 3, and from that point where they added in Masahiro Mukai, I felt the series was a little off. I see on Wikipedia that Kenji Nagasaki is now the Chief director, and I don't know if that means he doesn't focus on My Hero as much anymore, but I am expecting that unfortunately Season 6 might be the same since Mukai is still the director for it, and will most likely continue to be the director from this point onwards.

The jta being way longer than mva should be a crime, personally I feel that way because the whole class a vs class b thing is boring and the villains just have a more interesting story

Personally speaking, I like the MVA arc capping off Season 5 more. This arc was essentially meant to be the best and end the season on a proper high note. I also felt it was effective in giving the audience a sense of uneasiness as we never really saw much of the League, or even what happened in Deika City until the very end. Then once it's over, we realize that while our heroes are slowly becoming more powerful; so are the villains too. What with Shigaraki now capable of destroying a whole city, commanding an entire army, and undergoing surgery to make himself even more powerful. The way I see it, this definitely gears people up for what's to come in Season 6. That being said however, I do feel the overall adaptation could've/should've been way better. As you mentioned the arc was 23 chapters long and adapted into just 6 episodes. That right there lets you know that the production team made a lot of cuts this time around. All in all, I can't help but blame Covid for the troubled production this season. If the pandemic never happened then Season 5 would've turned out much better, just like Attack on Titan Season 4.

Hey the beach episode wasn't JUST to tie into the movie. It was ALSO to give us swimsuit fanservice. Totally necessary. Not.

Not to mention it made the timeline more difficult for anime only people to understand. Since the manga constantly talks about days and months

Okay, you finally explained this whole controversy astoundingly. Great work. I thought it was a lot of whiney fans mad at 1 and a half chapters missing, but I get it now. I'l definitely give them a reread now that I can take the changes seriously. But in regards to what you said at the beginning of the video, how was season 4 scrutinized, exactly? It is my favorite season of all time. It actually introduced death and the struggles of being a pro hero. It actually makes you feel something that was lacking from the show up until this point. I get that they took out a scene with Tamiki in it once Mirio got shot, but other than that and the minute counter on Quirkless Mirio, it is my favorite season.