But it’s not just the abrasive attitude and pinwheeling athleticism that makes her entire sequence so engaging, but how much it communicates about her and how she compares to Endeavor or Hawks, the heroes ranked above her. With her superb design and ferocious personality, she makes for a breakout character. This is exemplified in the season’s beginning with Mirko, the number three ranked hero who acts as a one-woman battering ram through the underbelly of All for One’s nefarious labs. As we barrel through an episode’s twenty-something-minute runtime, breathlessly keeping pace with characters enduring a myriad of suffering for the sake of keeping the peace, we are reminded of Bones’s ability to utilize action for the sake of greater thematic impact, raising Horikoshi’s tactile and visceral world of to dizzying new heights. Season six, however, has wasted little time in thrusting us into the heart of the action. Season five was admittedly a slow burn, especially in the Joint Training Arc that dragged in comparison to the series’ greatest hits. Though there were no shortcuts on the action in the loaded first cour that saw the heroes – adults and students alike – face one devastating blow after another. We hurt for the characters not just because they’re skewered and roasted, maimed, and even killed but because of how we have come to know them, their dynamics together, and what a loss means in the greater scope of the story. Instead, Kohei Horikoshi’s series finds its greatest moments through its character work and the relationships that have held the story together being pushed to their limits. This renewed quality is not because of its action. Over its sixth season, My Hero Academia has re-established itself as one of the best shonen anime airing currently. Spoilers below for season six of My Hero Academia
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