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6.5/10

Still stands clearly out and above the average battle shonen fare (which for reference on my scale tend to stand at a solid 5/10) due to the consistency of its art quality and character design, which have always been Hori's strong suit. Writing-wise, All Might's easily the character Hori pulled off best throughout the series. I'm also just happy Hori got such a major break after years of getting constantly axed.

Greatest weaknesses are the protagonist and his issues with power scaling (Deku losing the whole, much cooler bonesnap-power gimmick), and pacing out the story beats in general, especially early on. Often feels very aimless, like the story's not really going anywhere. We barely get a chance to know most of the bloated cast only to move on to a next batch of 6+ people we are now supposed to be interested in (Yakuza arc is the first and most prominent culprit, but see also Villain League, Exam and so on).

Shigaraki's power creep seems to be the only direction that the story consistently manages to build up, as in terms of aims and goals Deku and co. go nowhere (Teamwork among classmates? Eh, bored now, let's have Deku solve everything. Is Deku going to save the day? Woah, let's not get too crazy. Is he progressing towards the professional side of heroics? Oh wait, nevermind. Is he interested in finding out more about All Might and his predecessors? Whoops, no time for that. Dark loner hero phase? Gone a few chapters in.)