[Kiwami]

I picked up "My Hero Academia" as well, watched season 1 last Sunday and the available season 2 episodes today.

I must say I quite enjoy this. Characters are interesting, comedy is good and the action is cool. I don’t think I could call it quite unique in what it does but it's too much fun for that to be a huge negative in my opinion. However I do think about how the show would've looked like if Midoriya became a Batman-kinda hero, someone who can stand his own among human gods simply because of his wits and strength.

In fact that was my biggest gripe with the show early on. He gets superpowers handed over and then the issue of him being a minority of a normal human in a society of super-people is basically gone.

But then I thought about it for a while and I think All Might's right, in some situations you've got to be realistic. Someone without superpowers could not hold up in this world if he decides to fight against all these powers. It's actually kind of a throwaway line, but him saying that becoming a policeman instead is actually solid advice. That also made me realize how fun a show about a policeman (or woman) in this world could be.

And I also realized how Midoriya works for his dreams, it’s not the powers which give him a perspective or a dream, he always had it. He was just given a chance to prove that he has what it takes. And he still uses his own strength and will, I mean he’s still in a phase where he can’t control his powers properly so he has to rely on his own talents more often than not anyways. And I quite like how he builds himself up. To be honest my favorite moments in this show are when he succeeds in dire situations. I guess that’s what people like seeing anyways, right? Someone who proves himself against the odds and works for his successes, and then seeing this work pay off big time.

Anyways, this is one of the very few anime I'm watching these days so I hope it continues to be successful. Would be cool if they could slowly but surely adapt the source material. I have no problem with just buying all the manga books if the show stops but I love the visuals, the voice actors and the energy behind it so I would hate to see it disappear in an unfinished state.

Lastly, a question to you guys: Who are your favorite heroes so far? Both rookies and pro's.

In the rookie department it's kinda hard since there are so many likable characters but I think I have to choose Momo. I like her style and her power is one I'd like to have myself. Creation is just so damn useful. But it has its price since you need to understand how something works on a cellular level before you can materialize it. I guess I like her because she reminds me of the alchemists from Full Metal Alchemist? That’s probably it.

With the pro's it's not that much easier, but we've got a little bit less characters to choose from. I like Mic the most honestly. I love these crazy DJ-type characters and sound/shockwaves are so damn strong. Loved the animation when he entered the fight at the end of season 1 a lot too, the "YEAH!"-effect within the wave looked so damn cool.

But of course All Might is fantastic in all of his forms, and Eraser Head is badass too, but for personal favorites I’d go with Present Mic.