Thanks to a recent trailer for Season 5, My Hero Academia is back at the forefront of the minds of many, and they're all remembering how amazingly Season 4 ended. The new season has a lot to cover, and the manga is even further ahead than people would likely expect. Fans love the franchise, but there are a couple of moments in which the more critical crowd would say the series had "jumped the shark".
The line between this or bringing something new to the entire shonen genre is rather thin, so it's worth talking about a few instances where fans feel MHA did both.
Disclaimer: There will be spoilers for the MHA manga in this.
10 JUMPED THE SHARK: Deku Changing The Future By Believing Hard Enough
Deku learning how to control One for All is obviously a large part of the series. He's been gifted with likely the strongest of all Quirks, but his body can't quite handle it yet and he has to work his way up, a couple of percentage points at a time. There have been moments where Deku went all in and unleashed One for All with no restrictions (such as his fight against Muscular), but his Infinite 100%, Super Saiyan-esque mode in the battle against Overhaul might have been a step too far. It was neat to see Eri using her Rewind Quirk for good, but Deku "changing" the future by believing he could hard enough was pretty silly to be sure.
9 CHANGED THE GAME: Mad-Lad Deku
There's always been a stereotype in Shonen battle-manga of main characters who protect others with little to no regard for their own well-being. But, MHA is one of the only series in recent memory where the protagonist's own power is the thing that harms them. "Mad Lad Deku," as he's called in the community, is the version of Midoriya that goes so all-out in a fight that OfA destroys his body as he uses it. Franky, while graphic, it's also a fantastic way to show the protagonist's inexperience in a very real way. And, looking back, it's ever more clear that from season one to four, Deku has had one heck of a glow-up in terms of experiences and mastery.
8 JUMPED THE SHARK: Technically Eight Quirks-In-One
This is the big one. It's the development that caused a lot of fans to become outraged while some even jumped ship entirely. This is, of course, talking about the reveal that One for All isn't just a power-stockpiling/transfer Quirk, but can also stockpile the previous Quirk Factors of whoever wielded it previously. What this means is that Deku technically has eight quirks now, the two that merged to create OfA originally and the six used by previous OfA champions (not including All Might who was originally Quirkless). It was already hard enough to relate to Deku anymore once he got One For All, but now everyone is supposed to worry about how he's going to make it to the #1 Hero Slot with a moveset this unfairly overpowered?
7 CHANGED THE GAME: My Villain Academia Arc
There have been series in the past that gave viewers a peek at what the villains were up to, but usually, it's through the eyes of someone who either recently defected or is undercover. A good anime example of this is when the camera followed Sasuke's renegade team "Taka" in Naruto Shippuden.
But My Hero Academia took this one step further and dedicated an entire, relatively long arc to the League of Villains that fans know and love. The Arc is called "My Villain Academia" and it really gives viewers a chance to see the villains side of things without feeling too forced or too much like filler.
6 JUMPED THE SHARK: The Mysterious Zone Within OfA
As if One For All wasn't overly complicated enough. Now, it also has a little zone where Wielders can talk with previous users of OfA. This was fully revealed the first time Deku used Black Whip but has been elaborated on recently during the Paranormal Liberation War Arc. In this subconscious "zone", Deku can even see the memories of previous OfA users. So, Deku has all their Quirks, can talk to any of them at any time, and can enter an area made especially for him outside of time and space? Talk about complex.
5 CHANGED THE GAME: All Might Didn't Die (Yet)
Since the very beginning of MHA, there have been tons of red flags hinting at the fact that All Might was going to die very soon. Whether it was his injury, his frantic dedication towards passing on the torch, the resurgence of All for One, or even All Might's constant habit of fighting past his limits. Everyone knew he was going to die, they just weren't sure when, until the fight with All for One himself. This whole confrontation just felt like it was building towards All Might beating One for All with the United States of Smash and then dying. Deku would mourn, society would change, and then a time-skip would happen. But, miraculously, he survived. It's just so rare for a series like this that the main mentor actually gets to live for most of it, and All for One himself actually comments on this subversion multiple times.
4 JUMPED THE SHARK: Quirks Are A Person's Individuality
We touched on this briefly while talking about the hideout-area of One for All, but Nana Shimura (an already mysterious character) just dropped another bomb on all the readers recently with the reveal that Quirks house the user's identity/consciousness. This follows a long-standing methodology that transplanted organs can sometimes house aspects of their original owner (which has very little scientific standing). Sure it was fun to play around with the concept in stuff like Metal Gear Solid, but at the end of the day, it just doesn't make sense. Why has this never been brought up before now? Are Quirkless people lesser because they don't have this identity organ? It especially makes what happened with Mirio all the more horrifying.
3 CHANGED THE GAME: Adding New Powers Onto The Main Character
It's not often that the main character gets extra, completely new superpowers this late into the game. Sure, they might develop them further and unlock new aspects of it like the Gear system for Luffy in One Piece, but rarely is it so completely unconnected.
Deku literally unlocked the ability to use entirely new Quirks in tandem with his super-strength. Imagine if, during the Buu saga of Dragon Ball Z, Goku suddenly discovered he could stretch his limbs like a Namekian, change "forms" like Freiza, Regenerate like Cell, and eat people like Buu. That's sort of comparable to how this felt when it was revealed.
2 JUMPED THE SHARK: Quirks Can Evolve To The Level Shigaraki's Naturally
The idea that Quirks are similar to muscles and that they can be broken down and built up again is something that's introduced pretty early on in MHA, during the Forest Training Camp. And, while it's nice to see Kirishima able to harden even further and Aoyama shoot more lasers, it would be a bit much if their powers suddenly broke the established rules. For example, if Kirishima was able to harden things around him or Ayoama could shoot laser out infinitely. Well, that's what it felt like when Shigaraki evolved his Quirk more in the Villain Academia Arc. At this point, he barely has to touch anything and his decay can spread across an entire town, even before he was given AfO. Honestly, Shigaraki has quickly become one of the series most terrifying villains.
1 CHANGED THE GAME: The Focus On Individual Growth
Most shonen battle series are all about a group of friends getting to know each other and learning how to work together. But, while My Hero Academia does have that, it focuses on individual strength to a much higher degree than the genre standard. All of these students know they won't be in school or with these classmates forever, so it's a constant competition of who can become more of a standout hero on their own merits.
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