Season six of My Hero Academia has been one hell of a ride. It was clear from the outset of the season’s second half that events would keep getting darker. I mean, the title of the first episode of cour 2 is best translated as “Hellish Hell.” The exact extent of that hellish plunge has been explored in the second half’s first five episodes. By the end of that fifth episode, “Izuku Midoriya and Tomura Shigaraki,” it was very clear where that plunge has been leading us: into the final saga of My Hero Academia.

In that fifth episode, My Hero Academia committed to its increasingly dark tone with a single, heretofore unthinkable action. This is notable because the series’ tone has, at times, fluctuated. An arc in which Midoriya is able to “artificially” use 100% of One For All for the first time to beat a terrifying, formidable villain is immediately followed by an arc focusing on a school festival. This dual tone of My Hero Academia—the escalating high-stakes shounen vs the high school (almost) slice-of-life—has basically become an easy “anime debate”-starter. Some people are down for the whole smorgasbord of feels. Others love when all the UA students just get to hang out. Some are annoyed when the series takes a long break from the big battles.

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