It truly is the season for My Hero Academia. First, there's the new season of the hit anime that is currently airing, next is the sequel to the My Hero: One's Justice game that adds all our favorite new characters, and finally, there's the new film! My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising is what it's called, and it is way better than it has any right to be. But, just like the anime and just like the game, it has its fair share of issues. So, here are some of the biggest ones we found.
10 UA High Still Acts Irresponsibly
First and foremost, how in the world did UA get the authorization to put these high school kids in charge of an entire island? The school has constantly been under the watchful eye of the government due to the growing unrest towards heroes. Plus, the academy has suffered from multiple attacks by the League of Villains during school events. So, explain to us in what possible way it makes sense that they didn't even have to send a teacher to Nebu island to supervise class 1-A?
9 Why Didn't Class 1-A Evacuate The Town?
High school kids may be growing into capable adults, but they aren't there yet. They don't have close to the amount of experience as an adult would to base their decisions on. Plus, they can be aggressive. Case and point, the safety of the townspeople should've been priority number one for class 1-A.
Yet, they stuff them all in a cave while they went out and fought the villains on their own. It's not like Chimera or Mummy were blocking the ports! Yes, they did destroy all the ships, but Todoroki, Momo, and Koda all have Quirks that would have circumvented that.
8 How Does The League Of Villains Know The Doctor Already?
So, we know that this movie takes place after the end of this current anime season, quite a bit past it in fact. But, then how does the League know Doctor Garaki already? If we're remembering things right, they didn't start working with the doc until right before the Re Destro movement, and they were pretty busy bringing Gigantomachia onboard at that point. We just don't see a gap in their timeline that lines up with the movie.
7 Why Is Katsuma's Quirk Different From His Dads?
So, from what we understand about Quirks, the way they are passed on genetically is pretty simple. You get the mother, the fathers, some blend of the two, or a completely unrelated new quirk. There really isn't an instance of a kid getting their parents Quirk but with a slight variation. So, why is Katsuma's Quirk exactly like his dad's, but for a different blood type? Sure, you could say the Quirk would adapt itself to match the blood type of the one who wields it. But, it actually makes more sense in-canon that his Quirk would simply still affect the same blood type as his dad's, and he just couldn't use his own Quirk on himself. A very teensy nitpick, but a noticeable one to any big fan of the franchise.
6 How Can Class A Use Moves Now They Haven't Learned Yet In The Anime?
Like we said earlier, this film has a bit of a time jump. And honestly? That's fine. Anime-only people aren't really missing all too much and anything they were confused about will be cleared up in the next season or so of the anime. In particular, we're talking about some of the moves Class A uses. Tokoyami can fly now, Bakugo used his Explode-a-Pult, and Tail Man has some new moves.
That's all good and dandy. But, what about the moves we haven't even seen in the manga yet? Todoroki's deep-freeze on Chimera, Aoyama's Kamehameha-esque beam attack, or Bakugos explosion bullets. These are moves that seem to be entirely made up for this film! Are they going to show up in the manga now at some point? If so, why did the kids wait so long to use them? Introducing new moves like this is fun, but does mess with the timeline just a tad.
5 Since When Could Bakugo Shoot Explosion "Bullets"?
And actually, we wan to go a bit more into Bakugo's projectile attack that he uses near the climax of the film. Yes, Deku figured out how to use wind-pressure as a weapon with his Delaware Air Force. It's pretty neat! But, Bakugo doesn't need his own variant. Bakugo's Quirk simply allows him to detonate the explosive substance he sweats with his palms, and up to now, it seemed to be an immediate reaction. Bakugo can't ignite them on a timer or anything. Yet, that's the only way we can see him "shooting" anything as he does in the film.
4 How Is Chimera Even Remotely Alive At The End Of The Film?
My Hero Academia is a Shonen series. Like One Piece, Naruto, or Dr. Stone, it is written to appeal primarily to a younger male demographic. And, a common trend with these stories is that no one really dies. Sure, there's a ton of murder in Naruto Shippuden and a tad in Dr. Stone, but primary cast killing is usually avoided. My Hero Academia has always stuck to this, pretty strictly if we may add, but it has always made logical sense. Except for now, because how in the world is Chimera alive at the end of this film? Todoroki literally froze him from the inside out. There were sharp ice crystals coming out of his mouth! He was probably 85% pure ice after that attack. Yet in the end, we see him being walked away in handcuffs with the others. Better yet, what even is his Quirk?
3 Why Did Nine Need A Specific Healing Quirk When The Doctor Has Tons Stored Up?
In the movie, we see that Nine, the main antagonist, has undergone some sort of surgery that allows him to steal Quirks like All for One. Thanks to Doctor Garaki, the guy is now an AfO-lite. And, of the Quirks he stole, we know he has laser fingers, barriers, dragon tentacles, and weather control. Honestly, he's a pretty terrifying villain, maybe one of the scariest. The weather one seems to be his default Quirk, so that leaves 5 more slots for him to fill.
Our question is, it's known that Garaki hordes Quirks in his secret lab. So, if they wanted Nine to be successful in any way, why didn't they give him anything to counteract the cell degeneration?
2 How Did The League Of Villains Replicate The Quirk-Erasing Bullet?
So, the entire crux in the first arc of season four was Overhauls Quirk-erasing bullets. They're something we saw in the Vigilantes spin-off along with the Quirk-boosting drug called Trigger. These two drugs were the result of a massive amount of pain and torture to Eri by Overhaul and were not easily made. In fact, it seemed central to his plan that they relied solely on Eri to make them, and that she would be needed to mass-produce them. So, how in the world did Shigaraki or Doctor Garaki manage to replicate them? Maybe this mystery is what makes them such an interesting Villain group.
1 Everything Included In That Final Fight Sequence
And lastly, let's talk about that final fight. Don't get us wrong, it was absolutely a marvel of modern animation and a total blast to watch. Plus, we love seeing new people wielding One For All. But, it was comically under-written and felt like a cheap pull on our heartstrings as we knew Deku wasn't about to die or pass OfA on. But, even more than that, the mechanics of Bakugo receiving One for All makes even less sense. Originally it takes time to transfer, and it enhances the innate Quirk of the wielder by an absurd degree. Yet, Bakugo used what seemed like 100% immediately, and his explosions seemed maybe 30-40% stronger. And don't even get us started on the "he passed out before it fully transferred and forgot he ever had it" part of it that All Might explains.