Anime – Boku no Hero Academia 4th Season [TV]

Anime Oct 5, 2022

Overview:

Continuing immediately after the events of season 3 BnH, there are 4 arcs covered in this season.

Internships, or better called work studies. Deku is meeting up with the top 3 of UA, Togata, Amajiki and Hado. Lemillion, Togata, is with Deku during his work study. Deku is training hard, learning more about himself and abilities when the yakuza decide to start causing a bit of a ruckus. Yakuza are deciding to dabble in a bit of child experimentation and attempts to revoke a person’s quirk with a special bullet. Obviously, this is a huge deal that puts Deku and others into the fray the moment it is found out about. Alongside learning that All Might is inevitably going to die, which was heavily hinted at from previous seasons. More details are given with Endeavor getting his chance to talk more.

Entire buildup with Eri and the ending fight with Overhaul is something else with a emotional impact that allows characters to further mature and grow. Alongside having an unexpected result that was necessary to really hit about the severity of being a hero and the inherent risks it entails. Entire arc goes hard on a slightly slow ramp up to a high peak of enjoyment and immersion.

Arc is followed up with Katsuki and Shoto which wasn’t the best but is necessary for the story and has some good points. Namely Shoto and his father getting some well deserved one on one that will be more meaningful as the episodes progress. Endeavor has more to him than the views of the others around him with reasonings that may not be completely apparent on the surface.

School festival and Gentle are next up. School festival is the tourney arc but for the rest non power houses. Since the hero world is not only about raw strength. It is a needed portion to show and balance out everything while expanding on a hero put forth in this verse. Gentle is one such hero that is a villain but not a true villain. He wants to be renowned and known, with his story being one of my favorites so far. The trials he attempted and the ways he went about wanting to achieve his fame are completely different than the rest. It is entirely a selfless goal, but isn’t that what the other heroes are too? Some questions put forth about heroes again with Deku stepping in to contrast out failure. Gentle really shines from how strong his views are and how they are challenged perfectly by Deku in their fight. Notably with Gentle not wanting to hurt an innocent bystander during his fight and explaining why.

Since it has been months since All Mights retirement, it was finally time to announce the new rankings and positions of heroes. Endeavor makes an appearance again and of course is officially dubbed number one. Is it everything he expects or wants though? This arc delves into his mental, giving more perspective and rounds out his character to be more complete. Showing reasoning for his actions even more than prior, where they are not with ill intent. They may be selfish but do have good intent behind them. He has a fight that ends is a well done conclusion for season 4.

Visuals/Music:

All visuals keep up with the rest of BnH where they are unique yet very well done. From the movements and especially the fights where this style animation shines. No complaints and really is only praise with how well the animation has matured and continues to do so season after season.

Music is also once again built upon and continues to be great. There are times where there could be better placed OST’s to help immersion but overall, its solid. Silence is used when needed and emotional scenes keep the viewer attached by a solid ost.

Final Thoughts:

Highly recommend continue watching or getting into BnH as the story is a worthwhile investment. There are several points that can hit deep while having enjoyable to watch fights and progression in both story and character development.

Honestly did put on hold for a bit after Eri arc since Shoto arc after was a bit lackluster but eventually did continue. More than worth the effort to continue as Gentle has turned out to be one of my favorites easily. I found last bit with Gentle and Endeavor to be the highlights of this season. Sure, Eri and Yakuza are very good, but they don’t hit the same for some reason as the later bits. Either way there is no other way to put it than its very enjoyable to watch. Every show has their highs and lows.

Characters (main) – 5/5

Characters (sub) – 5/5

Enjoyment – 4/5

Visuals – 4/5

Music – 4/5

Story – 4/5