SquishyCat

My Hero Academia is a story about superheroes and supervillains. It starts from a time when heroes have successfully suppressed villainy and are able to treat hero work as more of a job. Our protagonist, Izuku Midoriya, was born with no powers in a world where having powers is common. This is a very fun shonen manga that I, personally find very little to complain about. If you are at all curious about it, you should try reading it to see if you like it! There may be spoilers ahead. 

Story: 

I think the story is good. The author takes a lot of inspiration from western media, especially Star Wars and this reflects in his storytelling. The overall pacing is good and there are moments of tension that feel as if everything could actually fall apart around our characters. He also makes us care for the villains, so no matter who wins you end up worrying about the losing side. Even though this is a shonen it touches on some very difficult topics, up till now he has been able to integrate them without diminishing the meaning of the topic. Note: There are a lot of twists to look forward to so keep an eye out!

One aspect that I enjoyed was the explanation he gave for why our teenage/young adult heroes and villains were able to beat their adult counterparts. It felt realistic to the universe he created and made me curious as to how he's going to end it.

One thing to be aware of is this is still very much a shonen. The main character relies on and cares for his friends more than he cares about his own safety. While he isn't an idiot, he is reckless. If this shonen trope is not your cup of tea this may not be the manga for you. 

Characters: 

There are many well thought out and detailed characters. Both the heroes and villains have characters with detailed backgrounds, personalities, powers, and designs. In fact, most of the characters have really good designs. The one issue I have is that Horikoshi has given us soooo many well designed characters but hasn't really gone into detail with a majority of them. We don't really know any of the characters from class 1-B, from the other schools, the adult superheroes, and even some of the kids from class 1-A still haven't been given depth yet. While it's great to have this many characters, and their designs and powers are well thought out, we don't really know many of them outside of the normal characters we see in the arcs. 

Art: 

Horikoshi's art is very detailed. His characters are well designed, they change outfits depending on the occasion, and they are very expressive. He also has very detailed backgrounds. It is also very cartoonish. I personally like it, but it may not be your style.