My Hero Academia Can't Escape Manga's Oldest Cliché
Warning: Contains spoilers for My Hero Academia chapter #355
Even a successful manga such as My Hero Academia cannot avoid some of the oldest clichés of the genre. Kohei Horikoshi's work has been praised for bringing a breath of fresh air into shonen manga, but it seems that the final arc of My Hero Academia is resorting to a stereotype that readers have seen way too many times.
Like other shonen, My Hero Academia relies on building a series of powerful villains that the heroes have to overcome, usually after getting stronger through training. My Hero Academia has a memorable cast of villains: Overhaul, Stain, the League of Villains and Tomura Shigaraki, Re-Destro, and the Meta Liberation Army, all left their mark in the series. However, the title of greatest villain belongs to All for One, the most powerful quirk-user in the world and the «ultimate evil» that the heroes have to overcome to re-establish order and peace in their society. All for One is so strong and dangerous (with his ability to steal quirks) that the exact way in which he will be defeated will be a major point of interest in the final arc of the series.
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After establishing that the duty of putting All for One down during the final battle fell on the shoulders of Japan's top two heroes, Endeavor and Hawks, chapter #355 of My Hero Academia flipped the cards on the table. Endeavor suffers a grievous injury, which leaves Hawks alone until he receives support from two young heroes-in-training, Jiro and Tokoyami. The gap between the newcomers and All for One is so evident that the villain takes his time mocking his opponent, making sure they know they are out of their league. However,
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