My Hero Academia: What Happens When a Show Has Too Many Characters

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My Hero Academia has loads of characters. From civilians to heroes, to villains, it feels like Kohei Horikoshi, the author, and artist of the manga, has put thought into nearly everyone who appears in his universe. If that’s the case, then why do so many characters feel half-baked?

Some characters, such as Deku, get a lot of character development and backstory while others, like Ojiro, don’t get much character development at all. There are also characters such as Uraraka who get character development mainly off-screen. With all this uneven character development, one has to wonder if the series has too many characters to handle.

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Some characters have barely any development or are boiled down to tropes such as Ojiro and Jirou. Jirou, arguably, has more character development than Ojiro as viewers get to see what her home life is like. During the U.A. School Festival Arc, Jirou plays a bigger role than normal. She’s also seen using her quirk in various missions throughout the series.

Ojiro, however, is barely there in comparison. The viewers know his quirk, name, and that his room is fairly plain, but they don’t know much else about him. Manga readers of My Hero Academia have the option of reading character pages, but anime-only viewers don't have this option. Granted, there are character cards in the anime episodes, but they don't have as much information as their manga counterparts.

Unfortunately, this lack of TLC is the case for many characters that feel like they are supposed to be main characters. After all, Class 1-A is supposed to be the best students in the hero course, right? Viewers are introduced to the entirety of Class 1-A as if they are all important characters, yet