A romance needs time to develop throughout the series… and it’s usually (or atleast should be) done in the story as a slowly brewing thing that‘s on the side but never forgotten about, unless it’s a slice of life series where it is the focus. I think that’s how it should be.
IIRC in Naruto it didn’t start to form until near the end of the series. Naruto used to have a crush on Sakura but that ended once Shippuden started. The fake confession from Sakura was kind of cringe…
Hinata’s feelings were always clear and once Naruto got mature enough he began to understand how she felt. That’s how I interpret it anyways. I really enjoyed the last batch of episodes with the
time skip and the wedding at the end. I think it was a nice ending to a story that didn’t seem to have many rest periods. I think Shounens are usually like that though, haha.
So, I don’t think this new ending chapter makes much sense from what I‘ve heard of it, but I don’t really care personally. I don’t have much interest in My Hero Academia like I did in 2020.
If it’s better than the previous ending chapter then I’m satisfied with that. I know there was a decent amount of controversy because of how Deku was handled.
10 years is a long time to be doing nothing, considering how he always wanted to be a hero like All Might.
I think Horikoshi could’ve given All Might a better ending by having him ultimately die doing one last heroic thing, thus ushering in the new era of heroes. but I guess it wasn’t going to turn out to be anything like what Nighteye had predicted.
I’ve felt for a while that Horikoshi needed a long break, and it felt like the story started dropping after the Villain Academia arc. That’s around the time I stopped paying much attention to the series, anyway.
I don’t know. I wasn’t a big fan of the sudden dark direction that the series took after the School Festival arc. It was always established that Shigaraki and All For One were going to be endgame villains, but the tone shift seemed too sudden for me when the first war arc happened, but perhaps that’s just a personal issue.
Seasons 1-4 are particularly nostalgic to me, especially the OP ODD FUTURE and ED Shout Baby. Those are probably my favorite songs from those seasons. Starmaker and Long Hope Philia are good too!
I hope Horikoshi can continue to make cool things and that he feels like he accomplished what he wanted to after finishing My Hero Academia. I think it’s more important that the mangaka is satisfied with their own work, because they’re the ones who worked on it from start to finish.
If it is not the case, then I hope there are a lot of people who were impacted and inspired by the series. It had very memorable moments and characters. I think Bones also deserves credit for sticking with the series for as long as they have, since 8 years is a long time! They’ve done a good job.