Hi guys! It's been a while, though I've had some journals in mind that I wanted to get out of my head!

I'm going to ramble about My Hero Academia. If you've never seen it, this journal probably won't make sense XD. And just FYI, as someone who's read 100% of the manga, I might be touching on some spoilers that haven't been revealed yet in the anime. I've also been watching the anime as it's been coming out over the last four weeks, so if you haven't started watching it yet and intend to, please beware!

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Spoiler warning!

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Eventually, I want to do a series of journals on my favorite anime (Evangelion and its movie End of Evangelion, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and Fist of the North Star) and why I love them. But for now, I just need to ramble about how good MHA has been this season. After an arguably slowish season four, five and six (with several exceptions), the anime got reeeeeeeally good again around season seven. As someone who read the manga every single week the second bootlegs were uploaded from Japan (and cried and screamed when we were met with "BHA will be on break for two / three / four weeks!), I knew what was coming and what is coming.

My god, I fucking love this show. It's one of my favorites. Here are a few thoughts as we press forward through season eight.

I hated Bakugo. Despised him. Not even in a "I love to hate him" kind of way, just "I hate him". He was just too much of a bully and asshole for my tastes, and the show kept forgiving him over and over where I refused to. However, episode three was so redeeming for his character that it may retcon my entire opinion of him. How he finally seems to have shrugged of his resentment towards Izuku and those strong than him; how he gently smiled at All Might when All Might called him by his own hero name, "Daibaku Kisshin Dainamaito", or "Great Explosion Murder God Dynamite"; and how he clumsily and joyously rag-dolled through the wrecked buildings as he chased All for One in the final battle, laughing in pain. I can't stop watching that scene.

And speaking of AFO: All for One is one of my favorite villains of all time, especially when it is revealed that he's basically an appallingly evil, stunningly handsome Greek god. I didn't really like him at first, either, but the moment he started rewinding during his fight with Endeavor (who I would argue is the best and most interesting character in the entire story), I was hooked. The most recent flashback episode of AFO's and Yoichi's childhood was everything I wanted it to be; All for One has never looked so good and been so creepy yet handsome yet horrifying. (If I'm ever able to actually get to the point in Kosma where we meet the main villain, he will be a blend of Judge Doom from Roger Rabbit, Kefka from FFVI, and All for One.)

We also finally got Bakugo versus an evil baby version of All for One. Superb.

I'm far less interested in the Izuku / Tomura plot than I was the All Might / All for One plot (I remember, while reading the manga, not knowing whether All Might was going to die, and screaming a sigh of relief when Bakugo saved him), but there still are some extremely interesting stories up to bat, especially when Izuku and Shimura go into Tomura's mind and witness his childhood abuse at the hands of his father. It's going to be exquisite stuff.

MHA is a guilty pleasure for me, and season 8 has been premium stuff.