My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising - Movie Review

Fear not, subscribers! I am here to review My Hero Academia Heroes Rising. My Hero Academia Heroes Rising is the second film in this franchise. It's in the middle of its fourth season right now. And just like the start of every season and both movies, I'll recap what this series is about just in case you don't know. This takes place in a world where the majority of the population has some kind of superpower. Some use their powers for good, and some use their powers for evil. The show follows a class of students at UA High School, a place where they train to become heroes. And our lead character is Izuku Midoriya, also known as Deku. He and the rest of Class 1-A fight against evil alongside heroes like All Might. This movie takes place on Nubu Island, a place where the kids are sent for some sort of special hero course. While they're there, they encounter a villain who's able to use multiple quirks at once, and they try to protect the island from him. I've never really talked about this show on my channel, but I'm a big fan of it. I think it's one of the better anime running right now, and I really enjoy watching it. Some seasons aren't as strong as others. There are some aspects of the show where it can kind of get slow. But when the show really goes all out, it's extremely exciting. And my two favorite aspects of the show is the mentor-student relationship between Deku and All Might, and the rivalry between Deku and Kacchan. And as a fan, this movie gave me everything I wanted. It gave me a lot of things I wanted to see, and a few things I didn't expect that I would. The stuff between Kacchan and Deku in this film in particular really satisfied me. As I mentioned, that relationship is one of my favorites in the show. It's similar in a way to Goku and Vegeta in Dragon Ball. And this film has sequences where both of them have to figure out a way to overcome their differences to solve a problem, and that was very exciting to see. For a lot of built-up and pent-up anger over the course of four seasons. That being said, it's obvious that more than likely this movie isn't going to have much of an impact on the show. Similar to the first film, two heroes. They're usually offshoots or one-offs that don't impact the main storyline. Which is why some of the dramatic heft of certain moments in this film is reduced. Because the movie tries to forget about it really quick, and it knows that it shouldn't really affect the show. And so it tries to be like, Hey, I know that was really epic, but that was just for this one time, okay? Just don't get ahead of yourselves, fans. But it was really satisfying to see all of this class working together without any pro heroes present. Because usually in the show, there's a lot of restraint. A pro hero is always like, You guys go over there, we're going to do our shit. But it's pretty much all the kids on the island. And you get to see them work through a lot of things that they've always wanted to work through. They get a chance to really shine a lot here. Every single hero gets a chance to do something cool. But also, you get to see a sort of blossoming mentor-student relationship similar to what Deku and All might have with a young boy on the island in Deku. Because this young kid has certain abilities, but he's very fearful of showing them. And his older sister is also very protective of him. But when Deku rescues him, he starts to think more about what he can do. And you see Deku really come into his own as a mentor. As I already said, the movie can't really take too many risks because it has to be a one-off. Even in the final battle, when certain things are getting to a point where you're like, Wow, I never expected to see that happen. There's always this knowledge that it's not going to actually change the story. Even so, there were character arcs that felt like they were building up over the course of four seasons that this movie addressed. And even if this isn't canon, I'm not one of those fans that really cares about that. To me, if it's a good story, and you had a good time watching it or reading it if it's a book, then it did its job. I'm not as concerned about whether or not some official timeline is going to incorporate a story into a narrative that gives me some kind of validation for a story I love. Canon has never really been a problem for me. As long as whatever it is entertained me, then that's enough for me. And this movie was a blast. I will say the first 20 minutes or so were a little slow, but it was basically just setting everything up and making sure you understood what they were doing. You have to watch the kids on the island sort of solve everyday problems. They can use their quirks to jumpstart a tractor, you know, and stuff like that. And you're setting up those two young kids and what they're doing on the island. But once the main villain appears, the movie is almost nonstop action for the rest of it. It's similar to Dragon Ball Super Broly. As soon as the action starts, it rarely lets up. And it's extremely well animated. The music is also excellent. The voice work is really good. I had a great time with this movie. I'm going to give My Hero Academia Heroes Rising an A minus. I'm just waiting for Deku to, at some point in the show, just be like, ACRON SMASH! That'll never happen. It's too small of a city. But similar to every time I've ever reviewed a Dragon Ball movie, for instance, if you aren't initiated with these characters, you're not going to care as much. I will say that you could probably at least be entertained by the movie. It sets it up well enough to the point where you can sort of follow what's happening. But there's a lot of built up character development in the four seasons that have happened. While watching this, that's really going to help. So I wouldn't really recommend seeing this in theaters unless you know these characters. And you probably weren't going to anyway. But I feel like I have to say that. Guys, thank you so much as always for watching. Look forward to more reviews very soon. And if you like this, you can click right here and get Stuckmanized.