I have never been a fan of shounen anime but dear God if this isnt one of the best shows to come out in the past few years. My gripes with the genre are consistently made to seem completely unfounded every week as new episodes air. To have a shounen manga adaptation clip along at a decent pace is already an impressive feat but to also include incredible characters stellar animation and great music is just a mediumshattering achievement especially when the series came straight out of SHONEN JUMP. The last I remember having this much pure unadulterated hype and fun with shounen was with YuYu Hakusho back when it aired on Toonami and theres something to be said for recapturing and going above that magic. Oh did I mention yet that theres nearly no filler? Yeah theres only ONE animeoriginal episode and the only way youd even pick it out was if you were an avid manga reader. Its been said to death by the anime community at large but the secret to HeroAcas quality is in its perfect execution of what we already expect. Youre going to get all of your standard shounen tropes here HeroAca embraces them to the fullest degree. The difference is in HOW the show does them and does them so so so right. Deku is the most compelling shounen main character Ive encountered to date with for possibly the first time in shounen history a believable reason to actually be considered an underdog. You cant help but empthaize with him in his struggles and be hype as all hell for his achievements and the same can be said for the rest of the cast as well. So much obvious loving time and care was put into making our core cast feel like actual fucking characters instead of powerhusk showoffs. Personalityrich driven and most importantly believable characters are the name of the game here and I cant help but enjoy pretty much every character that gets any ounce of screentime. None of this is to say that HeroAca and by extension this second season is perfect by any metric. There are some misgivings with the plot and some of the general anime bleh that plagues all releases to come out within the past several years high school setting etc.... Worldbuilding is also a little suspect and theres a clear requirement of being able to both suspend disbelief and to not question the lack of exposition regarding the characters environment. This issue is especially notable when the show likes to play with the idea of the ideal of being a real hero with some heavy handed messages about how widespread power has warped public perception about what being a hero really is and what sort of behavior they should exhibit. Although an interesting and compelling discussion for HeroAca its heavily damaged by this lack of meaningful exposition and can come across as misplaced and even boring if you havent properly boughtin to the series. Still if were talking ingenre here and if youve been with me for this songanddance before you know we always are youll be hard pressed to find anything better than this. If you have ever been a fan of shounen anime or you are just looking for an new pickup with a fair bit of content on the bone I implore you to check this one out. Whether you end up watching it or just dive straight into the manga you definitely wont be disappointed.