#that basically overtook and overrode any opportunity at exploring society beyond heroes outside of a few mere glimpses

[alteredphoenix]

I'll be honest: I think MHA lost the plot and went off the rails as far back as the Dark Deku mini-arc so I don't actually read it anymore (and there's a lot that can be unpacked and said about how the cracks can be seen even further back, toward the beginning of the story).

Hawks (and Nagant) is one of the very few good aspects that performs their intended purpose and barely gets touched on afterwards, but that won't stop me from reblogging more of spy guy Birdman Jim.

#the manga for me is very choppy now #in the way that it's not only pushing the gas pedal all the way to the floor to get to the finish line #(hori's health issues notwithstanding) #but in the way that it's slapping all these pieces together rather messily #never mind the moral quandaries between heroes & villains #how there is talk of changing the status quo but very little effort being shown for it #hawks should've been the gateway into that world #regardless of whether or not he was right or wrong in his decisions during the PLF arc #sadly this isn't the direction the story wants to go in #opting in favor for a very naruto-lite brother vs brother myth arc #that basically overtook and overrode any opportunity at exploring society beyond heroes outside of a few mere glimpses #i feel like i'm taking the onus out of the post's original intention #and probably should just do a critique on the manga separately if i really want to dive into it #TLDR i'm just watching from the sidelines now while rbing the occasional hawks art b/c that design is ICONIC WOOP WOOP