#anyway if you want the bnha setting with a tighter story/smaller cast/no padding read vigilantes

[stupid-sloot-headcanons]

My hero academia if it was good, you mean the one punch man manga?

Ok first of all, BNHA WISHES it was OPM in terms of quality lol

Like yes, they both include a deconstruction of superheroes (I know, I know, it's an overused term 🥺) but in the manga, Garou's the only major villain with that similar message of "we live in a society" so he gets so much more screentime compared to the wonky balancing act that is the League. Like I like series with a cast of thousands, but it has the major problem of only some characters getting actual development and screentime while the others are background-tier. But fuck it, Monoma got to be relevant again so I can't bitch too hard

OPM is iirc a seinen manga while BNHA is a shonen, meaning Murata and ONE have a lot more leeway to go as dark or gory as they wanna be. I'm honestly surprised with how much Hori convinced his editor was OK to put in Jump, and I think he mentioned his original idea was more dark than what BNHA wound up being. You also get to see pelvic veins in OPM, meaning it's got one point extra by default and it's not as awkward when some women characters are sexualized. Like I love Midnight! I like how she has like...a character and personality in Vigilantes and shit! But her bdsm aesthetic is a little off when she's a high school teacher yk? Like that sexy dominatrix monster bitch from OPM exists, but she's specifically in a setting with mostly adult characters being turned into love slaves.

And I'm not saying OPM is perfect (that would be Mob Psycho 100, but I digress). Puri Puri Prisoner is only tolerable to me in fanon, sort of like Magne lol. The pacing has been slow as fuck between Murata's countless redraws, and the changes from the webcomic counterparts makes the same characters VERY different between manga and webcomic. That isn't always bad, sometimes it's better in my opinion and sometimes I don't like it as much.

I also think Saitama's a great example of a static character. He's already hit his peak so things just tend to happen around him and he's nonplussed by a lot of it. And he's a weirdly accurate depiction of a depressed person imo. Deku's alright and I like the little guy, but he also has an abundant supply of superpowers stowed in his asshole that he just fuckin...got. And they aren't interesting either. He can punch good AND kick good now, he can float, he can use a black whip thing. Remember? He got them from those vestiges we barely saw and only got the slightest bit of backstory and personality for?

I also prefer OPM's writing because BNHA tends to do more "tell/don't show" than I can stand. That's one of my least favorite things about shonen as a whole though, so it isn't exclusive to BNHA.

I do appreciate Hori's writing for Endeavor, though. I'll give the guy shit but writing an abusive father realizing what he's done, accepting that his family has no obligation to forgive them, and wanting to change with that intrinsic goal of being better? That's very uncommon and I have to give props. For all the BNHA stans screeching about everyone condoning Endeavor's actions and him not regretting it or being selfish, the motherfucker has outright said many times "I don't expect you to forgive me, and you don't have to." And I like Hori giving each family member a different reaction to it, Dabi included. Abuse victims are not a hivemind, and all their reactions are valid and semi realistic to me.

Also the man's given us plenty of muscle mommies in this series. So his writing can't be a 0/10. Mirko, that super American beefsteak bitch, that sexy rehash of Hawks's character arc who got shafted immediately after her introductory arc...

Okay, so they're not the best written characters, but still 💪muscle mommy.