S4 was fine imo. S5 was kind of meh: the first half is taken up with another no-stakes friendly competition with the classes, then the rest just sort of jumbles around in a non-linear way with a climax that happened before the rest of the season even started IIRC. It had good parts to it, don't get me wrong, but the overall structure was unsatisfying when it takes forever just to get back to where the season's story started - I don't feel like that narrative structural choice worked too well there and how it contributed to the sense that the season was just treading water.
They also removed the villain group killing a load of racists and that being portrayed as a good thing.
Might have been for time as they really don't want to show the villains more than the bare minimum, but the cynic in me says that it was because nerds would have gotten mad if there even was an implication that racism exists and is a societal issue.
Not that the manga is great by any means, but they managed to butcher one of the few arcs that hasn't just been average shonen fare completely in the anime.
S4 was fine imo. S5 was kind of meh: the first half is taken up with another no-stakes friendly competition with the classes, then the rest just sort of jumbles around in a non-linear way with a climax that happened before the rest of the season even started IIRC. It had good parts to it, don't get me wrong, but the overall structure was unsatisfying when it takes forever just to get back to where the season's story started - I don't feel like that narrative structural choice worked too well there and how it contributed to the sense that the season was just treading water.
They also removed the villain group killing a load of racists and that being portrayed as a good thing.
Might have been for time as they really don't want to show the villains more than the bare minimum, but the cynic in me says that it was because nerds would have gotten mad if there even was an implication that racism exists and is a societal issue.
Not that the manga is great by any means, but they managed to butcher one of the few arcs that hasn't just been average shonen fare completely in the anime.
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