Originally Posted by
neflight86
Something something nostalgia bias. I wholeheartedly disagree that Naruto was, for the majority of its run, anything special or of any remarkable quality. It had moments of good-ness, and some genuinely great fights, but it lacked competition in long running Shounen, and its story largely felt like padding. In my opinion, of course.
Bakugo isn't Sasuke; hes a more compelling character than Sasuke ever was that exhibits emotion and drive beyond 'gotta revenge'. He has actual character problems that hold him back, but other qualities that more or less offset them, and people recognize that fact.
Fleshing out the world? You mean this whole exam arc for provisional licensing? The visible repercussions of Stain's social media revolution and All Might's retirement changing the entire government's strategy concerning professional heroes isn't world building? Did you want a couple of "hidden" hero villages themed around elements or something? Or perhaps you simply don't like the world being contemporary and want some generic fantasy background for our fighting? Please- Naruto's world building consisted of "ninjas go to ninja school, are hired for jobs (which got mentioned like, what, twice?)... and the world looks like feudal Japan; believe it.
Bland? That's actually the hardest one to argue, I'll give you that. As a measure of Shounen tropes, BnHA is about standard, but there I would argue that it handles the tropes as well as could be expected. If you can only see these thematic beats (teamwork, friendship, and victory) so many times before getting sick of them, then of course the one(s) you watch before that burn out can seem to have "done them better".
Action figure fights with no consequences... At least four fights so far would have resulted in death to main characters if lost; so I'm a little hazy on what you mean there. As for the fights themselves, going back to Naruto, I will agree some of those fights were excellent, but those were typically 30+ episodes apart, were surrounded by episodes animated in Powerpoint, and were still very simplistic with telegraphed win conditions that reduced the tactical complexity of the engagements by a large margin, as screen time was spent expounding on said 'win conditions'. Naruto seldom even tried team battles because they would get more complex than the author wanted them to, I would guess. BnHA tries team battles, with its mixed results. I prefer that to "everyone pair off for your fights".
Sorry to call you out specifically, MFauli, but sometimes you make very interesting critiques about BnHA, and I feel compelled to challenge them. I would love to hear more of your thoughts.
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