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A review by captwinghead
My Hero Academia, Vol. 18 by Kōhei Horikoshi
3.0
So glad to FINALLY see the end of the Eri & Chisaki plot. It was like 5 volumes long.
I enjoyed the emotional bits with Mirio, Midoriya and Nighteye a bit. It was interesting seeing Todoroki and Bakugo deal with not being involved as the rest of their class risked their lives yet again.
This volume only furthered the disconnect between how the female characters are treated and developed compared to the male characters. To preface, I didn’t go into this series unaware that the female characters didn’t get treated well in it. It’s common issue mentioned when people discuss the show on TikTok. It just sucks that, in addition to the sexualized costumes and women being reduced to sex symbols to do commercials when they become heroes, they’re disrespected by other female characters, too?
In this volume, we get the only female character in the provisional licensing course being treated like a hussy because she thought Todoroki was a attractive. And this is coming from elementary school girls. I just... don’t understand what the point of that was? Who was that for exactly? Were young boys supposed to read that and laugh?
Anyway, I tend to just do my best to ignore the female characters all the together because... well, the series does too and it’s easier that way.
I enjoyed the emotional bits with Mirio, Midoriya and Nighteye a bit. It was interesting seeing Todoroki and Bakugo deal with not being involved as the rest of their class risked their lives yet again.
This volume only furthered the disconnect between how the female characters are treated and developed compared to the male characters. To preface, I didn’t go into this series unaware that the female characters didn’t get treated well in it. It’s common issue mentioned when people discuss the show on TikTok. It just sucks that, in addition to the sexualized costumes and women being reduced to sex symbols to do commercials when they become heroes, they’re disrespected by other female characters, too?
In this volume, we get the only female character in the provisional licensing course being treated like a hussy because she thought Todoroki was a attractive. And this is coming from elementary school girls. I just... don’t understand what the point of that was? Who was that for exactly? Were young boys supposed to read that and laugh?
Anyway, I tend to just do my best to ignore the female characters all the together because... well, the series does too and it’s easier that way.