"My Hero Academia: Vigilantes" is a Spring 2025 anime spin-off exploring street-level heroics before Deku’s rise. College student Kouichi, with a modest Quirk, joins Knuckleduster and Pop☆Step to fight illicit superpower drugs on Naruhata’s streets. Unlike its parent series, Vigilantes offers a grounded, episodic narrative, focusing on moral ambiguity, relatable struggles, and streetwise action. The series balances quirky character chemistry, snappy humor, and urban superhero drama.
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The Fall 2025 anime season ignites with finales, comebacks, and cinematic triumphs. My Hero Academia reaches its final, emotional showdown, One Punch Man returns after six years, and Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle shatters global records. With Chainsaw Man’s explosive movie debut and previews of 2026 hits like Jujutsu Kaisen and Frieren, this week defines anime’s golden momentum across screens worldwide.
This season's biggest problem is not the characterization or the animation but rather the pacing. This, however, was also a problem in the manga: some of the most significant parts of the arc flow very quickly, which often hurts what Horikoshi is trying to convey. This is unfortunate because there is some fascinating stuff in this part of the series.
There is no denying that the latter seasons of the My Hero Academia anime have been divisive, to say the least. While the anime still has decent ratings and viewership, there is a common conception among the fans that seasons four and five are where the anime started to dip in quality.