Okay, but where is the seventh season?
Summary:
- My Hero Academia has released another anime-original episode, but barely anyone is talking about it.
- It’s an advertisement for a card game based on the series.
- It’s probably only worth watching if you’re a die-hard fan of the series or if you want to see some new animated content for the series while waiting for S7.
My Hero Academia: UA Heroes Battle is a yet another anime-original episode of the series to be released. With many of these coming out over the years, they usually receive some attention from the fans — like with the Do-or-Die Survival Training special from 2020, which, despite mixed reception from the fans, was still watched by many. UA Heroes Battle, however, seemingly flew under the radar of most fans, but there is a reason for that.
What is it about?
It’s winter vacation, but the class 1-A students are banned from going outside. They’re bored out of their minds, however, that quickly changes when Mirio Togata, their upperclassman, brings the card game “Heroes Battle”. The rest of the special episode showcases action scenes between various MHA characters, represented in the game by their own cards. It’s a cool concept, but unfortunately, there are some troubles with how it’s executed.
It’s an advertisement for a real-life card game
From the premise alone, it’s painfully obvious that this episode only exists to promote the card game. There’s nothing inherently wrong with advertisements, but they usually don’t really follow the canon of the anime they’re tied to. As such, the special doesn’t add much to the storyline. Yeah, it doesn’t need to, but the issue is: the action isn’t that good as well, especially by My Hero Academia standards.
Moreover, the exaggerated giant eyes the characters have (indicating that these are their in-game models fighting, not themselves) were too much to handle for most fans. Ultimately, UA Heroes Battle is a moderately funny shenanigans episode that, chronologically, takes place in the middle of the fifth season, but it’s nothing more than that.
Only worth watching if you’re a huge fan of MHA
With the game not being available in the West, and the rules being completely unclear from one episode alone, it is understandable why the public is so disinterested in this one. In the end, if you’re a die-hard fan of the series, UA Heroes Battle is not much of a time commitment, and it’s probably worth checking out.
For everyone else, who is just following the series to see the plot progress? Sadly, this is probably a skip. With no release date for Season 7, however, it is currently unknown when we’re actually getting more of the anime. If you’re dying to see the characters animated once again, then this might be something for you. Don’t expect too much from it, though.