Bakugo has no development? What? He goes from being a bully to being a rival. His classmates start to see his hot headed personality as an endearing feature, realizing he was more bark than bite. When he got kidnapped, I thought they were going to go the predictable route and turn him into the villain for Deku to attempt to turn back to the light, but nope. We learn he's got a soft side, and his one goal in life is to become like All-Might. While one might have had the impression before that power was all he respected, it turned out becoming a villain stood against everything that was important to him, and he tells the villains to screw off. And that's another thing I love about the show. Every time I think I know where it's going, they surprise me and do something else.Zinnia wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 4:08 amI disagree, as it suffers from the same problems as DB if not more. The side characters are underutilized and at best they can help supporting Deku. When was the last time Iida or Tokoyami got any fights on their own? Even Bakugo, the Vegeta of this series doesn't really do much nor go through any development. Second problem is Shigaraki constantly escaping, it makes the pro heroes look incompetent by being unable to catch one guy. The series has one set villain and the rest are his minions for use, but it's boring to have a single main villain for 300 or so chapters, because the plot has to bend to his will.ZeroNeonix wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 1:20 am IMO, My Hero Academia is so much better than Dragon Ball.
We also see Bakugo and Deku duke it out, finally settle their differences, and become...sort of...friends again. It never even crosses Bakugo's mind to rat Deku out, and tell the world his secret, again showing us the hidden moral system he has under his hard outer shell.
After their fight, there's a pretty significant portion of the show where Deku isn't involved, because he and Bakugo are on probation and aren't allowed to go to class or do basically anything but chores. They specifically focus on fleshing out the side characters then, such as Red Riot. We even get one new character, who we learn was the guy who probably would have become the next All-Might, if Deku didn't happen to meet All-Might and win him over first. He was the first, and possibility even better, choice for a successor, causing Deku to doubt himself.
Just because we have one big baddie doesn't mean the show lacks villains. You're ignoring a huge cast of characters, each with their own motivations that sometimes come into conflict with each other. Take Stain, the "Hero Killer" villain with a code, for example. He only kills heroes he considers to be hypocrites, and since he kinda has a point, the video that surfaces of him causes the public to lose faith in heroes. He reluctantly joins the other villains, then goes off and does his own thing anyway. I'd argue that All-For-One is more important than Shigaraki. He's not only the man pulling Shigaraki's strings, but he serves as a foil for All-Might.
Overall, the storytelling in My Hero Academia is much more complex and has a higher range of emotions than Dragon Ball. It's not just about beating up bad guys and getting stronger.