I can't imagine how much of a nightmare the logistics and practicalities of actually having 100 girlfriends would be

A good start from the story department and the story department alone. Fuck, that production value is dreadful. I'm interested enough to continue the story, but not the anime. Methinks manga time.

Wow! This episode blew me away. This is going to be good.

Only with some sort of Promised Neverland tier shitstorm (which given season 5 isn't impossible)
But that's still highly unlikely. So long as they follow the manga (again, something season 5 didn't do well, cutting out multiple chapters worth of content) that isn't possible.

Don't think there's anything that's not worth a try at least. The closest to anything like that is Sword Art Online the Movie Progressive Aria of a Starless Night
but I think it's clear that you're taste is just different from mine, so who I am I to say.

Haven't seen either, but I've heard nothing but great things about Pancreas and Josee.

There is bad. There is so bad it's good. This is one step beyond that: It's so bad that it's good and loops right back around to just being bad again.

• If you liked season 1 and want to see where the story goes: read the manga.
• If you want to watch something good: watch something else.
• If you want to watch something bad: Ex Arm is unironically better and more enjoyable. You can at least laugh at that one.

With how much I know they've skipped, I can't take it anymore. I'm just going to read the manga. This is Tokyo Ghoul all over again.

Honestly fuck the Japanese audience. The mangaka managed to shift gears with the axe and still tell a fantastic story, but I could have easily seen this becoming one of the best ongoing in Jump given the chance. I can't wait to see what they make next.

I used to have that same Bones optimism, but I have to ask: how can you never doubt they'll deliver when they didn't deliver this season? MVA is my favorite arc in the manga, and I now have to add that addendum.

Manga reader here,
The reason Overhaul and MVA were hyped up was because they are fan-favorite arcs in the manga. They're really good... in the manga. They are also the two worst arcs in the anime from an adaptation standpoint.
Manga readers are probably the people who are the most disappointed with this season because of how they treated the source material.
The story itself hasn't been getting worse, the adaptation has. The manga keeps getting better (with a couple of exceptions like Joint Training) while the anime has been getting worse.

Nothing short of a complete overhaul of the MVA arc will get me to view this anime in the same light as I once did. I don't think I can get over what they did, there's always going to be a part of me that is thinking about what they ruined while watching this show now. It really sucks because Bones used to be a top tier studio, and MHA a top tier adaptation, but I can't help but dread what they'll do next season.
If you liked anything in the villain arc at all, go back and read the manga from chapter 218. It's an infinitely better experience.

The anime stopped at chapter 258, but you really should go back to 218.
For context: pretty much all of 218 and 220 was cut, along with a lot of content from MVA (and a lot of what was cut is important, this is why manga readers have been so pissy about this season, they fucked up one of the best manga arcs).

If they don't continue fucking up the manga, yes.

In a vacuum, it was a good episode. But all the conclusions fall flat because of all the cuts. As a whole, MVA is a terrible adaptation with a couple of good episodes.

Final verdict: Just read the manga.

Sad that MHA has fallen that far.

It's such a strange mix of emotions for me. On the one hand, this episode was incredible, and while it did censor the backstory and cut some minor things, they didn't do as much as I thought they would with that. But it just makes the rest of their handling of MVA look worse in comparison. This is probably the only episode of this arc that I think handled the adaptation well enough (though some people probably will argue last episode did too, it just didn't quite do it for me when it came to a few key moments).

In the manga, it's my favorite arc. Can't say the same with the anime. It's a shockingly bad adaptation.

They had time for a fucking filler episode but not properly adapting one of the manga's best arcs? I want to cry.

Really not happy with Bones' reordering. This episode they straight up spoiled MVA and next episode is filler. I can't even enjoy the Endeavor Agency arc (which they're doing well) because of the mess that is their restructuring,

Really hoping for a version 2 for the next arc. The majority of this second half of the season only makes up like 15% of the OP, and there are definitely things to suggest that they might go that direction despite the lack of precedent. Much better than the previous OP IMO. MHA is finally going to get to the real good shit, and while I'm not too fond of them moving an entire arc (as they've already spoiled bits and pieces of it) I'm starting to really feel the hype.