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Story and Characters: MHA Vigilantes takes place 6 years before the main series, before the main crew (Deku, Bakugo, Todoroki, etc) ever went to UA. It focuses on "illegal heroes" who either don't have quirks or whose quirks aren't strong enough to be ed as official heroes. These vigilantes, despite not being ed, are trying their best to help out society in the ways they can, whether its defeating villains that would otherwise go under the radar of the pro heroes, or just doing regular good deeds. Although it is a different perspective, at the end of the day its still same old MHA. The main characters feel like carbon copies of the MHA cast (weak guy with a good heart, discount All Might, and damsel in distress) - almost exactly one for one with the main series. For now I feel zero emotional attachment to the main cast of Vigilantes as it feels like they just ripped off from the main series, and added zero creativity and originality to their cast. On top of that, the story so far is very much villain of the week style, where each week a new big bad guy shows up and our guys have to defeat them - a formula which I am not a fan of. Overall, the story is bland, basic and not interesting at all. By far the weakest aspect of this show for me.

Score: 4/10

Animation: The animation in this show is quite good, but that's not surprising at all because its studio Bones. There are a few clean fight scenes here and there, although considerably less than the main series. This is a shame as they are not able to showcase their fluid fighting choreography to the fullest, which is an area where MHA tends to shine.

Score: 8/10

Soundtrack: The OST in this show is good, but after all it's Yuki Hayashi, so this is to be fully expected. It gets you hyped and hits you in the feels when it needs to.

Score: 7/10

OP & ED: Both the op and ed are extremely weak for MHA standards. While the visuals are pretty, the songs are generic and almost put me to sleep because of how boring they are.

OP score: 5.5/10
ED score: 6/10
Mean score: 6/10

Voice Acting: The voice acting in this show is good. Although the VAs for the main cast are lesser known, they portray their characters well and get the vibe down of each of them quite accurately. The voice work in this show won't blow you away, but it gets the job done.

Score: 7/10

Overall, MHA Vigilantes is a disappointing addition to the series. As it stands, it is "fine". Not terrible, but doesn't stand out among all of the heavy hitter series that come out each season. Considering how much manga readers had been hyping this up, praising the writing quality and saying how much better it is than main MHA, I fail to see where all this praise comes from. Maybe the story will get better and maybe the characters will start to feel less one dimensional as we move forward, but as of right now, I can't recommend it to anyone other than die hard MHA fans (and even then the main series is still better, since it was good from ep 1). As someone who has been following MHA since 2018 and who has seen every season and every movie, this new addition for now has very little to offer. Ultimately, although MHA vigilantes is visually appealing, it lacks direction, focus and substance.

Overall score: 6/10