"My Hero Academia" definitely deserves all the praise it gets. Although it is an underdog story, a trope many people seem to think has grown state and worn out at this point, Horikoshi was able to make this trope work again. The characters are multilayered and complex. Character flaws are very visible and are not just swept under the rug to make characters look perfect. Most characters are likeable and easy to sympathise with, a very important part of having a good story.

One of the things that interest me the most is that the villains are not portrayed as just people who despise our main characters for the sake of the story. The reasons for their hatred and disgust towards the hero society and heroes themselves are not founded on something small and petty but are much larger than that.