GAME REVIEW: My Hero One's Justice

By Yuli Atta

Rating 5*

    My Hero One’s Justice is  probably the best thing that could happen to My Hero Academia fans. It is based on the much-beloved anime and it couldn’t do better than it already has.

   My Hero Academia is a superhero manga series that has been ongoing since 2014 and an anime that came out in 2016 which focuses on the main character Izuku Midoriya’s journey to becoming the number one superhero. In an age when most people have developed superpowers called quirks, villains have appeared and superheroes are in high demand. The original story follows Izuku, a quirkless boy with the big dream of becoming the number one hero. He applies to UA, an elite high school for heroes in training and goes through a lot of adventures with his classmates while they study how to become professional heroes.

  The game My Hero One’s Justice is narrowly connected to the anime and includes spoilers for the story, additionally, if you haven’t watched the anime, you probably wouldn’t understand much of the story but you could still enjoy the game. It is clearly targeted at the fans of the My Hero Academia franchise because the story begins from the middle of the second season of the anime. The characters are in a heated fight and the player gets to choose whom to fight as.

  The good thing about this game is that you can not only play the story bits but you can also go on missions where you can fight both as one of the heroes or as one of the villains and you can also have duels where you can choose your teammates and the place of the battle.

   Having the chance to play as one of your favourite characters is an opportunity you cannot pass. This gives you the closest chance at experiencing the characters’ quirks for yourself, their strengths and their weaknesses. There is a wide variety of characters to choose from and both the boys and the girls are very good.

  One would think that playing as All Might, the current number one hero, would be easy but if you aren’t used to the game or have no fighting sense whatsoever, you wouldn’t be able to defeat even somebody like Izuku with his tendency to break his bones repeatedly. However, if you’ve developed your skills over time, you could probably take on All Might with Uraraka who is by far the weakest of the girls. Her quirk could be used very well if one can master the different combinations but if not, then it would be all over very quickly.

  The best part about this game, and My Hero Academia in general, is that although the main character is a boy, it is equally focused on all of the characters’ development and you can even learn more about their quirks and fighting style through the game. It is a wonderful way to stay in touch with your favourite show while waiting for its new season to come out.