When comparing Naruto Shippuden vs My Hero Academia, the Slant community recommends My Hero Academia for most people. In the question“What are the best animes to watch?” My Hero Academia is ranked 1st while Naruto Shippuden is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose My Hero Academia is:
MC in this anime is an underdog who becomes stronger. Not only him, the strongest person in the anime (for now) is also an underdog who became the strongest. It is so inspiring to watch their hard work to become stronger and better heroes.
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Pros
Pro Tells a meaningful story
Every episode is not only quite visually appealing but they also try to have a deeper meaning. The episodes usually try to tell a story about love, friendship, forgiveness, and the willpower to keep going on.
Pro Awesome Character Development
You can watch each and every character growing from the beginning from a little kid to powerful ninja. Especially Naruto & Sasuke.
Pro Really creative
This anime is very creative when it comes to overall story or to character designs and weapons.
Pro Inspiring story
Naruto is an inspiring tale of an outcast earning the recognition and respect of everyone around him through sheer willpower, hardwork and a kind heart. Naruto is an inspiration and a role model to many people in this world and always motivates people to never ever give up.
Pro Inspirational characters
MC in this anime is an underdog who becomes stronger. Not only him, the strongest person in the anime (for now) is also an underdog who became the strongest. It is so inspiring to watch their hard work to become stronger and better heroes.
Pro Diverse characters
One thing that sets My Hero Academia apart from many shows is not only the number of characters, but how well they are each distinguished, with their own backstories, flaws, and motives.
Pro Awesome backstories
All the characters, even the villains have a heart-warming backstory.
Pro Emphasizes character development
Breaking away from traditional superhero genre, this one, while still incorporating epic battles, puts more focus on the things that happen between. This can be seen as refreshing and unique in terms of the overall experience.
Pro So when you do watch it you cry, laugh and even get angry
Pro Awesome graphics
Pro It's got a clear story
It's simply simple to fallow.
Pro Top tier world building
MHA has a great world building which is trully realistic.
Cons
Con Lots of filler
While at times this one is not as bad as the original Naruto, it does have the odd episode, as well as a few arcs of filler which leave much to be desired.
Con Long
As one of the more lengthy shows, boasting 500 episodes, it can be difficult to want to watch the entire thing, even without the filler.