I am wondering about the "extra worldbuilding" bits from Vigilantes that people like.

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One thing some people like about Vigilantes over the main series is that it actually goes a bit more into the flaws of the hero society.

But when I hear people say they wish the main series went into these issues more, I wonder what they mean. Like, by how much?

Here is one example:

In one chapter, we see how All Might got Tsukauchi as his confidant in the police force, who knows his secret about his deflated form. Tsukauchi is meeting with "Toshinori", All Might's secretary, but Toshinori has to keep rushing off for a "bathroom break," which is really him constantly hearing people cry for help. Tsukauchi points out that he would need to log these saves in official reports, and Toshinori/All Might is just exasperated by this, saying that writing reports is a pain (Nighteye used to do them). He knows heroes need to follow rules and regulations, but telling him he can't help people unless he does the paperwork seems like putting the cart before the horse. Is wanting to help everyone he can really a bad thing? Afterward, Tsukauchi offers to draft emergency reports for him.

Now this is interesting; it delves into the weird legalities of heroes that some people wish MHA had explored.

But I wonder if just bringing it up is enough.

Again, I am just using this one moment as an example, but did people just want issues like these to be brought up, or did they wish there were a whole plot point devoted to discussing this?

Now, given MHA's general tone and vibe, whenever it brought up the "To Be Lawful or Be Good" question, it would never give the MCs this kind of ultimatum, where they would need to go criminal and break the law, but it isn't like that is the only way to go about this kind of plot.

I guess another example would be the whole Mutant/Heteromorph racism that people say was only shoved in at the end. They wish that had been foreshadowed a bit, or at least brought up more earlier, but how? Do people want a full arc? Do they wish Shoji or Koda had just brought it up out of nowhere, and then we just do nothing with it for a while? That feels like it goes back to the original problem: it not been explored.

I guess my main question is:

If you wanted MHA to go into more detail about the flaws of its world, how much detail would you like? Do you just want it mentioned, a full plot point/arc, or something in between?

Posted Jan 31, 2026, 1:34 PM UTC

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