Shows Like My Hero Academia

Yuji Itadori, an unnaturally strong high schooler, swallows a cursed finger belonging to the King of Curses and becomes a vessel for an ancient evil. Now enrolled in a school for s…

If you loved My Hero Academia's underdog story you're desperately rooting for, Jujutsu Kaisen delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is kinetically paced — constantly in motion.

Shoyo Hinata is short, athletic, and obsessed with volleyball. Tobio Kageyama is a genius setter whose perfectionism drove away every teammate he's ever had. They're forced to beco…

If you loved My Hero Academia's underdog story you're desperately rooting for, Haikyuu!! delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about a friendship that becomes the emotional anchor of everything else. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

A nationwide fighting tournament where the winner gets any wish granted. Mori Jin enters for the thrill, but the tournament is a front for something far more dangerous — a supernat…

If you loved My Hero Academia's underdog story you're desperately rooting for, The God of High School delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is kinetically paced — constantly in motion.

Netflix's live-action adaptation of the world's best-selling manga. Monkey D. Luffy, a rubber-bodied optimist, assembles a pirate crew to find the legendary treasure One Piece. Wha…

If you loved My Hero Academia's underdog story you're desperately rooting for, One Piece (Live Action) delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is kinetically paced — constantly in motion.

Monkey D. Luffy wants to become King of the Pirates. It sounds absurd — and it is, gloriously so. Across over a thousand episodes, One Piece builds a world of unmatched scope: isla…

If you loved My Hero Academia's underdog story you're desperately rooting for, One Piece delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is kinetically paced — constantly in motion.

Shigeo 'Mob' Kageyama is the most powerful psychic alive, and he couldn't care less. What he wants is to be normal: good at talking to people, fit enough to impress a girl, brave e…

If you loved My Hero Academia's underdog story you're desperately rooting for, Mob Psycho 100 delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about questions of who you really are under the person you've been told to be. The pacing is kinetically paced — constantly in motion.

Denji is a teenager so poor he sold organs to pay his dead father's debt to the yakuza. His only friend is Pochita, a chainsaw devil. When the yakuza betray him, Pochita merges wit…

If you loved My Hero Academia's underdog story you're desperately rooting for, Chainsaw Man delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

Gon Freecss, a 12-year-old who grew up on an island, takes the notoriously dangerous Hunter Exam to find his absent father. What starts as a shonen adventure about a boy with a big…

If you loved My Hero Academia's underdog story you're desperately rooting for, Hunter x Hunter delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

Two brothers use forbidden alchemy to try to resurrect their dead mother. It goes catastrophically wrong — one loses his body entirely, the other loses limbs. Now they search for t…

If you loved My Hero Academia's underdog story you're desperately rooting for, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is kinetically paced — constantly in motion.

David Martinez, a broke kid in Night City, installs experimental military cyberware after his mother is killed. He becomes an edgerunner — a mercenary operating outside the law — a…

If you loved My Hero Academia's underdog story you're desperately rooting for, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is kinetically paced — constantly in motion.