My Hero Academia Final Season Breaks a Record Naruto, One Piece, and Dragon Ball Never Reached
My Hero Academia Season 8 is on a tear, with every episode clearing 9.0 on IMDB—Episode 3 leads at 9.8 while Episodes 1 and 5 sit at 9.1—putting the series shoulder to shoulder with shonen juggernauts Naruto, One Piece, and Dragon Ball.
My Hero Academia Season 8 is on a heater. If you track episode-by-episode scores, the final season is basically speedrunning rave reviews — and not just in the usual premiere/finale spikes. It is wall-to-wall high marks.
The numbers (and why they’re surprising)
According to the latest IMDb stats, every single Season 8 episode released so far sits above a 9.0. That’s rare. Naruto, One Piece, and Dragon Ball are the big three in terms of cultural footprint, but by this specific metric, MHA’s last lap is doing something those giants haven’t: a run where every episode — so far — clears the 9.0 bar.
- Episode 1: 9.1/10
- Episode 2: 9.6/10
- Episode 3: 9.8/10 (with 9.4k votes)
- Episode 4: 9.7/10
- Episode 5: 9.1/10
- Episode 6: 9.3/10
Episode 3 is the current high-water mark at 9.8, and Episodes 1 and 5 are the low end at 9.1 — which tells you how high the floor is right now.
Why Season 8 is hitting this hard
This is the final season, so the stakes are baked in. Studio Bones is clearly treating it like the big finish: no filler drift, no slow wind-ups, just immediate momentum from Episode 1. The choreography is slick, the animation is gorgeous, and the show looks like it knows exactly what it wants to accomplish and how fast it wants to get there.
Episode 3 is the emotional haymaker — Bakugo’s heroic sacrifice is the kind of scene that makes the fandom clutch their chests and pause the timeline. The community’s been busy clipping favorite moments all season, and honestly, Bones looks like it’s in peak form.
The bigger picture
Call it a new-gen statement. In a crowded release slate where plenty of series wobble on storytelling or production, MHA’s last act is steady: clean plotting, emotional payoffs, and consistently sharp execution. The across-the-board 9s reflect that people are responding to substance and polish, not just hype.
Also nice: the finale isn’t being stretched across a bunch of cours. It’s an 11-episode sprint designed to condense the manga’s endgame into relentless, high-stakes battles. That restraint is paying off.
Will the back half keep climbing? If Episode 3 is any sign, there’s room to go even higher. My Hero Academia Season 8 is streaming on Crunchyroll in the US.