This season might be the worst one of all. Excessive flashbacks, 2 filler episodes(that endeavor flashback episode may as well be filler) and mismanagement of the rearrangement of arc
Easily the worst, but I think it was a just a case of a bad situation in every regard
1. They made Season 5 alongside Movie 3, so production hindered for Season 5, meaning they didn’t learn their lesson from Season 4
2. They got stuck with 2 of the dullest arcs in the series for the season, being the Class 1-A vs Class 1-B Arc, as well as the Endeavor Agency Arc, extremely average arcs that while fine, are not very interesting and can’t carry a season
3. My Villain Academia just isn’t as popular in Japan as it was in the US, making the need to extend that arc for the Anime less
4. If they didn’t end on MVA, they would have had to end on the Endeavor Angency Arc, and let’s be honest, that would be a trash ending for the season, I mean the arc has no big fights or flashy moments, it just wouldn’t match up to the first 4 seasons conclusions, ending on Shigaraki vs Redestro and the creation of the Paranormal Liberation Front is the proper note to end on
Now MVA isn’t a long arc at all, it’s around 24 Chapters and a majority of the chapters are fights and we know that Anime adapt fights the fastest out of any kind of chapters, but still I think it’s undeniable MVA is getting a huge short end of the stick with only 6 episodes averaging out as 4 chapters per episode, when a single chapter was adapted in last weeks episode
I still think MVA will be adapted well, I don’t imagine them skipping anything, I think it’s just very obvious Season 5 has had major pacing issues, having 2 unnecessary filler episodes, slowing the Class 1-A vs Class 1-B Arc and Endeavor Agency Arc, and then eventually rushing MVA, it just feels like a mess all over the place
It’s really not that bad in hindsight as the season will likely end strong and adapt MVA just fine, however it is a clear that Season 5 has really only been average at best so far. However Season 6 will cover the War Arc, which is a non stop thrill ride of epicness, so at the very least, we can look forward to that