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Prequels are the new sequels in movies and television, with Hollywood shoving out\u00a0Wonka<\/em>,\u00a0Furiosa<\/em>,\u00a0Andor<\/em>,\u00a0NCIS: Origins<\/em>, Paramount\u2019s various Star Trek shows, and\u00a0Dexter: Original Sin,<\/em>\u00a0all with varying degrees of success.<\/span> In the world of anime, a prequel series isn\u2019t as common, with the most successful of them being Fate\/Zero<\/em> or, if you want to be cheeky, Naruto<\/em>. That\u2019s what made My Hero Academia: Vigilantes<\/em> so surprising to me, the My Hero Academia<\/em> prequel series is providing Hollywood another lesson<\/a>, the secret to a good prequel is telling a standalone story that supplements the original series and doesn\u2019t only exist to show how a character came across their trademark hat for the first time.<\/p>\n The world of\u00a0My Hero Academia\u00a0<\/em>is filled with Quirk users; the majority of the population has superpowers that a few generations earlier would have been unheard of, but out of the billions of superpowers, the majority aren\u2019t suited for combat or rescue missions.<\/span> Before the governments started regulating Quirk users, do-gooders would fight crime and perform rescues on their own, dubbed \u201cVigilantes.\u201d They lacked licensing and official training, and usually, had Quirks that weren\u2019t well-suited for action. It\u2019s a part of the world that the main series, which focused on UHA High and Class 1-A, ignored, but My Hero Academia<\/a>: Vigilantes<\/em> goes deep into the muck and mire of the bottom rung of a superpowered society.<\/p>\n