My Hero Academia, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Demon Slayer fans locked in online battle after controversial X poll's results

My Hero Academia, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Demon Slayer are some of the most iconic Shounen series. While two of these are almost completed, one of them— Jujutsu Kaisen— is in its final arc, indicating that these series were enjoyed by a whole generation.

Which of these series had the biggest impact in the past decade when they enjoyed the spotlight? The solution was to conduct a poll over the internet where people could vote for the series they thought had the biggest impact.

An X user (@RogersBase) posted a tweet poll where fans could vote on these series and choose a winner. The results were surprising for some fans and expected for some, as the fandom of each series shared their views.

Disclaimer: Any opinions expressed in this article solely belong to the author.

Which series out of My Hero Academia, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Demon Slayer had the biggest impact?

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My Hero Academia is written and illustrated by Kohei Horikoshi. The series started its serialization on July 7, 2014, and is set to end its serialization on August 5, 2024, with 430 chapters.

Jujutsu Kaisen is written and illustrated by Gege Akutami. The series started its serialization on March 5, 2018. The series has 262 chapters in serialization, as of this chapter, and is currently in its final arc. Demon Slayer is written and illustrated by Gotouge Koyoharu. The series started its serialization on February 15, 2016, and ended on May 18, 2020, with 207 chapters and 23 volumes.

The poll conducted by the X user was between these series and Haikyuu! The results declared My Hero Academia as the most impactful series of the 2010s with 41% votes, Jujutsu Kaisen as the second most impactful with 29.6%, Demon Slayer the third most impactful with 23.4%, and Haikyuu! with 6.1% votes.

Reactions from fans on most impactful Shounen series of the 2010s poll

Deku as seen in the My Hero Academia anime (Image via Bones)

A part of anime fans agreed with the result of the poll and gave their reasons for supporting the argument. Where the other two series had more impact on some specific regions, the impact of Kohei Horikoshi's was unanimously globally popular.

Moreover, one fan shared his experience of the time when this series was at its peak. The series made people buy subscriptions for Crunchyroll and crashed its servers, hinting that the series had a massive impact. A fan even shared his experience where he saw people saving others from danger and claiming that this series was the reason behind their bravery.

"Demon Slayer had a bigger impact in Japan. JJK had a bigger impact in the west. MHA quickly became mainstream and gained a lot of new Anime fans. Overall MHA and it's not even close" a fan said.

"There was a time when MHA Eps where crashing Crunchy Roll and leading to there paid subscriptions sky rocketing. They had Deku as the face of all there platforms. Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen definitely took it to the next level but there is a whole generation of Anime watchers that MHA was their first or first Favorite Anime. So id give it MHA if we talking totality/butterfly effect levels of influence," another fan claimed.

"So I would say MHA for a very specific reason. I remember seeing stories about people who put themselves in danger to help other people and then cited MHA as a reason why," another one tweeted.

Itadori Yuji as seen in the Jujutsu Kaisen anime (Image via MAPPA)

Some fans disagreed with the results. One part of this fandom claimed that the impact of Jujutsu Kaisen is immeasurable as they always see people discussing this series everywhere on the internet.

The other part claimed that Demon Slayer is more impactful than all, stating that not only does the series have characters with the most cosplays, but also is a good recommendation for new fans.

"JJK is the only one I see memes of in places where anime is not the focus, it’s the only one I hear modern day school children talk about, it’s the only one I hear people reference moves from and make up their own for," a fan claimed.

"I see jjk everywhere," another fan tweeted.

"Demon Slayer, the amount of cosplayers and the anime gear. And it’s an easy first anime for people to get into," another one claimed.

Final thoughts

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The impact of an anime is different throughout the year, much less a decade. While some fans agree with the impact of My Hero Academia the most, due to its early start in the 2010s, some would disagree as they didn't get to live the time when the series was at its peak.

Nowadays, more fans would potentially agree that Jujutsu Kaisen and Demon Slayer are more impactful, as more fans enjoyed them during their peak when compared to Kohei Horikoshi's magnum opus. However, this article is subjective and doesn't state facts.

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Edited by Ahana Mukhopadhyay