My Hero Academia's Ending, Explained (2024)

After 10 years of serialization in the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, My Hero Academia has now officially concluded, which is both good news and bad news for the fans. Becoming successful in Jump the way My Hero Academia did is not easy for any mangaka, and that is precisely why Horikoshi was touted as one of the most brilliant authors of recent times. Taking up the mantle from the likes of Kishimoto, Kubo, and many others, Horikoshi had a tough job cut out for him, but he certainly lived up to all expectations.

It is because this story was so beloved that fans wanted to see its eventual end and witness their favorite Heroes conclude their journeys as Hero students. At the same time, fans dreaded this conclusion, because the last chapter being released would mean that there would be no more My Hero Academia content. Now, the series has officially ended, with the ending finally being published by the author, Horikoshi. Of course, what the fans make of the ending is up to them, but, it is safe to say that this series has been one of the most successful ones of recent time and that it inspired millions of people all over the world.

The My Hero Academia Timeskip

My Hero Academia Saw An 8-Year Timeskip Take Place

Quite a lot of the fans were expecting there to be a timeskip in My Hero Academia chapter 430, which was the final chapter of the series. That is precisely what ended up happening, and fans got an incredibly exciting timeskip at the very beginning of this chapter. In fact, the beginning of the chapter took fans back to chapter 1 of the series, where the same dialogue about people not being born equal was repeated by Izuku, the narrator of the story. Back then, he mentioned that this was the story of how he became the Greatest Hero, but now, Izuku mentions that this was a story of how he and his friends became the greatest heroes. Of course, Izuku had his name etched in history, and that was simply because he won the war against the League of Villains and All For One. He became the greatest hero of all time, but with that, there came many hardships for him as well.

The loss of Shigaraki haunted him forever, and at the same time, he also ended up giving up his greatest power, the One For All. He started his journey as a Quirkless boy, and he ended it as a Quirkless boy once again, which meant that his story came full circle. Fans got to see quite a lot of exciting things in My Hero Academia chapter 430. For starters, the readers saw how things worked out for different characters during the years of the timeskip in a small montage of panels. There, fans saw things like Deku and his classmates studying for various tests, All Might helping Gran Torino to walk, characters like Mirko trying new weapons, Deku visiting his mom once again, and even the very graduation day of the students. This was a very emotional collection of panels that fans certainly took their time to go through, and it brought back a rush of memories from all those years that they witnessed this story.

Deku's story might not have turned out the way fans wanted it to, but it was certainly one that touched hearts at the end of the day. Following this montage, it was clear that the series went through a timeskip. Much to the surprise of the fans, this timeskip wasn't just a 2-year one, which is what most fans were expecting. Instead, it was an 8-year time skip, which meant that at the end of this timeskip, Deku was now 25 years old.

Deku And The Students, 8 Years Later

Deku Became A Teacher After Graduating From UA

With time having moved forward 8 years, things have changed greatly in the world of My Hero Academia. For one, Deku was no longer a Hero. Deku was instead a teacher at UA. His job was to pass on his experience to the students. It was here that fans got the confirmation that he had lost One For All forever. Come the end of the war, Deku still had some embers of One For All inside of his body.

However, it was made clear that these embers had burned out in time, and now, he was Quirkless. Deku did not have a Quirk, but he still wanted to help the next generation. According to him, he lived out his dream, which should have been impossible, and he became the greatest hero of all time. Now that he has saved the world, he doesn't need his dreams anymore, as he considers them already fulfilled. But it is now time for him to help others fulfill their dreams, and that is why he is in UA. Fans also got to see Aizawa helping Deku at UA and asking him to be stricter.

Around the same time, fans saw a character named Dai introduced in the story. This young boy wants to become a Hero, just like All Might, Deku, Dynamight, and many other powerful Heroes. However, 8 years after the war, the world has moved forward so much that the rates of villains have dwindled greatly while Heroes have stabilized. This means that becoming a Hero is now much more difficult than ever before. As such, for young Dai, becoming a Hero is more difficult than ever before, especially with his Quirk of being able to produce plates from his hair. Among his classmates, he certainly isn't one to shine, but he still wants to become a Hero. This is reminiscent of Midoriya at the beginning of his journey in My Hero Academia. It would only make sense to have Dai meet with Izuku, and they certainly did when both of them went to All Might's statue.

There, a young boy was seen tripping, and both Dai and Izuku reached out to him in a moment of desperation to save him. Izuku ended up saving him, but the fact that Dai actually rushed out to his rescue meant that his body moved on his own, and to Izuku, this was a reminder of his own self from long ago. Izuku imparted the message to him that he could become a Hero, too, inspiring the next generation in the process. Passing on wisdom was supposed to be his new life and the new norm; however, that is where Horikoshi pulled off a shocking moment.

Deku Becomes A Hero Once Again

Deku Takes A New Battle Suit And Becomes A Hero

Come the end of My Hero Academia, it was revealed that Deku was now a Hero once again. Thanks to the efforts from all his friends, All Might present a new battle armor to Izuku. After his battle against All For One In the war, great strides were made in the field of science. Now, Izuku has his own battle fit, which means that he is a Hero once again. This battlesuit was financed by his friends, specifically Bakugo, who cares deeply about Izuku and has always wanted to aid him, especially after feeling guilty about what he did to him in the past.

Thankfully, this collective effort allowed Deku to become a Hero once again, and he set out with his friends in an attempt to save people and hear their voices just like he used to in the past. With all of them setting out to help people, My Hero Academia officially concluded.

My Hero Academia is available to read via Viz Media. The series can be read by the fans officially and for free on the Shonen Jump and the Manga Plus app. The release date for the final chapter of My Hero Academia, My Hero Academia chapter 430, is set to be August 4, 2024.

My Hero Academia (2016)

Action

Superhero

Studio

Bones

Creator

Kōhei Horikoshi

Story By

Kōhei Horikoshi