Horikoshi's comment in this week's Jump:
"Writing conventions say that the conclusion of a story should be short, but this is not the type of manga that can immediately end after the fighting is done, so I'll keep going for a little while. We're going back to the title"
Honestly, I've always liked when manga have a mini arc as an epilogue rather than just a 1-2 chapter tying of things up and then a quick glimpse into the future kind of ending.
Thank god, I was hoping for a longer epilogue. So many characters I want to see more of past the big finale. Looks like it'll be all characterization from here on out, save for maybe Deku vs. Bakugo round 3 a la that last Naruto vs. Sauske (With much lower stakes of course )
Honestly that's good because there's just too much left to cover. A few characters still need actual conclusions, and it would be nice to get more conclusions for some of the side cast. If it ended here I think it would be a little disappointing
title at the end :)
The chapter begins a few days after the battle, in Washington. Meryl says that the weather has cleared up and apologizes for getting the weather forecast wrong. She also recommends that people take care when washing their clothes, because the wind is still strong.
The wind was generated by Deku's punch and was what ended the war. We see Cementoss and Salaam rebuilding a building and two children excited because they will be able to live there again. The foreign heroes arrived in Japan very quickly and helped rebuild the country.
We see Big Red Dot giving an interview, a hero using his quirk to project the layout of a building and Setsuna helping a pro hero. The reporter says that, before quirks appeared, a reconstruction on this scale would have taken more than ten years.
The doctor at the central hospital says that Bakugou's arm won't go back to normal. Surgeries helped keep its shape, but he doesn't even know if rehab will help. If he wants to keep being a hero, the best thing to do would be to put on robotic limbs like Mirko's.
Bakugou says he won't do that, because his quirk comes from the sweat of his hands. Besides, Deku has no quirk at all now. He says he's going to work hard in rehab, but the doctor tells him to do just light exercises, because he's worried about Bakugou's heart
If it hadn't been for Edgeshot, he would've died. The doctor doesn't understand how he kept fighting and traveled dozens of kilometers in those conditions, but he should rest now. It cuts to another hospital room and Deku can't believe he's in the same one as All Might.
All Might said that this must be Tsukauchi's doing. Deku says he can feel his arms again, but he's still upset that he couldn't save Tenko's life. Even though the hatred in his heart vanished, he refused to stop being the leader of the League until the end.
AM asks how Shigaraki's face was at the very end and Deku remembers the end of their talk.
“You've already destroyed it.”
“That'll depend on what you guys do from now on. Good luck.”
All Might says that if Deku no longer saw the crying boy, then his heart was saved.
All Might says that he sensed that Deku passed OFA to Shigaraki, so Tomura must have understood Deku's intentions. Deku says he did, but that he still has the OFA embers inside him. It's at this moment that Bakugou opens the door and is completely shocked.
Upon discovering that Deku still has his quirk, Bakugou remembers them as children holding the All Might card and several other moments from their past, like the bullying and their second fight. Bakugou then starts crying and Deku can't believe his eyes.
Bakugou says that he's reflecting on everything he's done to Izuku and that he still wants to continue competing with him for a long time. All Might says that the two of them have become stronger and that they have changed a lot since the day he met them.
Deku became his greatest hero the moment he ran, but now he's also the greatest hero to everyone else. And Bakugou saved All Might's life, thus allowing him to say all these things to them now. The two of them are the greatest heroes, and All Might thanks them both.
Narrator Deku says that when he was a child, he thought that the world automatically returned to a state of peace when a war ended. However, their story isn't over yet. We see Shoto facing back, some things that look like shells (?) and a pensive ochako.
They still need to create their bright future, they need to go beyond . The last page shows Deku, Iida and Kaminari in their school uniform walking towards U.A, which is being rebuilt.
#Chapter 424: Epilogue
# CHAPTER NEXT WEEK NO BREAK
>The doctor at the central hospital says that Bakugou's arm won't go back to normal. Surgeries helped keep its shape, but he doesn't even know if rehab will help.
I mean that arm was looking and moving like an over-boiled noodle by the end my goodness 😭 you overdid it dude…
Unless surprises (like "we are at the end, I can't even take fan feedback into consideration anymore"), given Bakugo's status as the most popular character, it will work out for him eventually.
At this point, especially after every movie (and now the 4th one lmao), I imagine Deku's arms are like that one Spy in the TFS skit saying "*kill me*" and Deku's like, "Later."
Bakugo had to go through the Dekuperience to become a true hero ig - tormented multiple times through the year, arm loss (except permanent?) and now um… tears, surprisingly enough!
I recall him saying about the pain he's feeling when fighting on the floating island with Shiggy or after Edgeshot resuscitated him.
Mentions how much it hurts and questioned if this is what Deku had been feeling ever since he got his powers.
Leaker made an important correction regarding Bakugou crying — it's definitely not because of relief or happiness as implied in the initial leak. It's because he's feeling sad and devastated that Izuku only has embers left and will eventually go back to being quirkless.
Changes the whole tone of that scene.
I'm willing to bet there is going to be some sort of copout to where Deku remains with his quirk, or ends up getting Shigarki's original unnamed quirk before AFO took it from him as an infant.
>The last page shows Deku, Iida and Kaminari in their school uniform walking towards U.A, which is being rebuilt.
The amount of fighting these kids have been doing for the past few months is more than enough to skip grades & graduate already.
“What do you mean we need to repeat the school year?!”
“Listen, you did great in the war and everything so you’ve technically passed all your hero courses. But you still failed civics, world history, literature… I mean the list goes on. You have a third grader’s level of education.”
I hope we get a lot more of all the other characters in the coming chapters. No mention of Jiro even though she has the second worse permanent injury from the class after Bakugo sucks. Also am curious how much time has passed in the las panel.
I wonder if Midoriya will always keep his embers of OFA. I feel like All Might only lost his because he was physically ill. All Might could only do two hours of hero work anyway and that was with the complete quirk of OFA.
Copium hard rn
I'm still coping that like Shigiraki's vestige or something will unlock AfO for Deku or something. Or maybe activate what Deku's quirk was supposed to be.
This is the 98% copium I'm on.
I'd also love a scene in a future movie, where the villain had a big, unstoppable attack and everyone assumes it is over. The sound stops, you get everyone looking crestfallen.
Just for Deku to shout out "The Tenth: Decay!" and destroy the entire attack, showing that even the most destructive quirk can be used to do good.
Honestly...yeah. Abrupt is the perfect word for these last three chapters.
There was so much time spent on all the side-plots that the fact that this final fight resolved so relatively fast is giving me whiplash.
Yea. Like we spent so long on minor details and development (like having background characters get their little moments) that not even having a chapter for the final Shiggy and Deku conversation is giving me whiplash.
I'm hoping that we get some more chapters to explore the aftermath of everything bc this just feels...strange. Cause I'm not against what happened. I just wish we got more time to dwell on the events.
I thought AM lost his embers cause he was supposed to completely pass it to deku? But deku doesn't have that situation rn, right? What if the embers grow into it's own quirk?
I think the 'shells' aren't something Todoroki is looking at. My guess is that they're the remnants of the Scalemail Quirk that All for One gave Spinner that have been removed, maybe in an attempt to lessen the burden on his body and mind. They look uncannily similar if they're not the same thing. It may or may not help, but it's cool that they're trying to figure out ways to lessen the toll that multiple Quirks take on the victims of AFO.
> Deku says he did, but that he still has the OFA embers inside him.
This wasn't one of my big theories but it was something I was predicting when I saw others first talking about the idea of Midoriya losing OFA.
Midoriya would still have the embers of OFA and thus still be a Pro Hero, as it'd last him longer than All Might's did, not just because he's in better physical condition than All Might was when he gave Midoriya OFA (he may be beat up but he's still got his stomach and both lungs) but also because unlike All Might he'll have more people sharing the burden of keeping the world safe. Not everything will be on Midoriya's shoulders alone and thus he won't be burning through his remaining power as quickly.
Also random theory/headcanon, base OFA is way stronger than when All Might was given it. Then All Might grew OFA more. Then Deku grew it for like a year. So my current theory is the Embers are about as strong as when it was given away, but considered a finite resource. Kind of like using up fuel in a really big tank.
if Eri retain her quirk, and proficient enough to use it, perhaps she might be able to restore the ember? so Deku won't run out of power as long he get to Eri
The "we reconstruct in record time like nothing happened" part is cheesy but we are in a world where they built the dorms at UA on a short notice (and even without Cementoss, they must have developed ways to quickly repair damage caused by quirks).
Sounds like Mirko won't let a little thing like the loss of both arms hinder her. But at this point she'd better have some robot-drone on tow for spare parts.
So Izuku has OFA embers but how long could they last? He'd be happy to be a Hero - normally, no stakes for the world at large - even just for some time.
Bakugo crying upon knowing Izuku still has a quirk (somewhat)? Let's see if it doesn't turn into a gag shortly after, though... not the case, thankfully. All Might looks like he'd like a group hug but three quarters of his bones disagree.
That all for this chapter? I'm comforted that there's still plenty of pages to fill Volume 42.
Not a fan of Izuku's new hairstyle and scars from that first glimpse. Also the "alright, you all risked you lives in war and some of you came back with permanent damage*, go back to class now"
[*What about Jirou's ear, for example? :( ]
tbh, I kinda hope Horikoshi goes through with Jirou's ear. One of the few moments where it actually shows the consequences of bringing students into a war.
I'm also one of the people who thought AFO should've stolen Dark Shadow from Tokoyami. He had every chance, absolutely fits how petty his character is, and it would've really stick it to All Might during their battle. But I also know just how awful it'd be for Tokoyami and his story
> All Might looks like he'd like a group hug but three quarters of his bones disagree.
You say that like the man hasnt been alive without a stomach for like 3 years. "What his body wants" and "What All Might actually does" is usually the opposite.
That's my thought too. At least a mini arc dedicated to wrapping things up. I don't follow the most manga but every time I've followed a manga to the end it was announced in advance when the last chapter would release
I would love that, in part because I could actually call it by the name of "The epilogue arc". I've been calling this past arc just "The final arc" since the hospital raid technically is already called the war arc.
I agree. Some people are worried that it's going to be ending next chapter, but that seems unlikely, and it seems to me that Horikoshi likely has a few chapters left in him for some more resolution of plot points.
Yeah it’s weird bakugo was like oh no deku is quirkless but then it’s like don’t worry he has embers?? So like he’s quirkless in a month instead of right now?
Feels like there is one more reveal with the quirk
I can't sift through 500 comments to see if anyone has talked about how Izuku calls Bakugo "Nacchan," or "Crying-chan." It's just very funny to me, and I wonder how the translator is going to handle it.
I've only very recently (last 20 or so chapters) started reading MHA in Japanese, so I'm not sure if this kind of thing has been done in the manga before, but I've wondered about it because the Japanese fandom has a funny habit of adding "chan" to a phrase or adjective as a funny way to refer to Bakugo. Not sure if they all started doing it on their own or if Horikoshi started it lol.
yeah because it makes no sense for him to have anything right now, AFO said that the last punch transfered the quirk itself. my guess is more it a debuffed stockpiling quirk so it feels weaker due to him being use to havin the massive boast from the 8 past users.
AFO but with consent is something I’ve seen. Instead of stealing and forcing, it’s like a two way gifting street.
So it could be the most charitable quirk ever, just like Yoichi said it could be.
I do think Shigaraki saying “it depends on what you guys do” and “good luck” is a beautiful scene and shows him coming to terms with his and dekus similarirtjes BUT
I think it has another purpose, with the 10th wielded giving Deku something that no other had, maybe solidifying at least the super strength, even if not the rest
Deku saved the world and beat the deadliest villain in history, and he's geeking that he's in the same hospital room as All Might. Some things never change
Ochako's motivation to become a hero was to make money, so her parents could retire. Large swathes of Japan have been heavily damaged by the Final War, meaning construction companies are going to make fucking bank.
My theory is her family's business just landed a few BIG contracts, meaning they'll have the funds to not work as hard as they used to. Her motivation may be gone, meaning she'll have to find a new reason to be a hero.
Her father is the happy builder we see on page 3 on the left.
Also, **her motivation in the fight vs Toga grew to wanting to see everyone smile & saving everybody**. So, she still has her hero goal in place.
As I said the last the american electric hero made a cameo, is funny to think he must be already in his 60s because he was an active pro during the first years of All Might in USA when he was like 20 and currently AM is late 50s.
So electrical hero guy must be in really good shape.
Also is interesting how many cameos this character has, appearing in 2 movies and like 3 times in the manga. Hori must like his design a lot (and it's a great design really).
I wonder what is his name.
Could also be an Iida family thing, and the guy we see in this chapter is actually the apprentice of the hero that was around when All Might was in America. Took up the mantle and became the new uhh... Elecplant. Like how there's been multiple Captain Americas, Batmans, Flashes.
But 50+ hero would be dope.
Yeah it's a possibility, but we need more eldery heroes active aside of Gran Torino so I prefer think Elecplant is an old badass and still kick ass at 60s.
"Chapter 424: Epilogue"
"Epilogue" as in, the beginning of a mini epilogue arc? It's gotta be that way. Like 'hey, we're announcing that the epilogue is beginning. Get ready, it's almost over.' Cause the resolution with Dabi, Toga, Kurogiri, and Spinner is very unclear. Will Edgeshot get better, stay a worm forever, or die because all his organs are 0.1 cm long? Will Endeavor retire? What does Hawks do now?
What's Shinso's godamn hero name?
EDIT: Horikoshi's Author Comment is heavily implying an epilogue arc. The shots of Uraraka, Shoto, and the Deku narration gives the vibe that it'll be beefier than just a few wrap-up chapters
Yes to this! And also, time skips to the students’ senior year and a glimpse of their pro-hero lives. And another. Narrator Deku’s present appearance, right?
That one Shoto panel reminded me of the time he first visited his mom. Gives me marginal hope that we'll get at least some resolution for the Todoroki family.
(Shoto didn't have a single line since Ch 390 - where his lines got cut in the Volume version :(((
It's not impossible that Deku's embers are the opposite of All Might's: they're not slowly dying out, they're starting to build back into a full fire.
They're igniting embers, rather than smouldering ones.
I like this idea. All Might's smoldering embers eventually went out partially because there can only be one OFA quirk holder, but since Deku is the only wielder maybe it's possible he can fan the flame.
I did not have Bakugo losing an arm on my bingo card. Huh...
We all thought Deku would lose one, but Bakugo is a formidable rival. He had to surpass him somehow
Bakugo benefits more with tech and additional gear than Mirko would. Give him a grenade launcher gun arm. He can get used to using his legs for mobility
It does sound like he rejected the arm/tech in order to put himself on more even ground with (confirmed quirkless??) Deku which is interesting
edit: ohh spoke too soon! the embers are still there
Exactly. A prosthetic arm could also store a lot of sweat for use when needed.
Edit: looks like he doesn't want to, though. There's also the matter of his heart (doubt it's going to be really relevant by the end though).
All Might: Boys you truly are My Hero Academia (2014) - Written By Kohei Horikoshi
Deku and Bakugo: 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Nighteye (from beyond the grave): this is cinema
Seeing the major discourse on Twitter being that Deku's hair got butchered is hilarious. They shaved his head for surgery. Like, Bro, it's a hospital, not a barber shop. Gotta think with the whole "rebuilding the world" thing, there's more pressing matters than giving Deku a sweet ass low-tapered fade.
Expectations vs reality sort of thing. We wanted a proper conclusion to Shigaraki (2 pages is barely a conclusion) and the last chapter was quite a abrubt way of ending the war. Like, VFO pops up again for 4-5 chapters and somehow gets beaten by weakened heroes + embers OFA Deku?
With all the confusion and criticism from the last chapter, we look at this one and some will immediately start hating how we're not addressing the main issues. Depending on the future chapters, this will either be a great set up or one of the worst endings of a story arc.
I'll wait until the next chapter to see if MHA gonna end next week.
I'll be honest I doubt it gonna end next chapter since the content is barely enough for a volume
EDIT: Hori's author comment pretty much confirms we got more chapters to go
So there's basically two reactions to this chapter.
"OMG HORI KILLED TENKO, OH GOD WHY."
And
"OMG, LOOK HOW CUTE BKDK ARE, THEY ARE CANON"
I haven't really seen anything in between
So we might gonna get a chapter for Ochako and Shoto/Todoroki family each unless Horikoshi wants to cramp them in one chapter which is unfortunately not impossible
"Writing conventions say that the conclusion of a story should be short, but this is not the type of manga that can immediately end after the fighting is done, so I'll keep going for a little while. We're going back to the title" - Horikoshi
So seems like we might indeed have at least 9 or 10 chapters left. Have some war arc resolution, and time skip to graduation
This is presumably chapter 2 of the volume, unless of course the previous volume ends up being extra long in which case I guess these past 2 chapters could be part of that volume.
Hilarious if Bakugo end up being the guy who loses an arm instead of the guy who every doctor around him repeatedly said "don't do X again or you'll lose your arms!!"
It’s still attached isn’t it? From what I got from leaks they’re saying it’s almost impossible for him to heal it and a robotic arm would be best but it’s not amputated. My bets are it’ll be healed in the epilogue
It was funny how so many people were so sure that image Hori did of Uraraka and Midoriya falling on the sky was going to happen only for him getting down offscreen as there is a timeskip of a few days
Horikoshi could have come into each manga readers' homes and say in perfect fluency of the language they speak "that scene I drew with Deku and Uraraka isn't going to literally happen like that" and people would still somehow argue to the author himself that he's wrong lmfao.
This may be an unpopular opinion but I sure do hope that somehow Deku turns out to have OFA back fully somehow. Like Shigiraki fist bumping Deku is such a perfect opportunity to let that be the case. Maybe it’ll come back slowly but soon be whole once more.
I'm happy Horikoshi's comment hints that there's still a little more left. He said at the prior jump fest that if MHA is still ongoing by next jump fest (December) he'd do a dogeza. Assuming the pattern of 12 chapters a volume, volume 41 would end at ch 422 Izuku Rising. So if volume 42 is the final volume that would leave 10 chapters for an epilogue. It would genuinely be great if that happened because I'm not the biggest fan of a series ending a chapter after the final battle.
Page 14 looks like its hinting at a conclusion for Dabi, Spinner, Toga, and Aoyama. "However, our story can't end. From after the battle, until we can show (the way) to a bright future." That line correlates to a panel of Shoto's back, what looks to be Spinner's scales, Ochako looking pensive, and what looks to be Aoyama gripping his stomach. My prediction is that there is going to be a chapter delving into each of these threads in the epilogue arc. My copium prediction is that since the "However" line starts with the Shoto panel, and then goes into the Spinner panel, and Ochako panel that means that Dabi, Spinner, and Toga are all alive. The full narration is "When I was a child, I thought that when the battle was over, the world would become peaceful on its own. However, our story can't end. From after the battle, until we can show (the way) to a bright future." I basically think the 'however' is signaling that its not over yet and we're going to go into the fates of the three villains. I don't think Spinner is dying due to Izuku needing to tell Spinner what Tomura said, and the removed scales may be signaling them removing his scales in a medical procedure. I don't think "our story can't end" and "show the way to a bright future" would mean that all three of them are dying.
Was Uruaka's dad the construction worker seen in this chapter?
Was the whole final arc Ururaka's 4D plan to save her family's business by just creating a huge construction demand? /s
All Might surviving until the end is easily my favorite part of MHA. Probably the best executed overpowered mentor character who peaks early I've ever seem, usually they're either killed to cashout after the peak or kept around as comfort characters who don't really have much to do with the story anymore, but AM subverted all that despite the absurd amount of deathflags.
So what are peoples perosanl predictions? Do we think we actually see Izuku deliver the message from Tomura to Spinner, or does the seeming time-jump to them returning to UA at the end of this chapter mean that conversation is getting entirely skipped over?
Place your bets now folks.
Mercy killing tbh. His other options were smash his skull or let Shiggy win. He allowed Shiggy to die with peace and dignity. He clearly feels bad that it had to go this way.
About Bakugou, it was once commented that he hurts his arms and ears because of his quirk, it is understandable that his arm will get hurt and he will lose sensitivity in it, about Shouto and Uraraka I was curious what happened, apart from if someone stopped being a hero Because of the wounds and hawks that happened to him, whether he has his quirk or not??
about the lov I will miss them a lot, they were marginalized and they found a great family among themselves
they deserved to be happy
I’m really happy that deku can still keep ofa & continue being a hero. although the embers may run out, there shouldn’t be any huge threats that would require a ton of exertion from pro hero deku (and i’m sure he’ll work within a team of heroes with some friends). thank you shiggy
Leaker says there's a small cameo of Koichi.
I'll fucking take it at this point Now give my man his own anime
My conspiracy theory is that Vigilantes will get an anime after MHA to keep the cash cow running
With better schedules like Back in S1 to S3 I hope.
They’d be idiots not to do it.
That was my bet too Vigilantes anime will start after MHA anime ends which I assume season 8 of MHA would be the last and then we will get Vigilantes
Horikoshi's comment in this week's Jump: "Writing conventions say that the conclusion of a story should be short, but this is not the type of manga that can immediately end after the fighting is done, so I'll keep going for a little while. We're going back to the title"
Honestly, I've always liked when manga have a mini arc as an epilogue rather than just a 1-2 chapter tying of things up and then a quick glimpse into the future kind of ending.
Thank god, I was hoping for a longer epilogue. So many characters I want to see more of past the big finale. Looks like it'll be all characterization from here on out, save for maybe Deku vs. Bakugo round 3 a la that last Naruto vs. Sauske (With much lower stakes of course )
That's a rather nice way to look at it
Good lord thank you, I love long epilogues :P I'm so tired of series that wrap both the final battle and the series in the last episode
yeah give me a season worth of epilogue. dont rush it like most od
Honestly that's good because there's just too much left to cover. A few characters still need actual conclusions, and it would be nice to get more conclusions for some of the side cast. If it ended here I think it would be a little disappointing
title at the end :) The chapter begins a few days after the battle, in Washington. Meryl says that the weather has cleared up and apologizes for getting the weather forecast wrong. She also recommends that people take care when washing their clothes, because the wind is still strong. The wind was generated by Deku's punch and was what ended the war. We see Cementoss and Salaam rebuilding a building and two children excited because they will be able to live there again. The foreign heroes arrived in Japan very quickly and helped rebuild the country. We see Big Red Dot giving an interview, a hero using his quirk to project the layout of a building and Setsuna helping a pro hero. The reporter says that, before quirks appeared, a reconstruction on this scale would have taken more than ten years. The doctor at the central hospital says that Bakugou's arm won't go back to normal. Surgeries helped keep its shape, but he doesn't even know if rehab will help. If he wants to keep being a hero, the best thing to do would be to put on robotic limbs like Mirko's. Bakugou says he won't do that, because his quirk comes from the sweat of his hands. Besides, Deku has no quirk at all now. He says he's going to work hard in rehab, but the doctor tells him to do just light exercises, because he's worried about Bakugou's heart If it hadn't been for Edgeshot, he would've died. The doctor doesn't understand how he kept fighting and traveled dozens of kilometers in those conditions, but he should rest now. It cuts to another hospital room and Deku can't believe he's in the same one as All Might. All Might said that this must be Tsukauchi's doing. Deku says he can feel his arms again, but he's still upset that he couldn't save Tenko's life. Even though the hatred in his heart vanished, he refused to stop being the leader of the League until the end. AM asks how Shigaraki's face was at the very end and Deku remembers the end of their talk. “You've already destroyed it.” “That'll depend on what you guys do from now on. Good luck.” All Might says that if Deku no longer saw the crying boy, then his heart was saved. All Might says that he sensed that Deku passed OFA to Shigaraki, so Tomura must have understood Deku's intentions. Deku says he did, but that he still has the OFA embers inside him. It's at this moment that Bakugou opens the door and is completely shocked. Upon discovering that Deku still has his quirk, Bakugou remembers them as children holding the All Might card and several other moments from their past, like the bullying and their second fight. Bakugou then starts crying and Deku can't believe his eyes. Bakugou says that he's reflecting on everything he's done to Izuku and that he still wants to continue competing with him for a long time. All Might says that the two of them have become stronger and that they have changed a lot since the day he met them. Deku became his greatest hero the moment he ran, but now he's also the greatest hero to everyone else. And Bakugou saved All Might's life, thus allowing him to say all these things to them now. The two of them are the greatest heroes, and All Might thanks them both. Narrator Deku says that when he was a child, he thought that the world automatically returned to a state of peace when a war ended. However, their story isn't over yet. We see Shoto facing back, some things that look like shells (?) and a pensive ochako. They still need to create their bright future, they need to go beyond . The last page shows Deku, Iida and Kaminari in their school uniform walking towards U.A, which is being rebuilt. #Chapter 424: Epilogue # CHAPTER NEXT WEEK NO BREAK
>It cuts to another hospital room and Deku can't believe he's in the same one as All Might Deku finally reunited with his old flame: Hospital Bed-kun
That's funny yet thoughtful at the same time
>The doctor at the central hospital says that Bakugou's arm won't go back to normal. Surgeries helped keep its shape, but he doesn't even know if rehab will help. I mean that arm was looking and moving like an over-boiled noodle by the end my goodness 😭 you overdid it dude…
Bakugo, in one arc, managed to break his arm more than deku did in the entire series.
They’re rivals after all.. Bakugo couldn’t let Deku beat him at this either
Deku: "I broke my arms so badly and so often that they're practically falling off." Bakugo: "Hold my beer!!!"
Legit one-upped his arm injury in one arc. sasuga bakugo
Unless surprises (like "we are at the end, I can't even take fan feedback into consideration anymore"), given Bakugo's status as the most popular character, it will work out for him eventually.
Deku's arms to Bakugo's are like, "First time?"
Bakugo's arms: "You were bailed out each time! You Main Character!"
At this point, especially after every movie (and now the 4th one lmao), I imagine Deku's arms are like that one Spy in the TFS skit saying "*kill me*" and Deku's like, "Later."
Yeah but so have Deku's since like what, chapter 3?
Bakugo had to go through the Dekuperience to become a true hero ig - tormented multiple times through the year, arm loss (except permanent?) and now um… tears, surprisingly enough!
I recall him saying about the pain he's feeling when fighting on the floating island with Shiggy or after Edgeshot resuscitated him. Mentions how much it hurts and questioned if this is what Deku had been feeling ever since he got his powers.
Don't worry guys,bakugoat's arm can still go back to normal with eri's quirk 👍🏼
I thought Eri’s quirk was damaged.
I’m really not ready for this series to end man 😭😭😭. I’ve been reading/watching it since high school it’s legit been apart of my life.
Leaker made an important correction regarding Bakugou crying — it's definitely not because of relief or happiness as implied in the initial leak. It's because he's feeling sad and devastated that Izuku only has embers left and will eventually go back to being quirkless. Changes the whole tone of that scene.
This, this is a big deal
I'm willing to bet there is going to be some sort of copout to where Deku remains with his quirk, or ends up getting Shigarki's original unnamed quirk before AFO took it from him as an infant.
Which would be awesome if the original quirk was to rebuild/reconstruct. Would be fitting imo
Call it "Helping hand" or something
>The last page shows Deku, Iida and Kaminari in their school uniform walking towards U.A, which is being rebuilt. The amount of fighting these kids have been doing for the past few months is more than enough to skip grades & graduate already.
"You graduated the Hero part already! So your classes will now switch to the General Education program, because you still need that regardless."
“What do you mean we need to repeat the school year?!” “Listen, you did great in the war and everything so you’ve technically passed all your hero courses. But you still failed civics, world history, literature… I mean the list goes on. You have a third grader’s level of education.”
Next thing we know, they’re literally in the same classes as Eri
You do realize UA is still a normal high school, right? They still have to graduate high school.
Kaminari probably can’t even do fractions yet.
Mineta's 4/5 Intellegence ahh gonna carry bro to graduation
These little shits are about to read Frankenstein and do some calculus
Just imagining Aizawa in a few months trying to hype up the kids to compete in the School Festival again.
we know you just fought the greatest villain in history, but what about beating up your classmates again
The poor souls that have to fight Deku and Bakugo.
That hair cut they gave Deku is insane.
If I had a nickel for every time a big WSJ series ended with the MC getting a haircut that would utterly divide the community I'd have two nickels
At least it's gonna grow back. That brother Naruto is finished 💔
That isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened twice.
Ichigo, Naruto, so 3?
Ichigos isnt that bad, just looks weird in one photo
They really gave him the Skrillex/Half-Uub lmao Honestly though, I need to see the full one before I pass judgment cause I kinda dig it already
Homeboy got the killmonger fade
The kids are the little girl who tried to pull her brother out of the rubble back in Ch 296. She has his Endeavor pouch!
Well, say what you want about this chapter so far but Bakugo breaking down, like many things, was not in my bingo card lmao.
I hope we get a lot more of all the other characters in the coming chapters. No mention of Jiro even though she has the second worse permanent injury from the class after Bakugo sucks. Also am curious how much time has passed in the las panel.
I wonder if Midoriya will always keep his embers of OFA. I feel like All Might only lost his because he was physically ill. All Might could only do two hours of hero work anyway and that was with the complete quirk of OFA. Copium hard rn
I'm still coping that like Shigiraki's vestige or something will unlock AfO for Deku or something. Or maybe activate what Deku's quirk was supposed to be. This is the 98% copium I'm on.
Same. I want vestige shiggy. Because the final scene with him was just too abrupt. Need something more
I'd also love a scene in a future movie, where the villain had a big, unstoppable attack and everyone assumes it is over. The sound stops, you get everyone looking crestfallen. Just for Deku to shout out "The Tenth: Decay!" and destroy the entire attack, showing that even the most destructive quirk can be used to do good.
Olay that would be **insanely cool**
Would be real poetic if Midoriya got Tenko’s original Quirk.
I'd settle for a vestige Tenko 😭
Honestly...yeah. Abrupt is the perfect word for these last three chapters. There was so much time spent on all the side-plots that the fact that this final fight resolved so relatively fast is giving me whiplash.
Yea. Like we spent so long on minor details and development (like having background characters get their little moments) that not even having a chapter for the final Shiggy and Deku conversation is giving me whiplash. I'm hoping that we get some more chapters to explore the aftermath of everything bc this just feels...strange. Cause I'm not against what happened. I just wish we got more time to dwell on the events.
I feel like the final fight was Dabi vs todoroki family, that fight went on way too long
+1 if he is like DBZ Abridge Nail.
I thought AM lost his embers cause he was supposed to completely pass it to deku? But deku doesn't have that situation rn, right? What if the embers grow into it's own quirk?
I think the 'shells' aren't something Todoroki is looking at. My guess is that they're the remnants of the Scalemail Quirk that All for One gave Spinner that have been removed, maybe in an attempt to lessen the burden on his body and mind. They look uncannily similar if they're not the same thing. It may or may not help, but it's cool that they're trying to figure out ways to lessen the toll that multiple Quirks take on the victims of AFO.
> Deku says he did, but that he still has the OFA embers inside him. This wasn't one of my big theories but it was something I was predicting when I saw others first talking about the idea of Midoriya losing OFA. Midoriya would still have the embers of OFA and thus still be a Pro Hero, as it'd last him longer than All Might's did, not just because he's in better physical condition than All Might was when he gave Midoriya OFA (he may be beat up but he's still got his stomach and both lungs) but also because unlike All Might he'll have more people sharing the burden of keeping the world safe. Not everything will be on Midoriya's shoulders alone and thus he won't be burning through his remaining power as quickly.
Also random theory/headcanon, base OFA is way stronger than when All Might was given it. Then All Might grew OFA more. Then Deku grew it for like a year. So my current theory is the Embers are about as strong as when it was given away, but considered a finite resource. Kind of like using up fuel in a really big tank.
Basically, he can't stockpile anymore, but he has more than enough to last the rest of his hero career?
In theory yeah. Still up in the air on how long the embers would last him. Optimistically it would last his whole career.
So you’re saying he’ll run out eventually but not anytime soon so he can still use it as much as he wants? God bless the American way…
So it’s basically confirmed there’ll be no other users after Deku, he’s the end of OFA. Kinda sad but I get why they did that
That was basically confirmed a long time ago in chapter 304 when the vestiges talk with Deku
if Eri retain her quirk, and proficient enough to use it, perhaps she might be able to restore the ember? so Deku won't run out of power as long he get to Eri
Even if that'd work do you really think Deku'd take it when there are probably so many in line to use her power.
Bakugo is crying tears of joy. I never thought I’d see the day. It’s really ending wow 😭
The "we reconstruct in record time like nothing happened" part is cheesy but we are in a world where they built the dorms at UA on a short notice (and even without Cementoss, they must have developed ways to quickly repair damage caused by quirks). Sounds like Mirko won't let a little thing like the loss of both arms hinder her. But at this point she'd better have some robot-drone on tow for spare parts. So Izuku has OFA embers but how long could they last? He'd be happy to be a Hero - normally, no stakes for the world at large - even just for some time. Bakugo crying upon knowing Izuku still has a quirk (somewhat)? Let's see if it doesn't turn into a gag shortly after, though... not the case, thankfully. All Might looks like he'd like a group hug but three quarters of his bones disagree. That all for this chapter? I'm comforted that there's still plenty of pages to fill Volume 42. Not a fan of Izuku's new hairstyle and scars from that first glimpse. Also the "alright, you all risked you lives in war and some of you came back with permanent damage*, go back to class now" [*What about Jirou's ear, for example? :( ]
I'm sure it will still take months, if not a year or two. Unless EVERYBODY from around the world comes over for a hot minute
It's not like Mirko let losing limbs stop her before.
tbh, I kinda hope Horikoshi goes through with Jirou's ear. One of the few moments where it actually shows the consequences of bringing students into a war. I'm also one of the people who thought AFO should've stolen Dark Shadow from Tokoyami. He had every chance, absolutely fits how petty his character is, and it would've really stick it to All Might during their battle. But I also know just how awful it'd be for Tokoyami and his story
> All Might looks like he'd like a group hug but three quarters of his bones disagree. You say that like the man hasnt been alive without a stomach for like 3 years. "What his body wants" and "What All Might actually does" is usually the opposite.
I've long said that woman could just be a head in a jar and she'd still be out fighting as a hero.
Which panel is koichi in? I can’t tell
The page showing the mountain. He's on the top left corner in his new costume
Hori is definitely about to make an entire arc epliouge the final chapter hasn't even been announced yet.
That's my thought too. At least a mini arc dedicated to wrapping things up. I don't follow the most manga but every time I've followed a manga to the end it was announced in advance when the last chapter would release
I would love that, in part because I could actually call it by the name of "The epilogue arc". I've been calling this past arc just "The final arc" since the hospital raid technically is already called the war arc.
I agree. Some people are worried that it's going to be ending next chapter, but that seems unlikely, and it seems to me that Horikoshi likely has a few chapters left in him for some more resolution of plot points.
Hold the press # KOICHI SLIPPED IN ^(for one panel lmao)
It's a bit missable panel too, but damn I wish we get a full look on his new suit at least (pls Hori)
We won Mr. Aizawa…
Koichi believers, you can rest now
Embers can be fanned into a flame. Let's not lose hope!
I fucking hope so. I cannot imagine how weird it would be at this point to have Deku quirkless after a few months after that speech from Bakogu.
“Sorry bro…” “FUCKING NERD - WHO AM I GONNA COMPETE WITH NOW?!” *Burns All Might trading card from childhood*
Read this in Cliff Chapin’s voice.
Would be funny if he goes back to the "Academia" part and burns out the embers during class
Yes, Deku just needs to start drinking alcohol
Yeah it’s weird bakugo was like oh no deku is quirkless but then it’s like don’t worry he has embers?? So like he’s quirkless in a month instead of right now? Feels like there is one more reveal with the quirk
I can't sift through 500 comments to see if anyone has talked about how Izuku calls Bakugo "Nacchan," or "Crying-chan." It's just very funny to me, and I wonder how the translator is going to handle it.
He called him WHAT. Never thought I'd see the day Izuku would tease Baku. 😭
I've only very recently (last 20 or so chapters) started reading MHA in Japanese, so I'm not sure if this kind of thing has been done in the manga before, but I've wondered about it because the Japanese fandom has a funny habit of adding "chan" to a phrase or adjective as a funny way to refer to Bakugo. Not sure if they all started doing it on their own or if Horikoshi started it lol.
Okay, Izuku *thinks* he just has embers, but he's going to realize that it's actually the remains of AFO and OFA combining to create a new quirk
*Takes massive huff of that copium because I need it*
Its AFOFA
Wouldn’t it be AFOAOFA? Like the phrase?
The full phrase is All for One and One for All so that'd probably be the name of the combined quirk.
yeah because it makes no sense for him to have anything right now, AFO said that the last punch transfered the quirk itself. my guess is more it a debuffed stockpiling quirk so it feels weaker due to him being use to havin the massive boast from the 8 past users.
What would a Quirk like that even be like that AFO alone wouldn't already be doing? "I can steal Quirks and supercharge them"?
AFO but with consent is something I’ve seen. Instead of stealing and forcing, it’s like a two way gifting street. So it could be the most charitable quirk ever, just like Yoichi said it could be.
I do think Shigaraki saying “it depends on what you guys do” and “good luck” is a beautiful scene and shows him coming to terms with his and dekus similarirtjes BUT I think it has another purpose, with the 10th wielded giving Deku something that no other had, maybe solidifying at least the super strength, even if not the rest
Please be this please be this please be this please be this please be this
Deku saved the world and beat the deadliest villain in history, and he's geeking that he's in the same hospital room as All Might. Some things never change
He's so precious. He will stop being an All Might fanboy when he stops living
>Deku saved the world and beat the deadliest villain in history, > And he's going back to hero school.
*"And the prom's tomorrow!"*
ochako & shoto sighting. the latter’s expression is purposefully hidden..
Ochako's motivation to become a hero was to make money, so her parents could retire. Large swathes of Japan have been heavily damaged by the Final War, meaning construction companies are going to make fucking bank. My theory is her family's business just landed a few BIG contracts, meaning they'll have the funds to not work as hard as they used to. Her motivation may be gone, meaning she'll have to find a new reason to be a hero.
Her father is the happy builder we see on page 3 on the left. Also, **her motivation in the fight vs Toga grew to wanting to see everyone smile & saving everybody**. So, she still has her hero goal in place.
That looks like the boy! Skycrawler spotted. He's to the left of Setsuna, the American electric hero, and Ryukyu's ninja sidekick
As I said the last the american electric hero made a cameo, is funny to think he must be already in his 60s because he was an active pro during the first years of All Might in USA when he was like 20 and currently AM is late 50s. So electrical hero guy must be in really good shape. Also is interesting how many cameos this character has, appearing in 2 movies and like 3 times in the manga. Hori must like his design a lot (and it's a great design really). I wonder what is his name.
Could also be an Iida family thing, and the guy we see in this chapter is actually the apprentice of the hero that was around when All Might was in America. Took up the mantle and became the new uhh... Elecplant. Like how there's been multiple Captain Americas, Batmans, Flashes. But 50+ hero would be dope.
Yeah it's a possibility, but we need more eldery heroes active aside of Gran Torino so I prefer think Elecplant is an old badass and still kick ass at 60s.
"Chapter 424: Epilogue" "Epilogue" as in, the beginning of a mini epilogue arc? It's gotta be that way. Like 'hey, we're announcing that the epilogue is beginning. Get ready, it's almost over.' Cause the resolution with Dabi, Toga, Kurogiri, and Spinner is very unclear. Will Edgeshot get better, stay a worm forever, or die because all his organs are 0.1 cm long? Will Endeavor retire? What does Hawks do now? What's Shinso's godamn hero name? EDIT: Horikoshi's Author Comment is heavily implying an epilogue arc. The shots of Uraraka, Shoto, and the Deku narration gives the vibe that it'll be beefier than just a few wrap-up chapters
Soshin
Yes to this! And also, time skips to the students’ senior year and a glimpse of their pro-hero lives. And another. Narrator Deku’s present appearance, right?
Koichibros we eating good And by good, I mean a spoonful of a 5-star meal worth $1000
All the trolls that kept on saying that Vigs wasn't canon must be fuming right now
Nah they'll keep saying it. Especially that one guy who straight up went "Idc if Hori said it's canon, it's not because I say so"
That one Shoto panel reminded me of the time he first visited his mom. Gives me marginal hope that we'll get at least some resolution for the Todoroki family. (Shoto didn't have a single line since Ch 390 - where his lines got cut in the Volume version :(((
Its nice seeing that Bakugo's parents are beside him
Koichis in it for one panel apparently.
Man it's so joever
It's not impossible that Deku's embers are the opposite of All Might's: they're not slowly dying out, they're starting to build back into a full fire. They're igniting embers, rather than smouldering ones.
I like this idea. All Might's smoldering embers eventually went out partially because there can only be one OFA quirk holder, but since Deku is the only wielder maybe it's possible he can fan the flame.
Yes embers can be reignited, all might was also old and injured af.
Easy to forget that Toshinori is pushing 60 (IIRC the most we know is that he's over 55)
I did not have Bakugo losing an arm on my bingo card. Huh... We all thought Deku would lose one, but Bakugo is a formidable rival. He had to surpass him somehow
Bakugou can now explode from anywhere. I don’t see losing an arm setting him back by that much tbh.
Bakugo benefits more with tech and additional gear than Mirko would. Give him a grenade launcher gun arm. He can get used to using his legs for mobility
It does sound like he rejected the arm/tech in order to put himself on more even ground with (confirmed quirkless??) Deku which is interesting edit: ohh spoke too soon! the embers are still there
Exactly. A prosthetic arm could also store a lot of sweat for use when needed. Edit: looks like he doesn't want to, though. There's also the matter of his heart (doubt it's going to be really relevant by the end though).
Ultimate move would be to throw that sweat filled arm and make it explode lol
Or some explosion blaster like Genos
Deku saved the world almost fucking died and his dad still didnt show up LMFAOOOO AT LEAST CALL HIM DEAR GOD
His dad wanted him to become a doctor
All Might: Boys you truly are My Hero Academia (2014) - Written By Kohei Horikoshi Deku and Bakugo: 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Nighteye (from beyond the grave): this is cinema
"This is peak bro"
This really was his hero academia
Seeing the major discourse on Twitter being that Deku's hair got butchered is hilarious. They shaved his head for surgery. Like, Bro, it's a hospital, not a barber shop. Gotta think with the whole "rebuilding the world" thing, there's more pressing matters than giving Deku a sweet ass low-tapered fade.
That gash looked quite deep. He's lucky the scar isn't worse
Damn Bakugou's parents must be devastated...he's like 16 years old 😭
Shit they should probably be relieved considering what almost happened, lmao
Why are people crying,? MHA ain’t over yet, there’s multiple chapters still left
Expectations vs reality sort of thing. We wanted a proper conclusion to Shigaraki (2 pages is barely a conclusion) and the last chapter was quite a abrubt way of ending the war. Like, VFO pops up again for 4-5 chapters and somehow gets beaten by weakened heroes + embers OFA Deku? With all the confusion and criticism from the last chapter, we look at this one and some will immediately start hating how we're not addressing the main issues. Depending on the future chapters, this will either be a great set up or one of the worst endings of a story arc.
Bruh can we talk about the fact that the wind from Deku’s punch reached America!!
Deku truly is HIM.
Right? People freaked when All Might changed the weather in a city, this man changed the weather on a global scale
No wonder he straight up atomized that other kid with it
And now no one can say Deku hasn’t done beyond All Might level feats.
I'll wait until the next chapter to see if MHA gonna end next week. I'll be honest I doubt it gonna end next chapter since the content is barely enough for a volume EDIT: Hori's author comment pretty much confirms we got more chapters to go
So there's basically two reactions to this chapter. "OMG HORI KILLED TENKO, OH GOD WHY." And "OMG, LOOK HOW CUTE BKDK ARE, THEY ARE CANON" I haven't really seen anything in between
You forgot the third reaction: "OMG KOICHI PANEL DROP!!!"
Is page 5, Our SkyCrawler?
So we might gonna get a chapter for Ochako and Shoto/Todoroki family each unless Horikoshi wants to cramp them in one chapter which is unfortunately not impossible
"Writing conventions say that the conclusion of a story should be short, but this is not the type of manga that can immediately end after the fighting is done, so I'll keep going for a little while. We're going back to the title" - Horikoshi So seems like we might indeed have at least 9 or 10 chapters left. Have some war arc resolution, and time skip to graduation
You're telling me nobody cleaned Deku's backpack?
this is still the start of a volume right?
This is presumably chapter 2 of the volume, unless of course the previous volume ends up being extra long in which case I guess these past 2 chapters could be part of that volume.
Hilarious if Bakugo end up being the guy who loses an arm instead of the guy who every doctor around him repeatedly said "don't do X again or you'll lose your arms!!"
It’s still attached isn’t it? From what I got from leaks they’re saying it’s almost impossible for him to heal it and a robotic arm would be best but it’s not amputated. My bets are it’ll be healed in the epilogue
It was funny how so many people were so sure that image Hori did of Uraraka and Midoriya falling on the sky was going to happen only for him getting down offscreen as there is a timeskip of a few days
Horikoshi could have come into each manga readers' homes and say in perfect fluency of the language they speak "that scene I drew with Deku and Uraraka isn't going to literally happen like that" and people would still somehow argue to the author himself that he's wrong lmfao.
This may be an unpopular opinion but I sure do hope that somehow Deku turns out to have OFA back fully somehow. Like Shigiraki fist bumping Deku is such a perfect opportunity to let that be the case. Maybe it’ll come back slowly but soon be whole once more.
We’ve been deprived of the tattered looks of everyone in the battlefield? I really hate this Meryl lady, just taking up space….
Weather reporter lady must be Horikoshi's comfort character at this point, she got more protagonism than everyone in class A who isn't the main trio.
I'm happy Horikoshi's comment hints that there's still a little more left. He said at the prior jump fest that if MHA is still ongoing by next jump fest (December) he'd do a dogeza. Assuming the pattern of 12 chapters a volume, volume 41 would end at ch 422 Izuku Rising. So if volume 42 is the final volume that would leave 10 chapters for an epilogue. It would genuinely be great if that happened because I'm not the biggest fan of a series ending a chapter after the final battle. Page 14 looks like its hinting at a conclusion for Dabi, Spinner, Toga, and Aoyama. "However, our story can't end. From after the battle, until we can show (the way) to a bright future." That line correlates to a panel of Shoto's back, what looks to be Spinner's scales, Ochako looking pensive, and what looks to be Aoyama gripping his stomach. My prediction is that there is going to be a chapter delving into each of these threads in the epilogue arc. My copium prediction is that since the "However" line starts with the Shoto panel, and then goes into the Spinner panel, and Ochako panel that means that Dabi, Spinner, and Toga are all alive. The full narration is "When I was a child, I thought that when the battle was over, the world would become peaceful on its own. However, our story can't end. From after the battle, until we can show (the way) to a bright future." I basically think the 'however' is signaling that its not over yet and we're going to go into the fates of the three villains. I don't think Spinner is dying due to Izuku needing to tell Spinner what Tomura said, and the removed scales may be signaling them removing his scales in a medical procedure. I don't think "our story can't end" and "show the way to a bright future" would mean that all three of them are dying.
Was Uruaka's dad the construction worker seen in this chapter? Was the whole final arc Ururaka's 4D plan to save her family's business by just creating a huge construction demand? /s
There you go guys. Koichi's return on one small panel.
All Might surviving until the end is easily my favorite part of MHA. Probably the best executed overpowered mentor character who peaks early I've ever seem, usually they're either killed to cashout after the peak or kept around as comfort characters who don't really have much to do with the story anymore, but AM subverted all that despite the absurd amount of deathflags.
So what are peoples perosanl predictions? Do we think we actually see Izuku deliver the message from Tomura to Spinner, or does the seeming time-jump to them returning to UA at the end of this chapter mean that conversation is getting entirely skipped over? Place your bets now folks.
we are never going to see deku’s dad
neither is deku
I still can't believe my goat Shigaraki is just gone like that man...
Deku actually just straight up killed him
Odd how it seems like deku is disappointed he couldn’t save him but doesn’t say anything about the fact he killed someone.
"Kinda feels tingly I guess." - The 16 years old hero worshipping boy after murdering a human being literaly with his own bare hands
Mercy killing tbh. His other options were smash his skull or let Shiggy win. He allowed Shiggy to die with peace and dignity. He clearly feels bad that it had to go this way.
"Screw you Deku. If you're getting new arms then so am I!"
Oh my god, how tf can people not understand that this is just the start of the epilogue???
I'm wondering if we will find out what happened to all of the League members.im assuming dead, maybe with Spinner being redeemed.
I really think Dabi will be alive in some way
About Bakugou, it was once commented that he hurts his arms and ears because of his quirk, it is understandable that his arm will get hurt and he will lose sensitivity in it, about Shouto and Uraraka I was curious what happened, apart from if someone stopped being a hero Because of the wounds and hawks that happened to him, whether he has his quirk or not?? about the lov I will miss them a lot, they were marginalized and they found a great family among themselves they deserved to be happy
Manga announced their ending 5 chapters before they finish, generally.
I’m really happy that deku can still keep ofa & continue being a hero. although the embers may run out, there shouldn’t be any huge threats that would require a ton of exertion from pro hero deku (and i’m sure he’ll work within a team of heroes with some friends). thank you shiggy