#bnha final chapter

[thats-miss-spider-to-you]

he ain’t looking at the future, folks

[epickiya722]

You know what the moment it was revealed Izuku was left with the embers back in 424, I knew he was going to become Horikoshi's previous protagonist from 2008... Jack Midoriya.

I'm sure almost everyone has heard of Jack Midoriya, right?

Well, guess what, you are today!

Let me just point out something that I noticed when it comes to Horikoshi and his concepts and characters. Some of the characters are characters from his previous works and maybe he has used a certain concept before. Izuku Midoriya and his story is no different. It's been told before but in a different flavor.

(I kid you not that every time I think I'm done finding every character and concept Horikoshi has used before, I'm not done. I'll probably make a post of a list!)

For those who don't know, Horikoshi had an one-shot manga published back in 2008, which is 16 years ago, called My Hero. Already seems familiar, doesn't it?

Well, it should be. My Hero Academia is like a more revamped version of that story, just expanded with more added themes and characters and a different setting.

In summary of My Hero, Jack Midoriya is a salesman who wants to be a hero, but due to being anemic and failing his Hero License exam (yes, that exists), he can't become one officially. However, it doesn't stop him from trying! Throughout the story, Jack does still try to be a hero, using the gadgets the company he works for makes. Spoiler alert, by the end of the story, he is recognized as a hero. Especially, by the one person he has looked up, Snipe aka the real Positive, the mantle Jack used during his vigilante run.

Now, how does this may relate to Izuku Midoriya?

Throughout the story, it seemed that a quirk, a good one, is what was needed for someone to be a Hero. Izuku was born Quirkless and his dreams of being a Hero seemed fruitless, nearly shut down when his role model, All Might tells him so. (Which Snipe does to Jack.) However, after trying to save Katsuki, All Might sees that Izuku does have the ambition to be a Hero and Izuku inherits the One For All Quirk from him.

Now I know some of you said that was pointless for him to have a Quirk and then lose if he was going to become a Hero anyways using gadgets.

But, folks, that was it. There is a point. And the point is... it was pointless.

Here's what I'm getting...

One theme I think is often looked over is "be your unapologetic self" and another could be "work with what you have".

Izuku never needed a Quirk to be the best Hero he could be because he already had Heroic qualities, but he did need a Quirk to see that.

One For All was a Quirk that needed to be gone. It was a curse disguised as a blessing. It worked so to challenge Izuku into becoming the Hero he always meant to be. Just as Jack Midoriya did in his story.

Now that Izuku is Quirkless, he now can become that Hero. He still has room to grow and learn from what he did fail at in the past to be better in the future.

It wasn't something he was going to learn overnight just as society isn't going to change overnight.

While MHA has some fantasy elements, just like many other stories before and after, it is a reflection of the real world sometimes. One reality is that it takes a long time to finally understand something.

In real life, it takes people years to understand "Hey, that's not right" or "maybe I should change this about me".

The characters of MHA are no different.

"Society hasn't changed, there's still discrimination, there's still rankings and---"

Well, yeah. Again reflection of the real world.

And just because the changes aren't seen, doesn't mean that they can't happen or that they didn't happen.

The last chapter gave us glimpses of what transpires over the eight years. What if those events have changed? Even not then, what about later?

"What about the talk between Katsuki and Izuku?" Just because we didn't see it, didn't mean it didn't happen. It was revealed Katsuki put in a lot of money for Izuku's Hero equipment, so that's a sign for me that they did talk some more because knowing Katsuki, he wouldn't have just done that unless he knew Izuku would be okay with it somehow.

Hell, they still had two years of high school left together. You're telling me it's impossible that they didn't have a talk?!

Sometimes I feel like some of you decide "this sucks" is because you just don't have the patience to try to decipher the message yourself. You want it handed out to you.

Not me, I want a writer to challenge my imagination because that gets my mind working and really engaged with the story. I might not understand it, but it's not that big of a deal for me. I'll still try to understand and if I never get it, I'll just move on.

Really my overall take from "Izuku being Quirkless again but still a Hero" among other things is that yeah, work with what you have. Just because you receive something that may be a blessing, it will also curse you in some way. The things and changes you want won't happen overnight, it takes time. Izuku was already a Hero, or at least one in the making.

And honestly, Izuku wearing a suit (because he's a teacher) and still being a Hero with gadgets just visually is like a reminder of "I'm not forgetting where I started" from Horikoshi.

It's wholesome in a way that he went back to an earlier work and still used his intended concept for Izuku (he wanted to make him an adult but had to change it to Izuku being a high schooler) of his last chapter. Full circle! My Hero may not be Horikoshi's first work (yes, folks, it's not), but it's familiar.

And I know some of you may not care for my opinion because I'm sure this post made you feel some kind of way (not my intention, but damn it, I'm tired of not expressing how I feel), but I know some of you might.

My overall thought of the finale? It is not as bad as some of you make it out to be. I'm sure there are worse endings out there and it's not like Izuku didn't become a Hero. It's not like Izuku didn't have people by his side because he did.

"But he was lonely." Well, you would, too if you couldn't hang out with your friends. But they're adults now and busy. Izuku is busy, too, he's a teacher.

"But Izuku's feelings!" Cut it because this is the same fandom where some of you don't care how he feels. He cries, it was annoying to you. Oh, but when he was neglecting himself y'all sure was like "yeah so badass".

I see myself in Izuku with how he treats his emotions. He's expressive, but he also tends to keep in his feelings. He even keeps them from us, the audience.

"Eight years it took him to be a Hero again!" Back to my original point. Izuku was always a Hero. You don't have to go out there and fight to be one. You don't need a Quirk to be one.

Overall, I don't hate the ending at all. It have easily been worse.

Sure I would have loved more Miruko, but I'm glad she's alive and some other Heroes didn't get the spotlight like that anyways. She is still a minor character, so I'm not actually upset. 😆

[greenhappyseed]

Oh man, only 5 MHA chapters left. That means we’re ending on Ch. 430 & it will come out the same week the 4th movie premieres in Japan!!! Ahhhhhhhh!

[swordsandarrows]

I'm trying so hard not to hold my breath for 430 because I reeeaaaalllllyyyyy don't wanna end up disappointing myself (again). But at the same time I'm so hopeful all the foreshadowing, imagery, and crytpic language through the entire series culminates to something profound & satisfying. Not just for bkdk but the story itself.

At the end of the day though, MHA has become an incredibly important part of my life and I'm grateful I got involved with it when I did. No matter what happens in the final chapter, my appreciation and love for it won't change ♡

[broccoliboix5peepeeman]

[eleiwitch]

One last time, everyone.

[phantomheartless5]

BNHA 430 Leaks

So here we are, the grand finale.

(Spoilers Under the Cut. Do not proceed if you plan to wait for the official release)

The chapter begins with Izuku repeating the opening narration from the first chapter, albeit with some differences.

"People are not born equal. Each of us has a different form or shape but despite that, we still care for others. And these differences, both internal and external, allow us to run towards other people and search for a point of intersection."

And here we meet an older, adult Izuku, who has become a teacher at U.A, and it's revealed that the narration throughout the series has been him writing a memoir of his life.

Cutting back to the past, we're treated to a montage of events including but not limited to:

Recovery Girl and a fully recovered All Might helping Gran Torino walk.

Students taking exams and performing in the Sports Festival.

Mirko testing her new prosthetics.

Mt Lady and Kamui Woods working together.

Shoji and Koda meeting a Heteromorph scientist.

Tokoyami and Hawks talking.

Aizawa and Present Mic at a graveyard, possibly mourning the loss of Shirakumo and Midnight.

Endeavor with his sidekicks.

Melissa Shield meeting Class 2-A.

Bakugo in rehab for his arm.

Izuku and Uraraka wearing scarves in the snow together.

The League of Villains book being sold and Mr. Compress reading the book.

Kota and Eri holding hands (NEW SHIP ALERT!)

Panels of the embers of OFA fading away.

Class 2-A graduating with Bakugo blowing up the stage after Iida's speech.

Fast forward 8 years later, and we meet a boy named Dai (And the name reminds me of Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai) in his classroom. The teacher asks what the students want to be and Dai wants to be a hero, but one of the other students says he'll never make it with his Quirk, which we later learn lets him pull plates out of his hair. Also there are fewer villains now and the number of heroes have stabilized. After school, Dai heads to the All Might statue and remarks that things have changed. When he was younger, everyone wanted to be a hero, but most have moved on, leaving him feeling like the only one who still wants to be a hero.

We also get to see what some of the Class A students have been doing in the past eight years. Shoji received the Imamura award for his efforts in peacefully resolving prejudice-based incidents involving heteromorphs. Meanwhile, Uraraka created the Quirk Counseling Expansion project, likely in honor of Himiko Toga. We also see an older Eri with her friends attending a music club. Shoto patrols the city day and night and hardly anyone calls him Endeavor's son anymore, having finally thrown off the shackles of his painful family history.

We cut to Izuku and Aizawa talking with Aizawa showing Deku a video of Bakugo screaming at a civilian for filming him too closely. Some things never change. Aizawa asks Izuku if he's ever lonely, but Izuku says he's fine, feeling he can uses his experiences to help others even without a Quirk. Aizawa advises him to be stricter with his students so they don't get too arrogant.

On his way home from work, Izuku runs into Dai at the All Might Statue, which now has statues of other people rooting for him. Recognizing Izuku, he asks him one simple question: Could he become a hero like him and All Might?

My, how things have come full circle.

Remembering that he him asked that very question to All Might, Izuku's answer? Yes. Yes, Dai can be a hero simply because he attempted to help someone and that he should do his best. And that's where the chapter ends...

But wait, there's more!!!!

All Might comes in and hands Izuku a briefcase. Technology has come a long way in eight years and the data from his climactic battle with AFO years ago yielded new possibilities. That's right, Izuku now has support gear! This was developed by a friend of his from the US (possibly David Shield) and Hatsume and was financed by the Class A alumni, especially Bakugo. So congrats to all of you who predicted this. The final panel of the series is a beautiful double spread of the Class A Students as adults in their hero costumes off to save the day. And on that note, and I can't believe I'm actually about to say these words, My Hero Academia comes to a close.

Wow... 10 years, 430 chapters, 4 films, 41 volumes, 7 seasons with a possible 8th on the way, and it all leads to this. It's just so... surreal. Even as I type all this, it still hasn't fully sunk in yet. It's hard to believe that My Hero Academia is finally over. I mean, yes, we still have the anime, but unless there's a sequel in the works, these characters we've come to know and love will be gone, possibly forever.

Still, I suppose the only thing I can say is... Thank you, Hori. Though there were some bumps in the road, and some writing choices I wasn't too fond of, reading My Hero Academia has been an incredible journey for me and I am truly going to miss this manga and its wonderful cast of memorable characters. I wish you all the best in your future endeavors.

Thanks again, Hori. Thanks for 10 years of Plus Ultra!

[arazsen]

MHA CHAPTER 430 SPOILERS

It's over.

My Hero Academia has concluded its decade-long run. I am in shambles.

This story has always had a special place in my heart. I literally GREW UP with these characters. I do not care what anyone else says about this ending. It was perfect to me.

I may be uncontrollably sobbing on my beanbag as I write this, but I am happy. I'm so fucking happy that this is the ending we got. I could not have asked for a better one.

The way that Midoriya became a teacher at UA to help teach the next generations of heroes is so bittersweet and so perfect.

The way that kids were talking about Midoriya, Bakugou, and Todoroki in the dame sentences as All Might and Endeavor will forever make me so fucking proud of them!

The way Midoriya tells a little middle school boy he can become a hero in front of the All Might Statue is something I will never have the proper words for.

And let's never forget how for 8 WHOLE YEARS Bakugou and the rest of Class A (Mostly Bakugou) funded the making of Midoriya's support gear without him knowing, just so he can become a hero again.

It's perfect. Everything is so fucking perfect.

And to Horikoshi Kohei, from the bottom of my heart, thank you. Thank you so much for creating such a beautiful story. Thank you so much for making such amazing characters. And thank you so so much for everything you and your team have put into this world that I love so dearly.

And as a final goodbye to my favorite manga ever, let's end this rant with a saying from my favorite heroes!

Go Beyond, PLUS ULTRA!!