We may have said goodbye to our favorite UA heroes, but we’ll be reunited with them once again as adults.
My Hero Academia released a trailer for the special episode titled “More,” which adapts Chapter 431 of the manga. Taking place eight years after the conclusion of the final fight, the episode will take viewers into the heroes’ lives as they take on Pro Hero duties and responsibilities. The preview shows that after all of these years, the heroes are still friends. “More” will release on May 2 on Crunchyroll.
My Hero Academia, written and illustrated by Kohei Horikoshi, debuted on July 7, 2014 in Weekly Shonen Jump and running for more than 10 years until August 5, 2024. The manga has over 100 million copies as of April 2024 and is one of the best-selling manga series of all time. MHA has won numerous awards including “Print Manga” at the 2015 Next Manga Awards, and “Best Manga” at the Sugoi Japan Awards and Harvey Awards.
The series has inspired an anime adaptation with Studio Bones helming. The first season premiered in April 2016 with Season 2 launching a year later and Season 3 in April 2018. Season 4 took a little longer with a premiere in October 2019 with Season 5 taking almost two years to premiere in March 2021. Season 6 launched in October 2022, Season 7 premiered in May 2024 with only 21 episodes. The last season aired with the least amount of episodes in the show’s history with 11 episodes in October 2025.
A story set in a world full of heroes and villains, My Hero Academia follows one boy who was never born with any kind of superpowers and yet still dreamed of becoming the greatest superhero in the world. When Deku unexpectedly receives his idol All Might’s superpower, known as Quirks, called One for All, he also has unknowingly accepted a decades-long conflict against All Might’s nemesis All for One. The storytelling and character development, as well as Horikoshi’s detailed artwork, has made My Hero Academia one of the best-selling manga series with 85 million copies in circulation.
All eight seasons can be streamed on Crunchyroll.
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