My Hero Academia: What Can We Expect From the Series’ Epilogue Arc?

How will My Hero Academia’s new epilogue bring it all to an end?

My Hero Academia has already brought its biggest conflict to a finish, so what can we expect to see from the manga’s epilogue before it all concludes once and for all? My Hero Academia eventually completed the war against All For One and Tomura Shigaraki as Izuku Midoriya worked with the rest of the surviving heroes to deal one more blow against the villain and vanquish him for good. Thankfully, the newest chapter of the manga verified that the conflict truly came to a conclusion so it’s time for Deku and the rest of Japan to heal from everything that’s happened so far.

My Hero Academia has began a special epilogue arc that will be exploring Deku and the other young heroes as they heal from the conflict, and series creator Kohei Horikoshi indicated that this will be an extended plot that allows the series to come to its proper finale. But as for which direction this new epilogue will take, My Hero Academia’s newest chapter also teases the stories we’ll see in the epilogue with its final moments as it closes out on Deku, Katsuki Bakugo, Ochaco Uraraka, Shoto Todoroki, and even a hint that we’ll see the surviving villains end their story.

How Will My Hero Academia End?

My Hero Academia Chapter 424 essentially lays out its plans for the epilogue arc with its final two pages. As Deku states that they all have to travel beyond in order to reestablish peace after the conflict, there are brief glimpses at Deku himself, Bakugo, Shoto, and Ochaco before glancing at a wrecked U.A. Academy building. There’s also a tease that we’ll see a follow up on the final surviving member of the League of Villains as well, Spinner, with some scales left behind from his enormous war form.

Even if fans might like longer endings for more of the cast, the selection of characters here makes sense because they all had important backstories related to the climactic conflict, which viewers must see concluded as the story comes to a finish. Deku needs to find out how to be the world’s greatest hero, Bakugo needs to learn how to move on without his greatest rival to inspire him, Ochaco potentially needs to resolve her love for Deku, Shoto and the Todoroki family need to have a final comforting one another scene after the Dabi fight, and Spinner needs to see what kind of new world this could potentially be for him after so much prejudice drove him to villainy.

The full closure that fans of My Hero Academia would certainly like to see for many of the smaller character arcs and stories is probably not going to happen because the finale would be far too lengthy. Horikoshi pointed out that although it will take some time, it won’t take a whole year to complete. Fans should get ready for the actual end of it all because there won’t be many chapters left at most to wrap up some of the greatest character arcs.