My Hero Academia ENDING EXPLAINED! | Final Chapter Breakdown

My Hero Academia has finally come to an end with chapter 430 and in this video I’ll explain what’s good/bad about the ending AND my thoughts on whether the story reached it’s full potential!

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00:00 Final Chapter RECAP!
02:55 The Ending was Great
06:15 The Ending Sucked
08:50 Did MHA Reach it's potential?

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My Hero Academia has finally come to an end with chapter 430 and in todays video I’ll explain what’s good about the ending what’s bad about the ending and my thoughts on whether the story reached it’s full potential. On a personal level, 5 years ago my first video was a crappy review of chapter 234, since MHA was the first series where I’d watched the anime and felt like I had to read ahead to find out what happens next. For me this lead to a domino effect where I began reading ahead for other series as well like Black Clover and Attack on Titan, so personally My Hero Academia was a super important gateway manga and without it this channel probably wouldn’t exist. Now when it comes to the ending, my honest initial reaction was just sympathy for Deku like I genuinely felt bad for how his life turned out after graduation.

As a quick recap for those of you that might not’ve seen the ending, the final chapter begins with Midoriya in his 20s having now become a teacher at UA. Unlike the rest of his classmates who’ve grown up to become famous heroes, Deku is quirkless, as it’s implied that the embers of One For All disappeared around the time of his graduation. In the 8 years since then society has changed a lot, with people learning from the mistakes they made with Shigaraki and reaching out to help each other. On top of that, thanks to Ochaco more kids now have access to quirk counselling, with the heroes essentially trying to prevent kids like Toga from becoming outcasts in society. Overall these initiatives lead to a decrease in the amount of villains, meaning the amount of heroes needed these days isn’t as much as it used to be. For that reason, teenagers don’t all want to become heroes like in the old days, instead we see a classroom of kids who aspire to become doctors or work in the world of technology. However when it comes to Dai, he’s one of the few kids that holds on to the dream of becoming a pro hero, even though it’s more difficult now than it was before. As the chapter progresses we see Deku walking home after his 9-5 job, admitting that since graduation it’s been hard to meet up with his friends, given that their schedules never seem to line up. During this scene, the background shows that Tokoyami and Inivisible Girl have their own merchandise for sale, implying that on top of being famous they’re also pretty rich as well. From Midoriya’s perspective although he’s happy for everyone’s success he does confess that he misses being a hero but without a quirk, the next best thing he can do is inspire others to reach that dream. That’s why when he bumps into Dai he encourages him to do his best, in a moment that parallels what All Might said to him 10 years ago. Speaking of All Might he’s still alive and in the final moments of the chapter, the former number 1 hero reveals he has a special gift. Over the last few years he’s been working with Melissa Shield and Hatsume, to create an iron man suit, similar to what he wore during the final war. This suit was funded by Bakugo and the rest of Deku’s old classmates and in the final panel, we see that after all this time Midoriya has rejoined them as a pro hero.

Having had some time to think about this ending I made a list of the good and the bad and in the interests of positivity lets start by talking about what worked. Firstly the impact that Deku had on society was amazing, cause from the beginning he was one of the few true heroes who wasn’t in it for money or fame or legacy, he legit only wanted to reach out and help people, and this mindset is something that’s now been adopted by everyone. The best example of this is how on the first page, one of Deku’s students, is the same guy who was locked in the basement by his own family for years. In the past this type of mistreated outcast would’ve had potential to become the next Shigaraki but thanks to the example that Midoriya set, he wasn’t ignored by society in the same way as Tenko.

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[TurtleQuirk]

Shoutout to Horikoshi for grinding for 10 whole years to create what is overall an amazing series. Even though the manga is over, I have a feeling that the upcoming movie won’t be the last. Maybe it’s me being optimistic but the ending left so much potential for a movie during their 2nd or 3rd year at UA (someone pls come back to this comment in 3 years to tell me if I was right)

[Andrew_BIake]

NGL, as someone who tried (and quit) being a teacher after two years, I have extreme sympathy for Deku...
I'm less stressed working in a hospital (Biomedical Scientist) than I ever was working in a school!

[davekisman]

I hope Iron Deku trains himself, like Batman. That way he'll become one of the greatest combatant heroes.

[davekisman]

It would've been better if Horikoshi also included Katsuma alongside Kota.

[TitaniumCranium]

Thank you for your coverage over the years. The what if series was one of my favorite videos you made. 👍🙏

[Brendangatenby-mgix]

thank you horikoshi for this show that made me smile, laugh, tear up and have moments that i will always cherish and inspire me untill my finals days and i wish horikoshi all the best in his future endeavors

cheers 🍷🍸🍸

i have mixed feeling about this chapters, like it mostly good but i do have a few issues one been the ending feeling super rushed (hopefully season 8 will be aleast 30 ep so they can expand upon certain scenes)

firstly, it great seeing the grown up versions of these character and to see how there stories end, although i do we had more chapter dedicated to post timeskip world (the fan artist are going to have a field day)

"chicken dr " is the yoshi dr who was first appered in ch 301

also gentle and la brava got married which is nice to see that there love is still as strong as ever

also also, if you look next to panel of deku foot, you can see kamanari and jiro angencies are next door to each other and uraraka has a air filter around her neck similar to deku

secondly, i love the full circle moment of deku inspiring other like all might did for him and telling a child "you can be become a hero" is amazing showing his growth from who was inspired by his hero to become an inspirstion to others

also, i believe "do your best kid" is what the guy with the ninja star on his head said in ch 1 to deku which is a nice call back

thirdly, i am abit dissapointed that deku lost ofa like i can understand the narrative reasoning of "you dont need a quirk to be a hero" but it feel very cruel for deku to earn a quirk from his mentor and work so hard to master it to give it up in the end

dont get me wrong i really like deku amoured suit and there is no doubt wil be strong enough to take on afo.level threats, .I just would have pefered it if he aleast kept the embers and had the iron deku suit to compensate or the ofa reingited somehow

i dont know, maybe i will warm up to iron man deku but im not sure really how to feel at the moment untill i sit on and think about it for a while

farewell mha
go beyond, plus ultra

[chrisartis]

It's an 8/10 for me, needed a few more chapters but at the end the kid who wanted to be a great hero and help people ended up becoming a great hero that helped people.

People too focused on him not having powers and working a regular job (a job he says he enjoys cause it allows him to still help and guide others). Deku never cared to be famous and just wanted to help, he's still doing that.

[Gamerlord]

Afo is gone and so OFA has no more reason to exist.

The current generation is much stronger than the previous one and Mirio DID give up on being a hero for a while and begged Eri to give his quirk back. OFA wasnt erased with her quirk it faded away naturally and Deku would never ask that of Eri.

The doomsday theory can be addressed in a sequel potentially and even then it wasn't that big of a deal because its gonna take a few generations to become an actual problem.

[rainbowdragon]

I remember first reading the MHA manga in 2019 and watching the anime the same year after a friend of mine recommended it to me since at the time I wanted to watch an anime. I’m so glad to have watched this series and to have read the manga. Thank you to Horikoshi for making this series and after ten whole years, it has come to an end. One thing I wish we could’ve gotten answers for is who Deku’s dad is? I wish he made an appearance

[GJames-Legend]

Im so sad this story is over now, mha holds a special place in my heart alongside animes like bleach - Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - HunterXHunter - Jujutsu Kaisen and tower of god. Still though I feel like the story ended too soon and their were so many things that were still unresolved in the story like the quirk singularity doomsday theory - or who did all for one steal the stockpile power quirk from and all for one’s friends all over the world.

[maximummidoriya]

I like the ending, but I get not liking parts of it. But people are just making stuff up about not getting recognition, or his friends leaving him, and more. People need to read the chapter…

[Katsum]

I honestly liked the ending. Honestly, I think people also fail to realize one of the reasons Deku also probably had to stop was because his body took HEAVY damage beyond repair

[SickVidsNick]

As funny as the memes have been, I do think that solely Deku's ending is actually pretty decent. I don't think it's the greatest ending ever for him and I don't think Horokoshi stuck the landing perfectly, but I feel like people are blowing his ending out of proportion. It's been set up from the beginning that you don't need superpowers/a quirk to make heroic contributions and it's also been set up that OFA would fade away from Deku. The execution for these points could be criticized, but people are acting like these two things haven't been core points that the series have made shows that people don't pay attention. I do think it was weird to add in the little anecdote that Deku doesn't really talk to his classmates and that nothing came out of the Uraraka relationship. There are a lot of valid criticisms to be made about MHA's ending as a whole but I feel like people are really exaggerating about Deku's specific ending.

[dychrisshandonsmith]

Keep it up on your work and this video and channel
I love this video and channel
Thanks you for your video and channel

I love my hero academia all franchise

[mrkitloin]

MHA’s ending really doesn’t make any sense, you’re telling me that Deku was broadcast beating shigaraki and everyone was CHEERING for him and at the end he… fades into obscurity and lives a quiet life as a teacher??? If someone saved the world irregardless if they lost their powers after or not they would not be able to catch a break from the crowds and they would have world governments offering lots of money to get Deku a new hero suit that can give him some of his powers back. There’s NO WAY you can just return to a quiet life for EIGHT YEARS after saving the world.

[neitomonoma]

7:00 I had the exact same problem with the ending. Mirio got permeation back. Some of the quirks AFO stole came back to their original owners. Horikoshi don't even hesitate to bring people back from death: Bakugo, Endeavor, Allmight (who was literally becoming a vestige when Bakugo saved him with his second out-of-nowhere power up), and even that Yakuza gramps. But for Deku? There was no miracle for him.

We will never see the new symbol of peace...

[onepunchmanever]

Im heart broken he is quirk-less this sucks he should have awaken a new or his own quirk that would be amazing ending

[eduardomorales]

I blame the fans for how he decided to end the manga

[alexismaldonado]

It’s so stupid. His whole goal is to become the number one hero and he didn’t. Oh well at least it’s over now.

[jeremiahscott]

To be fair, if you’re fighting someone who can destroy a city with a flick of their fingers, you’re gonna need more than just support equipment

Hell, even Batman has super power pills for this😂😂😂😂😂