After years of thrilling battles, personal growth, and unforgettable heroics, My Hero Academia has officially come to an end after nearly a decade. The series finale delivered emotional and thematic resolutions that honored its story and cemented its place as a modern shōnen classic, standing among the most popular and influential works.
By exploring the heroes’ growth and paths eight years after the Final War, the series offers fans a hopeful glimpse into the future. However, there’s one thing that holds the series back from true greatness, and if My Hero Academia ends now, it risks ruining its legacy. Before the series officially comes to a close, it must address one crucial chapter.
My Hero Academia Has Officially Reached Its Conclusion
The final episode of My Hero Academia aired on Saturday, December 13, 2025, closing nearly a decade of storytelling. The finale delivered a sense of closure through the culmination of character arcs and full-circle moments, offering audiences satisfaction by honoring the series’ strongest themes.
It gave viewers the opportunity to witness Deku and his classmates graduate from U.A. High and provided glimpses into their futures, revealing continued growth and perseverance. It shows how society has changed for the better and that Japan has healed and rebuilt since the Final War against Shigaraki.
The finale emphasized the importance of inspiration and lending a helping hand to those in need. Deku, for example, becomes a teacher at U.A., working to pass the torch to the next generation of heroes and inspiring those he comes across just as All Might once inspired him, allowing his personal journey to come full circle.
Rather than stopping there, the series ties together when All Might gives Deku his armored suit, a gift funded by his former classmates to allow him to resume pro hero work. The gesture bridges the past and present, honoring not just the story but fans’ investment in Deku’s growth as a hero, leaving a conclusion that feels earned.
The Anime Hasn’t Adapted the Series’ Epilogue
All that said, the anime is missing one crucial chapter. While the adaptation faithfully follows the series through its finale in Chapter #430, it doesn’t cover any of the events in the series’ epilogue in Chapter #431, which delivers strong, meaningful resolutions and deeper insights into the characters’ futures.
The two come to the realization that they shouldn’t always be putting others’ needs ahead of their own and that it’s okay for them to live however they want, leading to another open-to-interpretation ending that feels far more fulfilling.
The epilogue addresses several lingering questions that the conclusion hadn’t clarified or left open for interpretation. In this chapter, Class 1-A’s rankings are shown, highlighting where each student’s skills and personal growth have placed them. It also shares how much Deku loves his job as a teacher by confirming that if he hadn’t lost One For All, he’d likely still teach.
Most significantly, the epilogue details massive developments between Deku and Uraraka. The two come to the realization that they shouldn’t always be putting others’ needs ahead of their own and that it’s okay for them to live however they want, leading to another open-to-interpretation ending that feels far more fulfilling.
Without the Epilogue, My Hero Academia Feels Incomplete
The epilogue is a character-focused chapter that is both heartwarming and hopeful. By showing the characters embracing their own paths, the chapter reinforces the series’ broader themes of growth, resilience, and legacy. It shows how certain endings can be just as important as any battle, and proves that emotional resolutions can resonate just as strongly.
It extends the narrative beyond immediate solutions and offers a far more reflective look into what heroism can look like in personal, everyday lives. By focusing on the characters’ personal growth, the epilogue did what the finale hadn’t and closed off the final loose ends of the story and central characters.
Deku and Uraraka benefit most from the epilogue, which provides a satisfying emotional endpoint that addresses their selflessness and flaws, allowing them to finally grow through self-awareness and find happiness in their personal lives rather than solely focusing their energy on helping others.
Without this epilogue in the animated series, the storyline feels somewhat incomplete. While the ending provided was largely satisfying and many fans are responding positively, Chapter #431 could have elevated it to reinforce the characters’ narrative and legacy through a fully realized, meaningful conclusion.
My Hero Academia’s Epilogue Deserves To Be Animated
While My Hero Academia’s anime is over, there is hope that the epilogue will be animated in the future. The series ends with the phrase “Our journey continues on…,” leaving room for speculation among audiences, with some hoping it means there will be future projects, such as a special episode, an OVA, or another film.
As a chapter that covers the significant growth of the story’s central characters, it deserves a place in the anime.
While nothing is confirmed, a special episode could cover the epilogue and provide a more complete sense of closure. Similarly, if the series creates a fifth feature film, the epilogue could be sewn into a new, longer storyline that offers an unforgettable final payoff that honors both the anime series and Chapter #431.
If the series never adapts the story’s epilogue, it could hurt the series in the long run and disappoint loyal, longtime fans of the source material and anime-only watchers who may never experience it otherwise. As a chapter that covers the significant growth of the story’s central characters, it deserves a place in the anime.
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2016 – 2025-00-00
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TBS, MBS, Nippon TV
- Directors
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Shouji Ikeno, Tsuyoshi Tobita, Ikuro Sato, Takudai Kakuchi, Masashi Abe, Tetsuya Miyanishi, Kazuma Komatsu, Yoshifumi Sasahara, Masayuki Otsuki, Daisuke Tsukushi, Takayuki Yamamoto, Yohei Fukui, Takuro Tsukada, Masatoyo Takada, Naomi Nakayama, Sayaka Morikawa, Takanori Yano
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Daiki Yamashita
Izuku Midoriya (voice)
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Kaito Ishikawa
Manga Fukidashi (voice)
