My Hero Academia: More is now officially streaming worldwide, delivering the perfect conclusion to an iconic manga and anime series. The main story ended with the anime’s final episode last December, and everyone already knew this was going to be an epilogue chapter giving us a look at the cast after the 8-year timeskip.
The episode adapts the additional epilogue chapter included in the manga’s final Volume 42. There are no high stakes, no expected twists or big fights. Still, after watching the episode, it feels like it was absolutely necessary to be animated.
There’s a special opening animation featuring “THE REVO,” which was the opening theme song for the final TV anime season. It quickly reminds us that Deku’s gone through enough, setting the tone for the more peaceful time that they’re now living through. The first characters we see are the Big Three alongside Ochaco, who is the main focus of the episode. During the walk, Sun Eater asks her whether she gets any time to herself, which already tells us that she’s probably still contemplating on things.
It’s unsurprising that Lemillion made it to the Number 1 hero, and another main part of the episode was the reveal of everyone’s rankings. I was surprised to see Mt Lady was Number 3, though a lot of Class 1-A managed to rank within the top 50. Bakugo’s drop was not surprising, although it was beautiful to see that he grew even more emotionally. He’s the one who tells Deku to pull it together, and that if he trearts everyone as special it means no one really is.
I’m also not sure if it was an actual hint, but Kirishima asking Bakugo about why he got the special soft seats in the first place also made me think Bakugo did it for someone special of his own, if not for kids.
The adaptation was almost 1-for-1 to the manga, only elevating certain scenes even further. The main one being the entire point of the episode and chapter, the closure of everyone’s favorite ship-Deku and Ochaco. I do think it was a bit weird that they just let 8 years pass before they realized they wanted to be with each other, and that it took Deku getting the armor for them to start seeing each other more.
However, that didn’t stop the scene of realization from being just as wholesome, finally somewhat canonizing their relationship and revealing that the “More” refers to the two of them wanting to spend more time with each other. Another fun part was the mobilization of Class 1-A scene, which was a double page in the manga but the anime was able to let most of the characters get a few seconds of spotlight as they sped after the criminals. Was there really a need for all of them to go after a random criminal? Probably not, but it was sure cool to see the entire class back in action again.
Overall, My Hero Academia: More perfectly adapts the bonus chapter from the manga, utilizing the possibilities of the medium to give the perfect conclusion to the 10-year anime adaptation. While I wish we also saw what Eri and her generation were like in the current timeline, it seems like they already have that in the works with a new short anime.
Kohei Horikoshi drew the My Hero Academia manga for Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump from July 2014 until August 2024. The series ended last year after a 10-year run, getting numerous illustrations and messages for the conclusion. The author also drew a special illustration for this episode’s premiere:
anime corner was provided an advanced digital screening of My Hero Academia: More for review. The episode is now streaming on Crunchyroll.
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