Boku No Hero Academia is one of the landmark manga of the 21st Century. Here's a look back at its ten-year run.
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Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 12
「縷の希望たち」 (Ichiru no Kibou-tachi) "Threads of Hope" A name so absurd that on anyone else it would be laughable.
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Boku no Hero Academia Season 4 – 12
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Boku no Hero Academia Season 6 – 12
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Boku no Hero Academia Season 7 – 12
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Boku no Hero Academia Season 5 – 12 (Episode 100)
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Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 04
「継承」 (Keishou) "Inheritance" It isn’t always this good, but at its top end BnHA still puts those shounen pretenders to shame.
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 08
「敵(ヴィラン)連合vs雄英生」 (Viran Rengou Bui Esu Yuuei Sei) "League of Villains vs. U.A. Students" Well, that can't be good.
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 06
「エンカウンター2」 (Enkauntaa 2) "Encounter 2" The odds are anything but even here.
Boku no Hero Academia Manga – 337
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Boku no Hero Academia 7 – 04
「皆がヒーローになるまでの物語」 (Min'na ga Hīrou ni Naru Made no Monogatari) "The Story of How We All Became Heroes" A last stand for idealism?
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 01
「静かな始まり」 ( Shizukana hajimari ) "A Quiet Beginning" The stage is set for Boku no Hero Academia to catch a lot people sleeping.
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 24
「未成年の主張」 (Miseinen no Shuchou) "A Young Woman's Declaration" Let’s hear it for crybaby heroes.
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 18
「谷いずくと信楽戸村」 (Midoriya Izuku to Shigaraki Tomura) "Izuku Midoriya and Tomura Shigaraki" He’s the hero for a reason, you know.
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 21
「麗しきレディ・ナガン」 (Uruwashiki Redi Nagan) "The Lovely Lady Nagant" The very foundation of hero society is rooted in exceptionalism – and that’s its greatest weakness.
Boku no Hero Academia 7 – 08
「二つの赫灼」 (Futatsu no Kakushaku) "Two Flashfires" No one epitomizes the hollowness of the hero label in BnHA more than Todoroki Enji does.
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 05
「破滅のボルテージ」 (Hametsu no Borutēji") "The Thrill of Destruction" Too bad he didn't hit the snooze.
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Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 02
「No.5のミルコさん」 (No. 5 no Mirko-san ) "#5 Mirko-san" So far, it’s the lesser stars that are shining brightest.
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 20
「刺客」 (Shikaku) "Hired Gun" There's something quite touching about watching Toshinori, formerly the most formidable hero in the land, trying to act like a parent to Deku now.
Boku no Hero Academia 7 – 13
「連なる星霜」 (Tsuranaru Seisou) "A Chain of Events, Across the Ages" Mirio Very Productive
Boku no Hero Academia 7 – 16
「ここに至るまでの連なり」 ( Koko ni Itaru Made no Tsuranari) "The Chain Thus Far" If victory is ever achieved, what sort of world follows it depends very much on the…
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 16
「地獄の轟くん家 2」 (Jigoku no Todoroki-kun-chi 2) "The Hellish Todoroki Family, Part 2" Does regret matter?
Boku no Hero Academia Manga – 336
Nomadic Heroes and their Spirit Animals. *Gasps in Spanish*
Boku no Hero Academia 7 – 06
「Division」 You didn’t think Class 1-B was just there as a foil, did you?
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 14
「極々、地獄)」 (Gokukoku, Jigoku") "Hellish Hell" All of Izuku's narration in the A-part can be boiled down to "things are really bad".
Boku no Hero Academia Manga – 335
Rages in Kacchan. It still baffles me that fans of the anime don't read this manga, experiencing Horikoshi's drawings is such a treat.
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 13
「ラストステージ」 (Rasuto Sutēji) "Final Performance" Among the League of Villains at least, the sense of personal loyalty is no different than it is among the heroes.
Boku no Hero Academia 6 – 07
「災害歩行」 (Saigai Woukaa) "Disaster Walker" It was a hell of a week at Bones Plaza.