My Hero Academia Season 8, Episode 9 covers manga chapters 424-426, slowing down the pace a bit to better focus on the emotion of this major moment for the heroes. It\u2019s a time of celebration, new beginnings, and healing, as the world moves forward from its darkest hour, and fans take some time to say an extended farewell to a shonen anime classic. This episode in particular is a milestone of its own, as Class 1-A officially completes their first year at UA to become Class 2-A.<\/p>\n
Bakugo Handles Deku Losing His Quirk Just as Poorly as the MHA Fandom<\/p>\n
My Hero Academia\u2019s first epilogue episode is characterized by heartfelt reunions, with one of the most notable being Bakugo, Midoriya and All Might\u2019s meeting in the hospital. All three heroes have been left in dire straights by the battle against Shigaraki and All For One<\/a>, and it\u2019s an uphill road to recovery.<\/p>\n For Bakugo, it means he\u2019ll need extensive physical therapy to even have a hope of using his right arm again, but there are no gaurtunees. Of course, this is still Kacchan at the end of the day, so he\u2019ll certainly be fine. One character who won\u2019t ever be the same, though, is Izuku Midoriya. As Bakugo learns through a face full of tears, Deku is essentially quirkless again after having transferred One For All into Shigaraki.<\/p>\n This news hits Bakugo extremely hard, as he has lost his greatest rival, and the person he always hoped to compete with. Deku losing his quirk like this has always been a controversial decision for a large swath of the MHA fandom since it first was revealed in the manga, but Deku\u2019s reaction to Bakugo\u2019s tears says everything fans need to know about the matter. Deku reassures Bakugo, \u201cthat\u2019s how I was in the first place. I don\u2019t regret it or anything.\u201d<\/p>\n Deku might\u2019ve lost his quirk, but he has held on to the most important parts of his journey in MHA, which are the courage, wisdom and maturity he gained. Those are things he could never lose. That proves Midoriya\u2019s story was not a waste<\/a>, despite what the initial kneejerk reaction for many fans of Deku \u2013 including Bakugo himself \u2013 might be.<\/p>\n Kacchan, Deku and All Might\u2019s hospital scene is an artfully done tearjerker that perfectly captures the hearts of these characters. The scene is helped along by some great art direction, with camera angles and cinematography that lovingly capture the rawness of the characters at their most candid. The voice actors also do a lot of the heavy lifting in the Japanese subbed version, as All Might VA Kenta Miyake\u2019s quiver as he praises Deku and Bakugo for their heroism truly sells his weakened state in the hospital, furthering this somber-yet-triumphant moment of reflection.<\/p>\n MHA\u2019s Epilogue Gives a Celebratory Sendoff to Class 1-A<\/p>\n My Hero Academia Season 8, Episode 9 makes sure to give fans a second to dry their tears with an upbeat run through MHA\u2019s celebratory graduation ceremony. Hizashi Yamada puts on the party of a lifetime that instantly shifts the mood. Fans get to see the seniors of UA High School finally graduate, including Mirio Togata, also known as Lemillion, who gives a heartfelt speech in front of the entire student body that shows real maturation for his character.<\/p>\n That kind of finality for the characters is really what this epilogue period for MHA<\/a> is all about. Aoyama also completes his heroic redemption arc by insisting that he\u2019ll atone for his mistakes by leaving UA, but becoming a hero on his own terms.<\/p>\n And of course, the rest of Class 1-A has to move on as well. As of My Hero Academia Season 8, Episode 9, Class 1-A is now Class 2-A, having completed the first year of high school. In hindsight, it\u2019s ridiculous to consider how much these kids went through in only their first year of high school training to become heroes. They truly completed a crash course that makes them more than deserving of skipping a few grades at least.<\/p>\n Many of these kids have already mastered their quirks to levels comparable to professional heroes at this point, but that\u2019s neither here nor there. They still deserve to live out what\u2019s left of their childhoods for as long as they can, even if it means taking some extra time in school that they don\u2019t technically need. That\u2019s part of the beauty of MHA\u2019s epilogue here. Instead of rushing the series ending into a single episode now that the main conflict has ended, MHA is doing its best to set things right for these characters who fans have spent 168 episodes with.<\/p>\n As the former Class 1-A<\/a> all leaves school together, gossiping as they go, it really feels like the series has gotten back to a place that seemed impossible to reach again after the horrors of the Final War. This slice of lifestyle of storytelling was lost the moment the final war began, but it\u2019s something that MHA always did well.<\/p>\n The Todoroki Family Finally Gets Its Closure in MHA\u2019s Epilogue<\/p>\n After a loving goodbye to Class 1-A, there\u2019s one more crucial farewell MHA\u2019s first epilogue episode gives to the cast. The Todoroki family finally confronts the pain of their past by way of a visit to the hospital, where Dabi, aka Toya Todoroki, is on his deathbed. The entire controversy around Endeavor and his family has remained one of the most inspired storylines in MHA<\/a>, highlighting the imperfect humanity of even the most idyllic heroes.<\/p>\n While it doesn\u2019t hit the directorial highs of Bakugo and Deku\u2019s earlier scene, the Todoroki family\u2019s moment at the end of this episode is strong on its own merits. The once almighty Endeavor ends up proving most heroic when no longer able to stand, guiding his children by example in a way he always should\u2019ve from the start. Dabi’s horrific critical condition doesn’t offer much in terms of pretty pictures, but the anime wisely zooms into his eyes as they burst into tears, cleverly highlighting the window to his tragic soul.<\/p>\n Minor Manga Missteps Still Don’t Kill MHA’s Epilogue<\/p>\n My Hero Academia Season 8, Episode 9 does an amazing job of not only adapting these heartfelt final chapters, but also doing so in a way that\u2019s artful and unique for the anime medium. However, it\u2019s not quite perfect. The anime takes a minor misstep in its adaptation of the source material from the episode\u2019s start. The metaphoric imagery of the manga\u2019s \u201cforecast\u201d in the pre-OP scene is lost in the anime.<\/p>\n In the manga, when the newscaster tells viewers to \u201cstay tuned for updates on what sort of effects we\u2019ll be seeing from that\u201d, her dialogue is accompanied by a shot of two children running off while adults work on sorting through the rubble left from the battle. It clearly communicates that the \u201ceffects\u201d in question are all about how this conflict will impact the next generation and the people left behind. The anime, instead, focuses on an image of a crane against a backdrop of clear skies. While a hopeful hint that there\u2019s still work to do, it immediately loses the manga\u2019s human element.<\/p>\n ![\"Izuku](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/7f5ab9b9-9214-46ba-b42d-2d26395ef630.jpeg\"\/)
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