SPOILER WARNING

My Hero Academia has come to an end, and I’ve realized that it is the anime that will remain forever deep in my heart.
I literally grew up with these characters. I started watching it back in 2018, when I was 10 years old… now I’m 17.

When my brother showed it to me for the first time, I was blown away. I had only watched three or four other anime before that, and it truly left a strong impression on me.
It has a simple story: in this world, there are powers called Quirks that allow people to become heroes and protect public safety. Our protagonist admires heroes more than anything else, but unfortunately he doesn’t have any powers. Despite this, he still believes in his dream of becoming a hero. One day, in fact, the greatest hero of all time tells him these words: “You can become a Hero.”

Maybe because I identified so much with the protagonist who, despite the difference between himself and others, never gives up on his dream I was completely fascinated by it, to the point that I watched the first two seasons probably 20 or 25 times. It was my comfort anime: whenever something went wrong, I took refuge in that world full of heroes.

I really love the first season, especially the last episodes, but the second season is the one I’m most attached to and the one I’ve rewatched the most. I truly love the Sports Festival arc, especially because it includes one of my favorite anime episodes ever, “Shoto Todoroki: Origin.” I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched it so much so that even now I still remember the dialogues by heart.

After a few years, the third and fourth seasons were finally released here in Italy. I can’t put into words how happy I was at that time. I think nothing excites me more than the first four seasons of this anime. Every time I rewatch those scenes, I also see my weaker and more insecure self from back then. These seasons include some of my favorite episodes, from “My Hero” to “Red Riot.”

▶ this is one of my favourite scene from season 4 ---------- Then, when the fifth season came out (in my opinion the weakest of the series), I started watching it in simulcast it was the first time in my life I had done that. After getting spoiled a bit, I eventually decided to catch up with the manga and read one of the best arcs: Vigilante Deku. When the final war arc arrived, I lost some of my passion and dropped it. But somehow I picked it up again, and even though I didn’t love the ending excessively, I was moved to tears because a part of me was gone. After watching the seventh season, the eighth arrived, and there’s nothing else to say except thank you, Studio Bones, because in this last season they truly did an outstanding job.

This final season moved me too many times. Bakugou’s fight is pure art.
The tears I shed during episode 8, but especially during the final episode, made me realize what I’m about to write.

This is my favourite frame of the final run My Hero Academia teaches us that we don’t need a power to be a hero. Reaching out to others, being empathetic because Deku became the greatest hero by losing that power, telling everyone that they can become heroes too, in everyday life and even in our own reality. My Hero Academia pushes us to move forward, or rather, to go beyond our limits.

Special praise also goes to the soundtracks, which from the first to the eighth season have continued to deliver incredible music.

I hope I managed to convey what I wanted to say. English is not my native language, but I wanted everyone to be able to read this.

Thank you, Deku.
Thank you, Class 1-A.
Thank you, Horikoshi.
Thank you, My Hero Academia.

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