Warning: Revealing the contents of My Hero Academia, Chapter #396 The final battle between All is possible and All for One My Hero Academy finally began, and it revealed a key piece of All Might’s past, offering an explanation for what prompted the hero to visit the United States in the first place.
It’s long been known that All Might spent some time in America as a young hero, as seen in the first My Hero Academia movie, Two Heroes. In fact, during his time in America, All Might seems to be relatively new to the hero game in general, but still making a name for himself. There’s nothing inherently wrong with that, but given All Might inherited the powers of One for All, it’s interesting that he’ll be taking off for the United States not long after receiving it. However, chapter #396 of My Hero Academia reveals that it’s no coincidence that All Might left Japan when he did: he was actually on the run from his arch-enemy All for One.
All Might was forced to run away after all because someone killed his mentor
In the same way that All Might was a mentor to Deku, his One for All predecessor, Nana Shimura, was also All Might’s own mentor. Toshinori Yagi barely left UA at the time, but All for One was still struggling for power even then. Nana Shimura was forced to confront All for One in a battle that ultimately ended in her death, possibly because she transferred One for All to All Might. With little experience, All Might couldn’t pick up the torch and start fighting All for One directly, but staying in Japan would make him a prime target. Yagi has no choice but to leave the country to protect One for All, which he admits during this war.
Coming to America provided All Might with a relatively safe place to gain experience as a hero, and it’s fair to say that his time there was crucial to eventually becoming a Symbol of Peace. Even now, his time in America is coming in handy, as the power armor All Might is currently using is crafted by the friends he’s befriended there, Melissa and David Shield, in particular. for him. All Might was only able to fight All for One again because of his time in America, proving that even if All for One thinks he’s winning, he’s really just planting the seeds of destruction. own destruction.
Time spent in America made All Might a symbol of peace
With this knowledge in hand, it’s a little easier to understand why All Might loves his red, white, and blue tones so much: his time in America isn’t just important to being human. his, but also necessary to finally find the way. to beat All for One. If he hadn’t gone to America, it’s entirely possible that a young and inexperienced All Might was killed by All for One, thus ending One for All’s chain of inheritance entirely. There, he found the bonds to work through the loss of his mentor, and those bonds are paying off more than ever. America helped make it happen All is possible enter My Hero Academy hero that everyone admires, even without power.
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