Over the course of its 430 chapters, 10 years of serialization, and nearly 7 seasons of the anime, My Hero Academia has had its fair share of battles and fights. Many of these fights have high stakes and deeper meanings. For some characters, untapped emotions come out during these fights. Here are the top 10 fights in My Hero Academia. You can currently stream the series on Crunchyroll and Hulu.
Warning: This will contain major spoilers for My Hero Academia
10. Endeavor and Hawks vs. Hood (Season 4, Episodes 24-25)
Coming in at number 10 on this list of fights in My Hero Academia is a joint effort. This fight occurs after Endeavor is officially declared the new Number 1 hero following All Might’s retirement. After meeting with Hawks to talk business, they are ambushed by Hood, a High-End Nomu created by Dr. Garaki. This fight is one of the catalysts for Endeavor’s atonement arc and serves as a nice introduction into what Hawks can do in combat. After winning, they are confronted by Dabi and saved from him by Mirko. Despite what fans learn about the Todoroki Family, it is clear that his children still care for him to some degree, as we see Shoto breathe a huge sigh of relief.
9. The Raid on the Training Camp (Season 3, Episodes 3-7)
Both Class 1-A and Class 1-B are at a training camp to enhance their Quirks and skills. Soon, they are attacked by a newly formed League of Villains. Himiko Toga attacks Ochaco and Tsu, Twice uses a Dabi clone to attack Aizawa and the students with him, and Muscular attacks a terrified Kota. Izuku saves Kota after pushing One For All to its limit. Aizawa manages to protect the students and takes Kota with him. Himiko Toga manages to escape after being surrounded by a few 1-A students.
However, Mr. Compress kidnaps both Bakugo and Tokoyami. The group makes a plan and uses Ochaco’s Quirk to launch Izuku, Todoroki, and Shoji into the air. They manage to save Tokoyami, but fail to save Bakugo as the League escapes. All characters involved are shown to be pushed to their limits for the first time. For many, this fight in My Hero Academia serves as a major turning point in their stories.
8. Shoji and Koda vs. Spinner (Season 7, Episode 14)
During the final war for the fate of Japan, an enhanced Spinner and his army of heteromorphs attack Central Hospital to free Kurogiri. Shoji and Koda demand to be a part of the team to protect the hospital. Both heroes-in-training don’t take this battle lightly, being heteromorphs themselves. It’s here that fans learn that Shoji himself was discriminated against in his own village. He managed to save a young girl in a river from drowning and this single moment spurred him to his path of being a hero.
Koda, upon seeing Shoji in danger, undergoes a Quirk Awakening and expands the reach and strength of his Quirk. Together, they manage to cause unease in the minds of Spinner’s army. Upon reaching the inside of the hospital, the army quickly leaves upon seeing doctors and nurses, both normal and heteromorphs, forming a human chain to protect their patients. While impactful, this fight does suffer from the lack of screentime and development all 3 combatants received prior to this battle However, it is still great nonetheless.
7. Mirko vs. The High-End Nomus (Season 6, Episodes 2 & 4)
This is the battle that kicks off the first war against the Paranormal Liberation Front. While getting closer to Garaki’s lab, the group of Nomu confronts Mirko. While many would be caught off guard, she smiles widely and rushes into the fight. She doesn’t hold back and neither do the Nomu. She manages to reach Garaki, but the Nomu ambush her again. But, other heroes join the fight. Over the course of this battle, her resilience is shown when she loses both an arm and a leg and still manages to continue fighting for a bit of time before eventually passing out. This is one of the fights in My Hero Academia that serves as an introduction into what Mirko can do in combat. It shows how she earns her spot as the Number 5 hero in Japan.
6. Ochaco Uraraka vs. Himiko Toga (Season 6, Episodes 10-11)
The war is in full swing. Twice is dead, and Himiko Toga needs answers. She transforms into a civilian and draws Ochaco away from everyone to get the answers she needs. Toga tackles Ochaco to the ground and asks the simple question, “What do you want to do to me?” Ochaco says she’ll do whatever she can to stop Toga and a small, but pivotal, fight occurs. Ochaco says she needs to push out all her feelings to get the job done. Toga counters this by saying that ignoring all of your urges will only make those feelings worse. After being interrupted by Tsu, Toga escapes and Ochaco sees Toga cry in battle. Ochaco begins to wonder just who exactly Toga is and she can help her instead of just defeating her.
5. Ochaco Uraraka vs. Himiko Toga: Finale (Season 7, Episode 15-Present)
After a very small confrontation with Deku, Himiko Toga has completely lost any attachment she has to the heroes. Moreover, she is determined to get rid of them, even if this means killing them. Ochaco is doing what she can to get Toga to calm down so she can talk about what is going on in Toga’s head. After teleporting to Toga, now using Twice’s Quirk to overwhelm the heroes, Ochaco locates Toga and battles her in the air. Ochaco begs Toga to just talk to her. Toga manages to near-fatally stab Ochaco, but before she can finish her, Toga begins to open up.
Toga breaks down as she tells Ochaco what she feels, how her childhood was, and why she did what she did. Ochaco tells Toga she has a beautiful smile and Toga cries as she smiles at the compliment. After Toga loses the ability to be Twice, she tells a dying Ochaco that she’ll sacrifice herself by transforming into her. Toga transforms into Ochaco and performs a blood transfusion to save Ochaco. Unfortunately, Ochaco only cries as she is too weak from blood loss to stop Toga from passing away.
4. Todoroki Family vs. Dabi (Chapters 387-390)
After Dabi has left Kamino and makes his way to Endeavor’s location, Endeavor decides to fight Dabi, who is on the verge of exploding and taking out the entire battlefield. However, the entire Todoroki family shows up. They use their ice Quirks to cool Dabi down and apologize for not being there for him when he needed them the most. Shoto soon shows up and pulls off his ultimate move and freezes Dabi, cooling him down significantly and stopping him from exploding. Dabi thinks to himself that if they are paying attention to him so easily now, why didn’t they pay attention before? He then tells Endeavor that he hates him more than anything. Endeavor says he knows and won’t stop him from feeling that way. While a short confrontation, this is a nice set-up for how the family ultimately resolves this issue later on.
3. Bakugo vs. All For One (Chapters 405-410)
All For One has finally reached where Izuku and Shigaraki are having their battle. All Might has been defeated and is about to be killed when Bakugo, who has been fighting death himself with Edgeshot trying to save him, reappears and saves All Might at the last second. After a small talk with All Might, All Might gives Bakugo his armor for his right arm, which he dubbed “Great Explosion Murder God Dynamight” after Bakugo’s hero name. Bakugo smiles and goes into battle with All For One, who has grown increasingly irritated and angry. Bakugo utilizes this to take him on and lands blow after blow. This causes the Rewind Quirk All For One is using to speed up. Over the course of the battle, Bakugo drives him to the point of being an infant.
After this is done, All For One rewinds out of existence and Bakugo collapses and raises his fist in triumph. This battle serves as a culmination of everything Bakugo has learned, both in combat and as a person. It shows just how far he has come in the series.
2. Izuku Midoriya vs. Katsuki Bakugo (Season 3, Episode 23)
Izuku is asked by Bakugo to have a talk away from everyone. He leads Izuku to one of the school’s training areas and asks him why All Might chose him. Katsuki says he sees the way Izuku and All Might are always together. He knows there is a connection between Izuku suddenly getting a Quirk and All Might being powerless.
Furthermore, this leads to a fight between the two of them, and Katsuki breaks down. He blames himself for All Might losing his power since Bakugo got kidnapped, leading All Might to use his last bit of One For All. Izuku quickly realizes that this is Bakugo’s way of venting and continues with the fight. After the fight and a talk with All Might, both boys gain a newfound respect for each other. Also, a healthier form of their rivalry grows as Bakugo agrees to keep the secret and help in any way he can.
1. Izuku Midoriya vs “All For One” (Chapters 419-423)
The top of the list for fights in My Hero Academia is a decisive one. Izuku Midoriya and Shigaraki are battling on the base of Mt. Fuji. One For All and All For One begin resonating with each other, and Izuku is somehow transported into Shigaraki’s mind, which has taken the form of Shigaraki’s childhood home. Izuku and Nana Shimura, the last vestige Izuku has after transferring the rest of the other One For All users, venture into the home and find a crying Tenko. Izuku reaches out to him, but Shigaraki’s mindscape is destroyed by All For One’s vestige. It swallows up Shigaraki and kicks Izuku back into reality, but without arms and no Quirks left. Before Izuku can be finished off, Aizawa shows up with backup and uses Eri’s horn to restore Izuku’s arms.
Following this, Izuku makes a final push to reach an out-of-control All For One. His friends and fellow heroes do everything they can to clear a path. Everyone from Rody Soul and Melissa Shield to his own mother, Inko Midoriya, watch on and yell out for him to do his best as he lands one final smash. Alongside this, the One For All vestiges and a vestige of Shigaraki also land a final attack on the inside. Izuku and Shigaraki have a final talk and Shigaraki crumbles to ash in reality, ending the battle for good.
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