New ‘My Hero Academia’ Preview Teases Heartbreaking Kota Scene

My Hero Academia fans were in love with the most recent episode of the third season because it finally set the plot in motion as the Vanguard Action Squad of the League of Villains ambushed the U.A. Academy boot camp.

But fans who have read the manga release of the series have been excited for the next episode as Izuku’s fight with Muscular, and thus trying to save Kota in the process, is one of the biggest moments of the manga to date.

This is especially notable because this moment also digs more into Kota’s tragic past. Fans have already discovered that Kota lost his parents at a young age and hates the world of Quirks because of it, and this most recent preview for the next episode shows off an extended look at Kota thinking back to what his aunt told him, and his past.

If it’s anything like it is in the manga, it’s going to be powerful.

My Hero Academia Episode 42 is titled “My Hero” and the description for the episode is below:

“Izuku works to save Kota! The League of Villains’ Vanguard Action Squad attacks Izuku and company in their training camp! Izuku rushes to save Kota who was on his own, but an enemy with a sinister Quirk appears. Izuku is in danger!

This Week’s Muscular: Demonstrating his overwhelming power! Among the League of illains is a person who excels at hand-to-hand combat named Muscular. He overwhelms Izuku with his physical strength as the latter prepares to fight to the death.”

For those unfamiliar with My Hero Academia, the series was created by Kohei Horikoshi and has been running in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump since July 2014. The story follows Izuku Midoriya, who lives in a world where everyone has super powers but he was born without them. Dreaming to become a superhero anyway, he’s eventually scouted by the world’s best hero All Might and enrolls in a school for professional heroes. The series has been collected into 15 volumes so far, and has been licensed by Viz Media for an English language release since 2015.

The third season of the series is currently adapting the the School Trip arc, the students of Class 1-A head to a forest in order to bring the control of their Quirks to a new level. Suddenly, the League of Villains attacks in order to kidnap one of the students and Midoriya and the others must think quickly on their feet in order to survive.

My Hero Academia‘s first movie, My Hero Academia: The Movie – The Two Heroes, is scheduled to open August 3. The film will cover a story not seen in the originalmanga with series creator Horikoshi noting that, “Of course the movie will be filled with Class A’s great efforts, that character’s past that hasn’t been in the manga yet, flashy action scenes, and much more.” The film also previously revealed its first key visual depicting a character fans have never seen before, and a trailer revealing an All Might in his prime.

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