My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Teases Koichi's Pro Hero Future in Final Chapter

05/29/2022 12:19 am EDT

My Hero Academia's official spin-off prequel manga series has come to an end after six long years, and with it the final chapter of the series established how Koichi Haimawari will be moving forward into his official pro hero future! The penultimate chapter of the long running spin-off series came to an end with the promise that Koichi somehow had found himself a proper pro hero after all of the vigilante work he had been doing in the Naruhata area. But with his final battle there causing more damage than ever, it did make fans question how the series would end it all for the young hero.

The penultimate chapter of the series had teased that Koichi had gone to work with Captain Celebrity's agency in New York City as a pro hero thanks to Makoto Tsukauchi's quick thinking, and the final chapter of the series confirmed this was the case. In fact, because of all of the debts and crimes still against him in Japan, his time in the United States of America has been technically forced on him. But he's facing it head on with the same kind of positivity fans of his have loved since the very beginning. 

Chapter 126 of My Hero Academia: Vigilantes serves as the final chapter for the long-running manga spin-off overall, and with it sees Koichi called upon (as the pro hero, the "Skycrawler") to quickly save a plane from crashing. It's revealed that the American people don't exactly have a favorable upon on him yet thanks to his past and some of his mistakes in the field, but Koichi's narration also confirms that in the year since Naruhata he has so much debt and potential lawsuits that he can really only operate outside of Japan. 

He's still very much dealing with his poor public image, but on a much larger scale than he ever did in Japan. He's having trouble with the English speaking public and thus getting into all sorts of new scandals, but as the chapter comes to an end he gets a New York version of the All Might hoodie from the supportive public. So while he's still very misunderstood by the world at large, the series ends with Koichi being accepted by the people who matter the most. The everyday kind of people he set out to help in the first place. 

What do you think? How do you feel about Koichi's future as a pro hero? How do you feel about his journey through the series as a whole? What did you think of My Hero Academia: Vigilantes' final chapter overall? Let us know all of your thoughts about it in the comments! You can even reach out to me directly about all things animated and other cool stuff @Valdezology on Twitter!

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