My Hero Academia Cliffhanger Teases Koda's Quirk Awakening

Warning! Massive spoilers for My Hero Academia Chapter 371 to follow! My Hero Academia is now working through its next major fight in the final war between the heroes and villains, and the newest chapter of the series is kicking off Koji Koda's new quirk awakening with an emotional moment! While Izuku Midoriya is focusing on taking down Tomura Shigaraki in the floating U.A. Academy battlefield, it's only one of the many scattered fights breaking out in this final saga of the series. The latest chapters have shifted the focus to Mezou Shoji and Koda as the two of them are fighting against a massive wave of angry Heteromorphs fighting for their rights.

The civillian Heteromorphs have fallen under the Paranormal Liberation Front's support as they are tired of how they have been treated in society by those with more "human" features, and thus this movement has gone a more violent route as the villains are definitely manipulating this desire for freedom for their own means. But at the center of it all are two heroes who know about the Heteromorph mistreatment more than anyone, Shoji and Koda, as they have been trying their best to push Spinner and this mob back. This has led Koda to a surprising Quirk breakthrough. 

What is Happening to Koda's Head? 

Chapter 371 of My Hero Academia sees Spinner devolve into more of the monster he had been transformed into with All For One's power, and despite Shoji's best efforts, Spinner refuses to listen as he can no longer truly comprehend anything around him. All the while, the Paranormal Liberation Front is trying to raise Shoji as an example of a traitor to their own people, but Koda thinks back to when Shoji told him and the others about all of the abuse he had gone through in the past to get to this point. 

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Seeing Shoji more hurt and being turned into this symbol of anti-Heteromorph values, Koda has had enough. The spike on his head begins to crack even more, and forms into a new shape. It seems to be an awakening of his quirk as Anivoice is seen bringing in a massive wave of birds to the area. Koda's quirk has never been shown to have this much influence over that many animals, and his changing head seems to indicate a rise in strength with this power. Now all that remains is to see what he can do with it. 

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