My Hero Academia volume 42 reveals new Top 10 Hero rankings

Friday, November 29, 2024, saw the first leaks for the upcoming My Hero Academia volume 42 become available, bringing with them the new end-of-series Top 10 Hero rankings and more. Additional extra content includes added pages, new scenes entirely, redrawn and restructured artwork, and much more across the volume’s entirety.

In addition to the Top 10 Hero rankings, currently available information alleges that My Hero Academia volume 42 also lists the Top 20 Hero rankings at end-of-series. While there are some predictable entries, others are shocking for their presence period, and even more are surprising for the ranking order specifically.

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My Hero Academia volume 42 reveals a huge Class 1-A presence in end-of-series Top 20 Hero rankings

As mentioned, the latest leaks for My Hero Academia volume 42 revealed not only the Top 10 Hero rankings end-of-series but the full Top 20 Hero rankings. The full top 20 includes several Pro Heroes from both the prior and next generations, featuring a healthy blend that sees the next era slowly take over. The full top 20 rankings are as follows, per the latest available spoilers:

1. Mirio Togata (Hero name Lemillion)
2. Shoto Todoroki
3. Mt. Lady (real name Yu Takeyama)
4. Kamui Woods (real name Shinji Nishiya)
5. Best Jeanist (real name Tsunagu Hakamada)
6. Mirko (real name Rumi Usagiyama)
7. Nejire Hado (Hero name Nejire Chan)
8. Wash (real name Susugu Mitarai)
9. Mezo Shoji (Hero name Tentacole)
10. Neito Monoma (Hero name Phantom Thief)
11. Fat Gum (real name Taishiro Toyomitsu)
12. Eijiro Kirishima (Hero name Red Riot)
13. Tenya Iida (Hero name Ingenium)
14. Juzo Honenuki (Hero name Mudman)
15. Katsuki Bakugo (Hero name Great Explosion Murder God Dynamight)
16. Inasa Yoarashi (Hero name Gale Force)
17. Fumikage Tokoyami (Hero name Tsukuyomi)
18. Tamaki Amajiki (Hero name Suneater)
19. Momo Yaoyorozu (Hero name Creati)
20. Yo Shindo (Hero name Grand)

Of these 20, over a third of them are from Class 1-A, those seven being Shoto Todoroki, Katsuki Bakugo, Tenya Iida, Momo Yaoyorozu, Fumikage Tokoyami, Eijiro Kirishima, and Mezo Shoji. Another five are their contemporaries from UA High, such as Mirio Togata, Nejire Hado, Tamaki Amajiki, Juzo Honenuki, and Neito Monoma. Two others are from their generation but other schools in Inasa Yoarashi and Yo Shindo.

This is all notable because it shows the next generation truly is taking over as the most iconic and widespread heroes of the end-of-series era. It also provides a fitting conclusion to characters not originally mentioned in the weekly release of the final issue, such as the rankings of Mirio’s Big 3 peers Nejire and Tamaki. More spoiler information is expected to be released in the days to come before My Hero Academia volume 42’s official release on December 4, 2024.

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