Episode 88

His Start (始まりの) is the eighty-eighth episode of the My Hero Academia anime and the twenty-fifth and final episode of the fourth season.

Summary
Fuyumi and Natsuo Todoroki visit their mother Rei at Fujiya Hospital to check that she is fine, and to give her clothes as the days begin to get colder. Rei is glad to see her children, and Fuyumi complains that Natsu is never at home and he probably has a girlfriend, to his embarrassment. Natsu says their mom is looking very good Rei comments that their brother Shoto regularly keeps in touch with her, sending her letters about his life at school and his friends.

Then, Natsu abruptly says that yesterday, “he” officially became number one. Fuyumi tries to stop him since she does not want to talk about a sensitive issue in front of their mother, but Rei allows him to continue. Natsuo comments on how the outside world is unaware of the negligence and abandonment to which his father Enji Todoroki subjected his children, commenting that for him his father is a complete stranger, nor the mistreatment he did to her and Shoto. He can't stand that everyone behaves as if nothing had happened. Natsu says that after ten years Rei’s still never received an apology from him, acting like he is leaving the past and his blood relatives behind.

However, Rei says that’s not true and Natsu asks why she’s defending him. Rei reveals that her father he’s actually visited many times, which surprises Fuyumi. Rei says that on each visit he always brings her his favorite flowers. She says she told him one time, around when they first met, that she liked this type of flower. However, they still haven’t met face to face because she’s still too afraid of him and the doctors also said it is not a good idea. Despite everything, Rei believes he’s trying to face his past and his family head-on.

Meanwhile, back to Kyushu, Endeavor prepares to face High-End in midair. Hawks is surprised to see that Endeavor can fly, although he corrects him that he simply uses his Quirk to avoid falling. Their conversation is shortly interrupted when High-End regenerates his burns and taunts Endeavor if he really thought that he could beat him with that attack. Endeavor thinks back to the Nomus he’s previously encountered and realizing that there are differences between the types of Nomu, with the black Nomus having the ability to regenerate their wounds. He’s thinking that if that’s the case, this one is special even within that group because it can talk, so he wants to capture it alive to get information out of it.

He heats up the fingers of his left hand to attack the Nomu with Flashfire Fist - Hell Spider, but the creature manages to dodge Endeavor's attack and grab Endeavor with an elastic grasp, and immediately he gets Endeavor slammed through the entire building, sending him to the other side of it. Endeavor frees himself from the grasp of High End by releasing a great flare of fire that incinerates his arm, but the creature quickly regenerates the lost limb and wraps Endeavor up from the sides. Then, he proceeds to fling Endeavor through the entire building, cutting several of the top floors. Endeavor gets a hold of himself and admits that the Nomu is stronger and faster than him.

The top of the building has been so damaged by the Nomu attack that it begins to come off. Fortunately, Hawks uses his Quirk Fierce Wings to manipulate his feathers and evacuates all the people of the damaged part, depositing them in a safe place, to immediately assist Endeavor in battle. Endeavor attacks again the Nomu with a more powerful version of Flashfire Fist - Hell Spider and strikes High End with multiple fire streams that not only cut the Nomu in pieces but also turns the collapsing top half of the building into rubble. In spite of everything, the Nomu is not destroyed, and the part of the body that contains the head manages to move away to begin to regenerate.

Hawks uses his feathers to hold part of the debris and complains to Endeavor for cutting the building to roughly. Endeavor yells to him to stop complaining and reserve his strength for combat. Hawks replies that having used too many feathers now has trouble flying. High-End continues to regenerate his body but some heroes who had come to back up Endeavor begin to attack him. Annoyed by their interference, High-End releases several minor Nomu through the streets of the city to take care of them.

Endeavor begins to worry about the situation. The Nomu has just shown to own one more Quirk, and last but not least his body begins to overheat due to the heat generated by his own quirk. As High-End continues to regenerate his entire body, Endeavor analyzes the situation. He realizes that the Nomu is only interested in fighting the strongest opponent – in that case, him -, and is thinking rationally enough to disperse reinforcements so no one can interfere in their fight.

A pair of white Nomu pounce on civilians in the area, but Hawks uses long feathers as blades and cuts through the Nomu, saving civilians in the process, whom he immediately drives away using his smallest feathers. He tells everyone to keep evacuating, as he says to himself that power types enemies aren’t his “forte”.

In the sky, High-End is asking Endeavor if he's done shooting heat rays because he isn't able to do it anymore due to a limitation. Begrudgingly, Endeavor accepts High-End's intuition about his Flashfire Fist’s major drawback: As more flames he produces, more heat continually builds up in his body which causes his physical abilities to deteriorate. Flashfire Fist is meant to be a finishing move and continuing to reuse it over and over could be fatal. Endeavor also knows that he can't hold back against this incredibly strong monster.

Quirks

 * Hellflame
 * Flashfire Fist - Hell Spider
 * Prominence Burn
 * Shoulder-Mounted Jets
 * Super Regeneration
 * Transforming Arms
 * Power
 * Fierce Wings
 * Storage
 * All For One

Locations

 * Fujiya Hospital
 * Fukuoka
 * U.A. High School
 * Heights Alliance

Battles & Events

 * Endeavor &amp; Hawks vs. Hood (Concluded)

Anime & Manga Differences

 * The scene of Eraser Head ushering Eri out of the room when Endeavor's fight is being broadcast.
 * Most of the students' dialogues while watching the fight on TV are omitted.
 * Endeavor inner monologuing a mental tally of High End’s quirks is strangely cut out.
 * The scene where two heroes try to catch a falling Endeavor is omitted as well.