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 how the outside world is unaware of the negligence and abandonment to which his father Enji 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 the Nomu 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 interrupted when the Nomu regenerates his burns and taunts Endeavor if he really thought that he could beat him with that attack. Endeavor thinks back to the Noumus he’s previously encountered, and realizing that there are differences between the types of Nomu,, with 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.

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 anime cuts Eraser Head ushering Eri out of the room when Endeavor's fight is being broadcast.
 * The anime omits most of the students' dialogues while watching the fight on TV.