Chapter 76

My Hero is the seventy-sixth chapter of Kohei Horikoshi's Boku no Hero Academia manga.

Summary
Izuku uses One For All 100% against the villain, which blasts the villain with great force into the cliffside and also partially destroys the cliff due to the great impact. Kouta is sent flying away, but Izuku manages to grab Kouta’s shirt with his mouth and drags him back onto the cliff. After apologizing, Izuku decides that they should quickly escape while the villain is incapacitated. However, the villain is revealed to have used his Muscle Augmentation to reduce the impact of Izuku’s One For All 100%, although Izuku’s attack did injure the villain. The villain compliments Izuku for his strength while Izuku is in disbelief that the villain is still conscious even though he used the same output of power as All Might. Under stress and unable to think of a plan, Izuku tries talking his way out of this fight by asking the villain about the League of Villains’ goal. The villain replies that he doesn’t know and that as long as he can let loose with his Quirk and have fun, he doesn’t care. The villain remembers that they were playing around, but declares that play time is over and decides to get serious. The villain removes his artificial eye with another one to show that he is being serious.

Izuku orders Kouta to grab on to him; Izuku uses One For All Full Cowl to jump and run away from the villain. Izuku manages to avoid the villain’s first attack, but barely avoids the villain’s second strike which sends Izuku and Kouta tumbling to the cliff again. The heavily injured Izuku thinks that getting back to the facility where Shouta could erase the villain’s Quirk is a good plan, but starts to doubt the plan due to the villain’s speed surpassing his own. Izuku quickly forgets about the plan considering the grave circumstances he is in and decides that he has no choice but to defeat the villain. Izuku tells Kouta to run back to the facility as fast as he can the second he clashes with the villain. Kouta doubts Izuku’s strategy due to his attacks proving to be futile. Izuku uses 100% Detroit Smash against the villain. Izuku’s 100% Detroit Smash manages to keep the villain at bay; Izuku orders Kouta to escape while he still can but the villain considers Izuku’s struggle to be in vain. The villain begins overpowering Izuku’s attack and begins pushing him into the ground while demanding blood and death. Izuku is barely able to hold back the villain’s strength and apologizes to his mother and All Might; Izuku remembers that All Might surpassed his 100% when he fought Noumu.

Izuku is shoved into the ground by the villain. Suddenly, Kouta blasts water at the villain, demanding that he stop. However, the villain says that he will kill Kouta after he is done with Izuku. Furious, Izuku refuses to let the villain kill Kouta and begins pushing back the villain, eventually pushing the villain off him. Izuku uses 1.000,000% Delaware Detroit Smash against the villain, a powerful smack with incredible force that smashes the villain into the cliff. The villain’s artificial eye pops out and the villain becomes incapacitated due to the great force of Izuku’s attack.

Kouta is in disbelief that Izuku would go so far to protect him even though he doesn’t know anything about him and starts crying; Kouta starts to remember what Mandalay told him; that one day he will understand why his parents sacrificed themselves to protect the lives of others when he goes through a similar situation. He will also understand that Heroes risk their lives to save people so that one day someone can call them “My Hero”. Kouta continues crying in disbelief while Izuku roars with triumph.

Characters by Appearance

 * Izuku Midoriya
 * Kouta
 * All Might (Flashback)
 * Mandalay (Flashback)