My Hero Academia is about to end its story with the heroes of UA trying to bring it down once and for all All for one and his numerous followers. While the current arc is darker than anyone could have imagined, the series created by Kohei Horikoshi takes the opportunity to reference an earlier period in the series.

In particular, let’s go back to culture festival arcbrings back a character who worked behind the scenes to help one of the Big Three.

With all the young heroes helping in the plan to defeat the villains, loading bolt has an essential role to play, helping power the UA Headquarters where the Battle against Shigaraki.

With the young criminal wielding the powers of All For One, a set of characters with Quirk which grants them the mastery of electricity have teamed up to give the heroes a huge advantage in the fight against the heir of All For One. He joins Chargebolt Yuyu Hayaa young heroine, was last seen doing it during the culture festival he witnessed Nejire of the Big Three with his unique attire.

As he explains Best Jeanist in Shigaraki, Yuyu helps Haya and other electric heroes create this “coffin in the sky”:

“Our grand task was to find a way to contain you, with your ability to inflict instant death on contact and your speed to rival All Might at its peak. The observations of your two battles from your great awakening have led us to this ideal arena made possible by a young woman of 16 years. The shelter and evacuation system created by the headmaster, plus a mechanism to counteract your decay and yet another program to miniaturize the segmented blocks and launch them like drones.

What do you think of this Easter egg that takes us back to the less sombre days of the cultural festival? Let us know in the comments below. We remind you that you can read the latest chapters of My Hero Academia on MANGA Plus.

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