Did My Hero Academia Just Confirm Izuku x Ochaco With an Easter Egg?
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My Hero Academia is at the finish line, and even still, it is drawing all kinds of debate online. The hit superhero series has one chapter left to go. Creator Kohei Horikoshi has spent the last decade building up Deku’s journey, so as you can imagine, fans are pouring over every update from its epilogue. This truth put chapter 429 under a microscope, and fans are wondering if one clever reference from My Hero Academia just set sails for the Izuku x Ochaco ship.
Alright, let’s unpack the situation here. In the most recent chapter of My Hero Academia, fans are reunited with Izuku and Ochaco as they have a heart-to-heart. It is there Izuku confronts his best friend about putting others before herself, and he lets Ochaco leans on him after declaring her his hero. The entire exchange is moving, but many expected the moment to end in a confession. Ochaco has admitted her crush on Deku privately, and many fans felt Izuku was just the same. So of course, fans of the ship were left wanting after this encounter.
However, that may not be where the story ends. In the first few spreads of chapter 429, My Hero Academia fans spotted a curious panel. The shot shows a man delivering a recently shipped box of green tea. You may not think anything of this nod, but in Japan, it has another meaning entirely.
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