My Hero Academia: You're Next

Watch My Hero Academia in chronological story order below. Movies marked optional are canon side stories that can be skipped.

1. My Hero Academia Season 1 (Episodes 1–13): Start here with the Entrance Exam, Quirk Apprehension Test, Battle Trial, and U.S.J. arcs.
2. My Hero Academia Season 2 (Episodes 14–38): Adapts the U.A. Sports Festival, Vs. Hero Killer, and Final Exams arcs.
3. My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (Movie): Canon movie (optional) set on a floating research island between Seasons 2 and 3.
4. My Hero Academia Season 3 (Episodes 39–63): Follows the Forest Training Camp, Hideout Raid, and Provisional Hero License Exam arcs.
5. My Hero Academia Season 4 (Episodes 64–88): Spans the Shie Hassaikai, Remedial Course, U.A. School Festival, and opening Pro Hero arcs.
6. My Hero Academia Season 5 (Episodes 89–113): Spans the Pro Hero arc's finish, Joint Training, Endeavor Agency, and Meta Liberation Army arcs.
7. My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (Movie): Canon movie (optional) following Class 1-A on a remote island heroism program, set after the Meta Liberation Army arc.
8. My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (Movie): Canon movie (optional) set during the winter agency internships in Season 5, placed after the season so the Endeavor Agency arc stays whole.
9. My Hero Academia Season 6 (Episodes 114–138): Brings the story into the Paranormal Liberation War and Dark Hero arcs.
10. My Hero Academia Season 7, Part 1 (Episodes 139–143): Adapts the Star and Stripe and U.A. Traitor arcs; pause here for the movie.
11. My Hero Academia: You're Next (Movie): Canon movie (optional) set right after the U.A. Traitor arc, just before the Final War arc begins.
12. My Hero Academia Season 7, Part 2 (Episodes 144–159): Brings the story into the Final War arc and its opening battles.
13. My Hero Academia Season 8 (Episodes 160–170, plus Episode 171 "More"): Closes out the Final War and Epilogue arcs as the main story concludes.

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Note

This is the end of the main watch order, and everything below is optional.

Besides the main story, there are extra entries (including side stories, canon prologues/epilogues, and spin-offs) that you can watch if you want.

OVAs:

• My Hero Academia: Save! Rescue Training!
• My Hero Academia: Training of the Dead
• My Hero Academia: All Might: Rising (OVA prequel that leads into My Hero Academia: Two Heroes)
• My Hero Academia: Make It! Do-or-Die Survival Training (two-part OVA set before the Provisional Hero License Exam in Season 3)
• My Hero Academia: Departure (OVA that leads into My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission)
• My Hero Academia: UA Heroes Battle
• My Hero Academia: A Piece of Cake (OVA prequel released with the home video of My Hero Academia: You're Next)
• My Hero Academia: I Am a Hero Too (epilogue special set after Episode 171 "More")

ONAs:

• My Hero Academia: HLB (web short released together with Laugh! As if You Are in Hell as the Season 5 side stories)
• My Hero Academia: Laugh! As if You Are in Hell (web short, Season 5 side story set during the Endeavor Agency internships)

Recaps:

• My Hero Academia: Hero Notebook (Episode 13.5 TV recap, covers Season 1)
• My Hero Academia: Memories (four TV recap specials aired in April 2024 before Season 7, listed as Episodes 138.1 to 138.4 on fan databases; they recap earlier seasons and include a few new scenes)

Spin-off series:

• My Hero Academia: Vigilantes (TV spin-off series set before the main story)

Release order differs for the movies, OVAs, and spin-offs, which came out while the TV seasons were airing.

Streaming platforms either list the series with continuous episode numbering from Episode 1 to 171 or restart numbering at Episode 1 for each season.