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Uraraka and Deku stand together outside

My Hero Academia: Do Deku and Uraraka Get Together? Explained

Of all the ships in the popular manga/anime series My Hero Academia, the most popular is the one between the protagonist Deku and his classmate Ochaco Uraraka. With Kōhei Horikoshiā€™s best-selling manga finished, here is whether My Hero Academia officially brings Deku and Uraraka together.

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Longtime fans of My Hero Academia, especially those who have shipped Izuku ā€œDekuā€ Midoriya and Ochaco Uraraka since the beginning, will be disappointed to learn that they do not become a couple by the end of the manga series. The final chapter of the manga jumps ahead eight years to show the principal cast well out of high school, with no explicit mention of a romance between the various U.A. High School graduating class, including no romantic relationship between Izuku or Ochaco into their adulthood. However, there are, of course, hints that Ochaco still sees Izuku as more than a friend, which may keep fans shipping the two characters as a couple beyond the manga seriesā€™ final chapter.

A montage of images in the final chapter helps fill in the eight-year time gap between narrative sequences in the manga. Among the images seen are Izuku and Ochaco enjoying a wintry stroll outside together, while, even in the sequences set eight years into the future, itā€™s clear that Ochaco still harbors deep feelings for Izuku with her longing gaze at her close friend and former classmate. The idea of Ochaco holding unrequited feelings for Izuku is something that has been clear since early in My Hero Academia, and even after everything the characters have been through, including the passage of time, this remains true.

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Fans will understandably be disappointed that Izuku never returned Ochacoā€™s feelings, at least from whatā€™s explicitly shown on the manga panels of My Hero Academia. For better or worse, romance was never really the point of the series, and once the superhero action escalated, there certainly wasnā€™t much time for romantic love anyway. Still, for those hoping that My Hero Academia would have a happy ending for Deku and Ochaco as a clear couple, it does not end with these two embarking on a romance.

My Hero Academia is available to read on the Viz website.


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Sam Stone is a longtime entertainment news journalist and columnist, covering everything from movies and television to video games and comic books. Sam also has bylines at CBR, Popverse, Den of Geek, GamesRadar+, and Marvel.com. He's been a freelance contributor with The Escapist since October 2023, during which time he's covered Mortal Kombat, Star Trek, and various other properties. Sam remembers what restful sleep was. But that was a long time ago.