Ochaco finishes her plea from the rooftop, arguing that the heroes are as frightened as the people they shield and that an exhausted high school kid has earned the right to rest. Her last four words break Izuku open, and the series quietly redefines whose story this is.
Summary
Ochaco's thoughts run backward first. She has always loved watching people be happy, which is why her own parents' exhaustion cut so deeply and why the cheering crowds around a working hero drew her eye. Meeting Izuku added something else: a wish to help the heroes who keep injuring themselves.
The crowd begins to register how spent Izuku looks. The large woman he rescued earlier speaks up, saying that he went straight back to fighting the moment she was safe. A skeptic asks whether ordinary people are supposed to end up covered in grime as well, and Ochaco answers that the filth belongs to heroes alone, which is exactly why he needs the time to wash it off. Her classmates watch in awe as Izuku's eyes fill, and Tenya tells him she is fighting so that he, and everybody else, gets to smile again. Izuku calls out her name through the tears. Ochaco admits that neither she nor the heroes can promise anyone safety, because they are just as scared, and that fear makes them all the same. She begs the crowd to put their strength behind him so a future with laughter in it stays possible, her mind flicking briefly to the rematch against Himiko Toga in the Paranormal Liberation War, and to the tears she saw in the villain's eyes.
She keeps going, pointing out that Izuku is a high schooler like the rest of them, still learning on the move, and arrives at the thought that when heroes are the ones bleeding, protecting them falls to everybody else. The heckler tries once more, and Ochaco screams with everything she has that this school, U.A. High, belongs to Izuku as his hero academy. He drops to his knees and sobs, remembering the day the two of them first met during the entrance exam. Privately, he frames it plainly: what he is living through is the account of one boy becoming the greatest hero, and equally the account of everyone around him doing the same. As he weeps, the woman and Kota Izumi hurry over to comfort him.
Key Events
Ochaco closes her speech, asking the crowd to shield Izuku and grant him the rest he needs, and he collapses to his knees in tears.
The hero Twice killed during the war is named as Eel Boy.
The narrative reframes itself: My Hero Academia charts not only Izuku's rise to greatest hero, but everyone else's alongside him.
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Notes
Seventeen pages at serialization and nineteen in Volume 33, the chapter ran in issue 39 of 2021 with Ochaco Uraraka on the cover. Episode 137 adapts it.
Scenes take place at U.A. High School and Central Hospital, with the flashback reaching back to the U.A. Entrance Exam where Izuku and Ochaco first met.
Horikoshi's author comment jokes about wanting to paint his Razor Crest model and asks his editor to confiscate it if he starts.
Frequently Asked Questions
What happens in My Hero Academia Chapter 324?
In Chapter 324, Ochaco Uraraka finishes her rooftop speech, convincing the crowd outside U.A. High School to let an exhausted Izuku Midoriya rest, and declares that U.A. belongs to him as his hero academy, causing him to break down in tears.
What does Ochaco Uraraka say to convince the crowd in Chapter 324?
Ochaco Uraraka argues that heroes are just as frightened as the people they protect, that Izuku Midoriya is still a high schooler learning as he goes, and that U.A. High School is his hero academy, urging the crowd to protect him instead of turning him away.
Who is named as the hero Twice killed during the war in Chapter 324?
Chapter 324 names Eel Boy as the hero killed by the villain Twice during the Paranormal Liberation War.
How does the story reframe itself in Chapter 324?
Chapter 324 reframes My Hero Academia as the story not only of Izuku Midoriya becoming the greatest hero, but of everyone around him rising alongside him.
Where does Chapter 324 take place?
Chapter 324 is set at U.A. High School and Central Hospital, with a flashback to the U.A. Entrance Exam where Izuku Midoriya and Ochaco Uraraka first met.
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