My Hero Academia is a series full of some absolutely brilliant music – but fans of the series hardly need to be told that. Like many animes out there, the series has gone out of their way to give us some of the most dynamic intros and endings.

But what you might be less aware of is that there are quite a few hints hidden within the latest ending sequence for My Hero Academia. These are elements pointing towards what is to happen – or towards questions that fans are hoping will be answered at some point in the near future.

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Fans who know the current plot are already well aware of how emotional this ending sequence is. But it goes deeper than that as well.

And be warned, this list includes spoilers for My Hero Academia season 4, as based on the manga.

10 The Symbolism

One of the first things you're likely to notice when you sit down and watch the latest My Hero Academia ending is that there is a unique style to the artwork. There's plenty of geometry to be found. And while some of it is likely simply due to the looks, some of it has meaning.

Such as the geometric shapes blocking Eri (the little girl shown in these scenes) from her freedom. This is very obviously representing a cage. We could even take this a step further, and regard the cage as a symbol of her captors.

9 Eri's Horn

One thing eagle-eyed fans might have spotted is the condition of Eri's horn. You see that delicate looking horn on the left side of her forehead? As she grows older, we see evidence of it growing alongside. But fans of the manga know that this isn't a direct correlation to age – but something else entirely.

The horn's size directly signifies how much of her quirk is being built up. This tells us a few things. One, her quirk manifested at a very young age (according to these images, at any rate). And two, she's been having her quirk build up this whole time.

8 A Happy (Early) Childhood

One of the more heartbreaking elements of this ending sequence is the idea of Eri's childhood. Here we see her having what appears to be a very happy childhood with her mother. We already know that for whatever reason (theorize away), Eri's mother is out of the picture by the time she's introduced to the series.

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But it's nice to know that Eri had a little bit of time with her mum before she was taken way for Overhaul's purposes. That is, assuming we can count on the accuracy of the images being shown here. We'd like to believe that they're true.

7 An Absent Mother

While we're on the subject of Eri's mother, let's talk about another element of her appearance in this ending. You might have noticed that we don't actually ever get to see her face in any of these photographs.

Was that an intentional decision, since we never get to see her in the series itself? Or is this implying that little Eri doesn't remember her mother's face? Either thought is actually pretty upsetting, though naturally the later is more heartbreaking.

6 A Child's Drawing

Next on our list: the meaning behind Eri's drawing. Now, we actually don't know a whole lot about this one. But boy do we have questions! If this is a typical child's drawing, that would imply that one of those characters is Eri, and the other is a parental figure.

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The green figure appears to be masculine, but he doesn't quite look like Overhaul, now does he? That certainly raises some questions. Though it could just be whoever was in charge of watching her, we suppose.

5 The Disappearance

There is a dramatic scene in which little Eri is standing in a lit doorway, with a pile of empty clothes on the floor in front of her. Those that know more about Eri's quirks will likely be a bit perturbed by this imagery.

Eri's quirk is one that comes with heavy risks – but it is also the reason why Overhaul wanted to use her. There's a very good chance that her quirk is directly connected with the empty clothing we're seeing. We're just hoping that this isn't one of her parents.

4 The Wrappings

The imagery in which Eri is slowly falling, with her wrappings coming undone, is perhaps one of the most emotional scenes they could have come up with. Even fans who haven't read the manga have already seen Eri's arms wrapped up in bandages. And it doesn't take much thinking to realize that those bandages can't mean anything good.

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These bandages are a direct connection to all of the pain and suffering that Overhaul has put her through. There's more to it than that, of course. She has been taking damage this whole time, but there's a specific reason for it. Hopefully this is something that the anime should be revealing relatively soon.

3 Falling into Despair

We don't know how long Eri has been with Overhaul. And as such, we don't know how long he has been experimenting on her (or with her quirk). We do know that is has been enough time for her to see his killing intent, and thus know when others are at risk because of it.

Eri undoubtedly has gone through several cycles of despair since she came under Overhaul's 'care'. And yet, some part of her knows that there is value in her life. She knows that Overhaul won't kill her – but he would kill anybody who tried to take her away from him. And that speaks volumes about her awareness of the situation.

This whole complex situation is one of the many things symbolized with Eri's falling scene. And that's probably why it's so rough for us to see.

2 Her Heroes

Fans have undoubtedly noticed that Midoriya and Mirio are also featured in the season's ending credits. It's easy to assume that this has to do with that one time they came across her (just a couple episodes ago, actually). But it's actually much more than that.

Midoriya and Mirio become Eri's heroes. They're what she pictures when she needs a savior. And they're the first people in a very long time to show her kindness or to go out of their way to take care of her. Their appearance in this ending is the embodiment of everything they've gone through – and will go through – in order to keep her safe.

1 Eri's Search for Freedom

And finally, the last imagery including Eri is one of her running out the door. This one is fairly obvious. Eri quite understandably wants out of her current situation. We've seen her try and run once already (as that is how Midoriya and Mirio came across her).

But we also know that there's no way Eri is going to stay in that situation – not with it weighing on Midoriya and Mirio's consciousness. This conclusion to the ending sequence is, in many ways, a promise for what is to come.

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