{"id":326926,"date":"2026-02-08T15:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T15:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/326926\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T15:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T15:13:10","slug":"my-hero-academia-finally-reveals-what-happened-to-dekus-missing-father-but-theres-a-catch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/326926\/","title":{"rendered":"My Hero Academia Finally Reveals What Happened to Deku’s Missing Father (But There\u2019s a Catch)"},"content":{"rendered":"

My Hero Academia<\/a> finally gave fans an update on Izuku Midoriya\u2019s father, but it\u2019s not in the way any fans could have predicted. My Hero Academia ended its run with Shonen Jump back in 2024, and it was followed by the end of the anime last year<\/a>. Through all of this time, however, series creator Kohei Horikoshi left a lot of the smaller details still up in the air unfortunately. This includes an update for many of the young Class 1-A\u2019s parents, and that\u2019s especially true for Deku as his father was missing for the entire series. <\/p>\n

My Hero Academia\u2018s manga and anime releases came an went with only a single mention of Deku\u2019s father when his mother, Inko, noted his father\u2019s quirk. This ended up being one of those details that fans were curious to see if we would ever get an update on<\/a>, and one ended up happening in My Hero Academia: All\u2019s Justice as @shibuyasmash on X<\/a> spotted a mention of Deku\u2019s father with an update during one of the smaller dialogue scenes. <\/p>\n

My Hero Academia Updates Fans Deku\u2019s Missing Father<\/p>\n

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Hisashi Midoriya mention in 2026 was not on my bingo card #MHAAJ<\/a><\/p>\n

Midoriya: But my dad works overseas, so it\u2019s mostly just me & my mom\u2026
Aoyama: Overseas!? Don\u2019t you miss him?
M: Of course I do, but I know he\u2019s working hard for us. I really respect him!
A: What a wonderful family pic.twitter.com\/mSqMwCMXsx<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 \u6e0b\u8c37\u30b9\u30de\u30c3\u30b7\u30e5 \ud83c\udf70 arigato na (@shibuyasmash) February 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In a conversation between Deku and Yuga Aoyama in the recently released My Hero Academia: All\u2019s Justice (of which you can find ComicBook\u2019s review here)<\/a>, Deku reveals that his father works overseas, \u201cBut my dad works overseas, so it\u2019s mostly just me & my mom\u2026\u201d When asked by Aoyama whether or not he misses him because of such a distance, Deku responds, \u201cOf course I do, but I know he\u2019s working hard for us. I really respect him!\u201d So it\u2019s revealed that Deku\u2019s father has simply been working overseas throughout the entirety of My Hero Academia depending on whether or not fans respect this source as part of the wider canon. <\/p>\n

This is the first real acknowledgement of Deku\u2019s missing father within the franchise on a whole<\/a>. Fans never expected Deku\u2019s dad to play a major role or anything like that, but it was always odd to see him completely absent from the series especially when we\u2019d see the other heroes\u2019 parents in the later arcs. There was always a weird cloud hanging overhead that Deku was constantly at the risk of death and severe injury, but his dad was just never around. Now it\u2019s at least explained that he\u2019s been working overseas and probably had no idea about most of it. <\/p>\n

Is This a Good Excuse for Deku\u2019s Father? <\/p>\n

\"\"Courtesy of TOHO Animation<\/p>\n

Although this is a reasonable enough reason to keep Deku\u2019s father out of the story, it has an unintended consequence. Deku\u2019s father is clearly not important to the franchise, and was likely never really considered to add to it in order to flesh out Deku\u2019s connection with All Might and other hero mentors<\/a>. But seeing his mother going through such anguish as a result of Deku\u2019s fights over the course of the series really paints a terrible picture of Deku\u2019s father. Not only is it possible he didn\u2019t know, but also might not even care. <\/p>\n

Deku\u2019s father did not appear even once during all of the events of the war that tore apart Japan. And although the events of My Hero Academia take place within a single year, the final epilogue skipping ahead a near decade also never revealed Deku\u2019s father either despite getting in one final acknowledgement of his mother, Inko<\/a>. With this context, Deku\u2019s dad ignored the entire war and simply just never came home again. That\u2019s just a bummer. <\/p>\n

What do you think? Leave a comment below and join the conversation now in the\u00a0<\/strong>ComicBook Forum<\/strong><\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

HT \u2013 @shibuyasmash on X<\/a><\/p>\n