My Hero Academia Season 7’s Opening Spoiled One Of The Series’ Biggest Reveals

Summary The opening of My Hero Academia's seventh season contains spoilers of key events and moments.

The revelations of Invisible Girl's appearance may lose impact.

Toru's confrontation with one of her classmates shows her true potential.

Warning: SPOILERS for My Hero Academia Season 7 aheadThe opening of My Hero Academia’s seventh season highlighted the characters who will play pivotal roles in the story. From Deku to Shigaraki, all the Heroes and Villains featured in this sequence will be vital for the plot. While the opening does a good job of avoiding major spoilers for fans who have not read the manga, it does contain a scene that spoils a major event: the revelation of Toru Hagakure’s real appearance.

Ever since the young Hero was introduced in episode 5, her appearance has remained a mystery, as her Quirk prevents her from being seen. One of Toru’s biggest moments in the manga is the revelation of how she looks in chapter 337. This moment was depicted in the opening sequence for season 7, a decision that could take away from the impact of this scene in future episodes.

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My Hero Academia's Anime May Have Lessened a Great Moment

The premature reveal of Hagakure’s face could affect the season

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Featuring this iconic and defining moment for Toru on the opening of season 7 could lessen the shock viewers will feel when the revelation occurs.

Toru Hagakure’s Quirk is called Invisibility, an ability that allows the young woman to refract the surrounding light, turning her invisible to everyone around her. During the U.A. Traitor Arc of the My Hero Academia manga, Invisible Gril had her chance to shine when she discovered that her classmate Yuga Aoyama was working for All For One. She helped Deku corner and interrogate the traitor, using her body as a shield to protect Deku when Aoyama attacked Izuku. During this moment, her face becomes visible to both her classmates for the first time.

The reveal of Hagakure’s true appearance in chapter 337 of the manga has become one of the young woman’s most iconic moments. Not only did it highlight Toru’s determination and desire to help her friends during the upcoming war, but it also solved one of the biggest mysteries in the series. Fans had wondered for years how the invisible Hero would look when her Quirk was inactive. This moment worked perfectly in the manga due to the suddenness of the reveal, as no one expected Hagakure’s true form to be revealed during the main story.

Featuring this iconic and defining moment for Toru on the opening of season 7 could lessen the shock viewers will feel when the revelation occurs. Hagakure’s appearance is no longer a mystery to be resolved, as her face has already been shown before the season even properly began. The scene between Hagakure and Aoyama will most likely not hold the same significance for anime viewers as it did for manga readers. This is a complete shame, as these characters tend to be ignored and forgotten inside the world of the series.

Hagakure’s Determination Will Be Shown in Season 7

The reveal of Toru’s appearance is vital for her character

For most of the series, Hagakure has been considered a side character, seldom contributing in significant ways to the plot. Due to her Quirk, it is easy for people to forget or not know much about Invisible Girl, something that has been brought up several times in the manga. Despite how hurtful it can be for Toru to be ignored, she has made good use of this skill by becoming a stealth-based Hero. Her abilities are what allowed her to discover the truth about Aoyama being the traitor who had been helping All For One since the beginning.

After informing Deku about her discovery, the two of them confront Aoyama, who tries to attack them as a way to appease the Symbol of Evil. Earlier in the series, Hagakure was shown to be able to reflect Aoyama’s lasers with her own body, acting as a mirror that could redirect them somewhere else. She uses this ability to stop Aoyama from seriously hurting Izuku, causing her body to warm up. It is during this moment that her face is revealed, showing the pain and anger that her former friend’s betrayal caused her.

Toru’s confrontation with Aoyama is one of the young woman’s most defining moments in the series. Hagakure went from being mostly forgotten to being a key player in the discovery and capture of the U.A. traitor. When this scene was released, Hagakure’s popularity skyrocketed, not only due to her newly revealed appearance but also because of how important her contributions to the story became. Season 7’s opening may cause this moment to feel less crucial to the story, as the revelation will be less impactful for followers of the anime.

My Hero Academia’s Openings Are Not New to Spoilers

Other openings in the series have revealed important moments

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The My Hero Academia anime series has often used its opening to reveal pivotal story elements, as can be seen in previous seasons. During season 6, one of the most important battles in the series took place, that being the fight between Hawks and Twice. The number two Hero spent months undercover as a League of Villains sympathizer in an attempt to learn about their plans. Hawks became good friends with the Villain Twice, who saw him as one of his close confidants. This friendship came to an end when Keigo had to kill Twice during season 6.

The opening for this season puts special focus on their relationship, even featuring a moment in which a saddened Hawks looms over a scared Twice. While My Hero Academia has many examples of this phenomenon, this is not the only series with an opening that could spoil the plot of its story. Shonen fans have brought up this topic for many decades, as this genre’s opening tends to tell the story of what will happen before the series commences. Anime like Dragon Ball and Attack On Titan also have various openings that reveal important moments in their respective stories.

Spoilers in anime openings are nothing new, as they have been used to attract viewers’ attention for years. Nonetheless, the opening of My Hero Academia’s seventh season could have handled the revelation of Hagakure’s appearance a bit more subtly. By not showing her face during the intro but still focusing on her, the shock of the scene could have been maintained, while also enticing viewers to discover why Toru gained importance in this season.