I Am Here! is the forty-second and final volume of the My Hero Academia series.
Cover and Volume Illustration#
The cover is a direct homage to Volume 1, featuring the same yellow background, the red and white variation of the logo, and the author's name printed in black and placed in the bottom left corner.
The same applies to the cover's composition. Taking the place of Izuku in the previous cover is Dai, with a more awe-filled expression by comparison. Izuku himself takes the same role as All Might on the previous cover, smiling while presenting his post-Final War battle scars and the shirt he wore during his final clash with "All For One". Finally, with the exception of Eraser Head, the selection of Pro Heroes is replaced with the entire remainder of Class 1-A, including Hitoshi Shinso, who are looking outward and smiling. They also aren't tinted in blood red unlike its original counterpart.
The volume illustration features a post-Final War Izuku wearing his school uniform and tattered backpack, as he walks down a brick road and looks back smiling at a track mark he made with his sneaker.
Author's Notes#
Volume Summary#
For a time, the fate of the world was balanced on a knife’s edge between salvation and doom, held in the palm of Izuku Midoriya’s hand. Everything was riding on the outcome of the Quirk-based war to end all wars. What became of the students and staff of U.A. High? How did they rebuild their lives after the epic conflict? Did superpowered society come away with the lessons it needed to learn? Find out in the final volume of My Hero Academia!
Chapters#
- 423. One For All vs. All For One
- 424. Epilogue
- 425. Unseasonable
- 426. The Hellish Todoroki Family: Final
- 427. Who Was Tomura Shigaraki, Really?
- 428. The Girl Who Loves Smiles
- 429. I Am Here
- 430. My Hero Academia
- 431. More
Volume Corrections#
Trivia#
- Volume 42 is the only main series cover whose composition references another cover. Previously, the only covers to do so were the My Hero Academia: Vigilantes covers.
- Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, and Walmart each sold exclusive editions of the volumes with unique variant covers, featuring Izuku, Katsuki, and Shoto respectively.
- The Shoto cover is also used for the Indigo exclusive release.