My Hero Academia 'More' scores 9.5

Anime finales usually land in one of two ways — either they close the book cleanly, or they leave fans arguing about what got skipped. My Hero Academia just got a rare third outcome. Its extra finale episode, “More,” dropped on May 2, and the immediate reaction was less “nice bonus” and more “this is the ending people wanted.” That’s why the 9.5 IMDb score is getting passed around so fast — it gives a neat number to a much bigger feeling. (imdb.com) ### What is “More,” exactly? “More” is a one-off special attached to My Hero Academia’s final anime run — basically an epilogue episode rather than a new season. Crunchyroll lists it as “FINAL SEASON More,” with a 23-minute runtime, and the setup is simple: time has passed, Class 1-A has grown up, and Uraraka is carrying something unresolved. That framing matters because(imdb.com)e after-story. (crunchyroll.com) ### Why are fans treating it like the “real” ending? Because it adapts chapter 431 — the manga’s epilogue chapter that takes place eight years after the main story. That chapter has had a weird aura around it ever since the manga wrapped. Fans saw it as the missing emotional coda — the part that answers “where did everyone end up?” instead of just “(crunchyroll.com) anticipation jumped immediately. (ign.com) ### So where does the 9.5 come from? From IMDb’s episode page. As of May 3, the page for “More” shows a 9.5/10 rating from about 1.1K users. That’s the concrete stat behind the social posts. And yes, early user scores can swing — fandom-heavy titles often spike right after release — but 9.5 is still a big number. (ign.com)ly. (imdb.com) ### Is that unusually high for My Hero Academia? Pretty much, yes. My Hero Academia has had plenty of beloved episodes, especially late in its run, but a 9.5 puts “More” in elite-company territory for any TV anime episode page. The series’ IMDb episode list shows other highly rated entries, but this special arriving with a near-perfect score makes it stand out as an even(imdb.com)ts scene that somehow lands as hard as the movie itself. (imdb.com) ### Why did this hit so hard right now? Because the anime already ended its main broadcast run in 2025. That left a gap. Fans had closure on the war and the plot machinery, but not quite on the characters as adults. “More” fills exactly that hole. Turns out that’s the version of closure people were still waiting for — less spectacle, more emotional bookk(imdb.com) the “true” finale rather than a loose extra. (fandomwire.com) ### Does this mean more anime is coming? Not in the “surprise new season” sense. But it does fit neatly into a broader 10th-anniversary push. Crunchyroll and franchise updates have already tied “More” to anniversary activity across 2026, and there’s separate summer content on the calendar, includin(fandomwire.com)re” leading into a bigger summer is grounded in real franchise planning — just not because the 9.5 score caused it. (crunchyroll.com) ### Why does the rating matter if ratings always wobble? Because fandoms use numbers as shorthand. A score like 9.5 lets people say, fast, that this wasn’t just acceptable fan service. It landed. The catch is that early IMDb ratings are not stable forever — they often cool as more casual viewers pile in. But for a same-weekend reaction signal, this is about as loud as it gets. (imdb.com) ### Bottom line? “More” looks like the kind of finale patch fans beg for and almost never get. It arrived on May 2, adapted the exact epilogue people wanted, and immediately posted a 9.5 on IMDb. Whether that number holds or drifts, the bigger point is already clear — My Hero Academia didn’t just end again. This time, it seems to have ended right. (imdb.com)