My Hero Academia creator reveals original plans for the traitor

The anime of My Hero Academia (Boku no Hero Academia) has been hinting at the identity of a traitor in Class 1-A for some time. At Jump Festa 2024 the creator of the manga, Kohei Horikoshitook the opportunity to discuss a series of topics, in the midst of announcing the premiere of the 7th season of the anime and the announcement of the 4th anime film that will premiere in Summer 2024. When talking about his manga, Horikoshi also revealed that he was planning to make a character a tool for All For One.

We will not go into here spoilers It is to reveal the identity of the traitor, but in a shocking twist, Kohei revealed in Jump Party this year who had another traitor in mind.

My Hero Academia’s new traitor

On stage the author of My Hero Academia revealed that he planned to Naomasa Tsukauchi the puppet” of All For One. For those who don’t see who it is, Naomasa is a police detective who has routinely helped All Might and the Pro Heroes of Japan. He first appeared in the last episode of the first season of the anime series.

It has never been confirmed that Naomasa Tsukauchi had a Quirk, so maybe Kohei Horikoshi was originally thinking about having All For One influence and entice the detective.

Although without a large presence in the manga My Hero Academiafans can learn more Naomasa Tsukauchi in the history of My Hero Academia: Vigilantesa manga that still has no confirmed anime adaptation, but which many believe will happen as soon as the anime ends. My Hero Academia.