Will All Might Reclaim His Power in My Hero Academia Season 8 for a Final Showdown with All for One?
Stripped of his Quirk but not his resolve, All Might roars back in My Hero Academia’s Final Season, opening with a fated rematch against All For One—and a game-changing armored upgrade.
All Might may have lost the light show years ago, but the man refuses to leave the stage. My Hero Academia Season 8 (yes, the Final Season) opens by throwing him right back at the ultimate nightmare: All For One. Only this time, he shows up in a new look — Armored All Might — because the guy is still Quirkless. Let me walk through where he stands, why the suit matters, and how a certain infamous vigilante ends up being the clutch assist.
Does All Might get One For All back?
Short answer: no. The manga is over, and One For All stays with Midoriya. All Might does not regain it.
That sounds harsh, but it doesn't sideline him. Season 8 puts him back in the fight anyway — which is kind of the point of the character.
How we got here (quick refresher)
- For decades before the series starts, All Might is the No. 1 Hero — the smiling symbol who saves people and inspires an entire generation, including Izuku Midoriya.
- His real name is Yagi Toshinori. He started out Quirkless in a violent era, lost his family, and decided to become the kind of hero who could actually change things.
- He met Nana Shimura, the seventh holder of One For All, and became the eighth. He looked untouchable to the public, but behind the curtain his true form was frail and his grip on One For All was fading.
- Season 3: he burns out One For All against All For One and loses the Quirk for good. The symbol is gone, but the man isn't.
- Now, in Season 8, he rolls up in the Armored All Might suit — a custom mech rig he put together after losing his powers. The coolest touch is how it mirrors the combat styles of Class 1-A. His legacy isn't just a torch he handed off; it literally powers how he fights now.
Armored All Might vs. All For One
Call it unconventional, call it reckless — it's absolutely All Might. He charges back at All For One in the suit and actually pushes the monster back. And he doesn't do it alone. Help arrives from the unlikeliest place possible, which is where the story gets delightfully weird.
Enter Stain: the hero-hating hero fan
Stain is the guy who looked at a broken, clout-chasing hero system and decided to start cleaning house with knives. He still hates the hypocrisy, but he has one exception: All Might. In his eyes, All Might is the real deal — the one hero who actually stands for something and isn't playing for fame or cash. He even throws himself between All Might and those who would tear him down, including Tomura Shigaraki, who has made it his mission to kill All Might.
Inside baseball note: before all that, Stain was a vigilante operating as Stendhal in the spinoff My Hero Academia: Vigilantes — which is a pretty wild origin considering where he ends up.
In the latest episode, Stain literally saves All Might's life by jumping in and freezing All For One in place with his Quirk long enough to turn the tide. All Might — outmatched and Quirkless — still smiles through it, because he finally has what he's always preached: people stepping up together.
The bittersweet part
Stain isn't built for a long fight against an endgame boss like All For One, and the show doesn't pretend otherwise. His rescue is powerful and short-lived — a final statement on who he believes deserves to live and keep fighting. It closes his arc and pushes All Might forward.
What Season 8 is really saying about All Might
He was never just the Quirk. With or without power, he shows up, he inspires, and he doesn't quit. The Armored All Might suit is a neat spectacle, sure, but the message lands harder: his legacy lives on in the next generation, and it literally helps him stand up one more time.
My Hero Academia is streaming on Crunchyroll.