It's the aftermath volume. While the war arc had a clear endpoint, volume 37 shows that there are no clean wins. The victory was Pyrrhic. The timeline here is messy, reflecting the chaotic state of the world. Days blur together for Deku as he fights non-stop, which the art style really emphasizes.
2026-08-05 03:07:07
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CleverFox
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You know, it's weird. In the grand timeline, this period probably only lasts a few weeks. But it feels like an eternity when you're reading it. That's the magic of the pacing—it makes you share in Deku's perception of time during his lowest point.
2026-08-05 10:40:21
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DeanJoy
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My friend asked this same thing yesterday! I told them it's basically the 'Infinity War' of MHA. It's where the villains' plan comes together successfully, and the heroes suffer a major, devastating loss. The timeline after this is forever changed.
That analogy usually helps people grasp its importance immediately. It's not just another arc; it's the empire strikes back moment for the series.
2026-08-05 12:22:33
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My local bookstore had it shelved right after 36, which was helpful. Sometimes they get out of order. The spine art continues the pattern, too, so you can visually see it's next in line. If you're collecting physically, it's satisfying to see the number increment and the cover themes get progressively darker and more serious.
It's a volume that looks and feels like a turning point even before you open it. The production design reinforces its place in the series' chronology.
2026-08-05 15:11:11
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Wondering if I should skip ahead to this volume because the war arc looks cool in the anime. Bad idea. The impact relies entirely on your investment in the characters, which is built over 30+ volumes of seeing them train, fail, and grow. Skipping to the explosions is like eating only the frosting of a cake.
Its proper place is at the end of a long, rewarding build-up. The timeline is the journey; this volume is a major destination.
2026-08-05 20:36:53
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A journey in which Long Chen met various powerful cultivators and even so-called gods. Fighting, defeating, protecting, it's all in Long Chen's heart. He will also meet his parents, whom he hasn't seen since the day he was born. Would Long Chen accept them? Or will he decide to have nothing to do with them? Can Long Chen maintain his goal, or will he once again fall into the same temptation as the Black Dragon?
"I live for myself, destiny? Fate cannot stop me! I'll keep standing no matter how many times I fall. As long as I'm still breathing, there will be no surrender in my life.
Set after the war between the Dragon Emperor and the Blood Emperor, in which the two emperors united to protect all realms and the underworld. In a small world where no immortal beings dwell, a married couple lives with their only son.
That life of happiness came to an end with the destruction of their village and the deaths of its inhabitants. The child, having lost his parents, tries to find traces of them, who disappeared when the village was destroyed. The further he walks down the path of cultivation, the more he realizes that he has actually been trapped in a difficult fate. Will he be able to walk that path? Or will he end up losing his own life? This is the story of a young man named Tian Sen, who walks a bloody path to discover who he is and where his parents are. But he must become stronger to reach a point where even fate itself cannot control him.
“Why? Why don’t they care about people like us? Why? I, Tian Sen, will not accept any of this. I will walk toward the summit even if my hands are drenched in blood. Loneliness will not let me be swayed by the nonsense called fate!”
The Raikiri clan, which was famed as the most prominent military and tactical geniuses, existed since the feudal Japanese period during the reign of Minamoto Yoritomo.
Bestowed with great power, the descendants of Iwasaki Senju yielded the Amaterasu, the power which awakens under emotional stress.
Kenjirou Subaru was hailed as a legend for saving the clan at the tender age of six from a unit of 70 yakuza. However, all good things must come to an end eventually as the ancient Ninjutsu clan was assassinated in cold blood, probably by an external group fearful of the clan's prominence and place in modern Japanese culture.
The horror of the heinous tragedy at his birthplace, the Village of Raden in Osaka rendered his mental condition unstable thus causing Izanami to go rouge.
Unbeknownst to him, he ends up in Tokyo, involving in a frenzy of incidents, gathering to find the intel on the person or the organization responsible for the eradication of his people. Therefore, eking out an existence and pursuing an education.
He would eventually make his way to Mitsushiba. He enrolls in high school and thus begins his quest to discover himself again. Eventually, he would be befriended by a group of students who change Subaru's view of life and show him that life this beautiful is worth living or is it really the case....
On the day of the SAT exam, my girlfriend, Heidi Moore, makes the entire class stay with her and wait for her childhood friend, Jeffrey Price, who's running late.
But it's less than an hour before the exam starts. If they keep waiting for Jeffrey, they will definitely miss the exam.
In my previous lifetime, I played my part as the class president by advising everyone to take the exam first. But all I received was their scolding.
"You're just jealous that Jeffrey and Heidi are extremely close friends! That's why you want to ditch Jeffrey so that he can miss the exam, huh?"
I could only stand in the pouring rain while begging my classmates relentlessly. Only then did everyone leave for the exam venue reluctantly. In the end, we were able to arrive at the exam venue one minute before the exam started.
But after the exam was over, I was pushed off a building by Jeffrey, which caused my death.
However, Heidi and the rest of my classmates gave the police their fake testimonies.
"Finley caused Jeffrey to miss the exam. That's why he killed himself out of guilt!"
Jeffrey even used the opportunity to sell his sob story and become a popular influencer.
Mom tried to seek justice for me, only to get cyberbullied by the Internet users, who were blind to the truth. Dazed and disoriented, she drove off a cliff, and her body was nowhere to be found since then.
Only after I died did I realize that this was just a part of Jeffrey's scheme.
When I open my eyes again, I've returned to the day Heidi tells the entire class to wait for Jeffrey before departing to the exam venue together.
In this lifetime, I won't stop my ungrateful classmates from ruining their own lives.
After defeating Yami, Hikari chooses to live with him. Before this, Hikari only has himself to face everything. But this time, fate has brought him to meet with a group called Hitaku.
All of them have their own story. no matter what kind of things they need to do. Sometimes, they smile, cry, and... well,
no matter what kind of situation they're in. they always have their way to face it.
but the question is, Can they succeed in achieving their dreams in their way?
At a time when sudden cosmic imbalances can be felt across universes, Earth becomes the center of an extraterrestrial attack when there is an alien-like invasion by an army of inter dimensional beings led by a goddess of war and death.
There is then a most impeccable ensemble comprising of one Natasha Johnson; Atlanta’s christened superheroine, ‘Viper’, along with a group of teenagers, super-powered beings, some old familiar faces, scientists, cops, the military, and even mercenaries who must then team up to ensure the survival of the planet as well as preventing the impending destruction of the entire cosmos.
The timeline is best understood through the anime, I think. If you've seen Season 3 Episode 1, that's the start of volume 8. The episode where they arrive at the camp, meet the Pussycats, and start training. So volume 8 covers about the first three episodes of that season. That visual reference might help place it better than chapter numbers for some people.
Hmm, I'm trying to remember if there's a flashback in that volume. I don't think so. The narrative stays firmly in the present, following Deku's point of view as he experiences his first days. So the timeline is linear and immediate from the reader's perspective, with no jumps backward or forward.
The geography of the battles is actually really well thought out. The storyline isn't just random locations; we have the floating UA, the city center, the hospital district, the mountain villa. Each setting presents different tactical challenges and collateral damage concerns. The heroes have to adapt their quirks to urban environments, close quarters, and open skies. This variety keeps the action visually and strategically interesting. It shows that the villains planned their strikes to maximize chaos across different types of terrain, while the heroes are forced to play defense on all fronts simultaneously.
From a collector's standpoint, it sits neatly between volumes 5 and 7 on the shelf, which mirrors the timeline perfectly. The story doesn't have any complex branching timelines or alternate universes in the main series. So you can read it in publication order with full confidence you're following the intended chronological story. The cover art even reflects the Sports Festival setting, with Deku in his gym clothes, which is a good visual cue for its place in the story.