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My Hero Academia S1E2 — What It Takes to Be a Hero

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My Hero Academia•Season 1•Episode 2

What It Takes to Be a Hero

8.2/10 · 5,004 votesApr 10, 201624 min

Ranked #6 of 13 in Season 1•+0.1 vs season avg

Izuku accidentally learns of All Might’s secret, but there’s trouble in town again before Izuku has time to process it. Will All Might be able to save the day again?

Directed byDaisuke Tsukushi

Written byYosuke Kuroda

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What It Takes to Be a Hero

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Roaring Muscles

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Start Line

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What I Can Do for Now

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Rage, You Damn Nerd

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Bakugo’s Start Line

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Yeah, Just Do Your Best, Iida!

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In Each of Our Hearts

Cast8

Daiki Yamashita

Daiki Yamashita

Izuku Midoriya (voice)

Nobuhiko Okamoto

Nobuhiko Okamoto

Katsuki Bakugo (voice)

Kenta Miyake

Kenta Miyake

All Might (voice)

Ayane Sakura

Ayane Sakura

Ochako Uraraka (voice)

Kaito Ishikawa

Kaito Ishikawa

Tenya Iida (voice)

Yuki Kaji

Yuki Kaji

Shoto Todoroki (voice)

Aoi Yuuki

Aoi Yuuki

Tsuyu Asui (voice)

Junichi Suwabe

Junichi Suwabe

Shota Aizawa (voice)

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Takumi Sunakohara

Key Animation

Yosuke Kuroda

Yosuke Kuroda

Writer

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Tomomi Ishii

Key Animation

Y

Yusuke Adachi

Key Animation

Y

Yuichi Fujimaki

Animation Director

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Naoki Miyajima

Key Animation

K

Kana Miyai

Key Animation

M

Masaya Yasutome

Key Animation

S

Saki Hasegawa

Key Animation

R

Ryousuke Sekiguchi

Key Animation

A

Ayana Nishino

Key Animation

K

Koichi Horikawa

Key Animation

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Episode Summary

"What It Takes to Be a Hero" is episode 2 of My Hero Academia season 1. It scored 8.2/10 from 5,004 votes, ranking #6 of 13 episodes this season (season average 8.1). Directed by Daisuke Tsukushi and written by Yosuke Kuroda, it aired on April 10, 2016.

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