My Hero Academia Filler List
1.8%
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Show this episode in the listOf 170 episodes, 3 are filler (1.8%). Cut them and you get about 1 hour back.
Filler: 32, 64, 104
My Hero Academia barely has filler: three anime-only episodes in 170. You can watch it straight through and lose very little time. Think we got one wrong?
Why other lists show a different number
Some lists show zero filler for My Hero Academia because they ignore one-off anime-only episodes. Others add the recap specials. We count only numbered episodes that aren't in the manga: 32, 64 and 104, the lead-in to the World Heroes' Mission movie.
- 170episodes
- 167manga canon
- 3filler
- 1hsaved
My Hero Academia filler arcs, and what to skip
One row per arc. Each square is an episode, in order. A crossed red square is filler; a solid one is manga. The stamp is our call: watch, optional (anime-only, but we'd keep it) or skip.
- Manga canon
- Filler
- Entrance ExamEp 1-4 · 4 episodesWatch
Izuku gets One For All and takes the U.A. entrance exam.
- First days at U.A.Ep 5-8 · 4 episodesWatch
The Quirk Apprehension Test and the first battle trial.
- U.S.J.Ep 9-13 · 5 episodesWatch
The League of Villains attacks a rescue training session.
- U.A. Sports FestivalEp 14-25 · 12 episodesWatch
The first-years compete in front of the whole country.
- Vs. Hero KillerEp 26-31 · 6 episodesWatch
Internships, and the fight with Stain in Hosu.
- Everyone's InternshipsEp 32 · 1 episodeOptional
Anime-only look at what the rest of Class 1-A did during their internships.
- Final ExamsEp 33-38 · 6 episodesWatch
A story from All Might's past, then the practical exams against the teachers.
- Forest Training CampEp 39-45 · 7 episodesWatch
Summer training camp, cut short by a villain attack.
- Hideout RaidEp 46-50 · 5 episodesWatch
The rescue of Bakugo and All Might's fight with All For One.
- Provisional Hero License ExamEp 51-63 · 13 episodesWatch
The license exam, then Deku and Bakugo's second fight.
- The Scoop on U.A. Class 1-AEp 64 · 1 episodeSkip
Anime-only: a journalist interviews the class. Mostly a recap of the first three seasons.
- Shie HassaikaiEp 65-78 · 14 episodesWatch
Overhaul, Eri and Sir Nighteye.
- Remedial CourseEp 79-80 · 2 episodesWatch
Todoroki and Bakugo's license make-up course.
- U.A. School FestivalEp 81-86 · 6 episodesWatch
Class 1-A's concert, and Deku against Gentle Criminal.
- Pro HeroEp 87-90 · 4 episodesWatch
Endeavor as the new No. 1, and his fight with the High-End Nomu.
- Joint TrainingEp 91-100 · 10 episodesWatch
Class 1-A against Class 1-B.
- Endeavor AgencyEp 101-107 · 7 episodes · filler: 104Watch
Deku, Bakugo and Todoroki intern with Endeavor. Episode 104 is anime-only, a lead-in to the World Heroes' Mission movie.
- Meta Liberation ArmyEp 108-112 · 5 episodesWatch
The League of Villains' war with the Meta Liberation Army.
- Paranormal Liberation WarEp 113-131 · 19 episodesWatch
The heroes strike first, and the war begins.
- Dark HeroEp 132-138 · 7 episodesWatch
Deku leaves U.A. to fight alone.
- Star and StripeEp 139-140 · 2 episodesWatch
America's No. 1 hero takes on Shigaraki.
- U.A. TraitorEp 141-143 · 3 episodesWatch
The traitor at U.A. is found out.
- Final WarEp 144-168 · 25 episodesWatch
The last battle with Shigaraki and All For One.
- EpilogueEp 169-170 · 2 episodesWatch
Where everyone ends up.
My Hero Academia filler that's actually good
Filler has a bad name, but some of it holds up. If you only keep a little, keep these.
Everyone's Internships
Ep 32
A light episode that checks in on the classmates the main story skips. Nice break after the Stain fight.
My Hero Academia: watch without filler
For this watch plan, keep these episodes in order. That's 167 episodes, about 64 hours. Mixed and anime canon episodes stay in. We also keep unresolved episodes until we can verify them.
1-31, 33-63, 65-103, 105-170
Crunchyroll and Netflix episode numbers
- Our numbers run straight through, 1 to 170, with no seasons. If your app splits the show into seasons, find the episode by its title or air date in the list below.
- Season 1 is 1 to 13, season 2 is 14 to 38, season 3 is 39 to 63, season 4 is 64 to 88, season 5 is 89 to 113, season 6 is 114 to 138, season 7 is 139 to 159 and season 8 is 160 to 170.
- Recap specials, such as Hero Notes and the four Memories episodes before season 7, aren't part of the numbering, so they aren't on this list.
My Hero Academia filler questions
- How many filler episodes are in My Hero Academia?
- 3 of its 170 episodes are filler, which is 1.8%. Skip only the episodes labelled filler and you get about 1 hour back.
- Which My Hero Academia episodes are filler?
- Episodes 32, 64, 104. The arc sheet on this page shows where each block sits in the story.
- How long does it take to watch My Hero Academia without filler?
- Roughly 64 hours. Watching all 170 episodes takes about 65. We count 23 minutes per episode, so trimming openings and previews saves even more.
- Does My Hero Academia have filler?
- Hardly any. 3 of its 170 episodes are filler. Everything else adapts the manga.
- Are the My Hero Academia recap episodes filler?
- The recap specials sit outside the main numbering, so we don't count them. Skip them if you're watching the show in order.
My Hero Academia episode list: all 170
- Manga canonStraight from the manga. Watch it.
- FillerMade up for the anime. Skip it and the story still makes sense.
| # | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Izuku Midoriya: Origin | Canon |
| 2 | What It Takes to Be a Hero | Canon |
| 3 | Roaring Muscles | Canon |
| 4 | Start Line | Canon |
| 5 | What I Can Do for Now | Canon |
| 6 | Rage, You Damn Nerd | Canon |
| 7 | Deku vs. Kacchan | Canon |
| 8 | Bakugo's Start Line | Canon |
| 9 | Yeah, Just Do Your Best, lida! | Canon |
| 10 | Encounter with the Unknown | Canon |
| 11 | Game Over | Canon |
| 12 | All Might | Canon |
| 13 | In Each of Our Hearts | Canon |
| 14 | That's the Idea, Ochako | Canon |
| 15 | Roaring Sports Festival | Canon |
| 16 | In Their Own Quirky Ways | Canon |
| 17 | Strategy, Strategy, Strategy | Canon |
| 18 | Cavalry Battle Finale | Canon |
| 19 | The Boy Born with Everything | Canon |
| 20 | Victory or Defeat | Canon |
| 21 | Battle On, Challengers! | Canon |
| 22 | Bakugo vs. Uraraka | Canon |
| 23 | Shoto Todoroki: Origin | Canon |
| 24 | Fight On, Iida | Canon |
| 25 | Todoroki vs. Bakugo | Canon |
| 26 | Time to Pick Some Names | Canon |
| 27 | Bizarre! Gran Torino Appears | Canon |
| 28 | Midoriya and Shigaraki | Canon |
| 29 | Hero Killer: Stain vs U.A. Students | Canon |
| 30 | Climax | Canon |
| 31 | The Aftermath of Hero Killer: Stain | Canon |
| 32 | Everyone's Internships | Filler |
| 33 | Listen Up!! A Tale from the Past | Canon |
| 34 | Gear Up for Final Exams | Canon |
| 35 | Yaoyorozu: Rising | Canon |
| 36 | Stripping the Varnish | Canon |
| 37 | Katsuki Bakugo: Origin | Canon |
| 38 | Encounter | Canon |
| 39 | Game Start | Canon |
| 40 | Wild, Wild Pussycats | Canon |
| 41 | Kota | Canon |
| 42 | My Hero | Canon |
| 43 | Drive It Home, Iron Fist!!! | Canon |
| 44 | Roaring Upheaval | Canon |
| 45 | What a Twist! | Canon |
| 46 | From Iida to Midoriya | Canon |
| 47 | All for One | Canon |
| 48 | Symbol of Peace | Canon |
| 49 | One for All | Canon |
| 50 | End of the Beginning, Beginning of the End | Canon |
| 51 | Moving Into Dorms | Canon |
| 52 | Create Those Ultimate Moves | Canon |
| 53 | The Test | Canon |
| 54 | Shiketsu High Lurking | Canon |
| 55 | Class 1-A | Canon |
| 56 | RUSH! | Canon |
| 57 | Rescue Exercises | Canon |
| 58 | Save the World with Love! | Canon |
| 59 | What's the Big Idea? | Canon |
| 60 | A Talk About Your Quirk | Canon |
| 61 | Deku vs. Kacchan, Part 2 | Canon |
| 62 | A Season for Encounters | Canon |
| 63 | Unrivaled | Canon |
| 64 | The Scoop on U.A. Class 1-A | Filler |
| 65 | Overhaul | Canon |
| 66 | Boy Meets... | Canon |
| 67 | Fighting Fate | Canon |
| 68 | Let's Go, Gutsy Red Riot | Canon |
| 69 | An Unpleasant Talk | Canon |
| 70 | GO!! | Canon |
| 71 | Suneater of the Big Three | Canon |
| 72 | Red Riot | Canon |
| 73 | Temp Squad | Canon |
| 74 | Lemillion | Canon |
| 75 | Unforeseen Hope | Canon |
| 76 | Infinite 100% | Canon |
| 77 | Bright Future | Canon |
| 78 | Smoldering Flames | Canon |
| 79 | Win Those Kids' Hearts | Canon |
| 80 | Relief for License Trainees | Canon |
| 81 | School Festival | Canon |
| 82 | Prepping for the School Festival Is the Funnest Part | Canon |
| 83 | Golden Tips Imperial | Canon |
| 84 | Deku vs. Gentle Criminal | Canon |
| 85 | School Festival Start!! | Canon |
| 86 | Let It Flow! School Festival! | Canon |
| 87 | Japanese Hero Billboard Chart | Canon |
| 88 | His Start | Canon |
| 89 | All Hands on Deck! Class 1-A | Canon |
| 90 | Vestiges | Canon |
| 91 | Clash! Class A vs. Class B! | Canon |
| 92 | Make It Happen, Shinso! | Canon |
| 93 | Operation New Improv Moves | Canon |
| 94 | Foresight | Canon |
| 95 | Match 3 | Canon |
| 96 | Match 3 Conclusion | Canon |
| 97 | Early Bird! | Canon |
| 98 | That Which Is Inherited | Canon |
| 99 | Our Brawl | Canon |
| 100 | The New Power and All For One | Canon |
| 101 | Have a Merry Christmas! | Canon |
| 102 | Off to Endeavor's Agency! | Canon |
| 103 | One Thing at a Time | Canon |
| 104 | Long Time No See, Selkie | Filler |
| 105 | The Hellish Todoroki Family | Canon |
| 106 | The Unforgiven | Canon |
| 107 | More of a Hero Than Anyone | Canon |
| 108 | My Villain Academia | Canon |
| 109 | Revival Party | Canon |
| 110 | Sad Man's Parade | Canon |
| 111 | Tenko Shimura: Origin | Canon |
| 112 | Tomura Shigaraki: Origin | Canon |
| 113 | The High, Deep Blue Sky | Canon |
| 114 | A Quiet Beginning | Canon |
| 115 | Mirko, the No. 5 Hero | Canon |
| 116 | One's Justice | Canon |
| 117 | Inheritance | Canon |
| 118 | The Thrill of Destruction | Canon |
| 119 | Encounter, Part 2 | Canon |
| 120 | Disaster Walker | Canon |
| 121 | League of Villains vs. U.A. Students | Canon |
| 122 | Katsuki Bakugo: Rising | Canon |
| 123 | The Ones Within Us | Canon |
| 124 | Dabi's Dance | Canon |
| 125 | Threads of Hope | Canon |
| 126 | Final Performance | Canon |
| 127 | Hellish Hell | Canon |
| 128 | Tartarus | Canon |
| 129 | The Hellish Todoroki Family, Part 2 | Canon |
| 130 | The Wrong Way to Put Out a Fire | Canon |
| 131 | Izuku Midoriya and Tomura Shigaraki | Canon |
| 132 | Full Power!! | Canon |
| 133 | Hired Gun | Canon |
| 134 | The Lovely Lady Nagant | Canon |
| 135 | Friend | Canon |
| 136 | Deku vs. Class A | Canon |
| 137 | A Young Woman's Declaration | Canon |
| 138 | No Man Is An Island | Canon |
| 139 | In the Nick of Time! A Big-Time Maverick from the West! | Canon |
| 140 | Specter | Canon |
| 141 | Villain | Canon |
| 142 | The Story of How We All Became Heroes | Canon |
| 143 | Let You Down | Canon |
| 144 | Division | Canon |
| 145 | Inflation | Canon |
| 146 | Two Flashfires | Canon |
| 147 | Extras | Canon |
| 148 | Wounded Hero, Burning Bright and True!! | Canon |
| 149 | Light Fades To Rain | Canon |
| 150 | Those Who Defend, Those Who Violate | Canon |
| 151 | A Chain of Events, Across the Ages | Canon |
| 152 | Together with Shoji | Canon |
| 153 | Butterfly Effect | Canon |
| 154 | The Chain Thus Far | Canon |
| 155 | Hopes | Canon |
| 156 | It's a Small World | Canon |
| 157 | I Am Here | Canon |
| 158 | A Girl's Ego | Canon |
| 159 | Battle Without a Quirk | Canon |
| 160 | Toshinori Yagi: Rising Origin | Canon |
| 161 | The End of an Era, and the Beginning | Canon |
| 162 | The Final Boss | Canon |
| 163 | Quirk: Explosion!! | Canon |
| 164 | History's Greatest Villain | Canon |
| 165 | Wrench It Open, Izuku Midoriya! | Canon |
| 166 | From Aizawa | Canon |
| 167 | Izuku Midoriya: Rising | Canon |
| 168 | Epilogue / The Hellish Todoroki Family: Final | Canon |
| 169 | The Girl Who Loves Smiles | Canon |
| 170 | My Hero Academia | Canon |
Where the labels come from
We use two source checks where available, plus cited manual reviews. The first checks the show's fan wiki, which lists the manga chapters each episode adapts. The second checks Wikipedia, mostly the Japanese episode lists, which mark episodes written for the anime. Matching anime-original signals give a provisional label of filler. If an episode has real manga scenes as well as invented ones, it's mixed. Episodes taken from official novels or one-shots are anime canon. When a check is missing or the sources disagree and a cited review does not settle it, we mark it needs review and leave it in your watch order. The verdicts on each arc (watch, optional, skip) are just our opinion.
- TVmaze episode data (CC BY-SA)
- My Hero Academia Wiki episode pages (CC BY-SA)
- Wikipedia: My Hero Academia season 2 (CC BY-SA)
- Wikipedia: List of My Hero Academia characters (CC BY-SA)
We combine these episode facts, renumber them into one continuous list and add our own labels. The episode data and tables on this page are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0; see credits and changes.
Our automatic checks only had one source for episodes 104. Where a reviewed label below doesn't settle it, the episode stays in the watch order.
Episodes we checked by hand (1)
- Ep 104: The Fandom episode page says the episode is made entirely of anime-original content and serves as a prologue to the World Heroes' Mission movie (Ryukyu's team and Selkie chasing Trigger smugglers). source 1
Spotted a wrong label? Tell us the episode number and, if you can, the chapter it adapts. Sources updated Oct 31, 2026.
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