In no point of the story does Kohei Horikoshi confirm the timeline of My Hero Academia. This has led fans to speculate the time-period in which My Hero Academia takes place and whether it’s in the near or far future.
Of course, fans will leave no stone unturned to figure out the specifications of the plot. In a detailed fan theory, the My Hero Academia timeline has been highlighted along with another dark truth about the anime.
The Timeline in Which My Hero Academia Takes Place
While there is little to no info on when the events of My Hero Academia happen, there is a way to find the average timeline with the help of some math work. Counting the number of generations that One For All has been passed down could help determine the time period. In fact according to My Hero Academia, All For One was present at the time when quirks began developing for the first time in humans.
Including Deku and All Might, One For All has received nine users. The power has been passed down from one generation to the next, not after death. Since each generation is of 30 years on average, you can easily calculate the number of years that One For All and All For One have been in existence.
A fan theory figured out that if the average number of years in a generation is multiplied by 9, the answer is 270 years. Kohei Horikoshi created My Hero Academia in 2014, so this is the year that you will have to consider as the base. Thus 2014+270 would be 2284. Thus, the events of My Hero Academia are taking place sometime in 2284. This is considering that
Why Didn’t Kohei Horikoshi Feature A Futuristic Scenario in My Hero Academia ?
My Hero Academia takes place almost 300 years ahead in the future, yet, there is no technological developments in the series, when compared to the real world. Of course, there are new technologies that can help quirk users and developments that help in battles. But in day to day life, there aren’t as many advancements.
A dialogue in My Hero Academia sums up the situation:
Humankind would be already enjoying interstellar travel if the appearance of quirks didn’t put technology development in a standstill because of all the conflicts it caused.
Thus, the emergence of quirks not only made people more dependent on them, they also created a divide between humans. It is only natural for people to fear unwarranted powers, and some bad people are bound to use it to their advantage. It must have taken decades to set up a system in which quirk users and non-Quirk users can live together in harmony. The fund required for this effort must have sucked dry the funds required for the development of the state.
Thus, the appearance of Quirks must have halted human advancement as it posed a new challenge to deal with. This wild fan theory suggests the dark truth behind Quirks and how the society in My Hero Academia is struggling because of them.
You can read My Hero Academia on Viz Media and watch the anime on Crunchyroll.
