Eri Smiles | My Hero Academia 

We have to protect that smile, no matter the costs! *EVEN IF IT COSTS ME MY LIFE!*

Wow, that's deep! Such a beautiful masterpiece

@@Jakesterpop1 agreed

Refrigerator

@@kvang3625 nice rhyme

This comment is underrated af. I love it

Shinzu BRUEHQKNSO STOP IT

WOW XD

@@micheledelloglio5820 this comment is underrated bc fake my hero academia fans probably didnt get it

Shinzu Most genius comment I’ve ever seen

gets me every time

Same- I almost cried at the dining table

I get chills

im crie

SAME

Exactly. A hero should always be willing to put their lives on the line to create a bright future for those they leave behind, and Nighteye accomplished that. I'm sure he was so happy when he looked down from the afterlife and saw that huge smile on Eri's face.

I bet you he's smiling in his grave

Bro... you are so right

Nighteye was an entitled hypocrite

He’s smiling down from heaven I bet you soba that’s he’s her guardian angel 🥺

*Wiping away tears * You bet your face!

Breaking News: Little girl cures depression and hatred

Oh shoot i’m cursed 666th like-

Well they coulda dun it a long tine ago when eri was introduced like make her sad for 2 episodes but then put her in bed smiling about how the hero deku will come save her witg lemillion

@@madbsuper7335 Naw it would make it less impactful now.

I agree

I've always considered the Overhaul Arc and the School Festival Arc as being the Eri Saga.

That's actually a good way to think of it, Overhaul constantly talked about how Eri was cursed and wouldn't be able to properly saved so to see her finally enjoying life really ended everything he strived for.

He could come back

Why do you think dark shadow looked like overhaul mask and it broke

Happy tears ^v^

He promised to make her smile in any way possible

I nearly Cried myself. when rewatching the seiries It's heartbreaking seeing Eri suffer physically and mentally. when she says she forgot how to smile nearly broke me as well. all that sadness in one sitting just for her face to light up like that is enough to make a grown man cry.

Wholesome af man

*so precious.*

Lol

Underrated comment 😭😭

More like *Class 1-A: **_Bet_*

Talk less, smile more.

Deku and Mirio kept their promise to make her smile, brings tears to my eyes every time

And me: crying out of pure joy, so yes, I was smiling too.

Eri: big smile Jiro: Smile Baku: why isn't everyone dead yet?

Jirou only smile? Look at the thumbnail she was more happy than Eri her self

@@wissam9960 But the thumbnail IS Eri

@@sora_the_tree oh wait i messed up...another video also about the festival "Hero too Performance" THAT thumbnail

SAME

Ooo Brother it’s the 19th time I’ve cried in 1 hour

Go beyond plus ultra

who was he referring to?

@@pokelol97 sir nighteye

Also Bakugo: hiding the fact that he’s actually having a good time

Lol

monoma in the back dieing and reviving after reading who got most spectators

why is this is so true

Lol

I was already crying and then he said that and I just said: WHY WOULD YOU MENTION HIM?!?? T^T

@@pineapple_guy7547 like please I’m already in tears my heart can’t take much more of this

@@King_Yohan Yeah that's pretty much how I felt 😂

@@pineapple_guy7547 😂 I’m sure that’s how we all felt

@Eri Chan Hello

Queen no

@@kentraviousanimations4446 nani

Mirio’s reaction was my reaction to seeing Eri smile.

Especially when Mirio asked Sir Nighteye if he could see Eri smiling. 😢

Tag: mindbreak

The three greatest heroes in the series far as I'm concerned.

@life gives you lemillions Yesss 😊 She’s the best girl in my opinion

@Eri Chan 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

@Eri Chan Hey hey hey!!! 😊

No, class 1-A did!

Aye, it was a lovely touch to what was already a perfect denouement for a pretty heavy season. Me and an old housemate of mine had a long-running joke about how low a bar it is to be a good living parent in an anime, with Isshin Kurosagi arguably being one of the better ones despite regularly trying to kick his son out the window, but Jiro's parents really threw off the curve here.

@@Pineappolis I love the respect for Isshin!! He's def a quality OG anime dad

@@alainapowerchick2025 Oh, he's fantastic. The show has its issues, Lord knows, but it certainly wasn't lacking for memorable and entertaining characters.

My dad would've said "That's stupid be a lawyer" he doesn't think I'll make it as an actress cause I don't study it but acting is from the heart not books

Supportive parents everywhere 🥹

Lol, sameee

That alone makes her number one hero.

Jiro was always number 1 in my heart

Agreed mate

bro chill its a cartoon rendition of like a 15 year old... don't make me call the police

You actually cried?

100% true

i didnt

HALLOW KILLZONE yessir

@@ParanoidBobby y-yes..

Fax

Not for me

Agreed

And all that was needed to achieve it was take away La Brava's smile

Then you don’t have real depression

@@mymanyoucantbeseriousrn8451 Right.

@@mymanyoucantbeseriousrn8451 r/wooooooooosh

Yah nobody asked

"Everyone had an issue with *my* depression" 💀 Nah serious tho why everyone fake depression for attention

Also father: *secretly binges MHA and cries at the same scene*

Aww it's my duty

Yep 😭😭😭😭💓

Mirio, Deku, and the Hero Team saved her body, but Class 1-A, Jiro in particular, saved her soul.

@@darkecofreak23 yeah

@@darkecofreak23 The power of good music :)

You've done it. There is no better quote to reference here. Especially one from Stan Lee

Thank you my dudes

Best quote ever!

“Perfect” - Perfect Cell

Stain Lee I'm so very sorry

Well said

class 1-A plus the big three and staff, with the exception of aizawa (eraser head)who is more a dad

Same!

THIS !!!!!!!!

Facts

😣😣😣

It makes my heart so warm and break at the same time

Fr

@JIAYI WU no the entire comment was stolen

Alexsori XD

@JIAYI WU YES

@JIAYI WU with credit

:D

:D

I like the face he kept 🤣🤣🤣

hell yeah

@@deeejl5067 i legit thought you were me for a sec

He looks like he’s trying so hard to hide his smile the whole time too 😆

That’s facts right here

I call it a team effort

It was all of 1-A's hard work who saved her.

😭😭

I’m sure he’s positively beaming down from heaven.

YAS

that's what got me I think. There was a certain cliche cheesiness to the-girl-who-can't-smile going to the special day, and of course she'll smile in the end. But seeing that darkness around her be pushed away by the experience, like a very heavy metaphor, but it absolutely broke me

YabukiShingo4 We really don’t deserve Jiro. She’s way too awesome in a real world way to be a second stringer.

Yea.... Its perfect...

Hehe that Rhymes

Truly, one of the best comments I've ever read. Really puts perspective. Thanks.

Thats why she is best girl my guy.

It's even more heartbreaking when you realize Nighteye probably already saw this happen

But he wouldn’t be able to witness it with his own eyes in real time. *Heart.exe has shut down*

Dang it- now I cry. Because I’ve just realized that-

@@technote5124 But it just makes it that much more impact, how he says that he becomes a wonderful hero. Doesn't mean he gets his powers back necessarily. But the essence of a hero he retains and its present.

@@technote5124 he didnt see it because he saw deku dying, but deku changed the future

He’s having a good time. He just doesn’t want to show it

Its just the classic bakugo

That's bakugo in neutral

The real MC

pretty sure shigaraki did that first, jirou is here to finish the job

actually shirgaki did

Tomura: Same

Yup

I just wanted to say I am the 1 thousandth like .-.

I thought it said communism at first

Anyone who's says they didn't is lying and will be punished for committing anime perjury

I liked it alot.

It was a 'eh' moment for me

Kirishima supports the manliness lol

good job

:3

@@eridasmolbean2545 :000000000 ERIIIIII YOU ARE ADORABLE *Squashes cheek*

Kiri:t-thats so manly (;´༎ຶٹ༎ຶ`)

“Smile... a society without cheer or humour will not have a bright future”

Eri smiling warmed my heart, but Mirio's reaction to it BROKE ME

He already did when he used foresight on Mirio before he died, and that’s oddly comforting.

@@NightmareZerogbs I literally cried man.

amiramyss word

This show has a bunch of wholesome parents: Mrs. Midoriya Ochaco's folks Jiro's parents Koji's mother Todoroki's mother And Endeavor's actually *trying* to be a good dad This. Show. MAN!

No

And in a culture where so many kids are expected to tow the line and just do what their parents do, that's a huge thing!

Only in anime U do that in real life, u will be quarantine for life.

This anime has the best parents for sure.

This comment needs more love

To be honest, when Midoriya was fighting Gentle Criminal, I don't know, but it felt so intense. The fight had low stakes, but high stakes at the same time. The stakes were the festival and everyone having fun, including Eri, as low stakes as it is physically, it just became one of the highest stake fights in the series in terms of emotional meaning imo. I love this arc so much!

Yes! Agreed. So many people were just wanting punching and over hype moments. We just watched an arc where a little girl is tortured and held is captivity to be experimented on.. we needed some wholesomeness.

When I was partway through the School Festival Arc, my friend said that it was kinda boring and I was like bruh 👁👄👁 Eri smiles, Jiro gets to shine, and we get to meet the most sympathetic villains yet (even if they were kinda annoying lol)? Probably my favourite arc, and a great palate cleanser!

oh god i feel bad. season 5 is gonna be hell for you

[Everyone loved that]

**Happiness noise**

Jay Dua my heart melted when she smiled

I like the part where she smiles

[Not everyone liked that]

Don’t think that’s darkshadow. I think that the dark figure is overhauls grip on her

@@cherrypup1788 yea, it was overhaul haunting her. But the music made him disappear

@@cherrypup1788 sorry, it should have said "a dark shadow" my phone must've autocorrected it because I have been working on a Tokayami fanfiction for almost half a year on it. (phone got destroyed and all data is now lost)

o donuts dude do you have short term memory loss

Colby Main not rlly it’s just the fact that they don’t give some of the UA students bigger roles because some of them don’t tell a bigger story then some others do

Josh i agree

@o donuts dude I remember all my babies

Jirou is one of my all time fact characters, so I was so glad she got something at least partially focused on her

HorrorPleb YEAHHHHH!!!!!!!!! (Suck it overhaul)

Overhaul has issuessss

Thanks for that. I thought it was Dark Shadow and I was confused when seeing that part

I think you mean overhaul was disARMed

@@dekuoncrack378 UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE YEAR

Nah Shigaraki ended his career, Jiro simply erased his career as if it never existed lol

Not just Jiro but class A did it

Well, there are some things that can't ever be heal emotionally but her future, it bright now. I so happy she moving in with class 1-A which is kinda like one big family XD Bakugo better be nice to her or else, i'm comin for him :-)

it wasnt only Jiro

Jiro is best girl

Wait till the next arc buddy 👍

She gets more attention in the next arc. Trust.

Pretty far from underappreciated almost everyone in the fandom has her as best girl

@@uhohstinky9661 not really

she is a reconnaissance Hero , so she won't fight in the frontlines like deku bakugo and todoroki and kirishima and ashida . you have to be real sometimes .

I cry at both happily. Great writing is great writing. 🥰

@Yo Momma yeah I do- some are months old and others are from like 1 or 2+ years ago-

Just a smile anybody can do it

@@cloud-9936 yeah but it meant so much

Me.. A grown man.. "Don't cry for an anim- MY EYES, THEY CRY FOR ERIE!"

Brothy ! Wow, I wasn’t planning on crying today, but oh boy, PLANS CHANGE

In the game my hero one's justice 2 this is what nighteye saw when he touch mirio. He saw eri smile first

Damn, you're right.

Raymundo Cortes Yeah the future CAN be changed ;) Sorry not sorry lol (But no seriously sorry)

facts, but when he looked it was blank bc deku f***ed up the timeline

Sad truth but that's how anime parents work

they are musicians, they of all people should understand what "do what your want" and ""follow yours dreams" is about

@@tsumia8729 Not really? A lot of anime parents are neglectful and abandon their families, or are rarely ever around. Many are also abusive and harsher than real life parents. A lot of anime parents are also uncaring and hardly care about the dangerous things their children get into. Others are also exactly like real life parents where they're restrictive and sheltering. MHA just happens to be one of the anime out there that have supportive parents shown and brought to the forefront, but also has parents like Endeavor, but even he's trying to change.

it's not that deep

*more understanding than parents any day

Tyrant n

Tyrant i never cried or felt sad in a emotional or sad scene in this anime or other anime. But Eri made me get tears in my eyes from a scene for the first time.

Bruh how you cry 😂

Stop lying if u watched this scene u would have exploded of joy

Bruh

I think thats the best thing about jiro she's gonna bring smiles to people but in her own way!

She will gets moments to shine in the future and beyond

That's the meaning of the song she sings. "Strengh doesn't make a hero".

She’s already useful as a hero when fighting and doing espionage. Being an awesome musician will surely make her more popular and help people smile. Look at Eri! Even Bakugo was smiling near the end of the performance. If Jiro along with a large group of people can accomplish that, she’ll be amazing as a pro.

So lucio

seems a bit specific...

yeah some parents are jerks. forcing dreams onto your children should not be looked at as fine like it is, it should be looked down upon

*Cough cough* Endeavor *cough cough*

**BLANKLY LOOKS AT ENDEAVOR**

i am *looking* at someone veRy specific 👀 *cough* *cough* Mr. Hellflame *cough* *cough*

Sir definitely saw her smile in his vision

I cried in this part

When he brought up nighteye. I had to pause before continuing

That part hit the hardest

Class 1-A: We're gonna make that statement a lie

Ima make overhaul do the opposite of smile just for that remark-

Hasan Ahmed Who’s Jiro? Some kind of Jerry the mouse and Mirio OC child?

tuananisanoob bruh it’s the main singer

tuananisanoob how could you watch this and not know who Jiro is?

smh

tuananisanoob it's the girl that was the lead singer with the headphone jack earlobes

And boy did Nighteye see Eri's smile. He looked into Mirio's future to tell him he will be a finer hero than any other. That killed me for the third time since watching the episode

Yes! That's the point that got me!

Exactly eri's smile was cute and nice but I teared up at Mirio's reaction to her smile and asking Nighteye up in heaven if he's watching🤧

I didn’t even get emotional at this.

Must. Protect. At all costs.

CrazyWhatIfs this anime always makes me smile

@@juzoinui4627 same

@@juzoinui4627 same

CrazyWhatIfs **sharpens grim reaper scythe**

I feel like the smile was a bit too spontaneous though. The sad face she had for her whole life turning into a overly bright smile the second she saw a concert is not very realistic.

It also adds a layer to being a hero, the running theme of the series. It's not just about saving people and looking cool, but as Sir Nighteye said, "a world without smiles and humor has no bright future." Saving Eri's smile's a visual illustation of that, hence how important that is to Deku and Mirio.

@@salamence1471 partly It's not that she has never smiled She just forgot. That and smiling is a side effect of your brain tensing up some muscles after experiencing what the brain considers joyful, I paraphrased a whole ton, but what I'm saying is that smiling is partly done unconsciously. And eitherway it was a "in the moment smile" It happens all the time in the world People in very critical depression, also laugh and smile genuinely from time to time. It doesn't mean they are out of depression, far from it, but that they are stuck in the moment, and that for that brief moment, they forgot all of the things that are dragging them down and smiled or laughed unconsciously. And this is a lot easier to accomplish on a child, since children live in the moment, and it's easier for them to forget what made them sad because they don't spin It around in their heads like how teenagers or adults would do. And it's also obviously a scene that exaggerates reality. It's not fully realistic, but it is completely based on reality. It's also good enough that they added this ark to begin with, since they could've easily just made her act like a completely normal child after being saved without any continuation. But the creator decided to give it some continuation, and show us that she wasn't fully healed despite being physically saved.

@@salamence1471 what how? Smiling is not something you "learn". Eri wasnt smiling because she was so broken nothing made her actually smile. Idk if that makes sense

@@ADHDkid321 Dude, just accept it and cry

Oh thank goodness it's not just me. ;-;

I've re-watched these four minutes at least fifteen times now, and I still have yet to emerge dry-eyed.

Every f**king time.

*your mom enters the room*: why are u crying? *u show her eri smiling* *ur mom starts crying too*

It's so good and heartwarming I think you have to rewatch it a bunch and cry 😭😅 it's mandatory.

Then everyone except you

Everyone except atheists

People really think you have do believe in God to say things like this. Like, it's really just a figure of speech. Nothing more.

I like this comment :)

If her powers were real and can reverse this whole situation from happening

I'm going to relate to that in the future big time. I lost my dad to cancer 11 years ago and there is a scene from a comedy i love where the main character goes to the window and says Here you are mum he is your first grandchild. I'm going to be doing that when i become a father, i'm going to show my kid to my dad

So pretty much *Todoroki bursts through door* SECRET LOVE CHILD AND GRANDCHILD! *Eri gets scared and cries* Everyone including satan hades and etc: DONT TUCH DA CHIL Todoroki: oh no

You didnt notice he always called nighteye sir

i was balling my eyes my pillow was so soaked at this point

i thought this was izuku too :(

@@senlol7225 same :(

When I noticed the , I c r i e d

Gilateen shigarama allow me to recreate that shadow

@@ItzCrossly who's that I don't remember?

When I first saw the episode I thouth (from the verb 'think') the shadow was Tokowami's dark shadow Sorry my lack of English at any point in this comment, I'm still learning

helo

Let's defeat war with her smile!

Nope I'm more depressed now and have ever illness in the world because she smiled

Dunno about the entire world but it sure healed mine!

same

The only ones I have trouble remembering is the guy with the arms and Koda

Bakogou: Vibing

Him realizing that he’s having a good time.

Bakugou: yesnt

Extremely apathetic drums

My tsundere husband is trying his best 😔✋

That's why I was so stressed when Midoriya fought Gentle Criminal. If Gentle had stopped the festival, then Eri wouldn't get to see what a future of smiles and humor looks like.

I’m sure Nighteye is positively beaming down from heaven.

Fr and then eri still don't know he's dead so thats gonna hit when she finds out

Uh oh LOL an english battle of anime music

What about we.b?

*English singers proceed to make a Japanese version*

Jorrel Doe well well how the turntable

Jonathan Young Joins the Fight!!!

I miss Nana Shimura. She was my idol growing up

@@jinxstales9307 Same bro

Top 10 moments when depression gets destroyed. Number 1 may shock you.

I know

Not only her, everyone helped, Bakugou, Momo, Izuku, Mina, Ochaco, Tsuyu, Hagakure, Denki, Kirishima and all from 1A and that's frickin amazing ♡

Deku??? What about mirio????

I wish Nighteye could see it, he would've been proud of Kyoka.

@@Jakesterpop1 Maybe he did, with his quirk, before the end

All of class a actually