My Hero Academia Chapter 427 Summary

TV Program: Who Was Tomura Shigaraki?

Opens with a TV program asking who Tomura Shigaraki was.
Various people, including a woman who left him to the heroes as a child, give negative comments.
- Comments on Shigaraki as scary, a murderer, and initially seeming like any other villain before becoming a monster.
- Happiness in his final defeat.
Shows the wreckage caused by the villain and the ongoing reconstruction efforts despite hero intervention.

Setting: Interrogation room.
Spinner agrees with the view of Shigaraki as a murderer but mentions he’s there solely to relay Shigaraki’s final words to Midoriya.
Spinner, emotionally recalling memories with Shigaraki, begins to transform back to his monstrous form.
- Recollects Shigaraki allowing him to dream and not judging him for his heteromorphic appearance.

Amidst emotional turmoil, Spinner grabs Midoriya; doctors panic but Midoriya signals them to stand down.
Spinner defends Shigaraki against TV criticism, recounting shared interests in video games and depth beneath Shigaraki’s destruction intent.
Midoriya relays Shigaraki’s final words, emphasizing their genuine friendship.
Spinner’s realization that Shigaraki’s state was due to following without thinking, recalling past events and his own failures.
Midoriya leaves, with an ominous TV message about potential future threats.

Spinner decides to write a book about Shigaraki, the symbol of fear, but Midoriya suggests a comic book.
Spinner vows never to forget Shigaraki and intends to continue his legacy.
Instructs Midoriya to relay a message to Shoji to advocate for heteromorphs.

Detective Tsukauchi gives an update on Overhaul’s fate.
- Overhaul imprisoned again post-capture by Midoriya.
- Visited in prison by his adoptive father and leader of Shie Hassaikai, who expresses anger and disappointment.
- Old boss scolds Overhaul for straying from humanity and failing to repent to Eri, his biological granddaughter.
- Emotional confrontation ends with old boss vowing to stay by Overhaul’s side, scolding him for life.

Midoriya, All Might, and Detective Tsukauchi exit the facility.
Midoriya thanks Tsukauchi for helping avoid trauma for Eri.
- Discussion on the impossibility of making sure no one else faces what Eri did.

All Might prompts Midoriya to return to UA for the new incoming first years.
Midoriya leaves All Might, back at UA.
- Scene with new first-year girls enthusiastically following Bakugo and Todoroki, highlighting their newfound stardom.