The meaning behind the name of the UA Academy is finally revealed.
The true meaning of My Hero Academia’s UA Academy’s name is revealed.
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The story of My Hero Academia is found very close to its end, which implies that quite important revelations and events arise for the development of the end of the series. Among those important revelations that have emerged recently, we find that the true villain of My Hero Academia has finally revealed his identity.
The war that has been developing between the heroes and the League of Villains in this story for some time has revealed the great potential and vocation that each one has ua academy heroes.
This academy is one of the 6 academies that exist in My Hero Academia, and it has proven to be a very good training institute for heroes. Although it is a fairly well-known institution, its name has until now been a complete enigma. That is why we show you the true meaning of AUat My Hero Academy.
This is what the name of the UA Academy means
The heroes belonging to the UA Academy
There have been fans of My Hero Academia who have shown great confusion around the name of the popular academy which is attended by the main characters of this work, especially since the true meaning behind this name is not explained.
Likewise, the confusion of the fans of this series regarding the name “UA” increases when noting that both in the English dubbing and in the original language, Japanese, the pronunciation of this name is exactly the same “yu no”. Although it may not seem like it at first glance, the truth is that all this has a logical explanation.
The UA Academy of My Hero Academy
In Japanese, the full name of the academy is spelled “雄英高等学校” (“Yuuei High School” or “Yuuei Academy”). The pronunciation “yuuei” is attributed to the first two kanji we find in the name, “雄英”, and this pronunciation sounds exactly like the letters “UA” in English.
Interestingly, those two kanji too are used to write the word “heroes”except that in the case of said word the kanji are interchanged, remaining as follows: “英雄”, since the only difference between these two words is the pronunciation, which in terms of the word heroes would be “eiyuu”.
From this we can come to the conclusion that “UA” (Yuuei) is the pronunciation of the word “heroes”, but backwardsthe name of the academy being a play on words that is somewhat difficult to decipher.
Although at first it was believed that the English translations were wrong for believing that the heroes said the letters “UA” when saying the name of the academy, the same anime revealed that this was not really the case, and that the name from the academy it was “UA”, reflecting said letters on the physical education uniform of the heroes, as well as due to the form of the institution itself.
The UA Academy physical education uniforms at My Hero Academy
Although it is very difficult to understand at first glance, and even more so if you don’t speak Japanese and English, without a doubt the name of this institution is quite an ingenious choice. That Kōhei Horikoshi has created a name that is a bilingual word game it is something quite amazing and original.
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