In the second half of the season, the League of Villains and the Meta Liberation Army encountered in the Deika City to determine about becoming the most infamous villains Tomura Shigaraki, who is informed to become All For One's successor, seeks to merge the organizations under his leadership. The season follows Izuku Midoriya, who dreams about the vestiges of the previous One For All users during the Joint Training Battle. It covers the final parts of ' Pro Hero' arc (chapters 190–193), ' Joint Training' (chapters 194–217), ' Meta Liberation Army' (chapters 218–240) which temporarily shifts the title of the series to My Villain Academia, ' Endeavor Agency' (chapters 241–252), and the origin of ' Paranormal Liberation War' arc (chapters 253–258).
The fifth season of My Hero Academia anime television series was produced by Bones and directed by Kenji Nagasaki (chief director) and Masahiro Mukai, following the story of the original manga series from the 21st volume through the end of the 26th volume.
