Does Midnight Die? How Does She Die And Who Killed Her?

Midnight is one of the quirkiest— and kinkiest— teachers of U.A. The R-rated hero is one of the main sources of the little fanservice in My Hero Academia and a fan favorite since her first appearance during the Sports Festival.

Midnight, whose real name is Nemuri Kayama, was one of the many heroes in the front lines during the Paranormal Liberation War.

Despite the meticulous planning, almost everything went south for the heroes, and the consequences were devastating, to say the least.

Midnight died off-screen in Chapter 278 while fighting Gigantomachia. She was attacked by the League Of Villains on Gigantomachia’s back and later ambushed by villains. Her death was confirmed in Chapter 296.

1. How did Midnight Die?

Midnight was attacked by the League of Villains hiding on Gigantomachia’s back while trying to get closer to use her quirk on him.

She was hit by debris released by Mr. Compress and suffered a fall. Shortly after, she was ambushed and killed by the other villains in the Paranormal Liberation Front.

The heroes’ plan went awry when Tomura Shigaraki awoke in Chapter 270. Gigantomachia picked up Tomura’s scent soon after, acknowledging him as master, and began moving.

After leveling the hospital with a wave of decay, Tomura beckoned to Gigantomachia, asking him to bring the others with him as well.

On his way to Tomura, Gigantomachia was intercepted by Mt. Lady. However, Mt. Lady couldn’t hold back the giant for very long and was tossed aside.

Cementoss, Edgeshot, and the other heroes had their hands full with other Paranormal Liberation Front members, Geten and Re-Destro, and couldn’t support Mt. Lady. Re-Destro deduced Tomura must be awake if Gigantomachia was moving and ordered the other villains to follow him.

Midnight tried to get closer to Gigantomachia’s face with help from Kamui Woods so she could use Somnambulist to knock the giant out. None of the heroes has spotted the villains on Gigantomachia’s back yet.

Dabi’s fire hit Kamui, and Midnight was hit by debris released by Mr. Compress and fell to the ground. The other villains following Gigantomachia on foot caught up with Midnight and ambushed her just after giving her final orders to Yaoyorozu to put Gigantomachia to sleep.

2. Is She Really Dead?

Midnight’s death was confirmed in Chapter 296. Her death was visualized by her crushed red face mask.

We see Class A students Mina, Kirishima, Yaoyorozu, and Sato crying over her body in Chapter 296. Midnight’s death was off-screen, and her body wasn’t pictured except for a small panel of her lying on the forest floor in Chapter 294.

3. About My Hero Academia

My Hero Academia is a Japanese superhero manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 2014, with its chapters additionally collected in 37 tankōbon volumes as of February 2023.

It follows a quirkless boy Izuku Midoriya and how he backed the greatest Hero alive. Midoriya, a boy who has been admiring heroes and their ventures since the day he was born, came into this world without a quirk, where almost everybody is born with one.

On one fateful day, he meets All Might the greatest Hero of all time and discovers that he was quirkless as well. With his diligent attitude and unwavering spirit about being a hero, Midoriya manages to impress All Might. He is chosen to be the heir to the power of One for All.