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Class 1-A features many beloved characters from the world of MHA, but which student boasts the best hero attire?

You can turn to many places in fiction to indulge this fantasy — particularly anime, where the limit on these sorts of gestures truly knows no bounds. They go big and bold (we’re talking saving the ...