Where was the mind controlling creepy kid all this time? Is he among the injured?
He's not from the heroic's department. He's from general's I think.
Where was the mind controlling creepy kid all this time? Is he among the injured?
He's not from the heroic's department. He's from general's I think.
He's not from the heroic's department. He's from general's I think.
Ah yes, I forgot about the generals. The inventor girl was also on that group, right?
Ah yes, I forgot about the generals. The inventor girl was also on that group, right?
That's another group entirely: the Support Department.
Damn, too many groups and they barely get any screen time.
How am I supposed to remember them all?
Damn, too many groups and they barely get any screen time.
How am I supposed to remember them all?
I don't think you are. There are Heroics, General, Support and Management. 2 Classes for Heroics and 3 for the rest.
General is for mundane jobs, support is for inventing equipment and management is, well, management (hero stock brokers, essentially). They don't really do heroing and there's like only 1 relevant character from each group.
Volume 8 Cover
More anime casting announcement: Suwabe Junichi as Aizawa and Yoshino Hiroyuuki as Present Mic
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Aizawa is Vergo. Somehow this makes sense.
Tribute drawn in honor of the anime starting.
Am I alone in thinking this is terrifying?
Kishimoto surely turns to shit everything he touches.
! Okay, main takeaways..
! * Doctor says Deku's arm is on its way to be being permanently damaged and unusable. Wonder if this means we'll get some Hatsume gear for him?
! Does this means they will get their own Mechanical Flying Whale?
! This is a huge dissapointment. Why in the hell are they still going especially deku who just got released from the hospital? If Ida goes with them then this will be a huge waste of character development from him.
! Does this means they will get their own Mechanical Flying Whale?
! You know, this is the second(or third?) time we've seen this giant flying ship in the color pages now. I wonder what its deal is.
Mostly seems like Horikoshi is inspired by Toriyama's habit of drawing steampunk-looking mechas on title pages (that don't make it into the actual story).
Oof, that oblique hint about the winged noumu in vol 7's omake.
Tsuyu's family is amazing.
It's out on Mangastream.
Loved the extra chapter with Tsuyu.
Love how the normal chapter is so dark and gloomy, and then comes Tsuyu and completely flips the mood!
But otherwise, It'll be interesting to see what'll happen. I won't rule out the possibility of Bakugo going on the villains side, but if it happens I don't think it'll be willingly. It's pretty clear there's something big coming up, so I'm excited.
Do we know the no. 3 hero? I noticed that 1, 2, 4 and 5 were only there.
So much for Bakugou being a villain in training. He refused them!
Take that, all you people who were soooo quick to assume.
If he does join them, it will probably be through something like brainwashing / mind control.
I liked how the students actually rationalized the situation and came to a smarter conclusion than we assumed they would.
Iida represents the readers, telling the kids not to be stupid and attack the villains.
But then the manga turns around and says "we know that, idiot. we're not planning on fighting if we can avoid it."
Loving this.
Be my nakama, Bakugou!
Really, really good character chapter. Midoriya's actions having some serious consequences is wonderful, and Iida is totally in the right over his feelings and caution. Of course he wants to go too, that's no surprise. Still, it's interesting that this is far from the stealthiest group 1A could field, though they're a good deal better prepared for the eventual fighting that will occur.
I'm curious to see whose rescue mission will mess up whose. I'd really like it if the students had almost succeeded when the heroes come in guns blazing, as opposed to the students messing things up through their inexperience.
@MDL:
So much for Bakugou being a villain in training. He refused them!
Take that, all you people who were soooo quick to assume.
I don't think anyone really thought he would flip easily. If there's one defining trait of Kacchan it's stubbornness.
I really liked how this was handled, unlike how it's usually with situations like these, the characters didn't mindlessly go barging in, but instead considered their situation. Also, Bakugou is the best little shit. He ain't going down without a fight.
do we know who is hero no.3?
Am I the only one who noticed Tiger there?
Yoink. I get it, her name is Mongoose, but she is a snake. You are soooo funny Horikoshi.
No 3 Hero is that Whale!!!
Also Tsuyu Bonus chapter was awesome.Friendship of a snake and a frog!
I just love Tsuyu everytime I see her. She's best girl in my book! Not that the other girls are bad, there are some pretty high quality female characters in this manga but for some reason I like Tsuyu best.
I also hope the adults are the ones who end up messing things up instead of the kids. Maybe they'll mess up so bad Bakugou will see that the bad guys are the strongest and he should ally with them. Then again, I don't see Bakugou following other people's orders well. I don't think he'll fit well with the villan organisation.
I really liked how this was handled, unlike how it's usually with situations like these, the characters didn't mindlessly go barging in, but instead considered their situation. Also, Bakugou is the best little shit. He ain't going down without a fight.
Yep, sums up why I loved this so much.
Hopefully this direction continues.
The fact that it was adressed like that makes the characters intentional "dumb", rather than it being a oversight of writing.
@MDL:
So much for Bakugou being a villain in training. He refused them!
Take that, all you people who were soooo quick to assume.If he does join them, it will probably be through something like brainwashing / mind control.
I liked how the students actually rationalized the situation and came to a smarter conclusion than we assumed they would.
Iida represents the readers, telling the kids not to be stupid and attack the villains.
But then the manga turns around and says "we know that, idiot. we're not planning on fighting if we can avoid it."Loving this.
Uh huh…. And if you think Shigaraki's got the chops to convince him, you're dreaming. This task will eventually fall to AFO. See the computer screen in that bar? If there's anyone who can manipulate Bakugou, it's him and no one else. This is thanks to him having intimate knowledge of OFA.
Uh huh…. And if you think Shigaraki's got the chops to convince him, you're dreaming.
As a matter of fact, I didn't think that.
So don't assume.
Wow Can I just say that this Pv gave me so much hype for the anime?
I was wondering how they would animate Bakugou's explosions.
They are gonna screw up big time. Unless they end up saving the heroes but I don't see the VA standing up to the pros unless they know they're coming.
Uh huh…. And if you think Shigaraki's got the chops to convince him, you're dreaming. This task will eventually fall to AFO. See the computer screen in that bar? If there's anyone who can manipulate Bakugou, it's him and no one else. This is thanks to him having intimate knowledge of OFA.
A thought popped in my head reading this, would AFO tell Bakugou that Deku got his powers from All Might? That could really screw with his head.
Well, that's what I've been saying the past two weeks….
There is an easy way to turn Bakugou to the villain side: beating All Might or showing him weakened.
His childhood fantasy would crumble and since he only cares about winning (Tiger Blood!) and not for all the other heroic stuff he would join the faction with the strongest members.
Drawing out the fight against AM to show his No Might form wil hit them both ways (though I think Deku would be able to pull AM out of his brief slump. Bakugou on the other hand….)
And then if you add in the fact that Deku is the ninth heir, AFO will have a recipe for success.
Viz Editorial comment on the "Nihongo Lesson" page of this week's issue mentions the "crazy theory" about Hagakure being the mole ;)
Taking bets now.
Horikoshi's interview before the anime.
I just want to draw "happy things", "happy events"
–-May I ask you what you really felt when you first heard that your work is going being animated?
Hori: I was really surprised. I remember it was decided when the serialization wasn't even a year old, so I felt kind of lost all of the sudden. Then I hurriedly started telling my friends and family the news about my work getting animated, and they were all happy for me, which is the moment that I finally had the realization that went something like "ah, this is great, I'm getting an anime".
–-When and where did you hear about the news of the anime announcement?
Hori: I don't remember it quite clearly now, I think it was when Vol 3 was about to come out. My editor mentioned it when he was talking about some other stuff. (Laughs) Every Friday we have a discussion, and I remember my editor was talking about the rankings when he said "Oh yeah, there's news about the anime."
–-What were the circumstances that gave birth to Boku no Hero Academia?
Hori: My second series was axed really quickly after such a short time of serialization, and I was pretty depressed about things. I didn't have the energy left to create new things in the manga medium, but I still needed to come up with one fast. So, I decided to add happy things and happy events that I had drawn in my previous works into this new series. Before, I was really happy drawing the one shot My Hero, so I wanted to make that the foundation and create something new from it. The stage my new series and My Hero is the same, so I decided to add a lot of the elements that have appeared in my previous works into it as well. From a certain point of view, this series is actually the accumulation of all my works from when I first started drawing.
–-When you're drawing BnHA, what are some things that you watch out for?
Hori: This series is the story of Deku and All Might, and I plan to make their story the main focus of the plotline, and the "vertical axis" that runs through the main story. It's actually not a really glorious story at all, as All Might grows weaker every day and Deku gets injured every now and then. Even the victories in the story for the protagonists aren't won straightforward and simple. If I keep drawing the story involving these two characters, I feel like the story would get darker and darker as time goes on. My own personality has the tendency to compel me to keep delving deeper and deeper into that. To avoid making the story too dark, I set up a "horizontal axis" to intersect the main story's "vertical axis", which is the "fun part", also known as the Quirks to the heroes of the story, or side character characteristics. With the "horizontal axis", it sort of mellows out the darker aspects of the "vertical axis", so "enjoying the horizontal axis" is something that I insist upon, which is something that I watch out for. If I can make myself happier while drawing, then the story would seem that much brighter.
–Is All Might the character in BnHA that you like the most?
Hori: It would be wrong of me to say that I "like him the most", as All Might is an absolute within this series, so there is no choice for me as I have to like him. His words are all very cautious, so I have to go over them repeatedly to decide his lines, which costs a lot of effort. So even though I like this character, as I draw him I need to keep reminding myself that "this is important!". On the opposite end, Bakugou is somebody that I can relax to draw. I really like Otomo Katsuhiro sensei's Akira, and within this series there is a character called Tetsuo who, even though he's a kid, is really strong. And he uses his power like a kid too. I really like that, so I decided to create a character like that in BnHA, which is why mentally speaking Bakugou is still like a child, though he has a really strong power. His way of fighting is also jumping and flying around, and when he actually fights he hollers and shouts. I'm really happy when I draw characters like that. However Bakugou's words are all really rude, which might make readers feel unpleasant, though personally I like him.
–-From the start of the series till now, which parts of the story do you personally enjoy?
Hori: I enjoy them all actually. I really melded my feelings into the characters when drawing Deku and Bakugou's battle training. Also I needed to get a strong hold on the reader's heart, as that part was the climax of that arc, so I really tried my best, which is something that I really like about it. I got a lot of positive reviews for that part too, which gave me some reassurance. Including this reassurance, this is probably one of the parts that made the most impression on me.
–-Indeed, that scene included some of the heavier aspects of Deku and Bakugou's relationship. And on the other side, Iida and Ochako were cheerfully having a conversation, which was a lot of fun to read. Is this the "vertical axis" and "horizontal axis" relationship you were talking about?
Hori: If there were only Deku and Bakugou there, then sometimes things might turn out really scary, and Iida and Ochako can mediate their relationship by being their, slowly finding a balance point…that's what I was thinking when i drew the scene. I'm touched that you're able to see this.
–-Sensei if you were to discover your own "quirk", what quirk do you think would be right for you?
Hori: I thought about that one already, and that is the "no need for sleep" quirk. (laughs)
–-That's very much like the style of a mangaka. (laughs)
Hori: I often fall asleep without meaning to. And once I fall asleep I can't wake up…If I were to use this quirk then I would use it normally, and this quirk might make people not feel tired at all.
A hero to me is somebody that helps and brings reassurance to others
–-What manga and anime did you enjoy as a child?
Hori: Manga that I enjoy is definitely Dragon Ball, and when I was young I always kept reading Dragon Ball. I kept reading the same volume. I think it was the place a little bit before the android Cell started the Cell Games? I don't know why, but I kept rereading this volume. In terms of anime, there were a lot of anime that was on TV at 6 PM. I really like Mashin Hero Wataru, rewatched that many times. I also dressed up as Zurugibe Shibaraku, which is a character from that show.
–-Do you have any influences from Dragon Ball?
Hori: My impression that strong characters are packed with muscles is probably because of Dragon Ball's influence. I really like the body shape of Goku when he goes Super Saiyan, which might be where All Might's concept came from.
–-A lot of people say that BnHA is similar to American comics, have you always enjoyed heroes from American comics?
Hori: Yeah. Sam Raimi's Spider-Man was super impressive, and after watching that I started reading American comics from time to time and watching American hero movies. What I learned from them is that, American onomatopoeia and character lines are formatted differently from manga, which is something that i will keep in mind. When I read them I would notice : "Oh, so the sound effect of that fight is added here" . Other than that there are the darkness of the color black and the use of shades. Such as the balance of using full black, which I noticed when flipping through comics "Ah, so coloring this place black would have this kind of effect on the scene". Even though I haven't fully grasped the technique yet, I am still learning while I am working on my series.
–-So, Sensei, what heroes do you like?
Hori: Probably have to be Goku and Spiderman. To me, when mentioning heroes, these two are the ones that I think of. In Goku's case, it's the reassurance that everything is going to be fine he brings when arriving. Such as, on Namek, Goku was getting healed, and his friends are all beaten badly. When Goku finally recovered and walked out of the healing machiene, that reassurance right there is what I'm talking about. Something like "Ah, everything is going to be fine". When I first read it and saw it was really Goku who had arrived, I continued reading thinking the thought "gonna win". (laughs) That reassurance is something that all of the other characters don't have. I thought about it afterwards, and even though there are a variety of heroes, the hero model that is built up in my mind is built around the concept that the hero is somebody that brings reassurance. That's why I think a hero to me is somebody that helps and brings reassurance to others. In Spiderman's case the first experience I had with this character was the movie, in which there were a lot of scenes with him rescuing people, which I felt that was really cool. The moment he "saves somebody" is really awesome. Well, In Goku's case it's because he likes fighting that he fights so that's a bit different. (laughs) You can say that Spider-Man and Goku are two different aspects of being a hero. Also, I recently watched the Anpanman movie. Anpanman is really cool, and even when Kabao kun was beaten badly by Baikinman's robot henchmen, when Anpanman arrives everything was okay. After Anpanman arrived, everybody's expression was something like "you're finally here". Everybody's mood shifted to become more positive when only Anpanman arrived. That's probably what it means to be a hero. (cont.)
Of course everybody has a different view on what it means to be a hero, and some people might say "heroes aren't supposed to be like that", though to me that's what being a hero means, and that's the aspect of heroism that I want to illustrate in BnHA.
I hope the anime crew is able to do a really good job, I'm looking forward to it
–-Next are some questions about the anime. Midoriya Izuku's CV is Yamashita Daiki who also did the radio drama before. What were your impressions on hearing his voice?
Hori: Actually, I never really thought much about Izuku's voice, and when I heard it in the radio drama, I sort of naturally accepted it as: "Ah, so Izuku has that kind of voice", so it's hard for me to imagine somebody else other than Yamashita san doing Izuku's voice.
–-You mentioned earlier that you really enjoy drawing Bakugou, what do you think of the voice of his CV Okamoto Nobuhiko?
Hori: Ah, if it's Katsuki, then his voice really captures the feeling the character. Like I said before, Katsuki is like Tetsuo from Akira, giving off characteristics of an antagonist, so he's really like a child, like a little kid…And Okamoto san's voice (even though me saying this won't sound good to Okamoto san) is like a child, the very naughty type. The way he speaks also gives off a very middle schooler type feeling. (laughs) Okamoto san really brings out Katsuki's characteristics, so this character belongs to Okamoto san and nobody else. Really fitting.
–-How about Uraraka Ochako's CV, Sakura Ayane, and Iida Tenya's CV, Ishikawa Kaito?
Hori: Sakura Ayane san's Uraraka Ochako, is really cute. I'm really looking forward to her voice when she fights. About Ishikawa Kaito san's Iida, I actually have some things that I'm not sure about myself about Iida's character, and only after listening to his voice was I able to make a decision.
–-What about All Might's CV Miyake Kenta san?
Hori: When I heard Miyake san's voice for All Might, It gave off a feeling that All Might is talking to Izuku while crouching down so that their eye levels are the same. All Might isn't towering above, and after thinking about it over again it really is that way. Only heard a little of Miyake san's All Might, and I feel that he's got a good handle of this feeling, so I like Miyake san's All Might.
–-What were your feelings when you saw for your very first time the animated Boku no Hero Academia?
Hori: When I saw the PV last year, I felt something like "this is awesome!". I can only say something normal people can say: "The characters are really moving". I was working when I watched the PV with my editor. Naturally I started grinning. Because I didn't want to be seen doing that by my editor, I kept my hand covered over my mouth. (laughs) Getting an anime is a dream I've always had for many years, and I'm really happy.
–-What do you expect the most from the anime?
Hori: Definitely the action parts. Like how the characters will move. I've received comments like "the action parts are really hard to understand" for this series, and only the anime can really show the outrageous action parts easily and effectively, so I hope the anime crew is able to do a really good job, I'm looking forward to it.
–-Action is Bone's forte.
Hori: That's right. That's why I'm really looking forward to it…(laughs)
–-And last of all, please give a message for all of your readers.
Hori: Getting my work animated is really something way too extravagant for me, so I will keep on working hard so that I won't be left behind in the dust by it, that's how much I'm looking forward to the anime…BnHA's anime will probably become something really awesome, so for the original series, I won't lose to the anime, will do my best to draw amazing stories with all my effort. Thank you all for your support!
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Pfft! I want fanart.
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! Iida is god damn perfect
! That's pretty amazing. Especially Iida's villain mustace.
New Chapter
I'm starting to wonder if All Might will survive this arc. I'm also getting worried for Deku's mom, if anyone ever wants to harm Deku she's a prime kidnapping target.
Otherwise, the disguises are adorable. I love how the author didn't just chose random outfits, and instead gave each character something that fits them in a bizarre way.
Lol. The chapter is even titled "Idiots all around".
Iida and Yaoyozoru drag along with them because they feel a sense of responsibility and just to push it in even further, we have the adults trying their best to salvage the situation.
This isn't meant to be a criticism - I love when this kind of irrational behaviour is written delibrately.
Also, the disguises are great and Bakugou is great.
Bakugou keeps acting the way I want him to and I really appreciate it.
Especially because of the handful of people out there who were 100% convinced he'd say yes at the drop of a hat for some reason.
Wow, this chapter had a gloomy, depressing atmosphere that I haven't seen from MHA before and it really sold me. You absolutely KNOW something is going to go horribly wrong and this feels like the calm before the storm. And then, out of nowhere, two pages of hilarious disguises.
I really love this series and its slow march into morally gray territory.