VIZ MEDIA – @VIZMedia
MANGAKA: Kohei Horikoshi
TRANSLATION/ENGLISH ADAPTATION: Caleb Cook
LETTERS: John Hunt
EDITORS: Mike Montesa; Jon Bae
ISBN: 978-1-9747-0100-1; paperback (October 2018); Rated “T” for “Teen”
192pp, B&W, $9.99 U.S., $12.99 CAN, £6.99 U.K.
My Hero Academia is a Japanese superhero manga series written and illustrated by Kohei Horikoshi. It has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump since July 2014. VIZ Media has been publishing an English-language edition of My Hero Academia as a series of graphic novels since 2015 under its “Shonen Jump” imprint.
The series is set in a world where, one day, people start manifesting superpowers called “Quirks.” Some use their powers to commit crime, which creates the need for heroes. If someone wants to be a superhero, he or she enrolls in the Hero Academy. What would a person do, however, if he were one of the 20 percent born Quirkless? Middle school student Izuku Midoriya has no chance of ever getting into the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes. Then, Midoriya meets the greatest hero of them all, All Might, who gives him a chance to change his destiny…
As My Hero Academia, Vol. 15 (Chapters 129 to 137; entitled “Fighting Fate”) opens, Midoriya is on his work study, patrolling the streets with his new mentor, the “permeation” phasing-warping hero, “Mirio Togata.” Mirio is also the sidekick of “Sir Nighteye,” who is now in charge of Midoriya's work study. Now, the young hero and Mirio encounter Eri, a young girl in need of help. Suddenly, a man claiming to be her father appears. Is he Chisaki Kai, the notorious leader of the secretive yakuza organization known as “Shie Hassaikai,” and if he is, whatcha gonna do, heroes...?
Next, the U.A. High third year “Big Three”: “Fat Gum,” “Tamaki Amajiki,” and “Red Riot” encounter a territorial dispute among criminals. One of them is a troubled young man who is more dangerous than he looks – much more dangerous...
[This volume includes bonus art and bonus illustrated character profiles.]
THE LOWDOWN: People who have read my reviews of previous volumes of the My Hero Academia manga know that I really like this series. It is one of the best (if not the best) superhero comic books in the entire world.
My Hero Academia Graphic Novel Volume 15 is a pivotal volume, as was Vol. 14. Vols. 12 and 13 were turning point volumes. Vols. 14 and 15 find creator Kohei Horikoshi working on the next big confrontation between the good guys and the really bad guys. Yeah, “the League of Villains” is still at it, but with a bad-to-the-bone and bad-ass new ally.
Caleb Cook's translation captures the fun that is at the heart of My Hero Academia. Cook's translation reads the way a superhero comic book should; there is a sense of mystery, a conspiracy, and a riveting, fast-paced narrative that forces the readers to follow along. John Hunt powers through with lettering that conveys the pot boiling and the slam-bang action. He helps to make Vol. 15 one of My Hero Academia's best volumes.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of superhero comics and of shonen battle manga will want to enroll at the “Shonen Jump” school, My Hero Academia.
A+
10 out of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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