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MANGAKA: Kohei Horikoshi
TRANSLATION/ENGLISH ADAPTATION: Caleb Cook
LETTERS: John Hunt
EDITORS: Mike Montesa; Jon Bae
ISBN: 978-1-9747-0460-6; paperback (June 2019); 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.
In My Hero Academia, there comes a day when 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. 19 (Chapters 168 to 177; entitled “School Festival”) opens, Midoriya wonders what is up with his classmate, Yuga Aoyama. He is acting suspiciously; one might even call it creepy. Then, it's school festival time, and Class 1-A struggles with what to present to the rest of the school, and what they choose will be surprising. However, in the aftermath of the recent battles, if just one more terrible thing occurs, Class 1-A's presentation won't matter because the festival will immediately by canceled!
Meanwhile, Midoriya continues to practice with All Might. At the same time, the failed villain, “Gentle Criminal,” and his partner, “La Brava,” plot something that will put them in the big time.
THE LOWDOWN: The My Hero Academia manga is Japan's answer to superhero comic books. Indeed, it is quite similar to American comics in the way that it depicts superheroes and super-powers (called “Quirks” here, of course).
My Hero Academia Graphic Novel Volume 19 finds creator Kohei Horikoshi focusing on each student's personality and goals, and perhaps, on this early leg of the journey that is life. Midoriya continues to learn about his powers as All-Might encourages him to explore more on his own. The villains in this volume are wacky, but interesting, so Vol. 19 feels like the volume that prepares readers for the next big fight.
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.
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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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