Title: My Hero AcademiaVolume: 6 (of 10+)
Creator: Kohei Horikoshi
Format: Unflipped
Original Publisher: SHUEISHA
US Publisher: VIZ
Release Date: 11/1/16
Pages: 192
ISBN: 1421588668
MSRP: $9.99
Genre: Shonen Jump
Rated: T (For Teen)
Description: Izuku Midoriya is the inheritor of the superpower of the world’s greatest hero, but the mantle of greatness won’t come easy, and even superheroes have to go to school!
What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested superpowers called “Quirks”? Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Being a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? The Hero Academy of course! But what would you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless?
In the aftermath of the sports festival, the Class 1-A students begin their internships. Midoriya goes to study under Gran Torino, who was once All Might’s mentor. Gran Torino appears to be a washed-up nutjob, but the old hero still has more moves than a football team, and Midoriya has a lot to learn! Elsewhere, the League of Villains enacts another sinister plot and unleashes a terrifying new enemy!
Contains Numbers 45-53:
- No. 45: Time to Pick Some Names
- No. 46: Bizarre! Gran Torino Appears
- No. 47: Struggling
- No. 48: Getting the Knack
- No. 49: Midoriya and Shigaraki
- No. 50: Kill 'Em Dead
- No. 51: No, Knock It Off, Ida
- No. 52: Hero Killer Stain vs. U.A. Students
- No. 53: From Todoroki to Ida
Review:
Cover: The cover for this volume features Ida and Midoriya standing back to back in their hero costumes, with a very vicious Stain in the background with his tongue sticking out. The series title is across the top, with the volume number to the left of it, this time featuring Todoroki.
The spine from top to bottom contains the Shonen Jump brand logo, the series title, the volume number, the mangaka, an image of Todoroki, and the VIZ company logo.
The back cover has a maroon colored background across the left. The volume summary is listed on the top half, with Midoriya on the bottom. The right half of the cover features Gran Torino sitting on a microwave.
Love the front covers layout a lot! Probably the best looking cover so far in terms of style. It shows what this volume really is about and the comic book layout still continues to blow me away. It's the back cover that I could do without. The colors used for the text and the balloon bubbles where the summary are is kind of repulsive. I wished they used another pic instead of the rehashed Midoriya one we got. The only thing great here is the right side with Gran Torino.
Artwork: Lots of detailed work in this volume as the action is consistent for practically the entire thing. Whether it be the huge training montages or the epic fight with Stain, it's very detailed and has lots of greatness within the pages. My only problem is towards the end with the Stain fight. There are a lot of darker scenes that are a bit annoying to look at, but it could be just where the fight takes place.
Translation: Character names, places, attacks, and cultural references all remain intact. Sound Effects have been changed as usual, and no honorifics.
Extras: Character pages and mech stuff based on hero suits. There's also an afterword and a mangaka assistant page. I really love these extras and I wished a lot of other shonen mangas included extras like these.
Content (Warning: May Contain Spoilers): The sports festival is now behind us, and we head into the next story arc. But before that we have a few chapters that we need to go through before we jump right back into the overall action.
Class is back in session and our soon to be heroes must now decide on hero names. To help them is Midnight. This is only for one chapter though so we don't need to be fully bored as we go back and forth seeing if our characters hero names are appropriate or not.
We then move on to all our heroes going their separate ways to meet the heroes who will be training them to become the heroes they are meant to be. Midoriya meets his new master, Gran Torino, who has a very similar personality as Master Roshi from Dragon Ball. Midoriya first must win him over before he actually begins the real training.
While all this is going on, Stain is on the move for his next targets, but our villain from the USJ Arc, Shigarki, comes back as well and tries to recruit Stain for his own motives. Stain doesn't really believe in his cause, he's a lone villain and begins to prove it by causing havoc after their encounter.
Ida and Midoriya become the first involved with Stain, and Todoroki eventually joins the fray as well. This is one villain that it seems might be very hard for our heroes to possibly defeat as he slowly makes work of them with his ability of paralysis. The battle is fierce and we don't have a resolution unfortunately within this volume.
The series still continues to amaze me. Yeah I know it still seems like another type of series like Naruto and One Piece, but My Hero to me feels like it has much more feeling. We do have underdogs in all of the Shonen Jump series, which is what makes them so great and easy to relate to, but with Midoriya, he really speaks to the readers and in a sense we have a bit more of a connection with him. The volume does begin a bit slow, which is understandable coming right out of an action packed fighting tournament type arc, but it picks up fast and we hit the ground running even harder then ever before. The pacing is getting a bit better to from the beginning of the series as the battles are feeling much more life threatening and drawn out. As I have said previously, this is one series manga fans definitely need to check out, especially moving into this story arc.
Objectionable Content:
Where Purchased: Barnes and Nobles
Original Review Date: 6/1/17
Cover: The cover for this volume features Ida and Midoriya standing back to back in their hero costumes, with a very vicious Stain in the background with his tongue sticking out. The series title is across the top, with the volume number to the left of it, this time featuring Todoroki.
The spine from top to bottom contains the Shonen Jump brand logo, the series title, the volume number, the mangaka, an image of Todoroki, and the VIZ company logo.
The back cover has a maroon colored background across the left. The volume summary is listed on the top half, with Midoriya on the bottom. The right half of the cover features Gran Torino sitting on a microwave.
Love the front covers layout a lot! Probably the best looking cover so far in terms of style. It shows what this volume really is about and the comic book layout still continues to blow me away. It's the back cover that I could do without. The colors used for the text and the balloon bubbles where the summary are is kind of repulsive. I wished they used another pic instead of the rehashed Midoriya one we got. The only thing great here is the right side with Gran Torino.
Artwork: Lots of detailed work in this volume as the action is consistent for practically the entire thing. Whether it be the huge training montages or the epic fight with Stain, it's very detailed and has lots of greatness within the pages. My only problem is towards the end with the Stain fight. There are a lot of darker scenes that are a bit annoying to look at, but it could be just where the fight takes place.
Translation: Character names, places, attacks, and cultural references all remain intact. Sound Effects have been changed as usual, and no honorifics.
Extras: Character pages and mech stuff based on hero suits. There's also an afterword and a mangaka assistant page. I really love these extras and I wished a lot of other shonen mangas included extras like these.
Content (Warning: May Contain Spoilers): The sports festival is now behind us, and we head into the next story arc. But before that we have a few chapters that we need to go through before we jump right back into the overall action.
Class is back in session and our soon to be heroes must now decide on hero names. To help them is Midnight. This is only for one chapter though so we don't need to be fully bored as we go back and forth seeing if our characters hero names are appropriate or not.
We then move on to all our heroes going their separate ways to meet the heroes who will be training them to become the heroes they are meant to be. Midoriya meets his new master, Gran Torino, who has a very similar personality as Master Roshi from Dragon Ball. Midoriya first must win him over before he actually begins the real training.
While all this is going on, Stain is on the move for his next targets, but our villain from the USJ Arc, Shigarki, comes back as well and tries to recruit Stain for his own motives. Stain doesn't really believe in his cause, he's a lone villain and begins to prove it by causing havoc after their encounter.
Ida and Midoriya become the first involved with Stain, and Todoroki eventually joins the fray as well. This is one villain that it seems might be very hard for our heroes to possibly defeat as he slowly makes work of them with his ability of paralysis. The battle is fierce and we don't have a resolution unfortunately within this volume.
The series still continues to amaze me. Yeah I know it still seems like another type of series like Naruto and One Piece, but My Hero to me feels like it has much more feeling. We do have underdogs in all of the Shonen Jump series, which is what makes them so great and easy to relate to, but with Midoriya, he really speaks to the readers and in a sense we have a bit more of a connection with him. The volume does begin a bit slow, which is understandable coming right out of an action packed fighting tournament type arc, but it picks up fast and we hit the ground running even harder then ever before. The pacing is getting a bit better to from the beginning of the series as the battles are feeling much more life threatening and drawn out. As I have said previously, this is one series manga fans definitely need to check out, especially moving into this story arc.
Objectionable Content:
- Language: No
- Violence: Yes
- Nudity: No
- Sexual Situations: No
- Cover: 7/10
- Artwork: 7/10
- Translation: 3/10
- Extras: 10/10
- Story: 8/10
Where Purchased: Barnes and Nobles
Original Review Date: 6/1/17
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