Superheroes are pretty cool and manga is pretty cool, so why not combine both?
My Hero Academia tells the story of this middle school kid named Izuku Midoriya who was born without super powers. This poor kid who just wants to have a Quirk (super power) just like everybody else ends up getting bullied for not being born with a power. Despite being constantly bullied by this kid named Katsuki Bakugō, who has the ability to basically sweat explosions, Izuku attempts to save him from a villain. The world’s greatest hero, All Might, recognizes Izuku’s potential and bestows him with his own Quirk. Now transition into high school; the used-to-be-powerless kid makes his way through U.A. High School where he learns more about his powers along side the next generation of superheroes.
Kōhei Horikoshi, the writer and illustrator of this wonderful Japanese manga, started creating these wonderful stories for a magazine called Weekly Shōnen Jump on July 7th, 2014. So far there are 32 issues, which is pretty awesome. They started to get popular so the next step was its own manga. On November 9th, 2015, My Hero Academia Smash!! was published. At the moment there are 8 volumes of science-fantasy fun. Let’s take it up a notch, shall we? April 3rd, 2016, the famous Studio Bones, Madman Entertainment, and Funimation got involved and released the anime, which currently has 13 episodes. I feel like there should be a drum roll inserted here-> On May 19th, 2016, Bandai Namco Studios is bringing this action packed adventure to Nintendo 3DS’s everywhere with the video game My Hero Academia: Battle for All. It’s amazing how Horikoshi’s small story ended up becoming a huge success within a short span of three years. So yeah, be sure to catch up on the manga or binge the anime or just go right for it and pick up a copy of the game.