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Monday, January 21, 2019

Manga Review: My Hero Academia, Volume 15, by Kohei Horikoshi


Rating (Out of 5): ~4
Publisher: Shonen Jump (VIZ Media)
Release Date: October 2018
Volumes: 21+
Spoilers?: No.
Volume: 1. 14. 16.

Goodreads Synopsis:

Midoriya inherits the superpower of the world’s greatest hero, but greatness won’t come easy.

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?

A new and sinister enemy appears in the form of Chisaki Kai, the young leader of the Hassaikai yakuza gang. Looking to fill the power vacuum left by All For One, Chisaki makes contact with the League of Villains to gain possible support. When a chance run-in with a scared little girl brings Midoriya and his mentor Mirio face-to-face with Chisaki, none of them have any idea how much their lives are about to change…

Review:

Now that the students are interning, they're learning to balance being new and inexperienced and having all these rules regarding being a hero, with their heroism and how badly they want to step in and save people no matter the circumstance or the reality of it. Deku and Mirio learn this particularly hard in this volume, when they discover the villain they're watching is holding a little girl.
We get to meet the other heroes the students are mentoring with, what powers and histories they have. They all seem to have chosen a good group for themselves, and they're learning and getting better, and forming relationships.
Deku learns that he wasn't the first choice for All Might's power, at the same time as the hero groups come together to research and watch the yakuza villains, and he has conflicting thoughts on all of this.
The surprise element of this volume was the focus on Kirishima in the middle of it. We learn more about him and his power, and how he's learned to use it recently. He's fallen mostly in the background till now—for me, at least--but he's an even player in this plot line. I don't mind him, mostly.
It's unclear where their mission is going next, how it's going to turn out. It could be very bad—or it could be a success. It's hard to tell, though I'm sure it'll be messy. I'm looking forward to some kind of justice being served, though.


 A review copy was provided by the publisher, VIZ Media, for an honest review. Thank you so, so much!

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