Rating (Out of 5): ~3.5
Publisher: Shonen Jump (VIZ Media)
Release Date: April 2018
Volumes: 19+
Spoilers?: No.
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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?
Class 1-A is working on developing their ultimate moves—a process that will test their strength and creativity in all-new ways! To help them out, Mei Hatsume, a student from the Support Class, is brought in to develop improvements to their costumes. The attention from Mei might be more than Midoriya can handle, but he’ll need every edge he can get to pass the next hurdle for the students of U.A.—the Provisional Licensing Exam!
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?
Class 1-A is working on developing their ultimate moves—a process that will test their strength and creativity in all-new ways! To help them out, Mei Hatsume, a student from the Support Class, is brought in to develop improvements to their costumes. The attention from Mei might be more than Midoriya can handle, but he’ll need every edge he can get to pass the next hurdle for the students of U.A.—the Provisional Licensing Exam!
Review:
After the mess of the previous volume, and now that they're all
settled into the dorms, it's time to get back to training. They're
being told to find their star move, to perfect their powers and find
their strong points, and to update their suits accordingly.
Most of their actual training is skimmed through, though we get to
meet the people who make their suits and have the bright ideas for
them. Mainly, Midoriya has to find out how to actually control his
powers and use them to his advantage, as they've mostly been out of
control and damaging to him till this point.
I like the point made here, that Midoriya needs to make these powers
his own, especially now that his hands are so hurt, but also to
realize that he's not All Might, and he doesn't need to copy him. He
needs to be his own superhero.
After all of that, they start the test for their hero license, even
though they're first years. They start out with a disadvantage, and
the test is hugely skewed with a very tiny margin allowed to pass.
And it's two parts, so who knows what will come up in the second
half.
This gives a break from the villains, but they all need a lot of work
and fine-tuning to become real heroes still.
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