Volume 1/Extras

Info from the Extra Pages of Volume 1

All Might Profile
Age: Unknown

Birthday: 10th June

Height: 220cm (7ft 2in)

Favourite Things: Yakushima cedars, movies

Behind the Scenes
Drawing a single frontal shot of him uses up one or two pen nibs. He's terrible for my fuel economy. I thought he was really cool when I first dew him, but at the meeting with the editorial department, they said, "Who'd look up to this old guy? I don't wanna be like him," and "Wouldn't he be better as a pretty boy?" My manga buddies said "Who's this weird, cheerful old dude?" But their criticism only fanned my flames. Thanks to them, now I give it my all when drawing him. So thanks guys

Supplement
The whites of his eyes are all black when in his True Form (skinny). He's so gaunt they're perpetually in shadow. Only his pupils glisten, reflecting the true strength and the dignity of the "symbol of peace". It's like everything that his Muscle Form represents us condensed into those pupils. But i'm really not a good enough artist to properly express that. Sorry.

Izuku Midoriya Profile
Age: 15

Birthday: 17th July

Height: 166cm (5ft 5)

Favourite Thing: Katsudon

This guy started out in a one-shot that didn't end up getting serialized, but I felt like using him again, so he's largely unchanged. He may look a little plain for a protagonist, but when I tried covering one eye with a lock of hair, all I could think was, "Get a damned haircut." So I kept him plain.

I honestly think that the plainer he looks, the better

Katsuki Bakugo Profile
Age: 15

Birthday: 20th April

Height: 172cm (5ft 8in)

Favourite Things: All spicy food, Mountain Climbing

At first, I made him a natural-born genius who would inadvertently insult people, but that got pretty boring. So I went the other route and turned him into a nasty guy with an explosive personality. I'm glad he came out so unlikeable.

His face just screams "I'm a rotten theif"

Katsuki: Why, I daresay anyone could pull off

He was like this at first. This version just made me angry though.

Ochaco Uraraka Profile
Age: 15

Birthday: 27th December

Height: 156cm (5ft 1in)

Favourite Things: Starry skies, Japanese food

I'd planned to have her appear with Izuku a lot, so she needed to be cheery enough to drive the conversations. She's unexpectedly brazen and frank. Proof that there's no hidden side to her, if you catch my drift. Early on, Mt. Lady (who appeared in chapter 1) was going to be the heroine, but when it comes to a girl who's only power is growing... Taking that to its logical conclusions just brought up all sorts of problems, and the character started getting pretty dark. So I changed her.

The moment when I came up with her name was the first time in my manga career when I thought myself a true genius. It's such a nuanced name.

Editor's Note: Her name literally means "Tea-girl Pretty-Day" with her last name being a homophone with one way to say "beautiful"

Tenya Iida Profile
Age: 15

Birthday: 22nd August

Favourite ThingsL Studying, Beef stew

A Character created near the end of the serialization meeting. I was more surprised than anyone when he started heading in a different diection than anticipated. I think he's tthe