Volume 1 (Vigilantes)/Extras

Extra pages from Volume 1 (Illegals)

Nice Guy/ The Crawler’s Profile


The Rough Design

over the counter flu mask

(during early hero period)

All Might style hoodie

Bought it on the net

Skinny Jeans

Real Name: Koichi Haimawari

Birthday: February 22nd

Height: 172cm

Favorite Thing: Curry

Quirk: Slide and Glide

Behind the Scenes
The concepts here were "lzuku Midoriya if he'd never met All Might" and "not yet a complete adult but no longer a boy."

In the story, he's shown to have a kind and accepting nature that gives him a knack for communicating with troubled individuals who live in grayish zones, starting with his master and Pop Step. I think of this as his own special hero qualification. It's something most pro heroes and even Knuckleduster lack.

-Furuhashi

At first, I was convinced he was supposed to be the rebellious sort, so I gave him these mean-looking eyes (ha ha). His overall silhouette is definitely supposed to be reminiscent of Deku's hero costume.

-Betten

Knuckleduster’s Profile


The Rough Design

coat and military pants

Real Name: unknown

Birthday: unknown

Height: 185cm

Favorite Thing: Smoking,Beer

Quirk: none

Behind the Scenes
The concepts at play here are "if All Might = Superman, then this guy is more like Batman" and "societal justice vs. personal justice." He's not actually a bad guy once you get to know him, but I never let myself forget that he's also fundamentally a weirdo.

-Furuhashi

With all the characters, not just the Master, Furuhashi gives me the visual specifications, and I draw them according to that (ha ha). But this guy is the most fun to draw out of all of them, so far.

-Betten

Pop Step’s Profile


The Rough Design

rear view is scandalous

boots with lifts

Real Name: Kazuho Haneyama

Birthday: 5/28

Height: 158cm

Favorite Thing: Yogurt

Quirk: Leap

Behind the Scenes
When ironing out her concept in meetings, I told my editor about five t imes that she's a plain girl who lights up at night and goes bouncing around the city and is kind of like Masakazu Katsura's Shadow Lady. He said, "That's right, you really like Shadow Lady, Furuhashi.”

She tends to be harsh during her run-ins with Koichi, but I remember explaining during the one-shot submission that she's secretly the type to fawn over people, so even when she's giving Koichi or whoever a tongue-lashing,it should be clear from her expression that she's worried about them.

I'm such a pain in the butt.

-Furuhashi

In the design phase, I was initially worried about making her look too much like Shadow Lady, so I got rid of the wings on her back. But then Furuhashi asked, "Would you mind giving her wings?" So here we are. The guy knows what he wants! (ha ha)

-Betten

Samatsu and Namimaru
Rough Designs

Real Name: Ichimoku Samatsu

Birthday: 10/1

Height: 183cm

Favorite Thing: Mad-dogging people

Quirk: Beams from his eyes

Real Name: Jube Namimaru

Birthday: 11/10

Height: 160cm

Favorite Thing: Slacking off

Quirk: wooden swords from his hands

Behind the Scenes
Two certain someones from X-Men, yes

At first I was just going to use them for the start of chapter 3, thinking,”I’ll barely get away with this level of parody, so this time only…” But then they kept showing up in chapters 4 and 5, so my editor said, "These guys again, huh? (ha ha)" They’ll probably end up as regulars in the bonus pages of the volumes. (ha ha) I like them, because they're just so easy to employ however I want.

-Furuhashi

Furuhashi instructed me to make them look like delinquents. Samatsu's visor was inspired by a certain Marvel superhero. Namimaru (whose name comes from a certain group) just gets rounder and rounder the more I draw him. (heh heh)

-Betten

Vigilantes


''tons for fun!! ''An awesome story with awesome art!! Knuckerduster is so cool!!''

Kohei Horikoshi

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