My Hero Academia (Manga)

My Hero Academia (のヒーローアカデミア) is a manga written and illustrated by Kohei Horikoshi and is published in Weekly Shonen Jump. The first chapter was published on July 7, 2014, in issue 32, 2014 of Weekly Shonen Jump.

History
Before the series was published in Weekly Shonen Jump, Kohei Horikoshi tested My Hero Academia ideas in a One-Shot called "My Hero" that was published within Akamaru Jump in Winter 2008.

After having creating two series in Weekly Shonen Jump that were each eventually cancelled, which ran for five volumes from 2010-2011, and  which ran for two volumes in 2012, Horikoshi felt he was out of ideas. When he was given the opportunity for a third series, he decided to revisit the old "My Hero" one-shot, which became the inspiration for the series. Other inspirations would be American films and comics, such as Star Wars, Spider-Man, and X-Men, as well as shonen manga like Naruto, Dragon Ball, Ultraman, and Kamen Rider.

Development on the series started in June 2013 before its first chapter was officially released a year later in July 2014.

On January 26, 2015, Viz Media announced that starting on February 9, 2015 of that year, they would officially translate the series into English for release in the Viz Shonen Jump.

On August 7, 2018, My Hero Academia had sold over 16 million copies.

December 4, 2018 brought another reprint of Volumes 1-20 bringing about 18 million more copies into circulation.

By December 6, 2019, the series had a cumulative 26 million copies in circulation.

By January 2022, the series has achieved over 65 million copies in circulation worldwide.

Plot
People are not born equal, a realization that four-year-old Izuku Midoriya faced when bullied by his classmates who had unique special powers. Izuku was one of the rare cases where he was born with absolutely no unique powers. This did not stop Izuku from pursuing his dream, a dream of becoming a great hero like the legendary All Might. To become the great hero he hopelessly wants to become, he will now join the ranks of one of the highest rated "Hero Academies" in the country: U.A. High School. With the help of his idol All Might, will he be able to claim the ranks and become a true hero?

Style
The manga takes various cues and styling from American comics. It also breaks away from the idea of the battle manga main protagonist cliché who is normally very powerful and wild from the start.

Weekly Shonen Jump Covers
For Weekly Shonen Jump covers, refer to here.

Trivia

 * The series has currently had five different editors responsible for overseeing Horikoshi and the overall production of the series.
 * Hitoshi Koike lasted from June 2013 to June 2014 (Ch. 1-4)
 * Kengo Monji lasted from July 2014 to December 2017 (Ch. 5-164)
 * Ryosuke Yoritomi lasted from January 2018 to September 2020 (Ch. 165-285)
 * Hikaru Taguchi lasted from October 2020 to June 2022 (Ch. 286-357)
 * Imamura-san is the current editor since July 2022 (Ch. 358-present)

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