Kouhei Horikoshi

- The journey of 1,000 miles takes one step. You need to have initiative to reach your dream.
- You have to train HARD for your dreams! There will be hardships and they'll NEVER let up, but you will OVERCOME them! Go that extra mile! So long as there's belief (and endorsement) you can achieve anything!
- You don't need to be an uber-aggressive hard ass to accomplish this lol. The series Naruto seems so dark compared to this. I really appreciate how nerdy and innocent Izuku Midoriya is. At first, I hated it, but after seeing how much shit he went through to get where he was, I'm proud of that goober.

My only issue is that this series ONLY focuses on physical limits of his dream, and how determination, sacrifice, goals, and endurance affects it. There is a pantheon of other emotions, beliefs, or even career goals that don't need physicality. If you're dream is to be a successful business owner, the president, a movie star, or some other unrealistic ambition, then there are different approaches to reach them. This is a manga series for sports fans and young, athletic boys.… (mer)

I saw My Hero Academic pop up into my feed years ago and I was honestly curious about it. I heard a lot of people talk it up, but I never was able to find it in my book travel adventures. Then, lucky my discovered NetGalley (for the second time) and located this little gem! I was so pumped to finally be able to pick this up since I love manga and superheroes.

In this somewhat dystopian world, almost all of the population have super powers. These powers, known as "quirks" can be managed and controlled and then used to save the universe! There's heroes and villains everywhere, and they are constantly battling. At four years old, kids begin to show their powers and they learn to master them. There are hero academies to hone your skills, and our lead really wants powers and really wants to help people. Lucky him, a big time superhero finds him and wants to take him under his wing...

This book is serious fun. The pictures are amazing, the plot is interesting and the characters are cool to follow. There's non-stop action and fun around every corner and I found myself just binging the whole thing (I did not intend to, but it just kinda happened). I'd like to pick up the rest of this series if I can ever find them, because I enjoy Kohei Horikoshi's story telling abilities (and the illustrations are just super cool). I can tell the world in this manga is only going to get cooler, since this is just the first volume. I hope I get to see the world building and character development flourish in the future!

If you love X-Men, the Avengers and DC, you'll love these books. It's action packed and loads of fun. I honestly enjoyed the way I was able to sink into this book and just disappear from reality for a while. It helps that the book was easy to follow and easy to read. The worst part is I'm not used to the names used in this book and I don't know how to pronounce them, which is hardly a fault of the book. On top of that, I can only assume this series is going to get better. The first volume is like the pilot episode of a television show. We get an introduction to the world and the characters, and eventually we get released into the magic of the universe.

Four out of five stars!

Thank you to NetGalley and VIZ Media for providing me a copy of this long awaited manga!… (mer)