My Hero Academia, Vol. 12: The Test

僕のヒーローアカデミア [Boku no Hero Academia] #12

by Kohei Horikoshi

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 Course, 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!

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Comics, Superheroes, Young Adult, Fiction

192 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 3, 2017

About the author

HORIKOSHI Kouhei
Name (in native language): 堀越耕平
Associated Names:
Kouhei Horikoshi

Born 1986 in the prefecture Aichi, Horikoshi first attracted attention in the second half of 2006 when he entered Shueisha's 72th Tezuka Award for Newcomers with his one shot "Nukegara" and made it to the final six, where he gained himself an "Honorable Mention".
Various short stories in Shueisha's Akamaru JUMP followed over the years until he published his one shot "Oumagadoki Doubutsuen" in issue #2/2010 of Weekly Shounen JUMP.

Kouhei Horikoshi is a graduate of Nagoya University of Arts. He was previously an assistant to TANAKA Yasuki.

Zodiac: Scorpio

Pixiv: 堀越

Reviews

[Regina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ummmm I NEED MORE.

This volume had my beautiful wife Hatsume Mei in it, so of course it couldn’t be less than 5 stars.

Also Uraraka is soooo in love, I kept waiting for the class A girls to start singing “I won’t say I’m in love” from Hercules any second.

Man this manga is just too cool for this world.

[Gabriel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Después de un gran tomo con grandes escenas siempre hay un bajonazo de calidad pero me sigue gustando.

Este volumen es más entrenamiento para los chicos. Mejorar sus quirks, sacar técnicas, movimientos y práctica que les sirva a futuro.

[Artemy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ugh. I’m starting to feel like the series jumped the shark during the summer camp arc. It’s another championship now, and it’s a far cry from the first one — there’s no tension, no sense of danger or competition. It’s dull and boring, and nothing in this storyline feels like it matters. The plot armor has grown around the entire UA High’s Class A, and it looks like Horikoshi is too afraid to take even the smallest risk with any of these characters. Give me my Uraraka-centered spin-off already and I will be okay with reading just that!

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

*Reread 2/15/2021*
Love that Aoyama got a bit of a moment, even if it was teeny tiny. I've been even more obsessed with the more minor 1-A kids than I was before. Give my kids their time to shine! So much happened in this volume, that I feel like will definitely come back or be connected to a bigger plot.

*Original Review 12/11/2018*
I love it when they use their quirks together and protect each other. I think this might be one of my favorite parts. :')

[Petros · Rating 1 out of 5]

You would think Horikoshit had learned by now that all his audience actually wants is to see some damn battles with villains, goddammit, but no, he was that incompetent he thought it wanted even more training arcs and even more minor character who don’t matter to the story getting introduced. The result was yet another training arc with absolutely none of the hype of the sport festival, since there was no huge crowd to cheer for them, and no overdramatic fleshing out of a specific character took place in it. It was completely boring, and Horikoshit became desperate enough to up the fan service by a few kilotons, so the readerbase won’t give up. Deku is now treated as a lead in a fighting harem. Several girls are hitting on him and he constantly falls on their boobs or sees them naked. Because that is what heroism is all about! We are exploring a theme here, people!

[Bradley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still a very fun superhero manga. Off to compete for temporary superhero licenses! Only the not-useless will get through! :)

It’s fascinating to see the character and skill developments. They’ve all come a long way.

[Elizabeth (Elzburg) · Rating 5 out of 5]

My review of My Hero Academia, Vol. 12, now also featuring a short essay on the Bakugo shipping debate: Why it's Not Wrong to Ship Katsuki Bakugo

The kids are now on the hunt for their provisional hero licenses, and have once again found themselves in a big insane competition against a bunch of other people (ala the UA entrance exam, but BIGGER). It seems pretty similar to that arc, but yenno I don't even mind because it's the same regular MHA goodness.

This arc reminded me of one of the really good things this series does. In books/series with shitty writing, whenever a character is introduced who is on an opposing side to the main character, they are written to be a black and white evil character, no questions asked. Since this arc is about a competition against other people, there's a TON of new characters who oppose our main cast. BUT! They are not blindly evil! Oh my god it feels like such an amazing breath of fresh air. Clearly I've been reading too many shit books.

This concept of differing views on "good/evil" is a huge theme in this series, and it's fantastic. From the whole Hero Killer debacle, and then again with the League of Villains attacking the kids at camp, this question of "What really makes a true hero?" acts as a heavy question that not only the characters but we as readers have to confront. I feel like it's presented pretty well, in that we can absolutely see where the villains are coming from. They're not evil and against the main cast just for the sake of being evil and against the main cast.

I really like how this theme is not confined to solely being applied to the League. Like I was saying, even the other future-license-seekers are not portrayed as being evil, something that I think many other authors would jump to do. Sure, they're trying to beat the main characters. But that doesn't mean they have to be assholes about it, and they're not! It's great.

As always, I love my moody son, and would love to see more of him, thanks. Yooo!!! The boy figured out that Midoriya is in cahoots with All Miiiight!! Like, for sure for sure! Like, he knows about One For All for sure! Aaaa! And he's acting all casual about it, which is cool. He's so cool. Ack.

And... Did I see... An attempt at somewhat further developing some romance in this series!? I think I've been paying too much attention to the fandom and not enough to the canon, because I was under the assumption that OchakoxBakugo was like, a thing. Or like, a future thing, in the same vein how I knew that Midoriya was going to start using his legs because I saw someone mention it online last year. Also, come on, doesn't everyone ship this ship??? Who actually ships OchakoxMidoriya? Anyone? Talk about boring and waay too easy and obvious. OchakoxBakugo is definitely where it's at. And I don't even actively ship them or anything, it's just obviously 10000 times better than OchakoxMidoriya, which is something I actively don't ship.

So, well, shit. It looks like Ochako likes Midoriya?????????????????? NOOOOOOO. I actually honestly thought that this shit was DROPPED, a MISTAKE that Horikoshi was going to casually NEVER MENTION AGAIN. She still seems like she hasn't actually admitted it to herself yet, so I still have hope that there's some kind of alternate explanation... Or that she likes Ida or something... Just anyone but Midoriya honestly, even if it's not Bakugo. It was also hinted in the very beginning of the series that Midoriya likes Ochako, but I hope he rejects her or something because we haven't been seeing any more of that either in a long while. Ekkk. Adding some romance would be a great development to even further enhance the amazingness of this series, but plz Horikoshi, do it right.

*Edit* After some internet forum exploration, I've discovered that the opinion I expressed in the previous spoiler-tag (that OchakoxBakugo is a better ship than OchakoxMidoriya) is not as prevalent as I thought, and I'd like to discuss this.



I think the reason I thought that everyone was on board the OchakoxBakugo train is that my source for discussion (Reddit) never really talked about ships at all, whereas my source of fanart/memes (Tumblr) is very ship-oriented. Meaning: The only shipping information I got was from what the people on Tumblr were shipping. The picture above is from Reddit, and if you click on it you'll be taken to a thread that is very predominantly OchakoxMidoriya, which was a giant shock and eye opener for me to read because of how different it was than what I was used to seeing. There are many corners to the internet and each one is different, so I mustn't only source one corner and expect it to represent all corners or else I'll find myself terribly in the wrong. That being said:

Why it's Not Wrong to Ship Katsuki Bakugo (an essay)

After reading that Reddit discussion, I now completely understand why some people would be against OchakoxBakugo, or even AnyonexBakugo. That is, if their reasoning behind it was accurate; Which is to say it's not. Such an opinion is one that can only be held under false pretenses.

In short, their main argument is that Bakugo is undeserving of/not ready for love because at this point in the series he is nothing but a raging asshole who is destined to be abusive in the context of romance. ("This point in the series" equating to roughly around volume 15 when the thread was published.) This is agreeable until one realizes its core reasoning has no canonical basis. Yes, he is rude—and not only to the people he hates (Midoriya, villains, Neito Monoma) but also to literally everyone around him. But someone being rude does not directly translate to them being abusive and unable to control themselves, and I don't see how it can be blindly assumed that he would act the same or worse towards a romantic partner. That point notwithstanding, thinking that his misdemeanors are an inherent part of his personality or that they even matter in the context of relationships at all reveals an underlying misunderstanding of Katsuki Bakugo as a character.

In volume 11 he calmly asked All Might about his affiliation with Midoriya, and then calmly walked away even though he knew All Might lied with his answer. In volume 12 he calmly confronted Midoriya about using a borrowed power. These are both examples where, if Bakugo was a blindly raging asshole, he would have gone totally ballistic. But he's not, and so he didn't. He doesn't do anything fueled by blind rage. Bakugo is smart, and everything he does is calculated in order to achieve his goal of becoming the #1 hero. Those examples were purposeful moves on his part: The first to try and get information and test All Might’s loyalty, and to confirm his suspicions about Midoriya’s quirk. The second to remind his rival that he’s smart and not to underestimate him, and to let Midoriya know that he’s figured out his secret and that he no longer has the upper hand in their rivalry. Contrary to common misconception, Bakugo has a strategic and goal oriented mentality, is not a mindless and uncontrollable asshole, and is utterly capable of calm composure; All of these being qualities that neither point to him being abusive nor have any negative impact on romantic relationships at all.

The misunderstanding that Bakugo is a nonstop raging asshole probably stems from the fact that he is portrayed as acting rude and angry towards other people more often than he isn’t. This tricks people into only ever remembering those parts, and to disregard the evidence that reveals his true nature. Sure he often gets frustrated and angry, but does that mean that hot headed people can’t succeed in love? No, it doesn’t. Let’s also remember that Bakugo is human, and it makes sense that his negative qualities (anger issues, rudeness) would be accentuated when dealing with people he doesn’t like, so I don’t even need to address that because there's nothing wrong with it. However, a big problem people have that make them think he would be abusive in a relationship is that he’s rude to everyone else as well, and therefore his romantic partner would also be mistreated. That deduction is wrong and this is the simple explanation as to why:

Bakugo is rude to people because he doesn't care about them and can't be bothered to exert the effort needed to treat them politely. This is exemplified in how he doesn't actively go out of his way to mistreat anyone, which is an essential quality needed in order to be able to define him as being intrinsically mean/bad/abusive. I acknowledge that he used to be that way at the very beginning of the series when he was younger and immature, however it was a stage in his life that we know he has grown past since he no longer acts that way. He’s not out there purposely trying to be rude to people, it’s just that being nice is not one of his priorities. Him getting a crush on someone would mean that he grew feelings for and therefore cares about them, which is why Bakugo wouldn't treat his crush the same way he treats everyone else. Who knows, his crush could even become a slight priority for him too, while he's at it.

There is no basis behind labeling him as a truly deep down unloving and abusive asshole just for focusing on himself and what he needs to do to pursue his own goals, especially when doing so largely doesn't even have any significant negative impact (I'm not counting hurt feelings as being significant. Boo hoo, bitch) on anyone else (and I'm not counting his actions towards people he hates because those're understandable). He doesn't owe it to anyone to be nice to them, so there's no reason to hold anything against him for being this way. He's not an angel, and so what? No one is, and that doesn't mean none of us deserve love. His negative demeanor cannot be construed as him being an inherently bad or mean person, nor can it be construed as something that would actively transfer into a romantic relationship, especially considering the fact that by definition he would care about said romantic interest.

The people in that thread seem to view Bakugo as a character that is constantly screaming and being rude and who never has a calm decent moment. That thread gave me the impression that they think he's borderline evil* in his inability to control himself. Yes, he doesn't bother wasting time and energy on politely communicating with people he doesn't care about, but he is completely capable of calmly communicating with people—even Midoriya—when he wants to. And of course he's not actually evil (he is working his ass off to become the #1 hero, after all), a common misconception that I too had during the very beginning of the series. The people who think that Bakugo would be abusive in a relationship have remained stuck in the past and have failed to fully understand his motivations and intricacies as a character. If Bakugo ever develops romantic feelings for someone he would absolutely be capable of having a healthy relationship with them.

*No one (that I saw) in the thread actually called him "evil", it's just that that seemed like the word everyone was dancing around based on how they were describing him.


Thank you so much for reading that essay I randomly wrote at the end of this book review, I appreciate it a lot! That Reddit thread got me thinking hard about both sides of the Bakugo shipping coin and I ended up with an even stronger opinion on the matter than I started off with, and I really wanted to share!

If you read my essay, please say so on this poll just because I'll be really excited if anyone actually does read it (lol)!

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*Current review

[Victor The Reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

After the Class 1-A students get settled in their new dorm life at school, they improve their consumes as they’re ready for their next big test: the licensing exam that will be more challenging then they’ve imagined. A- (91%/Excellent)

[Sara L. · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite manga series 🖤

[Lashaan Balasingam · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are at least two storyarcs packed into this volume. The first one concentrates on our young heroes' training while the second story leads to the Provisional Licensing Exam.

What keeps this series from feeling redundant is the banter between the characters and their development, whether it is small or big. In fact, one of the coolest things about this series is its accent on teamwork and it is certainly one of my favourite elements.

It should be mentioned that the second storyarc doesn't really compare to the previous exams in how it the stakes didn't seem as high as they were before. I think the introduction of certain characters could've been teased earlier to help us anticipate with excitement for what was to come here. Nonetheless, its the originality of these events that makes things so entertaining.

Yours truly,

Lashaan | Blogger and Book Reviewer
Official blog: https://bookidote.com/

[Etienne · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one is more school focus, mostly always one out of two is in this series. So it is a bit «slower» this has still lot of action in the school competition/test. Lower stake but entertaining nonetheless!

[Blake the Book Eater · Rating 4 out of 5]

The licensing exam is a fun arc with more bonding between the classmates and more characters from other schools!

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

In my Eyes, Kohei Horikoshi has created an Absolute masterpiece. I love the series.

[Sarah Ryder · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like how the mangaka balances the villains and villain attacks with regular training and school stuff without it feeling like these things don’t fit together in any way—it’s all very intentional and flows really well. With that I love how Deku is adapting his fighting style and the reappearance of Mei from the sports festival was great and somewhat hilarious because she’s slightly insane yet fully dedicated to her craft which is admirable, even though she needs to work on her presentation and approaching-people-without-freaking-them-out skills, lol.

The test is really intense and seems to want the students to kill each other (which is no surprise at this point, lol!) but it’s so great to see the UA students work together and see how far they’ve come from even a couple volumes ago. I really liked the focus put on Kaminari in that one scene, not to mention the end scene of the remaining UA students coming together to fight for and with each other—that part really moved me and shows just how far they’ve all come and how each one is important and special in their own way even if they don’t feel that way at first.

I’m curious to see how this test ends with the rescue portion!


‼️Content‼️

Language: gah; freakin’; crap; geez; darn; perv; freaking; piss; steamed turd; dissing; damned; heck

Violence: injuries and blood (PG-PG-13); fighting with weapons, superpowers, and hand to hand (PG-PG-13); a guy smashes into the ceiling

Sexual: a teen guy is a pervert; a girl’s shirt opens in the front all the way down to her stomach; a girl’s boobs partially stick out of her shirt in a guy’s face (meant to be funny not sexy); a girl’s shirt shows some cleavage; a girl “melts” off her clothes and ends up running around naked (nothing indecent/private is shown; nothing more then if she was wearing a bikini)

Other: superheroes/supervillains/superpowers; an explosion; a character’s superpower balls up people into “dough balls” of flesh

[Elena Marmiroli · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,25

Come al solito: ero già a conoscenza della trama, previa visione tramite la visione dell'omonimo anime, perciò il mio giudizio sull'opera ne risente.

Passando al sodo, la storia contenuta in questo volume comincia e finisce in maniera sensata, cosa che mi ha fatto piacere. Le scene di combattimento non sono il massimo, ma non sono neppure terribili. Solamente la storia raccontata in questa maniera, rispetto all'anime, ha coinvolto in maniera minore i miei sentimenti e perciò mi sono sentita un po' distaccata dalla storia.

[Anushka Malik · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Smile Hero flirting with Eraserhead really pissed me off instead of making me laugh like the joke it was apparently meant to be.
Anyway, the students moving in the UA Dorms is fun. I can't wait for all the students to get their learner licenses ASAP.

Plus Ultra!

[Matthew Ward · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved the first round of the license exam, especially with UA really finding their stride in what it looks like to work and succeed together. I also enjoyed seeing the development of Midoriya’s abilities and confidence in contrast to All Might’s current status.

[Aliaa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I raised the rating of this volume by one star only because Inasa appeared in it :D I love this boy so much :D :D

[**Sognatrice di libri** · Rating 4 out of 5]

Inizia una nuova parte della serie che mi incuriosisce parecchio.

[Elinor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cette série continue à être géniale. Genre géniale géniale.

[Tammie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read- April 2020 for the O.W.Ls (Herbology- Title That Stars With An M)
- My boyfriend dropped off volumes 12-14 about a week ago and I've just been waiting to get back into them. I have to say though, there was a severe lack of Todoroki in this volume which was always be disappointing.

[Ana]

I’m realizing I actually watched way more of the anime than I thought I had.

[Celeste · Rating 3 out of 5]

EN RESUMEN
Los alumnos de la clase A definen sus ataques especiales y toman el examen para las licencias temporales.

ASPECTOS POSITIVOS
- La participación de toda la clase le dio mucho mas dinámica a las peleas y al tomo en general. Mucho crecimiento y desarrollo para varios personajes, y muchos momentos de interacción y trabajo en equipo entre los chicos de la clase A (lo que en un examen es raro, porque hasta ahora los vimos luchando entre ellos). Deku descubriendo que tiene piernas y salvando a All Might, Tokoyami, Jiro y Mina mostrando sus ataques especiales, el equipo Sero, Uraraka y Deku combinando sus dones, Kaminari salvando a Kirishima y Bakugo y Aoyama e Iida luciendose al final del examen son algunos de los momentos que mas amé.
- Nuevos personajes. Las otras escuelas trajeron un nuevo tipo de desafío para los protagonistas y además hicieron del mundo uno mas grande que ya no se limita solamente a la UA. Solo espero que Horikoshi use a personajes como Inasa o Shindo en arcos futuros y que su participación en la historia no se limite a ese arco.
- El school setting de MHA se pone mas original e interesante. Los ataques especiales, el examen de las licencias temporales, las otras escuelas, los poderes de los nuevos personajes, todo hace que me emocione con este mundo mas y mas. El crecimiento que los personajes tienen en estos tipos de arcos tiene mucho impacto en los arcos posteriores cuando se enfrentan con los villanos, lo que le da mucho mas valor a estos arcos.
- Las consecuencias de los eventos de los arcos anteriores siguen apareciendo y moldeando la historia. La trama es mas grande y compleja, y cada arco no se siente desconectado del otro. El incidente en Kamino, el retiro de All Might y Stain influyen notoriamente en las acciones de personajes y en la dirección de la historia, y seguramente lo harán por muchos tomos mas.

ASPECTOS NEGATIVOS
- Realmente espero que Horikoshi este yendo a alguna parte con este romance entre Uraraka y Deku, porque hasta el momento no lo estoy sintiendo y no soy muy fan de reducir la heroína principal a un interés romántico solo porque el arco con sus padres ya se resolvió.
- Con todo el hype que se le dio a Bakugo y con todo el desarrollo de Todoroki, esperaba un poco más de ellos en esta instancia del examen.

CONCLUSIÓN
El tomo 12 de My Hero Academia logra esquivar muchas piedras al proveer un montón de momentos emocionantes para muchos personajes y enlazar una idea sencilla (examen y batalla de dones) con nuevos personajes prometedores, enfrentamientos entre todo tipos de dones y dinámicas interesantes.

2da lectura: cambio mi rating de 4 a 3.5. Sigo amando los puntos fuertes de este tomo y de este arco: los entrenamientos, el ampliamiento del mundo, los momentos específicos de algunos personajes como Deku, Kaminari, Iida y Aoyama. Sin embargo, creo que se queda atrás un poco en lo que a trama se refiere y los nuevos personajes, salvo tal vez Inasa, no dejan gran marca ni en la historia ni en mí en particular. Y más si tenemos en cuenta que su participación en el manga a futuro es mínima. En sí, creo que este arco no es de mis preferidos, en especial en lo que a entrenamiento de héroe se refiere. Pongo al del Festival Deportivo y al de la pelea con la clase B por encima de este sin dudarlo.

[Rolando Marono · Rating 4 out of 5]

Si bien coincido con que otro "torneo" se siente trillado en esta serie que se iba moviendo muy bien con personajes muy emocionantes aunque la trama había tomado prestado mucho de shonens tradicionales; creo que este volumen tiene lo suyo y aunque es otro torneo, nos lo presenta de una manera muy interesante y podemos ver cómo los personajes han crecido completamente en estos 10 volúmenes de diferencia.
Me gustó como los personajes empiezan a crear sus técnicas especiales y mejorar sus trajes pero me gusta como Deku incorpora lo que observa y lo que le dijo All Might para buscar su propio camino. También me gusta que todo el daño que ha recibido pesa en el personaje, sus brazos están débiles y tiene cicatrices en todo su cuerpo. De nuevo el autor nos muestra crecimiento.
La rivalidad entre las escuelas me pareció agradable aunque todo se movió muy rápido y no hay tiempo de introducir bien a los personajes, de repente ya estamos enfrentando a todas las escuelas y no sabemos bien que está sucediendo.
Este volumen está cargado de escenas cinematográficas con muchos donde los personajes de Yuei pelean en equipo de manera impresionante. Las estrategias de los personajes me gustaron mucho, muestran una unidad y un compañerismo que ninguna otra escuela mostraba y que responde de manera orgánica a lo que han vivido y los villanos que han tenido que enfrentar.
Para mí, más que de Deku, Bakugo y Kaminari, los aplausos se los llevan Iida y Aoyama, sus momentos heroicos para mí resignificaron a esos dos personajes, principalmente a Aoyama y estuvo a dos de sacarme unas lágrimas.
Excelente volumen que nos demuestra porque esta serie es una de las mejores actualmente.

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ok, with this volume, was definitely a lot more laid back than the last one. Which was honestly probably good for my heart, which was still dying from the last one. I love how more and more characters keep getting introduced as the volumes continue on. I normally get annoyed with stories that have too many characters, because I tend to struggle to keep them all straight. But all these characters have unique personalities and awesome powers, and I genuinely like them all.

[Rollin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Even more students! Even more quirks! It's a good time to love MHA.

[Khari · Rating 5 out of 5]

ハーーーーーーまだですか？！　

絶対この巻に「爆高たい緑谷の戦いが現れる」と思た。でもまだ。まだまだ。13巻にあるかな？

ま、とりあえず緑谷のシュートスタイルの絵はかっこいい！！

かみなり君も結構かっこいい。。。彼の髪は好みですから。：D

[Annika · Rating 3 out of 5]

You gotta figure out your own ultimate move, my dudes. And you gotta make one that's easy to say.
And thus, minimal costume changes.

Everyone feel sorry for All Might.

[Maiko-chan [|] · Rating 4 out of 5]

everyone Kacchan in new outfits coming up? I am down for that.





lol that second panel!


-from juuhachi

-from nakurawari


LOL if only Mineta were here. poor thing is missing out, that's an A+ angle


oh hey back to getting character profile comment pages, finally one for Tokoyami
his Quirk is fucking adorable FIGHTME


Hatsume is actually pretty damn adorable, I really want more of her character so I'm glad we're getting some in this volume.




character grooooowth





-edit from nakurawari







time for new character introductions


LOOOL poor Aizawa-sensei





while almost everyone else teams up Kacchan runs off, knowing his boyfriend will be right behind him. Perfect duo




new moves for everyone and they're all pretty cool


-pretty sweet coloring from shimura-na-na





that fabulous celebration color page for the 2year in-print anniversary


poor bby Kaminari. Poor Kirishima!!!!
- freedomfriesandapplepies drew some fanart about Kirishima's trauma from this experience

LOL Kacchan, nice one


Aizawa-sensei confidently declaring he ships the DekuBaku


definitely a convenient quirk but man it’s so gross! Poor Kacchan! Poor Kirishima!

Kaminari!!!


the ultimate BnHA threesome working together! ilovethemso


next vol will be interesting

like honestly Deku? what’s with the surprise? you can’t honestly say you didn’t think Kacchan’d figure it out…


jfc Iida you’re perf!


it’s about fucking time I get a reason to start liking you Aoyama. It’s been 108chapters and 12volumes. It’s about fucking time.

Ahahaha Aizawa-sensei’s face! He’s just like ‘wtf you guys? I taught you better than that!’

[Paulina ෂ · Rating 5 out of 5]

¿Es posible estar tan orgullosa y querer tanto a 20 adolescentes? Al parecer, sí. Este tomo fue una pasada, comienzan los exámenes para obtener la licencia provisional de héroes, sin embargo, los alumnos de UA competirán contra otras escuelas que poseen ventaja sobre ellos: todos conocen los Quirks de la UA; además hay solo 100 plazas y más de 1500 aspirantes.

¡Increíble este arco! Tantos Quirks nuevos y lo que más me gusta (además del compañerismo, cooperación y amistad de la clase 1-A): crecimiento de los personajes. Ante las situaciones difíciles lograron crear estrategias para conseguir un lugar en esas plazas, mejoraron con el entrenamiento del movimiento especial y se desarrollaron inmensamente como héroes.

Otras cosas que me llamaron la atención es cómo All Might se ha dado cuenta que pasó de ser el que protegía, al ser el protegido ... También Mei se convirtió de mis preferidas, su ingenio y entusiasmo la hacen bastante digerible. Eso sí, hubo escenas que me encantaron, como Uraraka y Denki emocionándose (such a pure moment) y el Quirk de aquel que los hace bolas de carne wtf? Es de los mas creepy que he visto.

Ahora sí, se viene la segunda fase del arco y no puedo esperar para ver a mis niños y a los demás estudiantes en acción (y a Aisawa como mamá gallina) PLUS ULTRA!!!