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NEW MHA WSJ COVER ART AHHHH 🙊

I'm speechless.

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AUTHORS' COMMENTARY FOR KOHEI HORIKOSHI IN COMMEMORATION OF THE END OF MY HERO ACADEMIA SERIALIZATION ⭐

Congratulations once again to Horikoshi sensei 👏🏼

[myheromedia]

Weekly Shonen Jump cover featuring Izuku, Katsuki, Shoto and AllMight!

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Courtesy of Lightning from Twitter, I present to you: Gojo and Todo popularity ranking! Rank 160 and 202 respectively!

In the My Hero Academia poll!

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aaa i could never be mad at you baby girl

[sarahjtv]

My Hero Academia is Officially Ending and I'm Fucking Coping 😭

So, it was officially announced early today, June 24th, 2024, by Shueshia and mangaka, Kohei Horikoshi, that My Hero Academia/Boku no Hero Academia will officially end in 5 chapters on Chapter 430. The last chapter will be released at the beginning of August after 10 years of publication in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine if all goes well.

I woke up to this news. I'm sitting here on my laptop typing this as a way of coping tbh. On the outside, I'm numb and stunned. On the inside, I'M SCREAMING, CRYING, THROWING UP, MOURNING LIKE I LOST A LOVED ONE WTF 😭

*sigh* But, this was going to happen eventually. It was only a matter of when. When Horikoshi said that we would have more epilogue to cover, I thought "Maybe he'll give us 10 more chapters!" Turns out it is 6-7 chapters instead... In Horikoshi's defense, 6-7 chapters are much longer than what most mangaka have given us for epilogues to their stories. I'd rather have him give us 5 more chapters of an epilogue than rush it in 1-2. Plus, if possible, we could potentially get 19-20 pages per chapter which might be just enough to wrap everything up. And since final chapters of manga tend to be longer than usual, we could get extra pages in the last chapter to finish everyone's arcs and the story properly.

Still, it's so wild to see a series I have loved for years and have such a strong attachment to end as I am following it. I have been a part of many fandoms before and have stuck around them for years (Pokémon, Supernatural, Doctor Who, Breaking Bad, and many more), but it's not often that I've been there there to see a series come to it's conclusion. Sometimes that can turn out well (Breaking Bad) and other times I've seen it end badly (Supernatural; only read about it and it was not great. I bounced after season 13? and I am so sorry to the fandom). My Hero Academia is one of the very few series I will see through to the end.

I'm really coping here, honestly. I've been a fan of My Hero Academia since 2018. I first heard about the series randomly through the internet, but I didn't fully introduce myself to it until I listened to a cover of The Day on YouTube (I forget the artist, I'm so sorry). I thought the song was so cool and that led to me listening to more covers of MHA OPs (Peace Sign is still GOATed btw). This eventually led me to the manga and the anime where I became truly immersed in the series. I started reading the manga around the Joint Training Arc (I think) which was definitely an interesting time to read the manga because the chapters where so short due to Horikoshi dealing with health and I think moving conflicts at the time. It was still an enjoyable arc and enough to keep me interested in reading from the beginning. I want to say I started the anime around season 3?, but I started at the beginning and worked my way up from there. "Shoto Todoroki: Origin" was the episode that finally solidified my love for the series and is still my favorite episode of the series.

To say that MHA has an important place in my heart is an understatement. (⚠️Warning: very quick mention of suicide) I was very sad and depressed in the latter half of 2018. My life didn't feel like it was going anywhere and I was close to giving up entirely. (⚠️ ). Finding and loving MHA during that time honestly might have saved my life. As strange as it sounds, it was one of the few things that brought me genuine happiness at the time. I had something to look forward to every week and it was thrilling. I still remember debating whether Deku or Shoto was my favorite character. Shoto took the top spot in my heart, but Deku is a very close second 🩵💚.

Seeing MHA end is heartbreaking, honestly. I'm watching something I truly love come to an end. We'll still have the anime, movies, and spin-off series to keep us busy for the next few years, but the manga that started it all is coming to a close. It feels so, so surreal. God, is this how the Haikyuu fandom felt when it’s manga ended? My hope is that this fandom can be kept alive long after the series is over. The MHA fandom DEFINITELY has it's flaws, but it also has a lot of good in it too. I have seen incredible art and fanfics come from this fandom. I have laughed and hyped up some of the best moments of MHA with people who love it too. I know that the fandom is collectively mourning its end and I know we'll all cry bittersweet tears when it ends. If anything, I am glad to see Kohei Horikoshi end his momentous story on his own terms. I hope it ends up being one of the best manga endings in recent Shonen Jump like how Haikyuu's was. I think Horikoshi can do it. Regardless of how it ends, My Hero Academia will be one of my favorite pieces of fiction. I am really glad to be here to celebrate it.

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anyways top two tips for finding media with well written female characters! 1) consume media written by women and 2) stop consuming things written for adolescent boys!!!!

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LOOOOOOOOOOK AWWWW!! (we might be getting a dragon costume sketch this new year yall let’s pray)

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WSJ 2014/32 - MHA cover

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MHA FINAL WSJ COVER

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I’m telling you it all started with that one editor near the end of the first war, that’s when the series started to get messy. Back then, newcomers did not understand veterans who were used to weekly quality like the difference was so stark until it became the norm.

Yeah I was definitely part of that conspiracy theory and have criticized his editors after the Dabi reveal with the glaring mistakes in the Todoroki chapters and also all the click-bait stuff.

But when Taguchi was replaced with Imamura, I don't think things have improved. So maybe it's an overall business strategy in WSJ now.

In the recent interview with Monji-san - a past editor who is now in charge of social media of MHA - it was clear that the editor was happy to let Hori go on tangents and didn't try to keep him on track. He says they didn't push him, but also didn't help him to get where he needed to land.

Btw, now looking at my post PLF war predictions, it's amazing that the final arc had the storybeats I expected, but the execution still makes me feel bad about the ending.

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People had say it before but with MHA over and JJK ending really soon, WSJ will be without two of their most popular series now (Now mostly having One piece because it will never die). Though maybe Kagurabachi will show to be a good replacement. (Did I ever recommend that one? If not you should check it out, it's pretty good)

I haven't read Kagurabachi! Just posts about it since the people I follow are into it!

Yeah, it already seem that MHA and JJK were at their ends and honestly, I'm not mad about it because stories do eventually have to end, but it's not a bad thing. I don't think the mangakas intended for their stories to go as long as they did (I know the feeling so well), let alone so popular, but as a fan of both (yeah, folks, imagine how I felt waking for to the news like this... FOR THE SECOND TIME), I'll say the experience of reading both stories was a fun one.

[myheromedia]

WSJ cover - Deku and Shigaraki

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Maybe I'm just too old to be lurking in WSJ shipping fandoms but the despair over a certain superhero manga's leaked chapter is sad to see. Please, c'mon folks, you should know better than to put your whole heart into a queer ship from a series like this. The kindest the author can be is to confirm nothing and let the relationships remain open-ended in the final chapter. They were telling a story and we shippers decided to put our own spin on a relationship we liked. That's all it ever is and will be for these shounen series. I kept tabs on BnHA/MHA for most of it's run, and I live and breathe for the bkdk dynamic after Bakugou gets his shit together; it's got a ton of things I love. So it's not like I'm pooh-poohing this as an anti or a smug het shipper. Hell, I've been a SoRiku shipper for decades now. I get it. I really, truly do. But you have to protect yourself when investing in queer ships from media aimed at an audience of presumed cishet 12-18 year old boys. They aren't thought to be interested in a queer romantic subplot and, honestly speaking, more than a few would probably dislike the series and drop it if the MC was openly romantically interested in his best friend/rival/narrative foil. There's nowhere on earth where a major queer ship can become canon in a series like BnHA, even if the author intended it in the first place. Not yet, anyway. We're close in the West- we've gone from no rep at all to overt hints to speedrunning to the end of the series after confirming it. But Japan has a long way to go still in certain respects. (It's a mixed bag; I highly recommend checking out Moony's videos discussing the state of media production and the status of LGBT+ rights/portrayals in Japan if you're interested in the political side of things.)

I want this to change. I want to read a WSJ series one day, get attached to the characters, and see some well-written queer characters being repped in highly developed relationships. But BnHA was never going to be the one to do it. Be kind to yourselves and save your wholehearted hope for a series that deserves it.

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MHA S7 - How many manga chapters are they gonna animate this season?

I kinda did the math here just now...

Season 7 is gonna have 21 episodes and they started animating from manga chapter 329. The final Todoroki family drama chapter was 390. So from chapter 329 to 390, we have a total of 61 chapters.

Also, for S7 Ep 01, they covered only 3 chapters of the manga while for Ep 02 and 03, they covered 4 chapters each. So suppose they animate at least 3 chapters for one episode, then for 21 episodes it's gonna be = (21 x 3) = a total of 63 chapters.

Also, we need to keep in mind that many of the chapters in this Final Arc are quite short in size like 10-13 pages long which is quite short for a WSJ magazine-published manga.

So I think we might get all of the Todoroki family drama stuff in this season. I might be right, I might be wrong. Whatever it is, I just want Studio Bones to animate this season (especially the Todoroki family drama stuff) beautifully.

Also, where are they gonna end? Not sure but after the Todoroki family stuff we have Toga vs. Uraraka which is from manga chapter 391 to 395. And from chapter 396, the All Might vs. AFO fight starts.

So season 7 will probably end with the Toga vs. Uraraka fight and tease us with the beginning of the AFO vs. All Might fight before wrapping up the season. Then season 8 will open up with the All Might vs. AFO fight.

What do you guys think??

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My Hero Academia Chapter 429 Spoiler Talk: The Penultimate Chapter

So here it is. The second to last chapter of My Hero Academia. Unless Horikoshi gives us a sequel series like Naruto: Shippuden, this and the next chapter is the last we'll get manga content about MHA. Well, at least until Horikoshi gives us another Ultra Analysis book or an art book with extra information. It's still hard to believe honestly. I don't know if I'll be able to accept that our beloved series is ending until it actually does. Let's see what Horikoshi-sensei gives us until then. Also, my health isn't 100% today, so I apologize if my writing sounds messy:

First off is our last Weekly Shonen Jump and Chapter color pages! They are absolutely beautiful celebrating both the 10th anniversary and My Hero Academia as a whole. Everyone is smiling and it's a wonderful sight to see. I won't show them here because I think they deserve to be seen with your own two eyes. Let's just say that I love them and I can't wait to get the HQ versions of them when the official release comes out. Just know that you can tell Horikoshi put a lot of love into these pages.

From here on out, I think I'm just going to talk about what I thought of the chapter because I'm not 100% down to type everything out tonight. Sorry about this:

I think the chapter was another solid one, though it somehow still doesn't feel like the series is ending yet for me.

I'm glad we got to see Ochako and Deku talk about not being able to save their respective villains because we all know how badly this was haunting them. Neither of them would have been able to move on and genuinely smile again until they got that all out to someone who understood. Thankfully, they have each other 💚💖. I'm also really glad Deku told Ochako she was his hero and let her take her hand. This is the closest we'll probably get to an actual romantic confession from either of them unless Horikoshi does something for them in the last chapter. The thing is, it works because this wasn't the time for a love confession. This was a time for two broken people to talk their trauma out and get reassurance from someone close to them.

Really sad to hear that Himiko Toga did die. Granted it was from Ochako's dialogue and we didn't see any panel with her body drawn, but we can really only take her word for it now. Horikoshi could absolutely pull a fast one on us and show a glimpse of her alive in the final chapter. However, I think it's safe to say that she is dead and that honestly sucks.

I love the slice-of-life panels we get of the rest of the kids and seeing Aizawa smile is beautiful! He's so proud of his kids 🥹.

Monoma getting a statue at the school and bragging about it is fucking hilarious 🤣! He honestly deserves it though because the whole world would've been dead if not for him. Deku better get a statue too or else I'm going to throw hands.

Eri excitedly singing at Aoyama's farewell party is the most wholesome thing I've seen in a very long time and I truly hope she achieves her dream someday 🤍! Make her the best idol in the world, Horikoshi!

Finally, there's that mysterious man we saw a few chapters ago. We still don't know his name, but we're told he was abused and abandoned by his family because he has a mutant Quirk similar to how Eri's Quirk in the sense that neither of their Quirks were inherited by their family's DNA. He looked like he was going to walk down a similar path as Tenko, but the old lady who first ignored Tenko many years back found this new man and finally offered him a hand thanks to Izuku's inspiration. This is sort of a redemption for the old lady. I know that she was a catalyst for why Tenko became who he became, but I think this is a start for her to start over at least. Thankfully, I think this man is going to be ok.

I remember reading the interviews Horikoshi did over the past week and one of the things he said he wanted to express was that even someone having your back is heroism. Someone who can do something so simple as reaching their hand out when someone is in need is a hero to that person. You can tell that that is what Horikoshi is telling us here. He also said that making us cry was an important part of the story too because it's how he wants us to connect with it, so I expect to shed tears next week.

So, yeah. That's the second to last chapter of the main My Hero Academia manga. It still doesn't feel real to me. The final page of the chapter left things open-ended, so I would not be surprised if we got a time skip of some sort in the final chapter. I honestly thought that Horikoshi was setting up one more villain for the kids to fight with that mysterious man, but it was wrapped up in a very simple yet poignant way. I will agree that it feels rushed and that there's something missing, but I can't pinpoint what. Horikoshi's been writing and drawing this manga for 10+ years at this point, so I can't entirely blame him for wanting to finish things up. However, I'm a little more nervous about him sticking the landing for the ending. While I think he can still do it, I've seen too many mangaka end their story on a bad note for one reason or another. Our best bet is that he revises or adds some things to make the chapter better in the volume version. I'm going to do my best to keep my optimism alive for the next few weeks.

I honestly can't begin to accurately predict how the manga will end. I could see it ending with the kids continuing their lives at UA, at graduation, or as pro-hero adults maybe with families of their own. Honestly, anything goes. Part of me wants to be here when the chapter might get leaked next Wednesday, but another part of me wants to wait until next Sunday for the official VIz release so I can read and cry together with everyone else. I think I am going to try to do the latter and then write some kind tribute to honor the series, but I may or may not be out of town next week, so I'll have to see about that.

One more chapter left.