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僕のヒーローアカデミア [Boku no Hero Academia] #4

by Kohei Horikoshi

La nouvelle génération de super-héros du Shonen Jump débarque enfin !
Dans un monde où 80 % de la population possède un super‑pouvoir appelé alter, les héros font partie de la vie quotidienne. Et les super‑vilains aussi ! Face à eux se dresse l'invincible All Might, le plus puissant des héros ! Le jeune Izuku Midoriya en est un fan absolu. Il n'a qu'un rêve : entrer à la Hero Academia pour suivre les traces de son idole.

Le problème, c'est qu'il fait partie des 20 % qui n'ont aucun pouvoir...
Son destin est bouleversé le jour où sa route croise celle d'All Might en personne ! Ce dernier lui offre une chance inespérée de voir son rêve se réaliser. Pour Izuku, le parcours du combattant ne fait que commencer !

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

192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 4, 2015

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

[Jesse (JesseTheReader)]

*screams* i love these characters way too much *ends screaming*

No, but really. I love these characters so much! This one really showcased how they can be friends and still maintain healthy relationships when competing against each other. *runs off to read volume 5*

[Maria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing!!! The sports festival allows us to get to know new characters and learn more about everyone’s personalities and quirks. I’m happy to see how friendly and supportive the characters are being towards their classmates/teammates.
P.S. Shoto Todoroki is quickly becoming one of my favorites. Such complex character with a tragic background.
P.S.S. Do not underestimate Fumikage Tokoyami, kids 👀🦅

[Gabriel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Súper emocionado como la primera vez. Me encantan las competencias y la intensidad de los personajes.

Lo bacano que me parece el diseño y el quirk de Tokoyami, ojalá y le den un buen uso a futuro.

En este tomo tiene más presencia el que fue mi personaje favorito hace tiempo y el que creo seguirá teniendo ese puesto.

Por último pero no menos importante, Bakugo tiene una cara tan golpeable. No puedo con él.

[Sophia · Rating 4 out of 5]

The U.A. High Sports Festival continues!
I love seeing all these different Quirks. It was hilarious seeing two students (Kirishima and Tetsutetsu) just going all out because they had similar Quirks.

I was glad to see Midoriya being his geeky self, writing all about the other’s Quirks in his notebook.

I appreciate that this story isn’t being dragged out but it is still filled out by personal stories and growth.

[Tilly · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's getting better!

[Artemy · Rating 5 out of 5]

In the great tradition of other shonen mangas like Dragon Ball, the tournament that started in the previous volume takes up the entirety of this follow-up book as well, and it seems far from over. It’s also very entertaining! We find out even more about the characters, and their development is actually pretty impressive. Also, I have to mention that Ochako Uraraka not only has the best name ever, but is hands down my favorite character in this manga, and one of the coolest female characters I’ve ever encountered in any Japanese media. That cliffhanger finale makes me want to pick up the next book immediately. And yeah, obviously, by this point I’m totally into My Hero Academia.

[Shannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

So good. Can't stop won't stop.
😄

[Lashaan Balasingam · Rating 4 out of 5]

With the sports event having only just begun, the story continues with the next challenge and it is not something unknown to a lot of manga series. With this latest challenge, heroes have the opportunity to showcase their skill set and to shine individually.

Of course, this is the perfect moment to introduce a lot of heroes that haven't had the time to shine much, while also slipping in more backstory on some of the main characters to further accentuate their complexity.

My Hero Academia is definitely an entertaining and exciting series that teases great things to come. Hard to say no to what Kohey Horikoshi has planned for us.

Yours truly,

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

[fatherofdragons113 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Shinso is my favorite. I want his quirk.

[Ellie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I ADORE URARAKA SHES SUCH A CUTIE

[Carm · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ok. Ok. I still like this. HOWEVER… is this a hero academy? I mean really? Nearly everyone is practically ringing a bell and wearing a sandwich board that screams, “I’m a villain!” Half of them are driven by selfish motives, the other half are so desperate to be #1 they’d probably elbow a toddler. And don’t forget about Shoto’s tragic backstory, so intense it might as well come with evil laugh sound effects.

I know people say Midoriya is just another cookie-cutter shonen protagonist, but he’s also one of the only altruistic characters in this story so far. And that’s saying something.

I’m sticking around. But for the love of All Might… be heroic! Show me some actual virtue. Prove me wrong.

[Beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sometimes three stars means I'll continue a series, sometimes not. A lot of it depends on how much I feel (or, more accurately, imagine) a sympathetic resonance with the story the author is telling. After four volumes, that is lacking in My Hero Academia. I didn't fall in love with it, or feel particularly compelled to continue.

Part of it's because so many of the characters are hung up on "being #1," and while this is by no means uncommon in shonen manga, here it feels like competitiveness is overemphasized vs. the characters cooperating with each other. Some characters don't have sufficient appealing characteristics to overcome their annoying or troubling ones (All Might and Bakugo in particular). The main character is the same boys' manga protagonist you've seen 5000 times, without any particular quirks (pun intended) to make him truly unique. Long story short: with no malice intended, I'm closing the book on this one.

[Christina (Christina's Book Corner) · Rating 4 out of 5]

November 3-5

What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested superpowers called “Quirks”? Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Being a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? The Hero Academy of course! But what would you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless?

The U.A. High sports festival is a chance for the budding heroes to show their stuff and find a superhero mentor. The students have already struggled through a grueling preliminary round, but now they have to team up to prove they’re capable of moving on to the next stage. The whole country is watching, and so are the shadowy forces that attacked the academy…

Review :
Sports festival is still going on and to team up to be first izuku was in first he teams up with uraraka and Tokoyami and Hatsume to get the headband Ida teams up todoroki. Bakagou is with kirishima. Todoroki refuses to use his father's fire side but during battle with izuku he ends up using it . Todoroki gets first . Todoroki chats with izuku and asks him if hes all might son and he knows hes keeping a secret. Onto the battles izuku is against Shinzo who has a mind control quirk and he almost wins but izuku hurts his finger to get his mind right again and izuku wins . Ida and Hatsume fight against each other she ends up tricking Ida but Ida wins the next up is uraraka and bakagou.

[Bradley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'll tell you. This tournament stuff in manga is almost always the cat's meow.

I'm having a great time seeing all these preliminary battles face off. The anime has a bit more going on but not by much. So far I've been very pleased with the parity. :)

To borrow a line from an entirely different franchise, I feel the power of youth! lol

[Daniel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not much to say here. The plot is moving... but sloooowly. Still the art is nice and getting better.

[Kuroo Dabi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me gustó.

Me encanta cuando Bakugo anda cabreadisimo y me fascina cuando hace equipo con Kirishima... Por otro lado mi alma alberga esperanzas de que Shinso cumpla sus sueños.
Todoroki hijo mío yo te doy el amor que tus padres no te dieron, ven.

[Anushka Malik · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's so great to see the creative ways in which quirk-users apply their abilities to win competitions and train to be heroes!

No normal sports festival could be a quarter as exciting! Plus Ultra!

[leilabug ♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

another one down😝 i LOVE the sports festival so much, so glad i get to see the panels and the full page spreads are SO COOL

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

I feel like I've never wanted the next book in a series as badly as I want Volume 5 of My Hero Academia.

This was some good shit, boys. Just like this series always is. I know it's already pretty fast that they come out every few months, but I feel like it could be even faster. Like does it really take that long to translate and touch-up and all that? I kind of feel like I'm talking like an ungrateful brat right now, so I'll stop.

This whole volume (which consists of chapters 27-35) still just covers the Sport Festival arc, and it's still going strong by the end of chapter 35. It also ends on a mighty cliffhanger, so thank you very much to whoever decided to end the volume there. This arc is pretty good, we get to see the millions of characters in action which is pretty cool. I love Aizawa Sensei, just gonna casually drop that here. We don't see him in action during this volume (that was the last arc) but he's one of the commentators to the festival. I feel like watching him in the anime and reliving him from the earlier chapters is what has got me so keen on him now.

I started reading this late at night on the Sunday that episode nine of the anime aired. That's the episode where it's the start of their third training, Rescue Training. Would that be the Rescue Training arc then? Or something else to do with villains, since that's the first time they fight villains. Who knows, either way that's where the anime is as of the writing of this review. The fifth episode aired a couple days before this volume was released, so I was a little behind on picking this up.

I want the next volume now please, thanks. And no I will not read any fan-translations online. I want to support this amazing series with my money, and you should too! Wheee!


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Read all of my My Hero Academia Reviews:
✪ Volumes 1-10: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4* | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
✪ Volumes 11-20
✪ My Hero Academia: Vigilantes

*Current review

[Nikki in Niagara · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great volume action-packed with battles but also gives us great insight into a lot of characters. The book starts off with a team challenge where the contestants divide themselves into teams of four and play until four teams have captured all the points. Then the rest of the book does one-on-one battles with the remaining sixteen players ending before the final battle. While the main character is developing and gaining in his powers it is the close look at all the various side characters which really makes this volume shine. My favourite of the series so far!

[deborah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like the last volume, I'm really enjoying the sports festival setting and seeing everyone from Class A & B interact with each other; I seriously hope some of the Class B students get switched over to the hero class as this point because they're waaaaay more interesting than some other students. I really like Tokoyami and Hatsume at the moment and would love to see more of them as well! But anyway, a solid volume . 👍

[Victor The Reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

The fourth entry gives us more action as the tournament continues putting each of the group in 1v1 battles that creates rivalry, but also shows us the sad downside of having a quirk. A- (91%/Excellent)

[Natalie · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this volume we continue with the U.A. Sports Festival, starting with Round 2 - the "Cavalry Battle". Unfortunately for poor Midoriya, thanks to coming first in the first round he ends up with a massive target on his back due to how the points system works, making it hard to find team members for this round... oops? 8'D

Bakugo was pretty great in that round, basically being his usual pissed off self and just wanting to win, especially after someone from class 1-B decided to challenge him by basically brushing him off... which honestly is the BEST WAY to get Bakugo riled up :P

Following the Cavalry battles, we also got to see the beginnings of the final "tournament style" one-on-one battles, and with the cliffhanger of this episode essentially being "Bakugo's battle is about to begin" I'm SUPER excited for Volume 5!

Chapter notes below for reference:


Chapter 27.
Sorry Deku, but coming first in the first round just put a massive target on your back for the second round thanks to this lovely points system 8’D
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Hehe, everyone wants Bakugo on their teams XD
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Yeah, sorry Midoriya but no one wants to be on your team… except Uraraka because she’s honestly a sweetie ;D
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Iida you dickkkk. Midoriya had a great plan! ;u;
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Hatsume (awesome support girl)! :D
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And with Tokoyami on their team too, that makes Deku’s team complete!

Chapter 28.
Tokoyami’s ability is awesome! He basically has a sentient shadow :D
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So you can abandon your “horse” for a mid-air assault as long as your feet don’t touch the ground… a perfect rule for Bakugo really.
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Oooh, this guy has the best personality for pissing Bakugo off to the point of (a possibly literal) explosion 8’D
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Hard to say how the cavalry battle will end… especially as I have forgotten the anime adaptation of this bit. Oops 8’D

Chapter 29.
And once again the “human stun gun” (aka Kaminari) comes out XD
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Huh. So this guy can copy the abilities of others… that’s not good for his opponents 8’D
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Iida managed to grab Deku’s headband! :o

Chapter 30.
Bakugo’s still pissed, but he’s managing to get some of the points back - he no longer has zero!
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Whoot whoot! And thanks to Tokoyami, Deku’s team managed to JUST squeeze into the next round, by coming in fourth place in this round!
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Todoroki’s father looks like he’d make a good villain with that glare 8’D

Chapter 31.
Dun dun dunnnnnn… Todoroki felt the true power of Midoriya, and now knows there’s some kind of connection between the two of them… but thinking that he’s All Might’s illegitimate child as the explanation for it is hilarious.
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Yep. Todoroki’s dad could totally be a villain. Lookit that expression!
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And there’s that lovely depressing background behind Todoroki’s scarred face 8’D
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Mutual declaration of war between Deku and Todoroki now, thanks to their backgorunds and ambitions. Whoot!
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One on one battles for the final official challenge c:

Chapter 32.
Ojiro’s dropping out of the final battle, as a result of potentially being controlled by the quirk of another during the cavalry battle, and feeling like he doesn’t deserve his place now. Noble, but I feel really sorry for the guy ;u;
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Uh oh. Midoriya’s opponent is gonne be the “mind control guy” in the first round 8’D
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It’s pretty terrifying that at this stage Midoriya’s “One for All” strength is at about 5% of what it could be, considering how powerful it is already 8’D
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And like an idiot, Midoriya responded to whatshisname (Shinso?), thus getting caught in the guy’s quirk. Shit.

Chapter 33.
And Midoriya was able to snap out of it! Granted, because he broke two fingers and used the pain to “free” himself from the mind control! Painful, but effective. And honestly at this stage I don’t think a broken finger is really all that much to Deku in the long run… he’s had worse :P
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Midoriya wins, whoot! :D
...of course this DOES mean he’ll likely end up having to face Todoroki in the next round. Shit.


Chapter 34.
Pretty neat! This guy, even though he lost to Midoriya, is now a prime scouting “target” by the pro-heroes in the audience, as they realise the usefulness of his quirk in a combat situation; and they’re right. It really is ideal.
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LOL. I love All Might’s response to hearing about how Deku “saw” eight or nine people (potentially the past owners of One for All - kinda like being the Avatar in ATLA actually…). The fact that one of the ones there was All Might though says that his time might be coming to a close…
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“You’re my greatest creation” could be taken as “I’m proud of you” in many situations where a father is talking to their child…. Not this one 8’D
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Welp. That battle was over quickly. I love everyone’s reaction to Todoroki using his ice ability though XD They’re all just like “Oh my gawd, what the fuck just happened here O.O” - including the announcers/teachers. Definitely overkill. Todoroki even got the ref XD

Chapter 35.
Again, that was fast XD In almost no time at all Kaminari (the human stun gun) has been taken out by Ibara Shiozaki, one of the members of class 1-B. To be fair, I think that his ability was completely useless against hers, as his electricity vs. her vines was likely at a distinct disadvantage.
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Uraraka found out about Deku’s notebook(s) ;D I love that he’s taken notes on all of the members of Class 1-A and is using the games as an opportunity to take notes on Class 1-B (and others) c:
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I love that Iida’s opponent is using her battle against him purely to advertise the support items that she’s created XD And of course once she’s had her go at selling her abilities as a designer, she just concedes the battle win to Iida.
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Oh my gosh, YES. Kirishima is facing the “copycat” - aka the guy who basically has the exact same power that he does. And it’s GREAT XD
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It’s very sweet of Deku to offer Uraraka a plan to defeating Bakugo using her quirk, but I think she made the right call in turning down his help. If she wants to become a pro-hero, she needs to be able to defeat her “foes” without Deku’s assistance, and she probably doesn’t want to learn to rely on him being there.
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Double knockdown with Kirishima and his opponent XD

[Brittany · Rating 4 out of 5]

So fun!
This one has the cavalry battles which are a blast. Love seeing Deku use his tactical thinking and seeing Bakugo rage. Dark Shadow is still a favourite of mine so seeing him in action was great.
Then we get onto the first round of the one-on-one fights. Get to see Shinso doing his thing for the first time and the shout out to how unfair and everything the entrance exam to the hero course really is. Deku gets a vision. Seeing all the bits of fights and everything was fun. This one leaves off with just the one fight for the first round remaining.

[SwedishGeekGirl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Im having so mutch fun Reading about the U.A high sport festival, cant wait to see how it ends!

[Matthew Ward · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume boasts a ton of fun in the Sports Festival and sets up some big storylines for the future! Loving reading this series!

[Buddy_Aech · Rating 4 out of 5]

TODOROKI'S BACKSTORY, YIPPEEEE!!!

Also, Horikoshi's assistant page->

"Keisuke Ikeda, Quirk: 'Injury'
Talk long enough with him and you'll realize all this guy ever does is get hurt!"

So painfully relatable.

[Mizuki]

Pre-review:

PS: I admit I first read some super cute boy's love fanfics about this series first before I got to the story canon! XD

As far as I can see the Sport Festival plot is going strong!

Last but not least, boys staring meaningfully at each other, and it's totally manly! ^_^

More to come.

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

The festival continues! Love Shino and I want to see way more of him.

[~Cyanide Latte~ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Having now caught back up with the volumes I need to re-read, I have to say that there's still a lot packed in here, even though we're still in the "tournament arc" of the UA school sports festival. It's in the little things about the characters, and the hints as to what is going on in the greater plot with All Might and Midoriya, and the way it's mirrored in how we get a first glimpse at Todoroki's personal backstory and trauma and his tumultuous relationship with his father, Endeavor. It's just all very nicely done and keeps those important developments and beats present, even in a more lighthearted arc. The anime does take the time to flesh out some of this a little more if you wanted to see additional things, but the manga handles it well enough if you want to keep a decent pace!