My Hero Academia, Vol. 13: A Talk About Your Quirk

僕のヒーローアカデミア [Boku no Hero Academia] #13

by Kohei Horikoshi

The students of Class 1-A have reached another milestone—the Provisional Licensing Exam. After making it through the first part of the test, they ready themselves for the next phase, which takes place in a simulated disaster area. Midoriya and his friends have to rescue as many victims as they can, and although the students of rival Shiketsu High are technically supposed to be helping, competition between them is fierce and even dangerous! As the scenario unfolds and villains arrive to shake things up, the U.A. students will have to find new ways to work with each other and make use of their Quirks.

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

192 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 4, 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

[vanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

the last three chapters ended me goodbye world

[Gabriel · Rating 4 out of 5]

En general no es un tomo así que me entusiasme mucho pero lo salva la historia del villano Twice y la introducción de Overhaul.

De resto, la práctica estuvo buena solo por Todoroki y ahora a soportar nuevamente a Bakugo. Niñito caprichoso y bullinero que se esconde detrás de un complejo.

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

(This review utilizes mouse-over image sources/captions, give it a try!)

I have a confession. Secretly, every time I pick up a new volume of My Hero Academia, I’m a little bit scared. Scared that it’s not going to be as good as I remembered. Scared that I’m not going to like it. It’s nothing personal towards this series, it’s just a worry I’ve developed due to being disappointed by other series in the past. *cough*A recent example being Kiss Him, Not Me!*cough*.

Well, thanks to the great Horikoshi-sensei my fears have been consistently kept at bay quickly following the start of each volume. I’m scared of the day when I won’t want to rate a volume in this series 5 stars, but today is not that day.

For recap’s sake, since this is a long series:

This volume concluded the Preliminary License arc and we found out that that weird melty sexual girl from the other hero school was actually Toga all along! We finally learned that her quirk is that she can shapeshift into anyone whose blood she consumes, and worse yet, she got some of Midoriya’s blood!!!, and then we got some cool backstory for Twice, and a little convo between All Might and One For All. There’s rising tension and trouble on the streets caused by All Might’s retirement which was announced in volume 11, and the introduction of the villain seen on the volume 14 cover. An overall pretty wildin’ and awesome volume as always!

Another consistent thing with this series is that it once again ENDED WITH AN AGONIZING CLIFFHANGER!!!!!!!!!!! Or, rather, would-be agonizing cliffhanger, because for some reason this volume took like a month to finally ship to my house, so the next volume is already hot out on the presses, ready to be picked up and read!! My plan is to hopefully be able to pick up a copy instore in order to avoid another month-long shipping debacle.

Here is the wonderful chapter cover for chapter 119, to show the beautiful hype for the next volume, followed by more hype pics (Don’t click the spoiler unless you’ve read volume 13):


(I also included the chapter 116 cover (on the left) because putting just one vertical picture in my review would take up way too much space, so by putting two vertical pictures next to each other they become a horizontal picture which takes up less space. And, also, they’re both beautiful illustrations that need to be seen by the world either way.)



The boys are finally having another fiiiiight!! The hype is so incredibly real!!!!!!!!!!! Omg tho, my bby boy Katsuki made me tear up. Both of my eyes got wet and a single tear cascaded down my right cheek when he said:

"Why… Was it me… Who put and end to All Might?"*
*Yes this is an accurate translation, the “Why was it me” part was just in another panel.

And now, a relatable crying boi:

Like my status if you cri evrytiem.


Next volume, plz and thx.


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Read all of my My Hero Academia Reviews:
✪ Volumes 1-10
✪ Volumes 11-20: 11 | 12 | 13* | 14
✪ My Hero Academia: Vigilantes

*Current review

[Artemy · Rating 3 out of 5]

The dull, dumb and useless exam storyline that started in the previous volume is mercifully over and takes up only half of this volume's length. It was still a pain to get through, and its only saving grace were the results of who passed and who didn't, though they came basically out of nowhere and Horikoshi might as well have just recited the results without bothering with the exam itself, it was so bad.

Thankfully, the second half of the book returns to form with some okay setup for the next villain threat, as well as All Might coping with his current situation and trying to move on with his life. But the really good part didn't start until the final two collected chapters, where Deku and Bakugo finally have a face-to-face confrontation. This is the big cliffhanger for now, and Horikoshi surprisingly managed to win me back enough to want to continue reading anyway after that disastrous exam storyline. I just hope we don't see any of that sort of shit again.

[Adri · Rating 5 out of 5]

*through tears* MY BOOOOOOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYYYYSSSSSSS

[Mizuki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay, the students from UA have a test on how best to recuse civilians from a disaster zone, the idea is pretty interesting!

Plus again, when faced by a challenge or an emotional/friendship/rival issue (especially when the issue of All Might is involved), our main characters, the young Izuku and young Katsuki resolve into having a fist fight, as usual. LOL LOL

Overall it's an enjoyable and eventual volume!!!

PS: I admit I read the super cute boy's love fanfics basing on this series first before I got to the canon. XD

[Anushka Malik · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think it's hilarious that Bakugo probably chose his Hero name because he thought it sounded scary and impressive --- Great Explosion Murder God Dynamight.
But it turned out to sound funny instead, simply because it's waaaayyy too long!

[Bradley · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was all ok until the end of this volume… and now I’m rearing to go. :)

The end of the provisional test was fine and fun but nothing compared to the real heart-on-your-sleeves moment at the end.

[Sarah Ryder · Rating 4 out of 5]

The end of the provisional license test and the way things turned out was different then what I expected for some characters! I’m interested to see how things go with some of the more minor characters going forward.

On the villain side of things, Toga is downright terrifying—she’s so mentally whacked yet sincere it’s scary. The chapter with Twice I found kind of confusing as it felt kind of thrown in there, but it did introduce us to, I think, our new main sorta bad guy (for now, haha), Overhaul, who’s…kinda creepy, not gonna lie. Wonder what his deal will turn out to be…

This did feel like a bridge volume between arcs (or it just felt that way due to the anxiety ridden mood I was in at the time, yay…), but I still enjoyed it and where things left off have me finally wondering if Deku and Bakugo could finally, sorta, get along? Maybe?


‼️Content‼️

TRIGGER WARNING: one of the assistance panels has a guy with a gun to his head (not part of the story)

Language: pervy horndog; what the heck; suck; freakin’; damn; heck; gah; what the hell; darn it; crap; dammit; screwed up; hell; bastards; hellish; pissing; darn; freaking

Violence: injuries and blood (PG-PG-13); fighting with weapons, superpowers, and hand to hand (PG-PG-13); people are burned to death (not really shown, PG-13); blood on the floor (PG-13); a head lying in the street (PG-13)

Sexual: a teen guy is a pervert; a couple of girls’ shirts open in the front all the way down to their stomachs; a guy thinks another was doing “things” with a nude girl (nothing of the sort was going on or happened); mild suggestive hints; a girl is called hot and a chick

Drugs/Alcohol: a guy smokes

Other: superheroes/supervillains/superpowers; one of the assistance panels has a guy with a gun to his head (not part of the story); a girl can transform into anyone by ingesting their blood

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's impossible to stop reading this manga, each volume it keeps getting more and more exciting, and Midoriya and his School Friends keep getting stronger and wiser with all these battles.

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

A solid end to the licensing exam, but the highlight is obviously Deku vs. Bakugo!

[Petros · Rating 2 out of 5]

The next part is about Bakugo not thinking he’s the center of the universe for once, and feeling responsible for Almight’s retirement. Now that counts as character development and would normally be a good thing. Unfortunately Horikoshit is completely incompetent and had this event taking place after a tensionless exercise arc. Why would Bakugo feel sorry about it now and not immediately after he got rescued and Almight retired? Because he failed in the training arc? So what, it’s not like he lost anything, he could retake the exam a few months later. There was no real punishment for his failure, the same way having a fight with Deku didn’t have a real punishment. They were just doing chores for a few days and then the whole thing got forgotten as always. Once again the problem is the complete lack of consequences, making every theme exploration to be completely shallow. That’s Horikoshit for you.

[chelsea · Rating 5 out of 5]

the tension between bakugo & deku aahHhH

[Arnis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ceļš uz statusu un godu saukties par Varoni ar lielo burtu sākas jau no pirmās dienas, kad nosprausts uz to mērķis, no pirmās dienas, kad sāk manifestēties pirmās spēju (autors Kohei Horikoshi devis spējām quirk terminu) pazīmes jau pat četru gadu vecumā. Ar to gan nevar lielīties My Hero Academia (MHA) galvenais varonis Izuku Midoriya, bet ar tādēļ jo lielāka nozīme cīņassparam, sirds drosmei aizstāvēt kā vājākos, tā vienkārši grūtībās un neapskaužamā ļaundara plānota trieciena krustugunīs nonākušu biedru, lai dienas beigās vari ar pilnu pārliecību un skaļāko balsi un uz mangas lapaspuses ar pašiem lielākajiem burtiem izkliegt, ka esi darījis visu iespējamo, lai kļūtu jo spēcīgāks nekā pirms tam. Jo vari būt drošs, ka kriminālās pasaules ļaundari darīs to pašu.

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[Daisy Mauricio · Rating 4 out of 5]

The volume was able to keep the flow going a lot better than the previous volume, especially with the License Exam. I really liked that we were able to see. more into Bakugo as a person and how he really is feeling about the previous situation he experienced. I like the idea that we could see some character development. :)

[Elena Marmiroli · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5+

Recensione a venire

[Anna Quilter · Rating 4 out of 5]

To get their Provisional Licensing Certificate the students take part in a simulated disaster rescue operation - and not everyone will pass

[Tammie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read- June 2020 for the MakeYourMythtaker Readathon (Gladiator- Outsourced book)
- It's been too long since I've read a volume of this. This volume has just reinforced the fact that Bakugo is my baby who needs protecting.

[Angela Auten · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really love this series.

[Maiko-chan [|] · Rating 5 out of 5]

what a wonderful way to start off the volume

you’re so adorable Uraraka. go get ’em!


i love this manga i love this manga i love this manga

i love you Uraraka i love you Uraraka i love you Uraraka

i love this manga i love this manga i love this manga



both have legitimate reasons for their actions and while it’s kinda sad that Yoarashi had such a bad meeting with Todoroki, I’m sure this will be a great opportunity for him to see how much Todoroki has changed and thus how amazing Deku is

go show ’em Deku


more character growth for Todoroki

and character growth for Yoarashi

and Tsuyu reveals another cool move

Deku says “Please, sir” being ultra polite and all I see/hear is Rock Lee saying “Please do not ignore me,” being ultra-est ultra polite. You still got a ways to go Deku, but you gettin there.

Yoarashi and Todoroki gots a ways to go too

ahhhhh Toga-chan!! I suddenly feel like changing my profile pic back to Toga-chan even tho that’s the one I’ll likely end up using for October now

I was prepared for this because I was told Kacchan didn’t pass months ago, but it still hurts. dun worry Kacchan bby, your bf is there for you, let him comfort you!!



I was gonna leave it at just the first two, cuz yay for Yoarashi and Todoroki working things out, but omg lol yes yay bless you Iida, thank you for saving Mineta from a most painful and deserved death

lol Iida

lol poor Mineta


yupyup time to go back to my Toga-chan pic. Just look at that cute face! She’s so cool~
and finally we get to see what her actual quirk is!!!! I loved her before when she was just a crazy blood-loving girl wielding a knife, but oh man the love for her character is strong

things’re certainly picking up again
you know, these past few months of not reading the manga (gods I’ve missed reading it) becuz of focusing on school, I’ve just been thinking ‘man it’d be cool if the villains infiltrated the exam’ and Toga-chan’s literally been here all along and man she’s so awesome!


Toga-chan and Dabi are still my favs in the League of Villains but this guy is pretty cool too. I’m so glad they’re back and we’re getting to learn more about them in this volume. Granted their reappearance means Bad Things are gonna happen, but they’re all such cool characters and it’s sooo nice getting to learn more about the villains

OMG THIS GUY IS SO COOL! Like that’s a sad af backstory but suuuuch a cool explanation for how he is ahhhhh!!!

oh sweet! I was scrolling through tumblr earlier and saw him for the first time but thought I’d have to get much farther along in the manga before I actually saw him in the series. This is cool. Cool cool cool.

Ohhhhhhhh

KACCHAN’S FACE!!!! the face of a noble beast

disturbing imagery in the second panel
it’s just conceptualized here vs actualized so it’s not on the same lvl as earlier on in the series when we first meet Shigaraki and he uses his Disintegration on Aizawa-sensei

and Deku has the horrifying vision of him using it on Tsuyu before he can save her

but srsly Shigaraki’s quirk is pretty fucking amazing

I can’t wait to see the glow of All Might’s eyes when they’re animated (s2 of the anime is doing a fucking fantastic job like jfc it’s beautiful. but just- imagine how much more beautiful the animation will be for his eyes when it gets to this point)

Deku texting All Might about passing the exam is cute and all but look at Kirishima with his hair down

Deku- Deku stop with the surprised face. Stop it. You’re not actually shocked, we all know you knew he’d figure it out eventually. You literally started telling him about it like 100chapters ago! He scoffed at you, sure, but after all that and the similarity you have to All Might, and after the events of the mission Recover the Angry Bomb Child: Kacchan, like. Tokoroki literally asked you if you were All Might’s “love child” it’s so obvious (a convo Kacchan overheard). Not to mention the fact that Kacchan is just as much an All Might megafanboy like you- he’s literally the reason Kacchan wanted to be a hero and DENIED JOINING THE LEAGUE OF VILLANS BECAUSE HE’D “BEEN WON OVER BY THE WAY ALL MIGHT LOOKS WHEN HE WINS” LIKE WTF DEKU!???? STOP WITH YOUR FACE! STOP IT!
admittedly it could also just be shock that Kacchan didn’t go to insult him or try to hurt him in some way after the panic Deku felt being addressed by Kacchan so suddenly, or like, at all, but I’m still going with it’s surprise at Kacchan picking up on Deku’s quirk considering his surprise about it last volume

do you really wanna have this conversation around anyone else Deku? everyone in class 1-A is asleep rn (look at them, they’re so cute!) but anyone could wake up at any moment and come investigate if things get heated between you two. as we all know will happen...
on another note: look at the back of Kacchan’s neck. that’s a nice, manly neck. I bet Kirishima is dreaming about biting it rn.

look at them now compared to their tiny bby selves; they’ve come so far

he looks so bored Deku. he already knows, he just wants to hear you admit it. Stop with the surprised face!!!!!!!

I get it Deku, we all get it. You nearly let it slip over 100chapters ago and All Might forgave you cuz Kacchan brushed it off as nonsense, and you wanna keep your promise to him not to tell anyone. I get it. We all do. But like. Kacchan already knows. Not guesses tho he called it a theory, he knows. You won’t be doing your relationship with him any good by denying it rn.



KACCHAN BBY!!!!





*BURSTS INTO TEARS*


*INTERNAL SCREAMING*

[Adam Fisher · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finishing the Provisional License Exam, this Volume not only keeps the story great and the action excellently paced, but introduces some new characters who I believe will begin to have a much stronger role.
Highlights and storylines:
- Volume starts with the second half of the Provisional License Exam: Rescue. It appears as if all the rescuees are children and elderly people, but they are in fact part of a group known as the HLC (Help Us Company), a group of trained professionals who rate the heroes as they rescue them.
- Inasa Yoarashi makes himself known again, this time getting into it with Todoroki. Seems that Inasa has a grudge against Endeavor, who is Todoroki's father. Both father and son ignored him when was expressing his admiration for them. It is also revealed that his quirk is Whirlwind.
- The rescuing seems to be going well, so the test givers throw a new wrench into the game with the arrival of Gang Orca. The test now becomes... "Can you still rescue while you fight?" The fight is complicated though, as Inasa and Todoroki are still bickering and not working together. Once they set aside their differences, they are able to combine their powers to create a Flame Tornado which traps Gang Orca.
- The test ends. Inasa, Todoroki, and Bakugo (for his occasional "Help Yourself" comments) do not pass, but the rest of Class 1-A does. The failed students are given the opportunity to go to a Remedial Class so they may earn their licenses as well.
- The mysterious Camie leaves after the testing, and some of those who know her react to her recent strangeness. Turns out, Camie has been gone for a while and was being replaced by Himiko Toga, her Quirk finally being revealed as a shapeshifter. She also has obtained a vial of Deku's blood, which lets the reader know that she may be shifting to him and causing trouble soon.
- We get a short backstory for the villain Twice, who has a Quirk similar to Marvel's Multiple Man
- All-Might goes to visit All-For-One in the jail the villains have dubbed "Tartarus. They have a great exposition about the future of Heroes vs. Villains.
- With Deku passing the exam, and Bakugo not passing, Bakugo takes Deku outside to the nearby training "city. Confronting him about his Quirk. he has figured out that All-Might passed his quirk to Deku. They begin to fight, having both looked up to All-Might while growing up.

How will this fight end? Onto the next one!
Strong Recommend!

[Maribel Maricela · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yay. I thought 12 was better but this was only a little down so we'll go for 4.6 stars.

The girl from the other school (i literally already forgot the name of), Camie, was so interesting and THEN MISS TOGA FROM THE LEAGUE!!!!. I hated that one dude who didn't like Todoroki because I hate loud and confident guys like that.

Anyway i don't have many opinions but like the last one, too much action. BUT, I was so happy with my girl Uraraka getting some development for like half a chapter. I just have this connection with her for some reason that I honestly don't even have with Deku. But her coming to terms with her schoolgirl crush mixed with adoration for Deku in that chapter was so well done. She sees that Deku is focusing on why hes at school, to become a hero. The fact that she comes to terms with, okay I like him and goes on to push her feelings down to go towards her goals at UA is the best. Uraraka deserves the world!!

[Victor The Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

The provisional licensing exam proves to be no cake walk as it truly tests the students on how to seriously handle a disaster event, but unbeknown to them someone is secretly watching them. Retired All Might visits the man who made him give up his hero life, and there’s a surprise near the volume’s end: Midoriya and Bakugo have a fight-off. A (100%/Outstanding)

[Matthew Ward · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great progression in this volume! The license exam reminds you that these kids are kids and it has you expecting something crazy to go down during the experience at any time. The conversation between All Might and All For One was beautifully written and the confrontation between Kacchan and Midoriya was top tier storytelling!

[darcy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bah, que dire... cette série c'est de la bombe, c'est tout.

[Etienne · Rating 5 out of 5]

4,5/5. Good one overall. Evolving on many fronts. I like it! Some new characters as well so that's great!

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

Continua questa nuova parte di serie e per ora la sto trovando molto piacevole.

[Fina {A World of Endless Pages Book Reviews} · Rating 5 out of 5]

A four star read overall, but I bumped it up a star for the final chapter in this volume (the first half of the Bakugo/Deku fight scene)

[Shadyside Library · Rating 4 out of 5]

Constant action. Plus I actually learned a little about the other schools. More of a developmental volume but still entertaining.

[LW · Rating 5 out of 5]

That last chapter was so emotional, impossible to put down. The best chapter of My Hero Academia yet?