Yes, I know I read 4 before 3, but in my defense the library doesn’t have 3 (yet).
This one wasn’t as good as Volume 2 with me only liking a handful of the stories and really being annoyed with one, but first the good ones! I enjoyed the fright night one where these kids are, again, being freaked out by “ghosts” (see my review for School Briefs 3 for more context on this), and I really think they need to lay off on the horror for, like, forever, lol. Apple day was adorable because Eri, and the dodge ball one was so freaking FUN! Other then that the rest were just okay with one exception.
That exception is the last story, tilted “Ida’s Manners”, and I don’t like how Ida was made to be a complete fool who couldn’t see two villains right in front of his face. Ida may look for the deeper meanings of things that don’t have any and be rigid in being presentable and professional, but he’s not an idiot and this story bordered on making him just that which I didn’t like one bit.
So far I really like one out of two volumes in this series and I hope I like the others more, whenever my library decides to order them, lol. I also think this series would make a fun anime! I mean, if Vigilantes can gets an anime why not this one? I personally would love to see this as an anime, but that’s just me, and I clearly have awesome taste. 😜👍😂
Violence: injuries and blood (PG); fighting with weapons, superpowers, and hand to hand (PG); teens are hit in the face with balls
Sexual: a teen guy is a pervert
Other: superheroes/supervillains/superpowers; characters watch horror movies and try to scare each other; characters think they saw a ghost; people are tied up and gagged
Fun fluffy stories to take a break from the current heaviness of the actual MHA plot. The Eri story was adorable, but the Hawks one was the best, not that I’m biased or anything.
I wish there was more Bakugo, but I liked the stories we got. Sero and Kirishima got some stories where they got to shine. Pretty much any story with Eri is always extremely adorable. Though, I still don’t get the hype over Togata, it was cool seeing Eri team up with Class A.
The Hawks story and the manner school stories were okay. I was surprised by how much I liked the end of Momo, Hatsume, and Denki’s story where they help the martial arts hero get recognized. I think a lot about how much it must suck to make a livable wage in that world if you’re not as flashy as the top heroes. I presume a lot of them make money from brand deals?
Anyway, this was a great installment in this series.
Fun little additions, but lacking in substance for the most part. The Eri story was cute, and I liked the manners story that capped everything off quite a bit.
Well, all these team-ups are taking place somewhere between volume 23 and volume 26 of My Hero Academia because of Deku's proficiency with One for All and because of... other... more sad reasons.
Team-Ups 1. Class A vs. Class B A Test-of-Courage rematch since the last one got interrupted (you'll never guess who is the scariest) 2. Midoriya, Bakugou, & Kirishima A ski jump contest that turns into a villain chase and a rescue 3. Eri, the Big 3, Class A, & Class B APPLE PARTY! (Oh my gosh it's so cute! Protect Eri at all costs) 4. Hatsume, Momo, & Kaminari The Martial Hero: Blackbelt needs some new gear. 5. Class A vs. Class A A really violent game of quirk dodgeball. 6. Midoriya, Tokoyami, & Mineta Playing tag with Hawks. 7. Bakugou, Kaminari, Iida, & Aoyama Time for some training... in manners.
I think my favorite part of this... is just how Class B (Monoma specifically) crashes into Class A's business like an obnoxious Kool-aid man and Class A is so used to it they don't question it anymore. It's like Monoma is Mr. Turner and Class A is Dinkleberg.
I enjoyed this latest installment of My Hero Academia's spin off "Team-Up Missions". I feel this volume had the least heroes vs. villains vibe to it, and really put me in the zone of the Chris Claremount X-men adventures when they were home in the X-Mansion. This has helping a hero with a way to upgrade their presence, a party making apple treats for the gang, quirk dodge-ball among other stories. Fun, light and nothing too heavy...but it also suffers from what I felt was the problem with the previous volume. Nothing involved that makes it shine and very memorable as a reader. The Art...SUPERB as it has been all series, but I'd argue it just needs a little more substance to make it memorable.
Team-Up Missions 4 is where the series starts to become less about Team-Up Missions and more like School Briefs. There is only about two proper Team Missions and the majority of the others are more slice of life school stories that School Briefs used to do. The stories are well done, but it seems strange to pretty much drop the whole series premise, even the blurb on the back cover points this out. Still I enjoyed the book with Er's Apple Day being my favourite, but maybe a rebranding is in order.
Lessons of testing one's abilities and team-work capabilities appeared through every chapter, even in chapters not centered around out-of-campus assignments from the pro heroes. Villains didn't get as much of the spotlight as I expected, but the read was worthwhile regardless, and it had some feel-good moments. Here's hoping for more hero-versus-villain battles to test the amateurs in the next volume though.
Another delightful entry in the MHA Team-Up Missions collection! Does a great job spotlighting characters that don’t often get a chance to take center stage in the main story. Also, there’s an entire Eri-centered chapter, so you know it’s a good time.
4.5 stars just the lighthearted escape that I need, considering most of the manga that I am reading is currently just full of pure angst and pain (and no comfort in sight)