The ambitious Team-Up Missions Program pairs groups of aspiring heroes with pro heroes to go on action-packed missions! Although Izuku Midoriya and his U.A. High friends are thrilled to participate, there’s just one catch—there’s no telling who will be teamed up with whom! From top heroes to students from other classes and schools, anyone could be on the same team.
Mineta attempts to impersonate a cute pooch and is nabbed by dastardly dognappers! Will the series’ dog have his day? Later, Midoriya and Bakugo give tree hugging a try, and their peers visit a zoo to pick up some wild tips from the animal world’s heroes. Also includes an epilogue story to the My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission film!
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.
There’s suspension of disbelief and then there’s suspending disbelief over a cliff until it cries uncle, and that’s what the first story is. Just what even?! How could you NOT know that is a teen boy in a dog suit?! I think I stared slack jaw at that story for far longer then it deserved…
Anyho, the rest of the stories ranged from good to just okay, though I’ve found I enjoy the stories involving Deku and his friends far more then when we focus on just Class B who I really don’t care about much, heh. There is also a whole story about some of the girls worrying about their weight, so heads up if that topic bothers you.
Still a super fun series! Just maybe skip the first story…
‼️Content‼️
TRIGGER WARNING: girls worry about their weight
Language: hell; heckuva; what the; heck; sucks; what the heck; crap; dang; screwed; oh my God (2); darn; freakin’; geez; damn
Violence: injuries and blood (PG); fighting with weapons, superpowers, and hand to hand (PG); woman falls in a ditch; a girl hits guys with a stick
Sexual: a teen guy is a pervert; a girl’s shirt opens in the front all the way down to her stomach; shirtless guys; girls/women are called chicks and hotties; a teen guy wants someone to “keep him warm at night”; a teen guy has lustful thoughts and desires towards girls (not shown as positive); girls in bikinis
Other: superheroes/supervillains/superpowers; a dog pees on a guy’s head; a character is “kidnapped”; a sacred tree that people pray to for luck and has a priestess caring for it; girls worry about their weight
Only two of these short stories was a "Mission" and one was a class exercise. Is it really a team-up if all the characters appear? Most of these were cute quick stories. But two were, I don't know, maybe I'm missing something in translation or confused by Japanese culture. One story was the girls of UA crash dieting so they would "look good" in swimsuits not very heroic to give women body shape issues to fit impossible standards - body shaming, sexist & disappointing.
Then there is the Mineta story where he plots to sexually assault (touch without consent while his victim is sleeping) his female classmates. Due to a mixup he falls for some hot female villain and works with her for a while. Mineta then betrays the bad lady to save the animals so all is forgiven? I mean he actually wrote down his plan to assault women that his classmates found. How is a sexual predator still in this class? A great hero lesson to show no consequences at all not even counseling for totally unheroic activity.
Chapters 14 and 16 were the best parts of the volume. Chapter 14 was just hysterically adorable with the role play. Chapter 16 was amazing because it gave me back my boy Rody, who I wish was more than just a movie character. It was so cute to see him having fun with his siblings and hanging out with the Deku. The chapter with Shinso was great too.
I only enjoyed 2 of these stories: the story where Midoriya, Bakugo, Mt. Lady and the others save a village's tree; and the story where Midoriya role plays as Bakugo. Those really highlighted the best parts of the series for me: seeing the heroes be heroes.
We start with a story where Mineta does what he always does: find new ways to be a creep. The story was played for humor, but because I've wanted to toss that kid out of a window from his first appearance, the story didn't appeal to me at all.
We get a story where Shinsou helps another kid with a "villainous" power that worries about being stereotyped as a criminal. Honestly, I would be intrigued by more stories of other people that happened to in this universe. The world seems to have a bit of a League of Evil Mutants issue where people that don't have the most "hero" looking abilities or looks get typecast. Everything seemed to work out for Gang Orca though, even though he's constantly described as part of the list of heroes that look like villains.
I enjoyed the story where they save the village's tree. It was obviously a story about the importance of environmental conservation and centered characters we'll never see again, but it was a nice short story.
The best story, in my opinion, was Midoriya role playing as Bakugo. With so much of the main series revolving around Midoriya's failure to understand Bakugo's actions, this was a great way to show Midoriya's struggle to get into Bakugo's head. Midoriya can't pass the test until he convinces the robot he's Bakugo and he's just too optimistic and warm to succeed at it. He ends up reiterating to a stranger what it means to be a hero and what All Might stands for and it's a nice message. Also, I thought he would pass the test when the kid called him another All Might fanboy because a lot of people forget that Bakugo, at heart, is also an All Might fanboy.
The worst story was the story where the girls go on a diet for bikini season. People make cracks all the time about why the fan service in the main series is "okay" because this book is aimed at teenage boys. All the more reason why a story about teenage girls kicking themselves for having ice cream is even stranger to me. Not only was this portraying the harmful diet culture people are trying to put in the past, but what average teenage boy would find this story interesting?
Anyway, if you've seen the last MHA film, you might enjoy the last story. I can't judge it because I don't even know this Rody character.
Extrait : Je continue avec un autre spin off de la série My hero academia où je ne suis pas à jour non plus. Il faut dire qu’ils en ont sortis plusieurs un peu en même temps, d’ailleurs, Team up mission est presque terminée aussi puisqu’elle s’arrête au tome 8 et que le 7 est le dernier sorti chez nous. Une série que je n’aurais pas vu durer plus longtemps, car elle aurait pu créer des incohérences avec l’intrigue principale (notamment sur le fait que les élèves font un bon nombre de missions). En trois ans, ils ont le temps d’en faire, mais il faut rentre tous ses spins off cohérents entre eux et je crois que les romans aussi évoquent des moments uniques.
La première intrigue de ce nouveau volume a de quoi nous faire plonger directement dans le bain. Centrée autour de Minoru qui n’a de cesse de trouver des idées ingénieuses pour subvenir à ses pensées tordues concernant les femmes. Pour cette fois-ci, il va tenter la carte du déguisement en chien, pour se faire papouiller par ses camarades (comme si elles étaient assez bêtes pour ne pas le remarquer). Le bougre ne se doute pas que ce n’est pas chez ses camarades qu’il va finir, mais de cette aventure il essaiera d’en tirer parti. Manque de bol, écrire ses plans sur un bout de papier n’est pas le meilleur moyen de rester crédible… Minoru est typiquement le personnage pervers de la série, suivi en général par Denki (même s’il l’est quand même bien moins). Un personnage a tendance humoristique que l’on a donc du mal à prendre au sérieux et pas uniquement à cause de cette partie de sa personnalité. Son design n’aide pas vraiment non plus, puisqu’il est vraiment tout petit et que son alter lui donne une tête de raisin. Même si celui-ci est tourné en ridicule, le spin off Smash mais en avant une certaine dangerosité de son alter. Le fait qu’il soit collant et impossible à retirer facilement le rend dangereux s’il vient par exemple à se coller sur la bouche de quelqu’un, qui ne pourrait alors plus respirer. Au moins, il a peu de chance de devenir chauve, comparé à ses camarades, puisque ses cheveux repoussent rapidement. Seul bémol, il saigne souvent du crâne à force de les arracher. Je trouve son alter vraiment original pour le coup, l’arrachage de cheveux pouvant aussi être associé au fait qu’il soit un personnage nerveux. Je profite de ce spin off pour en parler d’avantage, même si, dans l’intrigue principale, il n’est pas spécialement mis de côté par rapport à d’autres élèves de la classe A. Il apparaîtra également dans une autre intrigue où les élèves souhaitent se rendre à un parc aquatique. La détermination de Minoru pour obtenir des billets ne tient qu’au fait de voir des filles en maillot de bain.
Les autres intrigues sont assez sympathiques, même si leur niveau d’intérêt (selon moi) est assez variable. J’ai vraiment beaucoup aimé la seconde histoire, qui aurait presque pu être développée plus que ça. Elle envoie Izuku et Bakugo en mission dans un village perdu qui vénère un arbre géant. Sauf que le village n’est pas en danger à cause de super-vilains, mais plutôt à cause de sa configuration qui la rend vulnérable aux éboulements et coulées de boues. Les habitants sont peu nombreux et refusent de partir en abandonnant leur arbre sacré. L’histoire finira bien grâce à la coopération des différents héros présents et de la gardienne de l’arbre. L’intrigue avec les échanges de sexes est également super drôle, même si je préfère celle où ils suivent un cours de déguisement et doivent se faire passer pour l’un de leur camarade. Le choix du déguisement est assez prévisible, puisque Deku va devoir se faire passer pour Bakugo… Ce n’est vraiment pas le meilleur choix pour lui qui ne peut pas être ouvertement aussi méchant que son camarade. Par contre, Bakugo reste fidèle à lui-même et son perfectionnisme, si bien qu’il aide les autres malgré lui dans leurs déguisements car il les trouve ridicules. J’espère vraiment qu’il s’est assagi dans les derniers tomes de la série principale, car niveau caractère, il est encore pire qu’Endeavor, il n’a rien d’un héros sur ce point. Je tiens aussi à signaler que dans le trio de tête, seul Shoto a évité une nouvelle cicatrice, à croire que commencer l’aventure avec une, suffit à être immunisé. Izuku et Bakugo eux, ont commencés sans et se retrouvent avec au moins une cicatrice sur la tronche…
Yoko Akiyama must be some kind of genius because she made Mineta likeable... For a little bit. Then he messed up like he usually does, I really don't understand how he is still in U. A. Isn't he actively sa (or attempting to sa) his classmates most of the time? It's ridiculous at this point.
I feel like Bakugou is always so on brand in these side stories, and I loved seeing more of Shinsou and Rody (one of my favorite characters ever, I wish he was a part of the main series).
My only concern was that storyline about weightloss... Felt a little strange since my hero Academia has never touched that kind of topics before (that I remember of) but honestly it could have worse. I don't fully agree with the conclusion, because it feels like the conclusion was - it's okay to eat as long as you burn those calories off later - and I think that's a pretty dangerous lesson to give to a mostly younger audience. but it really could have been worse.
Regardless, this is the team up missions volume I've enjoyed the most so far, even if Mineta and the weightloss storyline made me feel a little uncomfortable.
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Although not every chapter seemed to stick to the premise of the Team-Up Missions program (where the UA High School students are officially assigned missions with pro heroes), none of chapters felt like a waste of potential to be entertaining either as each chapter had moments where the superheroes in training put their skills to the test, even in unexpected circumstances such as, for instance, the scenario in the first chapter of this volume, which found Grape Juice getting his moment to prove himself to be hero material after ending up in a situation he didn't imagine he'd be in while pretending to be a dog in attempt to win the hearts of his female classmates. In the end, you can say there are manga serials where filler chapters are actually fun to check out, and apparently, My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions has proven to be one of them. Here's to looking forward to Volume 4 and seeing the UA students who haven't yet have their on-page trials get their shining moments (too bad I have to wait about 8 months for the English language edition release of that one).
Gimme moar My Hero Academia! A few of these aren't really Team-Ups, but they're still fun.
Team-Ups 1. Mineta & Others? Mineta being scum somehow saves the day? 2. Midoriya, Bakugou, Mt. Lady, & Kamui Woods Gotta take care of the environment! 3. Midoriya, Sero, Iida, and Shinsou Shinsou is such a good bean! 4. Mina, Hagakure, Jiro, & Ochaco Still not sure how we got here... 5. Tetsutetsu, Kendo, and Shishida (Class 1-B) The point of this one confuses me, but still funny.
Additionally, there's a chapter where everyone has to pretend to be their classmates. Midoriya has to pretend to be Bakugou and a potential sidekick for Bakugou gets introduced. (I mean, I doubt Bakugou would ever have sidekicks but this kid would be a good fit). And the last chapter takes place after the third movie My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission. There's not really spoilers, but at the same time there are important details, and I'd recommend watching the movie first, if only so you know who these characters are.
Another fun volume that not only connects with the main manga, but also the movie "World Heroes Mission". That is something unique and please make sure you see that movie prior to reading this volume as you will not truly be able to appreciate the interactions with some characters that you may not know. The thing about this volume is that it's fun but forgettable. I enjoyed it, but I already know that if you asked me about the contents of this volume 2 weeks later I would have a blank look on my face. Still...the art is fabulous and the adventures while not memorable...very fun!
The highs and lows of this one are kind of insane. My fav stories are the ones with bkdk, especially where deku tries to emulate bkg - but i gotta say it was a bit unrealistic when deku failed to trick the robot into making it think he was bkg because i know his ass has been analysing bkg for the entirety of his life.
But then you get the other stories where Mineta is being a freaky ass and trying to assault one of his classmates and then another story where the girls are trying to lose weight??? like make it make sense.
I really dont like the way the story with the pool focuses on loosing weight although they are already skinny - i mean the story takes place in winter and everybody should be able to wear and eat what the want and how much and when they want.
Jirou is so good with Rody's siblings - she looks so happy with them. It is also really cute how they make him happy by giving him a present <3
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Everything was great except for the Mineta story. He is honestly the worst thing about MHA. I really enjoyed the students swapping costumes exercise, the Shinsou errand story, and the epilogue to the MHA: World Heroes’ Mission film with Rody Soul. For fans who need a break from the current grid intense storyline in the manage, volume 3 of Team-Up Missions is a fun escape read overall.
Okay. Some of the stories are pretty cute, but then there's the Mineta one that's just creepy and the one about the girls wanting to lose weight that's just dumb, but I suppose those are more of a Japanese culture thing than anything else. I did enjoy the identity theft one.
Compared to how grim the manga is currently, reading the Team-Up Missions feels like a breath of fresh air. This spin-off is so funny and three volumes in, I am enjoying every bit of it. Can't wait for the next volume!
As usual outside of the Mineta story I had a great time with this one, it was especially wonderful to see Rody again and the costume swap story was another fav.
Loved all the new side quests with the exception of the girls fretting over their swimsuits. But the dress up challenge, Rodys visit, and others were adorable!