My Hero Academia Volume 1, Izuku Midoriya: origin /

"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...

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Main Author: Horikoshi, Kōhei, 1986- (Author, Illustrator)
Other Authors: Cook, Caleb D. (Translator), Hunt, John, 1972- (letter.)
Format: Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel
Language:English
Japanese
Published: San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, [2015]
Edition:Shonen Jump Manga edition.
Series:Horikoshi, Kōhei, 1986- My Hero Academia ; 1.
Shonen Jump manga.
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Summary:"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? Middle school student Izuku Midoriya wants to be a hero more than anything, but he hasn't got an ounce of power in him. With no chance of ever getting into the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes, his life is looking more and more like a dead end. Then an encounter with All Might, the greatest hero of them all, gives him a chance to change his destiny ..."--Back of book
Item Description:"First published in Japan in 2014 by Shueisha Inc., Tokyo."--Colophon.
Reads from back to front and from right to left in the traditional Japanese format.
Physical Description:187 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 20 cm
Audience:Rated T for teens.
ISBN:9781421582696
1421582694
Author Notes:Kohei Horikoshi was born in Aichi, Japan, in 1986. He received a Tezuka Award Honorable Mention in 2006, and following the publication of several short stories in Akamaru Jump , his first serialized work in Weekly Shonen Jump was Oumagadoki Zoo in 2010. My Hero Academia is his third series in Weekly Shonen Jump .