My Hero Academia Volume 13: “A Talk About Your Quirk” (Chapters 109 through 118) Manga Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

On August 1, 2020, I started and finished reading My Hero Academia’s Volume 13. This was another excellent volume dedicated to My Hero Academia’s superpowered society going through a major change—with both the heroes and the villains—in light of All Might’s forced retirement. While writing this review, I realized there was a lot more going on than I realized.

My Hero Academia Volume 12: “The Test” (Chapters 100 through 108) Manga Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

Volume 12: “Test” leans heavier on the lighter side of things, given what we experienced in Volume 11. The students are back in school and adjusting to dorm life, but they also have to pick up on their training to prepare for the Hero Provisional License Exam! For that exam, they will need to resume the Quirk training they started during the “Forest Camp Training Arc”. They will also need to create “Ultimate Moves” as part of their school and training regimen. The students are pumped and excited to get stronger!

My Hero Academia Volume 11: “The End of the Beginning, The Beginning of the End” (Chapters 90 through 99) Manga Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

On July 29, 2020, I started and finished reading My Hero Academia’s Volume 11—the most emotional manga book yet. This particular volume yanked on the reader’s heartstrings and kept going until they snapped, especially mine when I played the OST music that went along with all those powerful scenes.

My Hero Academia Volume 10: “All For One” (Chapters 81 through 89) Manga Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

On July 28, 2020, I started and finished reading My Hero Academia’s Volume 10. So far, I’ve been having a good time reading the manga. For those interested in my other My Hero Academia reviews, the link is here for all my other volume reviews I had written prior in addition to my anime season and movie reviews. Please check them out when you have a moment.

My Hero Academia Volume 9: “My Hero” (Chapters 72 through 80) Manga Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

Volume 9: “My Hero” was the most intense volume yet. The students were pushed to their limits—especially the ones who had failed their final exams in the previous volume—during training sessions to develop their Quirks. After everything they’ve been through so far in this series, the teachers at U.A. decided to jumpstart the students’ training so they’ll be better prepared for future villain attacks.

My Hero Academia Volume 8: “Yaoyorozu: Rising” (Chapters 63 through 71) Manga Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

This volume in particular also gives us more character development on certain characters like Momo Yaoyorozu—the centric character—and Minoru Mineta during the “Final Exams Arc”, which was set-up in the previous volume. Minoru Mineta—the perverted character—had wonderful growth that stayed true to his lewd nature.

My Hero Academia Volume 7: “Katsuki Bakugo: Origin” (Chapters 54 through 62) Manga Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

Picking up where Volume 6: “Struggling” left off, Todoroki was giving the hero speech to Iida during their battle against Hero Killer: Stain—reminding him that he couldn’t forget who he wanted to be. This was a powerful character moment for Todoroki, who had recently started the healing process by visiting his mother in the hospital and working with his father in order to understand them—and himself—better.

My Hero Academia Volume 6: “Struggling” (Chapters 45 through 53) Manga Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

Volume 6: “Struggling” kicked off the student internships. Many students like Uraraka, Todoroki, and Midoriya seek out internships to learn something they were lacking as shown during the “U.A. Sports Festival Arc”. Uraraka went to intern with Pro Hero Gunhead to study hand-to-hand combat, Todoroki interned for his father Endeavor to learn why he was the number two hero, and Midoriya interned under Gran Torino, the former teacher of All Might, in order to master One for All.

My Hero Academia Volume 5: “Shoto Todoroki: Origin” (Chapters 36 through 44) Manga Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

Volume 5: “Shoto Todoroki: Origin” picked up with the one-on-one tournament that will determine the strongest first-year student. Starting with Bakugo vs Uraraka was an interesting—and explosive—tactic that subverted the audience’s expectations. While everyone in the stands—classmates included—was booing Bakugo for “being too harsh” on a frail little girl, Bakugo declared, “there was nothing frail about her” and treated Uraraka as a worthy opponent regardless of her gender. Uraraka gave it everything she had in this fight, throwing the audience off with her ultimate attack. Uraraka’s need to prove herself was a worthy motive that earned her Bakugo’s respect… because he now remembered her name instead of simply calling her “round face”.

My Hero Academia Volume 4: “The Boy Born With Everything” (Chapters 27 through 35) Manga Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

Volume 4: “The Boy With Everything” continued the “U.A. Sports Festival Arc”, kicking off the next event and later a one-on-one tournament to determine the winner of the Sports Festival. Kohei Horikoshi did an amazing job on the tournament’s structure, and showing everyone use their Quirks creatively during the Calvary Battle event.

My Hero Academia Volume 3: “All Might” (Chapters 18 through 26) Manga Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

Volume 3: “All Might” picks up where Volume 2: “Rage, You Damned Nerd” left off, with All Might arriving on the scene to save everyone from The League of Villains. The first part of the volume wraps up the conflict between Class 1-A and Tomura Shigaraki in a satisfying manner. The story did an excellent job on raising the stakes and showing the students how scary it is to fight against supervillains.

My Hero Academia Volume 2: “Rage, You Damned Nerd” (Chapters 8 through 17) Manga Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

Picking up where Volume 1: “Izuku Midoriya: Origin” left off, Deku had successfully inherited All Might’s “One for All” Quirk and passed U.A. High School’s entrance exam, adjusting to his new school life and preparing for All Might’s—a new teacher at the school—Battle Training exercise. Essentially, Volume 2 is broken into three parts.

My Hero Academia Volume 1: “Izuku Midoriya: Origin” (Chapters 1 through 7) Manga Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

Written and drawn by Kohei Horikoshi, the main series follows Izuku Midoriya—nicknamed Deku—and his dream to become a hero someday. In a world where 80% of the superhuman society had powers—dubbed Quirks in this series—the dream to become a superhero became way more common. Sadly enough, Deku fell into the 20% category, effectively making him an average human being—Quirkless.