unOrdinary “Safe House Arc” (Episodes 186 through 195) Webtoon Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

On August 26, 2020, unOrdinary finished out the “Safe House Arc”. For those interested in my other unOrdinary story arc reviews, the link is here. I have been keeping up to date with the Webtoon since I started reading it back in May 2020. It’s been an interesting ten months that was made harder after I was forced to read weekly.

My Hero Academia Volume 24: “All It Takes Is One Bad Day” (Chapters 225 through 235) Manga Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

On August 9, 2020, I started and finished reading My Hero Academia’s Volume 24: “All It Takes Is One Bad Day”. With my completion of this volume, I have caught up with all the current My Hero Academia volume books available. The reading experience only took me 19 days, but the heroic journey was truly worthwhile.

My Hero Academia Volume 23: “Our Brawl” (Chapters 213 through 224) Manga Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

On August 9, 2020, I started and finished reading My Hero Academia’s Volume 23: “Our Brawl”. This volume concluded the joint battle training between Class 1-A and Class 1-B. The results of this training session also determined whether Hitoshi Shinso would transfer over to the Hero Course or not.

My Hero Academia Volume 22: “That Which Is Inherited” (Chapters 201 through 212) Manga Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

On August 8, 2020, I started and finished reading My Hero Academia’s Volume 22. Like in the previous volume, we were treated to more joint battle training matches between Class 1-A and Class 1-B.

My Hero Academia Volume 21: “Why He Gets Back Up” (Chapters 189 through 200) Manga Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

On August 7, 2020, I started reading My Hero Academia’s Volume 21 and finished on August 8, 2020. August 8 also happens to be Endeavor’s—the newest number 1 hero and Shoto Todoroki’s father—birthday. As a result, reading this particular volume book was incredible. I have also entered manga-exclusive territory for the time being. The next few volumes—21 through 24 at least, maybe more—will be covered in My Hero Academia’s upcoming season 5. This is a spoiler warning for those who only read the anime.

My Hero Academia Volume 20: “School Festival Start!” (Chapters 178 through 188) Manga Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

On August 7, 2020, I started and finished reading My Hero Academia’s Volume 20. This volume concluded the “School Festival Arc” in the first half and began a whole new arc during the second half. With the conclusion of this volume, I have officially caught up to where the anime ended (season 4).

My Hero Academia Volume 19: “School Festival” (Chapters 168 through 177) Manga Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

On August 6, 2020, I started reading My Hero Academia’s Volume 19 and finished the volume on August 7, 2020. Based on the cover page of My Hero Academia’s Volume 19, it was clear that the next arc was aiming for a light-hearted tone. After the darkness that shrouded the “Overhaul Arc” and the huge fallout that befell all the characters involved, the bright and fun “School Festival Arc” was much-needed.

My Hero Academia Volume 18: “Bright Future” (Chapters 158 through 167) Manga Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

On August 5, 2020, I started and finished reading My Hero Academia’s Volume 18. Volume 18: “Bright Future” started with the epic conclusion to the “Overhaul Arc” and followed with its emotional aftermath. Deku and Overhaul battled it out for Eri, giving us a beautiful action sequence and Overhaul’s backstory on why he wanted to create this quirk-less society.

My Hero Academia Volume 17: “Lemillion” (Chapters 148 through 157) Manga Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

On August 5, 2020, I started and finished reading My Hero Academia’s Volume 17. This volume had made strides—making up for the slow pace in Volume 16: “Red Riot”—to set-up the climax of the “Overhaul Arc”. While there were valid flaws in this arc when it came to Chisaki’s Yakuza villain organization and their disinteresting members, the League of Villains’ limited involvement, and the exclusion of the female hero characters, the arc was mostly held-together by the series’ amazing ensemble cast. The characters were basically so amazing that they kept the plot from coming apart.

My Hero Academia Volume 16: “Red Riot” (Chapters 138 through 147) Manga Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

On August 4, 2020, I started reading My Hero Academia’s Volume 16 and finished the manga book on August 5. While this volume continued falling into the anime chase sequence trope—losing party members one by one to “hold off enemies”—similar to Naruto’s “Sasuke Retrieval Arc”, I still found the backstories on Red Riot and Sunmaker intimately necessary, giving them the breathing room to become fleshed-out characters in their own right.

My Hero Academia Volume 15: “Fighting Fate” (Chapters 129 through 137) Manga Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

On August 4, 2020, I started and finished reading My Hero Academia’s Volume 15. This volume explores the beginning of the anime’s season 4 in a post-All Might world, where most Pro Heroes need to take super careful precautions now rather than jump into the action recklessly like All Might—or his successor Deku—would normally do.

My Hero Academia Volume 14: “Overhaul” (Chapters 119 through 128) Manga Review. Written by Aaron Ngo.

On August 3, 2020, I started and finished reading My Hero Academia’s Volume 14. The beginning of this volume was the conclusion to the anime’s season 3 while the second half set-up the beginning of season 4. I’m getting closer to catching up to where the anime series ended. Reading the manga series—more accurately, the physical volume books—has been a wonderful experience that I will cherish for the rest of my life.