My Hero Academia, Vol. 2 (My Hero Academia, #2)

by Kohei Horikoshi

Midoriya inherits the superpower of the world’s greatest hero, but greatness won’t come easy.

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?

Getting into U.A. High School was difficult enough, but it was only the beginning of Midoriya’s long road toward becoming a superhero. The new students all have amazing powers, and although Midoriya has inherited All Might’s abilities, he can barely control them. What’s more, the first-year students are told they will have to compete just to avoid being expelled!

• ISBN10: 1421582708
• ISBN13: 9781421582702
• Publish Date: 19 November 2015
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 208
• Language: English

Reviews

[Quirky Cat]

If you've watched the anime for this series, then you've already got a really strong idea of what happens in this volume. I have to say that the anime is shockingly loyal to the series on the whole, which I absolutely adore.
The second volume of MHA is all about Deku and the rest of the students adapting to life at school. It isn't exactly a typical school of course, so things are a bit different. Like their homeroom teacher who threatens to fail out the student who gets the worst score on the tests he's throwing at them.
To be fair, I actually understand where Aizawa is coming from in this case. Any student that goes through the program and graduates will become either a hero or a sidekick. That means they'll be coming up again villains, and thus putting their lives at risk. Failing out the ones who are less likely to survive this is simply humane. Granted, he isn't giving them much room to learn and improve, but I can still see where he is coming from.
Deku is still learning to handle his new quirk, especially since his body can't exactly seem to handle it as of yet. I'm looking forward to seeing if the manga shows his progress any differently (but I suspect not).

[inlibrisveritas]

This is such a fun series so far! Definitely going to put the next few on my hold list, and the anime in my queue.