My Hero Academia Vigilantes Reveals Heroes Not Good Enough For UA

My Hero Academia Vigilantes Reveals Heroes Not Good Enough For U.A.

My Hero Academia Vigilantes is a spinoff that keeps the charm of its parent series while telling a unique and satisfying story of its own.

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My Hero Academia Vigilantes Reveals Heroes Not Good Enough For UA

The popularity of My Hero Academia has exploded, and with that comes spin-off mangas, expanding the scope of the world to include those who just don’t make the cut to attend U.A. or to become pros. Set just before the main series, My Hero Academia Vigilantes offers fans a new look at the world of quirks and heroes from the perspective of civilians eager to put their abilities to use. But becoming a hero requires training and licensure, and having a powerful quirk isn’t something a person can change. In spite of having the temperament, courage, and constitution of a hero, a weak quirk can ruin someone’s hero potential before it even has a chance to grow. And if you don’t have a license, you can’t use your quirk in public, regardless of circumstances.

My Hero Academia Vigilantes follows Koichi Haimawari, a college-aged boy whose quirk, “slide and glide,” isn’t exactly the flashiest. With three points of contact on the ground, he can move at about the speed of a bike, and that’s that. No strength, no durability, and no chance of becoming a pro hero. Koichi instead satisfies his desires to be a hero by doing mundane good deeds, like picking up litter and helping lost travelers under the name Nice Guy. Of course, even this limited use of his quirk means he’s technically breaking the law, which mostly attracts only the occasional chiding from a police officer. At least that was the case until so-called “instant villains” began popping up. Instant villains are people who take a quirk-enhancing, inhibition-reducing drug called Trigger, often causing them to begin rampaging or acting on base urges. Since these attacks occur so suddenly and quickly, the pros can’t always make it in time. Koichi takes on a new name, The Crawler, and teams up with a vigilante hero named Knuckleduster and a pop idol-wannabe called Pop Step to help investigate the problem and deal with these instant villains as soon as they appear.

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A lot of the appeal of the series is that it’s almost a what-if tale, exploring a path that MHA’s Midoriya may have taken had he not had the fortune of running into All Might. Koichi is also a major fan of the #1 hero, wearing an All Might hoodie as his vigilante outfit and having grown up idolizing the pros. But with such a limited quirk, he’s not much better off than quirkless Midoriya, and he’s already missed his shot at attending a school like U.A. It’s not hard to imagine Midoriya coming across a vigilante like Knuckleduster (who is himself operating without a quirk) and going down that path, if he hadn’t been chosen for One for All.

But Vigilantes has even more to offer fans of My Hero Academia. With its prequel-like status, Vigilantes offers a glimpse at All Might in his prime, before his injuries so heavily restricted the time he could spend transformed. Many other familiar faces, such as U.A. teacher Aizawa, and Ingenium, brother of Tenya Iida, play a role in the story as well. Even some villains like Hero Killer Stain that didn’t get enough focus the first time around have the chance to be expanded upon. There are also major events that influence the main series that are shown through Vigilantes, providing additional context.

While the creative team behind Vigilantes is different, as this story is written by Hideyuki Furuhashi and illustrated by Betten Court, it manages to capture much of what made the original My Hero Academia so beloved. The story does have a somewhat darker tone—the first set of bad guys that the trio have to deal with make threats of sexual assault, and Knuckleduster takes heavy inspiration from more violent comic heroes like the Punisher. This extends to the setting and atmosphere as well, with Koichi’s home and their main operating location being a stand-alone shack atop a ruined building. There are many abandoned buildings in the area, and the entire place is quite run-down, making it the kind of spot where one might expect low-level villains to gather.

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While My Hero Academia hasn’t shied away from dark subjects, fans who prefer older characters and a more serious tone will likely enjoy Vigilantes, and its monthly release schedule makes it fairly easy to keep up with. My Hero Vigilantes is currently serialized in English through Viz’s Shonen Jump app, as well as collected into physical volumes for those who prefer a paperback feel.

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