Jump shonen manga rising star "My Hero Academia" has been serialized for nearly 5 years, the popularity has soared all the way, so that readers can once again feel the exuberant vitality of the royal road juvenile manga, the theme of growth can ignite the enthusiasm of teenagers in any era, the author Horikoshi Kohei grew up in the company of a number of juvenile manga, and as a inheritor to accompany the growth of another generation of teenagers, this is the spirit of blood and fire.
A graduate of Nagoya University of the Arts, Kohei Horikoshi won the 72nd Osamu Tezuka Prize for Excellence in 2007 for his short manga "Unhulled", published the short manga "TENKO" in Shueisha's magazine Akamaru Jump before graduating from university, and debuted as a manga artist, and a year later released a new short manga , "My Hero Academy" - which is also the prototype of "My Hero Academy", but "My Hero Academy" is not the first work in Horikoshi Kohei's series.
Inspiration comes from the original intention
In 2012, Kohei Horikoshi joined the ranks of weekly shonen Jump manga artists with the short manga "Zoo at the Time of the Devil", but only a short year later, he hurriedly finished, after which Kohei Horikoshi fell into a bottleneck period of creation, feeling that he had no creative talent, but he was not willing to give up, so he was depressed and conceived a new story.
At this time, he recalled his previous creative life, and there was a story that made him feel very handy - the hero-themed short comic "My Hero".
Readers who know Kohei Horikoshi a little should know that the manga he likes are basically shonen manga with the theme of blood and growth, Such as One Piece, Naruto, and Dragon Ball, etc., in addition to his ten-minute love of hero-themed stories.
Kohei Horikoshi from the sam Remy film "Spider-Man" into the pit of American comics, is a die-hard fan of Marvel, in the first work of the series spent a lot of money to collect Marvel heroes handmade, the creation of the Marvel represented by the American comics is very large.
↑ The way american comics are expressed
It is the fanatical vision of the "hero" that makes Horikoshi Kohei develop an infinite imagination of the life of the "hero" and create the jade of "My Hero", which is full of his original intention and has become his help to break through the bottleneck.
Speaking of this, the editor remembered the battle in which Olmet officially bid farewell to one for all, and the scarred Olmet used his weak body to hold on to the flame that was about to be extinguished, and the words of the previous generation came to mind-
"When you feel overwhelmed, think about why you are shaking your fists, think about your original intention."
I believe that this sentence has an extraordinary meaning for Kohei Horikoshi, and it is the "heroic dream" in his heart that has become the light that illuminates his low period.
Next, it's up to you
"My Hero Academia" shows a story about growth and inheritance, Green Valley's reminiscent narration, which foreshadows the ending from the beginning - when the editor asks his friend Amway Little Hero, he is often asked here, do you know what else to look at the ending? Is there any depth in this story?
emmmm - no depth, no connotation, and no X is not tall at all, the story of the little heroes is very simple, it is the same as the teenagers who once grew up with us, conveying the purest and most positive thoughts, subtly affecting the three views that young girls do not understand.
As we grew up, the stories about those teenagers came to an end one by one, we said goodbye to them as if we were young, and the once impulsive and hot-blooded fantasies of secondary two were also sealed in the dream... Xiao Bian pretended to be deeply aware that he would no longer be interested in juvenile comics, but he still had a "real fragrance" for the little hero.
The story of the little hero can always make you feel what will happen in the next second, but it will still be infected by those teenagers who are shedding blood and tears, those who roar in desperate situations, the gesture of doing their best is so moving, they and the teenagers who grew up with you in the memory gradually coincide, protection, hard work, justice, hope, love, chase, companionship, confrontation... At this time, Xiaobian understood - what is the depth of connotation? Wang Dao boy man, burning is finished!
The era of the Sea of Dead Fire has come to an end, the little heroes have taken over the fire from their predecessors, inheriting this youthful spirit of JUMP, one for all is like this youthful spirit, Olmet bid farewell to one for all, two generations of heroes after the War officially handed over, the old faith fell, the new star is rising, and this burning blood has also been passed on, just like Shimura Naina to Yagi Shunnori, Ormet's trust to Green Valley - next, it is up to you.
Two heroes, two generations of heroes
"My Hero Academia" launched the first theatrical version of the animation "My Hero Academia ~ Two Heroes ~" last year, as the first theater in the series, the theater gang achieved a box office of 1.6 billion yen, and the North American box office was among the top 10 box office in north America of japanese animation films in the past, although there is still some gap compared with the old box office IP, but as the first box office war of the little heroes, it still gained very decent results.
↑ It is not comparable to the box office myth of Pokémon: Ultra Dream Counterattack, but it is not much different from the first big-screen works of other high-grossing veteran IP.
The full name of the theatrical version of "My Hero Academia" is "My Hero Academia ~ Two Heroes ~", looking at the name, it may be guessed that this "two heroes" refers to Olmet and Green Valley, but at the same time it does not only represent these two people, but also represents the two generations of heroes of the predecessors and the descendants, which points out the core of "Little Heroes" - inheritance.
Kohei Horikoshi once mentioned in an interview that Iku is a character created by himself in his own feelings, whether from personality or thought, Midoritani's words and deeds reflect Horikoshi Kohei's true thoughts.
At sunset, Olmet says to Midorihisa, who is crying in despair because of his "lack of personality", "You must be a hero", which may stem from the encouragement of Eiichiro Oda in reality, and this kind of predecessor and descendant are touched by him and are integrated into his creation.
↑ Kohei Horikoshi tweeted Oda: You are my hero!
When Kohei Horikoshi was a no-student, he was greatly encouraged to be selected as a reader of One Piece in the 23 volumes of the One Piece One Piece Gallery. From a small fan to a manga artist who is popular with JUMP, Kohei Horikoshi is approaching his idol step by step, which is very similar to Midoritani's experience.
The little heroes represented by Green Valley, from childhood to chase the back of Ormet, take him as the goal of effort, per capita European chef they have both a vision of the hero, and the ambition to transcend, but this ambition is not out of want to seize a certain position, but eager to qualify as the successor, the ownership of the world always belongs to the future, the younger generations take over the responsibility from the predecessor audience, not only the handover between two people, but also the handover between two generations, in the past you were my hero, now I come to become your hero.
The theatrical version of the animation "My Hero Academia ~ Two Heroes ~" landed in the mainland theater today, along the way, the growth of "Little Hero" is like a chick wing gradually plumping, bringing new blood to JUMP, which is dedicated to all the people who "have a teenager's heart", let us use actions to support the little hero and witness the inheritance of jump's youthful spirit!