My Hero Academia: Smash!!

My Hero Academia: Smash!![a] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirofumi Neda. It is a spin-off to Kōhei Horikoshi's manga series My Hero Academia. It was serialized on Shueisha's online platform Shōnen Jump+ from November 2015 to November 2017, with its chapters collected in five tankōbon volumes.

My Hero Academia: Smash!!
Cover of the first manga volume
僕のヒーローアカデミアすまっしゅ!!
(Boku no Hīrō Academia Sumasshu!!)
Genre
Created byKōhei Horikoshi
Manga
Written byHirofumi Neda
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintJump Comics+
MagazineShōnen Jump+
English magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runNovember 9, 2015November 6, 2017
Volumes5

Premise

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My Hero Academia: Smash!! is a parody of the main series featuring younger, chibi versions of the characters. The manga includes various comedy gags in four-panel comic strips, and the story focuses on the everyday lives from the Class 1-A students (sometimes the villains) and the Pro Heroes of U.A. High School.

Publication

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My Hero Academia: Smash!! is written and illustrated by Hirofumi Neda. It was serialized on Shueisha's online platform Shōnen Jump+ from November 9, 2015, to November 6, 2017.[1][3] Shueisha collected its chapters in five tankōbon volumes, released from April 4, 2016,[4] to November 2, 2017.[5]

In North America, the manga is licensed for English release by Viz Media.[6] The five volumes were published between August 6, 2019,[7] and August 4, 2020.[8]

Volumes

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No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 April 4, 2016[4]978-4-08-880667-9August 6, 2019[7]978-1-9747-0866-6
2 November 4, 2016[9]978-4-08-880864-2November 5, 2019[10]978-1-9747-0867-3
3 June 2, 2017[11]978-4-08-881116-1February 4, 2020[12]978-1-9747-0868-0
4 September 4, 2017[13]978-4-08-881157-4May 5, 2020[14]978-1-9747-0869-7
5 November 2, 2017[5]978-4-08-881173-4August 4, 2020[8]978-1-9747-0870-3

Reception

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Brandon Daniel from The Fandom Post praised the series for being a great way to unwind from the more intense moments of the main series.[15]

Notes

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  1. ^ Japanese: 僕のヒーローアカデミアすまっしゅ!!, Hepburn: Boku no Hīrō Academia Sumasshu!!

References

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  1. ^ a b 「僕のヒーローアカデミア」コメディタッチで描くスピンオフがジャンプ+で. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 9, 2015. Archived from the original on December 8, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Douresseaux, Leroy (August 5, 2019). "My Hero Academia: Smash Volume 1 manga review". ComicBookBin. Archived from the original on July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  3. ^ [No.95!!]僕のヒーローアカデミア すまっしゅ!!. Shōnen Jump+ (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on January 29, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  4. ^ a b 僕のヒーローアカデミア すまっしゅ!! 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on June 3, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  5. ^ a b 僕のヒーローアカデミア すまっしゅ!! 5 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on June 3, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  6. ^ Sherman, Jennifer (November 17, 2018). "Viz Media Licenses My Hero Academia: Smash!!, Komi Can't Communicate, Beastars Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 17, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  7. ^ a b "My Hero Academia: Smash!!, Vol. 1". Viz Media. Archived from the original on July 7, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  8. ^ a b "My Hero Academia: Smash!!, Vol. 5". Viz Media. Archived from the original on March 10, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  9. ^ 僕のヒーローアカデミア すまっしゅ!! 2 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on June 3, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  10. ^ "My Hero Academia: Smash!!, Vol. 2". Viz Media. Archived from the original on April 22, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  11. ^ 僕のヒーローアカデミア すまっしゅ!! 3 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on August 16, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  12. ^ "My Hero Academia: Smash!!, Vol. 3". Viz Media. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  13. ^ 僕のヒーローアカデミア すまっしゅ!! 4 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on August 16, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  14. ^ "My Hero Academia: Smash!!, Vol. 4". Viz Media. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  15. ^ "My Hero Academia: Smash!! Vol. #01 Manga Review". The Fandom Post. January 15, 2020. Archived from the original on December 7, 2023. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
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