My Hero Academia, Volume 38 - 208 pages
My Hero Academia, Volume 39 - 184 pages
My Hero Academia, Volume 40 - 200 pages
Kohei Horikoshi, Caleb D. Cook (Translator)
Series Summary (From Volume 1 on Goodreads)
What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested superpowers called “Quirks” at age four? 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?
Middle school student Izuku Midoriya wants to be a hero more than anything, but he hasn’t got an ounce of power in him. With no chance of ever getting into the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes, his life is looking more and more like a dead end. Then an encounter with All Might, the greatest hero of them all, gives him a chance to change his destiny…
Review
This series has a lot of allegories for how society treats people deemed "different," particularly those who are disabled, mentally ill, or otherwise physically different. I do think the chapters following Shoji and Koda might've had a bit more of an impact if we'd seen more earlier - both of these two characters, but also of the apparent prejudice against people with "heteromorphic" Quirks. Only 2 volumes left!
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