My Hero Academia: Smash!!
Japanese manga series by Hirofumi Neda
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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 by | Kōhei Horikoshi |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Hirofumi Neda |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Jump Comics+ |
| Magazine | Shōnen Jump+ |
| English magazine | |
| Original run | November 9, 2015 – November 6, 2017 |
| Volumes | 5 |
Premise
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
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
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 4, 2016[4] | 978-4-08-880667-9 | August 6, 2019[7] | 978-1-9747-0866-6 |
| 2 | November 4, 2016[9] | 978-4-08-880864-2 | November 5, 2019[10] | 978-1-9747-0867-3 |
| 3 | June 2, 2017[11] | 978-4-08-881116-1 | February 4, 2020[12] | 978-1-9747-0868-0 |
| 4 | September 4, 2017[13] | 978-4-08-881157-4 | May 5, 2020[14] | 978-1-9747-0869-7 |
| 5 | November 2, 2017[5] | 978-4-08-881173-4 | August 4, 2020[8] | 978-1-9747-0870-3 |
Reception
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]