‘My Hero Academia’ Reveals A Famous Scene’s Precious Inspiration

My Hero Academia knows how to balance its action-packed battles with some truly heart-wrenching moments. The story has enough heart in Izuku Midoriya to make any viewer cry, and it seems one iconic scene from the series brought its creator to tears.

So, if you thought you could not love baby Izuku anymore, you need to get your heart checked. It's about to grow three sizes, and we have Kohei Horikoshi to thank.

Recently, the manga creator did an interview where he was asked how his personal life has influenced the story at times.

"Oh wow, there's way too many to count. For example in Volume 11, when Deku was younger he and his mom have a scene together," Horikoshi confessed, referencing the scene where Deku's mom pretends to need a savior and a toddling Deku comes in dressed as All Might to rescue her.

"I actually used to do this exact same thing with my mom when I was younger, and we played at the park's playgrounds. We called it the 'King of the Jungle'. My mom would go inside and the jungle gym and the playground and say, 'Please save me, Leo,' which is the name that I used to call myself when we played this together."

Continuing, Horikoshi admitted he cried penning the Izuku and Inko scene as it reminded him of his own childhood with his mom.

"I have that memory of pretending to be Leo and playing with my mom at the playground, so I wanted to incorporate that into the story. As a reader, it's probably a scene that does not hold much meaning, but as for me, I cried while writing that scene."

Do you love this sweet scene ever more now? Let me know in the comments or hit me up on Twitter @MeganPetersCB to talk all things comics and anime!

My Hero Academia was created by Kohei Horikoshi and has been running in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump since July 2014. The story follows Izuku Midoriya, who lives in a world where everyone has super powers, even though he was born without them. Dreaming to become a superhero anyway, he's eventually scouted by the world's best hero All Might and enrolls in a school for professional heroes. The series has been licensed by Viz Media for an English language release since 2015.