My Hero Academia New Sketch Imagines Samurai Shoto

By Evan Valentine

My Hero Academia has put its heroes through the wringer throughout the many years of adventures that involve the students of UA Academy, with the Shonen series becoming popular enough to warrant a spin-off in the form of My Hero Academia: Vigilantes. Now, the artist of this side story has taken the opportunity to depict one of the biggest young heroes of Class 1-A in a brand new way, as the young Shoto Todoroki is currently attempting to take down the villain known as Dabi.     

The current artist of My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, Betten Court, has been telling the spin-off story for years now, with this unique story not just taking the opportunity to follow the young vigilante Crawler as he operates outside of the system, but also to tell stories from the early lives of some heavy hitters within UA Academy. With characters such as Aizawa, Midnight, Present Mic, Mirko, and more being given stories from when they were fighting crime at a younger age, fans certainly wouldn't mind if Vigilantes one day received an anime adaptation to help fill in some of the gaps when it comes to the main series.

Betten Court shared the new artwork of Shoto as a samurai as a way of congratulating Kohei Horikoshi, the creator of My Hero Academia, on the thirty-fourth volume of the manga series, which focused on the terrifying battle between the hero known as Star And Stripe and the villain Shigaraki:

This fall will see the return of My Hero Academia's anime with its sixth season, which will see the young heroes taking part in the War Arc, the massive battle that sees the crime fighters of Class 1-A taking on the villains of the Paranormal Liberation Front. With each of the heroes set to have their own moments in this major war for the fate of hero society, expect Shoto Todoroki to be able to show off his Quirk in some big ways. 

While the final battle between Dabi and Shoto Todoroki might not be the biggest battle of the final storyline of My Hero Academia, it certainly may change the tide of the fight itself depending on who wins between this war of siblings. 

What do you think of this new take on Shoto Todoroki? Feel free to let us know in the comments or hit me up directly on Twitter @EVComedy to talk all things comics, anime, and the world of UA Academy. 

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