My Hero Academia Introduces New Villain with Majin Buu Looks

My Hero Academia has all sorts of villains to keep an eye on, but there are way more out there in Izuku’s world. Even before the aspiring hero got his power, there were bad guys going all over Tokyo, and it seems fans learned about one villain from the past who looks rather familiar.

After all, it isn’t everyday fans meet a baddie who looks much like Majin Buu, and they never expected the villain to face off with Aizawa of all people.

In the latest chapter of My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, readers were gifted the chance to see such a scene. The update begins with a robbery in progress as a set of bank tellers sit tied on a floor. As police call for backup, a teenage Midnight appears to fight crime, and she is not alone. Aizawa and his classmate join her, and they see the baddie for themselves.

As you can see below, the villain looks a lot like Majin Buu of Dragon Ball. The character is humanoid with his bipedal limbs, but his head has the same growth which Majin Buu has. Two holes line each side of his head just like the alien, and his outfit even matches up with the Dragon Ball character. The side villain is wearing an open vest with arm guards as well as baggy white pants and shoes.

If that outfit sounds familiar, that is because it is. In Dragon Ball Z, Majin Buu rocks some very baggy white pants which are secured by a belt. His vest is also worn open, and his thinner form rocks arm guards. It seems like My Hero Academia is combining the best of both characters, and his outfit isn’t even the best bit. As it turns out, the guy spits out steam from his head holes just like Majin Buu does in Dragon Ball, so it is pretty difficult to overlook the pair’s similarities.

What do you make of this new baddie’s debut? 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 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. My Hero Academia is gearing up for an even bigger end of 2019 with both a fourth season of the anime and second big anime film too.