Another My Hero Academia spin off but I did enjoyed reading it. Like the main My Hero Academia series the art is always great and we see our future heroes in action.

If you love My Hero Academia you'll like this obviously, but this give a bit more out of our favorite students and heroes with unusual pairing and side jobs that are connected to the main story. I love when I can get more insight to my favorite characters. Thing is the first two match up where easily guessed right away but still all the more enjoyable seeing them work together and problem solving situations when they arise. I wished that I could see some other students team up more though because there are many side characters that could finally have their time with a mission or who in this kinda book but maybe I'll get that in the next book this was a good start into it. Overall really enjoyed this and look forward to seeing more.

So in My Hero Academia Team Up Missions each student gets assigned two other classmates that they have to work with for team up missions. Those students go to a hero agency to work with the pro heroes and the students involved in this team are Bakugo, Todoroki, Izuku who are working with Pro Hero Fatgum & Pro Hero Tamike and their mission was stopping a sludgey villain and of course trying to work together. I really enjoyed reading this and while I don’t read any of the manga I watch the anime and this fits perfectly between the end of season 3 and beginning of Season 4.

Thanks to Viz Media and Netgalley for the complimentary copy of this book in e-book form. All opinions in this review are my own.

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This will be a fun series. I liked the artwork and looking forward to coming team missions. It's really great to see different team dynamics that we missed out on in the main series.

I’ve only started collecting comics in 2015, but I’ve read enough to know that there comes a time when every fan sucks it up and delves into a bunch of spinoffs and crossovers for an event that should only last a few issues. Likewise, My Hero Academia: Team Up Missions is one of the supplementary works that My Hero Academia fans will scoop up (me included). However, I would only recommend diehard fans to follow this one, as it’s basically filler with wasted potential.
As the title suggests, Team Up Missions has various members of 1-A fighting alongside a bunch of pro heroes (sort of like a more descriptive internship arc). While this sounds like it could be a good way to highlight lesser known characters or flesh out the lore (ala My Hero Academia: Vigilantes), much of the volume is wasted on unnecessary fights, and half of the volume is dedicated to Midoriya’s experience teaming up with pros. It feels like an extension of an arc rather than a brand-new one, and like a side- comic in a main event, nothing exciting or meaningful really happens here.
I appreciate the fact that the manga includes Melissa Shield from the Two Heroes movie in a couple of stories, but that doesn’t escape the fact that there’s a ton of wasted potential here. Even seeing heroes like Hawks and Suneater here feel underwhelming due to their involvement and role in the current arc of the manga. The art is serviceable, with it matching the usual art of the main series. Hopefully the next volume of this manga will highlight some of the lesser known 1-A characters (Here’s hoping we get a Ojiro or Sato chapter, they’re pretty underutilized).

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My Hero Academia by Kohei Horikoshi is one of Shonen Jump’s biggest series in recent years, with the manga going strong and an amazing anime adaptation. With the booming popularity of the series also comes spin-off and side-story manga like My Hero Academia Team-Up Missions Vol. 1, written by Yoko Akiyama who is also an assistant to Horikoshi for the main story.

The plot for My Hero Academia Team-Up Missions revolves around the various characters that are involved in the Team-Up Missions program. The program has been set up as the public has been clamoring for the new generation of heroes after All Might’s retirement. It centers around teaming up hero students from various schools like UA High with other heroes, including pro-heroes, to improve their teamwork.

This particular plot is told through chapters and short stories. Some of which have team-ups such as Deku, Bakugo, and Uraraka, with the No.5 pro hero Mirko having to deal with a punk that has a poisonous quirk that he cannot control and Deku, Bakugo, and Hawks going on an undercover mission while both Deku and the Hot-headed Bakugo have to learn how to work together. One of the more surprising inclusions in the manga is the inclusion of movie characters and the one-shot prequel for the first movie, My Hero Academia Two Heroes.

I think the plot and set-up for Team-Up Missions is exciting. There are many characters in My Hero Academia, each with their unique abilities and powers that could make for very interesting combinations.

This first volume focuses a good bit on Deku for a few chapters where I wished to see a few other characters in action. Still, the idea has a lot of fun potential, and I am looking forward to seeing how this continues in the next volume. The chapters and short stories are also action-packed and have decent pacing with many fun moments and banter in between.

Art-wise this spin-off manga looks great. The characters appear on point, and the pages are also really well-directed in terms of panels making the action scenes look amazing. Given that the artist is also Horikoshi’s assistant, it’s no surprise how the characters excel in design and personality.

My Hero Academia Team-Up Missions Vol. 1 is an entertaining read. I can easily recommend it to My Hero Academia fans who would like to see the various characters team-up.

This is a series of one shots based off the Manga MHA.
Opinion
I initially got this book because I am a huge MHA fan. This book was very nice and helped me to get to know the minor characters in the series. The pictures/drawings of the characters were done accurately based off the original.

One way to describe this spin-off manga series is the term "fan-fiction". And while that's not entirely a bad thing, this volume is simply that and doesn't offer me much else than that. When it comes to the world of My Hero Academia, there are indeed team-ups I would like to see and most of the team-ups here in this volume weren't the ones I was particularly looking for.

The action sequences deliver something worth enjoying but I feel like Yoko played it a little too safe by kicking off this series with the most notable and fan-favorite characters in order to bring in new and returning readers. Ultimately if there are some team-ups that you were hoping to see in the main canon of MHA but haven't yet, this is the book for you.

If you were hoping to see specific characters team-up to see how their specific quirks work with each other outside the main characters as I did, then this book might not be all that interesting to you despite the minor highlights the volume delivers.

This book is full of shorter stories. I wish it was just one story. As mini-stories it gets repetitive as it keeps telling us the point of the book - to do team ups with new heroes and past heroes. I think any fan of the original series would like it. Or even fans of the anime, but I was less than impressed. It almost feels like US 8x8s where they just regurgitate a tv show on paper.

If you love My Hero Academia you'll like this obviously, but this give a bit more out of our favorite students and heroes with unusual pairing and side jobs that are connected to the main story. I love when I can get more insight to my favorite characters. Thing is the first two match up where easily guessed right away but still all the more enjoyable seeing them work together and problem solving situations when they arise. I wished that I could see some other students team up more though because there are many side characters that could finally have their time with a mission or who in this kinda book but maybe I'll get that in the next book this was a good start into it. Overall really enjoyed this and look forward to seeing more.

My Hero Academic: Team-Up Missions, Volume 1 is a fantastic, unique spin-off of My Hero Academia!

If you wanted cool team ups on the side then this book is for you! It's a fast paced, great selection of stories and team ups that didn't happen in the original series. I found it to be a little difficult to jump into because I haven't read all of the original manga. I would recommend doing that as I think it would help. I felt very lost! I still think this is an excellent idea to do some storylines not in the original manga.

I did like that each story was like a one shot where they are all separate from each other bu in the same universe. That was nice! It makes reading it easier.

Overall, this is a great manga! You'll love it if you like superheroes and you will definitely love it if you read the original manga series.

Four out of five stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and VIZ for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.

Not gunna lie, I wasn't too sure what I was getting into when requesting this title, but boy am I glad I did!
It was a lot of fun to read. I liked the ending chapters much more than the beginning ones though.
This manga is a series of short stories involving our main cast of MHA characters. We get a story featuring Bakugo and Midoriya, one with Iida and Momo, and some involving characters from the first MHA movie. I really loved the addition to the lore that these stories gave us. I learned a lot about Melissa's backstory, and her fathers. The Fatgum chapter was super cute too. BUT I think my overall favorite part of this volume were the short stories involving Bakugo and his mother and father. Oh my goodness they were so fun/cute. It makes me want to read an entire series just on them! They are so funny and interesting! I highly recommend this to anyone who is searching for extra bonus material (that isn't at all necessary to the main story of MHA) but will add some extra flavor and fun to the overall feel of the series. Fun and I will definitely be reading more soon!

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My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions is a collection of short stories set after the events of the Provisional Hero License arc. Designed to answer the question of ‘What if these characters teamed up?’. It shines a light on some of the characters and stories that we might not otherwise see.

While the concept is by the My Hero Academia author Kohei Horikoshi, both writing and art for the Team-Up Missions series are by his assistant, Yoko Akiyama. She is mostly known for other My Hero Academia spin-offs but also created Saguri-chan Exploration Party.

Heroes Rise Up

Volume One starts with a chapter to set things up. Due to the events surrounding One-For-All and All Might, people want the next generation of heroes to rise up. The young heroes-in-training all across the country are given the opportunity to work together with pro heroes. In this world, professional heroes often need to work together even if they’ve never met. This lets them meet more people and get used to it.

While it explains this, it mixes in some humor following All Might as he struggles to get the students registered for this new program. As you might expect, various problems pop up along the way that are swiftly resolved.

Team Missions

Most of the following chapters focus on team-ups. It’s interesting to see some of these situations that wouldn’t otherwise happen and characters put into unusual situations. In one example, we see Deku, Bakugo, and Uraraka paired up with Mirko – a hero even more aggressive than Bakugo. This had him put into the position where he actually was the voice of reason.

While some of the short stories focus more on the traditional ‘beat up the villain’, I liked that a lot of them were different. Sometimes it still focused on a villain, but other methods of resolving the situation were used. Others had heroes helping people in other ways, like finding a person or helping a child. Seeing nearly the entire class come together and use their powers to help reclaim a ball was a fun read. These team-up chapters are often fairly light and use humor well, both visually and in the dialogue.

One complaint I do have here is that a lot of these still followed Deku. It seems like a missed opportunity to explore other characters. This did happen, notably with one chapter focusing on Momo, Tenya, and Tamaki, but I would’ve liked to see more of it. Perhaps future volumes will contain more of these. It may just be due to this volume setting up the concept.

Movie Melissa

There were two chapters that I felt particularly stood out. One of these was where Mei Hatsume and Melissa Shield teamed up. The support characters don’t often get much exposure and seeing them trying to outdo each other was great. It took us behind the scenes of the hero work too. For those not familiar, Melissa Shield is a character who appeared in the My Hero Academia movie.

The other one of these focused on Melissa Shield again. Stepping away from the Team Up concept in this chapter, it showed Melissa as a child and how she struggled with not having a quirk, much like Deku. It serves as a prequel to the movie and has the theme of how anyone can be a hero. Seeing the same theme as the opening of the main series reiterated with another character worked well and I appreciated the more serious tone in this chapter. Having a chapter that fleshed out a character’s background was nice too. It wasn't something I expected in a collection of mostly comedic side-stories.

Art

Yoko Akiyama has done well to match the original art style in My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions. This isn’t surprising, considering that she’s an assistant on the main series. It’s consistently high quality, with some particularly detailed action shots. I love how clearly the emotion is shown on certain close-ups too.

Between most chapters are some great pieces of character art too. This sets the scene for the subsequent chapters, as it shows off the characters from the team up or the one-shot story it tells.

The art in this series is a treat to look at and only helps to add to the experience.

Verdict

Overall I certainly enjoyed these stories. They all felt like they were over in a flash, but gave some more insight into the characters. The one focusing on Melissa’s past was my favorite, despite taking a different tone than the rest of the chapters.

I really enjoy the concept of My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions. It’s a great collection of stories to expand the My Hero Academia universe. I’m interested to see where they take it in Volume 2 and beyond.

MY HERO ACADEMIA: TEAM-UP MISSIONS VOL.1 IS RECOMMENDED
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A great side series for fans of My Hero Academia though they explain enough that new fans can follow along too. It’s a nice break from the main series with plenty of laughs and more details on side characters like Melissa. If you are looking for a light hearted complement to the main arc you have found the right series! Still plenty of villains and seeing Deku becoming even more “Plus Ultra!”.

Major props to Akiyama for managing to make their art style match Horikoshi's so well! Team-Up Missions is great fun and fans of the original series will enjoy it just as much. The original manga series is getting much darker at the moment, so fans of the original light-heartedness are going to eat Team-Up Missions up. A must-purchase for libraries where the original series is popular.

This was my first time properly reading a manga, and i must say it was a fun experience! Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read this in exchange for an honest review.

I've only watched the anime for My Hero Academia, and it's one of my favourite anime which was why I was interested to read this spin off series by Yoko Akiyama.

Team-Up missions basically features several mini missions that some of the main characters from the series (students in training to be pro heroes) go on while getting teamed up with pro heroes. I would say it's a very light and fun read because the missions are really quick and easy. Even though some of them were even silly missions, i found myself giggling here and there and going "awwww!" because it was quite wholesome!

It was also refreshing to read this because the anime (and maybe even the original manga but I can't say for sure because I haven't read them) doesn't have very many "filler" episodes where all side characters get fleshed out. It was nice to get to see some of the side characters you don't see much in the anime, being in action in this.

I'm not sure if someone who hasn't read or watched any My Hero Academia would enjoy Team-Up Missions, because they might get overwhelmed by all the characters being introduced. But it's definitely great for those who already love the series and want to have more of it. Also i must say, I'm really warming up towards reading manga!

The first volume of the newest spin-off manga within the My Hero Academia series, My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions, is set to be released on March 2nd. The new series is published by Shonen Jump, is written and illustrated by Yoko Akiyama, translated by Caleb Cook, and lettered by John Hunt. Volume One follows the characters created by Kohei Horikoshi teaming up with different hero agencies and students from different hero schools.

Since All Might has officially retired from hero duty, people are desperately waiting for their newest “Symbol of Peace.” This leads the Heroes Public Safety Commission to establish a new program centered around the hero students called “Team-Up Missions.” In pairing students with different hero agencies, there is hope to build teamwork within the hero students.

The overall premise of this new spin-off manga series introduced in Volume 1 is fantastic. While the main MHA series has over 300 chapters and is still going, most of that story is focused on the main characters. My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions Volume 1 sets up the many adventures that all characters could go on. The possibilities for entertaining and action-packed adventures are endless. It also gives side characters opportunities to get their moments to shine, which might not happen too often on the main series. Above all else, this serves as a great addition in storytelling to an already immense fan-favorite franchise.

Many of the character traits and interactions from the original series are prevalent in My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions Volume 1. However, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t instances that show character development. One of the characters to show early character development is Bakugo. While he has shown to be willing to be a part of a team and even respecting his classmates, Bakugo’s behavior in the first two chapters show his early stages of wanting to be a part of a team. Fans of his character will surely like the rapid development he gets and that it may change the minds of people that don’t like Bakugo as much.

Akiyama’s artwork in My Hero Academia: Team Up Missions Volume 1 was incredible. The characters’ designs remained the same, and the fight scenes flowed smoothly from panel to panel. One of the illustrations that stood out the most was in the first few pages of the first chapter. It shows many fan-favorite characters in the series while also acting as the introductory page for the chapter.

At a normal glance, this would look like just another ordinary page. However, All Might is standing in the middle, with his back facing the reader. It fits perfectly with the story’s overall theme, which is that it’s up to the future generations to take over as heroes. One simple illustration says a lot about the confidence that All Might has in future generations and emphasizes the importance of the hero students’ teamwork development.

Overall, My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions Volume 1 was such a joy to read, especially as a long-time fan of the My Hero Academia franchise. The spin-off series premise emphasizes the new generation of heroes while also setting up the many stories that can be told. While the characters’ traits from the series are carried over, there is still character development. The illustrations are incredible, and some even support the overall theme of the spin-off series. Fans of the original series will surely love reading these new adventures while waiting for new stories to be told.

Love watching this anime, so I was super excited to receive a copy of this to review. While not very plot heavy, this book focused on building relationships between heroes and 1-A students. Getting to see characters that don’t normally interact working together is super cool and I finished this in an hour because it was just so entertaining. Highly recommend.

For a spinoff series, this makes a lot of sense since the characters of My Hero Academia clearly have more training than the main series storyline allows. This spinoff series also works as a substitute for younger readers of My Hero Academia who got into the series because of its premise, but are possibly too young for the heavy themes being covered in the main series. Part of me wishes that the volume was a contained storyline instead of several smaller storylines, but the current format lets characters (of which there are many in this franchise) have their turn in the spotlight.

This series is great for fans who love My Hero Academia and want to learn more about the heroes in this universe. It is fun to see characters that were not given much time in the main manga. The side missions that the students go on with heroes are so much fun and gives a nice peek into more about them. For those that have just started My Hero Academia, it will be great to read Team-Up Missions alongside the main story arcs. For those that have already caught up with My Hero Academia, this is a great way to get more story and lore.