MHA: Deku’s Vigilante Costume Returns in Stunning Manga Cover Art

The cover for Volume 33 of My Hero Academia will feature Deku's intimidating vigilante costume.

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An image of the new cover was shared on Twitter by Manga Mogura RE. The new full-color artwork features Izuku "Deku" Midoriya, clad in his menacing vigilante costume, alongside two of his UA High School classmates, the gravity-defying Ochako Uraraka and the speedy Tenya Iida. The new art will grace the cover of Volume 33 of the series, which does not currently have a release date. Volume 30 is scheduled to premiere in English next March, while Japan's latest release, Volume 32, was released last October.

Deku put together this version of his costume after the events of the Paranormal Liberation War arc, when he dedicated himself to personally capturing the remaining escaped villains while hiding his identity. Worn ragged after numerous battles, this costume gave the previously friendly hero a much more intimidating appearance and has already become a popular subject for fan artists and cosplayers alike.

It's unknown how many volumes of the manga are left, but My Hero Academia has been confirmed to be nearing its ultimate conclusion. Shueisha teased in 2021 that the superhero epic had already entered its "final act," and creator Kohei Horikoshi further teased the series' finale at the most recent Jump Festa, stating that he is planning for the series to end sometime during 2022, barring any unforeseen delays.

Horikoshi's homage to super hero comics will finish its run while the series is still extremely popular. The manga was the fifth best-selling series in Japan in 2021, with over 7 million copies sold. The franchise's third and latest movie, World Heroes' Mission, premiered in Japan in 2021 to the best box-office performance in the series' history. The movie repeated this success when it was released in the United States, becoming only the 11th anime movie in the country's history to pull in more than $10 million USD during its limited theatrical run.

While the My Hero Academia manga may be coming to a close, the anime still has plenty of content left to adapt. The anime's sixth season is scheduled to premiere sometime during fall of 2022, and will focus on the Paranormal Liberation War arc. A new trailer for the season was also revealed at Jump Festa, which shows the two sides of the upcoming conflict preparing for the series' biggest battle yet. Promo materials for the sixth season have mostly been focused on hyping up the next showdown between Deku and his villainous rival, the deadly Tomura Shigaraki.

Source: Twitter