My Hero Academia author Kōhei Horikoshi was fairly quiet on Twitter through March, with none of his regular sketches anticipating the latest chapter in Shonen Jump. However, April is a big month for the series. Volume 8 is out on April 4th, along with this Smash 4-panel gag spin-off and a novel tie-in.

Oh, and the anime started. He seems particularly excited about that last bit!

See who he sketched for the final countdown...

From Jump Ryu's behind the scenes look at his process:

Volume 8, the Smash! spin-off and light novel

Naruto's Masashi Kishimoto has also chimed in with his support

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