Painter after artist, One-Punch Man’s artist is begging mangaka My Hero Academia to take care of himself.
It’s no secret that the life of an artist is an arduous one, filled with long grueling hours, tight deadlines, high expectations, and often underpaid unless the work becomes a reality. famous. Even when artists make a big deal, the pressure is still unspeakably heavy and heavy on their shoulders. One-Punch Man’s artist Yusuke Murata knows exactly what that is like and took to his Twitter account to remind Kōhei Horikoshi, mangaka of My Hero Academia, “Rest is important. Horikoshi-sensei, please take care of yourself.”
Horikoshi’s Intermittent History
Horikoshi has gone through a number of hiatuses, including three in 2023. While the official reason for the most recent hiatus, which took place in April, was for “production reasons”, fans Grave knows that previous hiatuses were due to the mangaka’s poor health. and his state of health was probably a factor in the series’ third hiatus. Murata himself took a break when he revealed that the One-Punch Man manga he’s working with ONE will enter a one-month hiatus with the next update coming on April 20th.
Although One-Punch Man is resting and the artist has urged Horikoshi to rest more, Murata doesn’t quite do so. The artist is working hard on his next project, this time an anime called Zaiyuki. Inspired by the Chinese classic Journey to the West, Zaiyuki tells a modern fantasy story about an unlucky and miserable kappa boy who adventure with a golden monkey, a gentle monk and a cold boar girl. Murata has released several teasers for the project since he first announced it in February 2023.
Horikoshi’s hit My Hero Academia has recorded 85 million copies in circulation as of February 2023. The series began serialization in July 2014, following the story of Izuku Midoriya, a young boy. Incapable of dreaming of becoming a hero. After inheriting the Quirk of the number one hero All Might known as One for All, Midoriya thus inherited a great responsibility of protecting the world from All for One’s destruction.
One-Punch Man also features a superhero storyline, where the story follows Saitama, who is nearly unstoppable with his ability to win battles with a single punch. The series has sold over 30 million copies worldwide as of April 2020.
One-Punch Man and My Hero Academia are both available to read on Viz Media. My Hero Academia returns on April 16 with Chapter 385. One-Punch Man returns on April 20 with Chapter 181.
Source: Twitter