It took Kohei Horikoshi nearly a year to draft just the first three chapters of My Hero Academia, and his editors reveal why.
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My Hero Academia has been a resounding success and even after its end, it is hailed as one of the best manga the Shonen genre has to offer. But very few people actually know how the story came about and Kohei Horikoshi's endless struggle to make the series attractive.
In a surprise interview with Kohei Horikoshi's first and second editors, Mr. Koike and Mr. Monji, the duo discussed how the concept of My Hero Academia was developed. In addition, the editors also talked about how long it took to create and approve the first chapters of the series.
Koike, the first editor of My Hero Academia, discussed in the interview that he and Kohei Horikoshi would often have conversations about drawing scenes as well as various character designs. He also claimed that the first chapter took the longest to create, and the second and third chapters took significantly less time.
