To commemorate the ongoing anime adaptation of My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, a brand-new special chapter titled “Chapter 15.5” was released today, April 15, on Shonen Jump+ alongside Episode 2 of the anime. It bridges the gap between Chapters 15 and 16 of the original story and features Koichi Haimawari (The Crawler), Pop☆Step, and Knuckleduster continuing to do their street-level hero work.
In the new chapter, the vigilante trio faces a case involving a troubled young girl seeking their help. The Vigilantes manga is based on Kohei Horikoshi’s work and was written by Hideyuki Furuhashi and drawn by Betten Court. It began serialization in Jump GIGA in 2018 before getting transferred to Shonen Jump+ and running until July 2022. A total of 126 chapters were released, which were compiled into 15 volumes. VIZ Media licensed the manga in English.
Alongside the new manga one-shot release, they also revealed new action visuals featuring key characters from the series, including Koichi, Pop☆Step, Knuckleduster, and Shota Aizawa / Eraser Head. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime.
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The story of My Hero Academia: Vigilantes manga takes place 5 years before the main story. VIZ describes the first volume: Koichi Haimawari couldn’t make the cut to become an official hero, so he uses his modest Quirk to do good deeds in his spare time. Then one day a fateful encounter with some local thugs leads him to team up with two other unlikely heroes. None of them really know what they’re doing, but they’ve got the courage—or foolishness—to try. But they soon discover fighting evil takes more than just being brave…
Source: My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Official X, Shonen Jump+
©Hideyuki Furuhashi, Betten Court, Kohei Horikoshi/Shueisha, Vigilante Production Committee
