Over the past century, the human race has begun manifesting superhuman abilities known as 'Quirks'. It was reworked from a one-off story for Akamaru Jump before being expanded into its own series. My Hero Academia (僕のヒーローアカデミア Boku no Hero Academia) is a manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi, which began serialization in Weekly Shōnen Jump on July 7, 2014.