My Hero Academia author Horikoshi recommends a new manga to fans

This article contains spoilers for My Hero Academia.

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Horikoshi recommends the manga “Witch Ichi” to his fans.
This manga is about a boy named Ichi who becomes the first male witch.
Fans can read “Witch Ichi” for free on MangaPlus and Viz Media.

Horikoshi is a famous manga artist who wrote and illustrated this iconic manga. My Hero Academia. As fans may already know, My Hero Academia The manga was completed at the end of 2024, and the animation is scheduled to be completed this year.

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Horikoshi reveals that My Hero Academia will continue even after the manga ends.

MHA will continue to release new short comics. Here's what Horikoshi said at Jump Festa:

After the fan-favorite manga ended, Horikoshi came up with the perfect recommendation for readers looking for a new experience in Shonen Jump. The comics and plots recommended by Horikoshi are as follows.

Witch Ichi recommended by Horikoshi

Cartoonist Horikoshi My Hero Academiarecently recommended Ichi the Witch, a new manga for fans to read.

The manga Ichi the Witch is one of the newest additions to Weekly Shonen Jump, and is now about four months old, having begun serialization in early September 2024 and January 2025. To date, the manga consists of a total of 16 chapters, and the first volume of the manga is scheduled to be released in Japan on January 4th of this year.

This fun manga is written by author Osamu Nishi and illustrated by Shiro Usazaki. Artist Usazaki may be known to some readers for his Act-Age work. But that comic was cancelled, and now she has moved on to this new work.

What is a witch?

In a world where it is believed that only women can become witches, the series' namesake, a boy named Ichi, becomes the first male witch. In the world of Witch Ichi, there is a monster called Majik. If you defeat them, you can become a witch, a feat that Ichi was able to achieve.

This manga contains interesting new concepts, and it's easy to see why Horikoshi recommends it.

Where can fans read Witch Ichigo?

Like most comics these days, fans can access and read them for free on MangaPlus and Viz Media. Each chapter is released simultaneously worldwide through these websites. The next manga chapter is scheduled to come out on Friday, January 3, 2025. All chapters come out at 17:00 Japan Standard Time.

Fans can only hope that this manga continues to go strong as Horikoshi encourages more people to pick it up, as many manga underperform in the early months and may be canceled.

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