Extra pages from Volume 2 (Illegals)
Junkie Villan
The Rough Design
normally
max power
under influence of Trigger
Maybe he used to be a musician…?
Behind the Scenes
Unlike the pervy trio and their endless sophistry, this guy can't hold much of a conversation. My request to Betten was “A real bad dude!”
When he loses his senses and turns into a monster, he's basically just a wrecking ball who can't be reasoned with...
-Furuhashi
I'm relatively pleased with the design for this guy, but I regret that the gimmick Furuhashi
came up with didn't come across in the story
that well... Drawing him was tough, in a mundane way
-Betten
See page 205 for more on the Three Pervy Brothers
Bat Villain
The Rough Design
40%
40%
Side 30%
Black 40%
Shading on arm
40%
40%
Graded
Behind the Scenes
What would a fight involving the Turbo Hero look like?" "Some sort of hot pursuit?" He's got to run down and tackle a villain who's running away..." "Oh, so it's like Eye shield 21!" That's the train of thought that led to this man-bat. Devil Bats!
-Furuhashi
I wavered between sticking more closely to
the inspiration or getting away from that. I
sort of lost track and wound up moving away
from it in the end (LOL). In hindsight, I
subconsciously took inspiration from [
redacted] with the whole bat design...!
-Betten
See page 202 for more on Ingenium
The Three Pervy Brothers
The Rough Design
The Three Pervy Brothers
rear view
Behind the Scenes
These villains, who rationalize their selfish desires, paired with Koichi, who can't help but ask, make their scenes important to the themes of Vigilantes so we might bring them back someday. They don't seem like the types to reflect on their actions much.
-Furuhashi
All three had the same body type in Furuhashi-san's rough storyboard, but I made the third one on the chubby side to make it even worse when he wears panties ( LOL ) . Incidentally , # 2 must have some serious skills to pull off what he does! So I see them as representing mind, technique and body respectively (that's just my personal interpretation).
-Betten
Afterword
Hi there. I'm the story writer, Furuhashi.
Vigilantes is a series that's riding on the coattails of the original My Hero Academia, so a constant part of planning it out is wondering how to make it align with MHA and how to have it diverge.
Before starting, some of the broad directives were to avoid things that would impact the main series' plot and to not introduce any villains stronger than those in the original MHA. But as we got going, I found myself being allowed to incorporate most of the ideas I came up with, as long as they weren't out- and-out violations (it's been really fun).
...So, I plan to continue using threads from the main series, especially elements that'll make readers go, "Eh? Can they really do that?" Basically, I'll keep exercising the freedom l've been given. Thanks to everyone for your continued support.
August 2017