Volume 2 (Vigilantes)/Extras

Extra pages from Volume 2 (Illegals)

Junkie Villain

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

Bigshot/Enigma/Onemu Shinya

Badge on arms

Onemu Shinya

Bigshot

Costume modified to Team Idaten style

Cape Gloves Mark on chest Boots

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Enigma

The Rough Design

Behind the Scenes These three heroes came from designs submitted by fans. The suggestion was to make them members of Ingenium's agency (in chapter 7), but Enigma's gimmick was good enough to warrant a chapter of her own, so her debut was delayed a bit.

In the original submission, Enigma's real face was charmingly different, so then the question was whether to make her look nothing like the yet-to- be-identified villain, or to have her identity be really obvious. I went with the latter option and kept the face exactly the same. I also fine-tuned her to make her easier to utilize in the story, so please forgive me…

-Furuhashi

The one I chose was Onemu Shinya. I think what drew me to her was that her design isn't the sort I'd naturally come up with on my own. I had trouble drawing her, actually. With the other two, I tried to emphasize what was already appealing about the original designs… -Betten

Middle Schooler Koichi & School Uniform Pop

The Rough Design

Koichi in middle school

Pop in uniform

Black sweater, collar is white

Skirt on the long side

white socks

Behind the Scenes

We apparently didn't have a design for young Pop, so instead this is a two-for-one with current Pop in uniform. She and Koichi are depicted here at about the same age.

The tale of Pop and Koichi's first encounter was decided on a bit after serialization began, so if you go back and read chapters 1 and 2, you'll see that she's already head over heels for him. In this chapter, we learn that she wants to say "Thank you" someday, so that's basically her long-standing desire, going forward. Good luck!

-Furuhashi

I love Koichi's lame haircut, which looks like it was done by the neighborhood barber or even his mom. I remember dwelling on Pop's dialogue near the end of chapter 2 so seeing how it comes full circle in chapter 8 makes me say "Well done, Furuhashi... Well done..."

-Betten

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 I've been given. Thanks to everyone for your continued support.

August 2017