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Latest Hagakure Illustration from My Hero Academia Sparks Controversy for Nudity

By Ashley De MesaSeptember 29, 2022

My Hero Academia‘s latest Chapter 368 featured a color page illustrated by the manga author, Kohei Horikoshi. He had drawn Toru Hagakure, an invisible female character in the series, naked. Her revealing body parts were censored by the “KEEP OUT” tapes. It is similar to what you would see in a crime investigation scene.

This illustration reflects Toku Hagakure’s abilities in My Hero Academia. Quirk is the right term for it. It is the unique supernatural skills a fortunate character may have in the series. Hagakure’s Quirk is she is literally invisible. Only her clothes and the objects she is holding are visible to everyone. This is why when she’s going to use her Quirk in its fullness, she should remove all her clothing and equipment. This is advantageous when she’s going on stealth mode, evading attacks, and sneaking up on opponents. Her uniform only consists of gloves and boots, as seen in the illustration.

Hence, Horikoshi drew Hagakure in her full appearance with no clothes on except for her gloves and boots. But this did not escape controversy on Twitter.

Hagakure Illustration Community Reaction

This was not well received by a lot of netizens. Here are some of their reactions on Twitter:

that hagakure cover makes me so uncomfortable stop putting it on my tl please

— Mars ❀ (@bundekuz) September 28, 2022

Just found out about the new MHA cover and oh dear lord that is so unnecessary. Hagakure’s friggin 16 or so— why are you putting her nude (and visible here) ass on a tokubon volume cover?

— Tired (@Kudastop01) September 28, 2022

(not sero related) If you like new + most recent pic/ front cover of hagakure you are weird and I want you off my account right now. She is 16 years old (a child) and there is quite literally no reason for her to be in a situation like that.

— poorly drawn sero ! (hiatus atm ) (@poorsero) September 29, 2022

The new MHA cover is worse bc the design genuinely looks cool as hell but the only time we actually see it is Hagakure being sexualized cmon Horikoshi what the fuck

— Phantom Falcon @ MONKIE KID SEASON 4 GRAAAAAAAAAAA (@PhantomFalcon2) September 28, 2022

also i want y’all to know it’s okay to criticize hori about the hagakure cover because y’all if it makes you uncomfortable that’s okay don’t force yourself to like things

— Mars ❀ (@bundekuz) September 28, 2022

I gave hagakure some clothes. it’s what she and we deserve. #mha #hagakure pic.twitter.com/GWPIegP4G8

— mononation (@neitotopia) September 28, 2022

Overall, some fans are finding the new illustration uncomfortable, because Hagakure is 16 years old. They believed that sexualizing Hagakure is wrong because she is a minor. They think that it was unnecessary, and wonder what Horikoshi was thinking upon drawing it.

But there are also fans who defended it. These are the reactions:

#MHA368 bro why yall so surprised bout a hagakure in the cover shes been naked the whole series💀💀💀💀💀

— JayKazenoto (@KazenotoJ) September 29, 2022

I see a lot of people complaining about the recent MHA cover of Hagakure being naked.

Isn't Hagakure always naked? People are upset NOW??? pic.twitter.com/7DTtrSZYwj

— Panda (@Sakuuda) September 28, 2022

Here comes the "I fixed it" brigade again with their stupid bullshit.

Funny how when Hagakure is invisible they never say a word, then screech the moment this cover comes out. These "I fixed it" morons are obnoxious, and there was nothing to be fixed in the first place. https://t.co/yaTbCehwJ3

— DracoLordNick67 (@DNick67) September 29, 2022

Since people getting trigger over hagakure cover, we're all knew it's a running gag that's she's naked beause of her quirk like we're knew since day one lmaooo

— ♱ 🔞bunny ♱ (@shigacocki) September 28, 2022

I hope we're not cancelling Horikoshi over this cover page. Hagakure has always been butt-ass naked given her Quirk. What, did y'all think she was wearing anything other than gloves and boots? Crazy that some folk think Hori is weird af for this. https://t.co/iBr8xfSiLn

— Tomiwa of Melbourne (@TommyTheIllest) September 28, 2022

Me seeing mha fans mad about the Hagakure cover art after 356 chs of Momo's outfit, MINETA, Mirio naked, vigilantes had Midnight's 1st hero outfit be her naked

If this was really a disgusting, intolerable deal breaker you would've stopped reading yrs ago it's just pure theatrics pic.twitter.com/gadDwEKdvQ

— Ghost⭐Star (@Mimikyu_8) September 29, 2022

The defenders thought that that the criticisms are not valid because Hagakure has always been naked. They thought that Horikoshi is just drawing Hagakure’s costume, so it should not come as a surprise. They also wonder why some fans are just getting upset now, when My Hero Academia has had characters with revealing outfits or has been naked in the past.

Discussions: My Hero Academia’s Sexualization of Female Characters

The last tweet can lead to a discussion about My Hero Academia’s tendency to sexualize its female characters. There have been Reddit discussions about this, where fans share their opinions about it. They usually cite Momo and Nemuri as the most sexualized characters.

Momo My Hero Academia
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Nemuri My Hero Academia
Bones, Inc.

There are also Reddit discussions in which some people thought that Momo’s revealing outfit is unnecessary. There are also opinions that Momo’s revealing outfit is not necessarily sexual, but Nemuri is the one being sexualized. This is because there are zoom-ins with her butt and breasts. They also stated that there are male characters being shirtless like Kirishima, yet no one comments on it. Fan service is also mentioned as the reason for the sexualization as well.

YouTube videos are also plenty discussing My Hero Academia‘s handling of its female characters. It also cites the sexualization of them.

Considering the issues fans are having with the series in the past years, it is no wonder they did not like the Hagakure illustration. It is natural to feel uncomfortable, as anyone is free to feel whatever they want to feel. Most especially that this was the first time that Hagakure was drawn in her full appearance and she was naked. People can feel queasy about a naked teenaged girl drawn by a grown man, regardless if it is has always been her costume.

Read More: Who Is the Traitor in My Hero Academia?

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Just a 20-something years old girl who wants to be a Studio Ghibli main character. She also likes shonen and psychological thriller anime, because she likes to analyze them. She happens to write poems sometimes on Tumblr.

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