One Piece Creator Marks My Hero Academia Finale With Special Sketch
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It is hard to see a good series end, but My Hero Academia has earned its flowers. Creator Kohei Horikoshi brought the superhero series to life a decade ago, and it has risen the ranks like few before it. These days, My Hero Academia is considered an industry icon, so all eyes are on Shonen Jump as the series just dropped its final chapter. And to mark the occasion, the creator of One Piece has released an incredibly touching tribute.
The piece of work comes from Eiichiro Oda himself. The creator of One Piece put out a new chapter this week, and it is prefaced with a sketch of Smoker. You may think the cover art is random, but if you know Horikoshi, you may remember that he submitted a drawing of Smoker to Oda way back in 2015.
The artwork inked by Horikoshi was published in an issue of SBS as Oda thanked the newcomer for their gift. At that time, My Hero Academia was just a year old and not even at a fraction of its current popularity. Horikoshi sent in the Smoker artwork as he’s a well-known fan of One Piece. Since submitting this sketch, Horikoshi and Oda have become good friends given their shared love of things like Pokemon Go. So now that My Hero Academia has ended, Oda decided to dig into the past and recreate the artwork that Horikoshi made for him.
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