Neither Shueisha nor Horikoshi have commented on the linguistic connection that could be drawn between the My Hero Academia character’s new name and yet another case of real-world human experimentation by actual Japanese scientists.
Both My Hero Academia manga publisher Shueisha and series creator Kohei Horikoshi issued apologies for any offense the name had caused, with Horikoshi insisting that the similarity had been purely coincidental.
Last week My Hero Academia, one of the most successful and internationally popular currently ongoing anime/manga franchises, was the center of a major controversy when it was revealed that a villainous scientist character’s true name was Maruta Shiga.
The character’s name is now Kyudai Garaki, and My Hero Academia’s English translator Caleb Cook tweeted some pretty sound logic behind Horikoshi and/or Shueisha’s decision.