In total, nine Ballon d’Ors, Copa América, 2022 Champions Cup and 2022 World Cup. Who are we talking about? It’s really hard to guess. It’s about the Argentina striker, Lionel Messi.
Therefore, it is not very difficult to find demonstrations of respect, admiration and tributes to the football player. This is the case of the successful anime “My Hero Academia“, which has one of its characters inspired by the football idol.
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Editor and passion for sport
The manga’s editor, Honyasan, was the one who revealed the tribute. And the anime character we’re talking about is Hawks. He came from the editor’s passion for football, combining it with Messi’s story of overcoming and dedication. Thus was born the second most prominent character in the anime.
The editor even reports:
“During the World Cup, I told this story to Mr. Horikoshi. I love soccer, and when Mr. Horikoshi found out, he started putting on the World Cup whenever I was there waiting for the manuscript. As he watched, Mr. Horikoshi slowly started to get interested in soccer too, and when I told him about Messi, he told me he thought it was an interesting story. The next week, or maybe the week after that, the Hawks story was born.”
Hawks is a character without many limitations, he is calm, balanced and has a somewhat spontaneous, unpredictable and carefree manner. This makes more people become his enemies, as they find the hero’s jovial and unconcerned manner a mockery and even an insult on his part.
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But just as Messi is the one who rules the field, Hawks is the one who comes out on top against his enemies. It’s no wonder he was inspired by the greatest player of our time. Like the player, Hawks is great at acting individually. In addition, he is agile and very strategic.
He is loyal, genuine, honest and very friendly. And one characteristic that he has and that may resemble Messi a lot is that the hero is reserved, but he does not fail to demonstrate his humility.
It is worth remembering that “My Hero Academia” is a very respected and famous anime among otakus!
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