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My Hero Academia creator Kohei Horikoshi publishes horror one-shot in Weekly Shonen Jump

Kohei Horikoshi, the creator of best-selling My Hero Academia, released a new one-shot manga titled Quit Laughing, Shijima in the latest issue of Weekly Shonen Jump. The story is advertised as horror but reads as a supernatural adventure featuring teenage protagonists and unsettling creatures. The release marks Horikoshi’s return to original manga work and demonstrates his move into horror-adjacent material, though it does not reach the highest standards of manga horror.

• Quit Laughing, Shijima is a standalone one-shot manga by Kohei Horikoshi.
• The one-shot appears in the latest issue of Weekly Shonen Jump and is promoted as a horror story.
• The narrative blends supernatural adventure elements with stock teenage protagonists and creepy creatures.
• Critically, the story is entertaining but judged to fall short of the greatest examples of manga horror.