My Hero Academia Vol. Rising

My Hero Academia: Vol. Rising, often referred to as Volume 0, was a limited-edition promotional manga volume distributed exclusively to cinema attendees during the theatrical release of the film My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising in late 2019. It served as a special tie-in to the movie, providing fans with supplemental lore, character profiles, and short, exclusive story segments that bridged the narrative gap between the series' manga chapters and the film's events.

The volume features original artwork and content overseen by series creator Kohei Horikoshi. His design approach for this release was centered on providing depth to the Class 1-A students and expanding the backstory of the film's antagonist. Because it was a localized distribution effort tied to specific Japanese film screenings, it became a highly sought-after collector's piece within the global fandom, representing a rare moment where promotional media was treated as a semi-canonical expansion of the main series narrative.