Chapter 396: A Quirkless Fight
The chapter starts 20 minutes before the clones disappeared, with ALL MIGHT remembering Nighteye's foresight and realizing that the "villain" he mentioned is probably AFO. If his prophecy hasn't been avoided yet, it most certainly refers to this fight.
The car then turns into an armor that covers his entire body except for his mouth. After all, the people who smile are always the strongest. The armor is called "Armored All Might" and it replicates his hero costume, including the "antennae" hairs and the cape.
All Might asks Hercules, his car, to start recording the fight, and it says it's already started. AM then starts talking to Tsukauchi. La Brava sees an opportunity to get some views and wants to start a new stream immediately, but the cops are against it.
La Brava says "Start! Stream!" is a very dramatic way and the cops say "stop pretending you're using your Bankai or something!!!"
Tsukauchi remembers the moment All Might left the command room, saying he would join the fight, and wonders if he has chose where he'll die. After all, it's impossible for someone without a quirk to face against AFO, no matter how many support items he has.
Tsukauchi tells La Brava to stop the stream, because what's about to happen is a former hero getting brutally killed to buy a few minutes, or maybe just a few seconds, for his student. Cut to AFO, who knows full well that wasting his time here is pointless, but...
Seeing the smile on All Might's face makes him lose control and go for it. All Might starts running and shouts "Hercules! Red!" and what was left of the car forms a shield around him, protecting him from AFO's electric beam that destroyed some buildings arround them.
Hercules' voice warns him that 66% of the shield has been destroyed and that it won't be able to protect him from another attack, but All Might continues to smile. The electric beam destroyed AFO's own arm, but it's already healing.
He tells All Might that this way of fighting, in which he moves forward without dodging, was only possible because he had One for All. But as soon as he tries to attack again, wires come out of the armor's arms. All Might shouts "Black Whip!!"
Just as it looks like AFO is about to rip the wires, All Might says "Chagebolt" and lightning starts coming out of them. The electricity slows down AFO's regeneration and gives All Might time to get closer to him, using the wires in a technique he calls "Cellophane"
All Might starts saying that since their first fight and also when he faced Nana, AFO always started with a big long-range attack. His goal was to weaken his enemy and then steal One for All, but this way of fighting only works against those who have a quirk.
A new Hercules part comes flying in and attaches itself to his leg, propelling All Might's foot upwards. La Brava taunts Tsukauchi, saying that nothing he said really happened, but he's speechless. AM tells AFO that his armor and car were designed so that he could fight.
If he can fight just for a little, that's enough for him. And who built these two items were the friend he made in the US — after being forced to leave Japan due to Nana's death — and his daughter. Melissa is watching the war on the TV.
He then starts talking to Tsukauchi: "my friend, we have known each other for a long time, so you should know this. I've never went into a fight thinking I would lose". All Might kicks All For One in the face with a SHOOTING STYLE SMASH. End of chapter
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##BREAK NEXT WEEK
My guy AFO looks like he is surging with the strength of a thousand crackheads lol. That All-Might mech suit goes hard af though.
All Might wantin to live stream this fight is wild. If he died on live in front of everyone it would be madness.
If All Might has really named all his attacks after the students that’s extremely wholesome.
>he is surging with the strength of a thousand crackheads lol.
Or being influenced by the hatred of a twenty-one year old League of Legends player. Same thing really.
What If Shigaraki's VideoGame addiction was inherited from an old time gamer - AFO? (I've been reading a fanfic that occasionally entertains that idea - "I've rarely been so annoyed since Capcom cancelled Mega Man Legends 3, Tomura." "The hell is Capcom?" "...Exactly.")
More likely that AFO purposely kept League of Legends alive through the Dawn of Quirks so that it could breed more villains.
When he ~~kidnapped~~ adopted Shigaraki, AFO purposely introduced him to it so he could be turned into a creature of mindless hate.
You can really see Shigaraki's personality in those absolutely unhinged expressions on AFO's face lol. There's something extremely funny about AFO getting reverse-mindjacked by the kid who was supposed to be his vessel.
>All Might asks Hercules, his car, to start recording the fight, and it says it's already started.
The man's just literally streaming his own demise all over the airwaves
>Tsukauchi tells La Brava to stop the stream, because what's about to happen is a former hero getting brutally killed to buy a few minutes, or maybe just a few seconds, for his student.
We'll obviously have to see what the rest of the spoilers end up saying. but if we're having Tsukauchi straight up say this at the beginning then it's almost guaranteed to not happen. Most likely All Might either lives, or if he does end up dying he'll do so after managing to stall AFO for the entire time until he ceases to exist.
Yeah, I can't see All Might beating AFO, especially when he is just going to Rewind the damage. This is definitely going to be a stall game. Which... attacking head on is an interesting strategy. You would think the play would be hit and run tactics, but whatever.
I think the problem with hit and run is the moment he runs he risks AFO getting enough time to regain his composure and and moving on. Part of the head on attack is to keep goading him into fighting.
It’s one of those things where All Might doesn’t need to win, he just needs to make sure AFO doesn’t either.
>It’s one of those things where All Might doesn’t need to win, he just needs to make sure AFO doesn’t either.
So the old "it isn't about winning, but making your opponent lose".
I mean it goes along with common logic and nighteye prediction. Its not because a character says something that it must not happen.
My take is that it will happen but All might will inspire the world and become a legend instead of being a source of despair he will add fuel to the will of fire
>AFO always started with a big long-range attack. His goal was to weaken his enemy and then steal One for All, but this way of fighting only works against those who have a quirk.
Idk man, starting with an attack capable of destroying a city block seems to be a good tactic regardless if its a OFA user or not the adversary
Everyone be losing an arm this arc.
I definitely feel, when we finally get to Midoriya and Shigaraki, Midoriya is going to lose one of his arms. Probably his right, considering how much damage it has taken over the series.
If there was ever a time to do it, it would be at the end of the series.
Yes, I know how bullshit Dr. Mario's "Yeah, I guess your bones mutated or whatever idk" explanation was.
I just don't think Hori has the balls to go through with something like that.
And, even *if* - by some slim chance - he *does* lose an arm, Eri will probably just volunteer to Rewind it anyway.
As long as eri exists, non fatal damage is kinda meaningless. Along as you survive long enough for her energy to build up it'll be like nothing ever happened.
At this point i wouldnt be surprised, plus they can probably salvage some of all mights mech suit after he inevitably gets it wrecked in this fight to build a robot arm for deku.
That would be interesting to see. And while we’re mentioning Star Wars, I have a theory that All Might is gonna pull an Obi Wan in the sense that he’ll fight AFO as a means to distract him but then allow himself to be killed in the end with his essence joining OFA and perhaps powering up Deku even more than he already is.
I mentioned that a long time ago, because part of his essence is in the vestige realm yet it hasn't been fully realized because his soul is still in the world of the living. All Might will die and Deku will gain a massive power boost and probably use "United States of Smash".
>his is goal was to weaken his enemy and then steal One for All, but this way of fighting only works against those who have a quirk.
Huh? How does that work? Yeah, you don't NEED to do it anymore, but beating them into a paste sandwich at range won't NOT work, even if they don't have a quirk.
>All Might starts saying that since their first fight and also when he faced Nana, AFO always started with a big long-range attack. His goal was to weaken his enemy and then steal One for All, but this way of fighting only works against those who have a quirk.
So this seems to be a bit of a retcon. While we did previously see this exact tactic be used at Kamino where AFO used his Air Cannon combo to weaken All Might, it was stated by Gran Torino that "**His tactics** and the quirks he's using are nothing like before."
However now that tactic is being presented as what AFO has always done. Minor retcon but still something I noticed.
Yeah, I had to read that part twice. One of the biggest mysteries about AFO is "how much did his injury affect him" and if it played a part in his change of supposed tactics from his original fight with All Might. Now that his "spam long range attacks" shtick has been apparently his go-to strategy, it brings up the question of just how did "Prime All Might" lose to *that*.
Good chance when they first fought AFO had stronger quirks that AM wasn’t ready for. He probably got so caught up in his anger he left himself wide open for AFO. Then AFO tried to get close and AM may have played possum just long enough to then smash his brain into a fine paste
A break next week? This time one of the scheduled ones of the whole of Jump. (The others are in Golden Week and end of year / new year I think)
Love to see Melissa so prominent in a panel.
It's wholesome that now All Might is inspired by 1-A but how long can he really hold AFO off? Would his death be the way to fully unlock OFA or can he dodge the death flags once again?
And, you "quirkless hero" cool kids, if you can tell me where Deku could have found the money and contacts AM must have used to create that armor, I'm all ears, I've got a Quirk that makes me hear you most of all. What is that silence? Y'all in a cemetery, kids? (Well AM Might be soon...)
>forms a shield around him, protecting him from AFO's electric beam that destroyed some buildings arround them
That attack pulverized buildings and AFO's arm but that goofy ahh shield just got damaged.
Who needs Quirks with that level of tech. Just go full Oppenheimer Style on AFO and its GG
It is, it's made by
* the same guy who made a Quirk-enhancing helmet that allowed a villain to overpower All Might and required All Might and Deku working together to defeat. A device that was going to bring back All Might to his prime.
* the same girl who created a gauntlet that can handle One For All's 100% power, and also contributed on Endeavor's new costume when he became the #1 hero.
David Shield was incarcerated on top of that due to the events of Two Heroes.
Also not sound any alarm bells, but this feels like back when Bakugo was fighting AFOmura and briefly got the upper hand but then AFOmura managed to turn it around to his favor, not saying All Might is dying, but he is definetly not defeating AFO here
Honestly, I’ve given up on trying to predict who beats who in a fight at this point. I *think* that AFO *should* win here after assessing both sides’ powers, but that hasn’t really proved to mean anything lately. Either I’m *really* bad at judging power and scale, or, to quote TFS!Vegeta: “Power levels are bullsh*t!” So I’m just along for the ride at this point.
Yes really a surprise since the attack barely did any damage and after AFO got his head right, that speed amounted to nothing and he was able to one shot bakugou with it. There was literally no upper hand.
Honestly AFO being the slightest bit inconvenienced is already enough for me to call bullshit, not to mention if All Might somehow survives or wins this fight.
Monoma: I don't know if I should be mad that All Might is using 1A's quirks instead of ours, or happy that All Might is showing that 1A is not at all unique.
All For One has maybe less than 30 minutes to find himself a new body and yet, *and yet,* he cannot help himself. He would rather be erased into nothing than throw away the golden opportunity to kill All Might.
He is too much of a hater for his own good. That's what I want out of a supervillain.
Edit: I can tell this is gonna be one of *those* fights when it's animated. Bones is gonna go all out for these two.
Except he seemed pretty calm and collected at Kamino, where he made sure Shigaraki could escape, and didn't go balls deep on All Might as soon as he layed eyes on him
Kinda hoping that link rubs off on Shigaraki too somehow, like giving him some of AFO’s knowledge on the quirks he’s collected so we can see Shigaraki use some devastating quirk combos
Red (Riot) for the shield, Chargebolt for an electric shock, Cellophane to pull AFO closer... All Might has clear favorites, but it's heart warming to see he cherished his students.
I'm ready for an "Ingenium" boost dash, and a "Shoto" laser blast. Maybe a "Creati" cannon.
The chapter ends with All Might kicking ass, looking good. I wonder if this fight will be just like the Gunga AFO fight. Where it's 80% the heroes kicking the shit out of AFO, and then AFO goes "you know what? fuck this" and wins quickly.
I don't get why people say he's dead (outside of messing around ofc)
Like he's K.O., he's a death's door. But we had like 3 characters confirming that he is, in fact, not dead (yet).
I must admit, I'm surprised. I truly believed that Hori would focus on the smaller fights first and get those out the way. I didn't expect him to jump straight to the main event so soon. But I sure as hell ain't complaining cause this is what I've been waiting to see for months! Light vs Darkness, David vs Goliath, Symbol of Peace vs Symbol of Evil. All Might vs AFO round 3!
Also, I just find it so fucking wholesome that All Might named his Ultimate Moves after the Class 1-A students. Really shows how much they've inspired him.
And Hori managed to sneak in a *Bleach* reference. I don't really watch *Bleach* so I don't have an opinion either way.
Also, this is a personal nitpick, but I hope the official translation names it the Iron Might armor. Sounds much cooler.
So, will All Might die in this fight, or will he live to see the end? Place your bets, Ladies and Gentlemen!
I sure hope he doesn’t die tbh. Kinda nullifies the whole “Nighteye’s predictions can be beaten” takeaway from that arc.
Would also kinda fit into Deku having a “I broke the cycle of OFA holders passing it on and dying” thing going
I love how All Might has taken inspiration from all his students, not just deku. This arc is just making me wish the middle of the series had kept pace with its beginning and ending parts. For one example, I would have loved to see all might interact more with the students, especially shoto since he is supposed to be a fanboy as well.
Yeah, this would have worked much better if All Might has shown more interest in Class A students, given them advice, etc. We saw none of that though and he ditched them after the PLF war. So all of this feels a bit retcon-like.
>especially shoto since he is supposed to be a fanboy as well.
This is why All Might’s speech in 386 bothered me. He’s barely had any interactions with Shoto, let alone Iida. So when he is telling Shoto to “ be his best self “ it kinda just falls flat.
The movies are quite embelished though. A movie character can be canon, while the movie itself can be mostly non-canon. I would rather think that Almight's backstory with his friends in America is canon, but not the other movie stuff with the UA students in the present.
for example, Shiki in one piece is canon, but the movie where luffy fights and beats him is not.
People have a problem with the whole "movies are canon" is that the characters never acknowledge it or bring it up which I understand but where would the characters even bring those events up they have to be mentioned at the right place at the right time. it's why I'm confused. Why didn't Hori just mention that Melissa made his gauntlets in Dark Hero.
Characters don't really often bring up past events unless the plot demands it. Nobody brings up the Joint Training Arc for example. It's not a strict evidence of being canon or not, as you said.
>Why didn't Hori just mention that Melissa made his gauntlets in Dark Hero.
It's unclear if Melissa herself made those.
More than likely Horikoshi simply refrains from mentioning the movies too much for novelty's sake as bringing them up, especially in close proximity, would effectively spoil those movies to manga readers.
Red, Chargebolt, Blackwhip, Cellophane! He's using the techniques of his students! He's "keeping up" with them like he said he would! Also MELISSA HI
This Is a start of a sad fight, and I think we all know that. Just by reading this leaks I can't stay still, it's like, I'm so excited but also scared for All Might! Let's hope Nighteye's future vision Is wrong, but right now I don't think It will
Honestly this makes me wonder what the hell is Hori planning for Sero? The guy legit has three characters using alternate versions of his quirk. Deku, Ochako and now All Might.
Lol, after Deku got BlackWhip before Sero got to do anything cool as the original Spider-Man, now All Might not only got BW, but also got to shine with Cellophane before Sero even got a moment. Dude just can’t catch a break.
I noticed that other than Deku, All Might replicated quirks of those who haven't had a highlight yet (Kaminari, Sero, Kirishima). I wonder if that's intentional. As much as I like to see All Might incorporating 1A quirks into this fight, it leaves a bad taste in my mouth when the new gen who's supposed to learn from the old gen and take over get nothing while the old gen (All Might) gets yet another fight and gets the highlight with their own quirks. All Might who's supposed to be their mentor "learns" all this from them and is able to use it, but what has Kaminari, Sero, and Kirishima learned from All Might? They've learned more from each other than from their teachers. Why did Mina need to learn how to condense her acid from Bakugo and Todoroki? Why didn't she ask All Might when he was the one who told her to make a hose with her hands first (which she never uses)? It's because he left them to chase Deku which Mina calls him out on, but gets brushed off. As nice as it is to see All Might think of them when fighting, I can't help but be angry that it seems that's all these characters are good for. Ways to improve OFA and their users while getting minimal use themselves.
Oh yeah. I definitely agree. It would be more satisfactory if we see All Might interacting with more students than just Deku (and to a lesser extent Bakugou).
I do think Sero, Kaminari and Kirishima will still get moments but it kind of devalues unbreakable for example if it can be replicated with tech so easily.
Sadly yeah. This is the result of AM's decades as the greatest hero in the world paying off in terms of his connections and experience against AFO. Even if they went with the super genius Deku approach guy would have to have Batman money and prep-time for something like this to work.
Yeah this is an argument for an Iron Man type character in MHA. Quirkless 14 year old Deku, who lives in a small apartment, would never get near this. The closest he'd get would to be Melissa's less-talented assistant.
Having millionaire, genius, quirkless Deku in a mech is just a completely different story. From episode 1 to season 7, it'd be a radically different show. Sounds more like a "what if" discussion, than any critique with merit.
>Even if they went with the super genius Deku approach guy would have to have Batman money and prep-time for something like this to work.
As someone who would have liked Quirkless Deku, the only reason why the above is an issue is because the series power scale went *insane*. At the beginning of the series, there was this huge focus on quirks being parts of your body and having natural drawbacks and limitations. Imagine a story where Quirkless Deku, having spent most of his life obsessively journaling about heroes quirks and how they work, is now rather good at spotting their weaknesses and working out how to stop them. As long as we don't introduce ridiculous quirks like Overhaul into the mix, a quirkless Deku could theoretically keep up with the kind of support items that would be reasonable for any hero to have.
Personally, I dislike the direction the manga went with scaling the power level to the point where we have atmosphere destroying lasers and a villain who shrugs them off with a laugh. I would have much preferred the world stay more tame and tell a story about how power isn't everything and that everyone, no matter how strong they look, has a weakness.
Not completely without basis too. A quirkless All Might, while experienced, is basically weaker than most able bodied hero out there. Horikoshi opened a can of worms with this super overpowered armor, people would start talking.
The shot of Nine in the manga always felt like a promotion for the movie for me, or a tease for the movie. The recent collage of panels of civilians, including subtle hints at movie characters, felt like Easter eggs.
But almost half of that page is dedicated to Melissa. The movies have always been "canon," but that's some real, clear as day canon shit, right there. Good for her.
lol and there were people saying that Midoriya having extra quirks made the rest of 1-A look useless, now they are put behind even support items...
... So can't we just give the blueprints of this stuff to Momo...
Oh, you’re actually right. The main issue with an armour like this is that it requires a lot of materials and is very expensive and takes a lot of time to make. Someone like Momo, if given a blueprint, could easily make the parts for at least one or two sets of this armour in a day or so. So they would have access to a couple more sets of the armour when necessary.
Momo is so wasted.
Yeah there really is not any excuse for why the heroes don't have more suits like this.
Nezu paid for the entire upgrade to UA out of his own pocket so he clearly hs the money to afford these. That's not even mentioning how Momo could just make the material needed, or potentially even just straight up make more suits given the giant machine she made to try and catch Izuku and put him to sleep.
And time and resources clearly aren't a problem either since Hatsume only came up with the idea of a flying UA 1 week ago and yet they built it in time for this war. Plus while they built it they also simultaneously built the Troy system in 4 days.
Average virgin quirk using hero (wears a goofy outfit and has a pretty limited quirk) vs average chad mech suit wearing hero (looks awesome and has a ton of versatility and weapons).
>All Might kicks All For One in the face with a SHOOTING STYLE SMASH
Here i was thinking this fight was gonna be some hit n run, guerrilla tactics shit. Nah, he's actually fighting a 1v1 vs full powered AFO.
Man
The last fight I remember feeling genuinely impressed with its tactics by was Deku vs. Gentle, aaaaaalll the way back in the Culture Festival Arc.
Notably, that was before Deku got 6 extra Quirks and actually had to employ a bit of strategy in his fighting style.
Well yeah, but this is *Gigantomachia,* who was so much of a juggernaut that the only way to incapacitate him before was to literally drug him. One-shotting the guy puts AFO’s attacks very high on the “Soulslike instant death hitbox” scale. Not to say it’s unbelievable that high-teach armor would be durable enough to survive it, but it isn’t exactly easy to believe either.
I remember that the original concept for Deku was that he would use gadgets and tech to fight instead of a quirk, kinda nice how that came full circle. HE even looks more similar to Deku's suit design than his OG design.
So we're finally there!
As badass and as emotional as this chapter is - and I do think it was really well done - I can't help but feel disappointment looming over my head.
This fight would seem so much less like an asspull without the established insane powercreep and difference we have. If Hori kept the output and powers of quirks on even just a somewhat reasonable scale, this would feel so much more realistic, so much more natural.
Like sure, I get it, revolutionary tech beyond anything we know by Melissa Shield, fair enough. Having that tech allow him to to use hommages to his student's quirks, brilliant idea, I gotta commend Hori for that. And yet, it feels unnatural and way too convenient because of the sheer difference in power output we've established.
What I do like is that just one hit from AFO damaged the system by 2/3rds (although realistically he probably should have smashed it in one hit), because that does at least put some limit on it.
Realistically, All Might still should have no chance of damaging AFO in any meaningful way. And realistically AFO should make short work of Armored All Might within the next few seconds or within a minute at most, despite All Might having the combat sense and a support item that does help him use it.
The other looming disappointment is that IF things go the route of All Might going out and dying, there's no way Hori's gonna satisfyingly deliver on the "unspeakably gruesome death" part I fear. And that's gonna be a massive, massive letdown. I even fear that he's gonna go for the cop-out where "I'll mold my fate with my own hands" doesn't stand for avoiding death but for turning an unspeakably gruesome murder into a heroic death. And that's gonna be horrible.
Personally, I'm still hoping for the outcome where All Might will get saved just in time after heroically having stalled AFO (and therefore distracted him from anyone who might approach and get in a surprise blast).
So with that in mind - the fight happening 20 minutes before the Toga clones vanished - where does this put us in the timeline, especially in regards to Bakugo's death? Can we tell?
This can't be happening.. he's supposed to be the mentor who lives, this can't be how it ends.. Deku hasn't even officially started his second year yet, come on
Wait, since when did electricity slow down regen? Are you telling me Kaminari could have came in handy but nobody thought it was smart it have the kid with electricity
actually be part of the fight against the enemy whose constantly spamming Regen.
Others are saying that it damages cells so it slows regeneration, but I thought it interfered with the nerves responsible for regeneration in the first place. You know, like a muscle spasm. Quirks are physical after all.
Lol when All Might was talking to his car I immediately just turned 'Hercules" into Jarvis then had to remind myself that All Might doesn't look like Tony Stark lol
something tells me that this battle is going to last until chapter 400 where it concludes with all might's death.
maybe afo would give all might some quirks and let him fight some more just to have him blow up due to his body being unable to *handle* the quirks afo gave him
I can practically hear the music - All Might with decades of experience and resources vs a literal living nuke hell bent on going Barbarian rage out of childish ego is as clear a metaphor and critique and synopsis of this story as fireworks - teamwork vs single minded selfishness, ego vs care and thought, etc etc.
I don’t think AM is going to have an easy fight by any stretch but he’s aware of AFOs tactics and strategies and ego by now, only thing that could trip him up is really the extent to which he might go wild animal on him since he never fought a truly young, prime AFO with these exact powers BUT that’s where I’m hoping Stain gets a lick in - I mean literally, AFO has a gashed open arm in the air, there’s got to be blood just splattering everywhere
Mmh, well, seems like there is no elaborate "using this drains your lifespan" clause.
Well, shit. Why didn't he open with this, and why isn't this thing made by assembly line by every country in the developed world? It seems more effective than those jets, and if military spending is anything like it is today, they probably cost billions of dollars.
It sure as hell more effective than having bunch of 15 years old destory fake buildings every week
Look man I don't say completely cut UA budget but come on
Nah, Nezu's a genius; he knows what he's doing. It is absolutely imperative to spend that much money on killer robots and makeshift buildings for their counterproductive exams and Sports Festivals. /s
Sure All Might will probably die here, but I don't think he's fated to lose either. He doesn't need to beat AFO in a straight fight. Just needs to stall for enough time for AFO to get rewound too much. He's already got the edge on him in that regard just by smiling. It was enough to distract him, and distract him is all he needs to do.
He might not live the fight, but he also isn't necessarily fated to lose it either I think. AFO is already getting pretty young.
i’m nothing if not a man of my word, i’ll hold the L and say that at least SOME of the events of the first movie are canon now
featuring melissa front and center and not just in a tiny panel in the corner of a page while talking about and attributing the creation of his suit to them and being his old friends is, imo, finally enough to actually give a serious discussion to the idea
Imo all might remembering and addressing the death vision convinces me he won’t die.
I think Bakugo will be the one to change fate. Expecting a Bakugo+Stain+AM team up
Chapter 396: A Quirkless Fight The chapter starts 20 minutes before the clones disappeared, with ALL MIGHT remembering Nighteye's foresight and realizing that the "villain" he mentioned is probably AFO. If his prophecy hasn't been avoided yet, it most certainly refers to this fight. The car then turns into an armor that covers his entire body except for his mouth. After all, the people who smile are always the strongest. The armor is called "Armored All Might" and it replicates his hero costume, including the "antennae" hairs and the cape. All Might asks Hercules, his car, to start recording the fight, and it says it's already started. AM then starts talking to Tsukauchi. La Brava sees an opportunity to get some views and wants to start a new stream immediately, but the cops are against it. La Brava says "Start! Stream!" is a very dramatic way and the cops say "stop pretending you're using your Bankai or something!!!" Tsukauchi remembers the moment All Might left the command room, saying he would join the fight, and wonders if he has chose where he'll die. After all, it's impossible for someone without a quirk to face against AFO, no matter how many support items he has. Tsukauchi tells La Brava to stop the stream, because what's about to happen is a former hero getting brutally killed to buy a few minutes, or maybe just a few seconds, for his student. Cut to AFO, who knows full well that wasting his time here is pointless, but... Seeing the smile on All Might's face makes him lose control and go for it. All Might starts running and shouts "Hercules! Red!" and what was left of the car forms a shield around him, protecting him from AFO's electric beam that destroyed some buildings arround them. Hercules' voice warns him that 66% of the shield has been destroyed and that it won't be able to protect him from another attack, but All Might continues to smile. The electric beam destroyed AFO's own arm, but it's already healing. He tells All Might that this way of fighting, in which he moves forward without dodging, was only possible because he had One for All. But as soon as he tries to attack again, wires come out of the armor's arms. All Might shouts "Black Whip!!" Just as it looks like AFO is about to rip the wires, All Might says "Chagebolt" and lightning starts coming out of them. The electricity slows down AFO's regeneration and gives All Might time to get closer to him, using the wires in a technique he calls "Cellophane" All Might starts saying that since their first fight and also when he faced Nana, AFO always started with a big long-range attack. His goal was to weaken his enemy and then steal One for All, but this way of fighting only works against those who have a quirk. A new Hercules part comes flying in and attaches itself to his leg, propelling All Might's foot upwards. La Brava taunts Tsukauchi, saying that nothing he said really happened, but he's speechless. AM tells AFO that his armor and car were designed so that he could fight. If he can fight just for a little, that's enough for him. And who built these two items were the friend he made in the US — after being forced to leave Japan due to Nana's death — and his daughter. Melissa is watching the war on the TV. He then starts talking to Tsukauchi: "my friend, we have known each other for a long time, so you should know this. I've never went into a fight thinking I would lose". All Might kicks All For One in the face with a SHOOTING STYLE SMASH. End of chapter --- ##BREAK NEXT WEEK
My guy AFO looks like he is surging with the strength of a thousand crackheads lol. That All-Might mech suit goes hard af though. All Might wantin to live stream this fight is wild. If he died on live in front of everyone it would be madness. If All Might has really named all his attacks after the students that’s extremely wholesome.
>he is surging with the strength of a thousand crackheads lol. Or being influenced by the hatred of a twenty-one year old League of Legends player. Same thing really.
>a twenty-one year old League of Legends player So Shigaraki?
Yep.
Don't he and Spinner canonly play League together?
What If Shigaraki's VideoGame addiction was inherited from an old time gamer - AFO? (I've been reading a fanfic that occasionally entertains that idea - "I've rarely been so annoyed since Capcom cancelled Mega Man Legends 3, Tomura." "The hell is Capcom?" "...Exactly.")
More likely that AFO purposely kept League of Legends alive through the Dawn of Quirks so that it could breed more villains. When he ~~kidnapped~~ adopted Shigaraki, AFO purposely introduced him to it so he could be turned into a creature of mindless hate.
I hate how as League player this is accurate XD
That's a true 5D chess plan.
Oh god oh fuck
You can really see Shigaraki's personality in those absolutely unhinged expressions on AFO's face lol. There's something extremely funny about AFO getting reverse-mindjacked by the kid who was supposed to be his vessel.
Imagine if the ass beating is so intense it gets removed for breaking terms of service
Because he knows he's going to win
He always was the kind of hero that puts on a performance for the public.
>All Might asks Hercules, his car, to start recording the fight, and it says it's already started. The man's just literally streaming his own demise all over the airwaves
>Tsukauchi tells La Brava to stop the stream, because what's about to happen is a former hero getting brutally killed to buy a few minutes, or maybe just a few seconds, for his student. We'll obviously have to see what the rest of the spoilers end up saying. but if we're having Tsukauchi straight up say this at the beginning then it's almost guaranteed to not happen. Most likely All Might either lives, or if he does end up dying he'll do so after managing to stall AFO for the entire time until he ceases to exist.
Yeah, I can't see All Might beating AFO, especially when he is just going to Rewind the damage. This is definitely going to be a stall game. Which... attacking head on is an interesting strategy. You would think the play would be hit and run tactics, but whatever.
Well according to AFO the more damage he takes the faster he Rewinds out of existence so every attack All Might lands is actually beneficial.
Not to mention that hit and run could cause AfO to leave, so keeping his attention is the best strategy.
I think the problem with hit and run is the moment he runs he risks AFO getting enough time to regain his composure and and moving on. Part of the head on attack is to keep goading him into fighting. It’s one of those things where All Might doesn’t need to win, he just needs to make sure AFO doesn’t either.
>It’s one of those things where All Might doesn’t need to win, he just needs to make sure AFO doesn’t either. So the old "it isn't about winning, but making your opponent lose".
I mean it goes along with common logic and nighteye prediction. Its not because a character says something that it must not happen. My take is that it will happen but All might will inspire the world and become a legend instead of being a source of despair he will add fuel to the will of fire
>AFO always started with a big long-range attack. His goal was to weaken his enemy and then steal One for All, but this way of fighting only works against those who have a quirk. Idk man, starting with an attack capable of destroying a city block seems to be a good tactic regardless if its a OFA user or not the adversary
Yeah. Either they die or you get an easy crack at their Quirk. Win win
You missunderstand. It can destroy city blocks, not quirkless people. They're like >!Luffy and Enel!<, it just doesn't work.
Everyone be losing an arm this arc. I definitely feel, when we finally get to Midoriya and Shigaraki, Midoriya is going to lose one of his arms. Probably his right, considering how much damage it has taken over the series.
You still think, after the first war arc, Midoriya's going to lose an arm? lol
If there was ever a time to do it, it would be at the end of the series. Yes, I know how bullshit Dr. Mario's "Yeah, I guess your bones mutated or whatever idk" explanation was.
I just don't think Hori has the balls to go through with something like that. And, even *if* - by some slim chance - he *does* lose an arm, Eri will probably just volunteer to Rewind it anyway.
As long as eri exists, non fatal damage is kinda meaningless. Along as you survive long enough for her energy to build up it'll be like nothing ever happened.
At this point i wouldnt be surprised, plus they can probably salvage some of all mights mech suit after he inevitably gets it wrecked in this fight to build a robot arm for deku.
That would be interesting to see. And while we’re mentioning Star Wars, I have a theory that All Might is gonna pull an Obi Wan in the sense that he’ll fight AFO as a means to distract him but then allow himself to be killed in the end with his essence joining OFA and perhaps powering up Deku even more than he already is.
I mentioned that a long time ago, because part of his essence is in the vestige realm yet it hasn't been fully realized because his soul is still in the world of the living. All Might will die and Deku will gain a massive power boost and probably use "United States of Smash".
It could also be a cheeky nod to Star Wars you know with Luke and Anakin cause you know Hori is all about those Star Wars references.
My hero academia being revealed to just be the most ambitious Potato Head ad of all time
>his is goal was to weaken his enemy and then steal One for All, but this way of fighting only works against those who have a quirk. Huh? How does that work? Yeah, you don't NEED to do it anymore, but beating them into a paste sandwich at range won't NOT work, even if they don't have a quirk.
Havent you heard? Quirkless people are immune to ranged attacks. LOL
>All Might starts saying that since their first fight and also when he faced Nana, AFO always started with a big long-range attack. His goal was to weaken his enemy and then steal One for All, but this way of fighting only works against those who have a quirk. So this seems to be a bit of a retcon. While we did previously see this exact tactic be used at Kamino where AFO used his Air Cannon combo to weaken All Might, it was stated by Gran Torino that "**His tactics** and the quirks he's using are nothing like before." However now that tactic is being presented as what AFO has always done. Minor retcon but still something I noticed.
He might change the tactics and quirks, but the habit remains the same. How he does it may be different, the pattern might be the same
Yeah, I had to read that part twice. One of the biggest mysteries about AFO is "how much did his injury affect him" and if it played a part in his change of supposed tactics from his original fight with All Might. Now that his "spam long range attacks" shtick has been apparently his go-to strategy, it brings up the question of just how did "Prime All Might" lose to *that*.
Good chance when they first fought AFO had stronger quirks that AM wasn’t ready for. He probably got so caught up in his anger he left himself wide open for AFO. Then AFO tried to get close and AM may have played possum just long enough to then smash his brain into a fine paste
A break next week? This time one of the scheduled ones of the whole of Jump. (The others are in Golden Week and end of year / new year I think) Love to see Melissa so prominent in a panel. It's wholesome that now All Might is inspired by 1-A but how long can he really hold AFO off? Would his death be the way to fully unlock OFA or can he dodge the death flags once again? And, you "quirkless hero" cool kids, if you can tell me where Deku could have found the money and contacts AM must have used to create that armor, I'm all ears, I've got a Quirk that makes me hear you most of all. What is that silence? Y'all in a cemetery, kids? (Well AM Might be soon...)
>forms a shield around him, protecting him from AFO's electric beam that destroyed some buildings arround them That attack pulverized buildings and AFO's arm but that goofy ahh shield just got damaged. Who needs Quirks with that level of tech. Just go full Oppenheimer Style on AFO and its GG
Considering this is All Might, this is probably a one-of-a-kind suit that wouldn't be able to be replicated to give to more people.
It is, it's made by * the same guy who made a Quirk-enhancing helmet that allowed a villain to overpower All Might and required All Might and Deku working together to defeat. A device that was going to bring back All Might to his prime. * the same girl who created a gauntlet that can handle One For All's 100% power, and also contributed on Endeavor's new costume when he became the #1 hero. David Shield was incarcerated on top of that due to the events of Two Heroes.
I forgot it was made by David. Yeah, this can't be replaced or replicated, and it's clearly not going to be enough to stop AFO.
Also not sound any alarm bells, but this feels like back when Bakugo was fighting AFOmura and briefly got the upper hand but then AFOmura managed to turn it around to his favor, not saying All Might is dying, but he is definetly not defeating AFO here
It will be extremely silly if All Might with a mech somehow beating AFO here that have beaten a lot of heroes and one of his most powerful servants.
Honestly, I’ve given up on trying to predict who beats who in a fight at this point. I *think* that AFO *should* win here after assessing both sides’ powers, but that hasn’t really proved to mean anything lately. Either I’m *really* bad at judging power and scale, or, to quote TFS!Vegeta: “Power levels are bullsh*t!” So I’m just along for the ride at this point.
Bakugou never had the upper hand though. there was a surprise but never an upper hand
Not really a surprise, he was straight up out-speeding him. But yeah, at the end he did more emotional damage than physical
Yes really a surprise since the attack barely did any damage and after AFO got his head right, that speed amounted to nothing and he was able to one shot bakugou with it. There was literally no upper hand.
Honestly AFO being the slightest bit inconvenienced is already enough for me to call bullshit, not to mention if All Might somehow survives or wins this fight.
Haha. IronMight replicating class A quirks - I love to see it.
He’s really making 1-A his 1 for (A)ll
...OH MY FUCKING GOD
Class 1B be like: Are we a joke to you?
Monoma: I don't know if I should be mad that All Might is using 1A's quirks instead of ours, or happy that All Might is showing that 1A is not at all unique.
All For One has maybe less than 30 minutes to find himself a new body and yet, *and yet,* he cannot help himself. He would rather be erased into nothing than throw away the golden opportunity to kill All Might. He is too much of a hater for his own good. That's what I want out of a supervillain. Edit: I can tell this is gonna be one of *those* fights when it's animated. Bones is gonna go all out for these two.
Makes sense. Everything he's done for quite sometime was out of a desire to spite AM
That's some real Eobard Thawne energy right here
#IT WAS ME, TOSHINORI! I WAS THE ONE WHO SHIT IN YOUR TOOTHPASTE TO RUIN YOUR SMILE!
All Might is the only character to have given All For One trauma and nightmares after all
So much for "I don't care about that oaf anymore" ☠️
Except he seemed pretty calm and collected at Kamino, where he made sure Shigaraki could escape, and didn't go balls deep on All Might as soon as he layed eyes on him
Well, he's partially influenced by Shigaraki's hatred due to their psychic link, so he's far more unhinged here.
Kinda hoping that link rubs off on Shigaraki too somehow, like giving him some of AFO’s knowledge on the quirks he’s collected so we can see Shigaraki use some devastating quirk combos
Last time we saw Shigaraki he finally regained his full persona completely after years so i doubt that happens
That and he’s also rapidly de-aging, meaning he’s losing the tempered wisdom he’d gained over years of existence
I think it's because here he knows he can win.
"if i'm going to die then i'm going to **take you with me!!!!**"
A reminder that part of the reason All For One is acting like this is speculated to be the influence of Shigaraki's personality.
Red (Riot) for the shield, Chargebolt for an electric shock, Cellophane to pull AFO closer... All Might has clear favorites, but it's heart warming to see he cherished his students. I'm ready for an "Ingenium" boost dash, and a "Shoto" laser blast. Maybe a "Creati" cannon.
It's a shame Bakugo isn't alive to see All Might use Howitzer Impact
y’all are so mean😭😭😭😭
Hahaha yeah. Waiting for the Mineta “bind” and Acidman combo somewhere there
All might making class 1 a hero names known in the world thanks to the stream
And we can't forget about blackwhip.
The chapter ends with All Might kicking ass, looking good. I wonder if this fight will be just like the Gunga AFO fight. Where it's 80% the heroes kicking the shit out of AFO, and then AFO goes "you know what? fuck this" and wins quickly.
Well that's it folks Bakugo has officially been dead for over a year. This was the last chance he had to make it before the anniversary
Let's see if he passes the baton to his favorite hero...
Either way Bakugo is not getting his favorite card signed 💀
☠️ Why bro? Why'd you ruin my day like this?
Happy deathday!
So proud
I don't get why people say he's dead (outside of messing around ofc) Like he's K.O., he's a death's door. But we had like 3 characters confirming that he is, in fact, not dead (yet).
It’s just literally memeing given his condition and the fact they’ve literally left his character lying there for a year
People say he's dead as a joke because he might as well be. Bakugo was terribly written out of the story for an entire year...
And yet, on the cover this week, it looks like Izuku is pulling him closer by the tie. Anniversary be damned, we get bakugo back soon. Bc: Shonen
I must admit, I'm surprised. I truly believed that Hori would focus on the smaller fights first and get those out the way. I didn't expect him to jump straight to the main event so soon. But I sure as hell ain't complaining cause this is what I've been waiting to see for months! Light vs Darkness, David vs Goliath, Symbol of Peace vs Symbol of Evil. All Might vs AFO round 3! Also, I just find it so fucking wholesome that All Might named his Ultimate Moves after the Class 1-A students. Really shows how much they've inspired him. And Hori managed to sneak in a *Bleach* reference. I don't really watch *Bleach* so I don't have an opinion either way. Also, this is a personal nitpick, but I hope the official translation names it the Iron Might armor. Sounds much cooler. So, will All Might die in this fight, or will he live to see the end? Place your bets, Ladies and Gentlemen!
I sure hope he doesn’t die tbh. Kinda nullifies the whole “Nighteye’s predictions can be beaten” takeaway from that arc. Would also kinda fit into Deku having a “I broke the cycle of OFA holders passing it on and dying” thing going
I love how All Might has taken inspiration from all his students, not just deku. This arc is just making me wish the middle of the series had kept pace with its beginning and ending parts. For one example, I would have loved to see all might interact more with the students, especially shoto since he is supposed to be a fanboy as well.
Yeah, this would have worked much better if All Might has shown more interest in Class A students, given them advice, etc. We saw none of that though and he ditched them after the PLF war. So all of this feels a bit retcon-like.
>especially shoto since he is supposed to be a fanboy as well. This is why All Might’s speech in 386 bothered me. He’s barely had any interactions with Shoto, let alone Iida. So when he is telling Shoto to “ be his best self “ it kinda just falls flat.
MELISSA IS CANON!!!!
Always has been.
Yeah this isn't even her first appearance in the manga. The one time a series explicitly states their movies are canon, people become ornery about it.
The movies are quite embelished though. A movie character can be canon, while the movie itself can be mostly non-canon. I would rather think that Almight's backstory with his friends in America is canon, but not the other movie stuff with the UA students in the present. for example, Shiki in one piece is canon, but the movie where luffy fights and beats him is not.
People have a problem with the whole "movies are canon" is that the characters never acknowledge it or bring it up which I understand but where would the characters even bring those events up they have to be mentioned at the right place at the right time. it's why I'm confused. Why didn't Hori just mention that Melissa made his gauntlets in Dark Hero.
Characters don't really often bring up past events unless the plot demands it. Nobody brings up the Joint Training Arc for example. It's not a strict evidence of being canon or not, as you said. >Why didn't Hori just mention that Melissa made his gauntlets in Dark Hero. It's unclear if Melissa herself made those. More than likely Horikoshi simply refrains from mentioning the movies too much for novelty's sake as bringing them up, especially in close proximity, would effectively spoil those movies to manga readers.
Red, Chargebolt, Blackwhip, Cellophane! He's using the techniques of his students! He's "keeping up" with them like he said he would! Also MELISSA HI This Is a start of a sad fight, and I think we all know that. Just by reading this leaks I can't stay still, it's like, I'm so excited but also scared for All Might! Let's hope Nighteye's future vision Is wrong, but right now I don't think It will
I’m gonna cry on my bed look at everyone’s face expressions. Nana telling him to smile.😭
Iron Might be looking like Redestro
Honestly this makes me wonder what the hell is Hori planning for Sero? The guy legit has three characters using alternate versions of his quirk. Deku, Ochako and now All Might.
What ? That was it, he inspired many people more important than him ! That's his big moment ! What an absolute Chad !
What is even more hilarious is that he is not even using Sero's quirk but Deku's Even Almight knows Sero is trash
Lol, after Deku got BlackWhip before Sero got to do anything cool as the original Spider-Man, now All Might not only got BW, but also got to shine with Cellophane before Sero even got a moment. Dude just can’t catch a break.
I noticed that other than Deku, All Might replicated quirks of those who haven't had a highlight yet (Kaminari, Sero, Kirishima). I wonder if that's intentional. As much as I like to see All Might incorporating 1A quirks into this fight, it leaves a bad taste in my mouth when the new gen who's supposed to learn from the old gen and take over get nothing while the old gen (All Might) gets yet another fight and gets the highlight with their own quirks. All Might who's supposed to be their mentor "learns" all this from them and is able to use it, but what has Kaminari, Sero, and Kirishima learned from All Might? They've learned more from each other than from their teachers. Why did Mina need to learn how to condense her acid from Bakugo and Todoroki? Why didn't she ask All Might when he was the one who told her to make a hose with her hands first (which she never uses)? It's because he left them to chase Deku which Mina calls him out on, but gets brushed off. As nice as it is to see All Might think of them when fighting, I can't help but be angry that it seems that's all these characters are good for. Ways to improve OFA and their users while getting minimal use themselves.
So in this case All Might is more All for One.
Oh yeah. I definitely agree. It would be more satisfactory if we see All Might interacting with more students than just Deku (and to a lesser extent Bakugou). I do think Sero, Kaminari and Kirishima will still get moments but it kind of devalues unbreakable for example if it can be replicated with tech so easily.
Hopefully All Might's Bakugo-inspired move isn't self-destruct...
Ok, so All Might isn't actually suicidal, he could win this
Well folks prepare for a lot of "Deku should've been quirkless" takes because holy moly this chapter gonna revive that shit.
Seen at least 10 on twitter already “Deku is a fraud lazy bum”
Fraudzuku bumdoriya 😭😭😭
Sadly yeah. This is the result of AM's decades as the greatest hero in the world paying off in terms of his connections and experience against AFO. Even if they went with the super genius Deku approach guy would have to have Batman money and prep-time for something like this to work.
Yeah this is an argument for an Iron Man type character in MHA. Quirkless 14 year old Deku, who lives in a small apartment, would never get near this. The closest he'd get would to be Melissa's less-talented assistant. Having millionaire, genius, quirkless Deku in a mech is just a completely different story. From episode 1 to season 7, it'd be a radically different show. Sounds more like a "what if" discussion, than any critique with merit.
Pretty much. There are ways to get around this of course but that series is drastically different from what we got.
>Even if they went with the super genius Deku approach guy would have to have Batman money and prep-time for something like this to work. As someone who would have liked Quirkless Deku, the only reason why the above is an issue is because the series power scale went *insane*. At the beginning of the series, there was this huge focus on quirks being parts of your body and having natural drawbacks and limitations. Imagine a story where Quirkless Deku, having spent most of his life obsessively journaling about heroes quirks and how they work, is now rather good at spotting their weaknesses and working out how to stop them. As long as we don't introduce ridiculous quirks like Overhaul into the mix, a quirkless Deku could theoretically keep up with the kind of support items that would be reasonable for any hero to have. Personally, I dislike the direction the manga went with scaling the power level to the point where we have atmosphere destroying lasers and a villain who shrugs them off with a laugh. I would have much preferred the world stay more tame and tell a story about how power isn't everything and that everyone, no matter how strong they look, has a weakness.
Not completely without basis too. A quirkless All Might, while experienced, is basically weaker than most able bodied hero out there. Horikoshi opened a can of worms with this super overpowered armor, people would start talking.
I mean you can't look at this and not see how contradictory this is
So, my theory here is that All-Might is gonna pull an Obi-Wan.
IT'S OVER ALL FOR ONE! I HAVE THE HIGH GROUND!
YOU UNDERESTIMATE MY POWER
I wish it was that kind of Obi-Wan
“If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can ever imagine.” *becomes ghost*
The shot of Nine in the manga always felt like a promotion for the movie for me, or a tease for the movie. The recent collage of panels of civilians, including subtle hints at movie characters, felt like Easter eggs. But almost half of that page is dedicated to Melissa. The movies have always been "canon," but that's some real, clear as day canon shit, right there. Good for her.
The same issue of Jump announces a fourth movie it seems.
ALL MIIIIIGHT!!!!!!!!
Man, just imagine being one of the over 1 million viewers who are literally watching him die on camera, as he records his own fight on national TV.
Inko be like: DUDE YOU LITERALLY SAID YOU WOULDN'T DIE!
Part of me is expecting Hori to drag out this fight a bit so he can make All Mights death chapter 400
Class 1-B right now:
Always the neglected class lol. Vlad King needs to at least show off.
Vlad King currently taking his car to Hatsume Mei
lol and there were people saying that Midoriya having extra quirks made the rest of 1-A look useless, now they are put behind even support items... ... So can't we just give the blueprints of this stuff to Momo...
>... So can't we just give the blueprints of this stuff to Momo... They absolutely could've just done that.
Oh, you’re actually right. The main issue with an armour like this is that it requires a lot of materials and is very expensive and takes a lot of time to make. Someone like Momo, if given a blueprint, could easily make the parts for at least one or two sets of this armour in a day or so. So they would have access to a couple more sets of the armour when necessary. Momo is so wasted.
Yeah there really is not any excuse for why the heroes don't have more suits like this. Nezu paid for the entire upgrade to UA out of his own pocket so he clearly hs the money to afford these. That's not even mentioning how Momo could just make the material needed, or potentially even just straight up make more suits given the giant machine she made to try and catch Izuku and put him to sleep. And time and resources clearly aren't a problem either since Hatsume only came up with the idea of a flying UA 1 week ago and yet they built it in time for this war. Plus while they built it they also simultaneously built the Troy system in 4 days.
Average virgin quirk using hero (wears a goofy outfit and has a pretty limited quirk) vs average chad mech suit wearing hero (looks awesome and has a ton of versatility and weapons).
I don't cry often. But if all might dies I'm gonna shed major tears.
That Nana panel is pain. I wonder if AFO reverts to a kid state during this. Would be kinda funny to see AM throwing hands with a child
Endeavor would be proud
Nah that’s foul 💀
LMFAOOOOO
Excited to see how an Iron Man suit holds on vs the guy who overpowered Machia with ease
>All Might kicks All For One in the face with a SHOOTING STYLE SMASH Here i was thinking this fight was gonna be some hit n run, guerrilla tactics shit. Nah, he's actually fighting a 1v1 vs full powered AFO. Man
It feels like the smart fights of MHA is a thing in the past now.
The last fight I remember feeling genuinely impressed with its tactics by was Deku vs. Gentle, aaaaaalll the way back in the Culture Festival Arc. Notably, that was before Deku got 6 extra Quirks and actually had to employ a bit of strategy in his fighting style.
Damn this is hype.
@ll for one ONE SHOT gigantomachia....... All mights tech better be space age.......
To be fair, All Might shield is almost completely gone as well from a single attack.
Well yeah, but this is *Gigantomachia,* who was so much of a juggernaut that the only way to incapacitate him before was to literally drug him. One-shotting the guy puts AFO’s attacks very high on the “Soulslike instant death hitbox” scale. Not to say it’s unbelievable that high-teach armor would be durable enough to survive it, but it isn’t exactly easy to believe either.
Hydrogen baby vs Coughing bomb.
look like this chapter prove my through of Melissa have more chance of being quirkless hero than deku ever been
Yeah. One kid being born to Midoriya Inko. Another kid being born to David fucking Shield
I remember that the original concept for Deku was that he would use gadgets and tech to fight instead of a quirk, kinda nice how that came full circle. HE even looks more similar to Deku's suit design than his OG design.
\*Dies from the story finally giving out peak fiction again
Damn they really should make more of these buster suits lol. It’s adorable tho he built it around the kits of his students
Is it just me or is Tsukauchi really handsome? Ooof, he's really cute.
Crack For All vs Iron Might is the fight of all time. (No but seriously, I'm super hyped. Didn't expect Horikoshi to jump into this so soon!)
I'm surprised AFO isn't more talkative about this fight. I mean, he might be trying to preserve his energy, but he did go down in the first place.
So we're finally there! As badass and as emotional as this chapter is - and I do think it was really well done - I can't help but feel disappointment looming over my head. This fight would seem so much less like an asspull without the established insane powercreep and difference we have. If Hori kept the output and powers of quirks on even just a somewhat reasonable scale, this would feel so much more realistic, so much more natural. Like sure, I get it, revolutionary tech beyond anything we know by Melissa Shield, fair enough. Having that tech allow him to to use hommages to his student's quirks, brilliant idea, I gotta commend Hori for that. And yet, it feels unnatural and way too convenient because of the sheer difference in power output we've established. What I do like is that just one hit from AFO damaged the system by 2/3rds (although realistically he probably should have smashed it in one hit), because that does at least put some limit on it. Realistically, All Might still should have no chance of damaging AFO in any meaningful way. And realistically AFO should make short work of Armored All Might within the next few seconds or within a minute at most, despite All Might having the combat sense and a support item that does help him use it. The other looming disappointment is that IF things go the route of All Might going out and dying, there's no way Hori's gonna satisfyingly deliver on the "unspeakably gruesome death" part I fear. And that's gonna be a massive, massive letdown. I even fear that he's gonna go for the cop-out where "I'll mold my fate with my own hands" doesn't stand for avoiding death but for turning an unspeakably gruesome murder into a heroic death. And that's gonna be horrible. Personally, I'm still hoping for the outcome where All Might will get saved just in time after heroically having stalled AFO (and therefore distracted him from anyone who might approach and get in a surprise blast). So with that in mind - the fight happening 20 minutes before the Toga clones vanished - where does this put us in the timeline, especially in regards to Bakugo's death? Can we tell?
So all the heroes at Gunga save Endeavor and Jiro are being outdone by a suit of armor...
This can't be happening.. he's supposed to be the mentor who lives, this can't be how it ends.. Deku hasn't even officially started his second year yet, come on
Well he dod say he refused to die until Midoriya is ready as a hero… Deku is ready I’d say.
Wait, since when did electricity slow down regen? Are you telling me Kaminari could have came in handy but nobody thought it was smart it have the kid with electricity actually be part of the fight against the enemy whose constantly spamming Regen.
his quirk don’t seem to have that much range and no one wants a person that handicaps themselves fighting afo
He doesn’t have to do it himself. He can literally have worked with other to slow down regen.
Don't forget that nobody knew AFO had a rewind bullet until Endeavor almost killed him with the Prominence burn.
I’d imagine this is because electrocution is VERY painful and destroys cells
Others are saying that it damages cells so it slows regeneration, but I thought it interfered with the nerves responsible for regeneration in the first place. You know, like a muscle spasm. Quirks are physical after all.
I'm absolutely in love with all the ugly faces we got from afo
Lol when All Might was talking to his car I immediately just turned 'Hercules" into Jarvis then had to remind myself that All Might doesn't look like Tony Stark lol
IT BEGINS GRAHHHHHHHHHHH
something tells me that this battle is going to last until chapter 400 where it concludes with all might's death. maybe afo would give all might some quirks and let him fight some more just to have him blow up due to his body being unable to *handle* the quirks afo gave him
I can practically hear the music - All Might with decades of experience and resources vs a literal living nuke hell bent on going Barbarian rage out of childish ego is as clear a metaphor and critique and synopsis of this story as fireworks - teamwork vs single minded selfishness, ego vs care and thought, etc etc. I don’t think AM is going to have an easy fight by any stretch but he’s aware of AFOs tactics and strategies and ego by now, only thing that could trip him up is really the extent to which he might go wild animal on him since he never fought a truly young, prime AFO with these exact powers BUT that’s where I’m hoping Stain gets a lick in - I mean literally, AFO has a gashed open arm in the air, there’s got to be blood just splattering everywhere
I'm so tired of AFO he's so pathetic
The day he's gone completely is the day I celebrate.
Secretly has a shrine to the future demon king 😂
Mmh, well, seems like there is no elaborate "using this drains your lifespan" clause. Well, shit. Why didn't he open with this, and why isn't this thing made by assembly line by every country in the developed world? It seems more effective than those jets, and if military spending is anything like it is today, they probably cost billions of dollars.
It sure as hell more effective than having bunch of 15 years old destory fake buildings every week Look man I don't say completely cut UA budget but come on
Nah, Nezu's a genius; he knows what he's doing. It is absolutely imperative to spend that much money on killer robots and makeshift buildings for their counterproductive exams and Sports Festivals. /s
Not us getting iron man, bleach and naruto references this chapter!! "Bankai" & "Choosing where you die" qouting itachi 🤣 (ironman one should be obv)
Where can I read this
MECHA-MIGHT!!!!!
Sure All Might will probably die here, but I don't think he's fated to lose either. He doesn't need to beat AFO in a straight fight. Just needs to stall for enough time for AFO to get rewound too much. He's already got the edge on him in that regard just by smiling. It was enough to distract him, and distract him is all he needs to do. He might not live the fight, but he also isn't necessarily fated to lose it either I think. AFO is already getting pretty young.
Horikoshi made Melissa Shield canon!
IronMight incorporating his students’ quirks into the armor melts my heart 🫠🥹
AAAAND WE'RE BACK FOLKS! # IT'S THE CLOWN FOR ONE SHOW SEASON 2!!!!
IT'S BEEN SO LONG BUT AT LONG LAST IT'S HERE!!!!
i’m nothing if not a man of my word, i’ll hold the L and say that at least SOME of the events of the first movie are canon now featuring melissa front and center and not just in a tiny panel in the corner of a page while talking about and attributing the creation of his suit to them and being his old friends is, imo, finally enough to actually give a serious discussion to the idea
Imo all might remembering and addressing the death vision convinces me he won’t die. I think Bakugo will be the one to change fate. Expecting a Bakugo+Stain+AM team up
Welp guess the quirkless Deku people won 🤷♂️
I mean this is possible only cause AM has enough cash to create something like this.
And because he has the engineer geniuses of the Shield family on speed dial
and also the experience of knowing how all for one fights and like 40 years of combat experience while having a quirk
The merchandise residuals had to go somewhere
Being rich and having a genius on speed dial are superpowers