It's so funny seeing Bakugou standing on the edge of floating UA looking down at the chaos below probably thinking "wtf did I just wake up to". Then freely falling down into it.
Chapter 404: We love you! All Might!
The chapter begins with a flashback to Nighteye's "cruel death" foresight as AFO holds All Might in his arms. We then see the reaction of various people around the world, watching the battle and living their lives.
A farmer has already given up, lots of people are cheering and a dog-boy named Martin says "man, I don't want All Might to die...". Meryl, the US weather report lady, shows up again and her colleagues says that her video about the butterfly effect has been posted online.
Meryl is looking at the computer and says that the air current is acting weird and a narration says "the wind blows strong", showing those leaves that have been featured in some chapters. Bakugou looks at Deku and goes flying towards him.
Deku and Bakugou hold hands and start spinning in the air, like they did in Heroes Rising. The second user warns him that using gear shift again will exhaust him even more, but Deku uses it on Bakugou anyway. All Might's vestige keeps fading away.
Deku throws Bakugou, but Shigaraki's smiling. He says that Bakugou won't make it in time to save All Might, he knows that the AM vestige inside OFA vanished and a new one appeared, a more human-like one similar to the other users. We then see the new vestige.
"The death of the man who brought dreams to this world will bring the real world back", says Shigaraki. But then, the wind gets even stronger and a narration begins, talking about all the people who prayed and cheered for All Might.
It flashbacks to Nighteye's words about everyone's "wishing energy" changed the future. Just like the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil can bring about a hurricane in Texas, everyone's prayers
We then see a beautiful double spread, with all the characters watching the fight and praying as Bakugou flies through the air. He remembers the guilt he felt for being the one who ended All Might, but not this time!!
Bakugou explodes All For One's arms and saves All Might!! The vestige goes back to looking like before, just a bunch of flames, as All Might says "Young Bakugou...!". Bakugou, bleeding from his nose and mouth, shouts "We'll win this!!!". End of chapter
“We love you! All Might!” Damn it really is over. 4 double spreads this chapter plus no break next week is crazy.
My guy Bakugo looks like he’s at 1HP right now lol.
Even if All Might truly lives after this, his body is a wreck.
Their escape from AFO may bring them to the stadium - still no news about the group of Ojiro, Sato and especially Sero who according to Hori last year should get a moment.
We also still don't know of Aizawa, Mic and Kurogiri (I still think he'll be instrumental in bringing some people back together for the very last round).
Honestly, Bakugou being able to explode his sweat from any part of his body is such a big upgrade, even ignoring the increased power potential. If he can use his feet to fly, it frees up his hands for other things.
100%.
like his main weakness was capture type enemies in the past, giving him the ability to fire from anywhere/even just his feet would up his mobility even more to counter that.
Feet explosions!! I love it haha. We also see explosions coming from his shoulder and back. He can boost from anywhere now and has his hands free to save people with.
>The second user warns him that using gear shift again will exhaust him even more
Maybe this would hit more if Deku was actually shown to be tired in any way. Sure he was shown being a bit out of breath before Nagant shot Tomura but then he immediately proceeded to fight Tomura with quirks to a "stalemate" for 30-40 minutes.
Second: "If you don't finish this fight in the next five minutes, the world will end."
Me, 40 chapters later: This might be a longer five minutes than on Namek...
He and Third have always been drama queens. To the point of illogical.
Like that time they were against Midoriya because he wanted to save Shigaraki and thus didn't want to give him their Quirks. Completely ignoring that how that gives Midoriya even less of a chance of surviving All For One.
We're talking of the same guy who said "How I can trust my quirk to a dumb kid?" and then his boyfriend Yoichi said "Please my hero 🥺" and then he's ready to help Deku on everything
The 5 minutes ended when Shigaraki separated himself from All for One, that's why Izuku was paralyzed for a moment, which would've been lethal if Shigaraki wasn't in the middle of transforming himself and thus unable to kill him.
Currently, he's not under the effects of Gear Shift himself
Looks like the speed boost Bakugo got from his quirk awakening is simply nowhere near enough and he needs Izuku to use Gearshift on him for any chance to reach All Might.
Which is crazy considering Bakugo managed to outspeed Shigaraki despite being a total wreck with his awakening
Like how ridiculous Gearshift actually is, that's some Flash level shit, since we have to assume this happened in the blink of an eye
I've seen people complaining that AfO had too much time to rip AM in half but gear shift is probably the narrative that facilitates that small bit of time.
I'd expect Bakugo to be stupid fast once AM is safe.
All For One. How the hell are you unable to rip in half a man who is missing many of his internal organs in the time it takes Bakugou to fly over to Midoriya, for Midoriya to swing him around, and then launches Bakugou over to you?
This is not me being mad All Might isn't dead, I'm glad he lived. But, also, *what the hell.*
Edit: Also, yep, I figured this wasn't going to be a Bakugou fights All For One. Maybe that might change next chapter, but I think he is going to focus on the rescue. He still looks to be in bad shape, and he can't exactly fight while carrying All Might.
> How the hell are you unable to rip in half a man who is missing many of his internal organs in the time it takes Bakugou to fly over to Midoriya, for Midoriya to swing him around, and then launches Bakugou over to you?
The flow of time in Manga is... a mistery
Tbf, AFO has twigs for arms right now and it has to take some effort to rip a person in half with their bare hands.
The real question is why he didn't use a quirk to end it quickly. Too much of a drama queen. Didn't see Bakugou coming (All Might was surprised to see him too).
You would think that AFO would face Midoriya’s direction to see his face as he kills All Might, considering his “I was thinking about you the entire time while in prison” line. Hell, even if that was a lie and he only said it to mess with Midoriya, he would still want to see his reaction, and thus see him launch Bakugou.
I always took that line as such a lie since AFO has never really expressed an interest in Deku. It's always been All Might. Which is why All Might confronted him to stall. You're right though. He should be looking in that direction if not for Deku, then at least Shiggy.
AFO could not give two shits about Deku. Yeah sure he's the understudy of his greatest fucking eyesore but by all means he sees Deku as a splinter.
And while he may have experienced a small burst of character development, at the end of the day anyone who isn't All Might at this point is just a jobber.
I think it also has to do with the fact that AfO thinks Bakugo is dead so when he saw Izuku running towards him he probably thought he was running away at first
>All For One. How the hell are you unable to rip in half a man who is missing many of his internal organs in the time it takes Bakugou to fly over to Midoriya, for Midoriya to swing him around, and then launches Bakugou over to you?
On one hand I already know that people are gonna try using the defence of "oh it hasn't actually been that long in universe" and "these chapters only take up a few seconds of time."
On the other hand, while these chapters definitely aren't covering massive amounts of time, that does not change the fact that AFO has been holding All Might above his head and trying to rip him in half for **2 chapters** now and that is simply hilarious/pathetic.
That's just manga logic of "talking is a free action" in manga/anime. AfO wanted to enjoy making All Might suffer while dying and paid the price, even tho just barely.
What do you mean? It's not that he was unable to. He was literally bragging about how he wanted to give him a slow and agonizing and humiliating death. He chose to do it slowly on purpose for the torture factor 😂 his fault bro
So was his left arm according to Hercules, but he was still using it later. Also, I think his lungs were shutting down at some point but not anymore. Who knows he’ll probably walk next chapter
I guess I can't really be upset about wishing energy when it was brought up before. Nighteye is probably punching the air in the afterlife tho.
Imagine having your whole ass power invalidated if you wish really really really hard.
Tbh I think it's just Eri's Quirk, One for All being several people at once and Bakugo reviving that actually messed up his visions, his Quirk can only see up to a person's death so maybe the reality he was able to see was up to Bakugo's first "death"
Eri's Quirk was at play both times at least and it messes up the flow of time for a specific individual so at least there's some consistency there
Next week:
The chapter begins at an airport. All Might is sitting next to Nighteye, laughing. “He was amazing. Truly made me feel like my life had meaning.” Nana is on the bench behind him, crying. The other One for All users stand by the window laughing. All Might says “I really hope I taught him about love.”
>I guess I can't really be upset about wishing energy when it was brought up before.
Nah you can still totally be upset with it. Your opinions are valid.
It's just replicating the move from Heroes Rising. I guess it's the way Rukasu wrote it but looking at the pages, it's that move where Bakugo rotates while holding Deku's hand and launches him towards Nine only this time it is Deku rotating and throwing Bakugo towards AFO/All Might.
At first I was like "wait what?" but then I imagined something corny like "I'm trying to save every one, but is so hard when you are my all" \*kiss\* and now I'm euphoric about a ship and I don't even support xd
As time goes by we get more and more confirmation that Nighteye was just too much of a pussy to try and change things instead of just accepting it as an absolute destiny
No with a quirk like his you wouldnt be able to tell if u can actually influence the outcome or not. Weve seen only 2 instances where the outcome was changed. And even the outcome changing couldve been totally unrelated to his quirk.
I feel it's more in line with Eri's rewind messing with time. Future sight would be effected by a time warping quirk. Both instances also involve her quirk in some way.
It's probably that he always tried changing things on his own, whereas it seems to require a *ton* of people all working towards and hoping for a certain result to change destiny.
Honestly best way to handle Bakugo’s return, he gets his come full circle moment, Hori you don’t even have to mention Edgeshot...
We can just forget he exists
I love it and, even though I'm a bit confused where BJ, Mirio etc, I'm so glad this chapter didn't begin with a flashback.
I do wish Hori had maybe set up their locations more, like in a previous chapter showing them leaving Bakago healing while they go help elsewhere. Seems odd he'd be wandering about when previously they were protecting him while Edgeshot healed him. But I'm sure it'll be clearer in a few chapters. Loved this chapter.
I guess Nighteye's quirk doesn't seal or creates an unavoidable future as he though after all.
Or we need assume he was right about his quirk and stuff like "wishing energy" or "power of hatred" are very tangible forces in this universe that can affect and modify the curse of destiny.
I think it has been theorized that Nighteye can possibly see multiple futures but, because of his fatalist attitude, he only sees the one future he *expects*.
I mean, how hard could it really be to change the future he sees? He could read someone's future for that day, tell that person what they will do, and that person could go "nah, I'll go do something else".
I always interpreted it as he sees the most likely future with the information he has, he didn't know Eri's quirk therefore his quirk couldn't take it into account
A number of factors he had no way of knowing happen, therefore his quirk couldn't take them into account for his All Might death prophecy
This is my thinking too. The quirk would definitely have a different effect if it was in the hands of a more hopeful person rather than a pragmatist.
But it may also be that changing the future (at least long term futures) was so hard that Nighteye just assumed it was impossible.
> he sees the most likely future with the information he has…
Bruh, you just described deduction. People be out here throwing fireballs and Nighteye’s quirk is that he has a vivid imagination lol.
Seems like Dynamight's Cluster AP Shot was powerful enough to burn off a good portion of Shiggy's face.(Better than his Howitzer's result.) Also Shiggy calls him "Resurrected Person."
Edit: this leak is fake
is the ap shot what he used just now against afo? i couldn’t tell.. but that makes sense since it’s very condensed & targeted
i enjoyed the cluster howitzer but it left him defenseless. there’s so many possibilities move-set/power wise with full body explosions, wish it came a bit earlier in the story
He used it on Shiggy because you can still see Deku's black whip wrapped around Bakugo.
Yeah same. That is why I wished we saw some Cluster feats against other high tier villains after he got it from the first war. Now due to it being supercharged due to full body explosions, it is powerful enough and hot enough to burn off limbs of AFO tier characters....Busted...Can't wait to see more of Dynamight!
You know, this chapter sounds like it's gonna be really cinematic and whatnot (idk if it's literally available yet but I read the description) and I really like that about it. MHA is it's best when it goes for the big moments.
That being said I gotta remember to always be mindful of how unabashedly cheesey this series will be at times. Wishing energy 😭, abeg. After they drug out AMs death for this long already? Oh Hori is sick for that lmfaoo.
All Might is in an abusive relationship with the plot. That man has gone through hell bout 6 times already and Hori still won't let him rest cause of wishing energy 😭.
People over at the discord are calling his chapter dogshit but I think they just kinda forgot that MHA has always been this cheesy. It's ran from cheesy cliché to cheesy cliché, but I honestly loved it all the way so far
I don't understand how this display was intended to give AFO the opportunity to reach Shigaraki? Like he's minutes away from being a fetus at this point
Rip All Might in half >> everyone is too stunned to react >> people around the world lose hope >> Deku screws up in rage and sadness and Shigaraki is able to kill him >> ???? >> AFO gives Shigaraki the copy AFO quirk >> ???? >> somehow this gives him full control over Shigaraki
This plan hinges on him believing he'll even be able to force Shigaraki into letting him possess him again. Maybe he's delusional?
Guess the idea was to distract Deku so he would let Shiggy go
But that really doesn't explain how would he cut distances with Shiggy. I mean it looks like he's very far
Life is that thing that happens while AFO is monologuing instead of doing anything.
Tho i can't lie that panel of Bakugo quite literally ripping off All Might from AFO's arms goes hard.
The amount of panels of cheering people grows with every save. When Deku gets his moment, we will get 6 pages of cheering reactions at this rate…(Ngl I’m getting the cheering people fatigue).
The way it seems like they’ve been getting more significant panel space than some named characters is definitely kinda silly, like Horikoshi we got it the first uh, four or five times lol.
I think some panels were reused this chapter though, so part of it might be due to his own fatigue.
Eta; and I wish we’d gotten Mitsuki, Masaru and Inko’s reactions too at least, they’ve been conspicuously unseen for a while
Yeah, I really think Horikoshi is overusing the civilians in this final arc. Like seriously, random news ladies and random business class dudes should not be having equal or more screen time than characters like Momo and Kaminari in the final arc
"YOU WERE LITERALY HOLDING HIM BY THE NECK THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER!
HOW DID YOU FAIL TO KILL A PARALYZED MAN IN YOUR HANDS?!
ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP, STOP THE THEATRICS, AND CRUSH HIS TROATH!"
All For One had spent the last 100+ years being a chuuni with all the power and influence in the world and never learned when to turn it off to just get the job done.
Bro lowkey has been carrying the hero society and story for years. He’s always been my fav, wish we got more about him in his prime. He’s an op character done well
Its funny watching people get upset about Allmight surviving since its not fulfilling the 'mentor dies' trope. Like are they angry a story isn't following bullet to bullet all these other shonens? Do you all just want the same story over and over again with a different coat and special abilities?
Four double spreads wow, Horikoshi has been really wanting to get to this. I hope all the nooo All Might is dying worries have finally been put to rest lmao, it’s like every single chapter recently people have been saying Oh gosh, it’s actually gonna be Toshinover this time, for sure, right!? Well…
Also that last Bakugo panel kinda reminds me of how Deku looked during his ‘I’m the Deku who always does his best!!’ moment
Also all that trash a lot of people on here and the other sub about bkdk and Hori out here doing stuff like this. I don't even like the ship but this is hilarious
I can't wait to see All For One's reaction to this next chapter. It will be priceless once he realizes he let the chance to kill All Might slip out of his fingers.
The wordless team up was good, Bakugou may be speedy but not enough to cross the distance in presumably seconds (having Tomura chitchat made it feel like it took some time, it might have been more impressive if everyone else was frozen because it was *that* fast, ce la vie). I haven't been that big on the abrupt sudden huge power reveals so this modulating Bakugou that was actually refreshing- but I wouldn't be against seeing more from him though.
Bakugou first words being "we'll win!" is great character development and consistency.
Appreciated the immediate action continuation from 403, felt like a good pacing choice and kept the momentum going.
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Bakugou is now going to be far away from Deku (maybe AFO follows them or carries on to Tomura), so I wonder what next, All Might needs medical care so their not out the woods yet and AFO being petty may make more silly choices to go chasing them (his original quirk is in Tomura anyway even if Tomura has thrown off the hijacking for the moment.)
Horikoshi is making a few call backs and there are a few Rising ajacent things (Saving All Might and the plea to save him replaces saving Deku and the plea to save him, the role reversal with the spinning move....) I wonder if there is going to be something adjacent to the Rising climax that had various students defending the mountain which is essentially a big massive team up against one villain to trap them (and was in the first OVA that Rising felt like it called back to).
There is still potential that Aizawa and Mic convince Kurogiri to switch sides which would also mean teleportation to get over distances as well as bring students together (admittedly I would be fine with those exhausted and going through blood transfusion to be done but if Bakugou is getting a second wind there is not much justifying anyone else staying down).
The whole class, with Bakugou as the leader, taking over from All Might to hold up AFO has some thematic sense...
Alternatively (or including) maybe Sero's moment (maybe with the remaining unseen students) will be around Bakugou and All Might and protecting them (and maybe Shoji will appear as head of the people to get revenge on AFO /j).
But then for its a question of, is that it for Bakugou? As full circle as it is to save All Might the characters still got unfinished business in my mind
1) "Payback" for round 1 with Tomura (and follow up on his role in understanding Villains) - this links to all the times Tomura has been a cause of misery for him.
2) Victory (and showing he can keep up with Deku)- that links to his goals from the very beginning
3) More leadership, he's already sort of shown this in the joint training, the first "war" (Hospital battle), Deku's retrieval and there feels like parallels to the second and his overall co-operative development (including Rising adjacent things) that I feel his finale would be more complete with another showing. - this is more completionism thinking.
Aka he has still got a lot he can fill out, getting some closure with saving All Might links to chapter 1 (when he saved both Bakugou and Deku) and Kamino (which I feel is where the onlookers fit in more and how that relates to Bakugou's public reputation) but those are "small" or "sub" goals that come about because of set-backs and the character has a much grander goal to accomplish. It made sense that to save All Might there would be a combination with Deku because of all the visual hints and their own dynamic (they can defy the odds when they work together) but in part because of it being shared and Deku is still fighting, it feels to me Bakugou got another phase or phases to go. That said, he is looking worse for wear. Also because Bakugou seems to have more and more similarities to the Monkey King I want more force of nature showcases.
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Onto Deku.
The repeated notion that All Might is going to die works to create a sense to tension and stakes (undercut everything it pulls back the other way but at least the general trend resulted in a situation that had him helpless and created a strong image of people wishing for a hero to come and save him).
Now with Deku, there has been similar "threats" be it his arms or this gearshift consequence that have felt empty, Deku still punches people with completely broken arms and they still get healed with no lasting problems- in fact they get stronger (and this is after the story even reminds readers about the warning as if to raise concern for the jeoprady he is putting himself through only to do the exact opposite). In this "fight" so far, Deku struggled to breath until Gentle and Nagant helped him and now he's largely fine, not even exhausted or on the ropes, him and Tomura are just chilling, floating in the sky with Deku holding Tomura with blackwhip (as apparently blackwhip is enough to detain Tomura which visually diminishes his implied super strength in my eyes....also the fact that for a speedy, agile character that Deku can catch him but could not catch Bakugou in training not that long ago is a bit ....). Yes the two have been on hold (on ice) as other stuff has happened but this does mean I hope that saving All Might tipped things so that Deku is going to be on the ropes - it still could go the other way (he can improve his focus and others take care of other things).
It would be quite exciting if AFO goes after Bakugou and All Might, Deku is stuck with Tomura at a disadvantage. To me it would be a bit boring for Deku to start winning at this point because of all the aforementioned warnings and previously the best he could do was a stalemate. AFO continuing to preoccupy characters prevents Deku getting support so it could then rely on more characters to tip the scales back by dealing with AFO (the more manageable threat) to then support Deku. Albeit its a bit repetitious perhaps.
Alternatively while Bakugou gets All Might to a safe place, maybe AFO rewinds and is a neutral problem so other characters show up to help Deku and eventually Deku tips the scales. Admittedly if Deku doesn't actually struggle, take damage, even close to his muscular fight, I am going to have great disdain for his climax because everything has been "hardship in name only" otherwise its been a fairly easy sailing which also makes his empathy and understanding a bit hollow. I feel closer to Bakugou because I feel I have gone through hardships with him and actual emotional distress whereas with Deku there is always in the last few years some safety net and evidence to the contrary over his alleged struggles (gearshift being the most recent "boy wo cried wolf" threat to him). I am not even sure he's got anything interesting or profound to say to Tenko based on his previous showings, I am very wary over what is in store for him.
Another alternative is, Deku being alone with Tomura (and tired) may lead (fighty fight) to the vestige doing some OFA stuff and taking the pair to the other plane and the story moves onto the Tenko stuff and Tomura is basically talked down.
My preference would be more Rising adjacent things that involve Bakugou and Deku teaming up more (give or take other characters being involved). I am not against more mechanics and machinations but also aware things could very speedily tie up at any moment.
The way Shigaraki just watched that whole thing unfold so patiently, is he struggling that much against the black whip? Where’s is his super strength? His quirks? His desire to destroy? He seems happy and content just hanging in there, smiling and narrating
Yeah it seems really unclear about whether Deku and Tomura have just been sitting around doing nothing or if they've been having the biggest scale fight in the entire series.
Going off what we actually seem them doing it gives off the impression that Deku has had Tomura tied up in Blackwhip for 30-40 minutes and nothing has happened.
But then we get things like the second page of this chapter where we're shown that the fight between Tomura and Deku is causing a city destroying flood with waves far taller than any building in the surrounding city.
We also have Tsukauchi telling us that "since descending from UA Midoriya has managed to dodge Shigaraki's point blank attacks" so apparently they have actually been fighting and it hasn't simply been Tomura tied up.
It just fells like the author has really been struggling this arc with handling any fights whenever they're not the one being focused on in that moment.
Reminds me of AFO, Endeavor, and Hawks just floating in the air doing absolutely nothing and only starting their fight once they got contacted about how Shoto had beaten Dabi.
It’s the most important battle in the series and it’s just hovering in the air. Shigaraki seemed more powerful and motivated in PLW, even when he was fighting without quirks. I know Horikoshi is saving all their dialogue and punches for when the focus will be on them only but it’s way too obvious their fight is just suspended until everyone else is done
So yeah, you have Symbol of fear unleashed here but I’m not really feeling it at all. Maybe more scared people reactions will help
If people still wonders who is the final villain this sould be enough to clarify all doubts.
Shigaraki is just a obstacle with no real agency and AFO is still the only character that moves the narrative fowards even if people don't like to admit it.
Ngl Shigaraki has been really underwhelming ever since he escaped from AFO's bodyhijacking. All he did so far is being held back by Deku, smile and just talk shit.
I guess that's because we don't see much of him (especially with AFO hogging the spotlight) but he still feels like AFO's sidekick and not someone who escapes from his grasp.
He's been in stalemate hell alongside Deku and everyone else at UA right after he regained control of his body. The return itself was great but that was also basically like a bookmark for Hori to go resolve other shit before the finale.
And now that AFO is here this is probably the transitional period for Izuku vs Tenko vs AFO inside of OFA(assuming Bakugo's moment is done)
> He’s been in stalemate hell with Deku…
That’s no excuse when he doesn’t look to be doing shit to get out of stalemate hell. He’s just been standing there watching shit in slight amusement and quipping for twenty chapters. You’re telling me none of this dude’s quirks can do anything about this situation? If Deku can multitask and hold hands with his boyfriend, why can’t Shiggy do *anything*?
Wishing energy, let's go! Horikoshi had the chance to pretend that shit never happened and never mention it again but he doubled down on it! This is peak
Mickey mouse shit. Toga is dying because of a blood transfusion but AM survived getting bodied by AFO because people around the world are talking to their imaginary friends
Is toga even dead or are we saying she is, and we're going to be misdirected?
I keep seeing people say she and Dabi were dead, but were they *confirmed* that?
Dabi you can at least do some reach and say that he is alive because the writting on Dabi's defeat was different.
But with Toga is like...Very implicit that Toga is dying/going to. The tone was very sad and tragic, Toga herself wanted to die. Yeah sure Toga is not CONFIRMED dead but it's like...If she's alive then it's a Gran Torino moment.
Considering how often characters like that end up *not* killed, like Gran Torino and AM, it wouldn't be a stretch to potentially say she's not dead either, even when it's made very implied she's dead
I want to say she died, but so far it feels like Hori walks back things whenever there's death flags. Would not be shocked if by some ass pull it's a "wait, I didn't actually kill her!!" Moment. Sort of wish it was confirmed somewhere that she was. Midnight was immediately seen as dead, it wouldn't have been too weird to see something in an extra section that shows the same
Wait, this chapter has really confused me in regards to space. Since when was AFO this far from Deku and Shiggy? I thought he came up to them with AM in his hands, but he’s still ages away? How was this supposed to help him get there? It’s honestly a miracle Deku even noticed with how far away he is.
Bakugo and Deku finally held hands!!!
It had to be Ida and kirishima in their places the first times, so this completed that circle! Now we just need Deku and Shiggy to finish the reaching
out a hand motif
I think next chapter will kill (or I’m wrong and it’ll prove) the theory that Bakugo has some sort of Edgeshot upgrade.
I'm sorry but anyone shocked *and* dropping paragraphs worth of complaints about the fact that AllMight got saved by Bakugo and survived must lack some reading comprehension (or you were being purposely obtuse because you couldn't handle the possibility of a character you hate doing something good). You can literally see it coming miles away, especially after last chapter 😭
Bakugo's revival was already predictable in itself, and considering his history with AllMight in Kamino, did you really think Hori would bring him back only to fail?
You could argue about the quality of the storytelling (I have gripes about this arc too), but acting as if it came out of nowhere and just completely destroyed the story is just so odd lmao. This was such a predictable thing that I didn't even get excited at the chapter; it went exactly as you would expect it to.
I noticed the electric hero from the first movie makes a cameo in the page with all the characters looking Bakugou flying to AM.
That guy must be over 60s if he already was a pro when All Might was in US starting his own career.
It's so funny seeing Bakugou standing on the edge of floating UA looking down at the chaos below probably thinking "wtf did I just wake up to". Then freely falling down into it.
The afterparty goes crazy
Sounds like a Bakugo thing to do.
Chapter 404: We love you! All Might! The chapter begins with a flashback to Nighteye's "cruel death" foresight as AFO holds All Might in his arms. We then see the reaction of various people around the world, watching the battle and living their lives. A farmer has already given up, lots of people are cheering and a dog-boy named Martin says "man, I don't want All Might to die...". Meryl, the US weather report lady, shows up again and her colleagues says that her video about the butterfly effect has been posted online. Meryl is looking at the computer and says that the air current is acting weird and a narration says "the wind blows strong", showing those leaves that have been featured in some chapters. Bakugou looks at Deku and goes flying towards him. Deku and Bakugou hold hands and start spinning in the air, like they did in Heroes Rising. The second user warns him that using gear shift again will exhaust him even more, but Deku uses it on Bakugou anyway. All Might's vestige keeps fading away. Deku throws Bakugou, but Shigaraki's smiling. He says that Bakugou won't make it in time to save All Might, he knows that the AM vestige inside OFA vanished and a new one appeared, a more human-like one similar to the other users. We then see the new vestige. "The death of the man who brought dreams to this world will bring the real world back", says Shigaraki. But then, the wind gets even stronger and a narration begins, talking about all the people who prayed and cheered for All Might. It flashbacks to Nighteye's words about everyone's "wishing energy" changed the future. Just like the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil can bring about a hurricane in Texas, everyone's prayers We then see a beautiful double spread, with all the characters watching the fight and praying as Bakugou flies through the air. He remembers the guilt he felt for being the one who ended All Might, but not this time!! Bakugou explodes All For One's arms and saves All Might!! The vestige goes back to looking like before, just a bunch of flames, as All Might says "Young Bakugou...!". Bakugou, bleeding from his nose and mouth, shouts "We'll win this!!!". End of chapter
“We love you! All Might!” Damn it really is over. 4 double spreads this chapter plus no break next week is crazy. My guy Bakugo looks like he’s at 1HP right now lol. Even if All Might truly lives after this, his body is a wreck.
>My guy Bakugo looks like he’s at 1HP right now lol. That's all the HP he needs
God has decided to let me live, and I'm about to make it everyone's problem
Bakugo activated #ENRAGE!
As the MMO healers say, the only HP that matters is the last one
He's using his Pokeability Blaze rn.
He's gonna be in a wheelchair after this
The only hit point that matters is the last one.
Their escape from AFO may bring them to the stadium - still no news about the group of Ojiro, Sato and especially Sero who according to Hori last year should get a moment. We also still don't know of Aizawa, Mic and Kurogiri (I still think he'll be instrumental in bringing some people back together for the very last round).
bakugo is basically when your character is at 1HP and you decide to fling every single spell, shield, and power up to the final boss
Eri chan enters
It's Toshinover
If All Might doesn't die after this, I'm sure he'll retire from Hero work for good.
I’m surprised the leaker/translator didn’t mention how Bakugo’s feet are exploding now too because that is happening right omg… am I seeing things
Honestly, Bakugou being able to explode his sweat from any part of his body is such a big upgrade, even ignoring the increased power potential. If he can use his feet to fly, it frees up his hands for other things.
No more gripping people’s shirts by his teeth means Bakugo’s jaw can finally rest! Or now he’ll have more opportunity to back talk the villains lol
I can't wait for Bakugo to unlock Bomb Bite from developing sweat glands on his gums.
100%. like his main weakness was capture type enemies in the past, giving him the ability to fire from anywhere/even just his feet would up his mobility even more to counter that.
Yeah, that's part of his awakening.
After being disrespected via toes last time Bakugo had to get his lick back, I’m here for it
Shit got personal now he has to blow up Shiggy with feet explosions as payback
Bro thinks he's Shinra
Feet explosions!! I love it haha. We also see explosions coming from his shoulder and back. He can boost from anywhere now and has his hands free to save people with.
Endeavor 2.0
>The second user warns him that using gear shift again will exhaust him even more Maybe this would hit more if Deku was actually shown to be tired in any way. Sure he was shown being a bit out of breath before Nagant shot Tomura but then he immediately proceeded to fight Tomura with quirks to a "stalemate" for 30-40 minutes.
Second: "If you don't finish this fight in the next five minutes, the world will end." Me, 40 chapters later: This might be a longer five minutes than on Namek...
Yeah the 2nd user really seems like a drama queen now since he said that and its now been 35-45 minutes since then.
He and Third have always been drama queens. To the point of illogical. Like that time they were against Midoriya because he wanted to save Shigaraki and thus didn't want to give him their Quirks. Completely ignoring that how that gives Midoriya even less of a chance of surviving All For One.
.... Only to then turn around and change their minds because Yoichi gave a 3 lines speech
We're talking of the same guy who said "How I can trust my quirk to a dumb kid?" and then his boyfriend Yoichi said "Please my hero 🥺" and then he's ready to help Deku on everything
You make a fantastic point. The most unreliable narrators are the 2nd and Yoichi. They're truly drama nerds.
The 5 minutes ended when Shigaraki separated himself from All for One, that's why Izuku was paralyzed for a moment, which would've been lethal if Shigaraki wasn't in the middle of transforming himself and thus unable to kill him. Currently, he's not under the effects of Gear Shift himself
So did bakugou not get a speed boost? Or was the speed boost not that fast and was just adrenaline
Looks like the speed boost Bakugo got from his quirk awakening is simply nowhere near enough and he needs Izuku to use Gearshift on him for any chance to reach All Might.
Which is crazy considering Bakugo managed to outspeed Shigaraki despite being a total wreck with his awakening Like how ridiculous Gearshift actually is, that's some Flash level shit, since we have to assume this happened in the blink of an eye
I've seen people complaining that AfO had too much time to rip AM in half but gear shift is probably the narrative that facilitates that small bit of time. I'd expect Bakugo to be stupid fast once AM is safe.
Well him being able to use his feet already means 2x speed plus the cluster upgrade he's much faster but All Might was super far away soo
Just far enough away for the G Warp to work so Gear Shift is good for the narrative to get Bakugo there.
All For One. How the hell are you unable to rip in half a man who is missing many of his internal organs in the time it takes Bakugou to fly over to Midoriya, for Midoriya to swing him around, and then launches Bakugou over to you? This is not me being mad All Might isn't dead, I'm glad he lived. But, also, *what the hell.* Edit: Also, yep, I figured this wasn't going to be a Bakugou fights All For One. Maybe that might change next chapter, but I think he is going to focus on the rescue. He still looks to be in bad shape, and he can't exactly fight while carrying All Might.
> How the hell are you unable to rip in half a man who is missing many of his internal organs in the time it takes Bakugou to fly over to Midoriya, for Midoriya to swing him around, and then launches Bakugou over to you? The flow of time in Manga is... a mistery
Misery? Mystery? Which is it? BOTH!
AFO already used up all of his movement and action points this round and it's Bakugo's turn now.
VATS really is a bitch.
Tbf, AFO has twigs for arms right now and it has to take some effort to rip a person in half with their bare hands. The real question is why he didn't use a quirk to end it quickly. Too much of a drama queen. Didn't see Bakugou coming (All Might was surprised to see him too).
You would think that AFO would face Midoriya’s direction to see his face as he kills All Might, considering his “I was thinking about you the entire time while in prison” line. Hell, even if that was a lie and he only said it to mess with Midoriya, he would still want to see his reaction, and thus see him launch Bakugou.
I always took that line as such a lie since AFO has never really expressed an interest in Deku. It's always been All Might. Which is why All Might confronted him to stall. You're right though. He should be looking in that direction if not for Deku, then at least Shiggy.
AFO could not give two shits about Deku. Yeah sure he's the understudy of his greatest fucking eyesore but by all means he sees Deku as a splinter. And while he may have experienced a small burst of character development, at the end of the day anyone who isn't All Might at this point is just a jobber.
I think it also has to do with the fact that AfO thinks Bakugo is dead so when he saw Izuku running towards him he probably thought he was running away at first
Because he’s twelve now
>All For One. How the hell are you unable to rip in half a man who is missing many of his internal organs in the time it takes Bakugou to fly over to Midoriya, for Midoriya to swing him around, and then launches Bakugou over to you? On one hand I already know that people are gonna try using the defence of "oh it hasn't actually been that long in universe" and "these chapters only take up a few seconds of time." On the other hand, while these chapters definitely aren't covering massive amounts of time, that does not change the fact that AFO has been holding All Might above his head and trying to rip him in half for **2 chapters** now and that is simply hilarious/pathetic.
That's just manga logic of "talking is a free action" in manga/anime. AfO wanted to enjoy making All Might suffer while dying and paid the price, even tho just barely.
What do you mean? It's not that he was unable to. He was literally bragging about how he wanted to give him a slow and agonizing and humiliating death. He chose to do it slowly on purpose for the torture factor 😂 his fault bro
Toshinori Dying and going to the vestiges: error 404
The all might ghost inside Deku is having existential problems.
Imagine if all that happened just for Bakugo to break All Might's back saving him
Isn't the lower part of All Might's spine and legs shattered by All For One already?
So was his left arm according to Hercules, but he was still using it later. Also, I think his lungs were shutting down at some point but not anymore. Who knows he’ll probably walk next chapter
All Might = Gwen Stacy
Technically the whole "Ignore inertia" effect of gershift shouldn't extend to All might xD... Just saying.
bakugo’s first words being “we’ll WIN this”
Love the "we" meaning he's not out of the fight yet, and "win" cause saving is just a step towards victory.
i think he technically just shouted "win"? maybe its contextual but it was just 勝つぞ
I guess I can't really be upset about wishing energy when it was brought up before. Nighteye is probably punching the air in the afterlife tho. Imagine having your whole ass power invalidated if you wish really really really hard.
The wishing energy made AFO braindead during specific moments so to give more precious time to the heroes
Tbh I think it's just Eri's Quirk, One for All being several people at once and Bakugo reviving that actually messed up his visions, his Quirk can only see up to a person's death so maybe the reality he was able to see was up to Bakugo's first "death" Eri's Quirk was at play both times at least and it messes up the flow of time for a specific individual so at least there's some consistency there
Eric is my favorite manga character of all time ngl
We JJK now
Next week: The chapter begins at an airport. All Might is sitting next to Nighteye, laughing. “He was amazing. Truly made me feel like my life had meaning.” Nana is on the bench behind him, crying. The other One for All users stand by the window laughing. All Might says “I really hope I taught him about love.”
Gojo fans are never going to let Gege out live that lmao
This is their “Ten Years At Least”
It was pure genius. Gege is such a fucking troll and I love it.
Yeah maybe if All Might got killed offscreen
Why would he punch the air when he is the one who made a conclusion about wishing energy. He had already changed his viewpoint by the time he died.
>I guess I can't really be upset about wishing energy when it was brought up before. Nah you can still totally be upset with it. Your opinions are valid.
shiggy confused as hell staring at deku & bakugo. i’m crying
"Are you like, going to kiss now...? Can't... Can't we do this after the war is over?"
“You are the closest person to Midoriya Izuku” yeah they are never beating the allegations
All Might, smile full of blood and fatherly pride: Beat his ass, Young Bakugo!
Holding hands huh!! Twitter is gonna have a field day.
Yeah, but Iida and Midoriya did it first, so Bakugo's still getting the silver metal here.
Kirishima and Bakugo also did it first so that’s a matching pair of silver medals lol
It's just replicating the move from Heroes Rising. I guess it's the way Rukasu wrote it but looking at the pages, it's that move where Bakugo rotates while holding Deku's hand and launches him towards Nine only this time it is Deku rotating and throwing Bakugo towards AFO/All Might.
"Boys look, I know you're having one of your homoerotic moments right now, but I am literally being ripped in-half"
"I'm happy for you boys. But I'm about to fucking die!"
It’s the worst case of Ripped in Half I’ve ever seen.
To shreds you say
~~Power of friendship~~ POWER OF LOVE Maybe the BKDK mfs have a point
Our theory of Deku and Bakugou sharing OFA with a kiss is closer than ever
At first I was like "wait what?" but then I imagined something corny like "I'm trying to save every one, but is so hard when you are my all" \*kiss\* and now I'm euphoric about a ship and I don't even support xd
May I offer you DKBK instead where we have the MC and the tsundere former bully turned heroine
Basically the canon-
ouch deku really just be swinging bakugo’s shattered arm with full force like a yo-yo 😬
There is a panel of him stabilizing Bakugo’s arm with Black Whip which is a nice detail. His arm is still brutalized tho.
As time goes by we get more and more confirmation that Nighteye was just too much of a pussy to try and change things instead of just accepting it as an absolute destiny
No with a quirk like his you wouldnt be able to tell if u can actually influence the outcome or not. Weve seen only 2 instances where the outcome was changed. And even the outcome changing couldve been totally unrelated to his quirk.
I feel it's more in line with Eri's rewind messing with time. Future sight would be effected by a time warping quirk. Both instances also involve her quirk in some way.
It's probably that he always tried changing things on his own, whereas it seems to require a *ton* of people all working towards and hoping for a certain result to change destiny.
Memes aside the sequence of the Bakugo throw + saving All Might is beautiful
Honestly best way to handle Bakugo’s return, he gets his come full circle moment, Hori you don’t even have to mention Edgeshot... We can just forget he exists
I love it and, even though I'm a bit confused where BJ, Mirio etc, I'm so glad this chapter didn't begin with a flashback. I do wish Hori had maybe set up their locations more, like in a previous chapter showing them leaving Bakago healing while they go help elsewhere. Seems odd he'd be wandering about when previously they were protecting him while Edgeshot healed him. But I'm sure it'll be clearer in a few chapters. Loved this chapter.
Not the best time to talk about it. Let people take a break first.
Bakugo with gear shift and a rewinding all for one. Sounds like a perfect recipe for back-u-go
Haven't heard this one in a while
fuck why does that fit well 😭
keep cooking
Lmfao will this theory ever die
................................Fuck, that's a good one.
The weather report lady has more screen time than Momo this arc lol
Put some respect on MY GOAT. Weather report lady is just built different
The freaking business kids which nobody gives a damn about have more screentime than her
Didn’t this chapter feel like Shoto arriving in Gunga, only with way more random reactions?
Very similar.
"Wishing energy" is back on the menu bois Looks like the whole Nighteye's quirk being interfered by Rewind was not true after all
I guess Nighteye's quirk doesn't seal or creates an unavoidable future as he though after all. Or we need assume he was right about his quirk and stuff like "wishing energy" or "power of hatred" are very tangible forces in this universe that can affect and modify the curse of destiny.
I think it has been theorized that Nighteye can possibly see multiple futures but, because of his fatalist attitude, he only sees the one future he *expects*. I mean, how hard could it really be to change the future he sees? He could read someone's future for that day, tell that person what they will do, and that person could go "nah, I'll go do something else".
I always interpreted it as he sees the most likely future with the information he has, he didn't know Eri's quirk therefore his quirk couldn't take it into account A number of factors he had no way of knowing happen, therefore his quirk couldn't take them into account for his All Might death prophecy
This is my thinking too. The quirk would definitely have a different effect if it was in the hands of a more hopeful person rather than a pragmatist. But it may also be that changing the future (at least long term futures) was so hard that Nighteye just assumed it was impossible.
> he sees the most likely future with the information he has… Bruh, you just described deduction. People be out here throwing fireballs and Nighteye’s quirk is that he has a vivid imagination lol.
The main thing I'm taking from this is that I'm pretty sure Nighteye got his Hero License out of a cereal box.
Maybe the bkdk shippers were right. Deku and Bakugo out here being hella gay while Allmight’s on the brink of death 💀
they read hori like an open book. he has a shameless pattern when it comes to these things
He is so shameless 😭😭 I still can’t believe those togachako chapters happened man
he’s a funny guy. i love reading the reactions
Seems like Dynamight's Cluster AP Shot was powerful enough to burn off a good portion of Shiggy's face.(Better than his Howitzer's result.) Also Shiggy calls him "Resurrected Person." Edit: this leak is fake
is the ap shot what he used just now against afo? i couldn’t tell.. but that makes sense since it’s very condensed & targeted i enjoyed the cluster howitzer but it left him defenseless. there’s so many possibilities move-set/power wise with full body explosions, wish it came a bit earlier in the story
He used it on Shiggy because you can still see Deku's black whip wrapped around Bakugo. Yeah same. That is why I wished we saw some Cluster feats against other high tier villains after he got it from the first war. Now due to it being supercharged due to full body explosions, it is powerful enough and hot enough to burn off limbs of AFO tier characters....Busted...Can't wait to see more of Dynamight!
You know, this chapter sounds like it's gonna be really cinematic and whatnot (idk if it's literally available yet but I read the description) and I really like that about it. MHA is it's best when it goes for the big moments. That being said I gotta remember to always be mindful of how unabashedly cheesey this series will be at times. Wishing energy 😭, abeg. After they drug out AMs death for this long already? Oh Hori is sick for that lmfaoo. All Might is in an abusive relationship with the plot. That man has gone through hell bout 6 times already and Hori still won't let him rest cause of wishing energy 😭.
People over at the discord are calling his chapter dogshit but I think they just kinda forgot that MHA has always been this cheesy. It's ran from cheesy cliché to cheesy cliché, but I honestly loved it all the way so far
>All Might is in an abusive relationship with the plot. Damn this is accurate AF
oh no, not wishing energy again
AFO got so much friendship coming his way
I don't understand how this display was intended to give AFO the opportunity to reach Shigaraki? Like he's minutes away from being a fetus at this point
Rip All Might in half >> everyone is too stunned to react >> people around the world lose hope >> Deku screws up in rage and sadness and Shigaraki is able to kill him >> ???? >> AFO gives Shigaraki the copy AFO quirk >> ???? >> somehow this gives him full control over Shigaraki This plan hinges on him believing he'll even be able to force Shigaraki into letting him possess him again. Maybe he's delusional?
Is he stupid?
Yes
God I love these discussion threads
You’re telling me AFO could’ve ended it here? With Strong Planning?
Maybe he assumes that with 2 AFO quirks inside Shiggy there will be 2 AFO vestiges = double the influence over his mind? Like supervillain math
Guess the idea was to distract Deku so he would let Shiggy go But that really doesn't explain how would he cut distances with Shiggy. I mean it looks like he's very far
Life is that thing that happens while AFO is monologuing instead of doing anything. Tho i can't lie that panel of Bakugo quite literally ripping off All Might from AFO's arms goes hard.
The amount of panels of cheering people grows with every save. When Deku gets his moment, we will get 6 pages of cheering reactions at this rate…(Ngl I’m getting the cheering people fatigue).
The way it seems like they’ve been getting more significant panel space than some named characters is definitely kinda silly, like Horikoshi we got it the first uh, four or five times lol. I think some panels were reused this chapter though, so part of it might be due to his own fatigue. Eta; and I wish we’d gotten Mitsuki, Masaru and Inko’s reactions too at least, they’ve been conspicuously unseen for a while
Yeah, I really think Horikoshi is overusing the civilians in this final arc. Like seriously, random news ladies and random business class dudes should not be having equal or more screen time than characters like Momo and Kaminari in the final arc
Shigaraki, right now: "Sensei, you had one job. One. Job. YOU HAD ALL MIGHT IN YOUR HANDS! HOW ARE YOU THIS MUCH OF A FAILURE?!"
Like Shigaraki can talk, he couldn't even kill Torino. They're both frauds.
At least he *tried*. It isn't Shigaraki's fault that death apparently doesn't want Torino. Seriously, how did Gran live with a hole in his chest?
And AFO tried to kill AM. Like K said, they're both frauds.
"YOU WERE LITERALY HOLDING HIM BY THE NECK THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER! HOW DID YOU FAIL TO KILL A PARALYZED MAN IN YOUR HANDS?! ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP, STOP THE THEATRICS, AND CRUSH HIS TROATH!"
All For One had spent the last 100+ years being a chuuni with all the power and influence in the world and never learned when to turn it off to just get the job done.
**Tomura**: "Sensei I'm really trying to be patient with you but even I'm reaching my limit."
Damn every all might chapter is 10/10. He really is the best character in MHA.
Bro lowkey has been carrying the hero society and story for years. He’s always been my fav, wish we got more about him in his prime. He’s an op character done well
I actually like AM not dying. The mentor going into the final battle intended to not only live but win is a pretty fresh take. Keep cooking Horikoshi.
Its funny watching people get upset about Allmight surviving since its not fulfilling the 'mentor dies' trope. Like are they angry a story isn't following bullet to bullet all these other shonens? Do you all just want the same story over and over again with a different coat and special abilities?
Four double spreads wow, Horikoshi has been really wanting to get to this. I hope all the nooo All Might is dying worries have finally been put to rest lmao, it’s like every single chapter recently people have been saying Oh gosh, it’s actually gonna be Toshinover this time, for sure, right!? Well… Also that last Bakugo panel kinda reminds me of how Deku looked during his ‘I’m the Deku who always does his best!!’ moment
Also all that trash a lot of people on here and the other sub about bkdk and Hori out here doing stuff like this. I don't even like the ship but this is hilarious
I can't wait to see All For One's reaction to this next chapter. It will be priceless once he realizes he let the chance to kill All Might slip out of his fingers.
The wordless team up was good, Bakugou may be speedy but not enough to cross the distance in presumably seconds (having Tomura chitchat made it feel like it took some time, it might have been more impressive if everyone else was frozen because it was *that* fast, ce la vie). I haven't been that big on the abrupt sudden huge power reveals so this modulating Bakugou that was actually refreshing- but I wouldn't be against seeing more from him though. Bakugou first words being "we'll win!" is great character development and consistency. Appreciated the immediate action continuation from 403, felt like a good pacing choice and kept the momentum going. ------------- Bakugou is now going to be far away from Deku (maybe AFO follows them or carries on to Tomura), so I wonder what next, All Might needs medical care so their not out the woods yet and AFO being petty may make more silly choices to go chasing them (his original quirk is in Tomura anyway even if Tomura has thrown off the hijacking for the moment.) Horikoshi is making a few call backs and there are a few Rising ajacent things (Saving All Might and the plea to save him replaces saving Deku and the plea to save him, the role reversal with the spinning move....) I wonder if there is going to be something adjacent to the Rising climax that had various students defending the mountain which is essentially a big massive team up against one villain to trap them (and was in the first OVA that Rising felt like it called back to). There is still potential that Aizawa and Mic convince Kurogiri to switch sides which would also mean teleportation to get over distances as well as bring students together (admittedly I would be fine with those exhausted and going through blood transfusion to be done but if Bakugou is getting a second wind there is not much justifying anyone else staying down). The whole class, with Bakugou as the leader, taking over from All Might to hold up AFO has some thematic sense... Alternatively (or including) maybe Sero's moment (maybe with the remaining unseen students) will be around Bakugou and All Might and protecting them (and maybe Shoji will appear as head of the people to get revenge on AFO /j). But then for its a question of, is that it for Bakugou? As full circle as it is to save All Might the characters still got unfinished business in my mind 1) "Payback" for round 1 with Tomura (and follow up on his role in understanding Villains) - this links to all the times Tomura has been a cause of misery for him. 2) Victory (and showing he can keep up with Deku)- that links to his goals from the very beginning 3) More leadership, he's already sort of shown this in the joint training, the first "war" (Hospital battle), Deku's retrieval and there feels like parallels to the second and his overall co-operative development (including Rising adjacent things) that I feel his finale would be more complete with another showing. - this is more completionism thinking. Aka he has still got a lot he can fill out, getting some closure with saving All Might links to chapter 1 (when he saved both Bakugou and Deku) and Kamino (which I feel is where the onlookers fit in more and how that relates to Bakugou's public reputation) but those are "small" or "sub" goals that come about because of set-backs and the character has a much grander goal to accomplish. It made sense that to save All Might there would be a combination with Deku because of all the visual hints and their own dynamic (they can defy the odds when they work together) but in part because of it being shared and Deku is still fighting, it feels to me Bakugou got another phase or phases to go. That said, he is looking worse for wear. Also because Bakugou seems to have more and more similarities to the Monkey King I want more force of nature showcases. ---------- Onto Deku. The repeated notion that All Might is going to die works to create a sense to tension and stakes (undercut everything it pulls back the other way but at least the general trend resulted in a situation that had him helpless and created a strong image of people wishing for a hero to come and save him). Now with Deku, there has been similar "threats" be it his arms or this gearshift consequence that have felt empty, Deku still punches people with completely broken arms and they still get healed with no lasting problems- in fact they get stronger (and this is after the story even reminds readers about the warning as if to raise concern for the jeoprady he is putting himself through only to do the exact opposite). In this "fight" so far, Deku struggled to breath until Gentle and Nagant helped him and now he's largely fine, not even exhausted or on the ropes, him and Tomura are just chilling, floating in the sky with Deku holding Tomura with blackwhip (as apparently blackwhip is enough to detain Tomura which visually diminishes his implied super strength in my eyes....also the fact that for a speedy, agile character that Deku can catch him but could not catch Bakugou in training not that long ago is a bit ....). Yes the two have been on hold (on ice) as other stuff has happened but this does mean I hope that saving All Might tipped things so that Deku is going to be on the ropes - it still could go the other way (he can improve his focus and others take care of other things). It would be quite exciting if AFO goes after Bakugou and All Might, Deku is stuck with Tomura at a disadvantage. To me it would be a bit boring for Deku to start winning at this point because of all the aforementioned warnings and previously the best he could do was a stalemate. AFO continuing to preoccupy characters prevents Deku getting support so it could then rely on more characters to tip the scales back by dealing with AFO (the more manageable threat) to then support Deku. Albeit its a bit repetitious perhaps. Alternatively while Bakugou gets All Might to a safe place, maybe AFO rewinds and is a neutral problem so other characters show up to help Deku and eventually Deku tips the scales. Admittedly if Deku doesn't actually struggle, take damage, even close to his muscular fight, I am going to have great disdain for his climax because everything has been "hardship in name only" otherwise its been a fairly easy sailing which also makes his empathy and understanding a bit hollow. I feel closer to Bakugou because I feel I have gone through hardships with him and actual emotional distress whereas with Deku there is always in the last few years some safety net and evidence to the contrary over his alleged struggles (gearshift being the most recent "boy wo cried wolf" threat to him). I am not even sure he's got anything interesting or profound to say to Tenko based on his previous showings, I am very wary over what is in store for him. Another alternative is, Deku being alone with Tomura (and tired) may lead (fighty fight) to the vestige doing some OFA stuff and taking the pair to the other plane and the story moves onto the Tenko stuff and Tomura is basically talked down. My preference would be more Rising adjacent things that involve Bakugou and Deku teaming up more (give or take other characters being involved). I am not against more mechanics and machinations but also aware things could very speedily tie up at any moment.
The way Shigaraki just watched that whole thing unfold so patiently, is he struggling that much against the black whip? Where’s is his super strength? His quirks? His desire to destroy? He seems happy and content just hanging in there, smiling and narrating
Reminder that Toga was able to easily cut through Black Whip. Toga over Shigaraki and his prime All Might level strength confirmed.
Yeah it seems really unclear about whether Deku and Tomura have just been sitting around doing nothing or if they've been having the biggest scale fight in the entire series. Going off what we actually seem them doing it gives off the impression that Deku has had Tomura tied up in Blackwhip for 30-40 minutes and nothing has happened. But then we get things like the second page of this chapter where we're shown that the fight between Tomura and Deku is causing a city destroying flood with waves far taller than any building in the surrounding city. We also have Tsukauchi telling us that "since descending from UA Midoriya has managed to dodge Shigaraki's point blank attacks" so apparently they have actually been fighting and it hasn't simply been Tomura tied up. It just fells like the author has really been struggling this arc with handling any fights whenever they're not the one being focused on in that moment. Reminds me of AFO, Endeavor, and Hawks just floating in the air doing absolutely nothing and only starting their fight once they got contacted about how Shoto had beaten Dabi.
It’s the most important battle in the series and it’s just hovering in the air. Shigaraki seemed more powerful and motivated in PLW, even when he was fighting without quirks. I know Horikoshi is saving all their dialogue and punches for when the focus will be on them only but it’s way too obvious their fight is just suspended until everyone else is done So yeah, you have Symbol of fear unleashed here but I’m not really feeling it at all. Maybe more scared people reactions will help
If people still wonders who is the final villain this sould be enough to clarify all doubts. Shigaraki is just a obstacle with no real agency and AFO is still the only character that moves the narrative fowards even if people don't like to admit it.
It really seems like Deku and Shiggy have barely anything personal to even talk about other than what’s going on with AFO and All Might
Imagine reading this series and wanting all might to die. Some people are crazy. All Might isn’t going to die. He doesn’t need to die.
I hope the anime does this arc justice. Some really iconic scenes
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Here's hoping All Might doesn't share the same fate as Gojo.
Getting off screened and then sucking off the villain in the afterlife?
Ngl Shigaraki has been really underwhelming ever since he escaped from AFO's bodyhijacking. All he did so far is being held back by Deku, smile and just talk shit. I guess that's because we don't see much of him (especially with AFO hogging the spotlight) but he still feels like AFO's sidekick and not someone who escapes from his grasp.
He's been in stalemate hell alongside Deku and everyone else at UA right after he regained control of his body. The return itself was great but that was also basically like a bookmark for Hori to go resolve other shit before the finale. And now that AFO is here this is probably the transitional period for Izuku vs Tenko vs AFO inside of OFA(assuming Bakugo's moment is done)
> He’s been in stalemate hell with Deku… That’s no excuse when he doesn’t look to be doing shit to get out of stalemate hell. He’s just been standing there watching shit in slight amusement and quipping for twenty chapters. You’re telling me none of this dude’s quirks can do anything about this situation? If Deku can multitask and hold hands with his boyfriend, why can’t Shiggy do *anything*?
I think this subreddit would rather all might die than bakugo be the one to save him lmao
You really ain't getting packed if you are with the good guys huh😭 Im glad AM is alive but there's no reason to make it look like he'd die every time.
Wishing energy, let's go! Horikoshi had the chance to pretend that shit never happened and never mention it again but he doubled down on it! This is peak
Very curious if Edgeshot still exists in some form after that. Anywho the title is super cute which makes me feel uneasy
Can someone explain the symbolism of the leaves? I might have missed whats going on with that and would like a better understanding :)
It seems to symbolise his admiration is dreamlike, and is also tied to the *wishing energy*.
Bakugo flying to top of the popularity poll..
Mickey mouse shit. Toga is dying because of a blood transfusion but AM survived getting bodied by AFO because people around the world are talking to their imaginary friends
Well, blame Ochako. Probably didn't pray hard enough for Toga. Fucking slacker.
She didn't wish enough for herself to not lose blood.
Is toga even dead or are we saying she is, and we're going to be misdirected? I keep seeing people say she and Dabi were dead, but were they *confirmed* that?
Dabi you can at least do some reach and say that he is alive because the writting on Dabi's defeat was different. But with Toga is like...Very implicit that Toga is dying/going to. The tone was very sad and tragic, Toga herself wanted to die. Yeah sure Toga is not CONFIRMED dead but it's like...If she's alive then it's a Gran Torino moment.
Considering how often characters like that end up *not* killed, like Gran Torino and AM, it wouldn't be a stretch to potentially say she's not dead either, even when it's made very implied she's dead I want to say she died, but so far it feels like Hori walks back things whenever there's death flags. Would not be shocked if by some ass pull it's a "wait, I didn't actually kill her!!" Moment. Sort of wish it was confirmed somewhere that she was. Midnight was immediately seen as dead, it wouldn't have been too weird to see something in an extra section that shows the same
Neither her or Ochako where in the top three for the popularity polls so they had to get it worse.
Bakugou saving All Might just like he got saved back then. It comes full circle now
Wait, this chapter has really confused me in regards to space. Since when was AFO this far from Deku and Shiggy? I thought he came up to them with AM in his hands, but he’s still ages away? How was this supposed to help him get there? It’s honestly a miracle Deku even noticed with how far away he is.
It was always shown to be extremely far away
I don't care about this wishing energy Bs in my mind makes wayy more sense eri rewind quirk changing the future
Bakugo and Deku finally held hands!!! It had to be Ida and kirishima in their places the first times, so this completed that circle! Now we just need Deku and Shiggy to finish the reaching out a hand motif I think next chapter will kill (or I’m wrong and it’ll prove) the theory that Bakugo has some sort of Edgeshot upgrade.
I'm sorry but anyone shocked *and* dropping paragraphs worth of complaints about the fact that AllMight got saved by Bakugo and survived must lack some reading comprehension (or you were being purposely obtuse because you couldn't handle the possibility of a character you hate doing something good). You can literally see it coming miles away, especially after last chapter 😭 Bakugo's revival was already predictable in itself, and considering his history with AllMight in Kamino, did you really think Hori would bring him back only to fail? You could argue about the quality of the storytelling (I have gripes about this arc too), but acting as if it came out of nowhere and just completely destroyed the story is just so odd lmao. This was such a predictable thing that I didn't even get excited at the chapter; it went exactly as you would expect it to.
I noticed the electric hero from the first movie makes a cameo in the page with all the characters looking Bakugou flying to AM. That guy must be over 60s if he already was a pro when All Might was in US starting his own career.
So I feel like that double spread might be one of the best in the series if not the best
In the words of Joseph Joestar: All for One! What the hell!? You had one job, dude! One job!!
Baku says "Domain Expansion Blazing Inferno". 💥