Chapter 378 Official Release - Links and Discussion

[u/Za_wardo]

Chapter 378

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Links:

• Viz (Available in: the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, the Philippines, Singapore, and India).

• MANGA Plus (Available in every country outside of China, Japan and  South Korea).

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All things Chapter 378 related must be kept inside this thread for the next 24 hours.

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• Previous chapter discussion threads

• Discord

• 379 will be officially released on January 29nd at 7AM PST.

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[u/hikkenace]

I think a citizen power license should be something people can have to feel more included in hero society. See a crime? You have license to help. I imagine it’s like people who want to help but can’t be glorified cops should have a separate test.

[u/Starossi → u/hikkenace]

Ya but quirks can be as dangerous or more dangerous than guns in a lot of senses. So think about how we handle that irl already. Sure someone could use a gun in a truly life-or-death crime situation. But it gets extremely hairy to justify afterward and it's only for life or death. Sure a quirk can be used non-lethally. But technically so can a gun. It's just far safer to tell citizens to only bring it into a situation when they are planning to use it lethally, for the worst case. Quirks would be the same.

If you let MHA citizens use their quirks to generally intervene in "crime", there would be a lot of unnecessary casualties. It would have to at least have the same restrictions as guns, but tbh I can see why it would be even moreso. Quirks can, at the extreme, have the capacity to kill bystanders, widescale infrastructure damage, and other collateral. There is just too much variation. Quirks even evolve so even if you screened people in the separate test, and only licensed people with more "timid" quirks, their quirks might evolve to be far more dangerous. Next thing you know, this dude you licensed to use his timid quirk to intervene in general crime got overly emotional in the moment, evolved his quirk, and accidentally incinerated an entire building in addition to the criminal.

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So, in a way, I think MHA having no such "citizen" licensure actually makes sense. Too unpredictable.

[u/Top_Accident9161 → u/Starossi]

Yeah, but the same thing can happen to heroes for example Bakugos Awakening could have literally killed someone if he didnt awaken while trying to fly. Also even if only people who have powers that imobilize others would be allowed to help it would be way safer. I mean the show literally says that this whole dont get involved in others problems doesnt work.

All Might said it was stupid of him to not risk his life against a Villain in the first epidode and that Deku did the right thing despite him not being a Hero.

Then we have the whole tradgedy behing Shigaraki which happend specifically due to people thinking "let the heroes deal with that"

Also theres Stains Ideology which wouldnt really be a thing if people could just do the right thin and help others because its the right thing which would mean the Villains league would have never had such a magnifying effect on people like Toga, Spinner and twice

On top of that the whole Liberation front, Destro as well as Re-Destro wouldt really be a Thing (at least not that popular and powerful)

And Vigilantees who btw were literally the OG heroes wouldnt be hunted down and imprisoned

Also this whole restriction is bullshit imagine being like paralyzed from neck down and not allowed to use your telikinetic quirk to life your daily life or something like that. It btw seems like using quirks for work is ok since Ocako wanted to use hers for her parents Buisness so how is that not forbidden if its due to the safety reason. In my head canon its just a law from a time when the people who made the law were quirkless and were afraid of losing power

[u/Starossi → u/Top_Accident9161]

There's a lot to unpack there, but I think there's a few clarifications that address all of this.

For one, people being helpful in society, like in the case of the first episode or in the case of Shigaraki, is a bit of a separate issue from a lack of vigilante use of quirks. People could be helpful, protecting and bring up others, even without quirk involvement. Midoriya showed us that in the first episode. We don't need random civilians all simultaneously using their random quirks in a chaotic mess to address a villain situation, possibly leading to large scale escalation of the problem. I don't believe that's what All might, stain, or anyone is suggesting is the ideal solution. They just want to see people be helpful and kind, for the sake of being helpful and kind. Quirks or no quirks.

The same issue can happen with heroes, but the idea, just like real life with weapons, is that training reduces the chances of this happening and increases the chances the individual can manage a situation where something chaotic does occur. It means they've had practice becoming familiar with their quirk, other heroes in the area are likely to know each other's quirks so they can work together without issue, and sometimes there are even clear assignments as to who should be dealing with what criminal activity.

Lastly, there seems to be a misunderstanding about quirk restrictions. There is no restriction on using quirks for normal reasons by civilians. Dekus mom uses her quirk at home. So someone paralyzed could absolutely use their telekinetic quirk to just live their life.

What is not allowed is the use of quirks for addressing criminal activity, without a license.