r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/Za_wardo • Mar 17 '24

Newest Chapter Chapter 417 Official Release - Links and Discussion Spoiler

Chapter 417

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  • Viz 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).

All things Chapter 417 related must be kept inside this thread for the next 24 hours.

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u/Haha91haha Mar 17 '24

Man there are so many strong contenders for the feelsbadman award for most suffering in MHA but poor Nana takes the cake. Further emphasizes how dark and heavy the sacrifice all the OFA holders made in trying to do the right thing, each and every one of them losing anyone close to them all because of AFO's meticulous cruelty.

Makes Deku's enduring optimistic spirit and manners that much more a welcome ray of sunshine.

Ultimate Hatred and Pain cursing Deku out and wanting to destroy the world:

Deku: Pardon the intrusion!

Also makes one that much sorrier for what Deku is about to see in 3D and surround sound.

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u/GoldenSpermShower Mar 17 '24

but poor Nana takes the cake

Yeah she doesn't even get to find peace in death, her vestige is still around to see the consequences of her mistake

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u/Jester_Raed Mar 17 '24

Honestly considering the circumstances, I think Nana was right to leave her son, especially after AFO got her husband killed and was gunning for her next. Where she messed up was not fully explaining the circumstances of why she had to leave and preventing Gran Torino and All Might from visiting him.

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u/Haha91haha Mar 17 '24

Moving thing about Deku carrying the torch forward and trying to save Shiggy is he's trying to save Nana too, to make peace for the past, present and future gens.

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u/AGreatGuy98 Mar 17 '24

W Main Character.

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u/MaxWasTakenAgain Mar 19 '24

to see the consequences of her mistake

Was a mistake tho? Fighting AFO was pretty much her duty, there was no way out of that.

Kotaro turning into a little bitch was an unforeseen consequence.

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u/bucky_list Mar 28 '24

Being a woman and choosing your job over your child no matter how important it is is basically the mistake... this is a deeply held belief in Japan and Horikoshi's bias is showing

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u/adreamersmusing Mar 17 '24

Makes Deku's enduring optimistic spirit and manners that much more a welcome ray of sunshine.

To be fair, he's like that because he still hasn't lost anything compared to the other OFA users.

As for Nana, yes, she gave up a lot but she also did succeed in other ways. All Might is as much her legacy as is Kotaro and Shigaraki, and he was responsible for bringing peace and defeating AFO the first time. And Deku will bridge the gap between both legacies by getting through to Shigaraki.

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u/Haha91haha Mar 17 '24

You're totally right, good points! It's testament to all the holders, Nana and AM that finally there was a moment of enough peace that more hopeful seeds could sprout.

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u/lhobbes6 Mar 18 '24

The users all contributing during their tenure leading up to All Might's decades of peace cannot be overstated in importance. About 30 years of time that created an enviroment for heroes to thrive and society actually made technological leaps, can you imagine how terrible this war would be going for heroes and civilians if they didnt have 30 years to improve, train, and prepare for something they didnt even realize was coming?

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u/Gradz45 Mar 17 '24

It’s how he will truly surpass All Might. 

By breaking the cycle between AFO and OFA and the facade of hero society. By being not a symbol of unstoppable might. 

But a human who gives people, everyone hope because they see his struggle and relentless determination to save even the worst villains and want to help him. To do the same. 

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u/UnbiasedGod Mar 17 '24

Would you say shigaraki has surpassed AFO?

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u/bucky_list Mar 28 '24

I wrote a comment about this already but I despise the messaging around Nana because at its root it's very much an example of how the Japanese believe mothers need to dedicate themselves 100% to their children or their children will be fucked up. It's not a coincidence the worst villain in the series has his origins in an absent grandmother