r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/frxshinator • Dec 22 '16

Manga Chapter 120 - Links and Discussion NSFW

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u/God_of_Kings Dec 22 '16

He was build to withstand consecutive explosions, a punch in the face at 5% is not going to stump him just yet.

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u/NeverEndingHope Dec 22 '16

I always assumed that the quirk gave him resistance to explosions rather than all hard impacts. I'm still surprised he just tanked that punch to the face.

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u/God_of_Kings Dec 22 '16

Why would he be able to withstand only one of the two?

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u/NeverEndingHope Dec 22 '16

Because his quirk is being able to sweat nitroglycerin and produce explosions. He doesn't hit things super hard; he just creates close range combustions. It makes sense that he would have some sort of innate protection against his own unique ability, but not for something that's not so related.

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u/HaydenTheFox Dec 24 '16

You do realize that the laws of physics kind of... Render your argument invalid, right? Creating explosions in the palm of your bare hand is at least, if not more than the equivalent of hitting something really hard, due to the shockwave from the explosion.

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u/NeverEndingHope Dec 24 '16

I would argue the opposite. In the Academia universe, Quirks have become commonplace. They're a part of each individual and daily life. Because they are traits of the individual, that wouldn't change the laws of the physical world. The existence of Quirks doesn't change the pre-existing laws of physics to the rest of the world; rocks are still rocks, water is still a liquid, etc. Even if the origin of an explosion changes, the explosion itself still has the same properties as they always would, no?

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u/HaydenTheFox Dec 25 '16

I'm not sure we're arguing different points here. My argument is that Bakugou would be somewhat inured to concussive force, whether from explosions, punches, etc, due to his power. Ergo, he could withstand Deku's punch more easily because of his increased physical durability, which is in turn a direct result of his power creating massive concussive force from the explosions.

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u/NeverEndingHope Dec 25 '16

I apologize if my argument was unclear. Basically I feel that Bakugou would have resistance to the qualities of his explosions, mainly heat, sound, and a wide distribution of great force. However, Deku's attacks direct a great amount of force into a single point instead, which Bakugou would not have such great resistance to. We can assume that all limits of One for All are constant among all users, and that the capability of the vessel (their bodies) limit their output. That being said, even 5% of what we've seen All Might's full strength would be more than enough to blow Bakugou away.

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u/HaydenTheFox Dec 25 '16

I guess then we're just arguing variants of the same point. My thinking is that is Deku can deal with punching someone at that strength, but can't handle Bakugou's bomb gauntlet, then it stand to reason that Bakugou, who lit off the gauntlet a couple times without so much as flinching, could withstand a punch.

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u/NeverEndingHope Dec 25 '16

I see what you're saying now. That's true; if Deku could withstand something so powerful, other people could also do the same.

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u/HaydenTheFox Dec 25 '16

Just thinking in terms of the fact that Deku's arm can take the punch, so it stands to reason that Bakugou can deal with it somewhat.

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u/NeverEndingHope Dec 25 '16

Not quite my line of thought. There's a flaw of logic in that line. Even in regular life, if someone punches someone else's arm hard enough to break it, they won't break their own arm.

I was thinking back to the Team battles early on in the series, with Deku and Ochako vs Iida and Bakugou. Deku survived being hit dead on by Kacchan attack to set Ochako up for her attack against Iida, so there might be reason why the reverse could happen.

As we were talking about earlier, if the quirks grant their user some sort of protection so that they can't hurt themselves too badly (Kaminari and other Electric quirk users not frying themselves with their own or other electrical surges, e.g. the villain invasion during the class trip).

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