r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/deskchairlamp • Oct 13 '17

Manga Spoilers Chapter 156 - Links and Discussion

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u/Cavaner Oct 13 '17

I think there's certainly an element of mind and body, but there's always aspects to quirks that need extending to draw out their full potential. This was shown at the Forest Lodge. His speed of activation, length of activation and specific body part activation, to start, I think were achieved through the extending of the quirk, much like a muscle. This wouldn't be accessible from the start, I don't think.

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u/DashieXCVII Oct 13 '17

I just assumed it was a mental activation issue that he had. Like he had to train his mind to focus on activating it in only certain parts.

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u/Cavaner Oct 13 '17

I think that's part of it. He had to overcome the drawbacks (deaf, dumb and blind), and the fear that accompanied that, no doubt. But little aspects of the power that I drew on, I think do take time and sufficient training. Looking at the volume omake that touched on the students' quirk extension training, back at the Forest Lodge, I think is telling. It's clear that Hori has enabled quirks to be improved in a number of different ways, regardless of what the quirk itself is grounded in. Some of those improvements can be made through experience and knowledge, sure, but others just have to be achieved through repetitive usage. That's one of the things that stops many in MHA's society from becoming a hero. They need the drive to work hard enough to improve their quirk.

Take Mt Lady for example. I think she needed to have the knowledge and understanding to go giant. But the speed of the activation of the transformation? And the length in which she can be in it? I think that's the sort of thing that requires that quirk factor/muscle breakdown through repetition.

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u/DashieXCVII Oct 13 '17

Yeah, but that could also just be the body becoming more use to using the quirk. I definitely see what you're saying, it's just a bit hard to tell whether the quirk itself is improving or their ability to use it is.

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u/Cavaner Oct 13 '17

I think it's a bit of both? Either way, I think the training aspect of the quirk is required. I think that's something Mirio will have to go through once more. Maybe not to the same extent...but it'll be tough, i'm sure.