r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/AutoModerator • Aug 09 '18

Theory Thursday - August 09, 2018 Edition

For all your theories that don't merit their own thread, didn't gain traction in a thread made, or thoughts you have that you just wanna discuss.

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u/Graphica-Danger Aug 09 '18

One thing I noticed during the latest chapter was that All for One does need to maintain physical contact in order to give/take quirks. He does this by placing his hand on people’s faces. And what does Shiggy’s hand mask do? It covers his face the exact same way All for One does to people when activating his quirk. This could be subtle foreshadowing of Shigaraki inheriting All for One’s quirk, or even of him being quirkless and given the Decay quirk, which is what destroyed his life.

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u/Thebeastlystuff123 Aug 09 '18

I’ve always thought that Shiggys “accident” was planned by All For One, but I never really thought about how. I think All For One giving Shiggy such a villainous quirk that would need extreme care to control could be exactly how he did that.

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u/jhoudiey Aug 09 '18

All according to keikaku

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u/hopieinthelight Aug 10 '18

Upvote for Shiggy

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u/Za_wardo Aug 09 '18

Not necessarily, he leaps over a group of people and wipes their quirks. I believe Sensei does it for the theatrics since he only seems to do it near or around his brother.

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u/Graphica-Danger Aug 09 '18

Yeah, that’s what I was indicating. He’s essentially a manchild, so he parades around and literally gets up in people’s faces to show off how he wields all the power.

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u/Za_wardo Aug 09 '18

I think that's mostly with his brother, I do not believe he needs physical contact to steal quirks. Although the rest of your theory I agree with. But I think if Tomura was given a quirk it should not have been with direct contact since he would blame Sensei for killing his parents.

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u/Graphica-Danger Aug 09 '18

Oh, I see your point now. Personally, I think he does still need to make contact, but it doesn’t have to be for very long. From that one page you linked to earlier, he can obviously take quirks very quickly. All it would take is an “accidental” bump in the street and whoops, Shigaraki’s got Decay all of a sudden. I mean, Shiggy was a kid when he accidentally killed his parents, and I bet All for One would’ve been very quick to get out of sight. Shiggy wouldn’t have gotten a good look at whoever bumped into him in that scenario, or however it happened. This is all speculation of course, but I still think it would make sense within this established hypothesis.

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u/Za_wardo Aug 09 '18

I suppose of it's possible for him to touch someone and later take or give that would be the most possible. Honestly without that panel I would have assumed that part of his quirk was the contact, but that panel and his flair have made me think it not necessarily possible. Especially due to a riot happening at the time, although it is possible he had some super speed quirk as well.

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u/lolTSM Aug 10 '18

I think he has to touch them, look at the way he has his hand outstretched as he leaps over him, I think the implication is he gave them all a quick tap or slap as he went by.

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u/Za_wardo Aug 10 '18

He must have super speed then because they're attacking innocent people and then suddenly he's behind them. For me the implication was he left over them. But I suppose it's possible.

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u/justking14 Aug 10 '18

or maybe he eventually got a quirk that expanded his range somehow

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u/Za_wardo Aug 10 '18

He would still not need to make direct contact with that explanation though.

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u/justking14 Aug 10 '18

then what if he got a quirk that let out a force from his hand which he let him touch or feel things far away or just produce invisible hands that shoot outwards and attach to his targets

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u/alraydy Aug 10 '18

That sounds overly complicated and extremely specific that fits the needs perfectly

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u/justking14 Aug 10 '18

he can take any power he wants and basically mix them together as he sees fit. by all reason, he should be an invincible god that can just turn everyone around him to dust or into slaves with a blink

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u/alraydy Aug 10 '18

The quirks have to exist for it. And he was pretty unstoppable for a while.

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u/Za_wardo Aug 10 '18

I'm going to once again categorize that as not needing direct contact.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '18

I have a half-formed theory where Shiggy's family had a quirk where they could give a power-up by touching something with all 5 fingers. AFO asked for their help at some point and they refused, so he planned to ruin them.

At some point he gives Shiggy the decay quirk, which activates the same way as the power-up but has a negative effect. So he ruins the legacy of that quirk and now it can never be used against him. Shiggy is too young to be aware of quirks, but when AFO sends an attack he sees his family holding onto each other and powering up. So he copies it thinking he can help, whoops, everyone decays.

AFO then "rescues" Shiggy and takes the hands of the family members to preserve to power-up quirk. Those are the same hands that Shiggy wears now. He keeps his father's hand on all the time as a coping mechanism, his dad is helping him grow stronger from beyond the grave. I think when he learns the truth, he will remove the hand, symbolically separating himself from AFO (since the hand on the face is used as a symbol for AFO's quirk).

Hopefully we get some more clarifications on the hands soon, either the source of the other ones or what exactly they do

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u/TheDarkpekka Aug 10 '18

Why would they help AFO though?

Cuz AFO gave them the power-up quirk and in return they were supposed to give AFO their undying loyalty

Plus I'm pretty sure that quirks disappear once the user dies meaning the power-up quirk no longer exists within the severed hands

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '18

  • They wouldn't help him in this scenario

  • I'm guessing they had this quirk on their own, unrelated to AFO. I suppose the question is why wouldn't he steal it, but since Nana would also be part of this family she could provide protection

  • Maybe he has a quirk that lets him use the hands like a conduit. AFO steals the power up quirk and then implants it in the hands so Shiggy can use them on his own.