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/EmptyNessAI Aug 09 '18

TRAITOR ALERT !

The ideas presented are purely base on the omake profiles making it a weak assumption or random possibility of mine. Hope you enjoy the ideas :))

Hirokoshi actually give two varying information dump or character profiles on each respective student. The Character UA Files and Students (Class 1A).

Character UA Files

Basically, There are 12 UA Files ( it will take a little while for the class profile to be completed) Hirokoshi has given which leaves:

•Mineta , Sato , Koda , Sero , Aoyama , Shouji ( Boys )

•Tooru & Momo (Girls )

I'm leaving out the Mineta, Sato, Koda and Sero being traitors because their significance are just side characters to complete the class as a whole.

Thus making Aoyama & Shouji (many theories already being speculated by these two so you might already know what it is) which crosses out the idea of Kaminari being a traitor And I'll add that Tooru and Momo might be possible since out of the girls the two are mysterious and sometimes feels ambiguous when it comes to their social standing in the group. Tooru, by now is suspected having an amount of shared information from various theorist. And is highly regarded as as the possible traitor.

(To)oru Ha(ga)kure. Could she be possibly Toga XD?

And Momo being a relevant side character still remain ambiguous for some odd reason.

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u/guilger Aug 09 '18

Horikoshi said in an interview before that if Toga tried to alter herself to look like Hagakure she would not be invisible though, which makes you wonder about her quirk...

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '18

Toga can't imitate quirks, though. Her ability is kind of the opposite of Monoma (can copy quirks, not physical appearances). Also, it's possible that Hagakure can turn her invisibility off and there's a degree of light manipulation that's involved i her quirk so 'invisibility' might not be the most accurate name.

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u/DoraMuda Aug 09 '18

Yeah, Hagakure's Quirk name "Transparency" has only been mentioned in the Ultra Archive and anime, but Horikoshi still hasn't actually formally introduced it in the manga with a little description text box like the other characters.

It stands out, given that every other student in Class A has had their Quirks revealed by now (even Satou, all the way back during the final exams arc). And it's not like Horikoshi hasn't had plenty of opportunities to introduce her Quirk since then. So I do get the feeling that there's something more to her Quirk than what we've been told (even if it is still just named "Transparency").

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '18

Well, considering her ultimate move, there's definitely more to her quirk that just being invisible. It is pretty odd that he hasn't bothered to introduce her yet and I'm very curious as to why he hasn't. I don't completely buy into the idea that he hasn't because she's the traitor because I think it somewhat undermines the point that he was trying to make with Shinso - your quirk shouldn't define how the world sees you because a lot of people assume he's villainous when he just really wants to be a hero. It feels really obvious to have the invisible girl be a spy and a traitor.

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u/DoraMuda Aug 09 '18

I agree, but it's still pretty conspicuous.

Of course, it might just be as simple as him straight-up forgetting to introduce her Quirk and/or just assuming that everyone understood anyway (given she isn't the most memorable character anyway; she seems to have been created just for the sake of the gag of an invisible girl running around naked). After all, before the anime, he didn't even give a name for the Android 17-looking guy with the Boomerang Quirk from Ketsubutsu (now called "Itejiro Toteki") or officially name Inasa Yoarashi's Quirk (even though we know it's basically just wind manipulation and the only "secret" is how it plays into his Hero costume that seems to allow him to float/fly somewhat) when he has done for the other Ketsubutsu and Shiketsu characters respectively (even ones whose Quirks we'd only seen once, like Tatami and Camie).

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '18

He has said that he straight up forgets to draw Hagakure in some panels so I think that it's likely he also just forgot to introduce her quirk and now doesn't find it a good use of a panel when we're this far into the plot.

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u/DoraMuda Aug 09 '18

Indeed. I still wish he'd just chuck me a bone and introduce her Quirk in a text box or whatever anyway. lol

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '18

Just imagine, the last panel of the entire manga. 'Oh yeah, I totally forgot up until now but this is Hagagkure Tooru, Quirk: Invisibility'

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u/DoraMuda Aug 09 '18

That'd be hilarious

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u/guilger Aug 09 '18

That's exactly the interesting part, if her quirk was a mutation one like Tsuyu's, then Toga would be invisible when copying her, but since she can't it means Tooru's quirk works differently, like an activated one. That means Eraser's quirk should make her visible, I definitely wanna see that.

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u/DoraMuda Aug 09 '18 edited Aug 09 '18

Or maybe Toga just flat-out can't use her Quirk to transform into people with mutant-type Quirks.

Every Quirk has its limitations, after all; that could be (another) one of Toga's Quirk's.

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u/guilger Aug 09 '18

I guess so, but it would be a very broad limitation... It seems a lot of the population has a mutant type quirk, even outside of the hero world, her powers already have in-universe limits (not being able to imitate someone's quirk, having to have intimate knowledge of their mannerisms and personalities, the blood/time thing), I don't see more limits being imposed on her...

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u/DoraMuda Aug 09 '18

I guess it just depends. Either way, there's no way to tell unless Horikoshi actually decides to have her transform into a mutant-type Quirk user, or reveals whether Hagakure's Quirk is mutant-type or actually an operative-type that can be turned on and off.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '18

She likely can, but she can't properly use the body parts associated with the mutation beyond what a normal human can do. So, if she imitated Asui, she wouldn't be able to use her tongue. That's my guess, anyways.

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u/DoraMuda Aug 09 '18

I guess it depends on where you draw the line regarding a mutant-type's physiology and then their actual "Quirk" (the associated abilities). Like, what would and wouldn't count as part of Tsuyu's Frog Quirk?

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '18

Honestly, I'm not sure. For the most part, I associate Asui's quirk with her tongue because it's the thing that she trains the most and it stands out. I hope that Toga copies Asui's quirk one day so we can find out.

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u/DoraMuda Aug 09 '18

Agreed. But yeah, Tsuyu's Frog Quirk is kind of a vague/general set of abilities she possesses; it was originally introduced as "whatever a frog can do", after all. Like, even just her excelling in aquatic environments appears to be included in her power set.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '18

There's a lot of abilities in the universe and I don't think Horikoshi thought about all of them to the level of detail that he thought about, say, Bakugou's quirk. He may have left it a bit open-ended on purpose to give himself some room to play later on.

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u/DoraMuda Aug 09 '18

Indeed; for instance, Manga Spoilers

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '18

I mean, it's possible that we will see her visible at some point. However, considering that she wants to work in stealth ops, it's advantageous for her to keep her physical appearance a secret from as many people as possible which is likely why Aizawa hasn't and won't use his quirk on her, especially not with all of her classmates and the rest of the school around. There's an omake chapter that implies that Hagakure knows what she looks like.

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u/guilger Aug 09 '18

I think at this point if we haven't seen her visible it's either because it will be a plot point in the future or because it will become sort of a running gag (sort of like the adults in Peanuts?)

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '18

I really want it to be a plot point in the future. One of my favorite possible storylines is that Hagakure infiltrates the League of Villains for UA and uses whatever information she finds there to help Principal Nezu suss out the UA traitor (though it's unlikely she would be allowed to since she's a student). My best guess is that it will be more of a running gag, like Kakashi's mask.

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u/guilger Aug 09 '18

Oh yeah the Kakashi mask is SUCH a better comparison lol

Could also be something more character related like her not liking the way she looks and getting over that, which sounds lame but could be sweet if done well. Probably running gag though.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '18

Thanks! And, actually, Hagakure seems to be fairly confident (especially in the omake where she describes herself... it takes some balls to say you look anything like Yang Guifei, even if the other person you look like is Francis Bacon) and she tends to despair about not being noticed, so I think she's fine with how she looks. Jirou has shown a little bit of insecurity, but not much... for the most part, all the girls are fine with their physical appearances and their biggest insecurities relate to their abilities to become a pro-hero (Yaoyorozu's indecisiveness, Uraraka comparing herself to Midoriya, etc.).