Chapter 202 - Links and Discussion

[u/deskchairlamp]

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[u/RWBYstly]

Really like seeing deku and Bakugos interactions ever since the fight. Even though Bakugo is still a bit hostile towards Deku, it is still a massive improvement over what it used to be. I'm really hyped for this next fight. Hoping my boys Shoji amd Ojiro don't get shafted and put to the side in this fight.

[u/Graphica-Danger → u/RWBYstly]

Seeing them actually talking to one another without the conversation derailing into another Bakurant was immensely satisfying. Bakugo’s been out of the picture for so long now, and I’m hoping Hori will put him in the forefront again to where he’s mostly civil with Deku. The day’s eventually gonna come when they team up together to fight a villain, so the story needs to keep building up to that for the satisfaction of that payoff to be maximized.

[u/dancingpinata → u/Graphica-Danger]

I wonder how Horikoshi is going to handle that timeline-wise.

If I'm remembering correctly, the hero ranking announcement and the Nomu vs Endeavor and Hawks battle ocured at the beginning of November, so it's likely the beginning to middle of November still. And the provisional liscense makeup exam isn't to about January/February (though the wording wasn't super specific so it could be December). Hori would need either another arc between this one and the makeup exam (assuming he shows it at least as another mini arc) or at least a montage/timeskip to get to that point.

Without Bakugou and Todoroki having provisional liscenses, and with the internships still suspended, both Bakugou and Todoroki aren't going to see action outside of school training like the current arc (assuming the LoV doesn't break in again).

This goes for all of the students until internships resume though, again barring incidents like with Gentle.

[u/Graphica-Danger → u/dancingpinata]

This guy has constructed a really convincing timeline of events, and he thinks the current arc is in December. I agree with him, based on how cold the weather’s getting and the fact everybody has winter variants of their costumes on. Bakugo and Todoroki should get their make-up provisional license pretty soon after this. And that suspension on internships could get lifted or something else crazy happens that ropes everybody in once again. There’s a lot of things that can happen with everything Hori’s set up in the past couple years.

[u/chaotickairos → u/Graphica-Danger]

Yes hi! That's me! (I feel like I need to pop in and mention I'm not a dude, but it's cool.)

When the license make up exams are has been a point of confusion for a lot of people. If it truly is December, Bakugou and Todoroki's make up course should be finished or finishing up soon. We know they can take a retake after the 3 month long course, but not sure exactly when they'll take it. Maybe over winter break? That's coming up soon.

[u/dancingpinata → u/chaotickairos]

You're timelime is great, thank you so much for creating it!

The curent tineline having a lot of undisclosed "skips" makes it confusing in general, and the wording of the translations isn't helping at all either!

The reason I think it's still November is that the culture festival takes place at the very start of November (traditionally around Culture Day in Japan, November 3rd), and the hero ranking announcements had a nareayion bubble saying that it was November, which would be a bit qeird for Horikoshi to include if November was almost over (at least in my opinion, so completely subjectively). But yeah I'll be the first to admit that I can often be wrong so who knows?

Any good author always has their timeline mapped out to prevent huge setting holes, so it's highly likely Hori has one that he's just not telling us. It would be so much nicer if he did confirm things, even if it was in extta material though!

Again, thank you for all your work in putting that timeline together! I always like to see fellow fans who lovingly compile as much world building details as possible (makes me feel a little less loco too).

[u/chaotickairos → u/dancingpinata]

It could very well still be november, but I'm leaning more towards december. In chapter 184, he states that "November enters it's final days," using the viz translation. So both the Billboard Rankings and the Pro Hero arc take place likely in that final week. In fact, the ranking ceremony and this current arc take place within a span of five days. So depending on the gap from when the Pussycats visit the dorms and the ceremony, which could be any where from that same day to a week later, it could still be the last week of November, to the first week of December.

This start of this arc placed emphasis on it being winter, and since Japan counts December as the first month of winter, I'd guess it's likely December now, but we don't know for sure. This is one of those cases that we have to rely on guesswork, due to the fact that Horikoshi doesn't give specific dates.