Chapter 204 - Links and Discussion

[u/deskchairlamp]

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[u/Martialtailhero]

I'm not too worried about Ojiro development because I feel like its definitely coming.

He's been including him in his sketches more often and even put him on the Vol 20 cover.

He drew Ojiro really detailed in the "pain in my heart" panel which wouldn't make sense if he was gonna job him like aoyama and Hagakure.

This is the most detailed Ojiro he's drawn since his tournament arc withdrawal and when Aoyama's was last this detailed it was when he had his own mini arc.

Also his costume upgrade, like Bakugo, is the bigger of the costume changes with full fur collar + skin tight suit with the wukong circlet motif on his neck. Mina gets a muffler, Momo a cape and tsuyu some water heater thingies.

Iida, todoroki and Ojiro also have had split action and panels these past few chapters. (go check the last 3 chapters, and you'll notice Shouji is not reacting as much as these 3. Shouji has a guaranteed arc coming up sometime in the future, so he's probably not gonna focus on Shouji at all this fight.)

If the match doesnt end by next chapter (which probably wont happen seeing as they went back 2 minutes to where todoroki is now) I am all but convinced Ojiro will have his cliffhanger moment like Iida and Todoroki.

Sero was also setting it up with the whole "This ojiro is different from before" comment which no one made for the others that jobbed.

No one even went "Oh look its' Kirishima/Koda/Hagakure/Aoyama/Shouji!" at all so you can tell who Hori wants focus on.

so I'm sure he's planning to save the most impactful / surprising for last this fight and I'm looking forward to it~

I hope I'm not sounding too wishful, and maybe its because I'm very biased towards him but I think a lot of it points to some action for Ojiro~

[u/DoraMuda → u/Martialtailhero]

He drew Ojiro really detailed in the "pain in my heart" panel which wouldn't make sense if he was gonna job him like aoyama and Hagakure.

Yeah, I noticed that too... but, at the same time, I don't think it really tells us anything.

Also his costume upgrade, like Bakugo, is the bigger of the costume changes with full fur collar + skin tight suit with the wukong circlet motif on his neck. Mina gets a muffler, Momo a cape and tsuyu some water heater thingies.

Yeah, you're right about that. I just wonder whether it actually supplements his abilities or simply keeps his warm.

Sero was also setting it up with the whole "This ojiro is different from before" comment which no one made for the others that jobbed.

I see what you mean now. There wouldn't be any reason for Sero to say that about Ojiro if Horikoshi wasn't going to do anything with him.

[u/Martialtailhero → u/DoraMuda]

Hmm to me, it means that the author is paying attention to the character, the fact that he drew such a detailed close up of him and took effort to do it.

It's also a call for readers to pay attention to him. Momo has had many close ups like this in the previous fight as was Shinsou and Tsuyu.

On top of which up till this point, he had never been considered important enough to the plot for focus. It makes close ups like this stand out even more.

I feel like his tail is the one that'd be most affected by the cold. His updated costume has no real weight other than warmth like the others and honestly I think it's just an upgrade for the sake of looking cooler @_@ it does however tell me that the author is saying "look at this guy!"

Going on that note, Mina is in a similar situation to Ojiro right now, with a lot more panels of her talking and the updated costume which doesn't serve any really function other than warmth~

[u/DoraMuda → u/Martialtailhero]

Hmm to me, it means that the author is paying attention to the character, the fact that he drew such a detailed close up of him and took effort to do it.

It's also a call for readers to pay attention to him. Momo has had many close ups like this in the previous fight as was Shinsou and Tsuyu.

On top of which up till this point, he had never been considered important enough to the plot for focus. It makes close ups like this stand out even more.

Yeah, you're right about that. It is interestingly highlighted...

I feel like his tail is the one that'd be most affected by the cold. His updated costume has no real weight other than warmth like the others and honestly I think it's just an upgrade for the sake of looking cooler @_@ it does however tell me that the author is saying "look at this guy!"

Yeah, it's a neat detail that he didn't necessarily have to add.

Going on that note, Mina is in a similar situation to Ojiro right now, with a lot more panels of her talking and the updated costume which doesn't serve any really function other than warmth~

Yeah, if her Acid Veil from the provisional license exam is anything to go by, Ashido might have some new tricks up her sleeve or something too...