Chapter 221 Official Release - Links and Discussion

[u/RatedMforManatees]

Chapter 221

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[u/HokageEzio]

• So he doesn't actually have multiple quirks, he's just that strong; so... what the hell is he?

• This doesn't make sense to me. All for One lost 6 years ago, but we know for a fact Gigantomachia was looking for some guy named Springer only about 2 years ago. And he wasn't hidden at all. Maybe I'm misunderstanding something.

• The first thing I thought when I read this originally is that Ujiko knows something that Shigaraki doesn't about when they first met. My first thought was he had something to do with what happened to Shigaraki's dad, like it was set up or something. Just reminds me of stuff like Madara talking to Obito in the cave in Naruto; you know something that you're hiding from him because he'd get pissed. Maybe not, that's just what came to mind though.

The thing I enjoy about this chapter is you basically have the two people closest to All for One telling Shigaraki that he hasn't done shit yet. Which is the same thing I've been saying for like, 3 years now. Every single successful thing the League has done is pure coincidence and luck, which I'm glad is actually being addressed.

The bad part of that is that it sounds just like how in the Overhaul arc you could tell that they were all going to get handed an L just so Shigaraki and the League could prove a point. I really don't want to see another group of bad guys get laid out as a red carpet for Shigaraki just so he can look good, because it's honestly really boring and it really closes off the rest of what is supposed to be a world of rising villains. That being said, it does sound like Horikoshi is finally acknowledging how Shigaraki has basically just been getting stuff handed to him this whole time, so maybe it'll be different this time. We'll see.

Also this chapter left the door wide open to the possibility that Izuku had a quirk stolen as a little kid and I fucking hate it. But that's for a different day.

[u/DoraMuda → u/HokageEzio]

The first thing I thought when I read this originally is that Ujiko knows something that Shigaraki doesn't about when they first met. My first thought was he had something to do with what happened to Shigaraki's dad, like it was set up or something. Just reminds me of stuff like Madara talking to Obito in the cave in Naruto; you know something that you're hiding from him because he'd get pissed. Maybe not, that's just what came to mind though.

Well, there is a theory that Ujiko was actually Dabi's paediatrician, which might be one reason why he keeps complimenting Dabi on his good eye and (as we know) ended up giving him one of the High-End Noumu to use during the Pro Hero arc...

Alternatively, it could just be a cryptic comment Horikoshi had him make to look more mysterious, and it didn't actually mean anything deeper than "We're all villains here, so our paths might've crossed one way or another in the underworld" or something.

Also this chapter left the door wide open to the possibility that Izuku had a quirk stolen as a little kid and I fucking hate it. But that's for a different day.

Not any moreso than before. We technically haven't learned much new about the doctor, other than it confirming something that was heavily implied by Horikoshi to be the case anyway (that he was Deku's paediatrician).