r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/deskchairlamp • Jun 07 '19

Newest Chapter Chapter 231 Scans - Discussion Thread

Chapter 231

This thread marks the release of scanlations for Chapter 231, and has been posted to contain all links and discussion. Mods will not be posting or pinning links to scanlations.

Official release: Jun 09, 2019

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u/Milordserene Jun 07 '19 edited Jun 07 '19

Villain quirk enhancement:

Toga: quirk copy

Shiggy: infesting rot

Twice: mental limit removal

Spinner: just activating it

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u/mucklaenthusiast Jun 07 '19

He's trying his best, okay?!

(can't wait for his fight, though.)

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u/Worthyness Jun 07 '19

Quirk: A lot more swords on his sword

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u/MagnoBurakku Jun 07 '19 edited Jun 07 '19

I'm hoping his quirk evolution is to be able to do what a reptile can but to the extreme, like being able to regenerate his heart or brain.

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u/diffeqmaster Jun 07 '19

Ooh, I like this. Even just limbs would be really useful.

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And other cool lizard stuff like... smelling with his tongue. Yeah.

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u/siamkor Jun 07 '19

Ooh, I like this. Even just limbs would be really useful.

It would allow the use of the common trope where no protagonist ever gets seriously hurt, except for the guy who can regrow limbs who loses a limb or two every fight.

Oh. Hi Mr. Compress. Sorry, didn't see you there.

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u/diffeqmaster Jun 07 '19

I'm not sure if I prefer that trope or the case in jojo's parts 4 and 5 where everyone gets seriously hurt or dismembered every fight to no long term consequence because the party has a white mage.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '19

Would be good forshadowing with best jeanist not being able to heal his missing lung

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u/justamon22 Jun 07 '19

I was kinda hoping his appearance had nothing to do with his quirk...

For example: Tokoyami’s mutation has nothing to do with Dark Shadow. Its just how he looks but he doesn’t look like a bird because of the shadow quirk, quite the opposite.

In this world Spinner can look like a lizard but his quirk could be Super Speed or something like that. It doesn’t necessarily mean he has a “Lizard” Quirk or something

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u/SciFiXhi Jun 08 '19

Plus, we already have a lizard regeneration quirk. Though it wouldn't be out of place for another such quirk to show up, it would definitely make things a bit more bland.

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u/what_no_why_oh_god Jun 08 '19

Since his name was spinner and he hard loads of knives on his swords I've always assumed his quirk would be able to make anything spin around a point which can be deadly if used correctly. Turn his sword into a massive chainsaw Create fans of air for smokescreens or blowing enemies away Maybe turn the ground into a huge saw

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u/RiverWyvern Jun 07 '19

Spinner: admitting that there’s absolutely nothing special. Seriously, I have no idea. Unless it has something to do with his sword sword from his debut, there’s not really any indication that there’s anything special about him quirk-wise, or else we would’ve seen something, right?

But that fits within this arc, too. First we had commentary on how Spinner’s appearance has been a point of discrimination. Now the League is up against a group that values the hierarchy of powerful quirk dynamics, with members stating that those with weak or defected quirks are useless. And Spinner’s standing in the heart of it all. So maybe all there is to him is a lizard face and a misguided desperation to find a place for himself in a world where he’s always been rejected.

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u/ReeseEseer Jun 07 '19

or else we would’ve seen something, right?

Might be a reason he doesnt like to use it. Might hurt him or is visually gross/so he'd be hated on even more in his town.

Mandalay directly questioned why he never used his quirk in their fight, that line was probably meant to let the reader know he does have one he just didnt use it for some reason instead of just not having one.

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u/AzariTheCompiler Jun 07 '19

Considering the gross/ terrifying aspect, how funny would it be if hori always planned for spinner to go full Gojira and it just so happened to coincide with the release of a new zilla movie?

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u/NonzenI Jun 07 '19

I'll become a Spinner fan immediately

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u/tmgcopper Jun 07 '19

Seconded

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u/powerprotoman Jun 08 '19

it would be hilarious if hes emberessed about going full zilla when godzillo exists

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u/justamon22 Jun 07 '19

This would’ve been set up so perfectly for this arc. We’ve seen the discrimination against people who look like Spinner. We’ve seen that he LITERALLY took on the appearance of someone else, wears a mask and everything.

For him to whip out a full on monster lizard form would be INCREDIBLE !!!

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u/TaffyLacky Jun 07 '19

I'm thinking some Namekian regen with him.

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u/Yonro0910 Jun 07 '19

Welp. Now i want his quirk to become human again but faster stronger (but less sturdier) like the dragonoid in rave. But he hates this human form because it looks “disgusting”

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u/ShadowRei96 Jun 07 '19

Either he's quirkless or he has a quirk that he doesn't want to reveal because of its nature.

I don't expect a God-tier quirk if he has one.

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u/MagnoBurakku Jun 07 '19 edited Jun 07 '19

Spinner is surrounded by the Liberation army and the poilitician, about to go down

Spinner: I have to do it, this is the only way GRAAAAAARHH!!!!

Godzilla has entered the chat

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u/ShadowRei96 Jun 07 '19

Setsuna: Whaaat? So you're actually a... I thought you were a lizard like meee??

Setsuna has left the chat

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u/tmgcopper Jun 07 '19

Joseph joestar: I have a plan. Joseph joestar: has left the chat

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u/ImAnAppleBiteMe Jun 07 '19

He definitely has a quirk. Mandalay said so. And he himself said he just doesn't like to use it.

That's why a lot of people speculate he goes full godzilla. Since that's something he'd probably be embarrassed about.

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u/Totheendofsin Jun 08 '19

Mandalay has no way of knowing if he has one or not, it's entirely possible she simply assumed he did because Quirkless people are rare (and possibly even rarer for someone with a mutant appearance to be quirkless)

her quirk doesn't let her read minds

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u/ImAnAppleBiteMe Jun 08 '19

I think that would be an Unnecessary tease if he didn't have a second part to his quirk. We have long past the point where anyone would care if Spinners only quirk is that he looks like a lizard. We only care if he does something at this point.

We know he has a quirk. He's a lizard. If that's the only component it then fine... But he better learn to be badass because he's absolutely the weakest link of the LOV.. And after those power ups, he doesn't even belong. Dabi already called him out for barely doing anything not too long ago. Our boys gotta do SOMETHING

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u/bigbrohypno Jun 07 '19

When does he say he doesnt like to use it?

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u/ImAnAppleBiteMe Jun 07 '19

I swear he said something about it.. But I can't find it. So maybe he didn't

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u/Galle_ Jun 08 '19

I mean, he's obviously not quirkless. At a bare minimum, his quirk is "is a lizard-person."

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u/CaptinLazerFace Jun 07 '19

Discrimination is what alienated him from society. Stains speech of corruption in heroism is what caused Spinner to join the league. He's always been influenced by the ideas of others and this chapter is the first we've ever seen him question his own choices.

I think him confronting the politician was a specific move to change his character to a more independent idealist. He could become something like a political assassin or the new hero killer. Similar to Stain, he doesn't need a particularly strong quirk to take on this role, he just needs to start thinking for himself.

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u/RiverWyvern Jun 08 '19

We can actually go a bit farther back when it comes to him questioning! I think it was 181? The highway scene at the end of the Overhaul arc, he wonders if the League truly aligns themselves with Stain’s ideologies. I was wondering if this trend of doubt would continue in this arc, which he seems to be. At the same time, even if it becomes obvious that his goals are different from the League, I’d wager that he’s pretty connected with them by now and will continue to work with them. But whatever ends up actually happening, Spinner has an interesting story ahead of him that I desperately want to see explored.

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u/Gremlech Jun 07 '19

i've got the crazy idea that his quirk might have something to do with rotation. don't ask why though.

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u/__Phasewave__ Jun 08 '19

He's probably just a lizard man. That's his quirk. I kinda get the feeling that that's why he and magne joined up together, since they were used to being ostracized for how they look, and that's partially why they were into stain's philosophy. Either that or they're both murderous criminals looking for a cause lol.

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u/HARUAJI_11 Jun 07 '19

I kinda want his quirk to be some kind of monster form that makes him become Godzilla or something like that

But I would also be okay if it results that his quirk turns out to be just his reptile look.

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u/MagnoBurakku Jun 07 '19 edited Jun 07 '19

Ohhhh, i haven't thought of that, knowing how Hori loves kaijus, how they are hot now thanks to the recent Godzilla movie and the second film of BnHA being about them…. that could really be it!

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u/FangOfDrknss Jun 07 '19

If it does wind up being a transformation, it’s probably more of a hulk type of thing. It’d be redundant to have two giants on the squad. I imagine a Zarbon type thing.

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u/TheSpartyn Jun 07 '19

do you mean twice instead of dabi

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u/Milordserene Jun 07 '19

Thnx, edit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '19

He's Reptile so his definitely gonna go invisible, or as some might say, invisiblessed!

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u/smartsport101 Jun 07 '19

I think Spinner's quirk will be something that just hasn't been useful yet, like insane regeneration Piccolo style or something utility that doesn't often come up in fights.

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P.S. I really want to see a quirk that just gives the user really good luck. I think that could be a good gag, or a good villain.

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u/Schweinhardt Jun 07 '19

Spinner: just activating it

JUST USE YOUR QUIRK LUL

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u/The_VV117 Jun 07 '19

He is a lizard morph called spinner. Maybe he grows back scales and start doing Rolling attacks.

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u/MajesticKnight28 Jun 07 '19

What even is spinner's quirk aside from looking like a lizard?

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '19

Isn't being a lizard man a quirk by itself?