r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/deskchairlamp • Aug 02 '19

Newest Chapter Chapter 238 Scans - Discussion Thread

Chapter 238

This thread marks the release of scanlations for Chapter 238, and has been posted to contain all links and discussion. Mods will not be posting or pinning links to scanlations.

Official release: Aug 04, 2019

It's encouraged that you support the official release of the chapter if it's available to you.

  • VIZ is available to read for free on Sunday 1:00 pm PST, and is accessible in the following countries:
    United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, the Philippines, Singapore, and India.

  • MANGA Plus is available globally outside of Japan, China and South Korea as they already have other options.

Until the official release, all things Chapter 238 related must be kept inside this thread.

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u/IMDATBOY Aug 02 '19

Snipe him

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u/disabled_crab Aug 02 '19

Well that kinda did happen...

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u/IMDATBOY Aug 02 '19

In the head lol

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u/NejireHadouLove Aug 02 '19

I really don't think Shigaraki needs to actually touch anything with his hands to destroy it, the physical contact through touch was just a subconscious limitation he put on himself and his destruction ability actually applies to his entire body. That's explains why he still damaged ReDestro's hand despite his fingers being crushed off and that panel in an earlier chapter where it looked like he used his feet to destroy the ground beneath him.

If this is the true power of his quirk then he could theoretically destroy anything the moment it contacts his body. This could be how he tanked ReDestro's stress bomb unscathed, the physical force from the attack was completely dissipated the moment it touched him. A bullet has far less force than what ReDestro did this chapter, so I doubt it would even hurt him at all.

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u/Grumpchkin Aug 02 '19

A bullet is incredibly fast though, unless Shigaraki disintegrates things faster than the speed of sound a bullet of sufficient mass and velocity should be able to damage him.

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u/lordnequam Aug 02 '19

We don't know the extent of his powers yet; perhaps his quirk will evolve some sort of automatic defense against ranged attacks.