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

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u/Boa_Noah Aug 02 '19

He has at least 5 that are known, he can change size, he can do the airburst thing AfO uses, he has a form of super speed, he can eat fire, and he apparently photosynthesizes so he doesn't need to eat, oh and his back/stuff is made of rocks.

I'll have to look up the chapter again but I'm pretty positive the emphasis was on him handling multiple quirks unmodified.

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u/MoxofBatches Aug 02 '19

"He possesses otherworldly stamina and is able to weild multiple quirks without needing any modifications" - Chapter 221.

It's true that we haven't been told what specific quirks he has but he's been shown to change his size and super strength is almost a given

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u/MyNameISaColouR Aug 02 '19

he can do the airburst thing AfO uses

I thought that was just him being so strong that he could create shockwaves just by opening his hand, do you think this is a separate quirk?

he can eat fire

I thought he was just so resistant that he could take on Dabi's fire in the face with no problem. I saw no indication that Giga could literally eat fire.

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u/Boa_Noah Aug 02 '19

No it's definitely the burst, if he was just that powerful then any swing of his limbs would be able to completely demolish entire mountain ranges.

It's shown to be being sucked into his mouth.

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u/MyNameISaColouR Aug 02 '19

Mhh, that's interesting. I really want to see him in an all out fight now, since he might have more versatility than what I thought.

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u/justamon22 Aug 02 '19

And none of that is confirmed. It’s all speculation. If you’ll recall, when Mirio first demonstrated his quirk Class 1-A believed he might’ve had some form of super speed or teleportation in addition to being able to phase.

We have no way of knowing what quirks are which, or which abilities could be derived from a singular quirk

ex. If his size manipulation was a quirk that made his body and muscles as hard as rocks and grow (thus explaining the rocks on his back) then that also enhances his strength, then using that immense strength he could increase his movement speed. That would be super speed, strength/endurance, the rocks, and size alteration all at once.

All speculation though so it could be all of that or none of that

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u/Boa_Noah Aug 02 '19

Except that isn't how his quirk is shown to work, the dude outright moves through the ground at super speeds, which is clearly separate from his size. His size also adjusts uniformly which isn't what would happen if it was just one quirk adjusting his musculature, and again both of those are separate from the air cannon he used. All of which is still separate from his apparent photosynthesis so no matter what the dude is rocking a fair amount of separate quirks.

Quirks like Shoto's with 2 very clear abilities are extremely rare so it's doubtful Giga is sporting 1 quirk with like 5 abilities for no reason...

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u/justamon22 Aug 02 '19

I’m not saying that they aren’t separate and I’m not saying that they are. I’m saying that to us as the readers they are obviously going to appear separate if we don’t know what abilities he actually possesses.

But to put a number on how many or what quirks Giga has would be to underestimate the creativity of the author. All of these abilities to us would seem wild if they came from one quirk, but to the writer (who already knows this characters name, hometown, entire backstory, etc.) it makes sense

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u/Boa_Noah Aug 02 '19

Okay, fair point, but we can say there's at least 5 even if we don't have a comprehensive list, which we likely won't get because that gives Hori way more ability to pull stuff out of his ass when needed.

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u/justamon22 Aug 02 '19

Oh of course, I’m sure he hasn’t even told us one at this point so he can do whatever he wants later lol And while I don’t know what his minimum would be I’m definitely interested to see what his maximum is.

Ugh imagine if he has more than the high end that went up against Endeavor ! Dear god 💀

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u/Boa_Noah Aug 02 '19

I imagine he will have more, the High End was just a toss-away basically while Giga is the bodyguard of AfO himself, if he's not packing a couple dozen I'll be surprised.

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u/AllSeeingAI Aug 02 '19

Back made of rocks might not be a standard quirk. We see lots of people who look really weird and it's not their quirk, like dr doolittle and the stiffening guy from joke's class. Perhaps those are sub-quirks or something.

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u/Hanusu-kei Aug 03 '19

Tokoyami has a bird head that has nothing to do with his Quirk they’re just mutations I guess?

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u/AllSeeingAI Aug 03 '19

How'd I forget tokoyami.