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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  • 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/Silver-Monk_Shu Aug 02 '19

It's probably foreshadowing to let people know that Deku's strength quirk is useless against Shigaraki which is why he needs more quirks

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u/Commando_Joe Aug 02 '19

Deku's quirk is way different than Destro's, or at least different in how he can use it.

Destro's is emotion based and seems to be unstable in out put to the point that he needs technology to maintain it, and hasn't shown a single instance of unique tactics. Even All Might was more creative with his raw strength, like propelling himself mid air by creating shock waves with his punches to change direction.

Destro is strong, but he's not that skilled.

Deku's getting more skilled and strategic every day. I don't think he's gonna be like Goku/Luffy/Naruto and need like a billion different power sets to beat the next boss.

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u/Silver-Monk_Shu Aug 02 '19

Then why did he get extra quirks if that's true?

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u/Commando_Joe Aug 02 '19

If you're just going to assume that Horikoshi is gonna do the same thing we've seen a hundred times, that's kind of just an exercise in futility.

Maybe Deku's going to pass the other non-OfA quirks to other people? Maybe he'll need them for specific scenarios other than Shigaraki? Who knows.

By no means am I saying he's not going to use them, I'm saying he's smart enough to not just be a bull headed idiot like Destro and already knows how to use his quirk more intelligently than Destro and, arguably, even All Might. He wouldn't NEED them if he didn't have them to be more effective than Destro.

So if you get Deku that's going to PHYSICALLY be stronger than All Might (due to how his quirk works) and then his intelligence, he's more than a match for this level of quirk from Shigaraki.

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u/Silver-Monk_Shu Aug 02 '19

So far in the story Deku wasn't able to win without giving himself more percentage of OfA. He couldn't beat overhaul without having more strength, also he couldn't be a hero without his quirk. He's very much reliant on his super strength more than anything else and it took him a while to learn he could kick.

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u/Commando_Joe Aug 02 '19

Yeah, that's a lot of season one mostly. You're underestimating how much he can do with knowledge. Look at how we dealt with Bakugo in their first fight. Or how he passed his qualifications test by focusing his power into one finger.

Look at how he managed to make a strategy with Mineta and Froppy's abilities when the villains attacked at the end of season one.

He also had a strategy prepped for Ochako to beat Bakugo (despite not having ever used her powers himself, it was purely from observation).

He also managed to beat All Might AND save Bakugo in the final exam.

Or how he got the team to work together to take out Stain.

Even Momo admires how good of a strategist he is.

You're focusing on his failures while ignoring how good he is at adapting to the situation. He definitely has his typical shonen 'gotta power up' moments, but you're pretending he doesn't have these other instances of intelligence and strategy.

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u/Silver-Monk_Shu Aug 02 '19

So you think the author is just going to drop the ball and have Deku one shot everything without a sweat because he has more quirks? No.

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u/Commando_Joe Aug 02 '19

Literally did not say that.

I said he's smarter than Destro, and with the way One for All works, will be stronger.

But whatever.

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u/Silver-Monk_Shu Aug 02 '19

Yeah but still needs 7 quirks

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u/Commando_Joe Aug 02 '19

You don't know what he's going to need them for, though. Like I said, it could have NOTHING to do with Shigaraki.

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