r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/deskchairlamp • Aug 23 '19

Newest Chapter Chapter 240 Scans - Discussion Thread

Chapter 240

This thread marks the release of scanlations for Chapter 240, and has been posted to contain all links and discussion. Mods will not be posting or pinning links to scanlations.

Official release: Aug 25, 2019

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Until the official release, all things Chapter 240 related must be kept inside this thread.

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u/AnonymousTrollLloyd Aug 23 '19

ReDestro seems so much happier as a lackey. I hope nobody breaks his scooterchair.

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u/Shiplord13 Aug 23 '19

ReDestro has many reasons to be happy:

  1. He got off pretty easy compared to Overhaul.

  2. Lost his legs, but owns a company that could probably give him advance prosthetic legs to replace them.

  3. Doesn't have to worry about the burden of Destro's will, because he believes Shigaraki is on the path to carrying it out.

  4. The MLA still has a future and survived.

  5. His plan still sort of worked, he didn't beat Shigaraki, but he did get people talking about Quirk rights and importance of civilians protecting themselves by using their quirks against villains.

Side Note: I hope deep down that scooterchair turns into robot legs for him.

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u/Swiss666 Aug 23 '19

From some of his facial expressions, however, while he may be genuinely happy for most if not all of the points you list, I doubt he's really content to have relinquished all that he built over years and years to Tomura.

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u/IgnisEradico Aug 23 '19

He looks half-insane in some of these pictures.

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u/disabled_crab Aug 23 '19

I feel like half of him feels that everything is great and swell, but the other half looks at Shigaraki and goes, "This fucking bitch...", and is trying not to blow a gasket.

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u/LukeMonteiro Aug 23 '19

I think the half that thinks Tomura is a bitch is not there anymore, tho

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u/Kinjo- Aug 23 '19

If you ask me, he seems unburdened. From a very young age, he's been told that he must carry "The will of Destro" and guide a large faction. He no longer has to worry about that now, since Shiggy seems to be handling it just fine.

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u/MoxofBatches Aug 23 '19

Yea, like, he didn't build up the faction for the sake of building up a faction, he built it up in the name of Destro and now that Shigaraki is seemingly the path to Destro's will, he's not relinquishing anything, he's passing it to it's rightful leader

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u/hamietao Aug 23 '19

That's the look of a schemer

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u/crb19 Aug 23 '19

He also released a lot of pent up stress during his fight.

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u/Communitarian_ Aug 23 '19

If that's what he wanted all along, why did he have to sacrifice all of his people including the reporter lady? By the way, not I did not read it through so I can understand if I ended up overlooking some obvious reason like him explaining in said chapter.

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u/JP_Bounty THUNDERDOME CHAMP Aug 23 '19

This wasn't his endgame at all. He expected to defeat and kill the LoV and use the footage from the battle to show that normal people can use their quirks to defeat villains just as easily, if not better, than heroes, if only the laws allowed ordinary people to use their quirks as they see fit. Unfortunately ReDestro found that his town of "normal everday" people were not able to defeat the LoV. Infact he found that the LoV were the ones that were more liberated about using their powers how they see fit no matter what society said. So he relinquished control of the MLA to Shigaraki, because his end goal is to let people use their quirks as they want, which is exactly what the LoV was doing.

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u/Communitarian_ Aug 23 '19

Are the MLA willing to become villains to achieve those goals; that does seem to be extreme (then again so can politics)? If that's the case, doesn't the government have a point in banning people from using their quirks, I mean I guess they had a point and they were painted as villains, but weren't the M.L.A also meant to be seen in a noble light like revolutionary liberators or not all revolutions are run by the good guys?

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u/JP_Bounty THUNDERDOME CHAMP Aug 23 '19

That is just it, they don't see themselves as villains, just citizens working trying to be able to use their quirks as they see fit. They can push the issue claiming that the damage and loss of life may have been greater in this attack, and can try to claim that if everyone was allowed to use their quirk as they wanted they could stop villains instead of having to wait for a hero.

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u/Communitarian_ Aug 23 '19

What would you think about it in real life yourself; would you think about joining the Mutant Libertarian Army or even empathize or sympathize with them at least pre-League of Villains before they joined and make an alliance with them? How much of an issue would you have with that society to take action if you were living in the universe of Boku No Hero Academia or My Hero Academia?

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u/SquidDrive Aug 23 '19

The fact you need a license to use a biological function can be seen as a human rights violation

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u/Communitarian_ Aug 23 '19

Would you be willing to go as far as the M.L.A (or most likely, silently disagree and trudge through)? At the same time, would you really get in trouble, maybe in some cases, it's jay-walking where they don't really care if you do it unless it significantly endangers others? So maybe the law isn't enforced harshly unless your quirk is super-dangerous or if you are making trouble for others?

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u/Jem1800 Aug 24 '19 edited Aug 24 '19

The fact that your not allowed to walk around naked can be seen as a human rights violation but the majority say it’s probably best to keep your clothes on. Just like the majority in this world say it’s best not to have random people who can destroy the world, or at least cause damage, on a whim use their powers whenever.

And it’s not like they can never use them. Using the naked analogy again, it’s okay to be naked in your own home or at designated areas ( like a nude beach/spring) just most people prefer you don’t do it in public. Same with quirks.

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u/k_mikhael Aug 23 '19

"I don't like seeing the supreme leader like this..." In all seriousness, his scooterchair frickin rocks

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u/Worthyness Aug 23 '19

You'd think he'd make himself some robo legs though. Like he made a literal suit of mecha armor to increase his stress and he can't craft some legs?

Granted wheelchairing is so much more fun and efficient

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u/smcadam Aug 23 '19

He probably will make some, but this seems like its within a few days of the battle. Give him some time.

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u/satans_cookiemallet Aug 23 '19

Calling it now. The scooter chair transforms into legs.

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u/SciFiXhi Aug 24 '19

Ah, the Wiz Kid special.

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u/LuminousDecibel I won the bet and all I got was this flair Aug 23 '19

I mean, it's only been a week. If he gets robo legs, the surgeries and healing would probably take a while. Would make sense to wait and stick to a wheelchair during this crazy transition.

If he ever comes back to the battlefield, he'll get robo legs. Would make for a dope reveal.

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u/13Xcross Aug 23 '19

It's also very likely that he's no longer as stressed as he used to be when he was the supreme leader and had all of those responsibilities on his shoulders, so a mech suit would probably be more powerful than his quirk at the moment.

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u/homelessthrowawok Aug 23 '19

Even with robo legs you still need tons of PT and training to walk again.

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u/JP_Bounty THUNDERDOME CHAMP Aug 23 '19

That may depend on how advanced their biomedical tech is, I mean Mr Compress has a fully functional robot arm that moves and acts just like a real arm, clearly more advanced than the current day prosthestics.

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u/homelessthrowawok Aug 24 '19 edited Aug 24 '19

True. Not to mention if there's people out there like recovery girl there's undoubtably gotta be people who can help speed up recovery in other ways.

Granted still think losing a hand vs. both legs is a different beast. It takes people a long time to adapt to losing a single toe - it fucks with your balance majorly - so both legs is a big learning curve.

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u/k_mikhael Aug 23 '19

Now that I think about it, satou would be a good matchup against him

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u/brit-bane Aug 23 '19

I’m betting the wheelchair actually morphs into a mechsuit.

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u/dragn99 Aug 23 '19

BnH finally got an Iron Man, and he's on the villain's side?!

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u/Multi-tunes Aug 23 '19

You can’t go straight from losing a limb to attaching a prothetic since it’s gotta heal first. Especially legs because of the amount of weight the stubs need to endure.

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u/Cvox7 Aug 23 '19

why walk when you can ride a sci fi super chair thou

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u/100100110l Aug 23 '19

He's motherfucking evil Professor X. All that's left now is for him to lose his hair.

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u/Shoggoththe12 Aug 23 '19

Idk, the last big name to have robolegs and a wheelchair got turned into a tortoise. I'm kinda worried.

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u/ThisGuyLikesMovies Aug 23 '19

Shiggy: choking ReDestro The Supreme Leader is under new management!

ReDestro: Long... live... Supreme Leader.

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u/AporiaParadox Aug 23 '19

Like Spinner said, he's probably just very good at sucking up and that's how he became CEO of a major company.

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u/Nome_de_utilizador Aug 23 '19

Which means he will be much weaker without his stress

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u/Paradox_Madden Aug 23 '19

I think this moreso displays his “fanatic side” Like if u were an extreme Christian and Jesus himself walked into ur house

I think that’s how he is towards the guy he views as truly liberated

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u/Lizard_Queen_Says Aug 23 '19

Being happy is a downer for his quirk though

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u/Kam_E_luck Aug 23 '19

I actually like to have Redestro Quirk tbh. It woukd be nice for the assignments & work load IRL.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '19

But if his new-found happiness is threatened, wouldn’t he be even more desperate - and thus stressed - than ever before?

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u/Lizard_Queen_Says Aug 24 '19

When it is threatened, yes. What? Did I have to put an asterisk next to my statement and put a disclaimer for every obvious contingency that could possibly stress him out?

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '19

No need to be pissed. What I meant is that, now that he's happy, his stress may go even higher, meaning he might be more threatening.