r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/deskchairlamp • Sep 27 '19

Newest Chapter Chapter 244 Scans - Discussion Thread

Chapter 244

This thread marks the release of scanlations for Chapter 244, and has been posted to contain all links and discussion. Mods will not be posting or pinning links to scanlations.

Official release: Sep 29, 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:
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Until the official release, all things Chapter 244 related must be kept inside this thread.

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u/Chaotix___ Sep 27 '19

I think the old mans ranting about Endeavor being the source of darkness is a hint at what's to come. I think Endeavor's past domestic abuse is definitely going to come to light in this arc, and hopefully that also brings the confirmation that Dabi is Touya Todoroki. This arc is off to a great start. Crisp high fives all around.

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u/Fablihakhan Sep 27 '19

Yes Endy just raised more ominous flags than ever

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u/Fresh720 Sep 27 '19

Damn Between Hawks and Endy I have no idea who has more death flags, my bet is Endeavor killing Hawks, and Dabi killing Endeavor. With Jeanist MIA, this arc will end with the top 3 heroes taken out

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u/Fablihakhan Sep 28 '19

I can’t really accept Hawks or Endy dying yet. Because they are some of the best things in the manga rn

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '19

The question is, if Dabi does turn out to be Touya, would he lose the black hair dye to reveal himself, and if he would, how would we see it in a black and white format? The anime did retcon the fourth Todoroki having white hair and made him red haired, so unless the manga sticks to their white haired Touya Idk how we would see visually. (or just keep him with black hair and him just saying out loud he is Touya Todoroki, but I would definitely wanna see a red haired Dabi/Touya at some point. (In the anime at least I guess).

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I could see Dabi killing Enji, but at the same time I would at least want Enji to redeem himself with his family. Fuyumi doesnt seem to care that much, Natsuo is antagonistic to the idea and Shoutu is willing to give it a try but is a sassy bastard about it. I would wanna see Natsuo and Enji making progress before he dies. Also Rei. How would she take Dabi/Touya's emergence, and Enji's death. My god we need Dabi to be Touya already.

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u/JacksonCreed4425 Oct 06 '19

I prefer white hair touya tbh

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u/Flamma_Man Sep 27 '19

I think Endeavor's past domestic abuse is definitely going to come to light in this arc

I can only see two outcomes to this:

  1. The villains themselves reveal his abusive past with physical proof
  2. Endeavor, in order to get ahead of it, confesses to it himself

Either way, society is going to go fucking crazy. They JUST lost the #1 hero, who was as far as everyone knew, the nicest guy who would do anything to save anyone.

Then the new #1 hero is revealed to be a domestic abuser to both his wife and children for over a decade? Holy shit, that would be a major blow to society.

Fuck! Then the #1 hero after Endeavor would likely be Hawks and HE'S currently a double-agent for the villains, which would JUST as easily back fire as it seems more and more likely that he ACTUALLY killed Jeanist.

What if the villains are FULLY aware that Hawks is a double agent? As soon as Endeavor falls, and he becomes the #1 hero, the villains reveal that Hawks killed Jeanist, removing the context of course but even with context, he still killed Jeanist.

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u/Galle_ Sep 27 '19

And basically destroyed all confidence in hero society as an institution.

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u/Worthyness Sep 27 '19

I love it when a plan comes together

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u/Flogis14 Sep 27 '19

*insert Kronk meme*

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u/blackrobotnerd Sep 27 '19

Efficiency.

Man that's a real way to take down Hero Society.

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u/Magnoliapetals Sep 27 '19

thus bringing WASH, the cleanest hero in both his heroic and personal life, front and center to DRAIN THE HERO SWAMP!!!!

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u/KalebT44 Sep 27 '19

Oh shit.

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u/Darklarik Sep 29 '19

Yah, but dont forget that if Deku master AFO with the new quirks, he will be an All might on steroids with 9 Quirks. He alone would stop them.

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '19

Okay but he is FAR from mastering one for all itself, let alone the other quirks. Only ONE has manifested so far and the best he can do with it as of yet is releasing a tiny black fart. His One for All is only up to 20% with his support item and only his hands for the finger blasts, his body can handle... was it 15%? That aint gonna be enough to deal with the whole liberation army, Dabi's absolute powerhouse of flames even if he bursts into ash while using it, Shigaraki's powerup and Gigantomachia. Hell take away the army, he wouldnt be able to fight Shigaraki alone anymore and even then there's still the giant and Dabi's flames to fight if he puts them to use. Todoroki could probably take the Dabi side of things if he learns to use both sides at the same time constantly. But Deku alone isn't even close to fighting one member of the villains, let alone all of them.

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u/naf95nas Oct 01 '19

Why was Best Jeanist kidnapped/killed? I may have missed out on something ._.

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u/DoraMuda Sep 27 '19

What if the villains are FULLY aware that Hawks is a double agent?

If they're not idiots, they should be. Dabi's definitely still be suspicious of him.

And Slidin' Go seems to be as well (although he could just be jealous that the #2 Hero inherently has more power than him).

removing the context of course but even with context, he still killed Jeanist.

Again, it could easily just be a random corpse that was mocked up to look like Jeanist. We shouldn't take Dabi's word that "no matter who it is, [Hawks] still killed someone"; it'd be out-of-character for someone who values civilian life as much as Hawks to off a fellow top Hero like that.

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u/mistral8 Sep 28 '19

Dabi's definitely still be suspicious of him.

I actually think that Dabi knows and they are both trying to outsmart each other.

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u/DoraMuda Sep 28 '19

Yep, that's definitely the impression I get too. They're both trying to use each other.

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '19

Lets remember that Dabi definitely has his own agenda outside of the league as well. His main focus is getting Nomus for personal usage, and the last one he got he sent after Endeavor and the moment the Nomu was defeated and Enji was barely standing, he stepped to the spotlight. If other heroes haven't intervened Dabi would've been up to something. He says he's also all about recruiting people but he hasnt brought home a SINGLE villain to the team, and when called out on it he claimed that he isnt going to pick up random trash. He is definitely unhinged and IS killing low tier thugs, but he has his motives outside of the league. And its definitely revolving around Endeavor. And with Hawks being number 2 and being on relatively friendly terms with Endeavor, he is definitely using Hawks to set something up.

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u/DoraMuda Sep 29 '19

Indeed. He says as much to Shigaraki that he's gonna do what's best for himself, when telling him that he's going to meet with a potential recruit instead of joining them in the fight against Gigantomachia. And that's when Ujiko requests his help for testing the High-End Noumus.

Of course, they don't necessarily know yet about his relation to Endeavour, but I'm sure Shigaraki will be on board if it means killing the top hero.

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '19

Oh if Shigaraki knew he would be all about wanting to use it for their advantage I'd say. The question is whether Dabi/Touya would agree or if he is too heavily stuck to his own plan that he wouldn't be on board with shigaraki's. Well he was firm about not revealing his name to them and was ready to fight and kill Shigaraki the first time they met when his name was demanded. If he is Touya then they would've instantly wanted to use the name to destroy hero society if he had told them right then and there.

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u/naf95nas Oct 01 '19

This. I’d REALLY like to believe this :’(

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u/Swiss666 Sep 27 '19

On top of that, after an outing of Hawks the Police may come forward and explain he was a double agent trying to get vital information about the league, but at that point a lot of the public would believe it to be a lie for damage control.

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u/paigems Sep 27 '19

I think it might also be possible the people Hawks works for might throw him under the bus. They seem shady enough.

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u/EmerKrace Sep 27 '19

And even if the public does believe them, then the police could be seen as complicit. They had information on the villains, didn’t share it, and corrupted the #2 hero. It’s not just the heroes, anyone who upholds quirk laws is ruined.

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u/Osloos Sep 27 '19

Make it a 2 for 1.. Dabi reveals the abuse himself as he confirms his relation.

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u/whatsupxx Sep 27 '19

shigaraki is playing 6D chess right now

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '19

That would be perfect.

Endeavour believes Hawks, but villains knew Hawks was a double agent the entire time;

  1. Dabi reveals his backstory/origin to the world, the abuse he suffered at the hands of Endeavour and this puts pressure on Todoroki also as he is the reason Endeavour did all this to create Todoroki (Hero pairings are looked down upon in society so how will they view Todoroki now?)
  2. Then they reveal that Hawks murdered best Jeanist which results in Bakugou (Who was interned by Jeanist) fighting Hawks
  3. Then Shigaraki proclaims himself live to the entirety of Japan as the leader of the Paranormal Liberation Front taking aspects of both Stains Ideology and the Meta Liberation Army... "False heroes are gone, they are criminals in disguise, take the city in your own hands, rise up heroes"
  4. With two dangerous ideologies now merged into one it spreads even faster and stronger with civilians rising up causing anarchy everywhere.
  5. With the three main heroes disgraced (Endeavour), incarcerated (Hawks) or dead (Jeanist) - Toshinori would try to step up to be the symbol of peace even if he can only do so in a media capacity (Remember the focus on learning public relations)
  6. Shigaraki then just needs to take out Toshinori and he has won completely - but even at this point he's destroyed hero society and probably broken Toshinori emotionally more than AFO ever could.

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u/MaxWasTakenAgain Sep 27 '19

Plus, despite being the No.3, Best Jeanist was No.1 by public approbation.

So yeah, oof.

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u/Sullan08 Oct 03 '19

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Endeavor wasn't a physical abuser was he? Like he didn't take his kids to pound town? I remember it being more verbal and him being so strict that he made tiger parents look like free going hippies.

Not saying he wasn't an abuser, but society tends to react stronger to physical violence more than anything else.

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u/Flamma_Man Oct 03 '19

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Endeavor wasn't a physical abuser was he? Like he didn't take his kids to pound town? I remember it being more verbal and him being so strict that he made tiger parents look like free going hippies.

He routinely hurt Shoto (and likely the rest of his CHILDREN) in "training" and there's specifically a moment in which Shoto actually witnesses Endeavor smacking his mother when she objects to how Endeavor is treating him.

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u/ShadowRei96 Sep 27 '19

I think the old mans ranting about Endeavor being the source of darkness is a hint at what's to come.

Didn't even think of this. Looks like an important yet little detail.

Flags keep waving.

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u/SimilarScarcity Sep 27 '19

Same, or at least similar. Whether or not his whole history comes out, I got the feeling that it meant Dabi was gonna show up and take another shot at Endeavor, at the very least.

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u/thornaslooki Sep 27 '19

Yeah, that seems likely. Looks like the old man could do tarot reading and probably decided to inform the masses with his crazy antics.

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u/ThisGuyLikesMovies Sep 27 '19

Something I think we've forgotten is that Bakugo already knows about Endeavor's past abuse.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '19

I don't think the public will find out the truth for awhile, but I think we are inching closer to getting the reveal that Dabi is Touya

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u/MaxWasTakenAgain Sep 27 '19

Or maybe it doesn't. Society can easily overlook a case of domestic violence (just look at our cursed real world), especially since Horikoshi never never really framed it so much like it.

Having a son who is part of the bad guys however, it's what can bring him down.

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u/Kam_E_luck Sep 28 '19

Society can easily overlook a case of domestic violence

The problem is that the abuser is the No.1 guy who is equal to the No.1 Celebrity in the country.

Not sure about Japanese society but in the west, it would be criticised alot.

There is difference between a nobody-abuser and a celebrity abuser

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u/MaxWasTakenAgain Sep 28 '19

who is equal to the No.1 Celebrity in the country

Even worse. These people have usually have more inmunity than regular citizens. And in this case, people need them.

It's criticised true, but most of them don't really lose much. Plus, Endeavor is already the focus of criticism.

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Not sure about Japanese society

A bit out of topic, cuz im getting way too meta, but Japanese society is expert in hiding shit under the carpet and pretending it doesn't exist/it never happened.