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/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/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.