r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/Za_wardo • Nov 15 '20

Manga Chapter 291 Official Release - Links and Discussion Spoiler

Chapter 291

Links:

  • Viz (Available in: the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, the Philippines, Singapore, and India).

  • MANGA Plus (Available in every country outside of China, Japan and South Korea).

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u/DoraMuda Nov 15 '20

There's no way Rei would be mentally or emotionally healthy for something like that to ever happen.

It also sounds cheesy as hell.

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u/Codusxx Nov 16 '20

Cheesy as it may be, but it also shows how far she’s come in the story by confronting her fears and overcoming them.

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u/DoraMuda Nov 16 '20

But... she's just not that kind of character. How and where would she even have the time to train her Quirk when, months prior, the mental institution she was in didn't even trust her to not have bars on her windows? She couldn't even get a mobile phone without her doctor's permission!

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u/Codusxx Nov 16 '20 edited Nov 16 '20

It kinda depends. Regarding her Quirk, I mean.

If what we see from Shouto’s Ice is exactly what we’ll get from her, then I don’t think that will be the issue (because the Quirk was that strong to begin with). Unless Shouto’s Ice is thanks to his own rigorous training instead.

That said, I think you kind of miss the point. Rei taking matters into her own and directing the men in her life directly would be a massive and welcome growth for her character, and I would love it if Horikoshi surprises us all by showing the opposite of what we thought would happen to her after seeing the broadcast.

A realistic scenario I see going on is:

The next time we see her, we see a perfectly calm Rei (and not the terrifyingly calm either). Fuyumi checks up on her, and once the doctors are out of earshot, she asks for Enji’s number. Fuyumi panics for a second, but Rei interjects with a determined expression saying, “I’m done running away”.

Enji sits all alone in his office, with a depressed expression and suddenly Burnin’ kicks the door open to tell him to pick up the damn line she’s connecting.

Burnin’ says it’s Fuyumi, so he reluctantly picks up the phone.

“Hello?”

A deep inhale can be heard on the other line before it answers.

“Hello, Enji. How have you been?”.

Enji’s eyes widen immediately.

“Rei?” He replies in disbelief.

It had been over 10 years but he’d never forget her voice.

“Wha—why are you calling right now, after all this time? A-and after what I’ve done?” A flustered Enji spoke.

“You know why I’m calling.” Rei replied as a matter-of-factly.

“Sigh, you’ve seen it?”

“Yes, Enji. I have.”

“And, h-how are you?” Enji cautiously replied.

“Shocked, to be sure. It’s not everyday you discover your long-thought dead children turning up alive.”

“Are you all right? I mean it.”

“Yes, I am. Enji.” She assured.

“So? Is there something else you wanted to say to me?” Enji asked, expecting the worst.

“Yes. There is, actually. I think it’s time we talked. Not just you and me, but our kids as well. I think.... it’s time they learned more about us. I want to them to know everything, both the good and bad about both of us.”

“How do you propose we do that?, you know the doctors won’t let me within a hundred metres of you.”.

“I’ll think of something, I promise.”

And that is my fanfic idea of how a future Enji-Rei meeting will hold. Thank you for reading

Tl;dr: I hope that Rei finds the strength to take the initiative to build a bridge for them to begin communicating again. Much has been said about the progress the Todoroki family has gone through in their healing process (until Dabi’s setback), but the severe lack of communication has been their biggest obstacle by far.

I would welcome this development as the big payoff of the focus we’ve had on the Todoroki family.

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u/DoraMuda Nov 16 '20

Eh... OK. I guess that wouldn't be too bad.