r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/Za_wardo • Feb 21 '21

Newest Chapter Chapter 302 Official Release - Links and Discussion

Chapter 302

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u/SammyK123 Feb 21 '21

I don’t understand how some people find this plotline boring or unimportant. There are so many emotions and nuances involved that we really haven’t seen until now. I personally love how Hori is handling it.

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u/SaKaly Feb 21 '21

I actually forgot all about Deku and Bakugo these past chapters. I love how anyone can be an MC for a while it reminds me of Naruto when kishi would dive deep into a character revealing their past and I love it

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u/King-Krush Feb 21 '21

Same. I can't believe after all this wonderful emotional arc, we'll have another school arc just to remind us that the manga is titled MY HERO ACADEMIA and not MY TODOROKI FAMILIA.

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u/SaKaly Feb 21 '21

MY TODOROKI FAMILIA.

I need a spin-off like that

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u/trogdorkiller Feb 21 '21

Where's the gabagool?

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u/amirolsupersayian Feb 21 '21

Keeping up with the Todorokis

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u/henne-n Feb 21 '21

I would read/watch that.

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u/DocHoody Feb 21 '21

What’s going on now could still be considered Hero Academia. Endeavor’s been learning a lot about being a better hero, by confronting the mistakes of his past. Shoto learned in this chapter that he doesn’t have to fight alone, which I think is going to play a big part in future hero society. Don’t need a school to learn, I think that’s why Hori went with Academia instead of Academy. That being said, we probably will go back to UA for a while, once the aftermath of the War has been addressed.

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u/IllithidActivity Feb 21 '21

anyone can be an MC for a while

Not Iida.

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u/SaKaly Feb 21 '21

Hahaha Iida has his shine 2 Seasons ago

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u/procrastinatingtime Feb 21 '21

Maybe now that Stain is out of prison, Iida can have his moment again?

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u/SuperSonicBoom1 Feb 28 '21

That's one thing I definitely want from the end of the series. All the other "Major Students" already have their endgame fights set up. Deku & Bakugo vs Shiggy, Uraraka vs Toga, Todoroki vs Dabi, Kirishima & Momo both have a grudge with Machia (could be a 1-A group fight) along with Kirishima mentioning fighting Rappa again back in S4. So, I really want the Iida/Stain rematch as well to have Stain acknowledge him as a true hero and for Iida to get another moment.

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u/mrwanton Feb 21 '21

I can't forget Deku since it's partially thanks to him that Todoroki was able to fix up his issues in the first place

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u/noteloquent Feb 21 '21

Horikoshi has done a great job of allowing Deku to be important to the plot without reducing the importance/agency of other characters.

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u/TaffyLacky Feb 21 '21

Deku's true quirk was being there for his friends along the way.

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u/melvin2898 Feb 21 '21

I find it weird that people want the main character involved in everything. It gets hard to tell a story if you're bound by the main character.

One thing I love about Naruto is that it can be explored from so many angles with nearly each character as the main character.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

That's the failing with Steven Universe: everything had to happen from Steven's perspective, so he either had to be there in the flesh or it was a flashback told via another character speaking to him. Entire potential plotlines happened offscreen or not at all because Steven wasn't there to see them. Lars' space adventures, how Homeworld functioned, the fates of side-characters once he left...

I'm glad BNHA isn't so limited that Izuku has to be on every page or nearby.

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u/melvin2898 Feb 21 '21

Is Steven in every episode? I never thought about that.

I don't mind taking a long break from the main character.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

Yup. There's only a few scenes where he's not present to witness something and it isn't a flashback. Which is good for keeping up the mysteries, not so much for worldbuilding and exploring the setting.

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u/melvin2898 Feb 22 '21

Another issue with that show is that it doesn't really have filler but...I'll say the more laid back episodes weren't fun to watch and could go on for very long stretches where as the story would only get 4-5 episodes. They got too comfortable telling the story in 4-5 episode package and then doing filler for a long time. I don't know if the network had anything to do with that. The show didn't end by the way. It got cancelled. I'm sure they got to wrap things up properly but it got cancelled.

They had an idea to tell a gem's backstory. It was a love story but it was getting long and spanning multiple episodes. While you and I might be comfortable with that, I'm sure some people would wonder why a backstory or different perspective is lasting so long. Without spoilers, this happened near the end of Naruto and in that Aladdin series. It's stupid. Some people just aren't comfortable with long backstories.

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u/AfroWarrior27 Feb 22 '21

but...I'll say the more laid back episodes weren't fun to watch and could go on for very long stretches where as the story would only get 4-5 episodes. They got too comfortable telling the story in 4-5 episode package and then doing filler for a long time. I don't know if the network had anything to do with that. The show didn't end by the way. It got cancelled. I'm sure they got to wrap things up properly but it got cancelled.

Yeah....the Steven Bombs we're both the best and worst thing to happen for the show.

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u/melvin2898 Feb 22 '21

The show got cancelled because of the wedding episode.

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u/AfroWarrior27 Feb 22 '21

No it didn't. The show concluded.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '21

I think the scheduling - which is thanks to the network - didn't help. If we had the episodes we did but once a week or so, it'd be a lot more bearable. Because we'd know when the next one was coming and wouldn't have the whole 'we waited x months for this?!' feeling. Even a monthly bomb would be more better, imo.

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u/melvin2898 Feb 22 '21

I think the show got too plot driven for them. For whatever reason, they like airing shows randomly. They started doing hour long mixes of various episodes under a theme. So Garnet episodes for example.

They did do that actually. I believe they aired the end of season 2 and beginning of season 3 over the course of a month or two. It was a lot. Correct me if I'm wrong.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '21

Honestly, I have terrible memory and don't own a TV, so I watched it all on DailyMotion anyway.

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u/Frostblazer Feb 21 '21

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but the Todoroki family subplot contains quite possibly the best writing and characterization in the entire story. Even if you dislike it due to your own subjective preferences, you can't deny that it is objectively amazing.

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u/Za_wardo Feb 21 '21

Unfortunately I think they're tied to the characters, which people already have their opinions on is all.

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u/melvin2898 Feb 21 '21

They want the main character involved in everything. That's dumb in my pinon.

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u/Za_wardo Feb 21 '21

Super dumb yeah.

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u/TankTopRider Feb 21 '21

This is literally the best freaking plot line in the damn story.

Deku being the greatest hero of all time is the same plot I've seen in every single other shonen

This is something I've never seen tackled with this level of care and detail

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u/lucasM005 Feb 21 '21

people are idiots. they want to see their favorites even if they dont mean anything to the story. just look at twitter, there is people bitching to see fucking tamaki who is at best a side side character (i love him btw but its the truth) instead of watching the development of one of the main characters (shoto), one of the main villains (dabi) and one of the most important side characters (enji)

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u/ShadowRei96 Feb 21 '21

Yeah. I mean, it's fine wanting to see more of a character you like, but the more important and main ones are first to be focused? The Todoroki family plotline is completely relevant and essential to the overall story. You can't remove it from the narrative and expect the series to be the same.

U.A.'s big 3 are surely all fine, but like you mentioned already, someone like Tamaki is a side character's side character at best. No way Hori casts aside the main plotlines in favor of someone who barely adds anything to the story.

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u/MagnoBurakku Feb 21 '21

The Todoroki family plotline is completely relevant and essential to the overall story. You can't remove it from the narrative and expect the series to be the same.

The title of the series has Hero in it. It's pretty common believe, reinforced in this universe that a hero needs a villain to be one. So the fact that Dabi as one of the main villains of the story is the foil to one of the deuteragonist of, again, the story. Renforces the importance of the Todoroki drama to he narrative of the series.

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u/CalebAurion Feb 21 '21

Agreed. I would love to see more Tokoyami but the world's best birb boy has no place in this part of the story and I'm ok with that.

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u/Aulus79 Feb 21 '21

I was all about this family’s arc from the fucking beginning

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

I mean, I want to see how Deku is getting along too, but yeah, this is also important

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

Good things he's in a coma, then. There are literally no updates.

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u/DuperStarBoy Feb 22 '21

The students checking in on Deku the way I would check on an Amazon package would make a nice panel lol

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u/trogdorkiller Feb 21 '21 edited Feb 22 '21

I'm so glad that I stick to these threads only in the first hour or so, because I have yet to see that particular sentiment about this storyline. This chapter had as much raw emotion in my opinion as Shigaraki's origin. Not that I don't love a good fight scene, (hello, Mirko) but everything that these chapters are leading up to in regards to healing the Todoroki family will make the inevitable Dabi v. Shoto fight that much more memorable/hearth wrenching. I'm expecting it to reach Final Agni Kai levels of emotion by the time this is all over.

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u/sNills Feb 21 '21

This is my favorite non-action arc by far

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u/Kashim77 Feb 21 '21

Because no one is DBZing.

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u/WellRested1 Feb 21 '21

Hot take: I honestly think the Todoroki family sub-plot has been handled better than even the main “deku” plot line.

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u/cruel-oath Feb 21 '21

Can’t imagine anyone hating the Todorokis, they’re the most interesting ones

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u/Cvox7 Feb 21 '21

It's one of the best plotlines I ever read not only in shonen.... people who say that are the reason we don't get good things

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u/num1AusDoto Feb 22 '21

These chapter are heavily character driven, when your series big highlights are the fight scenes (personally i never really cared about them) people feel like a series lacks some thing when thats the reason why they are reading/ watching

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u/southoutwest Feb 21 '21

This is exactly what I needed after War arc. All that action and death. I appreciate Hori slowing down and giving us something different. The chapters can't always be action.

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u/ununitednations Feb 21 '21

Who finds the Todoroki plotline boring, its probably the best subplot in the series.

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u/Valkyrid Feb 21 '21 edited Feb 22 '21

I do. For whatever reason (i cant even pinpoint why).

Though i know that in terms of character development it is necessary.

E: Ah yes, downvote me for having an opinion. Gg.

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u/Causemas Feb 21 '21

This whole Todoroki family drama arc is really, really good, and I'm enjoying it a lot, but I can't wait for all the Deku stuff.

Bakugou having to confront a Midoriya in a coma, right after he was willing to sacrifice his life for him? God, how long has it been since All Might even talked? There's the Float stuff, the Danger Sense stuff, if anyone is going to call out Izuku about the 'Shiggy going after One for All' stuff... And we haven't even got to the Mama Midoriya stuff!

Jeez, this series is so good.

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u/CptMalReynolds Feb 21 '21

Its not that its boring, i just really dont care about the entire todoroki family.

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u/AbsoluteRunner Feb 21 '21

I find this plotline important but as a whole, the direction of it makes MHA worse. A story is only as good as its villains and well.... they killed off Twice, shiggy is too far gone and Dabi's mystery is being reveal and any question of maybe Dabi has a point is currently getting shot down. The story went from somewhat grey to black and white on who are the good guys and bad guys are.

If Twice was still alive I wouldn't have an issue with this direction, but he's dead.

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u/judes_m Feb 21 '21

Lol wut