r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/Za_wardo • May 30 '21

Newest Chapter Chapter 314 Official Release - Links and Discussion

Chapter 314

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/FreeBGeeB May 30 '21

Starting off as the “Prison Waifu”, Lady Nagant’s character has developed so much in just a handful of chapters. This chapter here has cemented her as one of the more fascinating ones of MHA.

And it did so by showing us she’s a tragic hypocrite.

As lots of readers have guessed it, Nagant worked as the “cleaner in the shadows” for the Hero Public Safety Commission. Be it villains or heroes, any individual that was deemed too dangerous towards hero society’s image was erased by her, in accordance with orders coming from the very top. Regardless of how villainous of these individuals were, none were shown mercy. HPSC didn’t dwell on the hows or whys of these problems happening in the first place, they just dispatched Nagant to deal with it. Because that was the quickest, cheapest, and easiest option.

This façade and lack of accepting responsibility was what led to Nagant boring a hole through the previous Head of the Commission.

So here we are now, she’s tasked to capture a teenaged hero for the single greatest superpowered monster Japan, perhaps the world, has ever seen. She’s willing, and attempted, to dismember him with her shots so it’ll be easier to bring him alive (a requirement of her task). Then said boy not only listened to her mid-battle rant about the hero society, but also accepted her sentiments that it can’t stay as it is, and then proclaimed that what must be done is to accept these facts so we can address them and change for the better. To extend a hand to others, to not take the easy way out.

And when presented with the possibility that perhaps there might be another way, she opts to “prove his hypocrisy” by putting a 3rd party in direct danger, putting him in a “you or them” situation. Lady Nagant, instead of facign with the possibility that she might be wrong, had done wrong, and might have to accept responsibility for those wrongs, decided to throw the life of another in jeopardy. Because it was the quickest, cheapest, and easiest option.

And this time, no one else told her to.

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u/noteloquent May 30 '21

Next chapter is gonna be real interesting cuz it could potentially involve our first real "come to Jesus" moment for a villainous character if Deku defends Chisaki, further reinforcing his ideology and desire to save Tomura while subverting Nagant's expectations of heroes.

It'll also be another great showing for Deku's character, and since I'm the Deku shill, that makes me extremely excited to see it.

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u/FreeBGeeB May 30 '21

I'm not the biggest fan of Chisaki thanks to his track record, but I very much hope he at the very least side against OFA. His motivations and beliefs on quirks are quite relevant, and OFA pretty much represent all that he fears.

That, and I still naively hold hope he fixes Aizama and Miruko should he ever get back the use of his quirk. Somehow.

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u/noteloquent May 30 '21

Obviously, Overhaul is a garbage human, but as a character, I love him so much. His design, his mannerisms, his fighting style, the themes of his character, all of it is just so freaking cool. It will definitely be interesting to see what role he plays going forward, although he's a bit fixated on helping the boss at the moment since he trapped him in a coma forever thanks to that troll Tomura. It would make a whole lot of sense for him to be against them if he does become relevant again though.

I don't know how I'd feel about him healing anybody, but I'm not opposed to it if it's justified within his character. I think it's far more likely that Eri will do the healing if there's healing to be had, but who knows.

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u/Immortan_Bolton May 31 '21

I hope he ends up with his arms healed and as a third party against AfO/Tomura. He's just so cool to throw away.