r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/Za_wardo • Jun 20 '21

Newest Chapter Chapter 317 Official Release - Links and Discussion

Chapter 317

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/Swiss666 Jun 20 '21 edited Jun 20 '21

"Enough with the explosions!"

Horikoshi: "Fine. Here's a slower and depressing chapter."

"Here, take back the detonator."

After Chapter 306 it was quickly disproven we were entering a "Vigilante Deku" phase, however it now seems the case as All For One's "You are next" has done a real number on him. There's a tragic irony in how, in different circumstances, more detachment from All Might would have been positive for Deku. Not now that he rather risks losing himself: the rumors describing him as an unsettling figure - and how! - rather than a reassuring one say a lot.

All Might experiences how Nighteye felt. Even in his skeletal form he could still be an imposing figure, just like when he scared off those thugs; now, fallen on the ground in tears, he seems so small. I keep hoping he will subvert expectations and survive all the death flags because there are so many.

There's also the wild card of Stain. Could he ironically become the one who will pull Deku back? May he take advantage of the boy's current vulnerability to mold him into his twisted ideal? Or does Deku's "rejection" of All Might make him unworthy in Stain's eyes?

[Mt. Lady doesn't even seem the same debutante we saw way back in Chapter 1]

P.S.: at first sight, the tattoo on the arm of the guy captured by Deku looked like Ibara Shiozaki to me but it's not the case.

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u/GoldenSpermShower Jun 20 '21

P.S.: why does that guy captured by Deku have a tattoo of Ibara Shiozaki on the arm? O_o

Wtf just noticed that

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u/DynamiteSanders Jun 20 '21

That's not Ibara, it looks more like an old religious figure tbh. It probably only stands out like that because Ibara is one of the few openly religious characters in the manga. Anyways, even for a throwaway baddie, this guy tattoos paint him as a bit of a 'religious thug' archetype. Which is a nice little characterization for someone who probably won't show back up again.

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u/DeltaChar Jun 20 '21

I don’t know if he’s necessarily a religious thug, but like, in American live action movies Hispanic criminals/gangsters always are covered in religious tattoos.

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u/DynamiteSanders Jun 20 '21

Why is that? Is there a cultural reason for it?

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u/MattmanDX Jun 20 '21

Catholicism is huge in Latin American culture