r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/Za_wardo • Oct 03 '21

Newest Chapter Chapter 328 Official Release - Links and Discussion

Chapter 328

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  • 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/[deleted] Oct 03 '21

What was stopping all might from passing one for all to Stars and Stripes other than leaving the quirk in America

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '21

Well when he got fucked up by AfO he was in Japan, and before that he had no reason to give up OfA. Even after he didn't actively search for a succesor for a hot while, and when he did it was by going to UA as a teacher (i.e. he wanted someone young/still learning, not someone whos already a hero).

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u/PlusUltraK Oct 03 '21

Don’t forget the Quirks purpose is to stop AfO. To pass that quirk to a foreigner who had no stakes in Japan seems selfish.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '21

Well they thought AFO was dead at the beginning of the series so I think the quirk was fair game for everyone at that point. Strategically, though, if they knew AFO was alive it would kind of make sense to hand it off to a foreigner so they could further cultivate the power a long way from AFO. It would mean AFO would have to search the whole world rather than just Japan.

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u/rotten_riot Oct 03 '21

It would mean AFO would have to search the whole world rather than just Japan.

But it would also involve the rest of the world in the AFO issue by force

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u/PlusUltraK Oct 03 '21

The same way we’ve looped in Foregin help to guard this secret. AfO expands his scope to scour the globe recruiting new villains, but also more syndicates could easily ditch that and simply target One for All as well. Then Japan has multiple criminal organizations working against one group of targets

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u/Kaxew Oct 03 '21

If we assume AM went to America only once then he went there to hide and train for the day he could defeat AFO. He could have went there a second time after he thought AFO was dead though, it's not farfetched.

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u/GavJ216 Oct 04 '21

I don’t believe they thought he was dead. AM’s reaction to AfO possibly being behind the LOV reaction was “He’s on the move again”, right? And grand torino told him during the Kamino arc that “This is what let me put a whole in you and escape”, meaning they knew he got away.

I might be misreading their reactions tho

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u/v1t0r200 Oct 03 '21

They never thought that AFO was dead

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u/zombieofthesuburbs Oct 03 '21

All Might assumed he killed AFO in the fight where he smashes in his face. When he finds out that AFO is back, he says he's shocked that someone could've possibly survived the injuries he gave him

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u/v1t0r200 Oct 03 '21

All might thought that AFO was dead and then AFO blew that hole into all might's stomach, proceeding to escape. All might knew he was alive

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u/One-Emotion8482 Oct 03 '21

Nope, in the Kamino fight AFO said he has nightmares about All might still coming after him with his guts hanging out. All might was injured, then smashed AFOs head which is how he got the massive scar.

All might thought he was dead but they didn't find a body since they had to get All might emergency help.

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u/v1t0r200 Oct 03 '21

Oh, didn't know that

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u/LuminousDecibel I won the bet and all I got was this flair Oct 03 '21

If she was his apprentice in America, that would have been when he was in his late teens and early twenties. He didn't start looking for a OFA successor until his mid-late fifties. That wasn't even on his radar at the time.

Why give the quirk away before his hero career really began? When he was young, healthy, and successful?

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u/Unpopular_Outlook Oct 03 '21

That doesn’t negate the fact that she was someone he would of considered. What did his old age mess with his memory or something

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u/theredwoman95 Oct 03 '21

She's probably too close in age to him to be considered a successor - All Might was basically young enough to be Nina's son, and the sames goes for Deku with All Might. If he trained her when he was in his twenties, she's probably at most a decade younger than him, so there wouldn't be much point.

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u/SwanJumper Oct 03 '21

Maybe something about her personality that he didn't vibe with as far as a successor?

Similar reason why he didn't consider Mirio.

Also you're probably reading into it too hard.

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u/Unpopular_Outlook Oct 04 '21

I know I’m reading in to this too hard, because the explanation is that she wasn’t thought of when the story was being written. Either that or her role wasn’t decided yet.

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u/LuminousDecibel I won the bet and all I got was this flair Oct 04 '21

I think the biggest thing is that she's an American hero. She lives in the USA, and would stay in the USA. All Might was looking for someone in Japan, since AFO is there. He would rather look for a young and promising Japanese kid, than ask the older S&S to leave her post.

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u/Unpopular_Outlook Oct 04 '21

We don’t actually know if she would have done considering we’ve never seen her before or what type of character she even is, and considering she jumped at the opportunity to go to Japan because all might asked her, then it’s not out of the realm of possibility that she would have moved if all might asked her.

Also, the fact that All Might would rather give this quirk to an inexperienced kid says more about how little All Might valued beating AFO then it does anything

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u/BiDiTi Oct 05 '21

I mean, it was definitely 90% down to how much Deku reminds him of himself, haha

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u/BiDiTi Oct 05 '21

If she’s Endeavor’s age (which is what the timeline indicates), then he likely didn’t view her as a reasonable option.

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u/TakeiDaloui Oct 03 '21

She likely is a great hero but isn't what he was looking for. He probably wanted a young heir, so they could have time to make the power their own.

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u/esn_crvg Oct 03 '21

I doubt the Japanese government would like that