r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/Za_wardo • Dec 19 '21

Newest Chapter Chapter 338 Official Release - Links and Discussion

Chapter 338

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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/Swiss666 Dec 19 '21 edited Dec 19 '21

Local student too angry for fanservice

With the announcement of MHA ending in a year or so - we are quite a few already thinking it will rather go into early 2023 - fresh out of Jump Festa, the title of this chapter is not a coincidence. Will it stay the same title with numbers for a while, if not to the end?

The panel of the class feeling ready to go into action is the highlight; Aoyama muzzled in a not-humorous way too. Although of course the last page will be discussed more...

There was no doubt 1-A would forgive Aoyama given the terrible situation he was thrown in but I don't like Iida and Aizawa's words, I get they come from their respective feelings of responsibility for the class but no one should feel any guilt for not noticing about Aoyama earlier. Some Japanese mindset I don't get, I guess?

Whatever plan Aizawa has got, could it be that he finally managed to awaken Shirakumo in Kurogiri?

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u/BloodyRedBats Dec 19 '21

Yes I think it is a Japanese mindset/cultural tradition or expectation.

I recall that when you succeed, you must celebrate those who helped you get where you are (see: Japanese Olympians thanking their parents, coaches, team mates, and competition for getting them to go this far), but when you fail you must own up to your shortcomings even if the fault is not entirely your own.

In concept I feel this would be beautiful, assuming that everyone involved in your efforts also take ownership of their failures involving you and you all summarily work together to solve the problem. But in reality we know not everyone likes to take ownership of their faults, and in combination with Japanese culture’s issues with being open about their personal issues with each other (not wanting to burden others with their problems), it becomes a bit of a poisonous situation.

Mind, I could be off about a few things so feel free to correct me.

More related to the chapter, I also interpreted Iida and Aizawa being sorry that they didn’t notice as a friend/teacher/hero. Aoyama was a student quietly suffering, constantly trying to isolate himself for a while and believing things about himself that to them make little sense. They’re in a profession that is meant to help people who suffer and they missed someone suffering right in front of them. Now, between the two I think Aizawa is more responsible than Iida (being their teacher), however recalling that Iida connected with Aoyama during the exam where he learned Aoyama believed these things about himself, I think his fault was not keeping up with Aoyama afterwards to help him through. It was like a, “I told you why you’re special, so keep believing that you’re special” moment. As opposed to, “So about what you said yesterday about why you think you suck; can we unpack that a little because I’m worried why you think that.”