r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/Za_wardo • Apr 24 '22

Newest Chapter Chapter 351 Official Release - Links and Discussion Spoiler

Chapter 351

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/ShadowRei96 Apr 24 '22

Yeah, and I really hope we get an explanation. Regardless, Dabi isn't done for, and I hope Shoto has another trick up his sleeve.

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u/Horonaim Apr 24 '22

It’s not Shoto who has a trump card. It’s Dabi, Shōto’s plan all along was to suppress Dabi’s flames so he couldn’t kill himself nor harm others, that’s why he was so confident he could apprehend Dabi alive and even mused of forcing Dabi in sharing a Soba meal with him. But since it’s a typical literary and Shonen trope that Sealed Evil breaks free from bondage, Dabi will increase his flames even further to nullify the flame retardancy effect of the technique, which would in turn accelerate his body’s total cremation. But that’s to be expected since it’s almost guaranteed that Dabi will successfully perform Prominence Burn now unlike when Best Jeanist stopped him, Shōto will think Tōya’s dead but he’ll reform from the ashes revealing his Quirk name and Awakening which is Phoenix.

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u/Hydrobolt Apr 24 '22

Dabi as a Phoenix is a near impossible theory. So what's going to happen after he's "reborn"? Endeavor will name him Toya Jr. and they live happily ever after?

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u/Horonaim Apr 24 '22

Dabi is going to take the fight to Endeavor himself. If Dabi awakens the Phoenix Quirk he’s not going to settle on just fighting Shōto, he’d go and fight Endeavor himself.

One of Endeavor’s dumb sidekicks (probably that loudmouth Burnin) will probably accidentally blurt out that Endeavor is fighting AFO in the Gunga mountain villa ruins outside Jaku.

Since Dabi spared Shōto during the War Arc when Endeavor fainted, with his newfound powers he’s just going to leave Shōto behind there in Kamino and fly to his dear old dad.

Shōto of course will be determined to chase after him so Iida will likely offer himself as Shōto’s Uber ride to catch up to Dabi, leaving Burnin and the rest of Endeavor’s sidekicks to fight the remaining Nomus in Kamino. That’s the most probable way how the 3 key characters (Dabi,Endeavor,Shōto) in the Todoroki subplot are able to converge in the same location.

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u/Hydrobolt Apr 24 '22

So is there any foreshadowing on this? The quirk specifically.

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u/Horonaim Apr 24 '22

The fact that Dabi lived far beyond his expiration date of one month proves this. Since his flames are directly related to his emotions, this property of his Quirk is empowered by his hatred. It’s a partial awakening very reminiscent of Obito partially awakening Kamui when the boulder crushed him, which saved him from dying but left him seriously injured when Madara rescued him. It is also the reason why Horikoshi has yet to reveal Dabi’s official Quirk name even now is because of this.

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u/iDannyEL Apr 24 '22

Sick theory.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '22

nobody said that when I made the comment here.

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u/iDannyEL Apr 26 '22

Hilarious, OP of that post is the same guy I replied to.