#bnha chapter 257

[darkcircles4lyfe]

The Missing Ingredient

Tonight I was casually rereading the chapters that are about to be adapted in the anime when something hit me, and now I have to talk about it ASAP even if it’s not fully fleshed out. You’re getting insomniac-Lin this time, folks.

So. Chapter 304, the one where Izuku finally gets to speak with the vestiges while he’s unconscious in the hospital, has bugged me since the day it came out. I couldn’t articulate it, but something about the way OFA was explained felt like conjecture, or like it was made up on the fly. Idk, it just seemed kinda weak. The detail that I think gets overlooked is that this “lore” is, in fact, conjecture. All Might’s, specifically. It’s his research and logical assumption that led to the conclusion that quirkless people are the only ones able to handle OFA. But we can and should consider the explanation given in 304, that whole business with the overflowing chalices, to be unreliable narration. It is simply a somewhat educated guess.

Like I said, I’ve thought this for a while, but I wasn’t able to get any further with it. Tonight, I went over it again, and I asked myself: other than the fact that All Might was quirkless, what else makes him different from his predecessors? All Might specifically compared himself to the 4th, the one who died of old age, so I did the same. Well… the only other thing about the 4th that stands out is that he spent his life totally alone. This fact is emphasized clearly, and yet, it’s significance is hiding in plain sight: what if the isolation is what killed him?

Thematically, this story has established the dangers and damaging effects of isolation many times, from All Might’s lonely career, to the Todoroki family’s dysfunction, to society’s abandonment of the villains, to Izuku’s misadventures as a solo act. I could go on, but the point is, we are led to see that people become their worst selves when they are alone. Horikoshi has drilled this idea so deeply into the way I analyze bnha that I now look at the 4th and see that he epitomizes the flaw of self-isolation. He kept well hidden and he devoted himself to training, but in the end it wasn’t enough. What is enough? Why is Yagi Toshinori still alive to this day despite the fate Night Eye saw for him? Unless you believe he’s still bound to die, which I don’t, then there’s one simple reason: Izuku. It wasn’t only All Might who changed Izuku’s life, but also the other way around. Because of Izuku, Toshinori gradually regained his sense of purpose and drive, his very will to keep living even when “All Might” was long gone. Because of their bond, he is given the gift of a life beyond passing the torch of OFA. That in itself is something no previous OFA user has ever had before. THAT, if you ask me, is what sets him apart. So what does that say about OFA?

Let’s backtrack for a second. Chapter 304 also directly states that OFA drastically changed about four months prior:

I think we can accept this as reality because it’s just an observation, BUT. What’s odd is it’s left without a “why.” As in, why did it change? Was it simply the “right time?” Was there a trigger? Was it a milestone of Izuku’s strength? No definitive explanation is offered. I decided to look back on “four months ago” and see if I could pick up on anything. Of course it’s referring to when Izuku first had a vision of his predecessors in a dream, and when he unlocked blackwhip—but again, no one knew “why now?” I found that the progress made in this arc is actually nicely summarized in chapter 257:

Here we see that Izuku finally feels like he has a place in the world and a true connection with people he cares about, specifically with Toshinori and Katsuki. Incidentally, this is also the chapter where we learn that the previous OFA users all died young, and it ends with Toshinori talking about what it means for him to keep living. It’s no longer about “helping” in the way he used to as a hero, but just being there for others as a person. So the growth of OFA coincides with Izuku’s developing relationships.

The logical assumption that I’m now going to make is that Toshi’s consciousness in the OFA realm exists because of the connection he forged with Izuku. His fire-y spectral presence is not a vestige at all, not even remotely the same thing as the other previous users, which are only there because of their quirk factors. They are more like memories of people, whereas Toshi’s is a manifestation of a living soul. Still, we would be led to assume it only forms within OFA because Toshinori himself once had the quirk. However…

Katsuki is involved now too. And I don’t think we can claim he is a previous OFA user since Heroes Rising is only loosely canon and the transfer was never completed anyway. Rather, like Toshinori, Katsuki is a deeply important person in Izuku’s life, and that apparently is enough. Since Toshinori normally has a slight psychic connection to his OFA manifestation, my guess is Katsuki also had this vague sort of sense, and maybe a ghostly manifestation of his own, but in his current near-death state, that signal is strengthened to the point where he is fully aware and present inside OFA. As for the reason he’s in a separate setting to the vestiges, and Toshinori’s manifestation is also there, it’s like a Venn diagram. The previous users are in one place, living people closest to Izuku are in another, and Ghost Toshi can go between them because he is both, the overlap of the Venn diagram. Regardless of these technical details though, I think the clues point to the idea that OFA grows from and is meant to be used by someone who is interdependent and has supportive relationships, while isolation causes it to behave like a parasite. The concept also lends itself well to OFA affecting/providing power to others, namely Katsuki, if one is so inclined to those theories. Where I’m at right now, I just think OFA and its wielder have finally gained something they’ve been missing all along. But Izuku still has to fully embrace that.

[bnhaobservation]

The facts taking place during BNHA second year: January, February & March

So, in order to write my fic, I spend much time observing canon scenes, comparing the manga and the anime version, take note of details, translations and info in them as well as finding out how are some things called.

Since what I noticed/speculated/found out can be of use for other fic authors I thought to share as well.

OBSERVATIONS, SPECULATIONS AND ASSORTED INFO:

You might notice a special focus on the Todoroki family as all their birthdays and statuses are listed. That’s because this timeline was originally meant to focus solely on them and then I included info about the other characters.

LEGENDA:

BNHA: “Boku no Hero Academia” manga.

EM: “Endeavor mission” (エンデヴァーズ ミッション) the short story included alongside Chapter 321 in Weekly Shonen Jump Issue 35, 2021.

OAV 6: "Tabidachi” (旅立ち Departure)

HS: “Hawks: SOOTHE” (ホークス: SOOTHE Hawks: Soothe) the short story in Vol. “World Heroes”.

MOVIE 3: “Boku no Hero Academia The Movie ～WORLD HEROES MISSION～” [僕 (ぼく) のヒーローアカデミア THE (ザ) MOVIE (ムービー) ～ワールドヒーローズミッション ～ My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission]

TIMELINE (JANUARY, FEBRUARY & MARCH)

ENDEAVOR AGENCY ARC

JANUARY 1: New year’s morning. Midoriya Izuku/Deku leaves for his work study. Takami Keigo/Hawks goes to the MLA bases. Todoroki Enji/Endeavor ‘welcomes’ the students that will have their work study in his agency (Todoroki Shōto, Deku and Bakugō Katsuki) then deals with Starservant and receives from Hawks a book of the meta liberation army which Hawks uses to reveal the MLA future plans to him and how they plan to attack in four months. Hawks goes to the MLA bases and the League sees Endeavor’s interns in action through a video. [BNHA Chap 243-248 It could also be that it's on this day Shigaraki Tomura/Shimura Tenko has Garaki Kyūdai start modifying his body.]

EARLY JANUARY (ONE WEEK AFTER THEY STARTED THEIR WORK STUDY): Todoroki Fuyumi invites Shōto, Deku and Bakugō at her home where they learn of what happened to Shōto’s oldest brother, Todoroki Tōya/Dabi. Ending captures Todoroki Natsuo to get Endeavor to kill him. He instead freezes and the one saving Natsuo and capturing Ending are Shōto, Deku and Bakugō. [BNHA Chap 248-252]

PARANORMAL LIBERATION WAR ARC

AROUND JANUARY 6: Winter break is over. [BNHA Chap 253. Usually this is the date in which it ends in Japanese schools]

AROUND JANUARY 7: School resumes. The student go on ground Alpha to train with Yagi Toshinori/All Might as Aizawa Shōta/Eraser Head and Yamada Hizashi/Present Mic go see Kurogiri and gets from him the word ‘hospital’ which the Hero commission passes to Hawks while Garaki is still experimenting on Shigaraki. Meanwhile Class A shows what they learnt in their work study. Deku, Shōto and Bakugō show how they have improved working under Endeavor. Eri’s horn starts to feel weird and Aizawa decides he’ll start training her that same week. He then meets up with All Might and tells him Tsukauchi Naomasa wants him to delay seeing Akaguro Chizome/Stain. In the evening class A has a hot-pot party. [BNHA Chap 253-257 Usually this is the date in which Japanese schools resume lessons]

JANUARY 11: Todoroki Shōto turns 16.

AROUND JANUARY 14: Bubaigawara Jin/Twice asks Hawks to help him with his mission statement. Hawks has memorized how the Paranormal Liberation Front is organized. [BNHA Chap 258 One week has gone by from the hospital hint, one month from the formation of the PLF]

JANUARY 18: Todoroki Tōya/Dabi turns 24.

WORLD HEROES MISSION ARC

LIKELY STILL IN JANUARY: Flect Turn, leader of Humarise, gives a speech in the main sanctuary of the Humarise sect involving Quirk Singularity Doomsday Theory and the extinction of humanity before triggering a Trigger Bombs in a major city, with the result everyone who has a Quirk first goes Berserk and then dies, leading tot he distruction of the city and the survival of few Quirkless people which are then approached by Humarise members. At the same time Alan Kay, flees from Humarise taking important document with himself. After it Humarise broadcast to the world that they were the ones responsible for the bombing. [Movie 3 In theory in the anime this is presented as taking place bfore Fuyumi were to invite the boys in her own home but since the twim between the boys starting their internship and Fuyumi's invitation is solely of a week I assume it took place short after]

LIKELY STILL IN JANUARY: Endeavor tests Deku, Shōto and Bakugō to see if they can take part to the operation that's being organized by the World Heroes Association. The kids pass the test and are told they'll get special stealt new suits. [EM It takes place short before the mission in Otheon though it should take place before the first Trigger bomb exploded]

LIKELY STILL IN JANUARY: Endeavor, Deku, Shōto and Bakugō are at the airport about to leave for Otheon a small country in Europe when they argue for their seating places on the plane. Hawks, who's also at the airpost with Tokoyami Fumikage/Tsukuyomi as they're about to leave for America, reassigns their places so they can safely start their travel to Otheon. [OAV 6, HS It takes place short before the Heroes leave for the mission to Otheon. It's unclear if it's in the same day as when Deku and Co were tested... as it's unclear how long it took to create their new suits]

LIKELY STILL IN JANUARY: The Heroes are searching for all the 25 Humarise branches all around the world but can't find any Trigger bomb nor Flect Turn. Alan Kay is still on the run, carrying a package he plans to deliver to prevent the destruction of the world. [Movie 3]

LIKELY STILL IN JANUARY: Rody Soul leaves his siblings to go to work. Stanleyk gives him the job to retrieve robbed uncut, untraceable jewelry. However Deku, Shōto and Bakugō stumble on the robbery and try to capture the thiefs. As the thiefs escape one of them managed to give the briefcase to Rody who's then chased by Deku. At the same time Beros, a Humarise agent, attacks Alan Kay while he's driving a car on the highway just as Rody is passing under it. By mistake Rody ends up picking up Alan Kay's briefcase and leaving behind his own. Deku managed to reach him and inspect his briefcase but to their surprise there are no jewels but documents. They're then encircled by the police and, as Rody escape, the police tries to kill them both, along with Berus who also attack them. They manage to escape but when Deku contacts Shōto the Otheon international news agency announces that Izuku is publicly accused of a mass murder of twelve people, notifying the entire nation that he is extremely armed and dangerous, resulting in putting him on the most wanted list. Deku and Rody goes in hiding and try to leave the country and go to Klayd. At the Otheon Police HQ, Endeavor complains to the Otheon Chief of Police with no results. His group discover Alan Kay is a defective member of Humarise who is now comatose. Shōto and Bakugō decide to reach Deku to Klayd. By night Rody dreams of his past. Rody tries to escape but he's attacked by a Humarise agent, Rogone and Beros. Deku saves him but gets injured and the two manage to escape and become frieds. [Movie 3]

THE DAY AFTER: Rody gets ahold of a nearby van and he and Deku travel on it. It's unclear if the travel lasts one full day or more but, if that's the case, during the night of that day Rody tells Deku about his Quirk. [Movie 3]

THE DAY AFTER: When Deku and Rody are close tot he border they're attacked by Berus again and by another Humarise agent, Sidero but Shōto and Bakugō save them. Inspecting the briefcase they manage to recover a chip and hid in Klayd. Humarise publicly broadcasts that they will detonate 25 Trigger Bombs in less than two hours. This causes mass panic while the Heroes try to prevent the bomb explosion. Meaniwhile Deku and Co hear Alan Kay's recording and discover Humarise's plan and how to shut down their bombs with a device created by Eddie Soul, Rody's father who was kidnapped by them. Rody drives a plane to take them to Humarise's true main base in time. Eventually they beat Humarize and Rody manages to stop the bombs. [Movie 3]

THE DAY AFTER: The leaders of Humarise are arrested and so is the chielf of police of Otheon. Deku, Shōto, Bakugō and Rody are carried to the hospital where Rody meets his siblings and Recovery Girl heals them. [Movie 3]

LIKELY THE DAY AFTER: Deku, Shōto, Bakugō and Endeavor are about to leave Otheon. Rody says bye to Deku first then goes to Stanleyk's to ask for a honest job and begins working as a bartender. [Movie 3]

MARCH: 3rd term final exam. [Usually held during the first full week of March]

MARCH (THE THIRD WEEK OF MARCH AROUND THE 25TH/26TH): Spring break starts. [Usually this is the date in which it starts in Japanese schools]

MARCH (THE DAY BEFORE THE PARANORMAL LIBERATION WAR): The students are told they'll go on a trip for their work study.

MARCH (END OF THE MONTH WHEN SPRING BREAK IS ALMOST OVER): Paranormal Liberation War. Endeavor attack Jaku hospital. Dabi tries to protect Twice from Hawks attack but Twice ends up killed anyway. Dabi seriously burns Hawks’ back. Endeavor fights along with other Heroes against Shigaraki and, with the help of Shōto, Deku and Bakugō manages to seriously burn him. Dabi and the rest of the league arrive with Gigantomachia and Dabi reveals his real identity to his father and brother and in a video that’s made visible to all the world. He then fights with Shōto and seriously burns himself, though he also manages to burn his brother. Endeavor manages to knock down Gigantomachia before fainting. Shiragaki, now possessed by All for One, Dabi, Toga Himiko and Iguchi Shūichi/Spinner flew. Gigantomachia and Sako Atsuhiro/Mr Compress are captured along with most of the MLA (Geten included). A clone of Yotsubashi Rikiya/Re-Destro goes to the Hero Public Safety Commission and is attacked. He however manages to kill the president and many of the people there before melting when Twice dies. On that same night Shigaraki attacks Tartarus with his Nōmu, kills all the guards and free all the convicts. Stain take possession of some documents and escapes on his own. Tsutsumi Kaina/Lady Nagant takes with herself Chisaki Kai/Overhaul and is asked by All for One to capture Deku. In exchange she is granted the Quirk ‘Air walk’. [BNHA Chap 258-297]

MARCH (THE DAY AFTER): Shian prison, Bagu prison, Kuin prison and other 4 prisons are attacked by Shigaraki Tomura, All for One and the Nomu. The convicts escape from all the prisons except for the one which was also holding captive Tobita Danjūrō/Gentle Criminal, as he refuses to escape and stop the others from escaping as well. [BNHA Chap 298]

MARCH (TWO DAYS LATER): Bakugō wakes up in Central Hospital. Shōto is awake and gets his classmates’ support. Endeavor undergoes surgery. Hawks and Hakamada Tsunagu/Best Jeanist discover Dabi got his info about Hawks from Takami Tomie. Civilians take arms to fight the Villains on their own. Yoroi Musha retires. Endeavor wakes up at the hospital and confront with his family, Todoroki Rei, who has left the hospital, included. They think back at their family’s past, and then Endeavor is pushed to fight Dabi. Shōto promises he'll do it with him. Deku, while unconscious, talks with the previous owners of One for All. [BNHA Chap 298]

MARCH (THREE DAYS LATER): Endeavor gives a conference which is witnessed by Dabi as well. People is told to move in shelters. [BNHA Chap 306]

TO BE CONTINUED…

[imikah098]

Broke: Tokoyami wants Deku to pass the ponzu.

Woke: Tokoyami wants Deku to pass the ponzu but after he heard what Deku said he covers himself from being notice by ask Deku to pass the ponzu.

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Also:

Happy dark shadow needs to be protect at all cost.

[yellow-denki]

BNHA Chapter 257: Make It Your Own (Pt.2)

This is a continuation of my last post so I recommend you read that first!!

SERO I- I FREAKING LOVE HIM GIVING PEOPLE NICKNAMES LIKE EARLIROKI, NOW PROBATION BOYS BAHAHAHAHAHAHA

LOW QUALITY PICS ARE AMAZING LIKE. The return of Kiri’s headband. Kami’s hair pinned back. Deku speeding for food. Ochakos face on the back so we know it’s her

BAKU STANS YUMI’S COOKING AND HONESTLY WHO WOULDNT. I LOVE REFERANCES TO OLDER CHAPTERS

Class B has some of my favourite characters. Also Kodai bring a whole ass sofa lmao

Y’all. This panel. All of Class A together before the chaos of the end of this arc. Tsu grabbing Mina’s leg so she doesn’t fall. The Bakusquad sat together laughing. These kids are gonna kill me I swear

HES JUST TO PRECIOUS 🥺🥺💕💕 AND DARK SHADOW LAUGHING HIS HEAD OFF WITH MORE OF KAMI’S HAIRDO

Like I said in my last post, I do think Baku and Izu’s relationship is slowly starting to get better. At the start of the series, they wouldn’t have been able to even be in the same room, but now they can sit next to each other and have a reasonable length conversation. I love that Izu is finally standing his ground against Baku, though I won’t forgive Baku for what he did to Izu unless he gets on his knees and begs Izu to forgive him.

End of Part 2!

[c-jay321]

Just read the last two chapters of bnha and omg???

HOR GAVE US NOT ONE,

TWO PRECIOUS DADMIGHT SMILES BACK TO BACK???????

And omg Bakugou is a literal shit, I can’t with him akrhgfdefff

Look at this kid omg. I just love how Deku is so chill and used to Bakugou’s yelling, he doesn’t flinch, he’s just like “okay Kacchan” to everything Bakugou says lmao.

“LITERAL AIRHEAD SHTICK” is honestly the best way to describe Todoroki and it’s gonna be the phrase I’ll be using from now on, thanks Mineta XD

Yes my son, you should feel blessed akskdjhdd gods, he’s so precious alsjhsgfff, I love him so much~

This scene is, minus the All Might part for all kinds of reasons, cuz Tokoyami is usually the one to randomly blurt out different phrases but how Deku’s there thinking out loud and Tokoyami’s just like “dude....can I have the damn ponzu please???”

HOT DANG HORI!!! YEEBES JEEBERS!!! YOU REALLY OUTDID YOURSELF WITH DEM MUSCLES MAN DAAAAAAAAAAANG!!!!!

But all jokes outside, I didn’t expect Nana to have such a simple quirk, but it makes sense given the nature of OFA and how it’s just passed on to people in moments of desperation, and interesting turn of events I guess.

[purplepersnicketywrites]

Purple. The crumbs. The krbk crumbs. I have found my reason to live again. Don't get me started on how Bakugo fits so well with the whole class now and even gets along well with Deku (they were actually talking bickering!!! I loved every second of it) My boy actually feels softer? Calmer? Happier? What a perfect time to be alive, truly

RIGHT? I’m so happy they were interacting,,

tfw u see ur bbf (best/boyfriend)

tfw u tell ur bbf to help out with the meal prep and u mouth go WHOA BIG bc you love him so much

look at them they were sitting right next to each other,,

tfw ur bbf watches u Angerily through the steam

i just,, look at them, they’re so content w/ being around each other

also bonus! there was a single Tsumina crumb!

[itnoy]

more traitor ochako crumbs??

🚨SPOILERS for CHAP 257 under🚨

you have been warned

i’m not sure how to make “read more”s on tumblr mobile.

more ochako stuff??? kinda but not really, just one random thought

is it not suspicious how nana’s quirk is SO similar to ochako’s, as well as the fact that ocha and shigaraki’s quirk both has similar activations (the five finger touch)?

i’m just saying, even though they don’t look alike at all, and ochako’s family has been shown before, if anyone’s related to the shimura family, it’s definitely ochako.

nana looks like a momotsuyu love child tho ngl

[ijustwannameme]

ik the chapter was important and sadd with the one for all users but can I just say those h e e l s sry didn't post anything just been really busy so I manage to cramp this quick doodle for the new chapter

[rosiebrie]

[spaceseinensam]

Hello yes 911 I would die for these children

I mean just look! There's Sero!! Denki with his hair clipped back!! Aoyama in his bathrobe! Kiri with his headband!! Koda with his bunny! All the children are celebrating and I'm crying they are so pure they're second years now and the time jump at the end of the chapter suggests that shit is about to get real I am neither emotionally nor physically ready

[veroverse21]

If All Might die I cry

[that-bajan-kid]

Boku No Hero Academia Chapter 257 SPOILERS

(I have a bad feeling about this...)

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Yes! We finally get to learn about the other quirks.

So Izuku is asking about Black Whip. Apparently he can only use it for a few seconds and can only use it for support.

Oooooo Bakugou is reading the book.

The fifth successor. He kinda reminds me of a British stereotype. Like what you would imagine a Brit that's into heavy metal to look like. Now that I think about it, Mic reminds me of that stereotype too. It doesn't help that he's also the English teacher.

That makes sense. AFO wouldn't want an opponent that could actually put up a fight.

All Might goes on to say that the predecessors weren't chosen but rather entrusted. They were just random people that just so happened to be around when they were dying and ended up with the quirk. That means that All Might and Izuku were probably the only ones who actually chosen to be successors.

Apparently they all died young as well. Well isn't that just... lovely.

Katsuki, probably wanting to move the conversation to something less... grim, asks what's next on the lists of quirks Izuku has to master.

So she could fly. Or I guess "float". That image of her and Gran Torino is really cool btw.

Katsuki's immediate reaction upon hearing this is to start laughing like a lunatic and bragging about how he can already do that with his quirk which makes him the winner of the 'who can one-up who better' competition.

An argument of who's better insues and All Might watches fondly as his two sons bicker back and forth. It reminds me of those moments when the parent figure has a moment with their child right before they go do something that will definitely kill them. It scares me.

The Disaster Duo goes back to the dorms where everyone is making food for a new year's party.

The kids are all talking about how they'll be second years next term and how the new first years will come to them for advice and all that jazz. While this is going on Izuku is thinking about how #blessed his life is right now and that he's happy. I'm very scared.

Denki with his hair pinned back gives me life.

HA I WAS RIGHT THEY'RE GONNA START ERI'S TRAINING SOON.

All Might is telling Aizawa that he's decided to live but now he feels super useless because the kids are growing up and he feels like they don't need him anymore. He's retired from hero work and now he has all this free time that he doesn't know what to do with.

Also apparently he's supposed to have a meeting with Stain? Aizawa said Tsukauchi wants him to postpone it. Are they gonna use Toshi to get Stain to tell them about his brief encounter with Shigaraki? That makes sense. All Might is the only hero, besides Deku, that Stain is ok with. He's not gonna be much help tho but any info is use full info at this point.

Aizawa tells him that just by living he's inspiring people to keep going and do their best.

I'm very, very scared. If that doesn't scream "ALL MIGHT IS GONNA DIE SOON!" I don't know what does.

Cherry blossoms are never a good sign in anime.

UHHH UMMM NANI?!?!?

Not only did we get a time skip but apparently all the heroes are MISSING?!?!? With no explanation whatsoever I-

And look at that bastard. Walking around all cheery like he isn't responsible for the world's immenant doom.

Since this is late March then I'm gonna say we have, like, a week (?) Until Shigaraki is complete Nomufied and wreaks havoc on Japan. All the heroes are missing but why? Are they on a mission to find the hospital Shiragiri told Erasermic about? But Dr. Ujiko wouldn't be so happy if that were the case.

Ugh! I need answers, damn it!

Until next time, I guess.

[yellow-denki]

BNHA Chapter 257: Make It Your Own (Pt.1)

Y’all this chapter was SO good,,, it was also v long and jam packed with lots of stuff, which I always love when it happens, so uh I’m just gonna word vomit here lmao

All Might’s Quirk analysis book!!!! I personally was really excited for this because I was hoping it would reveal a heck ton of info abt the past users, and I guess it kinda has!! But also, think about how much work AM must have put in to make this for Mido. Like, research as deep as that on people who existed a long time ago is not easy, but he still did it!! #DadMight lmao. But also, what AM said about the 2nd and 3rd users made me think. There’s no info on just these two people. And whenever we’ve seen all of the predecessors together, there’s two people blacked out. From what I can remember, these are the two occasions:

Now, there’s lots of theories as to why they’re blacked out. I personally believe there are two reasons: 1) theyre important in the plot later on, and that’s why they’re blocked out for now or 2) to kind of show/symbolise that nothing is known about them. I personally believe that it’s number one in this case, because a lot of the time when Horikoshi does things, it’s for a reason, so doing this is like foreshadowing. Also, if this was just saying nothing is know, why do they have obvious silhouettes?? Like, if they were supposedly ‘unknown’ wouldn’t they just be a normal human base silhouette? Idk I might be picking at things that don’t exist here but hey ho- it’s my style

We got proper, tight, unmistakable info on this guy. FINALLYYYYYYY!! I freakin deakin LOVE the successors and I’m thinking maybe Izu will be able to use Black Whip like Lariat in the future, maybe for the big battle coming up?? :D Also, is it just me, or does he kinda remind you of Death Arms?? Ya know the guy from the start of s1 who had a go at Izu for running in to save Baku from the sludge villain?? This guy:

And ofc this could just simply be a coincidence that they have a similar character design but just to check I went onto the fandom wiki to look for his name to see if they were related, maybe have the same last name but there’s no name listed so I’m gonna go ahead and say for now that its just a coincidence lol

What I’m getting from these two screenshots, is that most of the earlier users weren’t chosen because they had particularly strong or flashy quirks, because otherwise AfO would find them and take & kill them for their quirks, and OfA would die with them. Instead, they were chosen because they would be able to pass the quirk on through the generations to build its power, ready for the inevitable time one of the users, All Might, would be able to defeat AfO. This actually makes so much sense, i-

YALL WE FINALLY GOT TO FIND OUT WHAT NANA’S QUIRK IS. FLOATTTTTT!!!!! I’m gonna say, from the fact that she’s airborne in the image and her partner is Gran Torino, that it was basically her being able to fly, like superheroes in western media. Like sidndksbdkcnhs that’s such a freaking cool quirk, being able to fly,,,,,,,

Bish. Don’t stick ur middle finger up at Izu >:( what did he do?!

Ok but this is actually adorable. Those two arguing and AM smiling like the proud dad he is. I actually like this kind of thing, it’s like they’re bantering, and Izu is actually standing his ground, not letting Baku just walk all over him. For me, it’s kinda a sign that their relationship IS improving, though I personally won’t like Baku as a character unless he apologises to Izu, begs for forgiveness. He needs to try be nicer still, but compared to the start of the series, it’s a good start if they want to mend their relationship.

That’s the end of Part 1! [Part 2]

[ink-knight]

Bakugou stans: Bakugou is so handsome and pretty!

Bakugou:

[purplepersnicketywrites]

Now for something lighter: Horrible horrible gremlin boy I love you

[anjuschiffer]

WE HAVE A NAME!!! AND RANK!