#but it seems like its gearing up for a sympathy kill. like they banish afo and nana is like ‘you’ll die when you leave’ and shig is like ‘k’

[tomurakii]

I really hope that the next chapter is going to bring some sympathy for Tomura. Surely Nana’s expression in the last panel of 286 means she feels bad for him, right? I feel like choosing Nana to be the one to be by Deku’s side in this instead of All Might (which would complete the parallel of current user and previous user/mentor) means that Nana is there specifically because of her connection to Tomura.

I really hope that seeing Tomura stressed out and captured by AfO will convince Nana of the fact that he’s really just a kid (essentially her kid) who went through hell and back. And I also hope the kind of dehumanisation through the depiction of Deku with his warped preportions and his blind rage (especially with him paralleling Tomura’s early actions with the biting and the self-inflicted major injuries) is leading to him being depicted as the one in the wrong in this instance, like Nana will teach him to have sympathy and to finally listen to/acknowledge Tomura’s backstory that explains why he is the way he is. I just really hope this chapter leads to change, or at least momentary trust and acknowledgement as the three of them work together to get rid of the greater evil.