#i’m too afraid of 1. spoilers 2. reading things that aren’t about dabi

[newjenns]

Hi sol do u by chance read bnha fics ? I stoped keeping up a while back but I rlly want to read some fics today for some reason 🤒

haiiiii i dont 😭 buy friday @dekolo and luca @miku3 do !

[crazybnhatheorist]

Finding the UA traitor - Part 2 | Yaoyorozu the Best Girl

Welcome in my UA traitor theory part 2! If you haven't seen part 1 yet, go check it out, because it's necessary to understand what I'll be talking about.

As I said, Yaoyorozu traitor theory was mentioned few times, but it looks like nobody takes it seariously. It's time to change that.

Warnings: one tiny miny manga spoiler, but I put markings before and after it. Long post.

During the summer training camp

First thing to question is the noumu Dabi was given. Giving him one of these is kinda big deal. Despite this, it looks like he completely ditches it, letting it to wander around and kill some random students. It is also a trust test for Dabi, so a smart person like him would rather use it to idk, slow down students chasing mr. Compress or to keep Ereaserhead away from any fights.

MINOR SPOILER(in the recent manga chapters we see him being given control over a noumu again - the High End this time. Why would anybody let him do this if he failed during the summer camp? Because it didn't cause ANY harm then, heck it got a transmitter attached to it) NO MORE SPOILERS

When I was reading that scene with noumu chasing Yaoyorozu and boy from 1-B(I'm sorry, I can't remember his name) for first time, I got it weird that the noumu didn't kill them. Like, why did it approach so slowly? It would kill them both easily if it only wanted... Yeah, WANTED. And it may be just a plothole, but doesn't a transmitter like this need a satelite to work? How would she know how to create it without preparing to it earlier?

Hideout Raid

Valid thing think about is, that AFO actually wanted factory raid to happen. How do I know that?

While preparing the fake, I don't believe nobody noticed this big black thingy in noumu's back. If they wanted to, they would just destroy it, or better, send to any other location to trick heroes. But AFO decided to use it as a bait. Also, he had his ultimate quirk compilation completed - I think that after he learned All Might has a heir, he knew that it is soon for him to retire. He wanted to fight him to make this fall big and tragic. As we later see, it helps Tomura A LOT. He didn't plan to get captured, though.

But hey, how do I know that the factory was a fake? It isn't as complicated as it might seem - the front entrance was unused for a long time, there was a big mess inside and the noumus present in there were transported from their usual location - Kurogiri said it himself. If i remember correctly, Tsukauchi mentioned it, too. It was made in a rush, though.

Back on the line, if he had destroyed the transmitter, he would teleport Tomura, first strike team and Bakugou away from the fight. And boom, happy end for LoV. It's really interesting that a great storyteller like Horikoshi created an arc with this big plot hole.

Anyway, let's get to the factory itself. One day after summer camp, only Momo herself, All Might, Tsukauchi, Todoroki and Kirishima knew about the transmitter. The next day rest of the class gets to know this information and the very same night, the raid takes place. If Yaoyorozu was innocent, in the best case, AFO would have something about a day and a half to find right place, somehow transport all the stuff and noumus there. Well, maybe he knew about that place before and used his teleportation quirk on noumus, so it's not impossible but still.

But you probably have this one question on your mind - if Momo is the traitor, then why did she help with rescuing Bakugou?

"Shigaraki didn't know about rescuing Bakugou, so if we already know it would have to be a student, they must |1 be Hagakure or Jirou knocked out by gas |2 care about rescuing Bakugou more than possible consequenses for themselves |3 be from class 1-B" -from part 1

Yaoyorozu falls for category 2 here. This isn't unlikely, cause we see her excited to help her classmates many times etc, back to it later. Notice what she said when she decided to follow them - to keep an eye on them so they won't do anything stupid. Also, she's the only one from rescue Baku squad that wasn't seen by any of the villains, so no consequenses for her.

Also, if it seems logical that the group needed disguises, when you think about it, it doesn't work for her sake either. Nobody but her got that idea, and yes she is in fact one of the most inteligent characters in the series, but the idea of hole mission was to sneak in and out. She's the only one worrying about it - the rest of the group didn't even consider it useful. Like she really wanted to hide from someone, or anything. (Nothing sure though, I might be just overreacting)

There's also Momo's expression while telling All Might about the transmitter. It is clearly guilt - we are told that she regrets not doing something more, but an information like this is a big deal and I'm sure she knows that. Maybe she felt guilty because she knew what was going to happen? Also, if her actions were the reason Kirishima initiated rescue mission, it is another motive for her to join them.

What about motivation?

The first time we see her, she lacks self-confidence and has problems with making decisions for herself. Why would a rich girl with such awsome quirk be like that? Look at Bakugou for example.

It is clearly fault of someone raising her. If her family had connections with All for One, she may have been raised to the role of obedient spy in hero community.

Also, her family is VERY rich. We are told, that her parents are heroes, but we don't hear about them once, so they aren't very popular. In order to be so wealthy, it's likely that they have also another income. The experiments with noumus must be expensive, so they would be perfect people to sponsor them.

Pros and cons

Every theory has it's weak and strong points. This part is like a summary of them.

Pros

Reasonable motivation

Character developement - we haven't seen her arc yet

Fills many, at first sight, small plot holes, so nice foreshadowing here

One of the most appreciated characters by both fandom and protagonists

Nobody really suspects her

Cons

The plot holes may not be intentional

If AFO planned the factory raid, why was the fake factory made in such rush?

Anyway, that's it for my Yaoyorozu traitor theory! Even if it's doesn't take first place on my list, I still like it much (maaaaybe because I put in it much, much work).

However, I'd love to discuss about it, so don't be afraid to text me to ask questions or to point out anything I missed! I'd love to hear your theories, too, so if you have written one, or maybe like one very much, please send me a link!

Andomygod after the positive feedback from part 1 I feel like I raised the level too high and someone could be dissapointed reading it. I'm shitting myself right now.

For the part three I've planned another suspect and it's, for now, my favourite one. It may take me a little bit longer to write it though, cause you know, school week started (I'll make sure you'll be able to see it before weekend, though). I hope you enjoy my theory so far!

So yeah, see ya, pumpkins!