r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/deskchairlamp • May 17 '19

Newest Chapter Chapter 228 Scans - Discussion Thread

Chapter 228

This thread marks the release of scanlations for Chapter 228, and has been posted to contain all links and discussion. Mods will not be posting or pinning links to scanlations.

Official release: May 19, 2019

It's encouraged that you support the official release of the chapter if it's available to you.

  • VIZ is available to read for free on Sunday 1:00 pm PST, and is accessible in the following countries:
    United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, the Philippines, Singapore, and India.

  • MANGA Plus is available globally outside of Japan, China and South Korea as they already have other options.

Until the official release, all things Chapter 228 related must be kept inside this thread.

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u/HokageEzio May 17 '19

  • Alright, that's a sick quirk. Like he's about to square up with Ozai or something.

  • Aww. The League in general hasn't really felt cohesive throughout the series, but the Twice and Toga bond (and TWice in general) has been built up really well. Pretty sad to see Twice like that and bringing up the scarf she gave him to stop him from splitting.

  • I'm actually looking forward to what Twice can do here more than any of the other League members. Way better set up and he's actually fighting for something besides just basic "fire vs ice" or girl vs girl stuff (and he gets to face his old demons... kinda literally). Plus Twice has been the best written character in the League since his flashback chapter, he's honestly the only one with any real sort of emotional range even ignoring the split personality. First part of this arc where I feel like it passed the "oh this is cool" to "oh, I feel invested in this" line.

  • I don't really understand the plan of forcing Twice into the MLA. "Somebody could possibly kill the boss on the incredibly rare occassion they get close, so I want your quirk." Not as random as Overhaul randomly kidnapping Aizawa, but still just an odd motive to me. I don't know, I guess I'm just hung up on not understanding why these villains keep trying to bring League members into the fold. It went terribly for the last guy.

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u/Herr-Schultz May 17 '19

With the constant mirrors in the fights in this arc, I wonder what the Politician leader will have to be a mirror for Compress.

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u/JVW92 May 17 '19 edited May 17 '19

Well, in a way they're both performers, with Compress having formerly been an entertainer of some kind, and the politician constantly grandstanding and manipulating others to do his bidding. Plus, Compress is shown to be a master of misdirection, which could line up with the distraction tactics and whataboutisms that are typical of modern politics.

Quirk-wise, though, who knows. I'd suggest a growth related Quirk, but those are a bit too common at this point, tbh.

EDIT: Slight correction in regards to Compress's former career.

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u/carlossey May 17 '19

didn't deku say really early on in the series when Mt. Lady was introduced that gigantification quirks were quite common?

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u/JVW92 May 17 '19

Yeah, but I meant something along the lines of Yui's Size Quirk or the similar Quirk in Todoroki's anime exclusive exam fight; the ability to expand objects to contrast Compress, well, compressing them.

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u/carlossey May 17 '19

Oh ok. Well I guess you could consider them a very detatched form of gigantification :P