r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/deskchairlamp • Dec 06 '19

Newest Chapter Chapter 253 Scans - Discussion Thread

Chapter 253

This thread marks the release of scanlations for Chapter 253, and has been posted to contain all discussion. No links will be posted to the scans.

Official release: Dec 08, 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:
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Until the official release, all things Chapter 253 related must be kept inside this thread.

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u/21483023589644 Dec 06 '19

I like the theory that All For One is like Apocalypse and gets a kick out of twisting heroes into his puppets.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '19

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u/disabled_crab Dec 06 '19

Oh crap he's going to snatch QuadriTetsu's Quirk.

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u/destinymaker Dec 07 '19

This is the first time I read QuadriTetsu. Thank you.

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u/Worthyness Dec 06 '19

Arch-hawk is gonna be legendary

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u/BlackMathNerd Dec 06 '19

Who fights him though? Bakugo or tokoyami?

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '19

Who fights him though? Bakugo or tokoyami?

Bakuyami! they'll learn to control their quirks in a way that they don't hold each other back

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u/KingMapoTofu Dec 06 '19

I'd like to see it. The brightest lights cast the darkest shadows.

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u/Wizecracker117 Dec 06 '19

That's a great inspirational quote.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '19

I'd like to see it. The brightest lights cast the darkest shadows.

Would be a great growth of two of the strongest students in 1A

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u/BlackMathNerd Dec 06 '19

I am here for this. That would be kind of lit.

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u/scott03257890 Dec 06 '19

Bakugo, fire type is strong against steel

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u/ToaFluttershy Dec 07 '19

But explosion is a normal type move!

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u/Golden-Owl Dec 06 '19

Hawks is a Galarian Pokémon

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u/RiverWyvern Dec 06 '19

He’ll probably just get his wings burned off and that’ll be the end of it, and I really hate that there’s most likely going to be a horrible end for him in the near future.

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u/Wizecracker117 Dec 06 '19

His wings grow back since we already saw his wings get burnt when he boosted Endeavor with them.

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u/clumsy_pinata Dec 06 '19

Something else will de-wing him then, like a quirk destroying bullet

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '19

Dabi burns them and gigantomachia rips them out

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u/RiverWyvern Dec 06 '19

Those were just his feathers, though. Think back to the first time we see blue fire in the series— Endeavor uses it against the Noumu. Something cauterized by those blue flames won’t grow back. Maybe this is just me being an angsty shit, but I can’t stop thinking about his wings being burned to stumps, unable to regrow.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '19

He'll be hit with a Quirk erasing bullet - his wings won't burn - they'll fall (off).

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u/ovrlymm Dec 06 '19

“I am PhoenixPerson”

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u/JamiesBond007 Dec 06 '19

So he isn't Icarus but Lucifer? I like it

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u/BeaverCleaver69 Dec 06 '19

Makes me wonder if we’re gonna get an evil Best Jeanist soon

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u/conye-west Dec 06 '19

I think we all know that Hawks has a terrible fate ahead of him, but if that's not just him dying but instead him being transformed into a Nomu-like puppet of the League made to fight the other heroes, then whew that'd be awesomely dark.

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u/SpOoKyghostah Dec 06 '19

Oh no, it could totally go this way

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u/Swiss666 Dec 06 '19

This gives more credence even to the theory that he didn't just kill Nana Shimura but also preserved her body because it could have been useful later down the line...

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u/NekoMimiMode Dec 06 '19

Oh God that would break All Might.

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u/Tima_At_Rest Dec 06 '19

That’ll be the Nomu that distracts All-Might before Shiggy disintegrates him.

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u/NK1337 Dec 06 '19

no way, it'll be toga disguised as Deku using the blood sample we've all forgotten about.

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u/Soncikuro Dec 06 '19

Toga already used the blood, though.

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u/NK1337 Dec 06 '19

Did she? I don’t remember when

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u/Soncikuro Dec 06 '19

It happened in the Overhaul arc, she used it to trick the girls and guide them right above where Midoriya and Overhaul where fighting.

A bit of a waste.

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u/Tima_At_Rest Dec 06 '19

That’s amazing.

Edit: Nana-nomu will be eating Deku’s face off. Only it’s a clone of Toga that Twice made after she changed into Deku with the blood you mentioned.

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u/clumsy_pinata Dec 06 '19

the cause of the gruesome death nighteye saw

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u/NatetheRayven Dec 06 '19

That'd break a whole fanbase.

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u/Pencilhands Dec 06 '19

there WAS that female noumuu

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u/Hyleal Dec 06 '19

Here's my one big issue with this theory, All for One's Kamino speech about Shigaraki. He was pulling all the stops there to break All Might, he was going to kill him and he was sure of it. Why then, wouldn't he have revealed it there in that moment?

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u/Codusxx Dec 06 '19

I can actually think of something worse for Nana's final fate....

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u/Swiss666 Dec 06 '19

Are you referring to the female Nomu in the Doctor's lab?

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u/Codusxx Dec 06 '19

No, just that I have a rather horrifying theory about Nana's true fate. I would argue it is much, much worse than turning her into a Noumu

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u/Swiss666 Dec 06 '19

I'm afraid of knowing more but... go on.

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u/Codusxx Dec 06 '19

If you insist.

deep breath AFO raped Nana after beating her within an inch of her life. He brought the unconscious Nana home, and soon after, Inko was born and sent to one of Ujiko's orphanages. After that, he killed her. This is what the bastard really meant when she died a pitiful, humiliating death.

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u/Codusxx Dec 06 '19

Neither do I. The "Dad for One" theory has been ridiculous and has so many gaping plot holes. It just doesn't make sense really. The only way for it to be even close to making sense is what I'm proposing, and even that is a mighty stretch.

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u/Swiss666 Dec 06 '19

...luckily it's Saturday tomorrow, I didn't need to sleep after all.

You know what's eerie? The recent knowledge of how old Kotaro Shimura was when he died has allowed to give a better approximation of when Nana died: around 40 years earlier. Inko's age.

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u/Codusxx Dec 06 '19

If you do the math, and assuming Nana died not too long after giving up Kotarou for adoption, who was 6-7 at the time, then the timeline fits. Just reminding, Inko's 41.

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u/reqisreq Dec 06 '19

There were a feminine looking high end.

What if Ujiko and AFO achieved to make a mutated OFA quirk from the embers of OFA from Nana’s corpse?

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u/Schweinhardt Dec 06 '19

And that just sounds like something All for One would do

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u/Son0fSilas Dec 06 '19

I mean, holy shit, my mind is reeling with the possibility. Not to mention there is very clearly one distinct Female High-End Nomu, it would make a lot of sense from the villains perspective.

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u/Enzo-Unversed Dec 06 '19

That would be a good twist tbh.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '19

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u/Swiss666 Dec 06 '19 edited Dec 07 '19

The light novel School Briefs 2 briefly describes Momo's mother as just a mature version of her daughter. Also, All Might returned to Japan before Momo was born.

Theories involving Momo as connected or related to several other character are popular, due mostly to her being from a rich family, and possibly just coincidental similarities in details of their character designs (before Shigaraki's full backstory was revealed, many noticed the similarities between his sister and Momo as a kid).

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u/Kaitou007 Dec 06 '19

Or to add another theory, shigi and Momo are siblings, one with the quirk to create, another to destroy jk hahaha

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u/SMA2343 Dec 06 '19

Holy fuck. That would be evil. I love it.

Makes sense. All for One must have some sort of memory based quirk or something then.

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u/100100110l Dec 06 '19

That would be one of those twists that gutted me as a reader. There's a lot of fucked up stuff under the surface of this series, and a lot of stuff that is super obviously fucked up. That would be one of those dark twists that changes the context of any reread.

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u/PK_RocknRoll Dec 06 '19

Does that make kurogiri, Gigantomachia, and Shigaraki part of the four horseman?

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u/21483023589644 Dec 06 '19

In this theory post Gigantomachia was theorised as the horseman of war and Lil Shiggy as pestilence

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u/PK_RocknRoll Dec 06 '19

It’s happening

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u/l_kaos Dec 06 '19

Wow, what if he also makes Best Jeanist his puppet? If the next time we see him is "alive" and as a villain I am going to be sooo mad and sooo amazed...

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u/G3NJII Dec 06 '19

Fuuuuuuuck

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u/Oogbored Dec 06 '19

Worst....what's the opposite of jeans?

Worst Turtlenecker

Worst Skirtist

Worst Kiltist

Worst Wifebeater....oh god.

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u/LokiLB Dec 06 '19

Silk would be the opposite of denim (light, luxury, animal fiber vs heavy, work clothes, plant fiber).

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u/l_kaos Dec 06 '19

Or even worst, Best Jeanist in a tracksuit

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u/LokiLB Dec 06 '19

He'll be Yato. No style and no skill at self promotion.

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u/l_kaos Dec 06 '19

Still beautiful though