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bnha chapter 1: our cute bunnyboy protag is sad he has no superpowers but now he has them. yipee
bnha chapter 407: the twins who are the source of the cute bunnyboy’s superpower cannibalised their dead mother as newborns
My live reaction after reading leaks
Caleb didn’t cook again 😔
Dudebros when they’re trying to hate on MHA but their competitor is Caleb ‘Cook’:
Men will literally try to create a whole world filled with copies of the brother they view as a “possession” in order to make up for the love and comfort that their dead mother was never able to to them, instead of just going to therapy.
You know, I find it sort of ironic that the same people who were saying that Caleb was disrespecting Horikoshi’s work by mistranslating the Bakugou’s line at the end of chapter 405, are the same people who are kind of doing the same. Katsuki, in fact, does have parallels with AFO and Endeavour. And you know what, Izuku has parallels with Yoichi and Touya. Bakugou was a bad person before, but as he grew and matured he became more aware of the world around him and now he has changed into a better person who wants to be a good hero. Pre-development Bakugou was a direct parallel to AFO because of the way they viewed their society and the people around them. However, post-development Katsuki is a direct parallel to Kudou. That is the beauty of his growth, he was able to mature and just like how Kudou took Yoichi's hand in the vault, Bakugou is able to the do the same with Izuku, by taking his hand in this war and helping him win against the villains. Just because certain characters parrallel each other, does not mean they are those characters, it just means that they have similarities to each other, therefore you can ship them however you want. But, when you blatanly refuse to acknowledge the growth the Katsuki's character had, and thus don't see the amount of care, effort, and work that the author put into paralleling characters to match with each other, than you yourself are disrespecting the authors work.
Having now read the official release of MHA 407, I don’t (yet) see the argument that AFO was a traumatized baby who was just looking for someone to respond to his cries and take care of him the way that Tenko was wandering the streets. While it’s revealed that AFO doesn’t want to be alone, AFO’s backstory and Tenko’s backstory reveal two very different men with different motivations.
The narrative in 407 says young AFO distrusts anyone who won’t turn and look at him when he cries because those people don’t offer anything of value to him. He can’t manipulate them into doing what he wants, and therefore they are useless and he can kill them if he wants. This has long been AFO’s thought pattern, and it’s what he taught young Tenko — YOU are more important than anything, and YOU should always act how you desire. Nothing in the world matters except what YOU want to do.
Contrast that with young Tenko’s initial reactions when realizing he killed his family, and with Tomura’s later hesitation to kill (or even attack) Katsuki after Katsuki refuses to join the LOV. Tenko/Tomura cares about other people, even after they refuse him, in a way that AFO does not.
Moreover, look at young AFO’s faces. He isn’t shown smiling or crying or having any emotion at all until page 11, when he reveals he killed the glowing child and stole their quirk. He then grins widely as he talks about his dream of a world that exists only for him. AFO didn’t smile when killing the anti-meta group OR when reading with Yoichi. He has no happy, smiling memories prior to this moment (even with Yoichi), unlike Tenko who had fond memories of his mom, sister, friends, and dog.
As another point of contrast, look at why AFO wants to be the villain: He wants to be surrounded by people who pay tribute to him. He does not want to “battle on in solitude.” (Another reason why AFO hated All Might for smashing his face in — it required a lengthy recovery hidden away from followers.)
To AFO, people are a one-way relationship. He doesn’t want to be alone, so he wants to possess a brother who directly opposes everything AFO stands for; a brother who is family and who wishes for the best but will never be a supporter, follower, ally, or friend. AFO gives Yoichi a quirk thinking that will change Yoichi’s mind, or keep him somehow bound to AFO.
Tomura, however, wants allies, and in return he wants to give back to them. He got downright DEFENSIVE when Mirio said he didn’t have any friends. Tomura understands the give-and-take involved in working with people. He doesn’t just want followers that do his bidding.
In the end, AFO’s unrelenting selfishness will leave him alone — at some point he will run out of “followers” and paths to victory. Meanwhile, Yoichi and Kudou built a network that ensured they would not be alone in their battle. They found true allies in the other OFA holders, and in turn Izuku found allies among pro heroes and at UA, just as Tomura did in the LOV. They are not alone.
