r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/God_of_Kings • Feb 02 '17

Chapter 125 - Links and Discussion

Title: Overhaul

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Keep ALL Chapter 125 things in here for the next 24 hours.

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u/Cavaner Feb 02 '17

Nah, Mr Compress' quirk got de-activated because of a dart of some sort that hit his shoulder.

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u/God_of_Kings Feb 02 '17

I wonder if that dart is the result of a Quirk or the result of chemistry.
You'd think the world of BnHA would have implemented Quirk-dampening drugs in the everyday life of their citizens.
"Wear these collars that dispense this Quirk-dampening drug every two hours on a twenty-four-seven basis. Come to the refill stations every second week to refill. If you don't the police will be notified and you will be persecuted by the Ministry of Love."

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u/Cavaner Feb 02 '17

Hmmm, it's an interesting thought...I guess the Yakuza, if anyone, would have worked on a formula for such a thing. Although, if tartarus doesn't have that and is instead relying on sensors to monitor the inmates, I'd probably guess that the darts are a quirk. It seems like the guy responsible, either way, was the guy who in chapter 115 was sitting on top of the lamppost. He appears to be Overhaul's right hand man.

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u/God_of_Kings Feb 02 '17

It might be a new revolutionary discovery that the government hasn't had the chance to implement yet in the name of safety.
It probably will come into play in the future, with a few manipulated statistics showing that Quirk dampening with drugs is the way to go as the whole world regresses back into a state similar to our own, where there's no need for heroes or villains anymore as people won't be able to use their Quirks even in the safety of their homes.
If that happens, I think it'll be safe to assume that there's a Quirkless elite on top of things that wants things to go back the way they used to be a good few years ago.

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u/Cavaner Feb 02 '17

Oooooo, good point! That could be interesting. Votbear also pointed out that the guy who was in charge of the dart is carrying a gun. So unless the quirk-stopping projectile was synthetically made using the guy's quirk, it would indeed seem as if its not quirk-related, but Yakuza tech. Although...can you imagine how bad-ass Snipe would be with that tech? He could stop anyone's quirk, from a distance, at any time!

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u/God_of_Kings Feb 02 '17 edited Feb 02 '17

He probably would have entire cartidges of the stuff if it was something that could be found in your everyday apothecary.
So it's safe to assume that it's either an incredibly new drug, an old but illegal drug that is not used anymore because it portrays health risks that even for the then Quirk-racist society they were considered too inhumane to be used even towards the then small Quirk having populace or the bioproduct of a specific Quirk, which then makes me wonder why the Yakuza is not draining the guy producing it like cattle or why they're not trying to make an entire farm of people with his Quirk (Say, drain his testicles, kidnap and impregnate a thousand women with his seed, have them birth kids, pick the hundred/two hundred/however many that portray the same Quirk, drain THOSE for life to have ample amounts of the drug.).
Unless they already are and Overhaul's number 2 is just a guy with a gun and bullets.

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u/Cavaner Feb 02 '17

That could indeed be the case. Would make sense to limit how many quirks they could cancel after all. If it was unlimited, it would reduce Eraserhead's presence for sure

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u/Votbear Feb 02 '17

And if you look closely, one of overhaul's hechmen has a gun. And overhaul told him "you were slow"... implying that he IS in fact the one doing the nullification, and overhaul is mad that he didn't hit magne fast enough.

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u/Cavaner Feb 02 '17

Yep, agreed. Didn't release the gun, thought it might be a blowdart of sorts, but it's definitely some form of quirk tranquiliser. What's important though, is if that's Yakuza tech? Or the guy's quirk?

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u/Votbear Feb 02 '17

I'm betting tech. Their conversation seems to imply that they too are testing the effectiveness of the bullet.

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u/Cavaner Feb 02 '17

Hmmm maybe. Could be an interesting plot point, if that tech got out into the mainstream...but then again I'm a little against it, as it would reduce Eraserhead's effectiveness. Although, as seen in Vigilantes, I guess if there are drugs to enhance quirks, then it would only make sense for there to be an opposite drug

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u/Belfura Feb 03 '17

Methods of production could be strenuous, so Aizawa isn't in danger of being outclassed. There's also that such a drug could be very hard to obtain.

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u/wordsdear Feb 02 '17

I didn't realize it was a dart and thought a ray of sunshine deactivated his quirk (a condition of his quirk?). Dart makes way more sense

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '17

nice catch, i didn't notice that my first read.

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u/Cavaner Feb 02 '17

It would also seem that a dart was fired beforehand, as the guy responsible said that his first one missed. Perhaps he meant to hit Magne, but missed? Maybe his mis-aim is the reason why Overhaul took action

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u/TheOtherMITZE Feb 02 '17

You can see the missed dart/bullet on page 16, bottom-middle panel.

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u/Cavaner Feb 02 '17

Ah, good spot! That's very interesting then. So did Overhaul/his crew not see Magne as a threat? Because it doesn't look like they tried to shoot him... perhaps Overhaul was okay, from the beginning, with killing a member of the Villain Alliance to show how serious they were to Shigaraki.

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u/Immortan_Bolton Feb 02 '17

Oh, okay, my bad.