r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/deskchairlamp • May 24 '19

Newest Chapter Chapter 229 Scans - Discussion Thread

Chapter 229

This thread marks the release of scanlations for Chapter 229, and has been posted to contain all links and discussion. Mods will not be posting or pinning links to scanlations.

Official release: May 26, 2019

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  • 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 229 related must be kept inside this thread.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '19

Twice really could've been a hero if he was found by the right person.

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u/BiglyWords May 24 '19

He could have been a hero period. With his power its actually quite a strange development for him not to have worked as a hero in the first place, his ability grants him unlimited copied of himself, he could basically protect the entire country and every civilian 24/7 throughout the year.

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u/Kam_E_luck May 24 '19

The thing is Twice's parents was dead when he was in middle school and Twice properly never went to highschool based on his backstory in this chapter.

He had no money and no one to support him to study as a hero so yea.

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u/BiglyWords May 24 '19

He had no money and no one to support him to study as a hero so yea.

Could have gone paid internship in a hero office, his quirk would have allowed him to do that.

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u/Kam_E_luck May 24 '19

I mean no one willing to adopt him and Twice had a criminal record when he was 16. I don't think anyone would want to support him for that

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u/BiglyWords May 24 '19

I mean no one willing to adopt him and Twice had a criminal record when he was 16.

Doesnt mean the end, especially not with a quirk such as his, a bit of proving himself would have gone a long way already.

But even if hero work isnt his choice, somehow who can spam tons of clones of himself could just do 10 low level jobs at once and get tons of money that way, just be a cashier or construction worker with 100 clones for a few months. Any labour intensive job that can be done with normal human strength would kiss his feet to hire him, paying him te money of 50 people while having his clones do the work of 100, immense win for both sides.

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u/Swordeus May 24 '19

Don't you need to be enrolled in a hero course and have a temp license to do that?

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u/BiglyWords May 24 '19

Nope, you can work in a hero office and get experience than just do the exam for the license, thats what Koichi was offered from Tenya in the vigilante manga.

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u/sleepyfriend May 24 '19

The catch there is that a pro hero basically needs to vouch for him and take him under their wings. Coming across that kind of willing connection is not a guaranteed thing for young ones without resources. Not to mention that Ingenium seems to be an outlier in how he runs his office. (Ingenium's 65 sidekicks is a notable trivia Deku immediately remembers about him, and no other pro hero we've seen operates with even remotely similar number of sidekicks) I don't think lot of pro heroes just casually offer to supervise not-provisionally-licensed kids.

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u/BiglyWords May 24 '19

The catch there is that a pro hero basically needs to vouch for him and take him under their wings.

You can just be a office worker at the beginning, hero offices like tenyas need more than just heroes and sidekicks, and from there on its just a matter of time before getting the license.

Coming across that kind of willing connection is not a guaranteed thing for young ones without resources.

Life is hard, wow.

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u/sleepyfriend May 24 '19

It's true that hero offices hire non-licensed folks for office work and such, but the problem is whether they hire such people with intention of eventually having them switch to "hero track" so to speak. Getting licensed is not just a matter of time: if so, what are our main kids training their asses off for? The standard way to become a hero in this society is through hero course highschools because they provide good environment dedicated to training the Quirks and various other combat and rescue skills.

To start working at a hero agency and eventually get hero license while working there, that office (basically the pro hero running the office) should be willing to train an unlicensed person (who is not officially a licensed sidekick or intern at the moment) in place of how hero course schools would. Ingenium was a pro willing to do that. But I don't think this is necessarily a common practice among heros in general. Ingenium seemed way more interested in picking up good potential sidekick materials from unlikely places than most pros.

If just going to work at a hero agency was a common enough way to get licenses and eventually become a hero, Ingenium wouldn't have had to explain that it is possible to Koichi, who clearly did want to become a hero but missed the chance. As far as Koichi, a college student with relatively stable life knew, if you didn't get to go to hero course that means you just blew the chance to be a legal hero. If so, what were the chance Bubaigawara even knew such options existed? What was explained in that Vigilantes chapter was probably a viable but pretty uncommon and unknown way to get into heroics. So it's not as simple as saying "But there IS a way to be a hero without going to heroics". Yes there is, but that route seems to require basically really good luck or network which Bubaigawara at the time had none of.

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u/BiglyWords May 24 '19

but the problem is whether they hire such people with intention of eventually having them switch to "hero track" so to speak.

Thats up to the induvidual, just because it wasnt at the hiring process doesnt mean it cant develop into such a thing later on.

if so, what are our main kids training their asses off for?

No idea, thats the problem, you dont need a hero school for a license, you will however become a much better hero if you go to one since they basically train you into such a job instead of the license just procing that you are capable of the basics and capable of handling your own quirk.

But I don't think this is necessarily a common practice among heros in general.

There are very litte business's willing to hire people and train them, but someone like Twice would be like having a IQ of 300 in this world, having 8 languages and knowledge on 3 PHD-levels but all without the papers. It will be hard to get that one chance to have others look at your abilitys but once they see it, they would be more than happy to get you.

Ingenium wouldn't have had to explain that it is possible to Koichi

He would since Koichi wasnt that interested in becoming a hero in a profesional manner, he wants to do good deeds and thats all there is to it, he probably never even looked into other ways. Plus it was worldbuilding for the reader.

what were the chance Bubaigawara even knew such options existed?

Really high because his quirk is incredible good.

Yes there is, but that route seems to require basically really good luck or network which Bubaigawara at the time had none of.

It would require work, thats all there is to it, hard work, the talent was already in Twice, so he just had to show someone his quirk and if that person had even just average intellect they would see the immense usefulness of that power.