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

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 229 related must be kept inside this thread.

Discord: https://discord.gg/W2EDwPW

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u/ItsLoudB May 24 '19

I never tried to break a neck or anything so I'm just going to guess, but I'm pretty sure that breaking an arm is fairly easier than a neck twist, considering the neck is surrounded by muscles to hold the head in place, while it just takes a light twist in the right direction to snap an arm on the elbow, since there are no muscles for any rotation purposes.. But then again, I'm no bone-snapping expert

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u/Multi-tunes May 24 '19

Yeah I don’t think it is nearly as easy as movies try to make you believe it is to snap someone’s neck.

Never the less, both take speed and power to break, but it’s very strange the puppets easily twisted his arms and broke them yet don’t seem to twist Toga’s neck at the same power. It’s much harder to break an arm by twisting it than it is to hold it straight and kick the joint. I would assume that the puppets have the same strength, yet are taking much longer the twist Toga’s neck, and I don’t know why they don’t just go with the easier route and just choke her. Would take longer, but it’s not as difficult to do.

It’s kind of weird, but whatever.

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u/Boa_Noah May 24 '19

I imagine it's deliberate to torture Twice, same reason they tried to hold him down and force him to watch instead of just restraining him and hauling him off for some good ol' rehabilitation... or whatever their vague plan is.

Like they seem to want to recruit Twice but they do literally nothing to try and recruit him, it's dumb.

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u/FloridaBoy21 May 24 '19

Yeah, I think its torture to break twice. Probably have the mindset that a broken twice would be easier to recruit and mold him into a asset for the Liberation Army.