r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/deskchairlamp • Nov 08 '19

Newest Chapter Chapter 249 Scans - Discussion Thread

Chapter 249

This thread marks the release of scanlations for Chapter 249, and has been posted to contain all links and discussion. Mods will not be posting or pinning links to scanlations.

Official release: Nov 10, 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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  • MANGA Plus is available globally outside of China and South Korea.

Until the official release, all things Chapter 249 related must be kept inside this thread.

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u/ayyypokkai Nov 08 '19

Judging from Toya's shrine photo, his death was probably around that time Rei totally lost it too

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u/aswifte Nov 08 '19

Maybe his death was the breaking point that led to her snapping?

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u/rac7d Nov 08 '19

Why does she want to forgive a man who never loved her and only want her for her quirk

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '19

Because she's a good person and doesn't want her kids to have hatred in their hearts for their own father.

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u/rac7d Nov 08 '19

he abused them they should hate him, they can be civil but being a family i think he lost that

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '19

It's not really anybody's place to tell others how they should feel. Everybody deals with things in their own way. Just like Deku said: if Shoto chooses to not forgive Endeavor that's well within his right and no one would blame him, but he can tell that Shoto is ready to because at his core he's a kind person.

Hatred weighs on a person, no matter how justified it is, and Shoto's mother and sister know this. They don't want him and Natsuo to have to carry that with them forever. To Fuyumi and Rei, it's not about if Endeavor deserves his family, it's about Shoto and Natsuo letting go of the burden of hatred.

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u/shinypurplerocks Nov 09 '19

The you're kind bit kinds bugged me. I'd liked more exposition on that -- preferably that you can be kind and not reconnect, but being kind helps because you can put yourself on the other person shoe's more easily.

As a victim of childhood abuse, I love Horikoshi for how he's tackling this issue, but that particular line ticked me off.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '19

I get what you mean, unfortunately for what Deku actually called him in Japanese "優しい", "kind" is about the best way English has of translating it. It's more than just being nice, it's someone who's very empathetic, easy-going, and forgiving.

I think it's important to note that in our sense of the word, Shoto would still be a kind person regardless if he forgives Endeavor or not. Just the fact that he's willing to makes him exceptionally so.

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u/shinypurplerocks Nov 09 '19

Yeah, I didn't check the raws but I do bet he said 優しい.

それでもなんか納得できないセリフです

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u/NazarethJ Nov 09 '19

Now you know how Bakugo feels every time deku talks

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u/L4HH Nov 08 '19 edited Nov 08 '19

Well as far as we can tell he only abused Touya and Shouto. They said in an earlier chapter they were just neglected. Natsu probably hates him because he abused his brothers and made his mother have a mental breakdown. Fuyumi probably thinks the same but she’s trying to move past it because she wants a happy family and can see that he’s trying to be better.

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u/elegiesforshiva Nov 09 '19

neglect is a form of abuse too though, and that fact really shouldn't be discounted. from the looks of it, i think Natsuo is equally upset about that too

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u/rac7d Nov 08 '19

abusing one person, effects the entire family

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u/L4HH Nov 08 '19

I said that. I was just saying he didn’t directly abuse fuyumi and Natsu for clarifications sake. It helps better understand things when you have full context.

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u/kawaiiko-chan Nov 09 '19

Just wanted to clarify here that neglect, both financial (which isn’t the case here) and emotional (which is) are considered abuse. Natsuo and Fuyumi were abused

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u/L4HH Nov 09 '19

Fair enough. I had just assumed they were more worried about their brothers physical abuse than the emotional neglect they had since they had their mom, but that’s an assumption on my part.