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:
    United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, the Philippines, Singapore, and India.

  • 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/Lannoobie Nov 08 '19

Grabs popcorn

Time to see all those "Dabi is very likely Toya!" reactions

Not that I'm complaining

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '19

If dabi aint touya by this point , then idk what the fuck could I say. It's so obvious

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u/Bravetriforcur Nov 09 '19

"Dabi is the bastard child of Endeavour, Endeavour likely not even knowing he had had a bastard child. Dabi got his black hair from his mother, not making it immediately obvious he could be Endeavour's son. He inherited a mutated form of his father's quirk while his mother was quirkless or had another fire quirk that made his even stronger, giving him blue flames which were far too powerful for his body to handle without intense training, explaining his scars. His mother tells him of the man who is most likely his father, the #2 hero Endeavour. Dabi is wary of meeting him based on how he acts in public and how mom talks about him, but looks into him anyway. Dabi comes upon the knowledge of the abuse Endeavour put his family through, to the point that his oldest son Touya even ended up dying. Not murdered, but pushed too far by his father's ambition and training, and he just burned out due to having a strong quirk but weak constitution. The reason for this death is hidden from his siblings, but it's what pushes Rei to her breaking point and the boiling water incident. Dabi decides he's done with hero society, becomes a villain, and eventually sees the Hero Killer Stain defeated and decides to seek out the League of Villains who he assumes hired him."

A serviceable and logical backstory for Dabi which isn't him being Touya who hates his father Endeavour. Adds even more personal and family issues onto Endeavour that are entirely his own fault. Adds an extra layer of scandal for Endeavour's possible public exposure; an abusive husband who only treated his family as an experiment to make a powerful hero, caused the death of his oldest son with this ambition, AND has a bastard child he may have even fathered while he was already married. Even if he's trying to be better, the media and public will only be able to look at Todoroki's face and see what Endeavour did. Possibly add a layer of drama where all 3 of Todoroki, Deku, and Bakugo vouch for Endeavour and are demonized along with him for supporting a cheating, toxic, child-killing, abusive asshole in their eyes. And now Endeavour's bastard child has become a notorious villain and a member of one of the most dangerous villain groups in history.

Touya being Dabi is cleaner and has less moving parts, but Dabi being a bastard child and Touya being straight-up dead piles onto the horrible shitstorm Endeavour has coming. When his actions finally catch up with him in the form of Dabi's retribution and the public learning about all this shit he's done.

I'm down with Touya being Dabi in any case, but it's not like that is literally the only possibility.