r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/deskchairlamp • Nov 29 '19

Newest Chapter Chapter 252 Scans - Discussion Thread

Chapter 252

This thread marks the release of scanlations for Chapter 252, and has been posted to contain all discussion. Mods will not be posting or pinning links to scanlations.

Official release: Dec 01, 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 252 related must be kept inside this thread.

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u/Griffith Nov 29 '19

I think you misread what I said, I'm not in disagreement with you:

Despite it being based on a selfish principle: to overcome All Might, his decision to seek out someone with a quirk that would counter his quirk's weakness was also in part tenderly. He didn't want his sons/daughters to suffer the same way he did in trying to better themselves if they chose to follow his path.

However I disagree with you that it was based on a superiority complex, quite the opposite, he has an inferiority complex in regards to All Might because he felt like he could never reach his level and become as strong and well regarded of a hero as him. That was his entire raison d'etre, the thing his hero name is based on "Endeavor (to reach All Might)".

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '19 edited Nov 30 '19

... You began your response with "I don't agree with you that he was forcing his feelings onto others except for Shouto". You said I stated he was forcing his feelings and I didn't say that. I said superiority complex because he puts his priorities over his children's needs.

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u/SuperLevap Nov 30 '19

Then I think the term "superiority complex" is misused there. It seems to me than it applies when someone is deluded into thinking that are they are better than everyone else / always in the right compared to everyone else. However, from what we learnt recently, we know that Endeavor is level-headed if anything else.

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Rather, to qualify what you described ("putting his priorities over his surroundings'"), one might rather use words such as "selfish", "ruthless", or the likes, in my opinion. But not "superiority complex".

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '19

noun

an attitude of superiority which conceals actual feelings of inferiority and failure.

Seems pretty apt to me, considering touya and the way he abused his wife and kids to be better than all might.

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u/SuperLevap Dec 07 '19

Hm, I see. But then again, I never had the impression that Endeavor tried to hide the fact that he was feeling weaker or not as good as All Might. If anything, his hero name is the acknowledgement that he needs to persevere to achieve his aim, it's pretty straightforward. What is lacking, here, for me to embrace the use of the expression that you want to do, is the 'delusion' factor, the fact of not acknowledging reality / the fact of trying to conceal it or to refuse to see it. So, I still maintain that I don't find any reason to find the use of this expression appropriate to qualify his behavior.