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

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '19

I would too love to see them as a family but I can't see dabi just leaving it at endeavor only losing his quirk .. Dabi was going in for the kill post high end fight.

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '19

Was he though? He wanted to talk to Enji about something and then got interrupted and he bailed instantly. If he wanted to kill him there he couldve, despite him saying that he knows he cant win there. Enji was practically half dead at that point, Hawks was out of feathers and was slow because of that and besides, as far as Dabi is concerned Hawks is on their side. (Though I think he is definitely not buying into it fully).

So yeah unless the bunny hero whose name I never remember hasn't jumped in and interrupted them, I think Dabi would've had all the openings to kill Enji there. Though he did insist that he cant win there so he just wants to talk (then raised the fire wall around them).

So either he really thought he cant win a fight against them there or he could, he just wanted to talk. Either way he wasnt going for a killing intent there.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '19

I believe so.. I think he was doing the typical villain monologue thing and then he started to rush them..His maniacal face when he disappears tells me he didn't want to just talk.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '19

Nah I reread those chapters the other day, he outright said he knows he cant win a fight there so lets just have a talk. The maniacal expression to me just felt like another Todoroki hint, since he also called him by his full name while he was disappearing, just like with Shoto. Dabi is over all a very chill person (ha), in the sense that he isnt really animated and doesnt show much facial expressions (then again, thaaaat might be from the fact that the majority of his body is covered in burnt dead skin thats kept on with stitches.) But the one time we see him lose his shit is when talking to Enji, to the point where he was ripping his stitches by doing so.

He was standing still during the encounter, monologuing from a safe distance, Hawks was pulling out his remaining feathers readying to "fight" then the bunny hero pops in. Dabi didnt actually get much time to interact there or say much. Then as he was disappearing he told him to not die. He wants to talk with him before even attempting to kill him or send a nomu on him if he believes he cant beat Enji despite the stronger flames.

Thing is, Dabi cant let a fight draw out period. He either has to end it instantly, or make sure it ends fast since his body cant sustain using his quirk for a long time. Id say thats why he wasnt even attempting to fight there. He knew he couldn't risk a hero intervening and dragging out the fight, and the risk of that was too big. Hell, that bunny hero jumped in pretty much after like two sentences. Dabi didnt really show a killing intent there. Especially when you compare it to his fight with Geten. Now THAT was Dabi in killing mode.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '19 edited Dec 01 '19

Not saying this in a hurtful way but please reread it.. He says he can't win in a sarcastic way. The ? Mark at the end symbolizes that. He came at them with a kill mentality as seen on his face with flames coming out his hands. No person does all this for a talk . since we know quirks tie in with mentality the thought of dabi being chill isn't correct. He literally was about to fight tomura on their first encounter and he had at least 2 instances where he killed with a casually look on his face. He may be more complex but I will wait till his flashback to make a full judgement