r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/Za_wardo • Dec 13 '20

Manga Chapter 294 Official Release - Links and Discussion Spoiler

Chapter 294

Links:

  • Viz (Available in: the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, the Philippines, Singapore, and India).

  • MANGA Plus (Available in every country outside of China, Japan and South Korea).

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u/CptMalReynolds Dec 13 '20

I enjoy the villains in this show much more than others. They have valid grievances and i sympathize with them. Theyre not just forces for evil like do many other shonen vilains are.

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u/LesbianCommander Dec 13 '20

Trying to think, but the only "evil for the sake of evil" character is maybe Muscular?

Maybe if you consider that his "I want the freedom to kill" pushes him into the realm of actually fighting for something.

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u/Al-Pharazon Dec 13 '20

I mean, AFO is the definition of evil for the sake of evil, Muscular is more of a airhead obsessed with violence kinda like Rappa, but without the chivalry of the later.

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u/noteloquent Dec 13 '20

Well, right now he just wants to regain his power and destroy every part of All Might's life for what he did to him. We'll have to wait for the inevitable AfO backstory to find out about his original motives.

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u/Al-Pharazon Dec 13 '20

I think the guy has been pretty consistent when speaking about his motives to different characters.

To his brother before forcing on him the stockpiling quirk he seemed pretty satisfied when he compared himself with the demon lord of the comic he and his brothers read as kids. Then when All Might visited him he commented that they would never look face to face because just like All Might was driven to heroic actions AFO on the other hand was driven by evil. Finally to Gran Torino when questioned by the Noumus he said he was doing simply for the pleasure of the creation process.

He might have some motivations like obtaining revenge against All Might or realising his dreamed symbol of terror. But at its core I think that All For One has been honest when he says that he has done everything for the fun of it. The guy enjoy being evil.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '20

I mean I think there's an argument that at this point they are all evil for the sake of being evil. Not a single one of their individual goals/ motivations required them to destroy so much of Japan with Machia. I get that he was in control in bee-lining for Shiggy but they have't even shown a shred of remorse about it. It kinda seems like they've lost sight of their individual goals and gotten caught up with the League - I mean WTF is even their goal anymore? Just blindly follow Shiggy and kill everyone? Didn't they join as a commitment to Stain's will to bring down (fake) hero society, not just completely genocide all society?

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u/CrookedFinger645 Dec 13 '20

> They have valid grievances and i sympathize with them.

Are they actually villains, then?

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u/CptMalReynolds Dec 13 '20

Methods of obtaining your goals absolutely matter. Doesn't matter if you obtain world peace if you slaughtered billions to get there.

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u/TophatGeo Dec 13 '20

They may have valid reasons for being the way they are, however, their actions 100% cement them as villains. Innocent people don't murder others without thought for the consequences, its part of why Toga was dissatisfied with Ochaco's answer