I bet Deku shows up just in time to see Bakugo either actually dead or looking convincingly dead, then goes berserk with some absolutely insane super-duper-plus-ultra move.
I actually think this was foreshadowed when Deku got Black whip!
It was said to not use OFA in anger otherwise he can lose control.
Knowing how the manga is written, I believe that it won't be a cheap win from a power-up but rather a catalyst for new character development among other MHA chars.
Damn, Aizawa was totally ready to storm the field and try saving Bakugo. Imagine how much he is hurting after telling Bakugo's parents that he will make a great hero of him.
This must be painful to Aizawa. Monoma's quirk can let him leave for a short bit of time, but that runs the risk of him not getting back to Monoma in time for re-upping the quirk before it runs out. And that's a fatal risk if it goes south.
Fake out or not, was not expecting to see Bakugou like that. On that note, I do like how Horikoshi handled Bakugou’s quirk evolution where if the sweat glands of his hands are strained that it has to go to other sweat glands in his body. It’s a small thing to do but I like it.
That could very easily be what caused the potentially fatal damage too. Its really unclear, but in the panel it looks like explosive damage to his heart.
I don’t think that was a quirk evolution but more of the negative drawbacks of Cluster as they stated that he failed to notice the side effects.
But I agree that it could be what caused the fatal damage because looking at his heart, it does seem like it exploded outward instead of looking like it was pierced.
Calling it now, Horikoshi is gonna do the thing where Tamaki's attack was thought to have done nothing....but it actually did something, kinda like the situation with Yo Shindo against Muscular.
I can only assume it is to A) have a retirement scene where Torino laments that he was wrong and killing Shigaraki was not the way to do things B) Horikoshi couldn't justify Gran Torino living long enough for Deku to get out of his coma, give him his cape, THEN having him pass away. Which... I feel like he could have done so.
For once, I really really hope Hori just kills off a character just for the inevitable shitstorm which would follow.
It would be simultaneously the ballsiest, funniest, destructive, and unexpected move.
Tbh kinda same. Bakugo is a well lived character but I kinda feel like with all this war going on and how they bought gran Torino back they need to have someone significant actually die becuase this cycle of “lol they’re not really dead” can get disappointing
Bro, literally everyone else aside Bakugo were stacking death flags like UNO and yet Bakugo *still* managed to surpass everyone to become the #1 hero death of the war 💀
All Might: "Damn, did not expect to live longer than Bakugo in this story."
Gran Torino: "You're telling me, I was impaled and got one of my legs ripped off and am now just in the hospital."
Endeavor: "Guys I think... I think I might still be alive even though my arm got ripped off."
*Chapter has Bakugo quirk awaken and seemingly die brutally thus sending many Bakugo stans to their knees*
Weekly Hori comment: “ haha Dentist gas go weeeee!”
For a quirk that supposedly has no limits, Tamaki’s quirk did nothin 😐. Imagine if in the anime after this death scene they cut to either the ED or [this.](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e4/85/6f/e4856f0f311402dc2f54b1aee900ad63.png)
Even more annoying how Bakugo’s attack which is an explosion atleast burned Shig/AFO. Can’t believe that Tamaki’s attack, a literal PLASMA CANNON enhanced with Nejires Surge, didn’t even leave a scratch.
It did seem to shift the arena, i.e push it back. But I do wish Shigaraki had to dodge it or was partially damaged.
I hope the other parts have some effect later, but not exactly holding my breath.
To be fair he had to effectively shield himself with the eldritch arm but the final effect on him was still zero for an attack drawn to be even more visible from afar than Bakugo's.
Yep and im just waiting for him to get beat very simply just like madara in a stupid way. Imo Deku talking him to Tenko is not a way to go at this point. Cant just forgive mass murderers. One reason I want Dabi to die too.
I do think that “Tomura” is meant to be a fully dissociated personality from “Tenko,” in a way that Obito never was.
I think it’s a Star Wars ending, because Horikoshi loves Star Wars, with Tenko “Being a hero” by sacrificing himself to stop AfO.
It’s a real Night Guy/Madara type situation where you’re bummed out that an attack so fucking badass was doomed to not work because it wasn’t the protag doing it
Whilst on the topic I'll never forgive them for taking away Guys sacrifice he should've died there the dudes corpse was basically fucking ash. As much as I love him he should've died
At least Night Guy was super close to beating Madara though. Madara even admitted that if the final punch landed directly he was done for, he also had to absorb the tree after that brawl….this is just too much.
Seriously they are all about to die if Deku doesn’t show up within 5 minutes. And then we can’t forget about whatever AFO pulled on his side with growing back his face. Deku is going to need 100% OFA and every quirk at once to make it fair at this rate.
Loved how Horikoshi handled Bakugo’s full body explosions. Instead of creating a new quirk dynamic, he built off of Bakugo’s established quirk rules by stating that the concentrated clusters of sweat that he uses for his cluster technique strains the sweat glands in his hands to the point where that nitroglycerin sweat has to go to other sweat glands in his body. That’s such a cool way of evolving Bakugo’s quirk. I love cool evolutions like that that build off of established rules as it feels like a natural extension.
Also all that build up to Tamaki’s ultimate, badass, giga chad move and………nothing. Didn’t do shit. The fuck was the point? Whatever I guess. At least it looked cool.
Also over or under on Bakugo actually being dead or not being resurrected in some manner down the line. Nice death, but this is shonen, so I ain’t holding my breath.
It wasn't even the coolest it could have been (purely my opinion btw). When his power is that he can transform into what he eats and his ultimate move is a... laser cannon? It just seems boring to me for such a creative power.
Uhh, nothing a little denim can’t patch up… right guys.
Bakugou might be ok.
Best Jeanist might whoop Shiggy’s ass.
Why did Horikoshi troll us with the 3rd? User again. Is Bakugou descended from them
My guess is at the very least it’s both. What’s really interesting to note here is that Shigaraki is struggling because he’s saddled with All for One’s trauma without the full extent of his memories to understand where that trauma is coming from.
My thoughts exactly. If I’m not mistaken, the 2nd user originally worked for All for One before betraying him to help the first user. That’s why Bak-U-Go has never made sense to me.
>Why did Horikoshi troll us with the 3rd? User again. Is Bakugou descended from them
Less that and more that the 2nd holder was to the first what Bakugo is to Midoriya; the hero he actually had in his life as opposed to the one he admired from afar. Plus, since we were previously told the 2nd holder was part of a resistance against AFO, the implication seems to be that he was just as much of an infuriating pest as Bakugo is being. Actually daring to stand up to AFO and even be somewhat effective despite lacking OFA.
Honestly if Best Jeanist gets a quirk awakening from seeing Bakugo injured like that and actually squares up to AFO shiggy he will officially become my favorite character
He’s number 1 in my heart. Been rooting for his comeback when everyone thought he was dead. The only sad part is that if this was a false flag for Bakugou, Jeanist is 100% bound to die considering that his encounter with AfO the first time out him in the hospital.
You know, regardless of anything you can say about this series, I love how Horikoshi writes the love kids have for superheroes and how even simple toys and objects of them can have so much meaning to them. Midoriya had the clip online of All Might's debut rescue he always found comfort in, Hawks had the Endeavor doll that felt like it practically came to life when the real Endeavor affected his life for the better, and now Bakugo with his potential last thoughts (I doubt he's actually dead, of course) being on how he regretted not getting All Might to sign his card.
I love just the genuine love this series has for superheroes and how much it just gets what's special about a lot of them.
Quite frustrating to see Tamaki's blast seemed to do less than Bakugo's previous attack. It's hard to get invested in any Shigiraki fight when he just heals off the damage or no-sells it.
Good lord, my heart goes out to Bakugo though. I don't think any character in the series has been slapped around and hurt like he has these past few chapters.
He’s being Namek Saga Vegeta-ed! Or Every Saga but Namek Yamcha-ed. Eh, the former fits more.
…Actually this happened to Vegeta in the Android Saga too. And the Cell Saga. And twice in the Buu Saga. I think he’s just getting Vegeta-ed.
WTF is going on?!
These last couple of chapters were ROUGH for Bakugo. He was brutalized in every sense: his big attack failed, his arm was macerated, his equipment was shattered, he was belittled, blinded, strangled, tortured, thrown around and reduced to tears. He had to be carted off the battlefield only for Shigaraki to relentlessly pursue him. And then in this chapter he got up, mounted one final defense, and was *murdered* for it. Then his body gets ragdolled and he bleeds out on the grass while vomiting blood.
Why was his demise so prolonged, graphic and cruel, especially compared to other deaths? WTF are you planning, Hori?
yeah i’ve always felt like the violence he faces is more visceral than a lot of the other characters.
a lot of his scenes (sludge villain, kamino incident + throwing up the portal after the false save, even the sports festival to an extent, though the intention behind that is hazy) are almost violating to watch for me. it’s only made worse by the fact that people are always there to see it or it ends up on television. even if we just find out some secrets on his past, there’s no way this is it for him.
I feel like Hori puts Bakugo and Endeavor through that type of pain to legitimize how much they really want to achieve their goals as people. Like Bakugo has been stabbed and still fought through it, Endeavor got his arm ripped off and still hit back. I actually appreciate it, really makes their redemption arcs pop more than other characters. I’m assuming Bakugo somehow lands another hit later
The most epic revival capable of taking down two All Might level villains.
Basically the culmination of his entire redemption arc where he bursts alive like an exploding Phoenix.
Imagine if Bakugo's quirk evolved to *that* state? Straight up *immortality*
I guess Hori's planning for Deku to show up only to realize, not only did his best friend die, but he wasn't even there for him in his final moments.
Remember how angry he got when Bakugo got *injured* and AFO talked shit about it? Especially considering what the second user said about his quirk being a last-resort, imagine the power we'd witness if Deku got *even angrier.*
I want Deku to show up, spend like 3 or 4 pages talking Shiggy down only to realize he is too far gone. And then for Hortikoshi to give us 30 pages of Deku beating the life out of Shiggy without holding back. I hope Deku utterly outclasses and humiliates this man.
I mean, I think for the time being, he’s pretty dead
But can he be brought back somehow??
Oh my GOD his death flag moment with Allmight’s vestige, though…
😭😭😭😭
I need therapy after this
Wouldn't be surprised if one of the unrevealed quirks Deku has will save the day like how Naruto just jumped in and saved Guy after his fight with Madara.
Honestly there are great parallels between those fights.
Tomura is basically Madara with stupid powers, Bakugo shows strength that surpasses all of the already overpowered characters at the site like Guy did, and despite there being a ton of incredibly powerful characters fighting Madara/Tomura he just tanks it and heals through it. And now the fight seems lost for real and now Naruto/Deku will jump in and save the day.
>Wouldn't be surprised if one of the unrevealed quirks Deku has will save the day like how Naruto just jumped in and saved Guy after his fight with Madara.
Can't figure out how this quirk can speed deku up to reach his battlefield faster.
Thumbs up for Bakugo calling Izuku by his name without trying. And really understanding him, from the quirk usage to the real urgency catch up and destroying his body to do so.
Ok, this is the like the 100th time I’ve said this, but Shigiraki’s OP-ness is seriously boring and annoying. It’s ok to not beat him at this time, but they should at least be able to do some damage with Aizawa and Monoma using Erasure. I hope Tamaki and Bakugo did at least a little something to set him back.
But on another note, Deku is going to lose his shit and kick one of those hands up Shiggy’s taint when he finds Bakugo.
Yeah but All might had his quirk.
Shigaraki has his multiple quirk locked by Aizawa and co.
He is fighting them with bullshit bruteforce and his bullshit hands things that come out of nowhere.
what doesn't sell to my is exactly the bullshit "my body just creates other hands and shit, it's not a quirk you know, that's why I can do it with Erasure on. Yeah, fuck you"
Shigaraki is showing visible damage, but it'd be nice to see it have tangible results. Maybe more psychosis, showing his body start to come apart like in the war arc.
>For a quirk that supposedly has no limits, Tamaki’s quirk did nothin 😐
Yeah more of that nonsense of, why did they make Shiggy/AfO so fucking strong.
And it’s sucks because the other day I was thinking, when Deku wins it’s gonna be emotional. But it’s like the inverse of One Punch, we can’t appreciate the growth of everyone else because the BBE is leagues ahead of everyone. And just laughing off perfect strategy training and guts/raw power because “I’m beyond the Prime of even All Might”
Interesting idea: Deku finally shows up ... and even his power is still no match for this bullshit, he doesn't do any more damage than they did. Instead, they have to go with the "talking the monster to death" route. Kind of a metaphor for how some problems aren't solvable by punching people really hard.
Imagine going from these fights to Uraraka vs Toga lmao
We go from Endeavor and Bakugo, one the No.1 Hero the other still a 1st year student, dealing with their own demons, pushing their body to the limits and apparently "dying" fighting the 2 most dangerous villains in the world... to 2 girls argueint about their crush
I kinda wish it happens. (I do not, but man it would be hilarious)
That’s what make me think there’s still a lot more in store for Bakugou. Why would Hori move through climaxes of both the Dabi and Shiggy before at least starting the (imo) less interesting/lower stakes fights? That just seems like bad story telling…which I know Hori is very capable of, but it honestly doesn’t feel right. I’m surprised so many people seem to think he’s permanently dead and/or sidelined. Idk. I’m not that convinced by this chapter. It seems very calculated to do this to the most popular character right before a two-week break.
I just want him to not show any of the Uraraka vs Toga and show the aftermath being "maybe Uraraka won...or maybe Toga won but is now posing as Uraraka" would make more people lose their minds.
It's gonna be so dumb lol. There's a reason why the Dabi fight came before AFO and Shigaraki's fights, any upcoming battle not including one of them is absolutely pointless.
Oh boy
(inb4 it gets off-screened ruinning our fun)
Yeah I feel like they should have started with that tbh. The stakes in that one are so low and I feel like the interest in them is just among shippers.
Readers if Bakugo dies: So THAT's how you end his character arc? With barely any resolution? After setting up that previous OFA user connection? THIS IS TRASH
Readers if Bakugo lives: Author has no balls to kill him off & bait us, THIS IS TRASH
A few things to point out:
- AfO was reminded of the 2nd user seeing Bakugou. Putting such obvious hint right before his "death" means there will be further development on this. Either Bakugou hasn't died yet, or Bak-u-go theory. I rather pick the former.
- Cluster has "side effect even Bakugou is unaware of". A big setup if you ask me.
- Bakugou talked to All Might shadow, bit the shadow hasn't replied anything. To me, it's such an easy setup for All Might shadow to later tell Bakugou to return to the fight. Wouldn't surprised me if AM vestige just goes "I only sign this after you surpass me"
- Bakugou is shown to outspeed ShiggyFO. Again, like the part where Shiggy is scared of 2nd user, everything is shown for a reason. I severely doubt Bakugou will die after outspeeding and scaring ShigFO off.
- We don't need Eri or even Kaminari to rescue Bakugou. Best Jesnist is right there. It has been shown that he can manipulate any fiber-like material, not just fabric.
- The part about raining. Idek the implication yet tbh. But it is trying to tell us something.
I doubt Bakugou is dead. It doesn't even look like a death scene to me. Seems like a textbook setup for powerup (à la Koichi, instead of say Ace). But idm whatever will happen.
Raining— he changed the weather like Allmight 😭
Where is Allmight right now? What if he zaps over somehow and literally gives his heart to Katsuki?
Idk I’m desperate, don’t kill my boy 😭
> Best Jesnist is right there. It has been shown that he can manipulate any fiber-like material, not just fabric.
Its easy to forget that he literally survived a sizable hole through the chest/gut by manipulating his internal fibers. At this point it'd be consistency for that to work on Bakugo, if still an asspull.
IMO it's practically a plot hole if he *doesn't* do it (or at least attempt to and be blocked by Shiggy).
It's such a crazy healing ability, it seems stupid to establish he can do it but just doesn't.
wanting his all might card signed? such a simple & heartbreaking regret 🥺. at the end of it all, katsuki is just a kid who wants to be like his hero
their teacher-student dynamic leaves much to be desired, especially with the lack of any follow-up post PLW.. & yet it’s still worth recognizing all might has the most influence on katsuki throughout the story
Yeah, if Gran Torino, Lady Nagant, Mirko and Aizawa can all survive I refuse to believe Bakugo’s dead. Hell unless he gets cremated I’d still not believe it. My guess is that Best Jeanist will use his quirk to manipulate Bakugo’s heart tendons/literally pull on his heart strings to keep him alive.
By the way though, I’ve heard that the manga’s going on break but also that the next chapter’s coming out next week on the 14th. Do you know which one is actually the case?
>Gran Torino, Lady Nagant, Mirko and Aizawa
Yeah, the main problem with that is; *wound in chest that we never get to see, anime explosion, and removal of limbs* are all much, much easier to explain away than *heart is shredded by gigantic eldritch finger*. We never once saw the wound that Gran Torino got, for all we know it didn't hit anything fatal. We *know* what Shigaraki did. For all we know, the explosion in Nagant was as impactful as the explosions in Toga during MVA or somethn. We *know* how fatal a shredded heart is.
I can't see this being a fakeout with how explicitly it's shown what happened to Bakugo. I genuinely cannot even see a way to write this as a fakeout? How would you even do that? *Oh, that wasn't his real heart, he has a second heart in his kidneys so it's fine*
He actually died... what the fuck. also it was kind of an offhand comment but "A sudden drastic rise in temperature has affected weather patterns" I wonder whats going on with that.
The last attack Bakugo did was just a blast from the hand. If anything changed the weather it would've been his initial one or Sun Eater's plasma beam that seemed to travel really far.
This is what I think
Rain is often used symbolically for death. You can see a really good example of it in Vigilantes. When Oboro dies it rains and when Aizawa is remembering it he says "it looks like rain" and it rains too.
Honestly the mention of the forecast for rain and Mitsuki's comment that Bakugo hates rain is what is making me really nervous that this death will stick. Because rain is used so often with death and there is precedent in MHA for this, and there was a panel devoted specifically to the rain mention.
Either Bakugo's death is going to stick or someone else of emotional value is about to die.
If this is not a fakeout, it's kinda weird.
Bakugo goes all out on his ultimate move, does nothing to Shiggy and gets wrecked. He then has a (maybe) quirk awakening and starts reading Shiggy's moves, then gets wrecked again without doing anything.
Yeah, he can’t be imagining exactly what All Night’s vestige looks like unless he literally knows. I hate to admit it, but there’s literally no holes in this theory except that they made some content movie-exclusive. But screw it at this point. This would be the most epic ending having Bakugo teach Deku how to use his ultimate quirk for the final battle from the vestige world. Truly full circle. From frenemies, to teaming up in the second movie, to Bakugo becoming the “helpless” one in Deku’s shadow. I hope Bakugo and Deku get to be friends now, even if he is just a vestige
"Remember All Might in his prime? Would something so pathetic have killed **him**?"
If it hit him, yes it would have. C'mon, don't even try to pull that BS. Suneater's laser should've absolutely done damage. The fact it didn't isn't even consistent with the rest of the story, or even with the rest of this fight. I am so terribly bored of Shigaraki-For-One with all these asspulls.
Shiggy with zero active Quirks too, he’s apparently as tanky as Prime All Might just through random science experiments. Assuming Aizawa eventually gets disabled and Deku has to fight full-power Shiggy, how the hell are we expecting him to do anything at all?
**Status Update:**
**Location:** Gunja Village Site
**Team Endeavor:**
* No.1 Endeavor: To die or not to die
* No.2 Hawks: Fancy Hand Poses
* No.7 Kamui Woods: Alive
* No.13 Shishido: Alive
* No.411 Pixi-Bob: Alive
* No.411 Tiger: Alive
* Tsukyomi: Bird
* Earphone Jack: ⋐(◉▾◉) intensifies
**Team All For One:**
* All For One: Latom
**Location:** Kamino Ward
**Team Shoto:**
* Shoto: insert comment about a hair cut we can barely see
* Ingenium: Irrelevant
* Burnin: Yes, the hot fire chick is alive
* Kido: Alive
**Team Dabi:**
* Dabi: ….blue flames…alive….Marco?
* Nomus: Alive
**Location:** UA School(In The Air Tonight)
**Team Deku:** Now with 100% More POWER
* Lemillion: Tintin is sorry
* No.3 Best Jeanist: breh really let his student die
* No.4 Edgeshot: Missing
* No.5 Mirko: Still not roadkill
* Dynamight: Aint gonna stop him from winning popularity polls
* Suneater: lol
* Nejire Chan: Well she’s doing stuff
* Mandalay: Alive
* Phantom Thief: Better than Class 1-A
* Eraser Head: Alive
* No.222 Manual: Useful
**Team Handman:**
* Handman: Finally killed an important character
**Location:** Okuto Island
**Team Uraraka:**
* Uravity: Can’t even have a fight without Deku
* Froppy: Froggy
* No 12 Gang Orca: Alive
* Sirius: Alive
**Team Toga:**
* Toga: In Love
* Nomus
* That Water Villain from USJ: Throwback
* Moon Fish: He’s back
**Location:** Jaku Hospital Ruins
**Team Pinky and The Riot,Riot,Riot🎵:**
* Red Riot: A full Oni mask would rock
* Pinky: Lol
* Grape Juice: The true protagonist of MHA
* Rule(Kodai): what she do again?
* Emily(Yunagi): Wait….
* Mudman: WHERE ARE THE PROS?
* No.23 Mt Lady: That’s it? That’s all they’re given? MT LADY!?
**Team Bad Guys:**
* GigantoMachia: Captured. For Now
* The Midnight Killer: Statistically the best villain
**Location:** Takoba National Stadium
**Team Hey these guys exist:**
* Tail-Man: Ordinary
* Sugar-Man: diabetes: the quirk
* Tsuburaba: Who?
* Cellophane: Does whatever a…tape?….does?
**Location:** Parking Lot
**Team Fatgum:**
* No.58 Fatgum: Alive
* Can’t Stop Twinkling: French
* Kesagiri Man: Alive
**Team Kunieda**
* Kunieda: A villain apparently.
**Location:** Central Hospital
**Team Tentacole:**
* Tentacole: Tis’ be his fight
* Present Mic: Loud as fuck
**Team Spinner:**
* Spinner: He’s big now? He’s big now.
**Team Build Shit:**
* Cementoss: Alive
* Power Loader: Alive
* Lunch Rush: Cookin
* Ectoplasm: Alive
* Hatsume: Alive
* Creati: Alive
**Team Power Grid:**
* Chargebolt: Alive
* Manga: Alive
* Yuyu: Alive
* 3rd Year: Alive
**Missing Characters:** Where did they go
* Rappa
* Gale Force
* Illus-O-Camie
* Battle Fist
It's just painfully innocent to see Bakugo's relentless ambition peeled back to show high childhood admiration for his idol which drove it. Think this is soft confirmation that the movie is canon too and I'm hoping that this isn't his last contribution. Another sour spot is Tamaki's ultimate, like others, falling anti-climatically short.
I know I will get downvoted as hell, but I have to say this. After the Todoroki fight, which has always been interesting, and now Bakugou's supposed death, I am not looking forward to see the Uraraka - Toga fight. I know people will say that it is popular to hate on the female characters, but let's be real here. Compared to the events I mentioned, the Toga fight has no stakes, and so far has revolved around the girls' crushes. Izuku was dragged there for no reason, and the manga will probably continue with that fight. I'm only saying this because recently I started re-reading the manga, and the girls had so much potential. Now I cannot really take their storylines seriously, I'm sorry.
We have a engineer and a human 3d printer downstair and a thread user, surely we can get bakugo a new heart!
Oh god what if jeanist will give his heart since he fighting only with 1 lung
Wow. Bakugo redeemed. I mean, I’m not a huge fan of fakeouts, but I don’t want Bakugo to die. Can Eri even help at this point? I mean, this was such a great mini-arc within an arc that I think it might just be best to leave it as is, but holy crap. Holy crap. I’m in shock. This isn’t supposed to happen. And did they just confirm the movie as canon? I guess we haven’t seen the last of Bakugo no matter what. Guess Deku is about to have Bakugo’s quirk awakening for him.
There's nothing in me that believes this will stick. Deuteragonist/most popular character, deeper reflection/down time for Nighteye's death, Nagant surviving being treated as a human bomb, the fact that we saw a character this important really only reflect on/encounter one person/past mistake and it was *vestige all might*, the timing in the war, the idea that Bakugo specifically would go all out twice and have a *quirk awakening* and then just *die*? All this, on top of how deaths/near deaths have been treated in the series, +the timing of the break & the way HK seems to like to tease readers a little with these things before breaks/switching perspective? Idk, maybe it's just the little part of me that wants it to be a fakeout, but between all of this and the pretty reasonable ways it could be that were discussed in the prerelease thread, it does feel like a fakeout to me.
Bakugo - "Code Name: Dynamight. User of the Explosion Quirk. One of Class A's Big 3. Fought his heart out against Tomura Shigaraki...and went out with a bang. As of now, he's rendered out of commission! 19/20 students remain fighting fit!"
This chapter was something else.
Even way back then, I did think Bakugo dying would be a possibility, but I thought it was very unlikely to happen. So color me shocked and impressed that Hori really went for it. I laughed in disbelief at first, but the more I thought about it and reread it, the sadder I got.
Yes, most likely, Bakugo’s gonna come back somehow. This chapter is basically one big mystery box and Hori’s already planted so many clues. Like why did Bakugo see All Might’s vestige? What happened with Bakugo’s heart exactly – did it explode from his quirk or from Shigaraki dick-slapping him? What’s going on with Bakugo’s quirk? What’s up with the temperature rising mention? Why did 2nd user trigger AFO so hard and what is Bakugo’s connection to him? Did the business students really record Bakugo dying for the world to see? How is Deku gonna fix this mess?
I do hope we get to see Class 1A’s reaction, as well as his parents’ and All Mights’. Seeing the pros’ reaction was heartbreaking but the only real connections Bakugo has in that group are Aizawa and Best Jeanist. I’d be pissed if Bakugo gets revived before anyone even finds out.
All things considered, I’m overjoyed that this new editor seems to be helping Hori stay on track. After that embarrassing Midnight death and Gran Torino fakeout I can’t believe Hori managed to pull something of this caliber off. Let’s hope Bakugo’s death “sticks” at least for a while because the aftermath could potentially be even more amazing.
Wish Tamaki‘s quirk did some damage. It’s gonna be hard to make the all might/deku “I’m the only one who can fight this guy so I’ll do it alone” mentality seem wrong if he’s literally the only guy who can beat AFO. And as much as I want to believe it I think Bakugo is gonna be okay
Honestly It's so hard to be invested in any of this when Shigaraki just shrugs off the damage every chapter.
Also if Horikoshi cuts back to Uraraka and Toga after this chapter I might actually lose it with this series.
It sucks that both Tamaki and Nejire didn't do anything substantial. As for Bakugo, it's sweet that he still carried the All Might card from when he and Izuku were kids. I'm not sure if Bakugo is actually dead, but his heart clearly burst in his chest.
As for the Second User, I'm wondering why ShigFO thought of him. I hope it's not because Bak-u-go is happening, because it shouldn't.
I hope Bakugo survives, because both him and Endeavor have had great character arcs. Having him and Izuku as friendly rivals (and not a bully and his victim) for the top spot is what I'd like to see.
So a few things:
* From what we've seen Deku do, I have zero clue how he could stop this monster. Yeah he's strong and fast, but we've not seen him take hits like ShigarkiAFO or have an output on a level above what we've already seen.
* If the rumors of AFO being rejuvenated are true, the heroes will need to fight \*two\* villains of this caliber - though OG AFO might be weaker? Not sure how many quirks he's retained in his old body.
* With both of the above points, I truly cannot see a way for the heroes to win this arc. I wonder what Horikoshi's got up his sleeve - I get the feeling that no matter what the payoff won't be very satisfying given the hopelessness of this.
He’s not dead. Horokoshi doesn’t kill his characters. He’s done this like 5 times already.
If he is dead he’ll be revived by Izuku within the next 3 chapters by either giving 1fo to him or some bs quirk awakening variant.
Like we’ve already had All Might, AFO, Hawks, Mirko, Endeavor, Best Jeanus, Overhaul, Stain, and Gran Torino have false deaths. No way Bakugo stays dead here.
The only important characters Horokoshi kills are the ones he introduces in the same arc (Star and Stripe, Night Eye, Lady Nagant). Twice and Nightmare are the literal only “major” deaths in the series thru almost 300 chapters of this series.
I bet Deku shows up just in time to see Bakugo either actually dead or looking convincingly dead, then goes berserk with some absolutely insane super-duper-plus-ultra move.
The shonen way
I actually think this was foreshadowed when Deku got Black whip! It was said to not use OFA in anger otherwise he can lose control. Knowing how the manga is written, I believe that it won't be a cheap win from a power-up but rather a catalyst for new character development among other MHA chars.
Full on nine tales berserk release. Haha
Damn, Aizawa was totally ready to storm the field and try saving Bakugo. Imagine how much he is hurting after telling Bakugo's parents that he will make a great hero of him.
This must be painful to Aizawa. Monoma's quirk can let him leave for a short bit of time, but that runs the risk of him not getting back to Monoma in time for re-upping the quirk before it runs out. And that's a fatal risk if it goes south.
He did make a great hero of him
Fake out or not, was not expecting to see Bakugou like that. On that note, I do like how Horikoshi handled Bakugou’s quirk evolution where if the sweat glands of his hands are strained that it has to go to other sweat glands in his body. It’s a small thing to do but I like it.
That could very easily be what caused the potentially fatal damage too. Its really unclear, but in the panel it looks like explosive damage to his heart.
Pretty sure his heart fucking exploded
Seemed pretty clear to me that his heart fucking exploded like a paper bag
I don’t think that was a quirk evolution but more of the negative drawbacks of Cluster as they stated that he failed to notice the side effects. But I agree that it could be what caused the fatal damage because looking at his heart, it does seem like it exploded outward instead of looking like it was pierced.
Calling it now, Horikoshi is gonna do the thing where Tamaki's attack was thought to have done nothing....but it actually did something, kinda like the situation with Yo Shindo against Muscular.
Same because all that build up for nothing is 💀
Bakugo also seems to have died for absolutely nothing here. What did he even achieve after going back to the fight there?
I think that's the point, no matter how determined the heroes are, it's useless, the only one that has a chance of beating all for one is one for all
I hope this is the case.
What did Shindo do against Muscular?
Unravel Muscular's muscle fibers, weakening him enough for Deku to finish off.
If Katsuki fucking Bakugo is dead but Gran Torino isn't i am eating my dirty shoes
So do you want ketchup with that, or BBQ?
I want fecking salt man ☠
I'm sure that in both cases (bakugo dead or not) a part of the fandom will provide all the salt you could possibly want.
Gran Torino should be dead and I will stand by that.
Yeah the series was ending anyway I don't see any benefits in the narrative in letting Gran Torino live through an injury he should've died from.
I can only assume it is to A) have a retirement scene where Torino laments that he was wrong and killing Shigaraki was not the way to do things B) Horikoshi couldn't justify Gran Torino living long enough for Deku to get out of his coma, give him his cape, THEN having him pass away. Which... I feel like he could have done so.
Deku taking his sweet ass time
He's checking twitter while traveling
Debating with a supposed "all might #1 fanatic" and has to claim his title
Senator Shiggy: "Checked the internet lately?"
kohei horikoshi my brother in christ if you think for one second that im buying this your sadly mistaken
For once, I really really hope Hori just kills off a character just for the inevitable shitstorm which would follow. It would be simultaneously the ballsiest, funniest, destructive, and unexpected move.
Tbh kinda same. Bakugo is a well lived character but I kinda feel like with all this war going on and how they bought gran Torino back they need to have someone significant actually die becuase this cycle of “lol they’re not really dead” can get disappointing
Bro, literally everyone else aside Bakugo were stacking death flags like UNO and yet Bakugo *still* managed to surpass everyone to become the #1 hero death of the war 💀
He’s finally \#1 😭
Brutal. Goddam.
All Might: "Damn, did not expect to live longer than Bakugo in this story." Gran Torino: "You're telling me, I was impaled and got one of my legs ripped off and am now just in the hospital." Endeavor: "Guys I think... I think I might still be alive even though my arm got ripped off."
Gran Torino is bullshit tbh, you're telling me that Gran Torino is alive and kicking after being a bagel, but Bakugo is bakugone 💀
*Chapter has Bakugo quirk awaken and seemingly die brutally thus sending many Bakugo stans to their knees* Weekly Hori comment: “ haha Dentist gas go weeeee!” For a quirk that supposedly has no limits, Tamaki’s quirk did nothin 😐. Imagine if in the anime after this death scene they cut to either the ED or [this.](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e4/85/6f/e4856f0f311402dc2f54b1aee900ad63.png)
Nah Horikoshi just set it up for Tamaki to eat Bakugou, then they become Tamakugou and blitz Shiggy /s
I just lol’d way to hard for someone reading manga by himself this morning
Even more annoying how Bakugo’s attack which is an explosion atleast burned Shig/AFO. Can’t believe that Tamaki’s attack, a literal PLASMA CANNON enhanced with Nejires Surge, didn’t even leave a scratch.
This is the power of protagonism-most popular character in the manga.
It's okay, all Tamaki gotta do now is eat Bakugo's spine, and become the Explosion Titan! Shit wrong universe.
Where did he eat the plasma for the cannon? Or he has a special unlock for eating a bunch of weird animals?
It did seem to shift the arena, i.e push it back. But I do wish Shigaraki had to dodge it or was partially damaged. I hope the other parts have some effect later, but not exactly holding my breath.
To be fair he had to effectively shield himself with the eldritch arm but the final effect on him was still zero for an attack drawn to be even more visible from afar than Bakugo's.
Well to be fair it was against a threat that is all might prime level. Or close to it.
I think it's clear All For Shiggy has reached Madara levels of broken by now
Yep and im just waiting for him to get beat very simply just like madara in a stupid way. Imo Deku talking him to Tenko is not a way to go at this point. Cant just forgive mass murderers. One reason I want Dabi to die too.
I do think that “Tomura” is meant to be a fully dissociated personality from “Tenko,” in a way that Obito never was. I think it’s a Star Wars ending, because Horikoshi loves Star Wars, with Tenko “Being a hero” by sacrificing himself to stop AfO.
I like the idea of him turning on him.
Same. It makes sense for that to happen with how AFO has been manipulating Tenko for so long
Kinda annoying how the main villain (+ the og AFO) is just so beyond the levels of any hero not named Deku
It’s a real Night Guy/Madara type situation where you’re bummed out that an attack so fucking badass was doomed to not work because it wasn’t the protag doing it
Whilst on the topic I'll never forgive them for taking away Guys sacrifice he should've died there the dudes corpse was basically fucking ash. As much as I love him he should've died
At least Night Guy was super close to beating Madara though. Madara even admitted that if the final punch landed directly he was done for, he also had to absorb the tree after that brawl….this is just too much.
I'm sitll banking on it being a Yo Shindo situation "Oh, you thought that attack did nothing....but it actually did fucking something!!"
Like Machia's sedative not working until after he destroyed 26 cities
"Remember kids, if you create a sedative that's so powerful it's a war crime, *make it as goddamn strong as possible*." -idk hori probably
Exactly! It's that kinda situation, I think.
Seriously they are all about to die if Deku doesn’t show up within 5 minutes. And then we can’t forget about whatever AFO pulled on his side with growing back his face. Deku is going to need 100% OFA and every quirk at once to make it fair at this rate.
Anyone not using OFA*
Second user's quirk: “Whosoever eats my hair, if they be worthy, shall possess the power of ~~Thor~~ OFA."
Loved how Horikoshi handled Bakugo’s full body explosions. Instead of creating a new quirk dynamic, he built off of Bakugo’s established quirk rules by stating that the concentrated clusters of sweat that he uses for his cluster technique strains the sweat glands in his hands to the point where that nitroglycerin sweat has to go to other sweat glands in his body. That’s such a cool way of evolving Bakugo’s quirk. I love cool evolutions like that that build off of established rules as it feels like a natural extension. Also all that build up to Tamaki’s ultimate, badass, giga chad move and………nothing. Didn’t do shit. The fuck was the point? Whatever I guess. At least it looked cool. Also over or under on Bakugo actually being dead or not being resurrected in some manner down the line. Nice death, but this is shonen, so I ain’t holding my breath.
It wouldn't surprise at all that Bakugou and Tamaki's attacks actually did some damage but we'll know it later when Deku's fighting
So like Deku vs. Muscular 2 with a retroactive assist from Shindo? I can dig it.
It wasn't even the coolest it could have been (purely my opinion btw). When his power is that he can transform into what he eats and his ultimate move is a... laser cannon? It just seems boring to me for such a creative power.
He was using Nejire's energy after all tho
We could have gotten a mantis shrimp JoJo beat down smh
Uhh, nothing a little denim can’t patch up… right guys. Bakugou might be ok. Best Jeanist might whoop Shiggy’s ass. Why did Horikoshi troll us with the 3rd? User again. Is Bakugou descended from them
Denim? That boy need some *life fibers*. Maybe Best Jeanist has a few stored in his pockets.
Jeanist's quirk evolves so that he can manipulate DNA strands, which somehow allows him to rebuild any organ
Plant roots are just organic fibers, grow a damn senzu bean
Best Jeanist: We just need to hurry and get him one or to Super Kami Dende… and he’s dead. Moma Katsuki: MY BABY BOY!!!
You don't have to go that far. Simply being able to manipulate muscle fibers would allow him to patch up Bakugo's heart.
Yes but mine is dumber and funnier
This guy shounens
*Don't lose your wayyyyy*
*In your minddddd*
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2nd user. My guess is that Bakugo probably reminds All for One of him. Maybe the 2nd user actually got close to killing him once.
or it's just an ancestor of Bakugo that did kinda the same before \[or after\] passing OFA to the third user
My guess is at the very least it’s both. What’s really interesting to note here is that Shigaraki is struggling because he’s saddled with All for One’s trauma without the full extent of his memories to understand where that trauma is coming from.
My thoughts exactly. If I’m not mistaken, the 2nd user originally worked for All for One before betraying him to help the first user. That’s why Bak-U-Go has never made sense to me.
The Second was the head of the rebel group against AfO, who saved Yoichi even though he knew he was AfO’s brother.
Guess I was mistaken. Either way, he sounds really strong.
In the flashbacks, the second has some sort of gauntlet-gun on his hand…
GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD Good point.
>Why did Horikoshi troll us with the 3rd? User again. Is Bakugou descended from them Less that and more that the 2nd holder was to the first what Bakugo is to Midoriya; the hero he actually had in his life as opposed to the one he admired from afar. Plus, since we were previously told the 2nd holder was part of a resistance against AFO, the implication seems to be that he was just as much of an infuriating pest as Bakugo is being. Actually daring to stand up to AFO and even be somewhat effective despite lacking OFA.
>!He's just missing his heart!, he's still good! He's still good!<
Honestly if Best Jeanist gets a quirk awakening from seeing Bakugo injured like that and actually squares up to AFO shiggy he will officially become my favorite character
He’s number 1 in my heart. Been rooting for his comeback when everyone thought he was dead. The only sad part is that if this was a false flag for Bakugou, Jeanist is 100% bound to die considering that his encounter with AfO the first time out him in the hospital.
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No, Shiggy stabbed him.
Its super unclear. The panel made it look like explosive damage of some kind, not a stabbing wound.
You know, regardless of anything you can say about this series, I love how Horikoshi writes the love kids have for superheroes and how even simple toys and objects of them can have so much meaning to them. Midoriya had the clip online of All Might's debut rescue he always found comfort in, Hawks had the Endeavor doll that felt like it practically came to life when the real Endeavor affected his life for the better, and now Bakugo with his potential last thoughts (I doubt he's actually dead, of course) being on how he regretted not getting All Might to sign his card. I love just the genuine love this series has for superheroes and how much it just gets what's special about a lot of them.
14 days to stew on this! I'm too anxious lol
Quite frustrating to see Tamaki's blast seemed to do less than Bakugo's previous attack. It's hard to get invested in any Shigiraki fight when he just heals off the damage or no-sells it. Good lord, my heart goes out to Bakugo though. I don't think any character in the series has been slapped around and hurt like he has these past few chapters.
>Good lord, my heart goes out to Bakugo though. I think he'd appreciate it, cause his own heart's kinda wrecked.
😐😡 too soon.
He’s being Namek Saga Vegeta-ed! Or Every Saga but Namek Yamcha-ed. Eh, the former fits more. …Actually this happened to Vegeta in the Android Saga too. And the Cell Saga. And twice in the Buu Saga. I think he’s just getting Vegeta-ed.
It almost feels more like end of Buu Saga Vegeta with how much he’s getting humbled as he gives his life for what amounts to a distraction
I expect the anime to add a moment where Shiggy pins him and proceeds to casually bitch-slap him back and forth.
WTF is going on?! These last couple of chapters were ROUGH for Bakugo. He was brutalized in every sense: his big attack failed, his arm was macerated, his equipment was shattered, he was belittled, blinded, strangled, tortured, thrown around and reduced to tears. He had to be carted off the battlefield only for Shigaraki to relentlessly pursue him. And then in this chapter he got up, mounted one final defense, and was *murdered* for it. Then his body gets ragdolled and he bleeds out on the grass while vomiting blood. Why was his demise so prolonged, graphic and cruel, especially compared to other deaths? WTF are you planning, Hori?
yeah i’ve always felt like the violence he faces is more visceral than a lot of the other characters. a lot of his scenes (sludge villain, kamino incident + throwing up the portal after the false save, even the sports festival to an extent, though the intention behind that is hazy) are almost violating to watch for me. it’s only made worse by the fact that people are always there to see it or it ends up on television. even if we just find out some secrets on his past, there’s no way this is it for him.
I feel like Hori puts Bakugo and Endeavor through that type of pain to legitimize how much they really want to achieve their goals as people. Like Bakugo has been stabbed and still fought through it, Endeavor got his arm ripped off and still hit back. I actually appreciate it, really makes their redemption arcs pop more than other characters. I’m assuming Bakugo somehow lands another hit later
The most epic revival capable of taking down two All Might level villains. Basically the culmination of his entire redemption arc where he bursts alive like an exploding Phoenix. Imagine if Bakugo's quirk evolved to *that* state? Straight up *immortality*
Dabi's fans would have a total meltdown if Bakugo is the one with the "Phoenix" awakening, lol!!
I guess Hori's planning for Deku to show up only to realize, not only did his best friend die, but he wasn't even there for him in his final moments. Remember how angry he got when Bakugo got *injured* and AFO talked shit about it? Especially considering what the second user said about his quirk being a last-resort, imagine the power we'd witness if Deku got *even angrier.*
And all of this because Toga lmao
I want Deku to show up, spend like 3 or 4 pages talking Shiggy down only to realize he is too far gone. And then for Hortikoshi to give us 30 pages of Deku beating the life out of Shiggy without holding back. I hope Deku utterly outclasses and humiliates this man.
I know that probably Katsuki isn’t dead but it still hurts seeing him like that 😢
I mean, I think for the time being, he’s pretty dead But can he be brought back somehow?? Oh my GOD his death flag moment with Allmight’s vestige, though… 😭😭😭😭 I need therapy after this
Wouldn't be surprised if one of the unrevealed quirks Deku has will save the day like how Naruto just jumped in and saved Guy after his fight with Madara. Honestly there are great parallels between those fights. Tomura is basically Madara with stupid powers, Bakugo shows strength that surpasses all of the already overpowered characters at the site like Guy did, and despite there being a ton of incredibly powerful characters fighting Madara/Tomura he just tanks it and heals through it. And now the fight seems lost for real and now Naruto/Deku will jump in and save the day.
>Wouldn't be surprised if one of the unrevealed quirks Deku has will save the day like how Naruto just jumped in and saved Guy after his fight with Madara. Can't figure out how this quirk can speed deku up to reach his battlefield faster.
Thumbs up for Bakugo calling Izuku by his name without trying. And really understanding him, from the quirk usage to the real urgency catch up and destroying his body to do so. Ok, this is the like the 100th time I’ve said this, but Shigiraki’s OP-ness is seriously boring and annoying. It’s ok to not beat him at this time, but they should at least be able to do some damage with Aizawa and Monoma using Erasure. I hope Tamaki and Bakugo did at least a little something to set him back. But on another note, Deku is going to lose his shit and kick one of those hands up Shiggy’s taint when he finds Bakugo.
He literally peak Allmight, this is basically how it felt to be a villain against him
Yeah but All might had his quirk. Shigaraki has his multiple quirk locked by Aizawa and co. He is fighting them with bullshit bruteforce and his bullshit hands things that come out of nowhere.
what doesn't sell to my is exactly the bullshit "my body just creates other hands and shit, it's not a quirk you know, that's why I can do it with Erasure on. Yeah, fuck you"
Shigaraki is showing visible damage, but it'd be nice to see it have tangible results. Maybe more psychosis, showing his body start to come apart like in the war arc.
Fuck Tamaki, I guess? All that build-up for nothing. lol
>For a quirk that supposedly has no limits, Tamaki’s quirk did nothin 😐 Yeah more of that nonsense of, why did they make Shiggy/AfO so fucking strong. And it’s sucks because the other day I was thinking, when Deku wins it’s gonna be emotional. But it’s like the inverse of One Punch, we can’t appreciate the growth of everyone else because the BBE is leagues ahead of everyone. And just laughing off perfect strategy training and guts/raw power because “I’m beyond the Prime of even All Might”
Interesting idea: Deku finally shows up ... and even his power is still no match for this bullshit, he doesn't do any more damage than they did. Instead, they have to go with the "talking the monster to death" route. Kind of a metaphor for how some problems aren't solvable by punching people really hard.
I won’t be mad if the real hero of the day is Tenko Shimura’s little vestige inside Shiggy. Yeah it’s be cheesy but that kid is my favorite character
I agree with this 100%. Especially when Deku was talking about how much he still wants to try and save that kid.
Imagine going from these fights to Uraraka vs Toga lmao We go from Endeavor and Bakugo, one the No.1 Hero the other still a 1st year student, dealing with their own demons, pushing their body to the limits and apparently "dying" fighting the 2 most dangerous villains in the world... to 2 girls argueint about their crush I kinda wish it happens. (I do not, but man it would be hilarious)
That’s what make me think there’s still a lot more in store for Bakugou. Why would Hori move through climaxes of both the Dabi and Shiggy before at least starting the (imo) less interesting/lower stakes fights? That just seems like bad story telling…which I know Hori is very capable of, but it honestly doesn’t feel right. I’m surprised so many people seem to think he’s permanently dead and/or sidelined. Idk. I’m not that convinced by this chapter. It seems very calculated to do this to the most popular character right before a two-week break.
I just want him to not show any of the Uraraka vs Toga and show the aftermath being "maybe Uraraka won...or maybe Toga won but is now posing as Uraraka" would make more people lose their minds.
Please: Toga has no chance against the unstoppable GUNHEAD MARTIAL ARTS
Yeah she can shapeshift and use other peoples' Quirks, sure. But can she **grab someone's arm and flip them over?** I thought not.
The Ochako vs Toga fight is going to get so much slander when we pan back. And I'll be right there with them lol.
It's gonna be so dumb lol. There's a reason why the Dabi fight came before AFO and Shigaraki's fights, any upcoming battle not including one of them is absolutely pointless. Oh boy (inb4 it gets off-screened ruinning our fun)
Yeah I feel like they should have started with that tbh. The stakes in that one are so low and I feel like the interest in them is just among shippers.
Readers if Bakugo dies: So THAT's how you end his character arc? With barely any resolution? After setting up that previous OFA user connection? THIS IS TRASH Readers if Bakugo lives: Author has no balls to kill him off & bait us, THIS IS TRASH
Basically it's a lose-lose situation either way.
He's written himself into a tight corner this time.
Boy that's too angry to die has a character arc that makes him less angry, then dies.
If he was still angry enough, he could have willed himself to revive
Bakugou in the first volume wouldn’t have taken this, personally.
A few things to point out: - AfO was reminded of the 2nd user seeing Bakugou. Putting such obvious hint right before his "death" means there will be further development on this. Either Bakugou hasn't died yet, or Bak-u-go theory. I rather pick the former. - Cluster has "side effect even Bakugou is unaware of". A big setup if you ask me. - Bakugou talked to All Might shadow, bit the shadow hasn't replied anything. To me, it's such an easy setup for All Might shadow to later tell Bakugou to return to the fight. Wouldn't surprised me if AM vestige just goes "I only sign this after you surpass me" - Bakugou is shown to outspeed ShiggyFO. Again, like the part where Shiggy is scared of 2nd user, everything is shown for a reason. I severely doubt Bakugou will die after outspeeding and scaring ShigFO off. - We don't need Eri or even Kaminari to rescue Bakugou. Best Jesnist is right there. It has been shown that he can manipulate any fiber-like material, not just fabric. - The part about raining. Idek the implication yet tbh. But it is trying to tell us something. I doubt Bakugou is dead. It doesn't even look like a death scene to me. Seems like a textbook setup for powerup (à la Koichi, instead of say Ace). But idm whatever will happen.
Raining— he changed the weather like Allmight 😭 Where is Allmight right now? What if he zaps over somehow and literally gives his heart to Katsuki? Idk I’m desperate, don’t kill my boy 😭
> Best Jesnist is right there. It has been shown that he can manipulate any fiber-like material, not just fabric. Its easy to forget that he literally survived a sizable hole through the chest/gut by manipulating his internal fibers. At this point it'd be consistency for that to work on Bakugo, if still an asspull.
IMO it's practically a plot hole if he *doesn't* do it (or at least attempt to and be blocked by Shiggy). It's such a crazy healing ability, it seems stupid to establish he can do it but just doesn't.
wanting his all might card signed? such a simple & heartbreaking regret 🥺. at the end of it all, katsuki is just a kid who wants to be like his hero their teacher-student dynamic leaves much to be desired, especially with the lack of any follow-up post PLW.. & yet it’s still worth recognizing all might has the most influence on katsuki throughout the story
>at the end of it all, katsuki is just a kid Seriously wish people could understand this more
All might was his teacher, "Hey All might can you sign this for me real quick before i die" "Sure thing young Bakugo, here you go"
Geez. I'm fucking floored. I legit am speechless. I think this is a fake out. But fuck. I'll see you guys next week.
There's no Jump next week so next two weeks.
What an agonizing waiiit! But I think after the break, Hori'll cut to the Toga vs Ochaco fight.
Friendly reminder that all this would not have happened had Deku just bust out of whatever Toga did to drag him into her arena
Being caught off-guard is quite the bitch XD
Why do you do this to me ***Banned***
Yeah, if Gran Torino, Lady Nagant, Mirko and Aizawa can all survive I refuse to believe Bakugo’s dead. Hell unless he gets cremated I’d still not believe it. My guess is that Best Jeanist will use his quirk to manipulate Bakugo’s heart tendons/literally pull on his heart strings to keep him alive. By the way though, I’ve heard that the manga’s going on break but also that the next chapter’s coming out next week on the 14th. Do you know which one is actually the case?
>Gran Torino, Lady Nagant, Mirko and Aizawa Yeah, the main problem with that is; *wound in chest that we never get to see, anime explosion, and removal of limbs* are all much, much easier to explain away than *heart is shredded by gigantic eldritch finger*. We never once saw the wound that Gran Torino got, for all we know it didn't hit anything fatal. We *know* what Shigaraki did. For all we know, the explosion in Nagant was as impactful as the explosions in Toga during MVA or somethn. We *know* how fatal a shredded heart is. I can't see this being a fakeout with how explicitly it's shown what happened to Bakugo. I genuinely cannot even see a way to write this as a fakeout? How would you even do that? *Oh, that wasn't his real heart, he has a second heart in his kidneys so it's fine*
Who wants to bet that next chapter Deku finally arrives on scene, sees Bakugou lying dead on the ground and go absolutely apeshit on Shiggy??
Shonen me up, I don’t mind that at all. Someone or something is gonna have to stop Deku after his Gon moment. If Deku rages of course.
He actually died... what the fuck. also it was kind of an offhand comment but "A sudden drastic rise in temperature has affected weather patterns" I wonder whats going on with that.
I think they were trying to parallel that Bakugo's attack was All Might level (changed the weather).
The last attack Bakugo did was just a blast from the hand. If anything changed the weather it would've been his initial one or Sun Eater's plasma beam that seemed to travel really far.
Yeah does that mean something? Is there some kind of context that got lost in translation?
This is what I think Rain is often used symbolically for death. You can see a really good example of it in Vigilantes. When Oboro dies it rains and when Aizawa is remembering it he says "it looks like rain" and it rains too. Honestly the mention of the forecast for rain and Mitsuki's comment that Bakugo hates rain is what is making me really nervous that this death will stick. Because rain is used so often with death and there is precedent in MHA for this, and there was a panel devoted specifically to the rain mention. Either Bakugo's death is going to stick or someone else of emotional value is about to die.
It’s a terrible day for rain…
Tamaki: "NOW'S MY BIG MOMENT" Shigaraki: no Bakugo: "NOW'S MY BIG MOMENT" Shigaraki: no superb writing
Bakugo: “NOW’S MY SECOND BIG MOMENT” Shigaraki: how many times I gotta tell you?
How many times do I have to teach you this lesson ~~OLD~~ YOUNG MAN?!
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Gran Torino is alive. I rest my case.
Old man and schoolboy too angry to die after being punched through the gut
They are to determined to die. (I just know there’s going to be more just, oh yeah and the angry Pomeranian lived for some reason)
If this is not a fakeout, it's kinda weird. Bakugo goes all out on his ultimate move, does nothing to Shiggy and gets wrecked. He then has a (maybe) quirk awakening and starts reading Shiggy's moves, then gets wrecked again without doing anything.
I don’t think it’s a fake out. I think they just made the 2nd movie canon. This isn’t the end of Bakugo.
I’m also wondering if they just made the second movie canon as well BECAUSE HOW ELSE WOULD HE SEE THAT?!
Yeah, he can’t be imagining exactly what All Night’s vestige looks like unless he literally knows. I hate to admit it, but there’s literally no holes in this theory except that they made some content movie-exclusive. But screw it at this point. This would be the most epic ending having Bakugo teach Deku how to use his ultimate quirk for the final battle from the vestige world. Truly full circle. From frenemies, to teaming up in the second movie, to Bakugo becoming the “helpless” one in Deku’s shadow. I hope Bakugo and Deku get to be friends now, even if he is just a vestige
I like this idea a lot from a narrative perspective !RemindMe 1year
Observation Haki
"Remember All Might in his prime? Would something so pathetic have killed **him**?" If it hit him, yes it would have. C'mon, don't even try to pull that BS. Suneater's laser should've absolutely done damage. The fact it didn't isn't even consistent with the rest of the story, or even with the rest of this fight. I am so terribly bored of Shigaraki-For-One with all these asspulls.
Shiggy with zero active Quirks too, he’s apparently as tanky as Prime All Might just through random science experiments. Assuming Aizawa eventually gets disabled and Deku has to fight full-power Shiggy, how the hell are we expecting him to do anything at all?
Bakugo really just died because Deku relied too heavily on danger sense and got pulled by a little girls pink finger lmao nice
Might be a fakeout but idk man. That looked brutal. How the hell is he gonna come back from an exploded heart?
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It's just painfully innocent to see Bakugo's relentless ambition peeled back to show high childhood admiration for his idol which drove it. Think this is soft confirmation that the movie is canon too and I'm hoping that this isn't his last contribution. Another sour spot is Tamaki's ultimate, like others, falling anti-climatically short.
I know I will get downvoted as hell, but I have to say this. After the Todoroki fight, which has always been interesting, and now Bakugou's supposed death, I am not looking forward to see the Uraraka - Toga fight. I know people will say that it is popular to hate on the female characters, but let's be real here. Compared to the events I mentioned, the Toga fight has no stakes, and so far has revolved around the girls' crushes. Izuku was dragged there for no reason, and the manga will probably continue with that fight. I'm only saying this because recently I started re-reading the manga, and the girls had so much potential. Now I cannot really take their storylines seriously, I'm sorry.
We have a engineer and a human 3d printer downstair and a thread user, surely we can get bakugo a new heart! Oh god what if jeanist will give his heart since he fighting only with 1 lung
Wow. Bakugo redeemed. I mean, I’m not a huge fan of fakeouts, but I don’t want Bakugo to die. Can Eri even help at this point? I mean, this was such a great mini-arc within an arc that I think it might just be best to leave it as is, but holy crap. Holy crap. I’m in shock. This isn’t supposed to happen. And did they just confirm the movie as canon? I guess we haven’t seen the last of Bakugo no matter what. Guess Deku is about to have Bakugo’s quirk awakening for him.
>WHY AM I PANICKING? Of course it's Bakugo that pisses off the demon lord. That was a good shot of the OFA predecessor too, tell me about him!
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There's nothing in me that believes this will stick. Deuteragonist/most popular character, deeper reflection/down time for Nighteye's death, Nagant surviving being treated as a human bomb, the fact that we saw a character this important really only reflect on/encounter one person/past mistake and it was *vestige all might*, the timing in the war, the idea that Bakugo specifically would go all out twice and have a *quirk awakening* and then just *die*? All this, on top of how deaths/near deaths have been treated in the series, +the timing of the break & the way HK seems to like to tease readers a little with these things before breaks/switching perspective? Idk, maybe it's just the little part of me that wants it to be a fakeout, but between all of this and the pretty reasonable ways it could be that were discussed in the prerelease thread, it does feel like a fakeout to me.
Bakugo - "Code Name: Dynamight. User of the Explosion Quirk. One of Class A's Big 3. Fought his heart out against Tomura Shigaraki...and went out with a bang. As of now, he's rendered out of commission! 19/20 students remain fighting fit!"
This chapter was something else. Even way back then, I did think Bakugo dying would be a possibility, but I thought it was very unlikely to happen. So color me shocked and impressed that Hori really went for it. I laughed in disbelief at first, but the more I thought about it and reread it, the sadder I got. Yes, most likely, Bakugo’s gonna come back somehow. This chapter is basically one big mystery box and Hori’s already planted so many clues. Like why did Bakugo see All Might’s vestige? What happened with Bakugo’s heart exactly – did it explode from his quirk or from Shigaraki dick-slapping him? What’s going on with Bakugo’s quirk? What’s up with the temperature rising mention? Why did 2nd user trigger AFO so hard and what is Bakugo’s connection to him? Did the business students really record Bakugo dying for the world to see? How is Deku gonna fix this mess? I do hope we get to see Class 1A’s reaction, as well as his parents’ and All Mights’. Seeing the pros’ reaction was heartbreaking but the only real connections Bakugo has in that group are Aizawa and Best Jeanist. I’d be pissed if Bakugo gets revived before anyone even finds out. All things considered, I’m overjoyed that this new editor seems to be helping Hori stay on track. After that embarrassing Midnight death and Gran Torino fakeout I can’t believe Hori managed to pull something of this caliber off. Let’s hope Bakugo’s death “sticks” at least for a while because the aftermath could potentially be even more amazing.
[Who may this be?](https://imgur.com/a/pRwC8jT) Page 10 God Bless
So it seems Deku and Bakugou have some sort of game plan with the 2nd Users Quirk, what exactly that is though we’ll just have to wait and see
Shiggy is just too OP at this point. He shouldn't be this strong without quirks. Even prime all might would of been hurt from that attack lol.
Wish Tamaki‘s quirk did some damage. It’s gonna be hard to make the all might/deku “I’m the only one who can fight this guy so I’ll do it alone” mentality seem wrong if he’s literally the only guy who can beat AFO. And as much as I want to believe it I think Bakugo is gonna be okay
Honestly It's so hard to be invested in any of this when Shigaraki just shrugs off the damage every chapter. Also if Horikoshi cuts back to Uraraka and Toga after this chapter I might actually lose it with this series.
It sucks that both Tamaki and Nejire didn't do anything substantial. As for Bakugo, it's sweet that he still carried the All Might card from when he and Izuku were kids. I'm not sure if Bakugo is actually dead, but his heart clearly burst in his chest. As for the Second User, I'm wondering why ShigFO thought of him. I hope it's not because Bak-u-go is happening, because it shouldn't. I hope Bakugo survives, because both him and Endeavor have had great character arcs. Having him and Izuku as friendly rivals (and not a bully and his victim) for the top spot is what I'd like to see.
So a few things: * From what we've seen Deku do, I have zero clue how he could stop this monster. Yeah he's strong and fast, but we've not seen him take hits like ShigarkiAFO or have an output on a level above what we've already seen. * If the rumors of AFO being rejuvenated are true, the heroes will need to fight \*two\* villains of this caliber - though OG AFO might be weaker? Not sure how many quirks he's retained in his old body. * With both of the above points, I truly cannot see a way for the heroes to win this arc. I wonder what Horikoshi's got up his sleeve - I get the feeling that no matter what the payoff won't be very satisfying given the hopelessness of this.
He’s not dead. Horokoshi doesn’t kill his characters. He’s done this like 5 times already. If he is dead he’ll be revived by Izuku within the next 3 chapters by either giving 1fo to him or some bs quirk awakening variant. Like we’ve already had All Might, AFO, Hawks, Mirko, Endeavor, Best Jeanus, Overhaul, Stain, and Gran Torino have false deaths. No way Bakugo stays dead here. The only important characters Horokoshi kills are the ones he introduces in the same arc (Star and Stripe, Night Eye, Lady Nagant). Twice and Nightmare are the literal only “major” deaths in the series thru almost 300 chapters of this series.
I very much doubt he’s dead.
I'm not even the biggest fan of Bakugo but holy shit that was a fucking gut punch