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Interesting Development...
AFO is going to where Tomura is.
If I remember correctly, our sunshine Izuku is fighting Tomura.
Which means....
DFO REVEAL IS FINALLY COMING
Especially because we had Dabi reveal in a similar way 🥰
I'm so excited for the upcoming "Izuku, I'm your father" scene 🥹
Just a little DFO note from chapter 376: Afo wants to leave Gunga quickly, he's in a hurry. Hawks notices this, because it's not about rewinding. Afo doesn't trust Shigaraki. He doesn't trust Afomura, his emotions, his actions. In addition to Afomura, there is also Izuku in UA. Afomura almost killed Katsuki to hurt and break Izuku. Izuku's friends, the people he cares about, are his weak point. Nevertheless, Ochako and Tsuyu, Izuku's close friends, arrived at Gunga. Before that, only Jirou and Fumikage, with whom Izuku is also good friends, were there. Only Jirou was hurt - her ear was damaged. That's all. Kids Alive. He didn't hurt them badly, didn't kill them. He just brushed them off like gnats.
Afo doesn't want to hurt Izuku. And that is why he rushes to the UA, as Izuku is now fighting an unbalanced, furious and anger-filled Afomura, in whom, also, is the Vestige of the AFO, who is passionate about getting the OFA.
I just want to point out that, for the most part, the thought of breaking Izuku's back was Tomura's own.
And I also want to remind you that Afo pointed out to Endeavor that pitting Izuku against Tomura was a very bad and cruel mistake. A very dangerous idea.
And also - Afo wanted to capture Izuku before the battle with the help of Aoyama, to meet him in person, not like Tomura.
Afo is worried about Izuku's safety, he's worried and rushing to UA just because of him. All for the sake of his son.
There’s just something about AFO, a heartless man, crying
The human within the monster etc
Or maybe. the human and the monster intertwined
He has his emotions and, just like other humans, has his delusions too. He’s so caught up in his own greed and control that he couldn’t care what happens to anybody else so long as they’re a means to an end for him
The only one who seemingly combats that is Yoichi. Because what does HE have? What can he do?
I mean obviously he has, and resides in, OFA and if AFO gets that then he’ll be very powerful
But like, even before that. Back then, Yoichi was just a sick guy, fragile, who was seemingly quirkless. What did HE bring to the table?
Nothing, as far as we know. And that’s the thing. AFO cared for Yoichi. He was his only family. He was willing to keep him around because he was his brother. He locked him in a vault to keep him from running away - but, in a way, couldn’t that also be seen as AFO wanting to keep the only person who wasn’t a means to an end for him safe?
And then it all went away when 2nd and 3rd saved Yoichi
I bet AFO blamed 2nd. For taking (rescuing) Yoichi, for maybe involving Yoichi in the fight. For smirking after Yoichi died (how dare he), just as he himself was about to be killed
(maybe AFO saw it like that)
I bet, in a way, AFO may have seen Yoichi being taken and dying as a way for 2nd to exact revenge on him. Sure, the rebel was killed in the end, it was a fruitless (but not so fruitless) attempt at victory. But then, Yoichi is dead too. The one person AFO cared for in his own messed up way. The one person who wasn’t a means to an end. The only family AFO had left
And he cried
Even now, when AFO makes grabs for the OFA quirk, his sights are set on Yoichi coming back to him. By force or by choice, Yoichi will return to his side. Everything else is just a bonus
He can’t care about anyone else. But Yoichi was the only one he had left. So, abusive bastard that he is, he’ll do whatever it takes to get him back, because his brother meant something to him
So it looks like this chapter does confirm that All for One did feel remorse for Killing Yoichi, and we know he killed Yoichi cause it's been stated All for One killed all the past user except for the forth. Considering this is the first time we've every seen All for One cry, it's pretty safe to assume All for One, for how messed up it was, did love his brother.
What interesting here is that All for One is showing cold anger, he's crying but his face is completely stoic, and even when a bullet was aimed at his head he barely reacted. He basically shut himself down, his normal shading around his eye is around his lower face, so we can only see he's eyes. This is the closet we have ever gotten to All For One being humanised in some way.
Ironically here All for One reminds me a little of how Izuku was looking/acting during the Villain hunt arc, clearly upset but shutting down all other emotions so he was emotionless. Which is interesting cause it means AFO was trying to get Izuku to act like him when he lost Yoichi, which explains why Izuku was starting to look like a villain more specifically like a demon.
All for One was literally turning Izuku into an earlier version of himself because he knows that the version of himself that lost.
I make a longer meta on how Izuku is a "good" version of All for One and how Tomura is an "evil" version of Yoichi later, but TLDR I think AFO plan is to recreate the battle between his brother and himself but switching the roles so that he wins the battle instead.
So I was thinking about All for One rewinding him self to death which is a way I don't think any of us were expecting him to go. But then I wondered how the Heroes are actually going to defeat All for One now since he's at 100% prime now.
So we know this is All for One final card, since he's got Tomura to pass the baton on to now. It's clear he didn't really want to die, but if he was going to kick the bucket he was gonna do it on his own terms. As hawks put it, "a massive suicidal power up", but I also wondered if this was how he was really going to go out.
And the conclusion is I don't think so, All for One dying on his own terms feels kind of cheap for the big bad. Don't get me wrong I expect this dude to die, but I don't think it's gonna be by his hands.
But it made me think of Rewind it's self and how the drug works as well and I realised two things, that could possible stop All for One rewind himself to death.
One) This drug is constantly rewinding All for One until he vanishes from existence, but the thing about rewind is as Deku showed us if you keep constantly getting injured it can delay the effects of de-aging. The reason Deku didn't rewind out of existence, when he used Eri power was because he was breaking his body and then getting them rewound again. Basically locking himself in self inflected purgatory, until rewind ran out.
So the heroes could keep attacking All for One and killing him again and again and delaying the de-aging until the drug in his system wears off, or burn the substance out of All for One system.
I have a feeling Hawks has already thought of this since he makes a comment about Endeavour needing to deliver another solid blow. Meaning the plan might be to keep hitting him until he's killable again.
or Two) which is something a little more out there, and would mean All for One lied about rewinding himself to death. Because I realised that Overhaul made two type of bullets, the finished product and the serum.
Which Tomura took both, (at least it's implied he took both, in the anime he does) meaning odds are the doctor has the serum. And since he made rewind drug from those bullets he could have hypothetically made the serum as well.
The doctor also doesn't seem like the guy who would give All for One something that would ultimately kill him. The Doctor also mentions he get's one shot, one and done. which could means he get's one shot of using the drug since their limit amount, or he get's one shot to using it correctly, in turning it on and off. If he fails he's doomed to vanish, rewinding away to nothing.
Time will tell What will happen to All for One, although odds are he's gonna either start heading to were Tomura Shigaraki is as he mentioned about rescuing Tomura:
Or he could possibly head off to were the civilians are at the moment since he has people on stand by there at the moment.
But only time will tell.
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I've been thinking about something: namely, the Vestiges of Quirks and their appearance.
Here we have the Vestiges of the OFA. They are all normal in appearance, though some of them died very ugly. Daigoro had his head smashed in when he passed the quirk to En; En lost his arm when he passed the quirk to Nana. But these changes are not in their Vestiges.
We have the Second, who has scars on his face, but when Yoichi met him, they weren't there yet. But on the Second, those scars look already healed, which are at least a year old (in comparison to Endeavor - thanks to Recovery Girl, his scars have healed several times faster than they would have if it had been without the intervention of the healing quirk). So he got them before he passed the quirk to the Third.
And we have the Afo-Potato in the original AFO. At the same time, in the OFA memoirs, he's quite whole. Why am I pointing this out is because the OFA definitely has his Vestiges, which was accidentally passed on with the Power Stockpiling quirk. And all the flashbacks shown ended with the moment of the quirk transfer - we're not shown further what Afo was doing after all that. So we can tentatively conclude that all the memories that were gained by Afo after the Stockpiling transfer (in other words, direct interaction with the OFA), the Vestiges of Afo in the OFA has no new memories.
But still, why does he look like Potato in his own quirk that he gave to Tomura?
I think the Vestiges in the quirk takes on the appearance of his own self when he is more conscious of himself when used in the quirk or at the peak of his possession of the quirk. Then that would explain why Afo looks like Potato in his own quirk and in a copy of his quirk - because he may have realized himself anew after the Doctor brought him back to the world of the living (remember, Afo says that All Might has killed him before. Which means he must have experienced some sort of clinical death). And already after that his own Vestige in his quirk took on the appearance of himself - mutilated.
And now for the most interesting part: Izuku. He appears in the OFA naked, but censored in the form of fog; and following the theme of “realizing himself with a quirk” - Izuku is manifested to the percentage that he is capable of using in the moment. But then, what to do with little Izuku? After all, it wasn't just an artistic move that Izuku's heart is so pure and innocent, he really did change his appearance at that moment - he was surprised himself that he turned into a child on impulse and returned to his original state. Maybe it was shown because at that age, after all, Izuku was really aware of himself with his quirk? What if there was an awakening of his quirk at that age, and Afo noticed it. And Izuku was somehow able to interact with the quirk of the AFO, and then by the connection between the AFO and the OFA he was somehow able to imprint himself on the OFA? Like the Echo he was able to embody in the moment.
There's another thought: the memories of Afo. The direct interaction between the AFO and the OFA was at the moment when Afo handed over to his brother the Power Stockpiling Quirk. And that's when the Vestige of Afo with his memories at the time was theoretically transferred (after that event, we're not shown anything of what happened afterwards on Afo's part). Then there were two more interactions between Afo and the OFA: with Daigoro and with En, but there Afo ran into the OFA's wall of will, so there was no direct interaction.
However, there was a second direct interaction with Izuku already, where Izuku was able to see a crying Tenko in his memory. What if, at the same moment of interaction, the Afo’s Vestige that was in the AFO was able to synchronize with the Vestige in the OFA and transfer its new memories, accumulated over very many years, to it?
And I'll just say again that I really like the point that Izuku is able to interact with quirks by being his consciousness in the real world, rather than turning it to the world of Vestiges, as Afo does. Ah, this evolution of the same quirk with each new generation! Oh, there's something Afo said there about the peculiarities of the blood in their family. And because Tomura can't interact with the Quirks on his own, only through the help of Afo... Well, you get the idea :D
You know what amuses me the most at the end of chapter 357?
Yoichi won't be able to hide Afo's face from Izuku anymore! :D
There is no need for their attacks to use the middle fingers and yet…
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I’m just curious, who took a combat technique from whom? Is Dad copying his son, or is the son imitating Dad? Or… it’s all the Sports Festival’s fault!!!
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So apparently All For One is 225 cm tall :: 7 feet 4.5 inches.
He’s a giant! He’s taller than All Might! By like 5 cm :: 1 inch, but still. Tall. It seems ridiculous, but in relative to other characters in the series, it seems to check out.
Specifically, let’s look at him and Shigaraki:
Shigaraki Tomura (175 cm :: 5 feet 9 inches) reaches AFO’s shoulders.
When he first picks up Tenko, the kid’s age 5. According to growth charts, the average height of a 5 year old is 109 cm :: 3 feet 7 inches.
Looks about right. Kid barely reaches the man’s waist.
(For comparison, here’s two other characters of similar age:
Eri, age 6: 110 cm :: 3 feet 7 inches
Kouta, age 5: 107 cm :: 3 feet 6 inches)
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So, how old would Tenko/Tomura be when he received all The Hands, according to the art in the manga?
Here, the kid has gotten taller, looking like he’s reaching AFO’s elbows. That puts him at around 140 cm :: 4 feet 7 inches.
Looking back at the growth chart, that’s the average height of a 10 year old.
Even if we give and/or take 5 cm to account for the uncertainty, it still puts Tenko/Tomura in the ranges of age 9 (133 cm :: 4 feet 4 inches) and age 11 (145 cm :: 4 feet 7 inches).
It seems in the scenes where Tenko was attack by the thugs/kills them/receives their hands/is given his new name ‘Shigaraki Tomura’ - all that occurred when Tenko/Tomura was around age 10?
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Which has super interesting implications.
Biggest one is that Tenko had held off destruction and killing and AFO’s coaxing for about 5 whole years. Tough kid. The itching, the instinct to use his quirk (for self-defense!), the grief and anger he was told to always keep inside his heart - he put up with it for years, until he couldn’t.
Other implications:
-AFO kept a kid that was… stubborn? wary? slow to warm up? didn’t let AFO “show him how to take his feelings of frustration and give them purpose?” - around for 5 years, relatively patient with cultivating that hatred (but what is 5 years to an immortal?). No wonder AFO had spares candidates, if this kid didn’t work out. And. He didn’t bestow the ‘Shigaraki’ name until he was certain he’d be getting his ‘Symbol of Fear’?
-AFO lets a 10 year old kid go walking alone around in the slums without concern that the kid would run away, get hurt, be discovered, etc.
-Tenko/Tomura had ditched his training gloves by age 10. Had learned to control his 5-finger touch quirk in those 5 years.
-What happened in those 5 years??? Assuming my observations and hypothesis above is correct.
-AFO is 225 cm :: over 7 feet tall, just walking around in a bespoke suit and hat, popping up all over the place. And All Might never caught notice of this weirdo?
Unexpected nighttime thoughts:
The arc of the first internship and the incident with Stain.
A video of Stain's speech was shot, which then made its way in parts to the news (rather the official version from reporters) and then to the Internet (the unofficial version, shot by local resident Hosu, which was constantly uploaded to the net, but was deleted).
Since the villains know that Izuku was recognized by Stain as a True Hero, it means that the moment of rescue was filmed - anyone unworthy of Stain would not have been rescued.
Question: why did the public, who was able to watch the unofficial video, ignore this moment and the villains did not? Of course, they wouldn't have put it in the news because of censorship, but surely they can find the full version of that incident on the Net.
What's more - mom Inko didn't react to this moment in the news, at least we didn't see her reaction. Maybe she wasn't watching the news, maybe there was no Izuku moment on the news (only the three unnamed schoolchildren were mentioned), and most likely Izuku didn't tell her about hurting himself again. But.
Izuku had sent his location to ALL his contacts on his phone! Which means that Inko should have received the strange message from her son with just the coordinates, and as a worried mother (which she is), she should have a) checked the address, and b) called back and asked.
But there was no conversation between Izuku and Inko on this subject in the story, right?
And then I had a question: did Inko even get the message? Did she have time to read it? And... why did Winged Nomu fly a few blocks away and purposely grab and try to kidnap Izuku specifically? Yes, we were hinted that Nomu could have recognized Izuku and then grabbed... But Nomu flew purposefully - wounded! - several blocks to grab the boy!
What if Izuku's contacts had the number of Dad, who received this strange message with coordinates and, perhaps having some access to his wife's phone, erased the message Izuku had sent (so Inko wouldn't bother), and directed the Winged Nomu to evacuate him by a quirk of electromagnetic pulses.
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Dfo? 😅
OK, so Touya being a “failed” Tomura back-up has been my theory for a long time. It creates a haunting parallel for him - after being Endeavor’s reject, he’s also become AFO’s reject. The perpetual “almost perfect”.
There has been some foreshadowing of this in Vigilante, where it was basically confirmed through the backstory of the main antagonist, Six, that AFO and the Doctor have been searching for the perfect child to become AFO’s host - the “twisted entity” for a while and had more options than just Tomura.
But Vigilante also explains what type of kids AFO was seeking out specifically. AFO had a theory that a villain arises when there is an imbalance between quirk and will.
Keep reading
A little note (which I started with a lot of enthusiasm at first, and then realized it didn't make much sense, but then something interesting was born! It's not meta, but a very interesting idea!).
When Izuku's phone broke at Summer Camp, his mom brought him a new phone. And I want to point out that 1) it's clearly a new phone with an all-touch screen, narrow bezel, and no main mechanical button (indicating a fairly new phone model, and thus an expensive phone);
2) most likely the phone numbers were already put into the phone because: a) Inko asked to call her; b) we didn't see Izuku put new data into the phone (maybe it was offscreen, but All Might called/wrote him the next night (not seen before), Izuku recognized his contact immediately. Of course, Izuku could have remembered his phone number - a fan and a successor after all, but about his classmates' phone numbers - we're not told that Izuku has a phenomenal memory, hence - his data could have already been put into his phone). Of course, there is an explanation for this:
1. The heroes who tied Muscular could have found the phone and given it to Inko, who could have easily transferred the SIM card to the new phone.
2. Izuku backed up his phone to, say, some cloud service. So he could upload his contacts to the new clean sim card (with the same number).
This has been dealt with.
Next, I want to remind you that there are so-called parental controls, as well as phone tracking through the mobile operator even with geolocation turned off. And you're probably familiar with such a concept as “find by IP-address”. There are two types of IP-addresses at mobile operators: static and dynamic. With static IP-address the user can access his device from any computer in any part of the world, because after connecting this service from the mobile operator the subscriber is given a certain unique IP-address valid for the Internet. Advantages of static IP: Ability to accept incoming connections; High reliability of authorization; More stable connection and higher speed; Ability to access the server with restricted access. Disadvantages of static IP: Easy IP address calculation procedure; Fee for providing the service. Dynamic IP - IP-address that changes with each new connection to the network. This form of addresses is less resource consuming for providers that's why it is used most often. It gives them the opportunity to serve the greatest number of clients in general and at a particular point in time. Advantages of a dedicated IP: Free network reset and getting a new IP address; Impossibility to find the subscriber by IP-address; Ability to cheat on certain data. Disadvantages of dedicated IP: Fewer connection speeds and problems with dropped connections; Non-saving settings, requiring re-entry of data on some sites.
Why I'm bringing you all this. Izuku has a new phone, which means it will have a new IP-address anyway. And through knowing that address - somebody can track that device, especially if it's a static IP-address.
And one of Afo's favorite quirks is Electromagnetic Waves, which can do very tricky things with the right imagination.
And imagine - Afo at Kamino didn't know that the kids would be in the warehouse with nomu, so he must have been surprised by that himself. That's why he made them sit behind the wall with his Aura, the Death Vision, and not confront him. However! What if, at the same moment, he was able to access Izuku's new phone with his electromagnetic wave quirk, connect a static IP, or set up parental controls? Still, the Search has a limited range, but there is a possibility that Afo could somehow track Izuku's location, and perhaps even eavesdrop on phone conversations to know about many things in the world outside of Tartarus, to then use that knowledge against the heroes.
It's a really interesting spy moment that could be realized😉
Guys! I noticed something here... Somebody helped Touya to become Dabi!!
Look!
1. He corresponded with someone. Both of his hands are on the keyboard.
2. Touya's words "Right... it's just<...> My firepower’s linked to my feelings, so if I get riled up" - someone had told him before, explained the work of his quirk, what needs to be done to make it stronger, on what it depends. Who else spoke about emotions? About anger ?! Potato-san was saying that to Tenko!
3. We were all looking for a Bee with Trigger. And here there is a whole silhouette of a MAN in the background among the trees. Tall and strong enough. And... maybe he has that Quirk Activation!!
After all, then Touya SUDDENLY caught fire! And he, Touya, only knew how to release his flame, not extinguish. And someone who could give him advice on how to enhance his quirks, could ask what Touya already knows how to do.
It's okay for Afo to use the Rivet Stab (Byo:totsu) with his fingers, then use the Forsed Quirk Activation (Kosei Kyo:sei Hatsudo:) over them. Touya sits with his back to him, he does not see him. Afo is hidden among the trees in the distance, so as not to be hit by a sudden surge of uncontrolled Blue Flame.
Well... Potato-san, you’re awesome asshole!
I was watching a political scientist and a sociologist today, and they brought up a very interesting topic.
There is an observation that many of the world's leaders do not have children. That is, a large number of people who make decisions about the future of their people do not have children, do not have a direct personal interest in this future. They live here and now, for themselves. And this means that one has no intrinsic need for the future of the world. But only in their power over it. People who have no sense of the future at all. There are many examples in history and modern times of government: when a ruler has children and when he does not. The difference is palpable.
Imagine a woman with her infant in her arms. After all, he or she is the whole world to her. He or she is everything to her. She's willing to let anything happen to her, just to keep this baby, to keep this baby well, to keep this baby healthy, happy, growing up in comfort and safety.
And quite unexpectedly: let's apply this observation to our favorite BNHA story.
In most of the characters before us who occupy leadership and central positions, we can note who worries about the future in general, and who worries only about himself.
The former head of the Hero Commission - he was interested in his leadership position. He recruited young Nagant and raised her to be an assassin who had to follow orders without question. She was faced with having to eliminate those who were not yet guilty of the crime. The former head was not interested in the future of the child he recruited, he viewed him and others as tools.
Or take Nezu. Amazing character, smart, cunning. He runs an entire school, has connections to big people. But he prioritizes them - the children who are under his protection. Even this Sports Festival, which are broadcast all over the country, is for the future of his children - in addition to possible fame in the future, in addition to being judged by others, it is also preparation for real life - when children have to face competitors in the exam to get a Temporary License.
Or take villains. ReDestro. Is he - the leader of Detnerat - interested in the future of his people who trusted him? Who went after him? The secretary who dared his doubts to be voiced certainly wasn't interested in him. Or Miss Curious. She was nothing more than a bibliographer to him. Or Geten - he had raised the boy as a weapon, a shield, but he was not particularly interested in him as a person. A tool.
But take another villain. Shigaraki Tomura and his League of Villains. At first glance - he's not interested in caring about the future, he's barely out of the teenage phase himself. But he does care about his comrades and their future. So far, it's not visible brightly and more like a veil of “I want this and that”, but he listens to his comrades and their desires, their plans for the future. The same Spinner or Mr. Compress are the ones Tomura really listens to, the ones who make him think about the future not only as an object of revenge against the heroic society, but about the place in which they will have to live. Nurtured hatred clouds Tomura's eyes, forcing him to be a weapon in the hands of Doctor and Afo, but still his sanity about the future is there, and it is evident in the arch of Detnerat.
And let's take Endeavor in comparison. What he was like before All Might retired, and after he really became the Number One Hero.
At first he comes across to us as overly ambitious, causing antipathy and even self-loathing. But then, after he faces, shall we say, open criticism of himself and evaluation as a worthy individual, we begin to discover him, his own conflict and his family's history. And when All Might retires, Endeavor becomes nominally the number one hero. However! After he begins to realize what Hero is for in the first place, what Hero fights villains for, he really gets it - what it means. Not just a job, not just to show that he's the strongest. No. He's a Hero precisely to protect the future, to let children grow up and develop in safety. And it is after talking to Hawks, and during the battle with Hood, that he becomes that Number One. From an overly ambitious asshole who only cares about his power and position, he forms and grows into someone who has to care about others, about the future of people who are under his protection already in fact, not just by definition.
But the most interesting thing is Afo. In recent chapters we were introduced to part of his plan for world domination - to be the world arbiter, to control the processes of life in the world at large. Ambitious, isn't it? But as he himself later commented, it's not exactly an exact plan. He has a long term life plan, which will most likely begin to take effect from the moment he defeats the heroes and after he gets the OFA. But we also know that the OFA is not his ultimate goal, nor is it his ultimate goal. But what can be in his plan that is not about World Domination?
Maybe... a family?
He knows what it is to “have” and what it is to “lose what he had”. So his plan is full of different back-up moves and solutions to ensure that he already has exactly the result that will satisfy him. And this means that there is still something to lose, that he is interested in the future of the world ... for someone. For someone in particular. For his family.
I disagree about this part with ReDestro. He cares about them. After all, he surrendered because he didn't want Shigaraki to kill everyone. And he didn't mind losing his command because he never cared about it. I always associated him with a person forcefully put in the role of Destro's successor. He was a leader because the people of the Meta Liberation Army saw him as the only possible successor to Destro. He tried his best, but with mixed results, so his behavior was sometimes artificial.
Why did I write that ReDestro is worried about his place: as you wrote above, he is a leader. He was raised as successor of Destro's will and beliefs. He seems to me to worry about his “people” just for form, for “I'm a leader!”protocol, but I didn't see an emotional response in his actions that would characterize him as empathetic and caring about his people (emotional attachment). He acts out of cold calculation, according to his plans. And when he surrendered to Shigaraki - so that his people - MLA - wouldn't be destroyed - it wasn't out of a sense of safety of the people themselves, not out of fear that his people, whom he “cares” about, would be killed. It's out of practicality. He need people for an army, and if he let Shigaraki kill the rest of his army - then Destro's goal will be pushed back for an unknown amount of time, he will have to recruit supporters again.
That's it, guys, I'm predicting. Based on this and this
If Afo really did restore his face and entire body with this God-level super-duper-regeneration Quirk (trivial: take-heal-give back), then it's understandable why he has such a sturdy helmet that's very tightly bound. So that no one can break through and see his true face.
And there with him, I want to remind you, is Endeavor, Hawks, Kamui, Pussycats, Tokoyami and other - they know Izuku too well. They know what a brave, selfless and amazing young man he is, a true hero and ... the Afo’s goal. And we will probably be shown, in snippets, the battle of Afo against Heroes, who will unequivocally lose. And either he gets his helmet punched or he takes it off himself. And they’ll! They'll be horrified when they see his face, and all we'll probably see is a restored fork in the back - curly hair fluttering in the wind. God, this is going to be epic!
And continuing with the prediction theme, I'll just add.
Endeavor, being the cleverest (Hawks is also clever and cunning, but it is Endeavor we need), will immediately understand who is really standing in front of him. And we will have a reference of the situation during the Sporting Festival and the Battle of Jaku.
Todoroki Enji had to return the answer for Midoriya at some point. And it would be, “And Midoriya/Deku isn’t you!”
One small observation.
Afo prevents Tomura from destroying everyone in his path.
Just look closely, in chapter 343 his right hand is clean and calm, and he calmly emerges from the teleportation slurry. But in 344, his hand is shaking! Afo won't let him use the Decay. And Tomura is extremely surprised by this, because now he can choose what to destroy, and do it without full contact with five fingers. But here... here he is forbidden.
