#alluratron

[pikahlua]

I still don't understand the important thing that Bakugou will do for the story. In many ways, Ochako took on such important roles that she changed society. She connected heroes with civilians. Now she will connected civilians with villians. Like with Deku and shoto. What about Bakugou? I still don't understand what is special about him, what can happen that will affect the story and the society. And I'm sorry for my English. I'm bad at this.

I'm not sure I fully understand what you're saying about Ochako's role. I don't see how Ochako's (or Izuku's, or Shouto's) role in the current arc is about civilians (or at least not yet).

But I have two answers to your question.

I would actually be excited to be you. You don't see where Katsuki's story is going right now, and that means you are more likely to figure it out right when Katsuki's character arc concludes. That timing would be so rewarding to understand the story. You don't HAVE to understand it yet. It's not complete!

To me, all the characters make up a piece of the overall story. If the overall story is about a societal shift from one way of thinking about heroes and villains to a new way, then Izuku's piece is about heroes needing to SAVE villains, Shouto's piece is about recognizing one's humanity before their quirk, Ochako's piece is about changing the mindsets of the civilians (and in the most recent arc about connecting with the villains kinda like how Izuku may do), Tenya's piece is about determining which parts of society's rules to uphold and which to break, and Katsuki's piece is about changing how heroes operate. So Izuku addresses villains, Shouto addresses humanity vs quirk, Ochako addresses civilians, Tenya addresses social expectations and rules, and Katsuki addresses heroes.

Katsuki's character arc has been about a boy who wanted to be the Number One Hero, the greatest ever, by himself--and how his vision of "Number One" changes into a leader who values teamwork and treats the "whole" as stronger than the sum of its parts. "All For One" and "One For All" and all that.

His story began in chapter 1 when all the heroes who were supposed to save him wouldn't do so. He saw heroism in Izuku (which made him self-conscious) where no one else did until All Might came along. He spends the whole story coming to terms with how he had one image of heroism that doesn't hold up in the face of All Might's heroism, Izuku's heroism, what heroism truly is. He regrets his weakness that he believes led to All Might's downfall. He tries to learn and change to become a stronger hero so he never lets anything like that happen again. He learns about rescue and sacrifice. He becomes a charismatic, unifying leader. He brings the whole class together to bring Izuku home. He rallied all the heroes at the UA battlefield to face TomurAFO without Izuku. He credited everyone behind the scenes for helping them have a shot at stopping TomurAFO. He rejected TomurAFO's philosophizing with insight and experience. He is the evidence that society can change, that things aren't as hopeless as TomurAFO makes them seem. Katsuki is uniting heroes to be BETTER than they have been in the past.

So yeah. From my point of view, Katsuki is addressing the problems with HEROES. He's making heroes be actual heroes.

[pikahlua]

In Defense of Swiss Cheese

I thought this would be a fun, lighthearted post to make, because this certainly gave me a chuckle.

The official Viz translation of chapter 322 is out, and as always there are some interesting translation choices.

Of particular note, this one’s been making the rounds:

I thought it’d be fun to go into why this is actually a pretty decent translation.

死柄木にぶっ刺された時言った事覚えてっか？ しがらきにぶっさされたときいったことおぼえてっか？ Shigaraki ni bussasareta toki itta koto oboete kka?

I originally translated this sentence as, “Do you remember what I said when I was stabbed by Shigaraki?” I try to give the most literal translations possible so that people can compare other translations to each other, but even the most literal translation will lose some important bits.

Katsuki uses the phrase ぶっ刺された bussasareta.

Sasareta means "stabbed." The ぶっ at the beginning adds the bus- part, which is a slangy, crude prefix that emphasizes extremeness. I see it often paired with violent words, turning korosu (“to kill”) into bukkorosu (which is hard to translate, so maybe like "kill you dead" or "kill with prejudice" or "FUCKIN' KILL").

Katsuki uses this prefix often. In general, he does this kind of stuff with his language a lot. He talks fairly crudely with a lot of slang, typically playing up the delinquent speech.

So, "Shigaraki made Swiss cheese outta me" is actually...a really good translation, even if it sounds corny in English. It gets across the slangy, crass/rude/offensive nature of Katsuki's speech, even if it's not as rough as the modern English slang you might expect to hear from a delinquent in 2021. It also--shockingly--maintains the passive tense of the verb conjugation.

Given the age range of the target audience, I have to allow for the validity of this translation, even if in real life we'd expect someone like Katsuki to say something a little cruder and more...memetic.

so it’s like… “remember when shigaraki stabbed the shit outta me”

“stabbed the heck outta me”

“remember how shigaraki skewered me!”

“shish kebabed me!”

“made a leaky bucket of me!”

- Al, 2021

"remember when shigaraki shanked me"

"remember when shigaraki super-stabbed me?"

“s-s-s-stabbed!”

- Pikahlua, 2021

Remember how he made me into his own personal showerhead? Yeah, that was a wash….

Remember how he made me into his own personal colander and had me strain his noodles?

‘Member that one time Shigaraki took, like, an army of hole punchers to me?

- Sifl, 2021

[pikahlua]

Katsuki’s “Image of Rescue”: Chapter 284 Deep Blue Meta Dive

Thanks to fandom saint @alluratron​​, I finally got my hands on the raw scans for chapter 284. I translated them, and, as promised...

Please join me on a deeper meta dive into the most mistranslated and yet most important (fight me) chapter in My Hero Academia!

(If you’d like to better understand my English translation of this chapter, please click here for my detailed translation notes.)

If you read my thoughts on only one page, please let it be page 11.

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Page 2

Izuku: "I'm entrusting Gran Torino and the others to you!!"

Endeavor: "Shouto, treat the injured!"

Endeavor: Pathetic...!!!! Endeavor: Right now the one who should be over there...is me, the number one!!

Katsuki: “Wait Deku!!"

Katsuki: "You're the one who most shouldn't be near that guy!!" Katsuki: "'Erasure' has already...disappeared!!"

Izuku: "Then who else can keep Shigaraki in the sky!?"

As I mentioned in the detailed translation notes, Endeavor’s little pity party calls back to All Might in chapter 1.

This is just one of many details in not only this chapter but this whole mini-battle arc that reference chapter 1 (and several other chapters). This war arc may as well be a highly-condensed version of everything that came before it. But of course I have to point out the chapter 1 parallels most because of what happens in chapter 285.

Page 7

Ochako: "Imagine swimming in the air, using your arms and legs to balance......" Ochako: "Yeah like that!"

Izuku: "I see... so it's like this?"

Izuku: Propulsion with Air Force!! Ochako: "Oh! Nice!"

All Might: "Let's do more coaching in that state with Black Whip! Izuku: "Yessir!!"

Katsuki: "He's getting the hang of it." All Might: "'Float' is similar to 'Zero Gravity' as a quirk that keeps the body in the air... By first solidifying the image," All Might: "we can make sure any outburst would be suppressed, and then just him being conscious of wanting to fly will unlock it."

Izuku’s little background training with Ochako and the others seems light-hearted and innocuous at first glance, but I think Horikoshi’s being cheeky with us here.

Note that later in the chapter (page 10), Katsuki will reference a moment from chapter 257. That was the chapter in which Izuku and Katsuki learn Izuku will unlock Float next. Katsuki’s reaction to this revelation is...

This flashback is the training resulting from that revelation. Then we see Izuku learning to propel himself through the air with Air Force. It’s pretty similar to how Katsuki himself flies with his explosions, which he brags about in chapter 257.

This training is another instance of Izuku copying Katsuki’s skills.

Thus, Izuku’s background training serves two symbolic purposes:

1. Izuku is a stand-in for Katsuki, so what Izuku is learning in the background is meant to parallel what’s happening in Katsuki’s head as he’s talking with All Might over to the side.

2. Izuku’s learning Katsuki’s combat skills while Katsuki is perhaps simultaneously learning some of Izuku’s rescue skills, which...well, chapter 285 comes next.

Page 8

Katsuki: "I think at some point you won't be able to keep fooling them."

Katsuki: "This is different from when it was just super strength." Katsuki: "Eventually you won't be able to hide it.

All Might: "I won't disclose anything other than 'Black Whip,' but" All Might: "to avoid another outburst like before, I'll have him visualize [the remaining quirks]."

All Might: “...that night, you seemed to understand" All Might: "the fact that great power can be passed on to others" All Might: "means that one must think carefully about what risks that brings to other people."

First of all, way to make Katsuki look super thirsty throughout this whole bit, Horikoshi.

This whole page makes me wonder just whose idea it was to invite Sero, Tsuyu, and Ochako to help out with Izuku’s training. Sure, the flashback sort of presents it as All Might’s and Izuku’s idea, but it’s never outright stated. Someone brought it up first, and while I imagine it was more likely Izuku (given All Might’s voiced reluctance here and Izuku’s ability to considers others’ quirks on the same level as his unlike how others in this world seem to behave), I can’t help but remember:

I wonder if Katsuki has been actively suggesting something to this effect on his own or prompting Izuku to do so (or even just chiming in to support Izuku should Izuku have been the one to bring it up first). It doesn’t feel all that far-fetched given what we know about Izuku’s future solo-stint and class 1-A’s mission to bring him home.

Page 9

All Might: "Those who seek power” All Might: "are not just the bad people."

Katsuki: "Deku trusts you completely, but, well..."

Katsuki: "in the notes on the successors," Katsuki: "the fourth's description is the only one that ends incomplete."

Katsuki: "Even though five, six, and seven are written cleanly through their causes of death, so why?”

And my previous point stands. Katsuki’s silence after All Might’s words implies some potential for disagreement. Perhaps Katsuki thinks All Might’s wariness extends to Izuku’s classmates, that the knowledge of Izuku’s power could turn his classmates not merely into targets but into active, antagonistic threats.

To which I’m sure Katsuki would love to call bullshit.

Page 10

Katsuki: "When I brought it up, you..." Katsuki: "you hesitated to say something, didn't you!?"

Katsuki: "...hey" Katsuki: "You realized something [bad], didn't you!? One For All-"

All Might: "Because"

All Might: ".........Because I don't understand it yet... I can't declare things I don't understand."

All Might: "Precisely because I am being considerate of him."

All Might: "Just like you are."

Now things get spicy...

Katsuki’s first comment refers back to this scene in chapter 257:

Katsuki points out that the past successors all died young, but All Might hesitates to respond, cryptically saying, “Yes...that’s true,” and failing to elaborate further.

But note how the panel framing looks. Katsuki points out they died young as we see the scratched out section in the notebook. However, Izuku himself notices the scratched out section just as Katsuki speaks, but he doesn’t get the chance to ponder it and work out what’s going on before Katsuki changes the subject. Katsuki then vocally shuts down the discussion of any further tangents, even though he was the one who brought up the topic in the first place.

What does this mean? It means Katsuki picked up on All Might’s hesitation right as Izuku was cluing in on what Katsuki noticed in the notebook. This is the second time in the manga Katsuki has noticed All Might not wanting to discuss a topic in the presence of another (the first being when he asked All Might in front of Aizawa what Izuku was to him during the home visits post-Kamino arc). So Katsuki didn’t want to hash it out with All Might in chapter 257 in order to maintain All Might’s and Izuku’s trusting relationship.

The fact that Katsuki goes on to talk about Izuku’s lack of self-consideration implies Katsuki is worrying on Izuku’s behalf. He specifically points out Izuku’s trust in All Might before confronting him on the fact that all OFA users died young (with one obvious exception). All Might’s response is meant to put Katsuki’s fear for Izuku to rest, because he points out that the reason he’s not saying anything is for Izuku’s own sake. And he points out Katsuki talking to him about this in private is for the same reason.

Katsuki goes into this thinking something bad is in store for Izuku, but All Might’s assurance like this implies Izuku’s not in danger. However, there must still be some danger if Izuku cannot be told. Izuku would only act on information that affects others (as Katsuki points out is his nature on the next page). This is when it becomes clear to Katsuki that All Might and Izuku are the same, self-sacrificing idiots, because the only other person who could be affected by OFA is All Might himself.

And of course, them both being self-sacrificing idiots doesn’t completely assuage Katsuki’s worries about Izuku.

Page 11

Katsuki: “He... as part of his core, he doesn't add himself to the equation." Katsuki: "I'm sure it's always been that way since way back when." Katsuki: "Even now, when he can do so many more things..."

Katsuki: "It feels ominous," Katsuki: "and I want to keep him away."

Katsuki: "When I didn't understand it, I shelved my own weaknesses," Katsuki: "and I bullied him."

All Might: "...So, sincerely participating in his training" All Might: "is included in [your] atonement... isn't that right?"

Hi, let's talk. [screams]

I spoke in my detailed translation notes about changing the word "root” to “core” to denote Katsuki describing Izuku's core traits. But no translation can easily convey the next word, "bubun," which means, "part." I actively tried to squeeze that word in here, as awkward as it may sound.

Why go to all that trouble? Well, this word has previously appeared in a very important scene running parallel to Katsuki's thoughts in this moment.

It appears in Izuku’s “Image of Victory” soliloquy from Deku vs. Kacchan, Part 2:

これはさすがに気持ち悪いから、君には言えないままだけど 「勝って超えたいんじゃないか、バカヤロウ」 助けなきゃって気持ちより勝たなきゃって気持ちが強い時、僕はうっかり口が悪くなったりしてしまうんだ そんなとこむしろ嫌いな部分がはずなのに、やっぱり僕の中で勝利のイメージが君になってるんだ

Kore wa sasuga ni kimochi warui kara, kimi ni wa ienai mama dakedo… “Katte koetainja nai ka, bakayarou!” “Tasukenakya” tte kimochi yori “katanakya” tte kimochi ga tsuyoi toki, boku wa ukkari kuchi ga waruku nattari shite shimaunda. Sonna toko mushiro kirai na bubun ga hazu nanoni, yappari boku no naka de shouri no IMEEJI ga kimi ni natterunda.

Because this gives me a really unpleasant feeling, I still can’t tell you, but… “Because I want to win and surpass you, idiot!” When I feel like “I must win” stronger than I feel like “I must save,” I carelessly do things like run my mouth. I should dislike that part, but of course the image of victory that’s inside me is of you.

This word is a motif signaling a parallel. Because if you read Katsuki’s thoughts on this whole page, it goes on to parallel further...

Izuku’s “core part” that gives Katsuki an ominous, unsettling (”bukimi”) feeling

Compared to “that part” of Katsuki (running his mouth) that Izuku imitates when he wants to win, which gives Izuku an unpleasant, gross (”kimochi warui”) feeling

So, if we take the parallel to its logical conclusion...

Izuku says he SHOULD hate that part of Katsuki, implying that he actually doesn’t.

Katsuki talks in this scene about being put off by this "part" of Izuku. But...does he hate it, or is it just that he should hate it?

Izuku IMITATES that part of Katsuki when he wants to win. Because Katsuki is his internal image of victory.

So, you know...

IT'S KINDA IMPLIED HERE THAT IZUKU IS KATSUKI'S "IMAGE OF RESCUE,"  Y ' A L L .

[chapter 285 looms in the distance]

Page 12

Sero(?): "Anticipate as you go!" Izuku: "I see...!!" Tsuyu(?): "Think of it as an extension of your own body--..." All Might: "But he probably isn't even thinking like that, you know."

All Might: "When I said you were similar to Endeavor, I meant that change."

All Might: "He also couldn't reflect on himself until I became like this."

All Might: "The time when you'll be able to talk about it again will come." All Might: "And I'm not just saying that to make you feel better."

So, Mr. Cheeky-and-definitely-not-subtle-Horikoshi, what was it I said about page 7? That Izuku in the background is a symbolic stand-in for Katsuki?

What’s Izuku learning? To anticipate his opponent and move accordingly, until it becomes second-nature to use Black Whip this way, like an extension of himself...

Anticipate and...

...move accordingly...

...until it becomes second-nature...

...to think of it like an extension of himself...

Horikoshi, you absolute  m a d m a n.

Page 16-17

Izuku: No matter what happens to me!!!

As I mentioned in my detailed translation notes: Izuku’s use of “dou narou” (”what happens”) grammatically calls back to All Might’s “kou naru” (“became like this”) on page 12. Izuku is implied to be on his way to end up like All Might, which we all know is a result Katsuki couldn’t divorce himself from. Katsuki even references his lingering guilt at the start of this mini-arc back in chapter 275.

Yeah, that’s almost word-for-word what I put in the translation notes.

No, I have nothing more to add to that.

[pikahlua]

Chapter 284 Translation Notes

Happy anniversary to the most mistranslated and yet most important (fight me) chapter in My Hero Academia!

Thanks to fandom saint @alluratron​, I finally got my hands on the raw scans for chapter 284. I’VE BEEN DYING FOR THESE.

And I have to say...it is a veritable   t r e a s u r e   t r o v e   of meta, my friends. More on that here.

Anyways, I went and translated the whole chapter...

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Format Order:

- # speech bubble - English translation (may include brief translation notes or be divided into literal translations versus contextual translations)

Detailed translation notes (if applicable)

Kanji/kana Furigana (if applicable) Romaji/Roman alphabet transliteration

Page 1

1 "If Shigaraki touches the ground, another giant wave of decay like before will occur...!!"

死柄木が地面に触れたら恐らくまたさっきの大崩壊が起きる…‼︎︎ しがらきがじめんにふれたらおそらくまたさっきのだいほうかいがおきる…‼︎︎ Shigaraki ga jimen ni furetara osoraku mata sakki no daihoukai ga okiru...!!

2 "I won't let you escape from here!" (Note: kanji for “here” reads as “sky”)

空から逃がさない！ ここからにがさない！ koko kara nigasanai!

3 "Float" activates!!

「浮遊」発動‼︎ 「ふゆう」はつどう︎‼︎ 「fuyuu」hatsudou!!

4 "My control is wavering...! Not good!!"

コントロールがブレる…！マズイ！ KONTOROORU ga BUREru...! MAZUI!

Page 2

1 "I'm entrusting Gran Torino and the others to you!!"

グラントリノたちを頼みます‼︎ グラントリノたちをたのみます‼︎ GURAN TORINO-tachi wo tanomimasu!!

2 "Shouto, treat the injured!"

ショート怪我人の処置を！ ショートけがにんのしょちを！ SHOUTO keganin no shochi wo!

3 "Pathetic...!!!!"

(This is the same word Yagi chastises himself with in chapter 1 when he comes upon Katsuki struggling against the sludge villain in the alleyway and cannot find strength within himself to transform into All Might.)

情けない…‼︎‼︎ なさけない…‼︎‼︎ nasakenai...!!!!

4 "Right now the one who should be over there...is me, the number one!!"

今あそこにいるべきは…俺だろうNo.１‼︎ いまあそこにいるべきは…おれだろうナンバーワン‼︎ ima asoko ni iru beki wa... ore darou NANBAA WAN!!

5 "Wait Deku!!"

待てデク‼︎ まてデク‼︎ mate DEKU!!

6 "You're the one who most shouldn't be near that guy!!"

おまえが一番そいつに近付いちゃいけねェんだぞ‼︎ おまえがいちばんそいつにちかづいちゃいけねェんだぞ‼︎ omae ga ichiban soitsu ni chikadzuicha ikeneEnda zo!!

7 "'Erasure' has already...disappeared!!"

(Or, in other words, Aizawa’s quirk is no longer in effect.)

「抹消」はもう…消えてンだぞ‼︎ 「まっしょう」はもう…きえてンだぞ‼︎ 「masshou」wa mou...kieteNda zo!!

8 "Then who else can keep Shigaraki in the sky!?"

じゃあ他に誰が死柄木を空に留めておける⁉︎ じゃあほかにだれがしがらきをそらにとどめておける⁉︎ jaa hoka ni dare ga Shigaraki wo sora ni todomete okeru!?

Page 3

1 "If you like the sky, then after I steal your power I'll send you all the way to heaven!" (Note: kanji for “power” reads as “OFA”)

空が好きならOFA奪った後天国にでも送ってやるぜ！ そらがすきならちからうばったあとてんごくにでもおくってやるぜ！ sora ga suki nara chikara (kanji reads as: OFA) ubatta ato tengoku ni demo okutte yaru ze!

2 "Along with that old man and everyone else down there!"

下のジジィ共も同伴でな！ したのジジィどももどうはんでな！ shita no JIJII domo mo douhan de na!

3 "No more than this!! Don't hurt them!!!"

これ以上皆を‼︎傷つけるな!!! これいじょうみんなを‼︎きずつけるな!!! kore ijou minna wo!! kizu tsukeruna!!!

Page 4

1 "You say you want us to aid with his training?"

訓練に付き合ってほしいって？ くんれんにつきあってほしいって？ kunren ni tsukiatte hoshii tte?

Page 5

1 "So"

で de

2 "what"

何を なにを nani wo

3 "should we do?"

すればいいの？ sureba ii no?

4 "Sorry, I know you're all busy."

悪いね皆忙しい時に わるいねみんないそがしいときに warui ne minna isogashii toki ni

5 "With regards to my new power, I want to ask for advice."

新しい力についてアドバイスをお願いしたいんだ あたらしいちからについてアドバイスをおねがいしたいんだ atarashii chikara ni tsuite ADOBAISU wo onegai shitainda

6 "With Black Whip? But you can already use it pretty well."

黒鞭だっけ？もう使えるじゃん くろむちだっけ？もうつかえるじゃん kuromuchi dakke? mou tsukaeru jan

7 "And um, what's up with your head...?"

つか何その頭… つかなにそのあたま… tsuka nani sono atama...

8 "This is the result of continuously losing at the training exercise, 'Catch Kacchan with Black Whip!'"

これは「かっちゃんを黒鞭で捕まえる」って訓練で負け続けた結果だよ これは「かっちゃんをくろむちでつかまえる」ってくんれんでまけつづけたけっかだよ kore wa 「kacchan wo kuromuchi de tsukamaeru」 tte kunren de make tsudzuketa kekka da yo

9 "I haven't been able to catch him at all... so I want to ask Sero-kun and the rest of you who use your quirks in ways similar to me what I should do about fast targets."

全然捕まえられなくてさ…速い標的にどう対処すればいいか”個性”の使い方が近い瀬呂くんたちに聞きたいんだ ぜんぜんつかまえられなくてさ…はやいひょうてきにどうたいしょすればいいか”こせい”のつかいかたがちかいせろくんたちにききたいんだ zenzen tsukamaerarenakute sa... hayai hyouteki ni dou taisho sureba ii ka "kosei" no tsukai kata ga chikai Sero-kun-tachi ni kikitainda

10 If Bakugou tags Deku without being caught, he's Kacchwon

(The kanji for “win” is added to Kacchan’s nickname, implying a pun or play-on-words. So no, I do not apologize for this even a little bit.)

爆豪は捕まらずにデクにタッチしたら勝っちゃん ばくごうはつかまらずにデクにタッチしたらかっちゃん Bakugou wa tsukamarazu ni DEKU ni TACCHI shitara Kacchan

11 "There aren't explosions in the rules!"

(To clarify, Ochako is calling Katsuki out for adding painful (but not lethal) consequences to an exercise that doesn’t call for them.)

爆破がルールにない！ ばくはがルールにない！ bakuha ga RUURU ni nai!

12 "Bakugou-kun, you really are as harsh as ever!"

爆豪くんあーた相変わらずひどいねぇ！ ばくごうくんあーたあいかわらずひどいねぇ！ Bakugou-kun aata aikawarazu hidoi nee!

13 "It was Deku who said to make it like a real battle!"

実戦形式ってデクから言ってきたんだよ！ じっせんけいしきってデクからいってきたんだよ！ jissen keishiki tte DEKU kara itte kitanda yo!

Page 6

1 "What should I do!?"

私はどうしよっか⁉︎ わたしはどうしよっか⁉︎ watashi wa dou shiyo kka!?

2 "I'm still learning how to use my wires though."

ワイヤーは教わってる側ですが ワイヤーはおそわってるがわですが WAIYAA wa osowatteru gawa desu ga

3 "Why not [ask] Aizawa-sensei about the technical stuff?"

技術ってんなら相澤先生じゃね？ ぎじゅつってんならあいざわせんせいじゃね？ gijutsu tten nara Aizawa-sensei ja ne?

4 "I'd like to ask Young Uraraka to teach him how to handle braking while in midair."

麗日少女には彼に空中制動時の身のこなしをご教授願いたい‼︎ うららかしょうじょにはかれにくうちゅうせいどうじのみのこなしをごきょうじゅねがいたい‼︎ Uraraka-shoujo ni wa kare ni kuuchuu seidouji no mi no konashi wo gokyouju negaitai!!

5 "But Deku-kun is always jumping around."

デクくんいつもとび回っとるのに デクくんいつもとびまわっとるのに DEKU-kun itsumo tobi mawattoru noni

6 "He hops [all over the place]!"

(The phrase is used to describe hopping, skipping, or jumping around repetitively, so I added “all over the place” to give a bit of that context.)

ピョンピョンしてるわ PYONPYON shiteru wa

7 "As his power increases, so will his time in the air."

彼はパワーと共に滞空時間も増しているんだ かれはパワーとともにたいくうじかんもましているんだ kare wa PAWAA to tomo ni taikuu jikan mo mashiteirunda

8 "I see!"

ほほう！ hohou!

9 "Even midair he must do more advanced movements."

空中でもより高度な動きをしていかねばならないのさ くうちゅうでもよりこうどなうごきをしていかねばならないのさ kuuchuu demo yori koudo na ugoki wo shiteikaneba naranai no sa

10 "And there is Aizawa-kun, but"

そして相澤くんだが そしてあいざわくんだが soshite Aizawa-kun da ga

11 "he is extremely busy right now."

彼は今多忙を極めてる かれはいまたぼうをきわめてる kare wa ima tabou wo kiwameteru

12 "So I am writing and remembering sensei's and everyone's techniques."

皆と先生の技は書いてて覚えてるんだ みんなとせんせいのわざはかいてておぼえてるんだ minna to sensei no waza wa kaitete oboeterunda

13 "How you each use your bodies...I think I can piece together those sensations---..."

身体の使い方というか…感覚部分で共有できそうな事をーー… からだのつかいかたというか…かんかくぶぶんできょうゆうできそうなことをーー… karada no tsukai kata to iu ka...kankaku bubun de kyouyuu dekisou na koto wo---...

Page 7

1 "Imagine swimming in the air, using your arms and legs to balance......"

空中を泳ぐイメージで手足のバランスを…… くうちゅうをおよぐイメージでてあしのバランスを…… kuuchuu wo oyogu IMEEJI de teashi no BARANSU wo......

2 "Yeah like that!"

そーそー sou sou

3 "I see... so it's like this?"

なるほど…こういう事か なるほど…こういうことか naruhodo... kou iu koto ka

4 Propulsion with Air Force!!

エアフォースで推進力‼︎ エアフォースですいしんりょく‼︎ EAFOOSU de suishinryoku!!

5 "Oh! Nice!"

おお！いいじゃん！ oo! ii jan!

6 "Let's do more coaching in that state with Black Whip!"

その状態で黒鞭のコーチもしてもらおう！ そのじょうたいでくろむちのコーチもしてもらおう！ sono joutai de kuromuchi no KOOCHI mo shite moraou!

7 "Yessir!!"

はい‼︎ hai!!

8 "He's getting the hang of it."

やれてンな yareteNna

9 "'Float' is similar to 'Zero Gravity' as a quirk that keeps the body in the air... By first solidifying the image,"

「浮遊」は体を宙に留める”個性”「無重力」と近い…先にイメージを固めておくことで 「ふゆう」はからだをちゅうにとどめる”こせい”「ゼログラビティ」とちかい…さきにイメージをかためておくことで 「fuyuu」 wa karada wo chuu ni todomeru "kosei" 「ZERO GURABITI」 to chikai... saki ni IMEEJI wo katamete oku koto de

10 "we can make sure any outburst would be suppressed, and then just him being conscious of wanting to fly will unlock it."

(”Outburst” refers to another event similar to how Black Whip unlocked without preamble and went berserk.)

暴発も抑えられるハズあとは飛びたい意識し開錠するだけ…… ぼうはつもおさえられるハズあとはとびたいいしきしかいじょうするだけ…… bouhatsu mo osaerareru HAZU ato wa tobitai ishiki shi kaijou suru dake......

Page 8

1 "I think at some point you won't be able to keep fooling them."

そろそろごまかしききかねぇと思うんだが そろそろごまかしききかねぇとおもうんだが sorosoro gomakashi kikanee to omounda ga

2 "This is different from when it was just super strength."

超パワーだけだった時とは訳が違ェ ちょうパワーだけだったときとはわけがちげェ chou PAWAA dake datta toki to wa wake ga chigeE

3 "Eventually you won't be able to hide it."

隠し切れねぇぞこの先 か くしきれねぇぞこのさき kakushi kirenee soko no saki

4 "I won't disclose anything other than 'Black Whip,' but"

「黒鞭」以外は他の者に開示しないしかし 「くろむち」いがいはほかのものにかいじしないしかし 「kuromuchi」 igai wa hoka no mono ni kaiji shinai shikashi

5 "to avoid another outburst like before, I'll have him visualize [the remaining quirks]."

(All Might is saying he won’t leave learning how the remaining quirks work up to chance with Izuku’s intuition; he’ll have Izuku work on mastering them through active visualization and as much practical experience as possible before they manifest.)

前のような暴発を起こさぬ為に習得はしてもらう まえのようなぼうはつをおこさぬためにしゅうとくはしてもらう mae no you na bouhatsu wo okosanu tame ni shuutoku wa shite morau

6 “...that night, you seemed to understand"

…あの夜君も理解したように …あのよるきみもりかいしたように ...ano yoru kimi mo rikai shita you ni

7 "the fact that great power can be passed on to others"

大いなる力を他者へ継承させられるという事実が おおいなるちからをたしゃへけいしょうさせられるというじじつが ooinaru chikara wo tasha e keishou saserareru to iu jijitsu ga

8 "means that one must think carefully about what risks that brings to other people."

人々にどのようなリスクをもたらすのか慎重に考えなきゃいけない ひとびとにどのようなリスクをもたらすのかしんちょうにかんがえなきゃいけない hitobito nido no you na RISUKU wo motarasu no ka shinchou ni kangaenakya ikenai

Page 9

1 "Those who seek power"

力を求めるのは ちからをもとめるのは chikara wo motomeru no wa

2 "are not just the bad people."

(Speech bubbles #1 & #2 make for a sentence that is ordered awkwardly in English. I wanted to point out which piece of the sentence was spoken first with this ordering. However, for your reference, these sentence fragments would come together in English as, “It’s not only bad people/the wicked who seek power.”)

悪い人だけじゃない わるいひとだけじゃない warui hito dake ja nai

3 "Deku trusts you completely, but, well..."

(There is no pronoun indicating who it is Deku trusts completely, but the context of the conversation makes it clear that All Might would be the object pronoun had Katsuki included one.)

デクは信じ切ってっけどさァ… デクはしんじきってっけどさァ… DEKU wa shinji kitte kkedo saA...

4 "in the notes on the successors,"

継承者のノート けいしょうしゃのノート keishousha no NOOTO

5 "the fourth's description is the only one that ends incomplete."

四代目の記述だけ半端に終わってる よんだいめのきじゅつだけはんぱにおわってる yondaime no kijutsu dake hanpa ni owatteru

6 "Even though five, six, and seven are written cleanly* through their causes of death, so why?"

(*Katsuki says “written tightly” in Japanese, but that doesn’t mean much of anything in English. He’s stating that the descriptions of the lives of users five, six, and seven were complete and robust in comparison to that of the fourth’s. The “so why?” asks about why the fourth’s is only partially complete.)

五・六・七は死因までキッチリ書いてあるのに何で？ ご・ろく・ななはしいんまでキッチリかいてあるのになんで？ go・roku・nana wa shiin made KICCHIRI kaite aru noni nande?

Page 10

1 (Literal) "Before, to my words, you..." (Contextual) "When I brought it up, you..."

以前   俺の言葉にあんたは… いぜん   おれのことばにあんたは… izen ore no kotoba ni anta wa...

2 "you hesitated to say something, didn't you!?"

あんたは何か言い淀んだだろ⁉︎ あんたはなんかいいよどんだだろ⁉︎ anta wa nanka ii yodonda daro!?

3 "...hey"

…なア ...naA

4 "You realized something [bad], didn't you!? One For All-"

(Katsuki doesn’t literally say All Might realized something “bad,” but his grammar pattern indicates that he realized something and it may have bad consequences, so I added the word “bad” to include this context.)

何か気付いちまったんじゃねぇのか⁉︎ワン・フォー・オールが なんかきづいちまったんじゃねぇのか⁉︎ワン・フォー・オールが nanka kidzui chimattanja nee no ka!? WAN FOO OORU ga

5 "Because"

(Literally All Might says "Not yet," BUT the word he speaks is meant as the first word in the phrase "mada wakattenainda," which translates to "[Because] I don't understand/know yet," which All Might says to interrupt Katsuki. “Not yet” in English has its own baggage were someone to speak it in this situation when really what All Might is doing is cutting off Katsuki’s train of thought and asserting his role as the mentor who knows better, so I went with “Because” instead.)

まだ mada

6 ".........Because I don't understand it yet... I can't declare things I don't understand."

………分かってないんだ…分かってない事を断言はできない ………わかってないんだ…わかってないことをだんげんはできない .........wakattenainda...wakattenai koto wo dangen wa dekinai

7 "Precisely because I am being considerate of him."

少年を案じているからこそだ しょうねんをあんじているからこそだ shounen wo anjite iru kara koso da

8 "Just like you are."

(To be clear, All Might is saying that both Katsuki and All Might himself are being considerate of Izuku, which is in reference to how Katsuki chose to discuss this topic with All Might without Izuku present.)

君と同じように きみとおなじように kimi to onaji you ni

Page 11

1 (Literal) "He... as part of his roots, he doesn't account for himself." (Contextual) “He... as part of his core, he doesn't add himself to the equation."

(”Roots” has a different contextual meaning (”history”) in English that might confuse a reader about what Katsuki means here, so I changed it to “core.” He’s talking about Izuku’s core traits, who he is deep down. I also changed “account for himself” to “add himself to the equation” to try to capture linguistically a bit of what’s going on with words like “ireru” meaning “put in.” This change allows me to reference Izuku’s analytical nature by invoking math terms, which are already sort of invoked by “account for.” Basically, when Izuku faces a problem, he considers all the variables before coming to a decision, but he himself is never one of those variables.)

あいつは…根っこの部分で自分を勘定に入れてねェ あいつは…ねっこのぶぶんでじぶんをかんじょうにいれてねェ aitsu wa... nekko no bubun de jibun wo kanjou ni ireteneE

2 "I'm sure it's always been that way since way back when."

きっと昔からずっとそうで きっとむかしからずっとそうで kitto mukashi kara zutto sou de

3 "Even now, when he can do so many more things..."

やれる事が増えた今も… やれることがふえたいまも… yareru koto ga fueta ima mo...

4 "It feels ominous,"

(The word “bukimi” refers to a bad feeling that can translate as “ominous,” “wrong,” “eerie,” “uncanny,” etc. I went with “ominous” because of the way this and the next chapter play out.)

それが不気味で それがぶきみで sore ga bukimi de

5 "and I want to keep him away."

(Speech bubbles #4 and #5 are one of the primary reasons I wanted to see these raw scans, because I couldn’t tell if they were meant to be in present- or past-tense. After careful consideration of speech bubble #6, which I will discuss below, I’m fairly confident bubbles #4 and #5 are meant to be present-tense.)

遠ざけたくて とおざけたくて toozaketakute

6 "When I didn't understand it, I shelved my own* weaknesses,"

(The kanji reads as "own/self," but Katsuki pronounces it as "temee" meaning “bastard” or "you/he [derogatory]." He's looking back on his past self with scorn and deprecation. This detail, along with “when I didn’t understand it,” denotes the shift to past-tense I mentioned in the translation notes for speech bubbles #4 and #5 above. Click here for further clarification. “Shelved” is an idiom meaning Katsuki set his own weaknesses aside to ignore.)

理解できねェ自分の弱さを棚上げして りかいできねェてめーのよわさをたなあげして rikai dekineE temee (kanji reads as: jibun) no yowasa wo tanaageshite

7 "and I bullied him."

虐めた いじめた ijimeta

8 "...So, sincerely participating in his training"

…律儀に訓練に付き合ってくれるのは …りちぎにくんれんにつきあってくれるのは ...richigi ni kunren ni tsukiatte kureru no wa

9 "is included in [your] atonement... isn't that right?"

その贖罪も含まれてる… そうだろう？ そのしょくざいもふくまれてる… そうだろう？ sono shokuzai mo fukumareteru... sou darou?

Page 12

1 "Anticipate as you go!"

置きにいくんだよ おきにいくんだよ oki ni ikunda yo

2 "I see...!!"

なるほど…‼︎ naruhodo...!!

3 "Think of it as an extension of your own body--..."

身体の延長だと思ってーー… からだのえんちょうだとおもってーー… karada no eechou da to omotte--...

4 "But he probably isn't even thinking like that, you know." (Note: kanji for “he” reads as “Young Midoriya”)

緑谷少年はそんな風に思ってもいないだろうがね かれはそんなふうにおもってもいないだろうがね kare wa sonna fuu ni omotte mo inai darou ga ne

5 "When I said you were similar to Endeavor, I meant that change."

エンデヴァーと似てると言ったのはその変化さ エンデヴァーとにてるといったのはそのへんかさ ENDEVAA to niteru to itta no wa sono henka sa

6 "He also couldn't reflect on himself until I became like this."

私はこうなるまで省みることもできなかった わたしは・・なるまでかえりみることもできなかった watashi kou naru made kaerimiru koto mo dekinakatta

7 "The time when you'll be able to talk about it again will come."

また… 話し合える時がくるさ また… はなしあえるときがくるさ mata...hanashi aeru toki ga kuru sa

8 (literal) "And I'm not just saying that because I have to." (contextual) "And I'm not just saying that to make you feel better."

(It might actually be impossible to translate this into English in a way that makes sense without serious doctoring. All Might refers to the Japanese concept of “giri” here, which is about a moral duty or social obligation. (You may have heard this term with regards to “giri” chocolate on Valentine’s Day in Japan.) All Might is trying to tell Katsuki that his chance to talk with Izuku about all of this will definitely come, and he’s saying this not because he has to as his mentor or anything; he truly believes the time will come. This final line of the flashback leads into Katsuki’s panic on the next page, implying he’s worried that All Might’s words may not come true. In other words, if their chance to talk doesn’t come, it’ll be because Izuku dies here, and Katsuki doesn’t want that to happen.)

私が言えた義理じゃないけどね… わたしがいえたぎりじゃないけどね… watashi ga ieta giri ja nai kedo ne...

Page 13

1 "Endeavor!!"

エンデヴァー‼︎ ENDEVAA!!

2 "Make this last one absolutely hit...!"

ラス一絶対あてろよ…！ ラスいちぜったいあてろよ…！ RASU ichi zettai atero yo...!

Page 14

1 "Even 100% power he can handle and endure...!! But..."

100％の力にも対応し耐えてくる…‼︎ でも… 100パーセントのちからにもたいおうしたえてくる…‼︎ でも… 100 PAASENTO no chikara ni mo taiou shi taete kuru...!! demo...

2 "His wound regeneration is becoming slower! There is damage!"

傷の再生が遅くなってる！ダメージはある！ きずのさいせいがおそくなってる！ダメージはある！ kizu no saisei ga osoku natteru! DAMEEJI wa aru!

3 "My left arm, with those last two hits at 100%, is utterly broken!!"

(The “BU” prefix is used here with “broken,” so I am compelled to sneak in this little link right here...)

左腕はもうさっきの100％２発でブッ壊れた‼︎ ひだりうではもうさっきの100パーセント２はつでブッこわれた‼︎ hidari ude wa mou sakki no hyaku PAASENTO ni hatsu de BUkkowareta!!

4 "Shigaraki has the All For One quirk---..."

オール・フォー・ワンの”個性”を持った死柄木ーー… オール・フォー・ワンの”こせい”をもったしがらきーー… OORU・FOO・WAN no "kosei" wo motta Shigaraki---...

Page 15

1 "One For All is the power expressly received and passed on for the sake of defeating All For One!!"

ワン・フォー・オールは言わばオール・フォー・ワンを倒す為受け継がれた力‼︎ ワン・フォー・オールはいわばオール・フォー・ワンをたおすためうけつがれたちから‼︎ WAN・FOO・OORU wa iwaba OORU・FOO・WAN wo taosu tame uke tsugareta chikara!!

2 "I have to stop him here"

ここで止められなきゃ ここでとめられなきゃ koko de tomerarenakya

3 "Everything in One For All"

ワン・フォー・オールの全てを ワン・フォー・オールのすべてを WAN・FOO・OORU no subete wo

4 "Bring it all out!!!"

出し切れ!!! だしきれ!!! dashikire!!!

Pages 16-17

1-3 "No matter what happens to me!!!"

(Izuku’s use of “dou narou” meaning “whatever becomes of” (but I wrote it as “what happens to”) calls back to All Might’s “kou naru” meaning “became like this” on page 12. Izuku is implied to be on his way to end up like All Might, which we all know is a result Katsuki could not divorce himself from. He even references the guilt at the start of this mini-arc back in chapter 275.)

僕がどうなろうとも!!! ぼくがどうなろうとも!!! boku ga dou narou tomo!!!