#bnha chapter 342

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gremlin bkg from this chapter

ft good friend bakugou :’)

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SPOILER BNHA CHAPTER 342

Omgggg shoto does care and wants to get to know his big bro Touya better. He even said he’d go out to eat Udon (something shoto was vocal about disliking a lot) and I think that’s adorable cuz it shows that he doesn’t see Dabi as just that psycho but still as his big bro that he still wants to get to know better after never having the chance of doing so as a child

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Chapter 342: Now, where were we?

"This operation will fail unless everyone plays their part. There is no such thing as a bit player."

HELLO INTERNET! WELCOME TO BBQ'S INANE RAMBLINGS!

Whoo-boy, it's sure been a bit since I graced the internet with my long-winded, unsolicited opinions about fiction; but I'm back - spurred on by the promise of my favorite bird boi coming down the chapter release pipeline starting this Sunday. So, naturally, I need to catch up and review everything else I've taken a break on before I can tackle the new stuff when it gets here.

So, let's buckle up and jump right in!!!

1. The Traitor: Aoyama can’t stop twinkling.

One of the last reveals we had before the start of the big battle is that Aoyama was the traitor all along, and we only really found out thanks to happenstance with Hagakure and Deku overhearing him talking to his parents about AFO. Nevertheless, with encouragement and understanding, he’s welcomed back to the fold and he heroically overcomes the fear that AFO had leveraged over him and his family and strikes back against his oppressor - becoming the key to luring AFO out into the open for his friends and allies.

2. The Plan: Bait and Switch

Now that the heroes have a mole by which to control the information AFO has at his disposal, they elect to pretend that they never discovered Aoyama so as not to tip off that they’re cooking up a trap. Extensive considerations are put into defenses and tactics to cover as many contingencies and abilities that the enemy has at their disposal as possible and carefully choosing who will fight on what battlefront to best increase their chances of success. The heroes’ numbers and energy are certainly finite at this point, and this is their very last shot to take down AFO and Shigaraki before they mobilize and become unstoppable.

3. The Attack: A Battle of Ideals

As much as this fight is a physical one, it’s also one of values and ideals. This comes across in both AFO and the heroes’ attitudes towards what they’re fighting for and for who. Where the villains are more concerned about squashing the obstacles that are the heroes in their way so that they can make their version of an ideal world, there are those among the heroes who wonder about the fates of their enemies, the paths that lead them there, and what real justice is for all parties involved, maybe even for the worst of the worst.

AFO regards Aoyama as no more than a useful tool to bring about his own ends, and whether or not he dies is ultimately inconsequential to his grand scheme because the ultimate goal is one where he’s at the top of the world and everyone else is below him - in his mind, exactly as the world should be.

Compare that to the heroes who see Aoyama as indispensable and valuable in and of himself. Where AFO exploited a single weakness in Aoyama for his own benefit, Class A chooses to look past his circumstances and into his character - a move that turns Aoyama from a tool into an ally. And this thinking is not only extended to one who openly sides with them, but to Toga and Dabi as well, despite their clear opposition to the peace the heroes seek and no clear way for them to fit within that vision.

Whether they’re naive or over-idealistic in pondering this about the villains, it is nonetheless completely antithetical to AFO’s worldview and attitudes about human life and the human condition and plainly illustrates the sides that the clashing powers of All-for-One and One-for-All portray. I’m curious to see how these philosophies manifest themselves in the battles to come.

I guess I’ll have to keep going to see.