A few more things to note this chapter, as it seems like we’re entering the epilogue of this arc:
- dabi <3
- I said something about Shigaraki taking down Redestro and Machia in one go last chapter (and how Hawks and the other pros are in so much trouble)— and I dunno I think I was pretty close. He dusted the entire town with one attack. Worse-than-Overhaul shit. Look at Gigantomachia—
—He’s shaking. Stopped cold. I’m not entirely sure what Re-Destro feels, but I assume it’s an impending sense of doom. So forgive me if I think that if Shigaraki wanted Hawks dead when Hawks meets him, Hawks would actually struggle. Especially since he doesn’t know that Shigaraki’s quirk has totally new parameters, now.
Shigaraki’s such an icon, though.
- It’s also interesting to explore how Shigaraki’s new demeanor evokes a similar reaction to the one other characters had to AFO. Like, pure evil and unfathomable power wielded with total certainty and nonchalance.
- We see Twice leaving Toga and presumably being carried towards Shiggy, so I assume Twice’s clones have Toga’s situation under control. Hopefully. I really like her.
-OKAY—
-After Geten (or Apocrypha, scanlations aren’t v consistent) yeets off, we see what looks like Re-Destro fall to the ground. Aaaand I dunno what’s going on on those bottom panels oof. (EDIT: I think the bottom two panels are Compress running towards Dabi and Dabi falling??? Correct me if I'm wrong)
-Dabi is looking EXTRA CRISPY. His hands look burned here, and so does his cheek (more than usual). He’s got it rough, yo. But I mean, if he’s still quippy he’s probably okay. (also: is he crumbling??? or is that just debris??)
-Besides Shiggy, Compress is the only voice of reason in the league. Like, “We need to fucking leave before we fucking die.” It’s funny.
Funnily enough i accidently completly forgot about mha i`ve been reading the fire force manga at the minute and it slipped my mind oh well lets get back into this series. and discuss the implications of this chapter be if for the better or worse.
Obviously it was the hand of his father shigaraki destroyed last panal but its nice to get confirmation i also love the way shigaraki is drawn here it really gives of the true evil unleashed vibe he`s going for by his demonic portrayle
A/N: when the spoilers came out i was struggling to understand what that was behind shigaraki and at first i thought it was the residual energy of re-destro`s stress bomb but its his BLOODY trenchcoat im glad as the possibility of it being another quirk did spring to mind.
Again going by the evil unleashed theme this page gives off the vibe of the evil literally seeping through shigaraki and going of the theme previously shown his hair is actually bleach white in this panal a small detaiul that makes a lot of sense considering his emotional state causes his hair to whiten and its hilarious how much he looks like Nagito from dangenronpa 2.
And now i totaly want this to be shigaraki`s character design
Following this we also get a really mother fucking badass mech suit for re-destro so beutifull i`m practicly orgasming
Also it appears i was right in my previous chapter reviews of destro`s will being forced onto re-destro as a child another nice parralel to shigaraki and i will be doing a character analysis on everone in this arc once its finished. i also think its inceasingly more likely that re-destro will die from a heart attack.
Honestly this is kinda disapointing horikoshi was clearly to impatient to blow his load on shigaraki and now we cant have development for other characters because there dragon level threats now something i`ll make a seprate post on during the week hiatus . also geten has been taken out like a bitch
You cannot fast travel when enemies are nearby
honestly we dont know enough about the doctor to say this is out of character but he did wake up machia to save him and yet now he doesnt care hell its not like they can track teleportation coordinates but i guess he figures this is justified seeing as they tried to abuse the system .
the chapter ends on a rather dramatic note with re-destro i doubt he`s gone just yet seeing as we havent got a full panal with his arbiter helmet on honestly the last chapter was semi decent if rather unneded but this chapter is rather dispointing as its effectivley cut any character development short with a week hiatus i will be doing a post on everything i would change about this arc as its both my favourite and my least favourite
So after last weeks chapter which to be perfectly fair i was rather harsh with and perhaps that affected my review however i am incredibly annoyed that all this build up seemingly has lead to nowhere and i am here to rectify both this and that arc to start with we`ll begine with shigaraki and re-destro my posts will be catagorized by which MLA member vs which LoV member as such my next posts will be Toga Vs Curiose
without further ado lets delve into how creativly bankrupt i am and how i would change this dynamic
Shigaraki
This i have more problems with mainly due to the fact horikoshi gave him the power boost way to early in the arc and as such he had to keep recieving power ups in lesser forms as to not make either of them look like jobbers.
In my retelling when twice attacks re-destro the building will collapse but only due to the support beams for the building being decayed if we look at chapter 224 we see his decay has already greatly improved from his base decay
At the same time a clone of Mr.compress would compress giran throw his compressed marbel onto the story of another building and decompress it before impact rather then twice clones making cushions
It`d be during the fight but instead of shigaraki fighting re-destro one on one it`d be a clone of twice continously generating clones of the leugue of villains
each one would begine chipping at re-destro`s health little by little
we`d have some introspection from each of the leugue while fighting re-destro what they think isnt pivotel to the plot but lets just sum it up as power of freindship and its during this fight that shigaraki then unlocks his repressed memories
this would lead to the first instance of wide-spread decay while at the same time re-destro would power up to his 80% form and wipe out any clones within the area leaving shigaraki on his own ready to prove his worth
i wont mention how i`d like the fight to end until i see how horikoshi plans on dealing with the aftermath but never mind that lets move on to......
Re-Destro
while its to soon to be called out on this i think we should get a deepr look into re-destro`s past over the course of the arc in order to build parralells with shigaraki
.Obviously from the flashback we can see Re-destro`s been indoctrinated into the meta liberation army by his parents so going of the theme of being indoctrinated into the legacy of a villain i want to build more parralells between the two
the parrallels are already there with shigaraki refusing his households doctrine while re-destro was forced into it thus accepted it
following that logic i would like to delve more into the cult side of the meta liberation army for example we could have shigaraki taken in by the meta liberation army away from his family at a young age lets say 5 for parralels sake they would then see him as a literal reincarnation of destro.
we could then get a few cutscenes of him being indoctrinated being forced to fit into the mold of destro his personality in essance being written over
much like shigaraki he could be put in the situation to kill someone for now lets say its a reporter who`s been spreading liable about the meta liberation armys goal ,again as a religious fanatic group they would see this as a insult, however unlike shigaraki he is forced to kill this reporter against his will ,this will be a important note if slightly cliched. (fyi this is refrence back to when shigaraki killed those shonen cliches in 237 not his family.)
i`d also like to see re-destro`s care for his Admins the lower echalon not so much considering from what we`ve seen he only values them due to there faith in destro`s ideology mourning there sacrifice not them as people. in fact i`d like it if Re-destro was painted in a similer light to shigaraki in offering these outcasts and loners a place to belong especially seeing thats how most cults tend to work
after my knee jerk reaction of a post yesterday i figured it`d only be fair if i reread thge latest chapter and look at what it did right instead of complainign about the sudden disregard for anyone not named shigaraki
i like the way horikoshi twisted the letting go of the past trope where instead of finding peace he just becomes justified in his pursuit of destruction
I did like the contrast between the two characters of shigaraki and re-destro when he relises shigaraki`s been truly liberated from any attachment to this world while his own flashback hints at being forced into this position against his will denying him any freedom
which contrasts well with the way all for one raised shigaraki in a less dominering state allowing him to be truly free
again the mech suit was badass
everything else i hated though and i will be posting those "re-imaginings” i mentioned
