#sunn talks

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Who’s crying? Me? You? Aizawa? Shirakumo? All of us?

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me: i love my babyboy, he is so innocent and cute! look at him go

the babyboy in question:

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Something that came to my mind reading chapter 362 is the reversal of the roles, and the sheer grace with which Horikoshi puts Shigaraki (AfO) in contrast to Bakugou, and how with just one panel he both mocks AfO and reminds us how far has Bakugou come.

Indeed, the words in the panel, such as ‘anger’, ‘losing my cool’ and especially ‘die’, are something that have mostly been associated to Bakugou throughout the entire story, up until the PFL war arc, where Bakugou makes a turn around (of which a lot of you are not convinced, and yet chapters 285/322 and now 362 exist despite that), and instead tries to one up himself, getting rid of his ‘victory first, everything else second to the side’, puts his individualism in the background and acknowledges how the bonds he has constantly denied and angered on are instead fundamental, and are not an obstacle to his path.

On the other hand, his development is easier to show in contrast to the way, ShigarAfO feels/behaves instead.

He is selfish, he is an individualist and he wants to be a Demon Lord and reign supreme over everyone else. He wants so desperately to win, that someone like Bakugou - who has evolved instead from his little shell, blooming into a hero who deserved its own name and respect, is taunting at the best. It is even more telling that Bakugou has never been of interest for AfO, until now. Now, he wants Bakugou to die. Why? Because seeing how someone like Bakugou (who certainly shared traits with him, and therefore was neither an obstacle nor an ally) has changed, touched by OfA and those feelings of straining and doing one’s best not for oneself, but for the others (where enhancements are done, not to simply power up - but to serve a purpose) is infuriating at the least.

It makes AfO’s goals seem small, unreachable and dare I say meaningless. It’s definitely not something AfO is used to, or has often heard / felt. It probably reminds him extremely well of another OfA users, who likely bore a similar faith (did the 2nd sacrifice himself for another OfA user or did his quirk make it so that it was that way?). They’re not pleasant memories, and it’s great to see the coin flipped this way, where Bakugou’s is for once not the one with the unrecognised complexes, traumas or feelings.

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This is why it felt so familiar…

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BRAIN GO BRRRR ZKANOAAJAIANSIAN

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I know this is the final battle and Horikoshi has to jam in every single character still alive and useful to the cause, but this is first of all getting ridiculous and second of all, it feels as if the battle is being so dragged out for no other reason than to delay what is inevitable and build up tension for an outcome that has already been decided.

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i need to re-read the leaks, but what I gather so far is that AFO has returned to before his All Might run-in, Best Jeanist confirmed (suspiciously) that Bakugou’s heart has stopped and Touya is not quite done, despite Shouto’s efforts. Mh. So much going on….

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Not to theorise on no foundation, but what if AfO’s eyes are never showed and are red and his hair used to be white because the man has been born an albino and his survival has always been compromised, as his health has always been more fragile, which might have alienated him not only from society (as a usually sickly child would feel - which on one hand might also explain the need of a mask, apart from the toll the amount of Quirks he has accumulated has on him) but would also allow him to develop a want for what other people could have and instead he had not because he could not have them? It might seem stupid, but that also might be how he met Garaki, who interested himself in his deteriorating health and helped him nursing him back to life at one point, making All for One a greedy and needlessly evil?