Boku no Hero Academia Chapter 285 Discussion

Florent3571 said:
Phenomenal chapter.

But guys, there's no way Bakugo is dying you know ? Not because he's popular, but because he still got many things to do in the story. He needs to apologize to Deku for bullying him, reveal his hero name, get a win (remember he's the image of victory to Deku).

Also, he just now ackowledge that he wants to atone for what he did to Deku, you don't kill off a character after developping him for almost 300 chapters right when he's on the path he was always meant to take.

You have no right to be disappointed if he survives, because at no point it'd make sense for him to die right now.

AnimeNerd99 said:
Holy fuckin shit! No way I could've seen THAT coming. Is he really gonna die though? Somehow I just don't see it actually happening.

shane_nichols said:
But then if he survives then there's 0 tension in this series and this chapter would do absolutely nothing. I say let him die and add some stakes to this series.

Bronos23 said:


How tho? Literaly the last couple of chapters, Bakugo was shown the most, and his way of thinking, and how he changed his mind about Deku and acknowledged him as the True Successor to OFA.

Sacrifice was almost 100% going to happen, now we wait to see does he die or does someone save him

Kuma said:
ok, reading better english translation, nothing much changed,

still, there is 2 little detail i am interested and people not talking about.

>bakugou telling everyone else about multiple quirk.

does this will change anything?

>calling deku little brother

so most likely original AFO is manifesting now controlling shigaraki?

Stripes said:


Though I'm not a fan of Caleb's translations all the time, I'm gonna wait for the finer details when the official comes out on Monday. Bakugou wouldn't blatantly put that out there after all the scolding he did to Deku and AM even if he said "you can only fool them for so long".

There was the earlier bit of AFO trying to come through Shigiraki a few chapters back, I'm assuming the weaker he gets the more AFO is able to control him. Chapter 277:

Florent3571 said:


So you prefer meaningless and shocking deaths to well thought out character developement ?
Creating stakes is cool but you need to do it in a smart way. Bakugo wasn't nearly focused on enough in the last 50 chapters for his death to be meaningfull or earned.

Look at Twice, his death is great because it was surprising, emotionnal and made perfect sense in the story. Bakugo dying would be surprising indeed, most likely emotionnal, but he's included into way too many storylines to be getting rid off at this point.

Florent3571 said:


So you prefer meaningless and shocking deaths to well thought out character developement ?
Creating stakes is cool but you need to do it in a smart way. Bakugo wasn't nearly focused on enough in the last 50 chapters for his death to be meaningfull or earned.

Look at Twice, his death is great because it was surprising, emotionnal and made perfect sense in the story. Bakugo dying would be surprising indeed, most likely emotionnal, but he's included into way too many storylines to be getting rid off at this point.

Bronos23 said:
@AnimeNerd99 i meant how did you not see that coming😅. It's totally possible that he survives but that would be bad writing imo, this huge arc needs a death since also time skip is coming. Bakugou,Endevour and All Might are my top 3 most likely to die.

The difference between this and Sasuke's death is that Sasuke's potential death happened way too soon in the story where this is very deep into the story. If this happened to Kacchan in the first 50 chapters noone would think he would die.

It all depends wether Horikoshi wants to make Bakugo the GOAT by killing him or keep him alive. Honestly i think that if Naruto was to be brought up to this, than it's possible that Someone(All Might) goes Granny Chiyo style and sacriface for Bakugou leaving him as the only person who Deku can lean on and leaving the future of the world to the ones who wanted to be like him the most.

tootiredforthis said:
when i first saw bakugo get stabbed, i was ready to throw my computer across the room from shock. then i sat back and looked at what had occurred, and i realized how meaningful of a death this would be. though i doubt bakugo will actually get killed off (this is shonen after all), i would really appreciate it for the sake of this story.

as people have pointed out, there are very obvious parallels being drawn with "i moved before i could think" that just go to show how far bakugo has come as a hero. when deku experienced this same feeling, it was to save bakugo, causing this moment to come full circle as their roles are reversed. this is so poignant in the story because it goes to show how far bakugo's character has come on his journey to be a hero.

if horikoshi goes through with bakugo's death, it won't feel like it was just done for shock value, it will feel fitting as a well deserved resolution to his character arc. if the story does go that cop out route, i understand why, however i still really hope that they go through with the death