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Nov 17, 2023 4:56 AM
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AFO backstory after all this time. He was evil since he was a child.
Nov 17, 2023 5:29 AM
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This chapter short, crazy
Nov 17, 2023 5:33 AM
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Get ready for 20 chapters of backstory with AF1 and Shigaraki….
Nov 17, 2023 6:06 AM
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It took 400+ chapters to see what the main villain's true motive were. :))))
Nov 17, 2023 6:33 AM
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Oh man. This chapter got me very disturbed. I wonder if AFO killed his brother or possession by accident. Or just by blind rage. Guess we about to find out after Thanksgiving week. Like wow.
Nov 17, 2023 8:26 AM
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Hori surprised me today with a very interesting chapter! AFO's actual backstory, and wow it's kind of scary??? And cool?? And gives more insight on this society during a time we knew nothing about. Glowing Baby got famous for being the first Quirk user, but there were more before him, and AFO killed Glowing Baby to take his power ... Oh my god, and I hope / think we'll learn more about the Second User next chapter too, that would be so cool. Liking this direction!!

Nov 17, 2023 12:34 PM
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Hori just chucked a backstory at the end of this final arc, yhh villains in this manga cant take seriously anymore
Nov 17, 2023 1:36 PM
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at this point I'm just waiting for this poo show to end
Nov 17, 2023 2:33 PM
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............*sigh*

Here we go again, "it's aliens!".
Nov 17, 2023 2:44 PM
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great chapter

was not ready for this flashback...
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Nov 17, 2023 3:10 PM

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afo been on timing since birth
Nov 17, 2023 5:41 PM

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Oh shit AFO backstory. Dude was a menace since childhood.
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Nov 17, 2023 7:28 PM

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bro been having his villain arc since day 1; it's not just a phase, mom.
Nov 17, 2023 9:46 PM

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I am flabbergasted with what I have just read. Horikoshi-sensei is a master comic book author. Everything that I want for an All for One and Yoichi backstory is right here in this chapter. This chapter just blows my mind! I love it!!! 😍 Also, can anybody tell me the chapter where rats (relevant to the Quirk origin) became important to My Hero Academia? I can't remember which arc those rats became relevant in the series.


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Nov 17, 2023 9:46 PM

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whoa so AFO first quirk he ever steal is bone manipulation that his mother developed, but that still doesn't explain as how is he able to steal though? does his original quirk is some sort of power absorption or something? doesn't it mean other people could steal quirk too? if everyone know this, it's gonna be chaos for sure.
Nov 17, 2023 9:49 PM
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Not even rats can eat him
Nov 18, 2023 10:49 PM

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Oh, the most baddest and evil villain in the town was actually a... villain, from the time when he was a kid.

Such an informative chapter.
Nov 19, 2023 1:43 AM
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Aphalaw1 said:
at this point I'm just waiting for this poo show to end

at least you're waiting
Nov 19, 2023 2:16 AM

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all for one is pure evil even as a kid a natural psychopath
Nov 19, 2023 10:44 AM
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Reply to marquinti2
I am flabbergasted with what I have just read. Horikoshi-sensei is a master comic book author. Everything that I want for an All for One and Yoichi backstory is right here in this chapter. This chapter just blows my mind! I love it!!! 😍 Also, can anybody tell me the chapter where rats (relevant to the Quirk origin) became important to My Hero Academia? I can't remember which arc those rats became relevant in the series.
@marquinti2 Overhaul had mentioned it in chapter 158 as a hypothetical origin (Shie Hassaikai arc)
Nov 19, 2023 10:54 AM

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@marquinti2 Overhaul had mentioned it in chapter 158 as a hypothetical origin (Shie Hassaikai arc)
@panchito1806 thanks so much! You helped me save time looking for that info! πŸ˜ƒ I knew it was around the Shie Hassaikai arc.


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Nov 19, 2023 10:57 AM

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"One for All and All for One" is a beautiful concept indeed. But, kid All for One is a twisted kid! He thinks he can manipulate his younger brother as his possession; hence, granting and storing the One for All Quirk to Yoichi.


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Nov 19, 2023 3:08 PM
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Gave AFO the perfect backstory for him. He was just born evil.

Nov 19, 2023 5:48 PM

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I have a feeling Hori has a thing for hands, to announce a break next week with a hand at the end of the chapter. But yeah, it's nice to see how the whole "quirk" thing raised and that the twins were there at the very begining. So as the "heroes" thing, hah!



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Nov 20, 2023 6:02 AM

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Where was AFO born in? Is it Japan or China? I remember the glowing baby was born in China.
Nov 21, 2023 12:42 PM

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What a menancing backstory AFO got from Hori. Seems like the moment he started focusing on the main plots, it started getting better.


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Nov 23, 2023 4:59 AM

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Nov 26, 2023 9:39 PM
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One of the creepier chapters of the series, that's for sure. A little hard to believe that two literal babies survived being washed away by a river. Perhaps AFO instinctively stole quirks that allowed both of them to survive.
Nov 27, 2023 1:49 PM
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Me gusto este capítulo por los recuerdos, y la explicación medio mutante de los superpoderes. Espero ansioso que sucederá con la pelea final de Midoriya ⊂(β—‰β€Ώβ—‰)぀
Nov 28, 2023 9:50 PM
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Kinda fucked up. I enjoyed the lore.
Dec 1, 2023 2:26 AM
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This chapter was edgy and try hard, but not in a fun way. Are we really expected to believe AFO was born evil? Plus that whole japanese culture thing about selfishness is evil was nonsense. How does showing surface level respect disguise disrespect and evil? From Zaibatusu's to MAPPA, it's pretty clear what type of time Japan is on.

IMO they should have just showed him as a talented kid who was jealous and killed somebody else to get their powers. You could even keep the comic book inspiration. But this was a shit chapter. Hao Asakura was evil because he was reincarnated with his past memories, but how he grew up made him evil. Not being the son of a prostitute. What are we even doing right now?

Villains aren't born they are created. Partially because it's impossible to think of an evil baby. Maybe AFO was supposed to be like Piccolo Daimao's kids and born evil, but even those guys just did what there parents told them to. I guess the mangaka is running out of ideas. I hope he can at least make the final battle worth the time we put into this manga.
Dec 11, 2023 5:35 PM

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He was a creepy looking baby
Dec 22, 2023 8:16 PM

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AFO backstory explored. He was a messed up shit from his birth. Somehow had a conscience ever since he took birth lol. So his first quirk was the spike one he stole from his mum.

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thats crazy, what a dark chapter
Sep 2, 11:17 AM

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That was actually crazy and made sense. I wish the rest of the MHA story was as real and down-to-earth as this one. Not in the way it's dark and twisted but in the way it's human. I felt AFO love and affection for his brother that was conditional and violent but rooted in a desire to survive and rise up in the world. This is the potential I saw from Kohei in season 2 that he glittered with tropes and colors that didn't need to be there.
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The twins were born in a precarious situation!!!
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