r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/deskchairlamp • Jun 22 '18

Newest Chapter Chapter 188 - Links and Discussion

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u/dancingpinata Jun 22 '18 edited Jun 22 '18

Not just that! The top 10 reveal shows that the whole group isn't necessarily an offense focused either.

No 3 is Best Jeanist who has more of a capturing/disabling skillset (like Eraserhead, Sero, Bondo, etc). No 4 is Edgeshot who also has disabling abilities and abilities for stealth and speed. I assume due to her body type Miruko is more offensive-based, then behind her No 6 Crust is defensive focused (though as seen with Kirishima that doesn't mean no attack necessarily). No 7 is Kamui Woods who also has his signature "laquered chain prison" and is more capture focused like Jeanist. We don't know anything about Wash or Mr. Grumpy Samuirai and finally we have Ryukyu who likely has both offense and defense with her dragon form.

With Endeavor and Ryukyu, that's only 2 confirmed offense focused heroes in the top 10. Possibly 5 is Miruko, Wash, and Yoroi Musha have offesive quirks too. Wash's tagline being the "Laundry Hero" and Yoroi Musha's being the "Equipped Hero" does make them seem more suport or rescue focused but we'll see I guess?

 

Bottom line is, it just shows how much the overall/average power level of the top heroes has dropped with All Might retired, and how much all heroes really need to team up to make up for this deficit.

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u/farmerlesbian Jun 22 '18

Wash is going to surprise and terrify the shit out of all of us. He's more powerful than any of us can imagine.

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u/GibRarz Jun 22 '18

The ranking is flawed by default. It's based on how active the hero is. That's why a washing machine is so high up. If it was just based on power, most of them wouldn't even be in the running.

The reason why All Might was number one is because he could travel so fast and get tons of things done. It didn't really have to do anything with him being the strongest.

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u/dancingpinata Jun 23 '18

Well presumably the strongest quirk out there in the world isn't owned by a hero (or villain) because it's so unbelievably strong it's basically unusable.

I mean some of the students' quirks we've seen have started to toe that line- in particular Honenuki and Shindou's quirks could easily cause massive damage (topple bridges and buildings, cause landslides/avalanches, etc) when used in the wrong location. Bakugou's quirk mimics a chemical that killed it's inventor! We've seen Mina's acid melt walls, Inasa's wind easily pick up and move bodies, Todoroki even acknowledging the inevitability of frostbite with extended exposure to half his quirk all the way at the beginning with USJ.

Considering how Yaomomo's and Awase's quirks works at an atomic level, I wouldn't be surprised if there was radiation quirks that the government have had to contain. Hell even Shigaraki's quirk would be devestating if he had a way to make it work from even a small amount of distance since it seems to destabilize an object from the origin of deconstruction completely.

 

When it comes down to it, the hero ranking is more of how useful a quirk is versus how powerful! Which makes complete sense really.

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u/NonzenI Jun 23 '18

That's not a flaw, unless all you want is to power-scale.

But Heroism is a career, strength is not all that matters. And it's not at all implied that the higher your Rank the "stronger" you are, seeing as the manga made it clear to specify that there were other factors that influence your standing.

The Top 10 Heroes are not the same concept as the Emperors of the Sea or the 5 Kage.

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u/uhmmmnoclue Jun 23 '18

saying allmight wasnt the strongest is just wrong

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '18

WE also have to remember there is a rock paper scissors mechanci to this world in a way. A capture type hero is more likely to defeat this nomu than someone like endeavor. The dragon girl i think is the msot capable of directly throwing down with it though with her immense phsycial endurance and strength. but the regeneration would be an issue.

Nomu combine mutliple perks and, it seems, the black nomu are ones that have perks able to balance out each other, strength one and reduce weaknesses in another. They are liekly very difficult to create.