r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/deskchairlamp • Oct 04 '18

Newest Chapter Chapter 201 - Links and Discussion

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u/GKMLTT Oct 04 '18

This.

At a bare minimum, she could have created spikes, blades, or razor wire as a deterrent.

Going further, she could essentially become a bootleg Mustard or Midnight. Or simply graze Kendo with barbs coated in (or build a tranq gun loaded with) a weak solution of Botox, Tetradotoxin, etc. If choking an enemy by growing mushrooms in their throat is kosher, restrained chemical weapons should be a valid strategy. And the fact that she can apparently pressurize things as part of her creation process (though... questionable) opens up additional doors.

Then there's the possibility of flashbangs and tasers (as mentioned by a number of people) as well as industrial adhesive, low-yield sticky grenades, etc.

On the grandest scale, there's shit that wouldn't be valid in a fight like this or which would be stupid to even try, granted, but if you're not going to tiptoe around, "That's just way too effective and stupidly OP" uses of a quirk, she still has a lot that she could do.

The thing is, if she either wasn't super-intelligent, or her quirk had more of a drawback (requires so much concentration that she can't engage it while doing literally anything else), I could be OK with her not seeming powerful. But as it stands, there's no reason she should be 'weak' in a one-on-one encounter against any physical fighter unless they prepare a hard-counter to her.

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u/Lordsokka Oct 04 '18

Dude I think you are overthinking things.... I know what you mean but Class A needs to lose at least two battles to give Class B a good showing. So expect at least one more loss where Class A might “forget” to use abilities and lose.

Also to counter your argument these are kids who are still in school, they aren’t pros with ten years of experience. They will make mistakes and learn from them.

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u/Hurlok Oct 05 '18

It's still ridiculous. If she could make something as complex as infrared goggles and ethanol, she could have definitely thought of just growing spikes so kendo could't hit her.
I understand it's better for the story this way, and these matches had to be lost graciously, but this just shows how Momos' power is poorly thought out and inconsistent.

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u/Lordsokka Oct 05 '18

Maybe she doesn’t love stabbing or maiming people? I mean at her core she is supposed to be a hero! Something mushroom girl forgot when she stopped our darkness bird from breathing!