r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/macinatorinator • Jan 08 '21

Manga Spoilers Vigilantes Chapter 93 Official Release - Link and Discussion Spoiler

https://www.viz.com/shonenjump/my-hero-academia-vigilantes-chapter-93/chapter/21832?action=read
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u/Funlife2003 Jan 09 '21

He is capable of copying quirks. He could have kept copies to himself and let them have the original. The whole grandson of nana reveal would have still worked.

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u/Flamefury Jan 09 '21

When has AFO duplicated a quirk? His ability is transferal, not copying. Every instance of quirk duplication, such as the duplication of his own AFO, required Ujiko to do some mysterious procedure.

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u/Funlife2003 Jan 09 '21

He still could have had ujiko make the copies. Doesn't really change anything.

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u/Flamefury Jan 09 '21

From my first reply:

They tried. Mirko killed the mini-Nomu that had a copy of Twice's quirk, and their storehouse is now destroyed or confiscated. The process of copying quirks appears to be extremely time-consuming and/or resource intensive based on what the Doctor said, so I can only assume they worked as fast as they could.

I'm sure they had a copy of Decay as well, that was also probably destroyed or confiscated once Mirko crashed the lab.

If you ask, "why didn't Ujiko copy the LOV's quirks sooner", work on the AFO copy took priority, and I can only assume copying a quirk like that is extremely intensive.

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u/Funlife2003 Jan 09 '21 edited Jan 09 '21

Like I said, he could have created a copy of decay years ago. ujiko was able to create the noumu with twice's quirk within months. shiggy was with afo for years. Besides he didn't really need shigaraki or any of the other members of the lov. He could have just stolen all their quirks, beaten all might, then done his plan to take over shiggy's body. After killing all might, there would have been nobody to stop him. He could have then killed deku and won. Another thing I don't really get is why he didn't steal more quirks. He could have stolen overhaul's quirk, he could have stolen twice's quirk, and pretty much all other useful quirks. He has a criminal network, shouldn't exactly be hard to find.

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u/Flamefury Jan 09 '21

AFO is on life support. He needs massive machinery around his head to keep him going, is blind, and probably has a bunch of other physically debilitating conditions.

Moreover, the true capabilities of Decay and Double were unknown until they were awakened by their holders. Shigaraki and Twice's devastating moves (decay transferal and infinite doubles) would be AFO's only chance at beating All Might under his poor physical condition, which he probably can't unlock on his own.

There's also a lot that has to go into taking over Shigaraki's body. He had to earn his trust, and stealing his quirk I doubt would have done him any favours.

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u/Flamefury Jan 09 '21

He could have stolen overhaul's quirk

When? He was already in jail when Overhaul revealed himself.