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So, how many of you were also tricked into thinking the flashback at the start of the chapter was Spinner's? #MHA370
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Horikoshi chose a very interesting way of showing that Spinner is messed up: he keeps intermingling Hiragana and Katakana, the two japanese syllabaries. It's not that he's grammatically incorrect, but more like hE's TaLkiNg LikE THIs #MHA370
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Chapter 371: Together with Shoji-kun #MHA371
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The chapter begins with Spinner about what Shoji asked regarding the hospital, still very confused. Koda hears his friend's voice and some mutants comment on the scar he has on his mouth. But this doesn't shake their determination and they continue to cheer for Spinner #MHA371
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SHIGARAKI AND SPINNER CANONICALLY PLAYED LEAGUE OF LEGENDS LMAOOOOOOOO I'M SCREAMING #MHA371
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Shoji tells Spinner that this attack will set their cause back by 30 years. Spinner gets angry and we see a brief flashback of AFO giving him quirk, such as Rigidity and Scale Armor. And between these memories he remembers Shigaraki, saying that he also used to play LOL #MHA371
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That's when Spinner regains his composure and attacks Shouji back while huge scales come out of his body. The strike sends Shoji flying and Koda shouts his name. He then starts thinking about the day when Shoji showed his face to the class and talked about his past #MHA371
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He lived in a small village and his parents' arms weren't like his, so he was the only one considered "tainted blood". He says that Tokoyami and Koda, who grew up in big cities, may think that things like these are in the past, but violent people like this still exist #MHA371
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Mineta remembers when he called him an octopus, way back in the first quirk test. He apologizes, but Shoji says that his hero name is "Tentacole" and that he himself watches stuff like "ranking of the heroes who looks like villains," so he's not bothered by it #MHA371
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He says that these scars and the fact that he is a mutant give off a certain image, so he wears the mask so that people don't think he's "vengeful". Tokoyami says that he's strong for putting up with all this #MHA371
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Shoji replies that he just can't forget all the bad things that have happened but, instead of thinking about that, he prefers to focus on the one time he was glad to have this body. We then see a flashback of him saving a little girl from drowning using one of his arms #MHA371
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Kirishima, Mina and Kaminari start crying because this is his only happy memory and jump into a hug, saying that they will create many more from now on. Koda, Tsuyu and Mineta also approach him and Shoji hugs them all 🥺#MHA371
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Shoji smiles from his friends' kindness and says that while he doesn't think centuries of prejudice will be over in their generation, he'll continue the efforts of those who came before him. He'll become the coolest hero and pass this "good memory" to the next generation #MHA371
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Cut back to the present and Shoji shouts that he too has suffered violence and that the attacks on them will never be justified. But he says that there has to be another way and remembers the giant civilian saying that she was kicked out from shelters for being a mutant #MHA371
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He tells him not to laugh at Shoji and we see that his appearance has changed, there are more spikes coming out of his head. Shoji grows several eyes on his arms and twists them, preparing to attack. Spinner calls him gross and he says "Yep. And that's me." End of chapter #MHA371
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Guys I hate to be a buzzkiller, but Shigaraki didn't actually name the League of Villains after League of Legends. The name is originally in Japanese (Viran Rengou) and it just happened to be translated as "League" instead of "Villain Union" or something 😓#MHA371
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A random trivia that has to do with this week's episode:
Shigaraki is an amalgamation of references to Tetsuo from Akira, Horikoshi's favorite movie and one of his top 5 favorite manga. From him losing his hand to the red cape and even some stuff that's happening in the manga rn
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And we all know what he did right after 🤭📸
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HERE IT IS IN ALL ITS GLORY!! THEY OUTRIGHT NAME DROPPED IT #MHA371
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Horikoshi is so attentive to details that we can infere Shoji told his backstory to class A on the exact same day they met the Big 3, since Deku was stuck with taking out the trash in that period. They probably got curious after Nejire interrupted and went to ask him directly twitter.com/RukasuMHA/stat…
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The chapter begins with Shoji and Koda asking All Might and Aizawa to assign them to the Central Hospital team. They're confused because the students are not supposed to know that, but Shoji says that the giant lady told them that a mutant group is preparing a raid #MHA372
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That's when Mic arrives in that hallway, saying that Shoji's voice has reached the other mutants and that he won't accomplish his goal. The chapter ends with the two arriving at the research tower, with Spinner shouting "KUROGIRI" and Mic shouting "SHIRAKUMO" #MHA372
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Now we know why the 2nd user said that 🏃♂️
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