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The volume title is Those Who Defend, Those Who Violate twitter.com/myheroacademia…
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Chapter 379: hopes #MHA379
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The chapter begins with a flashback of the Central Hospital just after Kurogiri woke up. Everyone is screaming and we see Doctor Mario saying that Nagant can't go moving around, but she tells him to shut up and tell her the enemy's location #MHA379
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The doctor says he can't tell her since she's in custody, but Nagant says that Midoriya asked her to fight alongside them. Rock Lock then shows up and says that he will allow her to join the war. He hands her a device that contains all information about the villains #MHA379
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Cut to the present and we see Nagant saying that she wants to get at least one more shot off to pay back Hawks and Deku for bringing her out of the darkness and reminding her of the meaning of her existence. She then shoots and hits Shigaraki's other hand #MHA379
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Deku understands what's happening and smiles. Cut to the inner All For One screaming with hatred, saying that it makes no sense for a trash like her, who killed innocent people and even allies, to play the victim. Suddenly, fingers start coming out of his mouth #MHA379
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The fingers represent Shigaraki. He laughs at AFO and says that his plan to use others didn't work out. He also says that he knows that AFO only raised him to piss off All Might and then to use his hatred to steal One for All, but that plan also turned out to be a failure #MHA379
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The fusion seemed to have worked, but Shigaraki kept his "origin" hidden deep within his heart. This allowed him to get his personality back little by little without AFO noticing, creating a way out of his control #MHA379
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AFO despairs and tries to order Kurogiri to teleport him to where his true body is, but Kurogiri begins to glitch. He says he needs to protect Shigaraki, but we slowly start to see more of Shirakumo's face as he says "who... where.... friend..." #MHA379
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Shigaraki continues his speech, saying that he doesn't need AFO. His heart will never surrender, just like Nagant's or Gentle's. The world as it is right now originated the house in which he was born, and that's why Tomura Shigaraki and Tenko Shimura's wish is the same #MHA379
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As he says all of this, he starts to emerge from within the sea of hands and fingers. He ends his speech with "our wish is to destroy everything that has to do with that house" as he smiles and his hair goes back to its normal length. Shigaraki is back!! #MHA379
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He then says "and that's the only thing that will save me, hero", but in a matter of seconds Deku has already pulled him out of the flying U.A. Gentle and Mirio are confused, but he says that now that Shigaraki has all his quirks, the flying coffin became useless #MHA379
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Deku says "I won't let you do that. But I'm also not going to ignore the you who were crying." He tied Shigaraki's hands using Black Whip and now the two of them are on solid ground, about to start the fight. End of chapter #MHA379
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The Todoroki family subplot is Horikoshi's magnum opus. It's amazing how every new bit of information we get recontextualizes the whole picture and adds a brand new layer of depth. Nothing else in the story comes close and I'm dying to see how it'll end
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The positivity towards MHA in these past few days has been super refreshing and great to see, both in the anime and manga departments. I actually don't mind criticism as long as it's not mindless hating, but seeing everyone collectively say "yeah ngl hori cooked" is so satisfying