#chapter 318

Chapter 318: When I'm at school, my backpack is just my pocket dimension bag; it can hold an entire world inside it.

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“Ha ha ha! I already had the emblem thought up!”

“This flag...isn’t something you fly on a whim!”

“It’s just a symbol...so I’ll draw you a new one over it.”

“I totally get who Robin’s enemy is.”

“If there’s anything that could bolster Izuku Midoriya now, it would be…”

Words aren't enough to describe the way these panels are my comfort panels and make me smile 

The way Izuku eyes shines when he notices katsuki, the way he was ready to gave up few minutes ago because he was exhausted and suddenly katsuki shows up,  giving him hope where he never expected to find it. I’m not gonna talk about katsuki’s face because it’s probably one of his softest faces he ever made, this one is destined to izuku because he finally finds him after all those months, leaving everyone with a simple letter and their reunion is probably one of the best things that happened in the manga, thanks horikoshi <3 

The Spinner fanboys. <3

This gives me hope that I’m correct to believe Spinner’s role in the story will only increase in relevance and importance. This wordless single panel of two background characters who we’ll likely never see again; this silly visual of people cosplaying Spinner who we know is a cosplayer himself, of Stain - and it is Spinner, what with the white vest and prominent polka dotted shirt and headband-goggles: a look that resembles more Spinner than Stain, recalling first thing to mind the former rather than the latter. This deliberate decision of a drawing that I hope foreshadows Spinner’s return and further plot line.

The League’s continuing to influence people, which is hardly a surprise; and Spinner apparently has his own particular effect on society, enough to serve as a icon to cosplay. For some reason, tho, it’s Spinner out of everyone else in the League who inspires admirers.

From what we’ve seen of the general public opinion, Dabi is annoying and AFO is greatly feared and Shigaraki Tomura is likely also a terror. Somewhat related, Toga was meant to serve as a pitiful tragic figure poster-child of the failures of quirk counseling and suppression. If we wanna differentiate between civilians and those who’ve decided to use their quirks for whatever reason, the rando vigilantes/villains we’ve seen so far in this arc haven’t dedicated their rampages to the League.

Spinner, though, has fans. I don’t think this is a coincidence or some thoughtless space filler; one drawn Spinner stan might have been, but we’ve got two examples; and moreover, his fans are Villains opposed to the Heroes that represent HeroAca society, and are visible, full-body heteromorphs, just like him.

It’s Spinner who introduces us to the canon fact of heteromorph discrimination, which immediately re-contextualizes all previous instances of people with mutant quirks being called or thought of as an animal and the experiences of the other heteromorph characters in the series; and out of all those heteromorph characters, it’s Spinner who the manga paid attention to, this societal problem being explicitly part of his backstory.

So the theme of heteromorph discrimination is intertwined with Spinner’s character and role in the story, making him the current central figure in this ‘abolish fantasy-bigotry-ism’ maybe storyline. That’s not to say other characters like Shoji and Tsuyu who’s implied to have dealt with this don’t get their time in the spotlight; but Spinner is most prominent and who the story directs our focus on. If and whenever the theme pops up, it probably will get Spinner involved one way or another, and this panel in this new chapter only backs this up.

Spinner has fans, and it could be that they look up to him as a heteromorph role model rebel. Spinner has fans that support him and his resentment of heteromorph discrimination that Hero Society never solved, especially in a meta sense. Spinner has fans which shows he’s right (about this at least), and it’s a problem Deku has to face and tackle and save people from and cede some compassion and empathy towards people pushed too far and lashes out at this injustice as Villains. Please.