#chapter 410

I elaborate, in chapter 410 All for one dies, which means that all the alters he'd stolen so far are returned to their owners, dead or alive.

Now, right after that, his hair is turning white, for no good reason.

Because if we follow the famous "he doesn't have an alter" reasoning, this color change is just a mistake by Horikoshi. But it isn't ;)

In chapter 413, the owners of the One for All decide that Izuku must give the One for All to shigaraki so that they can beat him from the inside.

Because it's impossible for Izuku to beat him physically.

But let's agree, Izuku is definitely dead if he passes the Ofa. By the time they react after the transfer, enlarge the breach and do their thing. Shigaraki will have had all the time he needs to destroy everything. With deku left with NO defense.

So I sincerely believe that his stolen alter will save him when the One for All no longer belongs to him.

Flashback

Glad to see we aren't quite done with BorkRena sexual tension. So it turns out Borksen did not quite make her choice...yet. We get a nice little final flourish to this tense card game built around the idea she tried to cheat. And cheating during a Nen ability-based game isn't smart. But I guess Borksen wouldn't know that yet.

And with a great final flourish, we remember sweet cutie Morena is just a front for one truly scary bitch. I absolutely love this panel. The deliberate downgrade in art quality. Reminds me of one of my favorite TTRPG sourcebooks, a third-party one called Veins of the Earth that uses this style to great effect depicting underground and often unfathomable horrors. But not to distract, Morena is very clear that nothing about Borksen coming on board stops them from disposing of her if she proves to be unuseful.

Moving on, we see the impact of the martial law declaration with a big twist. Benjamin is infected! Seems to me like Halkenburg pulled off his plan. And this makes things interesting. Benny Boi is trying to end the Succession War before he dies, because if he can win then his one son would become the next heir without the need for another war. All checks out except for one snag...

Our main man Kaiser! The setup here is pretty straightforward as we close out this chunk. Speaking off, does look like we'll go on hiatus but I have a feeling this one won't take quite as long since I believe we've seen some updates from Togashi throughout that show him pretty close to finishing up through 420. Blaze it. Kaiser and the two Zodiacs pick up on Benjamin's illness pretty quickly and realize they can likely wait him out.

One thing I'd note is who Kaiser seems to favor. Benjamin seems like he's locking down all the other princes then I guess using the bio-weapon as an excuse to execute? He shows frustration at a couple who escaped. Notably ones with mafia ties. But you know who could really throw a wrench in this by escaping? Hiding out for a paltry day?

Bakugo really said

f e t u s

d e l e t u s

*insert iconic pose*