In My Hero Academia Chapter 316, All For One proves that he is superior to every hero in Japan…including Deku.
My Hero Academia Chapter 316 continues the manga’s recent dizzying pace, including the ending of Lady Nagant’s battle before heading straight into the next confrontation. Lady Nagant reveals important information about All For One, but Deku’s arch nemesis still has the upper hand – and may even have gotten some heroes killed.
The chapter begins with Endeavor and the Hawks arriving just in time to witness the explosion that All For One remotely triggered in the previous chapter. The Hawks perform a daring dive to catch Lady Nagant before she dives, but his wings haven’t grown back enough to save. Stretching himself, Deku caught both of them with Blackwhip and told the Hawks that the extra Quirk Lady Nagant received was definitely trapped.
The Hawks then introduced themselves to Lady Nagant, stating that he was her successor. He urges her to recall her old ideals as a hero and tell them what she knows about All For One. Lady Nagant wonders how the Hawks still hold out hope for the future despite having to do terrible things as their successor. It reminded her of her childhood self before the Hero Committee killed her idealism, so she decided to help them out. Within two months, she revealed, she had to take her target to a mansion in Haibori Woods. But it’s not just her… All For One there are others hunting Deku.
Meanwhile, Endeavor besieged Overhaul. Deku notices Overhaul’s intentions in apologizing to his boss and makes a deal with him: if he is willing to prolong that remorse towards Eri, they will honor his agreement with Lady Nagant. The scene ends with the Hawks and Endeavor screaming for help as Deku’s injuries worsen…
Days or weeks later, Endeavor, Deku, and a team of heroes known as The Lurkers (composed of Mt. Lady, Kamui Woods and Edgeshot) arrive in front of the Haibori Woods mansion. Deku enters determined to defeat All For One and Shigaraki, knowing that they still haven’t been able to steal One For All from him. But the mansion was empty.
The only thing that has a video screen of All For One, who happily tells him he predicted all of this – Deku trying to save Lady Nagant, their arrival at the mansion, all of it. .
He ended by saying that All Might no longer cared about him. Now it’s Deku’s turn to be his toy.
Then the mansion explodes, with Deku and all of his heroes in it.
My Hero Academia Chapter 317 will release on June 20th via Viz Media.