My Hero Academia chapter 388: What to expect

My Hero Academia chapter 388 will release upon the series’ return from the Golden Week publication break thatShueisha took. With an official release date of Monday, May 15, 2023 at 12 am JST, fans are just days away from the alleged spoilers and raw scans for the issue leaking.

Unfortunately, these are not available yet, leaving fans guessing as to what exactly My Hero Academia chapter 388 has in store for them. While it’s always good to surprise readers in any kind of story, fans are particularly worried about what the next issue could have in store for them.

Between the Todoroki family drama coming to a climactic head and All For One versus All Might set to kick off, fans cannot wait for the upcoming chapter. In fact, many are already heavily speculating on and forcefully asserting what they believe will make up My Hero Academia chapter 388’s story content.

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My Hero Academia chapter 388 likely to stick with Todoroki family drama from the incredible cliffhanger of last issue

Unfortunately, with no verifiable spoilers available for My Hero Academia chapter 388, fans can only speculate on what’s to come next. There are two major plotlines which fans can expect to be the focus of the next several issues. These are the aforementioned Todoroki family drama and All Might versus All For One plotlines.

However, the difficulty lies in predicting which plotline author Kohei Horikoshi will focus on next. Making this even more difficult is the erratic nature of the final arc’s perspectives, which constantly shifts from one battleground to the next. That being said, the Todoroki family drama is likely to be the focus of the upcoming issue.

One of the main pieces of supporting evidence for why this will be My Hero Academia chapter 388’s focus stems from the cliffhanger of the previous issue. With the appearance of Rei Todoroki, wife of Enji (also known as Endeavor) and mother of Toya (also known as Dabi), it seems that the Todoroki family plotline is too deep in its final stages to not be focused on.

This is true considering Rei is seen using her Quirk on another person for the first time in the previous chapter's final panels. Making this even more significant is the fact that she uses her Frost Quirk on Toya, with Rei being the only one her son (as his Dabi persona) still recognized as being his family.

In other words, the narrative symbolism and significance here is simply too great to pull away from, unless Horikoshi has a much grander finale in mind with Shoto Todoroki involved. In this case, fans will likely see a brief scene in My Hero Academia chapter 388 where Rei temporarily stalls Dabi’s explosion. She’ll also likely explain that she’s not proficient or strong enough with her own Quirk to subdue Dabi.

This would both give Shoto time to arrive at the scene while also giving Horikoshi the opportunity to do a perspective shift. The only other logical shift in perspective for the upcoming chapter is the All Might versus All For One fight. While some fans will say they would’ve preferred a focus on the Todoroki family, such a shift would be welcoming nevertheless.

In this scenario, My Hero Academia chapter 388 will likely show the full fight between a mecha-suit wearing All Might and the growing-ever-younger All For One. While some are speculating that the fight will be off-screened, this is unlikely. Even ignoring the significance of this battle, the fact that All For One off-screened the group of Pro Heroes trying to fight him at Gunga suggests that this coming fight will be fully shown.

However, this is all speculative, with no verifiable spoiler information or raw scans available for the issue at the time of this article’s writing. However, fans won’t have to wait long to find out what makes up the chapter’s focus, with spoilers and raw scans likely to come out sometime in the middle of next week.

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