Kohei Horikoshi is a huge pop culture lover and has often hidden some funny quotes throughout the year h My hero academy. What we didn't know is that the mangaka also seems to be a great lover of history. In fact, there are several quotes from World War II in the last few chapters.

Deku recently had to deal with a new powerful villain. Lady Nagant. In a short time, the former heroine of the Public Safety Commission fell in love with the community, thanks in part to her sad story, but she seems to have missed the quote contained in her name.

The name of Hawks Senpai is a Homage to Mosin-Nagant, a rifle that was the standard weapon of Soviet troops at the beginning of World War II. Modified by the installation of precision optics, the Soviet rifle became one of the symbolic weapons for snipers of that time. Incidentally, Lady Nagant is an elite shooter.

But in the last chapters of the work we find not only this hint. In My Hero Academia 316, accompanied by some of the best heroes around, Deku comes in one! abandoned villa where Lady Nagant was supposed to meet All For One.

In the residence, however, Midoriya only finds a hologram of the villain king who, after a long speech, points his finger at him and says that "he will be next". This great cartoon, as well as a reference to what All Might was doing at the time of his retirement, pays homage to the iconic Poster "I want you", used by the US Army to recruit new troops during the conflict.

All For One is in fact drawn in the same pose, with Uncle Sam, the personification of the USA Army recruitment campaign. What do you think of these parallels? Did you know these historical quotes? Here are pictures and spoilers for My Hero Academia 317.


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