Chapter 399

Organic, Mingling Clusters of Light is the three hundred and ninety-ninth chapter of Kohei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia.

Summary
While All For One continues to try and blast All Might, he uses the newly equipped resources from the Armored All Might to evade him, including the Tentacole and Froppy suction cups to swing in-between the buildings, alongside the Shoto and Tailman to act as defence. He thinks about how the devices should boost his speed and mobility for tighter turns, aware All For One must be getting bored of the one-sided struggle, so he needs to set a trap. Assuming that repeated, massive damage to his body shortens his lifespan, he knows just the "Quirk" to get the job done, but aware he lacks the efficient power source, he sends the bird-like Anima drones to go ahead and solve the issue.

All For One corners All Might in an alley, mocking him for laughing like a madman one moment and then running away the next, clearly aware of his goal so he has no problem in wasting excess strength, taking it easy being enough to kill him. He grabs the side of the buildings and unleashes a hell of Rivet Stabs that All Might barely evades. He blasts himself back up into the sky, but All For One counters with two giant Mouth halting his ascent. He blasts himself back downward, angrily calling him a liar, but All For One claims he really is just conserving power.

As All Might avoids the attack, All For One mocks his missing smile, calling him a bag of bones missing half his guts, forced to rely the suit giving him shoddy replications of the students' Quirks. The Rivet Stabs proceed to rip them apart one by one, reminding All Might that their fight is being recorded, meaning the whole world is about to watch the Symbol of Peace falling to his doom as the Symbol of Impotence. All For One ambushes him by breaking through a building in front, saying their guiding light is about to be snuffed out, getting a direct hit right into All Might's stomach. Despite this, All Might retaliates by using the tentacles to wrap up All For One and inject a device into his mouth, laughing to him that lights flicker on and off, so while his light might be snuffed out, someone will be there to pick up his torch and shine on.

Meanwhile, over at the location where Operation Troy occurred, all but one of the 32 Heroes tasked with dealing with the remaining Villains have been defeated by Kunieda. He uses his plants to consume the entire area, including keeping Yuga Aoyama and Fat Gum contained. He mocks that there's no need for light, since his seedlings only require flesh to thrive, just as the roots being to consume and overwhelm Fat Gum, rendering his Fat Absorption Quirk useless. He uses his last strength to tell Yuga to show them what he's made of, before he is transformed into a plant as well. Kunieda states how after just one bloom, the spreading pollen allowed them to propagate like a daisy chain, them all being extensions of himself via their roots.

He holds up Yuga's belt, telling the "traitor" he has no hope of escape, as without it, his Navel Laser will freely leaks out from his body uncontrollably. He says that through his desire to fit in, he became a pawn by accepting a power ill-suited for himself, calling him a "pathetic, shameful life". After thinking about his family, Yuga speaks up confidently, saying that reminding himself of how he lived is what spurred him on to follow in the light his classmates bring, giving him the desire to shine from deep down within his core.

Yuga proceeds to release a barrage of Navel Lasers that blast all over the arena, which Kunieda mocks as chasing after hat is beyond his sight will lead to an equally shameful death. However, just behind him, a partially visible Invisible Girl appears, shouting that it took him long enough, calling him a hero, as she releases Warp Refraction: Navel Laser, decimating Kunieda with a barrage of light. At this moment, All Might declares to let there be light in the darkness, so that he may twinkle as well. The Anima returns, connecting to a nearby power substation, as he tells All For One he's not here to lose, and to know this name as he burns away. From above, the "Can't Stop Twinkling" is activated, sending a giant laser barrage directly onto the both of them.

Chapter Notes

 * All Might uses the newly equipped items on the suit to try and evade All For One, while sending the Anima drones out to prepare for his ultimate attack.
 * All For One corners him, successfully dealing a hard blow to his stomach.
 * The Troy team are defeated by Kunieda, who consumes them all, including Fat Gum, with his plants, taunting Yuga before he does the same to him.
 * Yuga stands his ground and releases his leaking Navel Lasers over the battlefield, allowing Invisible Girl to surprise attack, using the lasers to use Warp Refraction, defeating Kunieda.
 * At the same time, All Might activates the "Can't Stop Twinkling", a giant laser blast that descends directly on him and All For One.

Characters In Order of Appearance

 * All Might
 * All For One
 * Kunieda
 * Can't Stop Twinkling
 * Fat Gum
 * Phantom Thief
 * Izuku Midoriya
 * Invisible Girl

Author's Comment
"Salt and lemon candy is delicious! I want to eat a bunch of them and become a salt and lemon candy!"

- Kohei Horikoshi

Trivia

 * Kunieda's Plant Growth Quirk to sprout plants, spores, and fungus from the flesh of living bodies is visually similar to the mutation of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis in the 2013 video game The Last of Us.