Chapter 350

Bound to a Fiery Fate is the three hundred and fiftieth chapter of Kohei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia.

Summary
At the police station, Doctor Kyudai Garaki asks if the big day has come, having noticed the few amount of guards remaining. He states to the lone officer that all to prepare for today, they had sought out the “twisted raw material” born into the world, warped seeds worthy of being vessels. 11 Years ago at Sekoto Peak, Toya had continued to burn to a crisp, thinking about how he didn’t want to die, and how he still hasn’t shown his father anything. Kyudai reflects upon how he was born with cracks in him too, calling him “the boy born with everything”, while in the past, Toya’s body is recovered by All For One.

Toya wakes up to find himself alive in a nursery, with several accompanying children surprised to see him awake. Toya’s further shocked to hear his voice changed, learning that he’s been asleep for three years, causing him to feel more anxious. He tries to leave, but one of the overseers tells him he can’t, since he lives with everyone else now, and they’ll be his new family.

Toya says he has to go home to his dad, thinking he was probably busy to see him and now must be worried, also knowing he did and said terrible things and needs to apologize to his family. However, a voice on a monitor tells him his hope is in vain. The voice states that in order to restore his burnt body, his missing pieces had to be replaced with regenerative tissue. He further explains he’ll be unable to utilize the power he once had, with his organs damaged, body debilitated, and senses all dulled, unable to feel pain.

The voice continues they intended to welcome him back at his full strength, but that they failed, which causes a visceral reaction in Toya. The voice says that despite everything, they might be able to still restore his fire to its former glory, asking if he will allow him to raise him. However, Toya viciously denies him, saying he has no intention of being trained by anyone else.

In the present, Kyudai continues that he’d already been too molded by his upbringing for them to lead him astray, and even All For One was unable to exploit his obsession with his father. He further explains they had collected spares in case anything happened to Tomura, a seedbed of hatred, full of vessels for the Demon King, and Dabi was one of those spares, but he was a failed experiment.

The officer asks what he’s talking about, if it’s another example of All For One having everything planned from the beginning, but Kyudai says it’s simply a warning, since that boy never bought what they were selling. They had let him go because his body shouldn’t have lasted a month, and even they were surprised when Giran brought him back to them. He recalls his initial meeting with Hood, when Dabi asks the Doctor if it was him that kept him alive this long. Asking how he is still alive, Dabi further states that looking at the Nomu he has an idea of what he was planning to do with him, with Kyudai realizing that he’d kept his dying body alive through his pure unfiltered grudge.

Back in Kamino, Dabi explains to Shoto he did go back home, and even though his body was weaker and he didn’t have anything to look forward to anymore, he wanted to see if anything changed. However, seeing his batsudan, and Endeavor’s continued abuse toward Shoto, reminded him of his purpose as a failed creation, and his family had already left him behind.

He continues that he surpassed his limits, focused on honing his flames so he wouldn’t be so weak the next time they met, even despite his body peeling away each time, with him not feeling a thing. Shoto realizes that he’s been prepared to die from the start, with Dabi continuing through the hatred that grew from watching Endeavor the hero, Toya died, and Dabi was born.

Kyudai talks about how heat is energy born from all living things, and All For One, who wants to live forever, had no use for the mad heat rushing toward death; even the Demon Lord had to abandon the frenzied flame of death. As the completely crisped husk of Dabi screams that once he’s burning everything “that thing” holds dear, that’ll be his mark left on the world, Shoto prepares his new Super Move: Flashfire Heatfist, declaring it won’t be on his watch.

Chapter Notes

 * More of Dabi's past is revealed.
 * It is revealed that All For One and the Doctor had rescued Toya from his burning, intending to raise him as one of their "spare vessels".
 * He was comatose after his accident and awakens after three years, where he learns the experimentation process failed, with Toya still unable to handle his fire with his new body.
 * Toya escapes the nursery, with All For One and the Doctor letting him free, being unable to manipulate through his obsession, and believing he will only last a month till he dies.
 * Toya secretly returns home to find Endeavor continuing his abuse to Shoto, and once again reminded of his status as a failure, left his Toya identity behind and was reborn as "Dabi".
 * After being reunited with the Doctor, he realizes Dabi managed to survive all this time purely on his grudge toward his father.
 * Toya watched Endeavor's hero moves to improve his skill.
 * Shoto prepares to fight Dabi using his new Super Move dubbed "Flashfire Heatfist".