

Cowling: the removable cover of a vehicle or aircraft engine.  
So when Deku uses One for All-Full "Cowling" (as spelled in subs), does it
refer to him removing the limiter on his power, or is it just
mispronounciation ? Shouldn't it be "calling" instead?


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What does "Full Cowling" mean?


Let's look at the Japanese spelling:

ふる かうる (Furu Kauru)

  * Furu --> Full
  * Kauru --> Cowl

So it's actually right. Why he choose cowl? Well, you have to ask that to the
mangaka. If I have to guess it's because his power covers his whole body.


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By using Full Cowl, Midoriya effectively uses One For All power on whole his
body, rather than focusing on specific part.

This is most probably why this skill was called "Full Cowl". But it is not
clear if author explicitly decided to use word "cowl", or rather didn't knew
difference between it and some other english words with similar meaning (e.g.
"coverage").


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Something I would like to point out about the answers of @lentinant and
@JustPlain.

Cowl : large loose hood, especially one forming part of a monk's habit.

"Cowling" does not appear to be the - ing form of "cowl". Both answers talk
about "Full Cowl", not "Cowling".


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The full-cowl is a technique that exposes the quirk One for all to the entire
body instead of focusing on the limbs in use. This was a part of a 2-part
approach, first to limit using 100% of the quirk since it destroys his body
with each use and to minimize the stress of the quirk and overall
effectiveness.

As for the name I think the above answers are missing one thing and that's the
overarching approach of the author(or mangaka).

Hero-Academia is all about the view of the superhero genre but from the
perspective of a shounen. Therefore alot of references can be found here and
there.

The concept of superheroes always have the idea of the cape & cowl, cowl in
this context being the superhero costume, namely the mask. So the name Full
cowling is essentially coating his body with his quirk like a suit of armor
the same way superheroes always put on their costume before facing a villain
or entering the scene of a crime.


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