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I was watching the movie and in the final battle against Nine, all looks lost
for Deku and Bakugo until Deku offers to give _One For All_ to Bakugo.
Everything works out and they defeat Nine. When All Might is holding Deku in
his arms after the battle, Deku lets All Might know that he gave Bakugo _One
For All_. After that Deku passes out his _Full Cowling_ stripes (I couldn't
think of a better word to describe them) show up. All Might is relieved by
this. He says (and this isn't a quote) that he (Midoriya) didn't fully
transfer _One for All_ to Bakugo. I was wondering why this was and how it's
going to affect the plot of the story.

(I assumed at firsts it was for plot armor but I am starting to second guess
it. They would have made Deku go "Super Saiyan" and beat Nine by himself.)


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Why is it that Deku didn't fully give Kachan One For All in the movie "Boku no hero Academia: Heros Rising"?


As far as impact on the overall story goes there will be none whatsoever.
Anime movies made alongside an ongoing series being adapted from a manga are
almost always entirely separate from the established canon and are original
stores, therefore they are unable to make any lasting changes.

In universe All Might himself refers to Deku retaining One For All after the
battle as a "Miracle" speculating that whatever remains of the previous
holders within One For All didn't fully transfer the quirk to Bakugo, this
could be seen as somewhat similar to how One For All wasn't inadvertently
transferred to Stain despite him consuming some of Deku's blood.


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I do not disagree with [IG_42's
answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/65884/19307) and think it correct,
but I would like to add to it a bit since I just watched this movie.

## What the Movie Says

During the movie, All Might gives a partial explanation to what happened. Here
is the quote:

> Young Bakugo must've lost consciousness before the transfer finished. No,
> that's not it. For risking your life to protect. And for risking your life
> to prevail. All For One did something **miraculous**. Master and all of
> those who came before... thank you so much. I'm forever grateful.

In short, it was a miracle, just as IG_42's answer said.

There's also something akin to an explanation that Midoriya says. It doesn't
really explain anything, but I'll include it anyway (Apologies, this one might
not be the exact quote, but should be close enough).

> Kacchan didn't remember about the transfer of All For One to him afterwards.
> And **somehow** the power remained with me.

So basically Midoriya's explanation is "I dunno."

Establishing it as a "miracle" is actually very convenient, because it means

  1. It does not need to be fully explained.
  2. We should not expect it to happen again. In other words, this is an anime movie where the writers are playing it loose with the rules of the established story, and we shouldn't expect the rules herein to carry over to the main story in the manga and anime.

## Interpretation

So it was a miracle and needs no explanation. I'm going to explain it anyway
(or try, at least).

First, we should examine the first thing All Might said. At first he suspects
that Bakugo lost consciousness before the transfer finished. That's odd,
actually. It tells us something about how the transference of All For One
works. It means it doesn't simply complete immediately after the current
holder transfers the power via an infusion of their DNA (at least according to
All Might's understanding). Rather, the process of transferring from one user
to the next continues even after that until it complete. It seems kind of
strange to think of it like that, but that's what the story is saying.

Second, we should look at Bakugo's intentions. In his dialogue, he expressed
concern that Midoriya would permanently lose his power. This shows that Bakugo
probably did not intend to keep All For One, and would have given it back to
Midoriya if he were given a choice.

Third, we look at the will of All For One. The vestiges of the past users
living inside All For One would seem to have a will of their own. All Might
even expresses in the quote that it was their intention to share the power
with Bakugo, but to stay with Midoriya.

I suspect these three reasons are why Midoriya retained All For One. Namely,
there was still a connection between him and Bakugo through All For One, and
both Bakugo and the vestiges willed the power return to Midoriya.

## Other Examples

As a side note, this isn't the first time something like this has happened in
an anime movie. Go check out the first Broly movie in the _Dragon Ball_
franchise, where they win the day by all giving their energy to Goku. Not sure
how canonical being able to do that was at the time, but they did something
like that when creating the Super Saiyan God, so I guess it's canonical _now_.

Further examples:
<https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CombinedEnergyAttack> and
<https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EnergyDonation>.


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