So, I know that the purpose of this chap was supposed to demonstrate what a virtuous person Deku is and further establish him as the moral paragon of this manga because apparently he’s able to ‘sympathize’ with villains. However, the problem here is that this entire message is undermined when you remember how Deku reacted when he actually encountered a villain, who’s made his motivations for becoming a villain explicitly clear, i.e. Dabi.
Remember that the same Deku that says this:
Is the same character that said this:
Despite the fact that he knew about all of this:
It just undermines any of the emotional impact that this chap is supposed to have.
but with the recent reveal about Tenko's quirk and having spent some time dwelling on the details of Touya's death there are more and more things not making sense in the context we were given.
Touya died in a fire on Sekoto peak after having a breakdown which lead to him losing control of his fire. This happened notably on a day when Enji was at home, having a day off from work.
Then Touya's burned body was taken away by All For One, who had broken off a fragment of his jawbone and planted it as evidence of his death.
As neglectful as Enji may have been as a father, he was still a hero. I have no doubt he got to the mountain as soon as he realized there is a fire. The Todoroki mansion was also located close to the Sekoto peak, as both Enji and Touya used to go there regularly to train. Are we really supposed to believe AFO just so happened to come across the fire started by Touya, manually break off his jawbone, leave it there and get away from the mountain with his body faster than it took for Endeavour to come there? Enji is the one living there, not All For One. Touya's breakdown is not something that can be predicted by the other party, unless they are keeping close contact with the Todoroki family. Ujiko directly confirms they were indeed aware of the private matters happening in the Todoroki house, which lead to AFO taking interest in Touya.
Those kids were our spares, in case anything happened to Tomura Shigaraki.
What did happen to Tomura Shigaraki, when he still was Tenko Shimura?
AFO sought him out when he was still a baby, and immediately took away his quirk factor. He was meeting with his father privately and encouraged his behaviour towards his son. He even contacted Tenko's friends. When Tenko was 5 years old, AFO personally passed the Decay quirk to him in another meeting.
AFO was a fucking control freak, manipulating Tenko's life to unbelievable degree. Everything that happened to Tenko was a doing of All For One, pretty much. And once he had hold on him, he kept him in complete control and isolation for most of his life.
Is it really so far fetched to believe that Touya's death on Sekoto was also AFO's doing?
We already have the confirmation Touya was one of Shigaraki's possible replacements and AFO toon specific interest in his quirk, before giving up on it.
We also know the only reason they let Touya go was because his body was so messed up Garaki prognosed his life expectancy after leaving the facility to be a month tops.
Another point that stands out is Touya's ice quirk awakening. The evolution of quirks explanation is handwavey at best. But if the condition for Touya was a near-death experience, then wouldn't a 13 years old boy who was used to dealing with minor burns and didn't want to burn to death fulfill those conditions better than a 24 years old man who was dealing with extreme burns on the regular and actively wanted to die?
Anyway, All For One is the one who started that fire on Sekoto, not Touya. In this essay I will-
Dabi-obviously-not-touya-todoroki, a villain that wants to follow stains will in destroying fake heroes and their place in hero society-
-while listening to every "fXck you dad" song on his way to the hairdresser for all the essentials, because everyone wants to look great on their special day.
Toga Himiko, the evolutionary endpoint of all love obsessed schoolgirls and cosplayers-
-her greatest deception in convincing others that she's just that, instead of a girl driven to madness by her own power and society's rejection.
Also due to the fact that she’s mostly only able to communicate through romantic one-liners.
Together they'll confront the heroes and the heroes will face them, all trying to reconcile their world views while beating the shXt out of each other.
Though Deku spends most of the final War in a Beach Day episode.
And Shigaraki spends it posing like he's a dragon ball z villain.
But taking hits like he's Krillin.
Then the Todoroki brothers face off in a battle of hot vs hot/cold/extras.
Before the whole family gets involved in the fight like it's a reality TV show.
That'll be one awkward family dinner.
And finally, toga vs Ochako takes the series into full Shojo territory, complete with dramatic proclamations and the resulting stabbings-
-resolving in heartfelt confessions and floating light bubbles.
Are there romantic implications when the villain says that blood is her romance, and the hero replies that she'll give her own blood to them for the rest of her life?
Hmmmmm???
So strap in, for a story about conflicting ideals and standards of living, in a world ruled by power and oppression.
Where all of that will fly clear over a lot of people's heads, because the setting doesn't look like a futuristic dystopian landscape ruled by an uncaring well-dressed government that has its children fight for the benefit and entertainment of their society...
Even though it actually kind of does.
Well as long as none of the kids ever get killed, it's not really-
Oh...
Starring:
Memories spoken; no bones left unbroken!
Every-time we touch, you get to crumbling!
Sans the skeleton
We're halfway there!
The red means I love you!
And Utena Rizzako
Too cool for hero school
(Left out the closing line, does anyone have any ideas?)
''we got along...*more than i thought* '' WHAT DOES THAT MEAN
HORIKOSHI EXPLAIN
'' *MORE THAN I THOUGHT* '' ???? WHAT DID YOU GUYS KISS OR SOME SHIT TELL ME
"Touya loves his dad" and "Touya hates his dad" both don't get the full picture. Dabi loves the IDEA of Enji as his father but he HATES the person Enji is. Any love he has is for the idea of what his father *should* be or *should* have been and his hatred is based on the reality of who Enji is as a person