because endeavor said touya was near perfect he was called a faliure becuase his body was ill suited for fire. this feels ironic becuase dabi was called perfect at the same time a failure by his father
That’s a really good point, especially the part about how Aoyama was the one Dabi showed mercy to. I don’t think Dabi had any idea about Aoyama’s body being ill-suited to his quirk to be clear, but it’s interesting narratively to see that Horikoshi seems to have been building towards this throughout Dabi’s arc. I’m curious to see where he will take this in the future.
Yeah, that also really makes me cringe because being trained as your father’s heir and then abandoned (which is what Endeavor strongly implied in the recent chapter) would definitely have an extremely negative effect on a child, even more so perhaps that the straight-up abandonment of Fuyumi and Natsuo. @tododorkies just posted a theory that Touya may have had an accident leading to his scars as a result of his body being poorly suited for his quirk, and may have perhaps been motivated to overtrain as a result of Endeavor being like “jk not you,” leading to an accident, which is what I think is most likely at this point as well.
Apologies for not posting your ask; last time I answered a similar question it led to a troll targeting me *rolls eyes*. Don’t feel bad about asking though; it’s a legitimate question.
I’m also happy to hear from people who love Mutsuki, as he’s still one of my favorite characters ever. I can’t not love him. Under the cut!
My explanation of said scene is here. I do not believe Mutsuki really wanted to harm Kaneki like that; I think he was having a psychological breakdown and I think he was vacillating between his anger at Kaneki for leaving him (and the anger he also had towards his mother and father for not treating him well was also being projected onto Kaneki, because Kaneki had been a “good dad” so to speak and then wasn’t) and his desperate desire to think that “if I’d only done x, they would come back.” There was also a deliberate parallel with Torso as well, to parallel Kaneki’s paralleling of Yamori in the first TG. Anyways, it all stemmed imo from a deep insecurity and a lack of self-worth that led to a fractured sense of self.
Mutsuki’s breakdown, imo, is one of the parts of TG that I think could have been really well done, but it kind of got dropped towards the end which was disappointing. Oh well. I still love him and am glad he survived his spiral.
Um… there are a fair amount lol. Usually (though not always) when a character fails the narrative is punishing them. I know people are squicky over the use of the term “punishment” so I’m not using this in a punitive sense but in the sense that the narrative is trying to show them to change a particular trait. Some of the obvious ones that come to mind are:
Bakugou failing the hero licensing exam
Todoroki failing the licensing exam by focusing too much on his father and on his own abilities instead of relying on others
Todoroki not saving Bakugou in the raid because he didn’t use his quirk
Endeavor likely having pushed Touya into becoming a villain
Iida being knocked off his high horse and needing his friends to save him in the Stain arc
All Might losing his quirk because of his ignoring of Shigaraki
Deku breaking his body each time he tries to imitate All Might’s fist punch
Chisaki losing his arms while captured like he made Eri suffer for years
Endeavor gaining the hero status he craved and realizing he may have lost his family
Bakugou getting kidnapped in the first place because of how the villains took notice of his petulance and boastfulness in his quirk
Yup! His fire ability is also noted to be even stronger than Endeavor’s.
That’s quite a likely theory! At this point the Todorokis thinking Touya is dead (and presuming Dabi is Touya because at this point it’s basically confirmed) is the best way to explain why no one recognizes him/the bereaved family comment, and could also add another reason for why Rei snapped.
I also think it’s entirely likely these scars came in one moment, but I have many questions. Like, is he able to control his fire more now and use it safely, or is he still getting hurt? Was it an accident? Was it a suicide attempt? Did he intend to fake his death, or was it more like he got badly injured in an accident and then decided to take advantage of this to disappear from a family that viewed him as a failure in the first place?
I really hope we get more flashbacks and insight in Todoroki’s upcoming fight.
I actually haven’t seen a post explaining this yet and after one of those last asks I figured I’d make one.
Endeavor says “冷の体質” which means “cold constitution/genetic makeup”. It specifically is referring to the body.
Perhaps ironically, Todoroki Rei’s first name, Rei, is 冷. This is probably why some translations say “Rei” rather than cold. Either way, it comes down to the same message:
Todoroki Touya, who has a fire quirk more powerful than Endeavor’s, has a body intended for a cold quirk . This makes him unable to properly use his quirk, thus failing in being Endeavor’s successor and confirms for the 500th time that he’s Dabi
This is gonna be very short and simply have some thoughts on the last chapter.
Firstly, it seems to me that Tserriednich is foiling Fugetsu:
Both have two nen beasts right now (and they are both unaware of it), but whereas Tserriednich obtained his second nen beast through his abilities alone, Fugetsu obtained hers because of Kachou’s death.
Moreover, Kachou’s nen beast is an illusion and her mission is to lie to Fugetsu in order to protect her, just like Kachou did.
Tserriednich’s nen beast on the other way embodies among other things Tserriednich’s hate for liars:
Now, it is not clear why another nen beast appeared at Tserriednich’s side and as for now I can only come up with two different theories both of which might be wrong.
1) The second nen beast has something to do with the ritual.
It is obvious that there are several secrets and mysteries concerning the ritual:
If it is so I wonder if thematically the two beasts are going to represent two different parts of the subconscious (maybe the unconscious and the preconscious) and which attributes of Tserriednich they are going to underline.
2) Tserriednich has been referred to as a genius in several occasions:
Geniuses are sometimes able to develop hatsu’s abilities without having to consciously choose them. It is what seems to be happening to Tserriednich in this chapter:
If this is the case the second beast might represent something similar to the preconscious (in short something in-between the conscious and the unconscious). If it is so, then the beast might have developed because Tserriednich’s first experience with nen has been through the concept of nen beasts. So, he might have developed without realizing a hatsu which uses that same concept. If it is so, I wonder if this nen beast will follow the same rules other nen beasts have or if it could, for example, attack other hosts. If it is really a manifestation of the preconscious I also wonder if Tserriednich will be able to see it at one point, whereas he will never be able to see the nen beast born through the ritual.
From the chapter and from what Theta said I tend to lean more on this second possibility for now.
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