In the recent arcs, on and off, yes. The majority of the Pro-Hero Arc, the Remedial Hero License Exam, etc–Endeavor is kind of the main character and hero of this, and we see his pain and suffering that led to him lashing out, which is fine if you’re going to redeem a character (it’s actually necessary if that’s the goal).

But when we get the other family members, we focus on how Rei feels about Endeavor, not about how Rei feels about herself. Her thoughts are filtered through a lens of Endeavor-focus, which is kind of squicky because the point of abuse is that people make it all about themselves and punish other people for their pain. Fuyumi and Rei are framed as being in the right with Natsuo in the wrong through the fight with Endeavor, because we’re encouraged to root for Endeavor in the fight against the Noumu. Because we’re rooting for him in another part of the chapter, it makes little sense to imply that the author intends for us to root for Natsuo’s dislike of him in the other pages of the chapter.

Until 192, wherein the framing is really, really good, showing the complicated reality of coping with abuse and how everyone copes in different ways, and that’s not necessarily wrong. (The only one I’d say is coping in a maladaptive way is actually Touya/Dabi.) And then it swings back to showing Todoroki’s pain and anguish in the current arc, which is good except when you’ve just been building up a character for redemption in the same chapter it feels a bit whiplashy.

So I do think Horikoshi is trying, but it’s a difficult topic to write about and it’s not perfect, and sometimes he’s succeeding and sometimes he’s struggling or even just–not succeeding at being sensitive. I can critique that aspect of the story while still admitting the Todoroki family drama is my favorite part of the story, I was super excited for each chapter of the Pro-hero Arc, and at this point I’m very interested to see how Endeavor’s redemption plays out, since it certainly ties into one of my favorite characters’ arcs (Dabi’s).