One Thing I Really Like About BNHA Is The Constant Acknowledgement Of The Fact That The Shonen Manga

i cant find the post talking about the league character designs anymore but they should have really kept the pink bandana twice got from toga during the overhaul arc as a permanent part of his character design

like aside from slightly better communicating "oh yeah, this suit is Literally the thing holding this guy together" it also looks really heckin cute

lil rant while i watch mha

I HATE HAWKS I HATE HAWKS I HATE HAWKS I HATE HAWKS I HATE HAWKS I HATE HAWKS I HATE HAWKS I HATE HAWKS I HATE HAWKS I HATE HAWKS I HATE HAWKS I HATE HAWKS I HATE HAWKS I HATE HAWKS I HATE HAWKS I HATE HAWKS I HATE HAWKS I HATE HAWKS I HATE HAWKS I HATE HAWKS

I AM SO HEARTBROKEN EVERYTIME I WATCH THIS ARC AND HAWKS KILLS TWICE 💔💔💔💔 GAHHHHHHH TWICE DIDNT DESERVE THIS GAHH 💔💔 curses upon ye hawks this is why you’re quirkiness and bitchless in the end

i forgot i made this the other day for some reason uh

izuku's hero costume is soo funny to me. like i genuinely wonder what the support companies were thinking when reworking the thing like. ah yes this child clearly wants to be an absolutely terrifying bunny. no worries we got you.

Crashout shirt

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some MHA doodle pages from my sketchbook~

i’m rather fond of the Izuku and Ochako pages, haha

Has the manga explained what Todoroki Rei’s diagnosis is?

you were kind; i was cruel

important discussions

So this kind of dialogue from Rei really put me off when these chapters first came out. But it's significantly less jarring after the later context and after just gaining more life experience.

The Hellish Todoroki Family Subplot can be viewed as an allegory for the different responses to abuse. For that allegory to be complete, someone had to stay with/prop up Enji because some victims of domestic violence choose not to leave even when given a real opportunity to do so.

And though it seems counterintuitive, it actually makes the most sense for Rei to fulfill this role than any of the Todoroki children. Look, I've met more domestic violence survivors than most people. It's an unfortunate trend but from observation, the most severely abused are the ones more likely to return to their abusers.

However, it's still annoying that Rei's portion of the narrative is primarily covering for Endeavor. Rei making bad life decisions isn't the problem. The issue is there needed to be more from Rei to make this not feel like abuse apologia.

There were plot points from canon to work with to accomplish that. Rei was raised by a clan that was eugenicist and was selling off its members including herself to maintain its lifestyle. Did Rei grow up in an abusive household making it difficult for her to grapple with the severity of Enji's actions? Was she numb to Enji's quirk marriage scheme because everyone in her family was involved in quirk eugenics? Enji visited Rei and left flowers but there was nothing to indicate that any of the Himuras visited. Does she lean on Enji because the Himuras abandoned her?

Having the domestic abuse victim who was still hospitalized from that abuse say everyone should give Endeavor a chance actually without more context just feels gross. The dialogue itself isn't the problem. Given the sensitivity needed to properly handle an issue like domestic violence, more was needed to show that what Rei said here shouldn't be taken at face value.