i found out recently that “curator” from that BNHA mobile game is voiced by koji yusa, who has the same seiyuu has ichimaru gin… so isana doing “bai bai” came across my head 💦
The LoV robbing a blood bank just so they can play a game where Toga takes a random swig of blood and they all make bets on what kind of person she'll turn into
the broadcast chapters hurt a hell of a lot more in retrospect, once you realize how hard it was for Dabi to discard that shirt and show the whole country his scars. This was him whenever the topic of the burns was brought up:
even as an adult, he hates when attention is drawn to how easily he burns
and after the flashback chapters, we know exactly why. The scars are what marked him a "defect" in his father's eyes, and the beginning of Touya's downwards spiral. It's because of those burns that Touya's life lost its "purpose", that he ceased feeling like his existence had a meaning. Whenever they were brought up, it was always with the inherent message to "stop" the training, to "stop" begging for attention, to "stop" trying to be "special".
Those scars are what literally branded by fire the world "failure" onto his skin, permanently, for everyone to see and for himself alone to suffer.
He always felt despair, anger, frustration well up inside of him whenever his burns were acknowledged by someone else, whenever his shirt was lifted for his father to freely yell at him. And yet—
He chooses to do the broadcast shirtless. To let the whole country see. To be so vulnerable, so exposed, to show off that weakness and to finally own up to it, to force himself to not feel any of the shame he was conditioned to feel around it. And we know how difficult this was for him, how it took genuine effort to unveil that part of himself he always wanted to pretend didn't exist, that part of his genetics he thought he could overcome with sheer determination. The way he's shown to be psyching himself up, his posture closed off, his hands in prayer as if to gather courage, finally makes sense.
This panel was him finally accepting his scars. Accepting that what was done to him was never in his control. This was him refusing to see them as a handicap, because those burns are his father's fault, so the shame attached to them isn't Dabi's to bear anymore
And I want us to take a moment to let it sink in just how brave that was of him. How much balls it takes to redefine yourself like that in front of your whole country. To say I'm not weak, I am a victim. And my silence only benefits my abuser.
This is for all of those people who genuinely think he's past the point of healing
Happy souyo pride
Had this idea when i saw the vol 21 back cover :'^)
oh, to be dragged away from an apathetic state by an outgoing friend. to be thrown around from place to place by them despite my complaints. to start seeing the little glimmers of life through forced outings. to gain light again through them. to be separated from the one who taught me to live again. to meet Death as per fate's order and find happiness through this very same journey to destiny.
some thunder boys beefing
Scara